⚽ Match Thread vs. Swindon Town 04.01.25 [EFL L2]

[CamPie]

We can soon reopen the debate if you feel strong enough not to be offended. You had the last thread closed, do you want to open it again here?

Move on.

[SwalePie]

We can soon reopen the debate if you feel strong enough not to be offended. You had the last thread closed, do you want to open it again here?

I closed the thread. Please don't derail this one.

[Boomerangpie]

Just like after the Salford defeat we were desperate for a victory and just like against Bradford we all but secured it by half time following that defeat to the league leaders.

If more clinical could have been another 5 and that?s not really a criticism or an exaggeration. That second half was so comfortable against a blunt and limited Swindon side. We create so much recently.

What I am delighted to see on a regular basis is patterns of play and some lovely passing moves. Not all comes off naturally but the intent is obviously there. I think back to some dark seasons of the past and it was all so unplanned, so random and so hopeful.

We are light years away from those days both on and off the pitch this season

[HeroPie1862]

Highlights posted 6 hours ago if anyone's fussed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=799LyoCV7pY

[SmiffyPie]

OK DC had a couple of loose passes but I thought his positional game was everything we could wish for. He very rarely went deep and I thought he consciously made more square passes and moved the ball a lot faster than of late.

[ThePieWhoCameIn]

So Harry Smith was missing today due to a broken nose.

I must dig out a 'Get Well Slowly' card.

Do we know if this was a football injury, or just Harry Smith being a bit too 'Harry Smith' in the pub?

[magpie_mania]

Do we know if this was a football injury, or just Harry Smith being a bit too 'Harry Smith' in the pub?

Injured on NYD. Holloway said he wanted to play in a face-protector but Holloway said no.

[Mud Pie]

OK DC had a couple of loose passes but I thought his positional game was everything we could wish for. He very rarely went deep and I thought he consciously made more square passes and moved the ball a lot faster than of late.

I agree, not everything came off for him today, but thought he looked maybe a little more mature than in the Walsall game? After chats with SM?

The read of him being too 'look at me' and 'showboating' relies too much on telepathy for me. I'd say the more likely fault is that, despite being a top quality carrier of the ball, he's not always fast enough to make the right decision about when/where to let go.

[Mud Pie]

Salford could be our best result of the season

indeed! I'd say it says a lot for SM and the squad that they look like they've been able to make it so.

[bufordpie]

Expected them to park the bus but an excellent result.