Franchise v Swindon Town Matchday thread

[Nomoreheroes]

The thing I noticed today was that Austin was getting more and more frustrated with his teammates - RHM mostly who kept getting in his way, deflecting the ball away from him or losing the ball rather than passing. And then those crossing the ball, who didn't seem to be able to get it anywhere near him.

[adje]

At the risk of being labelled as something or other, I think Brewitt and Kemp would have made a huge difference today. Do we know when Cain is back because he is far better than Kinsella?We know what this squad ,albeit small, is capable of when everyone is available,no reason we can't go another good run, we're not completely out of touch yet. Also Young scoring today could be the prelude to another run of goals for him. Not writing us off yet

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

The thing I noticed today was that Austin was getting more and more frustrated with his teammates - RHM mostly who kept getting in his way, deflecting the ball away from him or losing the ball rather than passing. And then those crossing the ball, who didn't seem to be able to get it anywhere near him.

Charlie needs to look at his own performance first to be fair...

[Audrey]

The thing I noticed today was that Austin was getting more and more frustrated with his teammates - RHM mostly who kept getting in his way, deflecting the ball away from him or losing the ball rather than passing. And then those crossing the ball, who didn't seem to be able to get it anywhere near him.

And when it did he missed the header. Chucking crosses into the box is a waste of time without a target man.

[adje]

It's up to forwards sometimes to attack the ball when the cross comes in . Many times there's little or no effort to get on the end of em.

[Jimmy Quinn]

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[Legends-Lounge]

And when it did he missed the header. Chucking crosses into the box is a waste of time without a target man.

Yeah, we should have tried that against Gillingham, might have hit something out of the game..

[Batch]

I kind of skim watching it as had friends round.

I didn't think it looked that bad from what I saw. Obviously a false impression reading on here and Flynn's summary post match (thanks nmh).

[Stef Troll]

At the moment we are a mid table team who on our day can beat any of the top teams but at the same time lose to teams lower in the table.

I think Flynn has been sensible with signings (ie not signing free transfers to just boost numbers). He seems to be concentrating on quality and not quantity. Overall his signings have been good and I feel he can be trusted to bring the right types of players in future transfer windows.

Not really sure why people are having ago at Clem as well. He saved the club when he took over and has managed to reduce the overall club debt. Unfortunately most fans don’t really understand how business operate and just think any chairman should just pump millions in to sign players. Unfortunately this will not happen unless the chairman is a die hard fan.

The fans who complain about Clem are the same ones who also complain about Bristol City, Bournemouth, Reading, Salford, Wrexham owners who have pumped millions into their respective clubs.

I’m hoping we will be in and around the playoffs come January and then Flynn can bring some additions in to help push for a playoff spot (or even a late push for an autos spot).  Otherwise hopefully Flynn can build a team capable of a push for next season.

Would be nice to take the cup competitions seriously as well just to help boost the club finances.

[Bob1978]

At the moment we are a mid table team who on our day can beat any of the top teams but at the same time lose to teams lower in the table.

I think Flynn has been sensible with signings (ie not signing free transfers to just boost numbers). He seems to be concentrating on quality and not quantity. Overall his signings have been good and I feel he can be trusted to bring the right types of players in future transfer windows.

Not really sure why people are having ago at Clem as well. He saved the club when he took over and has managed to reduce the overall club debt. Unfortunately most fans don’t really understand how business operate and just think any chairman should just pump millions in to sign players. Unfortunately this will not happen unless the chairman is a die hard fan.

The fans who complain about Clem are the same ones who also complain about Bristol City, Bournemouth, Reading, Salford, Wrexham owners who have pumped millions into their respective clubs.

I’m hoping we will be in and around the playoffs come January and then Flynn can bring some additions in to help push for a playoff spot (or even a late push for an autos spot).  Otherwise hopefully Flynn can build a team capable of a push for next season.

Would be nice to take the cup competitions seriously as well just to help boost the club finances.

My thoughts too - nice to read a sensible post.

[UTR]

At the moment we are a mid table team who on our day can beat any of the top teams but at the same time lose to teams lower in the table.

I think Flynn has been sensible with signings (ie not signing free transfers to just boost numbers). He seems to be concentrating on quality and not quantity. Overall his signings have been good and I feel he can be trusted to bring the right types of players in future transfer windows.

Not really sure why people are having ago at Clem as well. He saved the club when he took over and has managed to reduce the overall club debt. Unfortunately most fans don’t really understand how business operate and just think any chairman should just pump millions in to sign players. Unfortunately this will not happen unless the chairman is a die hard fan.

The fans who complain about Clem are the same ones who also complain about Bristol City, Bournemouth, Reading, Salford, Wrexham owners who have pumped millions into their respective clubs.

I’m hoping we will be in and around the playoffs come January and then Flynn can bring some additions in to help push for a playoff spot (or even a late push for an autos spot).  Otherwise hopefully Flynn can build a team capable of a push for next season.

Would be nice to take the cup competitions seriously as well just to help boost the club finances.

This is the rinse and repeat line of the past few years.

[STFC_Manc]

This is the rinse and repeat line of the past few years.

It's not though is it, have we had the same manager in back to back seasons? Hope this might happen this year into next.

[RedRag]

Stefftroll's post was perhaps necessary to balance the weight of adverse criticism heaped on Clem.

It was not however in any way balanced in itself.  Perhaps if Clem had epitomised the transparency he heralded and fronted up when the financial difficulties emerged he would have been more widely admired.

I have always said it's how owners leave clubs that is the time to judge.  Not how they "saved" us when joining. We shall have to see.  

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

It's not though is it, have we had the same manager in back to back seasons? Hope this might happen this year into next.

I was one who was always so keen on low churn and having the same manager for stability, but what good is that now when we can't sustain a large enough budget to compete in this league nor afford to retain our better out of contract players this summer. It's a doom cycle sadly until someone can sustain us to compete with likes of Stockport, Salford etc.

[Nemo]

I was one who was always so keen on low churn and having the same manager for stability, but what good is that now when we can't sustain a large enough budget to compete in this league nor afford to retain our better out of contract players this summer. It's a doom cycle sadly until someone can sustain us to compete with likes of Stockport, Salford etc.

It would certainly be reassuring to see more than just Minturn renewing. The only players known to be under contract next season are Minturn, UGM, Cain, Aguiar and Dworzak, possibly Kinsella (contract length not announced) It's not exactly a strong core just yet.