Swindon Town v Cheltenham Town matchday thread

[4D]

I thought the Cheltenham minnows were up for it, we weren't.

[Jimmy Quinn]

Tom Nichols, haven’t seen him play in a Town shirt and very rarely gets a mention either good or bad so would he be worth keeping for next season🤔

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I thought the Cheltenham minnows were up for it, we weren't.

Disagree...

[Nemo]

Tom Nichols, haven’t seen him play in a Town shirt and very rarely gets a mention either good or bad so would he be worth keeping for next season🤔

I think without checking he's not had a single MoM vote since arriving, which isn't a fair judge. We have a ridiculously good PPG when he starts. He works bloody hard and links things well, sort of like a good Blair Sturrock - and I liked Blair Sturrock.

I think he'll get an offer, I'd be happy to have him in the squad but think he probably isn't first eleven every week in a promotion chasing side.

[Jimmy Quinn]

I think without checking he's not had a single MoM vote since arriving, which isn't a fair judge. We have a ridiculously good PPG when he starts. He works bloody hard and links things well, sort of like a good Blair Sturrock - and I liked Blair Sturrock.

I think he'll get an offer, I'd be happy to have him in the squad but think he probably isn't first eleven every week in a promotion chasing side.

Cheers Nemo, Holloway often eludes to him as being vital to the team but even on the Matchday threads he rarely gets a mention and seems to go about his business unnoticed.

[adje]

I thought the Cheltenham minnows were up for it, we weren't.

If by "up for it" you mean kicking the shit out of anything that moves,or even doesn't move, then yes,they were

[Steak supper]

I got away with loads of verbal, stewards couldn't give a fuck

That's not always the case .

[Anonymous77]

For the first time in a long time i’m confident we can keep most our good players this summer, no excuse to not at least be pushing play offs next season. Wright, Smith, Clarke all under contract.

[Audrey]

Who owns the Roller and Ferrari parked up by the corner of the TE/DRS?

[tans]

Who owns the Roller and Ferrari parked up by the corner of the TE/DRS?

Ranford isnt it

[UTR]

For all the good Holloway and the team have done to reverse the rot, today was a blot on that sadly.

Poor lineup from the start, although I’m sure IH would point to last weeks lineup as reasoning for freshening it up but (without hindsight) I don’t think todays team had any balance from the start.

Great free kick from Wright at the end of the first half which probably covered cracks from the overall performance as I was surprised to see no changes at half time and then no proper changes until deep into the 2nd half.

Overall though, done well to get back to a point. We know this is a mid table squad right now that needs a decent surgery in the summer to challenge for automatics, so right now, when you go beyond the best first eleven, you’ll risk drops in quality like this. Get through to summer then tweak where needed.

Thought Smith did well not to lose his head at how little the ref was giving him today, Ameen showed some promising flashes then tailed off (as you’d expect from someone his age), Butterworth frustrated, Nicholls will be one of those who can put in the same performance each week but will be lavished in praise when we win and one of the first to get criticism if we lose, think he’s worth a years contract.

[DV]

Think Ofoborh is vital to our team.
He just offers something none of our other midfielders do.

I definitely feel better for having him in the side. I get we have a lot of games & Holloway wants to use his whole squad + this is probably (without looking) his busiest season / most games played / most minutes played season after a few years out.

If we are going to rotate & rest then I think it’s vital in the summer we get a direct copy of Ofoborh to rotate with the man himself.

I guess Smith is another we don’t have a direct like for like replacement but we do have a fair few options up front to rotate with - we’d just have to play slightly differently.

[Ides of March]

Think Ofoborh is vital to our team.
He just offers something none of our other midfielders do.

I definitely feel better for having him in the side. I get we have a lot of games & Holloway wants to use his whole squad + this is probably (without looking) his busiest season / most games played / most minutes played season after a few years out.

If we are going to rotate & rest then I think it’s vital in the summer we get a direct copy of Ofoborh to rotate with the man himself.

I guess Smith is another we don’t have a direct like for like replacement but we do have a fair few options up front to rotate with - we’d just have to play slightly differently.

Thought Kilkenny really struggled without Ofoborh next to him too. They make a decent midfield pairing, but feels like Ofoborh is a lot less reliant on Kilkenny for his performances

[Bob's Orange]

First half was so so scrappy. Extremely fortunate to go into half time level. Great free kick by Wright, but Joe Day aside from that had very little to do.

We conceded 3 very poor goals as well, the second and third in particular. What was frustrating to me was the lack of a proper midfield, it seemed we only really had Kilkenny in there and we'd decided just to load up in the forward areas. I guess it kind of worked as we got the penalty and the red card which really gave us a foothold. Nice equaliser and after that there was potentially only one winner. Bringing Cotterill and Ofoborh on was probably 10 minutes or so too late really.

Good fight by the team to be fair and good to see quite and entertaining second half after a terrible first.

[Jimmy Quinn]

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Love where the corner was taken from on 11.35 imagine if we had scored the winner from it😁