Swindon Town FC vs Wycombe Wanderers FC Official Matchday Thread

[Batch]

im suprised by how much abuse Revell is getting, he didnt have the best of games yesterday but pretty much the whole team didnt, he done very well for the goal, showed his strengh by holding off the defender and showed great awareness to put amankwaah in, we scored 1 goal and he was the main reason and for some reason gets singled out by u lot

Didn't think there was much difference between him and Paynter myself.

[flammableBen]

one wont come cheap mind.securing one or not will show us what fitton is all about

If it really is an indication towards the attitude of the club then I am probably happier with the not splashing out unsustainable transfer fees option.

[Arriba]

If it really is an indication towards the attitude of the club then I am probably happier with the not splashing out unsustainable transfer fees option.

when the board is minted i beg to differ.
we are going nowhere as it stands.we draw games a out and out finisher would have won for us.
 we should still have money from cox's sale.
an able replacement should and could have been purchased

[Luci]

But does a player of that calibre want to come to Swindon Town?

[BANGKOK RED]

 we should still have money from cox's sale.

Since when have we become self sufficient arriba?

[leefer]

Douglas and Cuthbert are calibre players who came here Luci.....we need three strikers..not just one,DW says competition for places are good for the team and hs right...but his comments are a contradiction really as there isnt any competition up front at all...
There are good players who would come here if we put decent bids in for them.

[Arriba]

we've had them before.why not again luci?

bangkock our board are minted.is expecting a decent replacment for cox out of the question?
we have the spine of a good side but are toothless infront of goal.

[Berniman]

We were never going to spend the money from Cox's sale.  The Chairman said that last season, one decent money sale per season is the plan, and those that are waiting for it to be spent are in for a bit of a wait!

Isn't it funny how when Malpas played JP in the middle we called him mad!  Now Wilson is doing it and it works so well.  I know a lot of that is to do with having a decent player alongside him, but even so.  Funny how these things work out!

[BANGKOK RED]

I think that you are missing both the point and the importance of us being self sufficient arriba.

[flammableBen]

when the board is minted i beg to differ.
we are going nowhere as it stands.we draw games a out and out finisher would have won for us.
 we should still have money from cox's sale.
an able replacement should and could have been purchased

The thing is though, we already know what Fitton's intentions are. I don't think he's ever really indicated that we're going to be much of a buying club. Waiting for a sign that his intentions are going to do a 180 is probably a set up for disappointment.

I'm not saying that Fitton is perfect untouchable chairman, I still have worries that he can be a bit strict on the negotiation table which leads to missing out on a few player. But with a decent manager in and some proper building done we've transformed a team that was struggling all over the pitch in a short summer period, and without really doing any big splashing out. It's a bit frustrating that we're now weakest in our only strength last year, but it's not enough to taint what seems to be good work throughout the rest of the team.

I said I'd prefer a level of frugality about the club, but I obviously wouldn't mind if we did spend on a striker. It would be exciting, which is what you want from football transfers. I don't however think it's fair to do any big judgement on the board on whether or not we spend on a striker.

or something. I'm not sure I've put any of that very well.

[Arriba]

I think that you are missing both the point and the importance of us being self sufficient arriba.

how is that then?
fitton's in it for the long haul, so why shouldn't we expect some money be invested in a decnt centre forward?
as long as we have a mega rich board i dont see the importance.
they should throw some proper money at it.if not,why bloody buy stfc in the first place?
we coined it in on cox and aint replaced him.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

how is that then?
fitton's in it for the long haul, so why shouldn't we expect some money be invested in a decnt centre forward?
as long as we have a mega rich board i dont see the importance.
they should throw some proper money at it.if not,why bloody buy stfc in the first place?
we coined it in on cox and aint replaced him.

I think that's the point though. He's in it for the long haul so why would he spend loads of money? It's normally the chairmen who want to reach the Premier League in "x" amount of years that do it. They're the ones who get bored and bugger off after a while.

[DV]

We should invest in a decent centre forward, hell we should have invested in one 4 months ago.

However, I was not expecting huge amounts to be spent and I certainly wasnt expecting to see the Simon Cox money be spent. No doubt that has already gone towards our losses and keeping our finances in the black.

The Simon Cox money, is done, finished, spent. Just because it hasnt been spent on players doesnt mean its still there.

We bid 250k for Robinson and Tudor-Jones so there is a little bit there. That would be enough to get a Troy Deeney or an Adam La Fondre.

[Barry Scott]

when the board is minted i beg to differ.
we are going nowhere as it stands.we draw games a out and out finisher would have won for us.
 we should still have money from cox's sale.
an able replacement should and could have been purchased

I think the point he's making though, and if he is, i agree, is that just because we have money doesn't mean we should throw it around to the detriment of our future.

It's like a cracked record. Fans expect everything and they expect it now. We've seen and we know what happens when clubs live in the short term spunking money all over the place in the hope of getting their wank spanners on some glory... Yet we still persist in wanting to be like this? It's something that has no future, only makes us feel good for a few seasons, at best, then fucks us big hard and proper for the next 10+.

Football clubs need to learn and i like to think we're learning early; we're beating the rush. One day, i hope, because of our long term strategy, we'll be picking up the pieces from all the "we want it now" clubs with a big fat smug smile on our face and club that won't balk at the next bill. That's what i want anyway.

[leefer]

In my opinion selling your top player without having replacements is ludicrous...not blaming DW...hes told Fitton who he wants...we aint got em.
If you want to take the plaudits for the good things,like he has then you should be prepared to take the critism......going into a season with one full time striker was stupid...even a non lge outfit wouldnt do that.