Originally posted on Experimental 3-6-1:
I’m proud to present what will hopefully be the first of many club-by-club reports. This one covers the first 10 (or so) games of the new season and features a page of analysis for each Football League club. I’ve no idea how to embed this in my blog, so below is a very low…
Why Swindon struggle against teams who force Town to hit and hope, by Alex Cooke. The way to beat Paolo Di Canio’s Swindon is simple: pressure them. Preston did it, Leyton Orient did it, and last Tuesday night Colchester did it. The problem is that now every scout in League One will have seen it too: once Swindon are put under pressure at
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. And so another up and down week passes in the life of Swindon Town Football Club. A great grind out win at Shrewsbury was followed by a disappointing home defeat by a resurgent Colchester. Just to make matters worse a former player delivered the
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Welcome to Press Watch, the Washbag’s sideways glance at all things Town related in the media. If you see anything remotely concerning Swindon Town in the worlds media get in contact with me via Twitter @mrbraindown Here we are again, are you ready for yet another exciting column crammed full of Swindon related media snippets? Well back off! Pickings are
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Swindon’s aimless hoofing got what it deserved as they slumped to a second abject home defeat, writes Ben Beaumont. Oh dear. Truly, this was a game with nothing to write home about. And I mean nothing. A gaping chasm of emptiness, filled only with Archibald-Henville lumping yet another aimless hack towards the oversized cartoon heads of the Colchester centre backs.
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With another squad of options and talents, Adam Johnson tries to unravel the mind of Paolo Di Canio to see why and how he keeps his squad of talent a happy one… It’s well documented that Paolo Di Canio likes shopping. He’s said it and we’ve seen the evidence ourselves, whether that be a cracking deal through a tribunal or
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Swindon secured a fourth win in a row with a 1-0 victory in Shrewsbury and Ron Smith finally made it to a first away match of this season, so here’s some thoughts… I travelled to Shrewsbury a year ago and witnessed a painful 2-1 defeat. Although it remains memorable as the one and only time Paolo Di Canio’s side has
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Every month we’ll be publishing our Washbag-Index Player of the Month and inviting your vote on the top three. The September result is… PLAYER LEAGUE CUP TOTAL Andy Williams 34 12 46 Matt Ritchie 40 2 42 Adam Rooney 29 2 31 Wes Foderingham 19.6 4.7 24.3 Paul Benson 12 12 24 Jay McEveley 16 5.5 21.5 Simon Ferry 18
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Form Guide… 5th placed Swindon are on a run of 3 League One games without defeat, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in six games. Away from the County Ground in the League, Town won 2-1 at Portsmouth last time out, which was our first victory on our travels in 6 attempts. Shrewsbury are 16th with 9 points
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Decent old week I think you’ll agree. This time seven days ago we’d seen a recovery in form after another supposed crisis in confidence, all is not well, its going to end in tears scenario. Well I suppose there might have been a few
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