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Alex Cooke looks for a way to help Swindon’s perennially missing midfielder move on
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Seven things we’ve learnt this transfer window
With Louis Thompson gone, but back, and Jack Stephens and Jonathan Obika back, again, Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon did out of the summer’s moves. 1. Town had a good transfer window Swindon fans can’t usually agree on anything. From formations to the merits of playing 50-year-old bit of sub-moptop-pop guff after goals, they bicker constantly. But (if you’ve
Read moreSwindon Town 2-4 Brighton: Rocked but proud
Two extra-time penalties saw Swindon exit the League Cup but with a red card and numerous injuries that is a fraction of the story, reports Alex Cooke. “If the people of Swindon don’t want to watch this team, they don’t like football”. It was hard boiled stuff tweeted in rage, but this one has a soft centre of truth. Swindon’s
Read more1, 2, 3, 4, 5 defence is working overtime
Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s 3-5-2 is shaping up. Suddenly 3-5-2 is fashionable. With Manchester United struggling, everyone is suddenly keen to talk about three at the back, and closer to home, to compare Mark Cooper’s use of it with Louis Van Gaal’s. But Cooper’s 3-5-2 is slightly different to the one used at Old Trafford, and for Holland – despite
Read more‘Tis the season to be cautious at Swindon Town…
Alex Cooke clicked 14th place for Town’s finish in our prediction poll, here he justifies why he’s feeling a bit cautious. It is not the kind of stuff to get you fully engorged, is it? The new season is almost upon us and Sky et al are giving it more bells and whistles than a Leper Pride parade. But are we Town
Read moreTrialist Fails: The good, the bad and Thomas Dossevi
With trialist Anton Rogers already signed and Jonathan Vandesompele set to learn his fate soon, Alex Cooke looks at the short list of trialists who have made it at Town – and the much longer list of those who haven’t.
Read moreMiles Storey: Marmite Messiah
With Portsmouth reportedly leading Shrewsbury to sign Swindon’s quick forward on loan, Alex Cooke assess the value of a striker who has yet to turn potential into goals. It is almost impossible to have a sensible conversation about Miles Storey online. He has become a totem for every polarising debate within the fanbase: potential v reality; loans v developing your
Read moreWashbag Podcast: Episode 30 – The Group of Death
Episode #30 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by FLICWiltshire’s Sports Editor Andrew Steele-Davis, Alex Cooke and Iain Watkins. On the second of our special World Cup 2014 podcasts we ask was it a surprise that England were knocked out following successive defeats; can we now say that tiki-taka is
Read moreWashbag Podcast: Episode 29 – World Cup Preview
Episode #29 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by BBC Wiltshire’s match commentator Andrew Hawes, our very own tactical guru Alex Cooke, and our original podcast host Christopher Panks returns. What else is there for the three to discuss than the FIFA World Cup 2014 which kicks-off in Brazil in less
Read moreAlex Pritchard: Why can’t a loanee can’t be loved at Swindon Town?
With the High Court contest between Jed and Lee likely to drag on into the summer, Alex Cooke chooses to compare a loan signing from Spurs to a holiday fling with a Spanish waiter… Perhaps Alex Pritchard should have been loved at Swindon Town. The Spurs’ loanee gave an otherwise indirect team incision and élan. With his drop of the
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