Don’t just read The Washbag, there’s a whole football blogosphere out there. Here are some of my picks of the week for a bit of light reading over a lazy weekend in the sun. How Seven Days Ruined the Reputation of Doncaster Rovers – Donny fanzine Viva Rovers refelcts on a turbelent seven days which has seen the sacking of the popular and
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It’s time for our Player of the Month and for the September award it’s your vote to decide the winner. Also, we’ve teamed up with npower, title sponsors of the Football League, to give away two pairs of tickets to watch Swindon at the County Ground if you want to enter the free prize draw. You and a friend could be going
Read moreBBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. And so we’ve passed the 10 game mark of the League Two campaign. Just how did that happen..? It only seems a minute or so ago, that we were at Prenton Park looking forward to the summer. Well that summer returned this week in terms of the weather, but
Read moreAn unusual Friday night kick-off sees Swindon travel to Cheshire to face Macclesfield Town in League Two. Form… Swindon’s four wins in their previous five games has pushed Paolo Di Canio’s side right back into contention for the Play-Offs. And rightly so… 18th placed Macclesfield also sit 18th in the current form table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost
Read moreHaving reviewed the effectiveness of Di Canio’s substitutions and defence, Adam Johnson now takes a detailed look at how the goal have flown in at the other end of the pitch causing mad bursts of passion from a certain Italian in the dugout. When your manager is Paolo Di Canio, you expect the goals to flow and finally against Barnet
Read moreWith Paolo Di Canio celebrating his first ten league matches with a clean sheet, Alex Cooke kicks off day two of our analysis with a look at how the goals have gone in… Attention all rival managers: Swindon Town’s weakness is in the air. After ten league games and ten league goals conceded, it is pretty easy to spot the
Read morePaolo Di Canio has now been in charge of Swindon Town for ten League Two games and throughout this week we’ll be reviewing his successes in three key areas. Today Andrew Steele Davis looks back on an area that has played a major part in Di Canio’s time in charge so far; substitutes. Has Paolo’s subs been inspired? How much of an impact, positive
Read moreAfter much fanfare when Lukas Magera joined in late August, the Czech striker remains an unfamiliar and as yet unproven player at Swindon. To give you an idea of what to expect, Matt Davies analyses Lukas’ performances against Rotherham and Barnet. Shooting Tall strikers are not normally known for their shooting prowess and this proved to be the case when Lukas Magera didn’t
Read moreSwindon secured their fourth victory in five games thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win over The Bees. However, despite Town’s dominance, it always takes two to tango, with Barnet heavily responsible for their own downfall. Reports Ron Smith. After being brought back down to earth a week ago at Burton, Paolo Di Canio responded with one enforced change in Comazzi returning to the side and Phil
Read moreIt has been another weekend of breathtaking action from the Npower League Two as two of the early season front runners slipped to defeats and there was a first win of the season for Plymouth under new caretaker manager Carl Fletcher. All of the action is assessed here in the latest instalment of Andrew Steele Davis’ League Two Review. Bristol Rovers
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