A week after losing 5-4 at Peterborough we desperately needed a boring 1-0 victory over Leyton Orient just to steady the ship and gain some defensive confidence. What we got was a game of the proverbial two halves, an awful first half that made watching paint dry seem like an exciting Olympic sport was followed by an eventful second 45 that brought
Read moreYou would normally expect to win when scoring 3 goals, let alone 4. But somehow only Swindon can come back from the brink of complete disaster only to throw it all away with yet another error. Town were 3 nil down after 22 minutes, then we managed to go in level at half time. After both sides scored again it appeared the
Read moreI’ve not got much time, so here’s a few brief thoughts on the much needed victory over Bristol Rovers last night: By how much did we not deserve to go in at half time 1-0 up? “It was nip and tuck in the early part of the game, and they got on the ball a bit better than we
Read moreAfter spending the past two days reviewing the finer details of the attacking and defensive statistics for all League One clubs, it’s time to establish whether or not the figures reveal anything about tactics and what the overall ranking is for the league based on this figures alone, not results. G = Goals | ATTr = Attacking Ranking C =
Read moreAfter posting the attacking rankings for all of League One yesterday, it’s now time to look at how successful each defence is using 4 comparable rankings looking at shots against per game, percentage of shots against on target, percentage of shots on target saved and number of corners conceded per game… SAPG = Shots against per game | SAPGr = Shots against per
Read moreSo far this season I have been keeping a log of various statistic for STFC, our players and for all other League One clubs for use on this blog when there isn’t much to talk about! Earlier this week I thought about our performances in the first 10 games, wondering how we compare, statistically at least, to the rest of League
Read moreI couldn’t make it to Dagenham yesterday afternoon so I won’t comment a great deal on the match itself, having listened to the game and only seen the briefest of highlights of our pathetic defence and embarrassing performance on the Football League Show. Our second defeat in 5 days following a 5 match unbeaten run firmly cements Town’s place within mid-table. However, it is
Read moreI never doubted our ability to eventually deliver and we certainly deserved the 3 points against a rudderless Southampton, whose arrogant and deluded management and fans need to realise they are a League One club. It was a tight affair with possession 49/51 in favour of Southampton. Chances were limited with an equal amount of shots on and off target. It was only in
Read moreOn paper we appeared to have strength in depth. I also thought…perhaps we might even be blessed with the ‘strongest’ Town squad for some years. So why hasn’t this manifested itself into an onfield advantage, leaving us winless after 5 league games? So far on the bench this season we’ve seen Amankwaah, Ball, Caddis, Dossevi, Ferry, Jean-Francois, Jesionkowski, Morrison, Prutton, Sheehan,
Read moreFive games into the 2010/2011 League One season Swindon Town find themselves without a win and astonishingly sitting bottom of the table with only 3 points. This is hardly what I had expected, let alone the rest of you, as well as what the club predicted back at the start of August. I was so confident I put £30 on
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