swindon town v southampton official matchday thread

[Summerof69]

also how the fuck did Wayne thomas stay on the pitch the cheating bastard.

No idea. He elbowed Paynter in the head in the first 5 mins, with the lino looking directly at the incident...and did nothing. I think Thomas must like our new home shirt, as he has a hold on Paynter's for most of the match !!

[Ginginho]

I agree their keeper kept them in the game.
No one had a bad game tonight, all played well, especially Douglas, McGovern & Jean-Francois.
I thought Wayne Thomas was probably their best player tonight in all honesty, OK, he wound our players up, got away with a few things, but he won everything he went for and was a fucking beast.

Great atmosphere, enjoyed that!

[Simon Pieman]

That's the sort of game we needed early on, a victory against a 'bigger' team in front of a decent crowd and an atmosphere to boot. Hopefully it won't take another 'big' team to come along to recreate half of that atmosphere, buzz and performance.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Get in! That's exactly how i'd thought we would be in pre-season. Tight at the back but not giving a lot of chances away in open play. Getting one from a set piece and then holding the lead for the win. Great stuff. Have to say our midfield trio bossed the game tonight. Douglas had a great game. Simple passing, good awareness and challenges when needed. Think we'll be sticking with this formation for Oldham and Wolves. We're getting used to playing it now I think.

Also, great atmosphere tonight. Was fantastic being in the Town End amongst it. It's exactly what I have missed over the summer. Just a shame that we won't see it again until Leeds are in town.

[Berniman]

Fuck a doodle doo!  Great match, great performance, that is what we will need to do more consistently to finish nearer the right end of this league!

I thought Douglas was class, as was Greer and Paynter but every man in a red shirt played well, and one in a blue!

Atmosphere was the best I have heard at the CG for years as well!

Get in!

[timmyg]

Where is that effort every week?  Midfield three were excellent, as were the back four, though a couple of those through balls towards the end were living on the edge!

Lescinel made a horrendous error of judgement early in the second half when he let Fatty Lambert run behind him, but in general they were excellent and didn't give the Saints a sniff.  That "tackle" on Lescinel in the second half was awful and should have been a red.

Paynter was very good, and Macca was brilliant when he turned it on and got the ball where he wanted it.  The new boy worked hard and got into some good positions with some good runs, but didn't seem to have the confidence (skill?) to actually drive it on tand either go past or come inside his marker.

Crowd were good, but where are all those people when we play Huddersfield? What a difference it makes when the crowd are singing for the team, and not picking out particular players or moaning.

[Berniman]

Kieth Scott came over to me and gave me a high 5 after scoring.....I got a fuck off bollocking as I was stewarding at the time!

A sad story before the kick off some old bloke had a heart attack and died in the North Stand half an hour before the game, sadly he never saw us win a game in the Premier League

I was stewarding at that match too JJ! And I was in the vacinity when the supporter died.

Ended up standing front of the Stratton Bank near the final whistle trying to stop the town fans coming on the pitch!

[Berniman]

Where is that effort every week?  Midfield three were excellent, as were the back four, though a couple of those through balls towards the end were living on the edge!

Lescinel made a horrendous error of judgement early in the second half when he let Fatty Lambert run behind him, but in general they were excellent and didn't give the Saints a sniff.  That "tackle" on Lescinel in the second half was awful and should have been a red.

Paynter was very good, and Macca was brilliant when he turned it on and got the ball where he wanted it.  The new boy worked hard and got into some good positions with some good runs, but didn't seem to have the confidence (skill?) to actually drive it on tand either go past or come inside his marker.

Crowd were good, but where are all those people when we play Huddersfield? What a difference it makes when the crowd are singing for the team, and not picking out particular players or moaning.

Forgot about that, awfull 2 footed tackle!  If that wasn't a red then I don't know what is!

[Mexicano Rojo]

fucking cracking night, we deserved to win 4 or 5, there keeper made some brilliant saves, douglas timlin and mcgovern bossed the game. every player in a red shirt gave 100%. more of the same please.

you should really let me start more matchday threads

[DV]

better performance, every one played well and we created a few chances but Kelvin Davis to the rescuse for Southampton.

only time they looked like scoring was when Fatty Lambert stepped up to take those free kicks but I forgot he was fat and rubbish. £1million my arse.

[jonny72]

That was the biggest 1-0 thrashing I've seen in a long time. Southampton weren't that bad, but we just totally bossed them for pretty much the entire match. 3-0 would have been a fair score and I doubt many Southampton fans would have felt hard done by if it was 4-0, though we could have thrown it away at the end.

How the ref got 5 minutes injury time at the end is beyond me, as is how he then managed to extend that to nearly 7 minutes - I'd say 3 minutes would have been pushing it. Not sure how experienced the ref was but it came across a bit like this was a big game for him (the mighty Southampton) and he went out of his way to do a good job.

Lucas is looking better and better all the time, another couple of excellent saves tonight. The new bloke on loan looked a lot better tonight and has potential - I can see him staying the rest of the season as he really needs the games, there is no way he will be ready for the Premier League this season.

I'd imagine a lot of Southampton fans are realising just how big a challenge this season is going to be for them. That's 3 games gone and they're still 10 points adrift, if they don't get some wins soon it could be a really bad season for them.

[lambourn red]

what a cracking game it is long time since we can say that are midfield bossed a game Douglas is going to be our key player this season. Got a bit nervy last 5 minutes but we should have been out of sight by then.

[Luci]

VERY happy with that performance, thought we were excellent all over the park.

As others said, the midfield three absolutely took control tonight, each were superb.  The JP from last season is long gone and we have a superb player on our hands now.

The back 4 were brilliant, Lescinel much improved and I'd be happy with them as my first choice back 4 if I were Wilson.

Lucas - great performance tonight.  Made some excellent saves and really commanded his area.

Everything is really echoing the sentiments of others !

[chalkies_shorts]

Thats a good three points but fuck me Soton were woeful. They were absolute dogshit at the back, it didn't matter if the ball was in the air or on the ground. As already said their no 3 was a complete cunt - gave it but ouldn't take it and should have been red carded for his first elbow on Paynter which was in the box. he should certainly have walked for the 2nd elbow. also agree about the 2 footed assault on Lescinel.
I thuoght every one had a good game. Great header by Morrison. Douglas MOM - he looks as thuogh he could be the midfielder we've been waiting years for.
Althugoh its a win I'm still quite cautiuos. Soton were there for the taking - their players were getting on each others tits and their fans got on their backs a few times. A decent team would have ripped them apart. I think if Paynters header had gone in we would have won by 4 or 5.

[RobertT]

When did we sign this McGovern lad?  Cracking little central midfielder, lets hope we don't waste him on the wing.  Seriously, I've never been that down on him, but he immense tonight and was pretty good in an abject performance on Saturday by the team.  Probably helps to have Douglas in there who seems to be exerting an influence.

I think Lucas could be a very good signing, he doesn't necessarily command his box but he controls it with confidence and doesn't let any little slips get to him.  If he misses a cross, he's out giving the next one a good 40 yard punch.  Must give the back 4 a good deal of confidence.

Thought Morrison and Greer did pretty well tonight and Lescinel is growing on me.  He could develop into quite a handy little left back, sort of blossom like Comminges did.  Manky has made the right back spot his and I'm beginning to think this formation is suiting us, maybe just a single striker needed.

Overall, a good old night supporting the Town.  All over them at times, but never far from your thoughts that we could slip up at the end.  Looking a little more positive than last season I think.