Official Swindon Town Vs Queens Park Rangers Mathday Thread

[Leggett]

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aljofree was poo! the defence holds a fairly high line, playing their strikers offside, which would work perfectly every time, except aljofree is 5 yards behind everyone else, playing them all onside.

he regularly loses the man he's sposed to be marking, he does nothing but shout at other players when he's the one at fault, his head drops when we concede and doesnt try to gee up the players, i defended him most of last season, but fuck me, he was poor today.


morrison i thought played well, he had a good game.

[Batch]

I must say I was worried when Aljofree went down injured. He is one player that only goes down when he is hurt.

Bollocks. He goes down injured every single game. He's the biggest pansy centre back ever.

I thought he had a good game tonight though. Won a fair amount in the air too.

[STFC_Gazzza]

Also interesting to note that we had one of the biggest attendances of the night.

Most clubs probably never charged £10.00 which goes to show that if clubs give incentives etc that the fans will come! Plus QPR bought a few as well! Good night all around.

[STFC Village]

First time i'd seen MacNamee play, very impressive. His willingness to go at the full back and the quality of his delivery.... he's going to get hatfuls of assists this season.

I thought Yinka was quite defensively naive at times, that'll come with experience, but against a good attacking side like QPR, we should have gone with Amankwaah on the right and Smith on the left.

Everyone else played well. Knowing that QPR are likely to be there or thereabouts at the end of the season, fills me with confidence that could well have a side capable of being there or thereabouts ourselves. Loving the new, sexy passing style, well done MM

[JPC82]

i couldnt make the game tonight, what was Parejo like?

[michael]

He was mint.

[Leggett]

good, but fragile, went down so easily and complained to the ref alot, sorry chap but this isnt spain, you aint gonna get cheap freekicks cos someone touched your alice band...

[JPC82]

good, but fragile, went down so easily and complained to the ref alot, sorry chap but this isnt spain, you aint gonna get cheap freekicks cos someone touched your alice band...

sounds like a year getting kicked about in england will do him the world of good

[juddie]

What an enjoyable evening that was! There was one move in the second half, didn;t amount to anything, but the one touch football was sublime. I feel so postive after tonight's performance, maybe more so than Saturday because we looked outclassed earl on and came back to give them a real game.

I got stuck coming up the M4 and thought I might miss the game, I'm glad I didn't.

They deservedly went one up and to be honest, could and should have been four up when we equalised against the run of play. After that though, while they managed to create a contant stream of chances, we played some really good stuff.

Brez: kicking was a bit ropey, but looked solid. Held ball well in wet conditions.

Smith: thought he was immense tonight. I criticised him Saturday but fair play, good all round performance

Morrison: did well. They had a lot of chances but he played ok.

Hasney: STOP HOOFING IT. Please. His positional sense is good, but he's a bit slow and gets exposed without Jerel behind him. Superb in the air.

Cassell: I think someone mentioned he was naive. Perhaps, but his speed was incredible and on one occassion he tracked back to defend a breakaway. Raw, but bags of potential. Lot more to come from him I feel...

JP: did ok. I feel he gives his opponent a lot of space by dropping off, but he did ok. Nothing special. Solid. Not a lot more to say about him really.

McNamee: awesome. Again, man of the match. Great skill, although the right back wised up to his flick inside after about an hour. Good crossing, just so exciting. For a small man who waddles when he walks, he's a superb player -  I wonder how long we can keep him?

Timlin: not so good tonight. Looked like he wanted to get rid of the ball as soon as he had it - nerves maybe? - and looked a bit lost. Some neat touches, but not as good as Saturday. Still did ok though, didn;t have a bad game.

Nalis: again, we looked a bit light in the middle, but did ok. His lack of pace was exposed a bit! Needs a few games still to reach full fitness.

Cox: took goal well and worked hard, didn't have as much space as Saturay, but did well.

Paynter: paynter and cox didn't link as well tonight but he was a constant threat I thought. Great goal, too.

