Adver News: Fans urged to stay patient over Town’s style of football

[News Monkey]

Fans urged to stay patient over Town’s style of football
           
           


  FOLLOWING their latest miserable away day, Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper stressed that the Robins’ fans must remain patient as he and his players look to develop a certain style of football.

           

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[4D]

How many games have we played so far this season?   

[Flashheart]

There is no style

[Empathy Sloth]

Good things take time, anyone who expected instant success this season is retarded.

[kerry red]

There is no style

I agree. I would call it a method

[4D]

Can those that attend games say whether we have got worse, stayed consistent or got better as the season has gone on? Injuries aren't helping.

[kerry red]

Worse. But, to be fair, to attempt some sort of free flowing passing game was always going to come apart at the seams when vital players are missing.

And, also, Ranger is integral to it

[Tails]

Good things take time, anyone who expected instant success this season is retarded.

That covers 90% of our fan base.

[Abrahammer]

It was a thing of beauty to watch quite often at the start of the season and reasonably successful.

For a mulitiude of reasons it's nowhere near as effective these days. Injuries and opposition teams becoming aware of our style and adjusting accordingly are big reasons.

No reason why it can't be a successful style/method in the long term though.

[Bob's Orange]

I don't know whether its the style that we are trying to adapt, but a lot of the time we seem so bloody lethargic almost to the point that it looks like players aren't trying very hard.

I know I am not alone in this, but I wish we would step it up and play with a bit more urgency at times. At 2-0 down on Saturday we were playing with the same tempo, when you'd think you would want to get the ball into dangerous areas to try and get back into the game.

I admire Cooper for sticking to trying to get us playing nice football, but it doesn't have to be 100% of every game. It was so easy for Leyton Orient to press us and get the ball back from us. Why not try a few balls into the wing/wing back areas, in Murphy and Reis and with Smith up front surely it makes sense to get the wingers in behind and some dangerous crosses into the box? We didn't do this once on Saturday.

[Only Me]

That covers 90% of our fan base.

No it doesn't

[Reg Smeeton]

That covers 90% of our fan base.

Looking briefly at the Adver comments under this article, it looks about right for there.

[Shaw Rosso]

Took Brendan Rogers a while to get Liverpool playing a similar system, a year or so later they have gone from also ran's to 4 points off the top of the Premier League and playing some of the best football I have seen, breathtaking at times. I know we don't have a Gerrard or a Suarez, but we don't come up against a Kompany or a Vidic.

Give it time, if it doesn't work, try something else.

[Shaw Rosso]

Looking briefly at the Adver comments under this article, it looks about right for there.

Graham8181 says...

I love writing stuff on this site but saying the same thing every week is getting very boring so it just boils down to 2 words now - COOPER OUT

Own up, who is Graham?

[Reg Smeeton]

Give it time, if it doesn't work, try something else.

How long is a piece of string...I'd estimate that it might be at least 5 years before we start to see any real gains from the project,that's if it's done properly, and we have to take Power's intentions on this being the case.