Swindon Town v Brighton and Hove Albion official matchday thread

[Batch]

To be fair, there were a fair few Brighton fans that were gracious in defeat and that thought we'd be a force in league one.

But there was one that made me laugh, something about them being a club that others now want the scalp of.

Erm, well we wanted to win, and you are a higher league club, but I didn't go home doing a jig of joy at the wonderment of it all. Or put more simply, they are no Wigan or Huddersfield from last season.

[4D]

I'm glad we beat them, firstly because my team won and secondly because I don't like them. Nothing to do with them being a big scalp, because they ain't 

[Benzel]

Absolutely, it added to my enjoyment as every ball that went out of touch was met with a huge cheer. I thought in the end, "for goodness sake stop trying that, your embaressing youselves"

It was only because their pitch is so much bigger than ours.

Any bloody excuse. They really make themselves look stupid.

[Ticker45]

Well that is two Championship sides we have played and I have not seen anything that makes me think either of those teams is going to be pushing for the Premiership. From the Town's point of view, those two games have shown that we can compete with a supposedly "higher standard" and hopefully there will be nothing to fear in Divvy 1 either.  

[Reg Smeeton]

Noticed one or two Brighton fans comment on our "small" pitch. Didn't think it was particularly small myself. I'm sure DV will know where it ranks in square footage.

Perhaps they haven't erased the nightmare of the Withdean yet and still expect a running track around the edge.

Historically the CG used to have one of the larger pitches in League football....certainly bigger than the Goldstone ever was.

Without doing the research at 117 yds x 78yds, it was certainly bigger than Old Trafford, Anfield, Stamford Bridge and White Hart Lane.

It was notably long, you could stand in the Town End or on the Bank and whisper in the keepers ear. It was shortened and  narrowed because of Health and Safety after the various tragedies meant emergency vehicles had to have access. I always assumed that this happened at all grounds, and wasn't just SBC playing silly buggers, but thinking about now I'm not so sure.

[melksham_exile]

Great result last night for us, Brighton might need a reality check. Last season Southampton looked a quality side and rested some key first teamers. Brighton had a pretty much full first team out with premeir league experience and looked an average side. We could raise some eyebrows in this competition.

[ghanimah]

Noticed one or two Brighton fans comment on our "small" pitch. Didn't think it was particularly small myself. I'm sure DV will know where it ranks in square footage.

Perhaps they haven't erased the nightmare of the Withdean yet and still expect a running track around the edge.

According to Football Ground Guide

BHA 115 x 75 yards
STFC 110 x 70 yards

Though blaming the pitch size is a bit desperate.

[kerry red]

I'm convinced that throughout the match on Sky Miller's name wasn't mentioned once.

Did he actually play?

[Cibocchi_Is_God]

I thought Miller was quite decent, got about the pitch well for his age and put in some assertive tackles, playing some fairly good passes too. Goes about his work quietly no doubt, but I was pleased with the centre midfield area last night looked calm & composed on the ball whilst having the positional sense to cut out attacks without having to maraud around the pitch.

[mrverve]

First half both team cancelled each other out, 2nd half we played better, held the ball up better and looked dangerous going forward. Williams was a handful and surprisingly very quick. I thought Miller played alright, he reads the game very well, positionally I think he's brilliant - knows where to go and who to mark/cover etc.

[reeves4england]

Had to laugh at the reaction of Brighton fans. Most were pretty gracious in defeat and gave us credit where it was due. But the usual 'tinpot', 'noddy club' comments were also being chucked about, calling us pathetic and complaining about Di Canio's "antics" (whatever that referred to).

Roll on Saturday.

[Batch]

According to Football Ground Guide

BHA 115 x 75 yards
STFC 110 x 70 yards

Though blaming the pitch size is a bit desperate.

Ta. 5x5 yards. They need that extra yards space to be effective. I smell desperation to explain being dicked!

To be fair they had a few out, but so what, they should have the squad to cope.

[Bathtime]

Good second half certainly, not entirely convinced how much Brighton were up for this game but no one loses on purpose. Feeling has to be that once this team of newbie`s gets a few games under there belt we might be quite good. Good start - nice to see DiCanio hasn`t lost the maddness. Bring it on.....

[LittleRed]

To be fair I thought the brighton fans at the ground were very gracious. An instance I remembered was when we started chanting we want 4 and a little voice from the Stratton bank shouted back we want 1. Both stands laughed together which to me Is what the banter at matches should be like. I'm sure they will do well but more importantly it states our intentions strongly straight away. I wonder if Crawley will come to the CG like they did last year and try and kick us off the pitch and play for a 0-0. Remembered them tiring severely for the second half.

[Arriba]

The major plusses were that the new singings all made a positive impression last night.
 
Getting fucked off with the bbc radio reading out every text they recieve though. Some prick saying Williams didn't look good and will have to do more to convince just one off the top of my head. Why don't they read the things first and employ a bit of common sense?
I'm afraid not all fans are entitled to an opinion as many are fucking clueless.