reaction from todays game...

[sonicyouth]

don't get carried away  :shock:

[Tails]

Why not? The top teams in the league are struggling to beat us and we are defending well at the moment. Good defence + good strikeforce = Great team!

We're gonna win the league at this rate  

[adje]

For what its worth I thought Gurney was totally fucking anonymous today.I know folk wanted him to do well but 7/10?Be honest,you can see why Swansea dont rate him.How often do teams allow their own players to play against them these days?

[adje]

Evans 10-faultless
Smith 5-woeful distribution,not a defender
Ifil 6-10 for his tackling,1 for distribution
O'Hanlon 7-starting to replicate his play-off season form
Nicholas 7-defends well and gives an extra attacking option
Shakes 7-best game for us,involved in most of our best moments,superb wing play to set up CCP
Migz 6-brilliant first half,faded second
Gurney 5-totally anonymous.I dont buy all this"new hero" shit
Brown 6-see Migz
Fallon 6-worryingly off the boil
Holgate 6-showed promise again
Jenks 7-got rid of Trundle,cant wait to see him start a game again
CCP 5-could have been a hero,incredible miss just in front of us
ref 0-absolutely diabolical.Wouldn't let Smith have treatment on the pitch but quite happy for "dying Swans"to take as long as they liked.Missed a blatant foul on Fallon(twice)but didnt book him for diving.Gave a drop ball with no Town player in sight.Booked Seano for the most innocuous foul of the whole game.Brought the play back 40 yards when CCP was about to play a dangerous ball into the box etc.etc.

[DMR]

Evans was incredible.

Ifil and Migs were good.

Nicholas and Shakes were satisfactory.

The rest were poor.

[normy]

Evans 10-faultless
Smith 5-woeful distribution,not a defender
Ifil 6-10 for his tackling,1 for distribution
O'Hanlon 7-starting to replicate his play-off season form
Nicholas 7-defends well and gives an extra attacking option
Shakes 7-best game for us,involved in most of our best moments,superb wing play to set up CCP
Migz 6-brilliant first half,faded second
Gurney 5-totally anonymous.I dont buy all this"new hero" shit
Brown 6-see Migz
Fallon 6-worryingly off the boil
Holgate 6-showed promise again
Jenks 7-got rid of Trundle,cant wait to see him start a game again
CCP 5-could have been a hero,incredible miss just in front of us
ref 0-absolutely diabolical.Wouldn't let Smith have treatment on the pitch but quite happy for "dying Swans"to take as long as they liked.Missed a blatant foul on Fallon(twice)but didnt book him for diving.Gave a drop ball with no Town player in sight.Booked Seano for the most innocuous foul of the whole game.Brought the play back 40 yards when CCP was about to play a dangerous ball into the box etc.etc.

Very accurate summary, I must have watched the same game. Except, I thought Gurney was a presence they were wary of, he was harrying and not letting them settle in to a passing rhythm, and fouling cynically when appropriate, at the same time as being careful not to get booked. I doubt that Pook or Whalley or MvDermott could have done the same job, so not really anonymous, though not at his best.

[DMR]

I thought Sean's booking was pretty fair...

[adje]

Fair point Normy,but I would say that if they were that"wary of him",they wouldn't have let him play

[DMR]

still, he didnt actually achieve anything! did he? what do we do now? keep holgate in, cause bouazzawazza is going back, roberts is crap. cureton cannot and wont suceed in our team cause of our bloody annoyin hoof ball shite. holgate it is then

who did achieve anything other than evans?

unfortunately there is no-one in this swindon team other than migs with any class. its about being organised and committed which holgate is - top attributes for an 18 year old, when his senior partner was lacking both until the last 10 minutes

Agreed. Migs is the only player with real class. Without him we would be fucked. People bang on about fallon but for me Migs is the player who makes us tick. It's no coincidence that we have picked up results recently with Migs playing reguraly.

Aye, spot on... to an extent, when he's fit Whalley did a decent job of it too... not brilliant but certainly an under-used signing imo.

