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
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Throughout this week our writers reveal their hopes and expectations for Swindon Town in League One during 2012/13. Second up, our Podcast host Christopher Panks… Hopes and expectations for the season: I’ll be fairly satisfied with a finish in the top half of the league, a top 10 finish would be seen as a good consolidation. Signing of the summer: Troy
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Christopher Panks reveals why recent history suggests another promotion for Swindon Town in 2012/13 would be an unlikely turn of events… There is plenty of cause for optimism around the County Ground before the start of the 2012/13 League One campaign. Any trepidation caused by the appointment of an unknown quantity twelve months ago was quickly eradicated as Paolo Di
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After the Football League announced they would revert to seven substitutions for the 2012/13 campaign, Christopher Panks asks how this could affect Di Canio’s approach… Much is spoken of how substitutions have won or lost games for managers. Many have pointed to Harry Redknapp’s tactical decisions which saw his team surrender a 2-0 lead away to bitter rivals Arsenal, eventually conceding five without scoring another,
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