An once-local man mistakes the passing of time for too much passing, reports Alex Cooke A married forty-two-year-old businessman with two kids, a big mortgage and recently diagnosed high-blood pressure has discovered that he doesn’t care as much about football as he once did. David, 43, of Guildford revealed that his teenage passion for Swindon Town has dimished, and he
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After Swindon’s latest defeat everyone pointed out the problems, Alex Cooke tries to find a few answers… Be better Let’s start with the obvious ones; play better, concentrate for 90 minutes, attack the ball into the area, don’t let someone dribble past you into the box, finish your bloody chances. But, also let us take the positives from what we’ve
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Alex Cooke looks at Saturday’s positional shift as Anton Rodgers was dropped, before Conor Thomas dropped back to make space for Brad Barry It wasn’t much of a surprise on Saturday when Conor Thomas took the place of Anton Rodgers in the team against Bury. However, it was a bit of a surprise where Thomas played. After all, he has
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Alex Cooke drops another list, but this time all about the abandoned match against the other lot from Bristol 1. Nathan Delfonso offers something different It was the first time I’ve seen the former Villa man in a Town shirt and I was impressed. While clearly lacking in physical sharpness, his superior speed of thought was clear. Delfonso was happy
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In the second part of his look at transfers at Town, Alex Cooke looks at the value of planning, avoiding the bad deals and measuring success. To find more on Town’s own scouting structure, read yesterday’s part 1 Scouting and signing players is more than just finding the best out there. What if a deal falls through? What a big
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Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s scouting system might work, and who does what behind the scenes to find the next John Goddard… At the heart of Lee Power’s model for Swindon Town is good scouting and great recruitment. In recent times the club’s biggest successes have been finding, signing (and eventually selling) the likes of Ben Gladwin, Massimo Luongo
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BOO and emboldened Boo-ers dominate Alex Cooke’s list of the lessons to be taken from this weekend’s win, plus Nathan’s notes and Bakayogo’s bad record 1. Mind-altering short corners This might be as fashionable as jeggings for the over 60s but Town are currently using some innovative corner routines. Early in the first half Yaser Kasim and Fabien Robert came
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Alex Cooke looks at how Jordan Turnbull and Fabien Robert shared the flank against Rochdale One of the criticisms throughout this season has been of players being used out of their natural positions: Henrik Ojamaa as a wingback, Nicky Ajose as a lone forward and, most frequently, Jordan Turnbull as a left back. But on Saturday one of the more
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Alex Cooke asks if Town’s pre-season and training, or lack of, could be to blame for losing at least nine players to injury? So far this season, Swindon have been forced to use 29 different players, mostly thanks to an injury list which seems to grow after every game. To date that list has included: Jon Obika, Wes Thomas, Nathan
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Crap app Fanzai and another media ban are just part of a bigger problem, it’s time for Lee Power and his team to start talking, and listening, to Town fans, says Alex Cooke
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The Washbag 