[DMR]

still, he didnt actually achieve anything! did he? what do we do now? keep holgate in, cause bouazzawazza is going back, roberts is crap. cureton cannot and wont suceed in our team cause of our bloody annoyin hoof ball shite. holgate it is then

who did achieve anything other than evans?

unfortunately there is no-one in this swindon team other than migs with any class. its about being organised and committed which holgate is - top attributes for an 18 year old, when his senior partner was lacking both until the last 10 minutes

Agreed. Migs is the only player with real class. Without him we would be fucked. People bang on about fallon but for me Migs is the player who makes us tick. It's no coincidence that we have picked up results recently with Migs playing reguraly.

Aye, spot on... to an extent, when he's fit Whalley did a decent job of it too... not brilliant but certainly an under-used signing imo.

[normy]

Fair point again adje, but they know his weaknesses and strengths, as do we, and they have better midfielders than him as they have proved this season. Gurney has definitely improved in midfield, I used to hate him there, but he is now the best we have (or had) to combine with Stef, IMHO. Swansea surprised me somewhat with their lack of creativity, there were some determined runs, but not many good passing movements.

[DV]

I thought Gurney did alright, he did the ugly stuff he ran around and closed them down, he didnt let them play football.

He put in alot of effort but did go unnoticed, he never put that much effort in under King, he rans his bollocks off

that touch he did to bring down the hoofball was world class.

It was a great touch by Shakes.

That particular "hoofball" was described by Phil King on the radio as outstanding. Perhaps it takes an old pro to tell the difference between a "hoof" and an  inch perfect 40 yard cross field pass.

If the ball gets controled its an inch perfect 40 yard cross field pass, if it doesnt its a hoofball!!!

[Tails]

Gurney controlled our whole team though.

[PHIL!!!!]

I thought:

Evans - Played really well and although not troubled that much, he did really well when he was.
Smith - Was playin well before he went off injured
Nicho - Some great runs forward and defended well, especially as he was up against that short pacey kid on the right wing.
Ifil - Played well and kept Trundle quiet. Made a couple of errors but they didnt come to anythin. Well played Jerel.
O'Hanlon - Played very well and he was solid at the back all match.
Shakes - I thought he had a great game. Got up and down the wing and his crossin seems to be gettin better. And that touch he took in the 2nd half to get passed his man was awesome.
Brown - I thought he played very well too. Same as Shakes really, got up and down the wing and he looked calm on the ball.
Migz - MOTM for me. He once again was awesome. He really is one of the best midfield players in this league, on his game. One of the calmest, yet skillful centre mids you will find outside of the premiership.
Gurney - Coped with the pressure of the away fans really well and he got stuck in. Well played Gurns.
Holgate - Looked good on the ball and looked determined and that is somethin some of our players lack at times.
Fallon - Not at his best, but i guess he is aloud a break from time to time as he has been one of the best and most consistent players this season. Played well throughout and had some nice touches and flick ons.

The subs:
Jenks - Played really well and his experience helped a lot at the back.
Bouazza - Shame to see him goin. I thought he was a good player and he links up well with the likes of Fallon. Should have scored though on one oppotunity. Nevermind, all the best for him though.
Platt - Wasnt on the pitch long enough to say anythin, but he got stuck in straight away. Should have definetly scored though!!!!

[sonicyouth]

gurns didn't play the sort of game he usually does, yesterday was more about putting pressure on opponents, closing down, making his presence felt. i certainly don't think he was anywhere near as poor as you say, adje. although he didn't have one of his better games yesterday.

Evans - superb, probably in the form of his life.
Jenkins - outpaced quite often but made up for it with some crunching tackles and maurading runs down the right-hand side.
Ifil - can't fault his defending apart from a few silly mistakes but his distribution makes baby jesus cry.
O'Hanlon - slowly regaining his form, was solid today and the tackle he made just in front of the nationwide was ace.
Nicholas - absolutely fantastic, iffy's really rejuvenated his career but all credit to nicho as he's worked hard and it's paid off.
Shakes - improving with every game, shame he can't cross. troubled defenders with his pace.
Migs - didn't get much space and was never given options when he had the ball but can't hold him responsible for that.
Gurney - i'd give him a 10 for having a go at bouazza when he didn't pass to shakes late on in the game.
Brown - he can cross a ball!!!!!!!! sign him up.
Fallon - you're still playing for stfc you lanky streak of piss.
Holgate - really worries defenders, uses the ball well, runs with it effectively but doesn't seem to get in goalscoring positions very often.