Swindon v Exeter pre match chat and matchday thread

[JBZ]

Jbz loving this.

Hardly, my friend.

[RobertT]

It's basically rinse and repeat, all season really.  The issue we have now is that Davison is looking, to me, like a downgrade and it's in the most important position.  He is not s bad player, he's sort of OK, but he's not great at too much either.  We lack a bit of control as a result - things bounce around ab it more and McKirdy is not going to hold the ball either.

you get tired of raising the same issues - the problem is Garner doesn't see the things we see as issues as issues himself.  It just all looks like an effort to make eleven players look better individually without any real thought as to how to create a team that can win games.

As things are trending right now we will drift to mid table - which is probably OK considering the mitigating circumstances at the start of the season.  Garner is doing a very good job of showing why someone should have him as Head of Development at a much higher level, but probably not going to get too many more chances as a Manager at a lower level.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Not wishing to stir up this particular pot, but I’d have Wellens back in a heartbeat.

He’d have a decent budgie for next season. Get him in now and get his feet back under the table.

Don’t know how wedded Clem et al are to the ‘project’.

[4D]

Yes, but, Sheridan lost away games too!

We are not bottom of the league. This season was about survival.

I am as disappointed as the next man. The last 3 performances have been very poor. But, I wouldn't send all of the players and management team to the gallows!

We won't be relegated but we are folding more than a deck of cards. Our home form is fucking terrible.

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

I assume Clem gave Garner a couple of years on his contract, unless the embargo extends to coaching staff?

Get the feeling we'll waste another season on him before Clem wises up.

[molepar]

Wasn’t there today but saw a replay of their second and it looked like JJ should have saved it to me. Very poor game management by the sound of things on the radio.

[pantomime dame]

Well I you're going to lose then do it this way, entertaining the punters.
You got tha atmosphere back albeit for 15 mins.
My verdict, same result but far more entertaining.

[Nemo]

I think the root problem for me is that we're quite a nice team. I really can't imagine other fans come away hating anyone apart from perhaps McKirdy. If you look at Man City who are probably the model, they play incredible possession football and don't have a destroyer or anyone really nasty, but the whole team breaks up the opposition play with tactical fouls. We let football happen to us - we're trying to be Man City in possession (I did say trying!) but we're Liden U11s out of it.

[stfcjack]

Absolute shite. Seem to have lost our way massively. Confidence is the manager is starting to wain. Need a turnaround in fortunes quickly.

[Peter Venkman]

Wasn’t there today but saw a replay of their second and it looked like JJ should have saved it to me. Very poor game management by the sound of things on the radio.

It took a deflection and was an OG off Cooper I think.

[adje]

How is he getting on at Scunthorpe?

Getting booked and losing at home to Oldham

[Nomoreheroes]

Not wishing to stir up this particular pot, but I’d have Wellens back in a heartbeat.

He’d have a decent budgie for next season. Get him in now and get his feet back under the table.

Don’t know how wedded Clem et al are to the ‘project’.

Sorry dude, but did you see how well he did at Salford and Doncaster?

You've basically said that you would get rid of a U23 manager and replace him with someone who had a lucky season with some injury prone players and a couple of Championship standard players in L2!

He would be shite!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Yeah. He had a lucky 30-odd games.

Don’t care what he did at Salford or Donny.

[JBZ]

Tomlinson saying all the right things on the radio.

[Nomoreheroes]

Tomlinson:
- Very frustrating
- Know we should have done better
- We stopped playing
- Good finish for their first one
- Should have been playing the same as we did for the first 70 mins
- Even after that we should have shut up shot
- Love it (as much as you can in a defeat)
- Been to the County Ground growing up. Always followed Town (Basically lied, as he could only name Nathan Thompson and Gladwin who used to be here)
- Heard about the project. Didn't want to go anywhere else. Welcome today was brilliant
- Lot to improve upon, but can make it at the top level. Want to learn a lot here and go back a better player next year.
- Heading in a positive direction. Believe we can get promoted this year
- Just about game management. Its an unforgiving league
- Should have managed the game better and defended better.
- Like the formation and playing wing back