In the final of his blogs this week, Adam Tanner examines another reason why Swindon Town are faltering in League One… Throughout 28 competitive games this season, no player has scored more than three times for the club. That’s 21 games into the league season and the club’s strikers have four league goals between them. Frankly, when we consider that several of our opponents
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The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the fourth of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… Luke Williams does not give the impression of being an inspiring leader, and the stats support
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The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the third of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… A cup run, even a decent cup fixture, can do so much for a club. To give
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The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the second of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… With the January transfer window a few week ahead, I fully agree with the assumption that the
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The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the first of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… Swindon Town have now conceded four goals in three of the last four away league games.
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Adam Tanner headed to Rochdale, hoping to see the hosts’ playoff hopes beheaded by Swindon Town Despite a tame FA Cup defeat in November, Town had never lost in eight previous league visits to Spotland. Upholding that record would be difficult against a Rochdale side that had managed 39 goals in its previous 22 home games; the division’s second highest
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Adam Tanner headed to the County Ground hoping to be illuminated by Swindon Town’s performance against Blackpool History suggested that this game could be close; prior to Blackpool’s 1-0 win over Swindon in October, each of the previous eight meetings between the sides had ended in draws. In fact, Town had beaten their opponents only once in 16 attempts since
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In light of Will Randall’s move to Wolves, Adam Tanner assesses Swindon Town’s record of developing players from within its own youth system… In recent years at Swindon, we have always been quick to remind ourselves that Nathan Thompson is “one of our own”. And rightly so. Football is very tribal, and fans will understandably warm to players with a
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Adam Tanner headed to the Pirelli Stadium, hoping to watch Swindon avoid further skid marks and get the wheels back on their winter form… Despite a disappointing Boxing Day performance against Gillingham, Swindon could approach a tricky trip to the joint league leaders with some optimism. Consecutive away wins, each of them accompanied by a clean sheet, had represented a
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Adam Tanner travelled to the County Ground, hoping to watch Swindon Town send their visitors back to Coventry… Tuesday’s feeble collapse against an Oldham Athletic side, which had won just one of its previous 23 competitive matches, represented a new low for Swindon – who had lost five consecutive home League games for only the third time ever. Whereas Coventry
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