An 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 moreA resounding 4-0 victory for Swindon over Barnet this afternoon saw the match sponsor’s award Matt Ritchie their man of the match. Do you agree with their choice? Poll open until later on Sunday with our match reactions to follow on Monday morning.
Read moreSaturday afternoon we welcome Barnet to the County Ground for the tenth game in League Two this season. Remember, Adult tickets purchased before 5pm on Friday will be at £20 in the Arkells and Don Rogers Stands and £14 in the Town End. Better than nothing, but still not good enough IMO. Form… After being brought back down to earth
Read moreBBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. GOOD CHIPPY ON THE WAY FROM… Burton Albion. Not too much else to recommend that afternoon, I’m afraid. It was a new ground for Swindon fans, another one to tick off the list. Around a thousand made the journey to the Pirrelli Stadium, in
Read moreFollowing the publication of the defensive rankings yesterday, it’s time to check out how efficient each team has been in the 9 games so far this season at the other end of the pitch. Again these attacking rankings studies five key statistics covering a wide variety of attacking play. These are then followed by the overall League Two rankings. Will
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