He can play 50 passes in less than 90 minutes and knits defence and attack but lately illness has deprived Town of Simon Ferry in full flow, Alex Cooke looks at what we have been missing. “Less energy, more quality”. That was Paolo Di Canio’s opinion of what Simon Ferry brought from the bench to [...]
With a third of the season remaining and the 5th May finishing line in sight, each side in League Two will face differing strengths of opponents in the run-in. The difficulty of fixtures remaining will play a key role in deciding where the title goes, which team mounts the inevitable late surge into the Play-Offs or who drops [...]
He fired Swindon to Wembley but Swindon’s number 17 has only scored 8 times this season from 30 appearances. But does Alan Connell offer more than goals? By Alex Cooke. Alan Connell is the perfect centre forward. He might not always look like one but if you read through the statistics behind the striker’s performance [...]
Swindon’s wingers are always cutting in instead of crossing from the by-line, Alex Cooke looks at seven reasons why. ‘Why doesn’t Matt Ritchie go down the line?’ ‘What is Ritchie doing crossing from there?’ ‘Why won’t he pass?’ You can hear the questions in the stands, read them on the forums and scroll quickly past them [...]
With more than half of the League Two campaign behind us it’s time to dust off our projected points table. Based on projecting the existing home and away points won of each club forward to the end of the season, this table gives a points and goal difference indication of each team’s potential points return come May. It’s neck [...]
Paolo Di Canio has changed him from a midfielder to a defender, but playing at the back has allowed McCormack to change the way Swindon play, writes Alex Cooke. It took an injury to get Alan McCormack’s Swindon Town career going: not an injury to him, but to Oliver Risser. For the Namibian had been [...]
He might be a favourite of Paolo Di Canio’s but Oliver Risser hasn’t impressed everyone at the Country Ground. Alex Cooke looks at the statistics behind the midfielder’s contribution. Oliver Risser won just two tackles against Huddersfield over 90 minutes*. In the recent FA Cup tie, the midfielder went into four challenges but only came [...]
Back a few weeks ago I was asked if I collected statistics on the number of points won by each player in League Two. Not only are these available, statistics are held covering when a player takes to the field or not selected. As a result a comparison can be made on points won when [...]
With Town on a roll, teams are increasingly coming to the County Ground aiming for a draw. But how can you beat an ultra-defensive side? Alex Cooke looks at Di Canio’s options. Part of the fascination, and some of the frustration, of football lies in that one team can always beat the other regardless of [...]
So then… after two days of bamboozling you all with a wealth of statistics – defensive ranks & attacking ranks - I’ll attempt to give you a brief summary on the efficiency strengths and weaknesses of each League Two team as part of our overall rankings. Graphs showing the rankings split into home and away form are at the [...]
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