Most liked posts in thread: Home v Oldham August 17th

And I believe that Hanson header was deflected, good game today I thought Oldham looked very dangerous going forward and just as bad defending, it could have been 5/6, young McCartan having two great chances within a couple of minutes of coming on, maybe with a few extra minutes on the field he would have put both away.
Patrick also looked lively when he came on, our two CD looked very commanding and I thought Mellor had his best game so far for us.
Midfield were over run at times first half but got more into it second half, Scannel can't do 90 minutes hope that's only a temporary thing, Wood had a decent game and his cross for Vaughan's goal was quality, our two front men were too much for Oldham, not forgetting O'Donnell who commanded his box very well.
Look who's scored for Swindon today in the 88th minute.

 

Yes, I agree. He is their captain Maouche. I thought he looked a tidy player, making some good through balls as well. He faded in the later stages of the match, but he seemed a good technical player.

 

Maouche or something?

Yeah, I'll give them that, but second half kinda disappeared.

I swear, someone over there has done the same thing Edin did last year - went out and signed a few technically gifted players and walloped them into a 'team' without any real strategy or know-how. Sadly guys like Maouche and Fage won't do anything unless they get a move out of there, despite a bit of talent.

Personally I'd sign Fage, but would worry Maouche would follow the same pattern as all the other failed 'false strikers' we've had.

 

Yeah impressed with their no10

 

Devine will get better with games and confidence. Maybe Reeves. I do expect one in maybe two with Akpan going

 

Was it the same person that said we should stop feckin around with 4-3-3 or diamond formations and play 4-4-2 with Scannell and Wood as the wide options????

 

I think what made this game a little easier than the Cambridge game was that Oldham simply did not press high.

We had time to ping it long from both centre backs, whereas most teams will probably have more tactical awareness and defend from the front.

Could be why we walked it in the end.

 

Can see you’re struggling to let go of your scapegoats. Devine had an ok first half and accomplished 2nd. It helped that Vaughan dropped back in the 2nd half to help out, but claiming Devine only tidying up his own mistakes is a cheap shot.

As for “McCartan got into some good positions but let down by his finishing”, followed by “less said about Patrick the better” shows the point I’m making. BOTH got into some good positions but BOTH let themselves down with their finishes.

Why does one get praise and not the other???

 

Did Patrick get into any good positions? He lost the ball every time he had it.

 

Not for me, more of the usual Bambi on ice stuff. Each to their own though.

 

And leaning back when attempting a shot and hitting the upper Kop is good enough? That is also a basic skill (just as is ball control) and he messed up.

Yet he gets a clean pass whilst the other gets criticised AGAIN

 

Didn’t someone (Jon?) refer to Donaldson as Bambi on Ice and I wouldn’t say he was poor?!

 

I think a lot of this is not really knowing what we beat in comparison to other teams. Yes, we should have had 5 but will we come up against other teams who play 3 carthorses in central defence yet still keep a high line?

 

So the draws may not have been as bad as people made out as we don’t know what we came up against?

 

Don't know. Saw game 1 and the opposition's only aim was to stop us scoring. Know nothing about game 2 as Like a lot of others, I was a long way away but ask again at Christmas. If previous seasons are a benchmark, our first 11 should by then be a bit different.

 

I'll need to buy a paper in the morning to confirm...

 

I thought the same, in terms of pace, size, physique, he looks a Premier League player.

And then someone passes to him and the illusion is swiftly shattered.

Not totally ready to write him off as a League Two bit-part though.

 

I am hoping that both McCartan and Patrick will learn from being around more experienced players. Certainly Omari pace and power would be a great for us if he could use it in conjunction with his feet. McCartan is coming back to fitness, and they both need match fitness, so hopefully get a run out in some of cups and behind door friendliies.

 

Great Team performance yesterday including the substitutes.
Oldham played some good football untill Donaldsons goal, which effectively killed the game.
Three points from there on in, never in doubt.

 

Fair enough. Like you say, they both only had brief cameos yesterday, lets see what they can do when/if they get more game time.