Swindon vs Preston Play-Off Final: Tactics Preview
Alex Cooke takes a quick look at both sides’ systems and shape for Sunday’s big game…
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Swindon 3-3 Walsall: Goals can be over-rated
Alex Cooke sees a patched-up Town team play a match with a lot more goals than quality That 3-3 scoreline makes promises such a chaotic game didn’t live up to. Little pressure on the ball and weak defending from both sides meant it could have been a whole lot more. Nathan Byrne ensured a lively start for Swindon pushing high
Read moreThe best I’ve ever seen #4: Dean Gorre’s strop – Swindon v Huddersfield Town
Alex Cooke looks back at one of the funniest, and quickest, sending offs in Town’s history.
Read moreLeague One’s Barcelona? What 58% possession actually tells us
Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s Bayern Munich-like dominance of the ball predicts big things This season Swindon have dominated the opposition and the ball. Town are top of the League One and top of the possession table. After 26 games their average possession has been a whopping 58.23%, almost five percentage points more than the Franchise (53.57%) Amazing isn’t
Read more12 things we’ve learnt in 2014
What screams of the year 2014 more than a pointless list? Alex Cooke obliges. 1. We dodged a pretty big bullet with Jed/Ged Even if Lee Power turns out to be the reincarnation of Charles Manson and turns out to like such outré things as white Zinfandel and Brutalist architecture, he still be better than what could have happened under
Read moreSeven tips to beat Swindon Town at home
A League One manager gives his tips on how to play against Mark Cooper’s men at the County Ground, as told to Alex Cooke Tip One On no account play your own game. Sure, you might be a big team full of big names with a big budget but that counts for nothing here – and it certainly didn’t for
Read moreSix ways to get the County Ground crowds back
Lee Power says that the attendances at the County Ground better improve or he will start flogging players, Alex Cooke has five better ideas, and one crap one.
Read morePlaying Ratings: Swindon Town v Cheltenham
Alex Cooke joins all the other Swindon media and gives his ratings out of ten for Town’s team at Whaddon Road
Read moreCheltenham 5 Swindon 0: Like last time, but worse
Alex Cooke reports from yet another farcical sending off and another farcical Town match at Whaddon Road. The best thing that can be said about this game is that it ended. And that it ends will probably be the best thing about this report, so let’s get there soon. Then I can drink and you can think about something else.
Read moreAre Swindon missing Liverpool’s Brad Smith already?
As Smith returns to Anfield apparently to solve a contract dispute, Alex Cooke looks at the contribution of the Australian wideman. Brad Smith showed some promise in his 10 games for Swindon, but he also showed a lot of inexperience. His best qualities seem to reside in his natural attributes – exceptional pace, dogged persistence and a willingness to work
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