QPR
They looked superb in the first half hour, their class really showed. But in the second half their brightest players, that right winger for example, drifted out of the game a bit. Perajo was very disappointing. Didn't look interested, went down too easily. Good deliveries though. My mate, QPR fan, was really surprised by how well we played...

Nice to see Dave Byrne clapping our fans at the end of the game. Both fans made it a good atmosphere.

I was fortunate enough to be in hospitality tonight and it is a lot better - looks a lot fresher. Saw Mark Devlin, too, and he looked very well, as did his son, Stan.

All in all good game, good atmosphere, a cracking night under the lights. Roll on Cheltenham... lets see how we get on away from home.

I think we could be in for a good season...

[Reg Smeeton]

i couldnt make the game tonight, what was Parejo like?

 Embarrassing...I'm so glad you never recommended him to MM, having spotted his awesomeness.

[DV]

We played well everyone had a good game apart from Casal who was pretty pants and if we're being honest at fault for 2 of the goals.

He reminds me of a young Ifil. Fast, strong but wanders far too much. I'll give him a few more games before I make up mind up on him but dont think he adds anything to the team that Jamie Vincent wouldnt.

Rest of the back like were pretty good and Morrison didnt look out of place at all.

Midfielder were good but had a much harder game tonight. QPR didnt give us as much time and freedom on the ball as Tranmere did.

Front two worked hard and particularly in the first half were very clinical. We had about 3 attempts at goal in the first half scored twice and the keeper pulled off a good save.

QPR looked a very good side though and always had goals in them in the second half. Once they got to 3-2 they took their foot off the gas very much as we did Saturday we came close to punishing them but didnt.

[yeo]

its good that no one seems to agree on anything apart from that we were decent.

[PHIL!!!!]

They're spying on us! http://www.qprdot.org/viewtopic.php?t=28594 (Hope the link works)

Just been reading what some of their fans thought of us, and they seem to think we're a good bet for the play offs, which is nice 

[donkey]

Just got back (well about half an hour ago, but I needed a beer first)...really pleased with the performance.

Passing football, rehersed corner and free kick routines (not that they all came off, but we'd been practicing!!).  McNamee tearing it up, McGovern looked decent on the other wing, Paynter played well with Cox who was chasing everything down.  Timlin did well before tiring and Nalis was top notch (maybe my motm).  I thought Smith did well, one moment in particular sticks in the mind, when following a corner for us the ball was hoofed clear by QPR to him.  Instead of just aimlessly hoofing the ball back in he waited and tried to play in Cox down the right.  Marvellous...a Town player thinking!  Aljofree and Morrison were both fine at the back and Casal was no worse than Comminges when he first played for us.  Brez was my only real concern...made some good saves, but didn't command his area, left balls he should've come for...as the keeper it's up to him to sort these things out.

Off the field and on the field we are moving in the right direction.

QPR were the better side and deserved to win, but we were not outclassed.  I assume the QPR no. 3 is not a regular for them though...he was shite.

And when was the last time we had a wide player to take people on the McNamee does?  Walters?  Summerbee?

Feels damn fine to be a Town fan right now...we must play with the same adventure and spirit on Saturday...if we do Cheltenham have no chance.

Yay!

[Tails]

QPR relied heavily on that number 20 on the right hand side. They were a good side though and I can see why people are tipping them for promotion. They cut through us far too easily IMO, some players seemed scared to tackle in the first half. Nevertheless, great to see Cox and Paynter continue the scoring and also McNamee showing what he's capable of. I thought McGovern also had a good game.

Casal is not the finished article by any means, and people have been spot on in saying he's been naive. Keep in mind he was up against a very talented player last night, but the ball got to him far too often. As time goes on he will get better, no doubt in my mind about that.

I was pleased overall though, can't remember the last time a Swindon side actually played decent football, Jack Smith showed again that he is probably the most under-rated player in the squad. Funny how even on the adver forum, the anti Malpas stuff seems non existent.. Let's hope that keeps up! Heard some QPR fans after the game saying that we wouldn't look out of place in the Championship, which was nice to hear. I also took the fact they spent most of the second half timewasting (!!) as a compliment.

Onwards and upwards.