The FA Cup First Round thread

[T.A]

Some on your forum have cheek to say we are nothing special maybe so but we are holding our own in league 1 and have best away form in league

Plenty of special people on that forum, I wouldn't take any notice of it.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

Hope to see afew dons fans at Curzon in couple of weeks, is a cracking set up

 

[womble76]

Midday on Sunday may keep that number low.

 

[Fedora Dale]

Two early goals, ended up a fairly routine win for a depleted Dale (four YT players on the bench).

Carlisle next, going well in L2. And Jason Kennedy will no doubt get his traditional 35 yard worldie against us (but miss a penalty in the shootout if it goes to a replay )

 

[Meadow]

Blimey! I wasn't expecting that.

Any news on Walker? Looked nasty from where I was.

 

[PuB]

Don't worry Swindonites, it's our turn to head out of the cup tomorrow night. Live on the telly too.

 

[Aber gas]

Home against barrah. Looking forward to the third round draw.

 

[ComeOnIrene]

Should have absolutely spanked Crawley tonight, but as usual we switched off defensively and gifted them a route back into it. Gaffney was absolutely outstanding though and thoroughly deserved his two goals. Hopefully it will give him a lift and he can take that goalscoring touch into the league this weekend.

 

[Indian Dan]

Don't worry Swindonites, it's our turn to head out of the cup tomorrow night. Live on the telly too.

It's what happens when you have 11 John Inmans in your team. 'I'm free!'

Tbh, that was the most cringeworthy 90 minutes of turgid, gutless crap I've ever witnessed - and by our standards that's something.

 

[redjed]

Hey , but its nice to be in the draw for the second round if only to the replay, which I'm not to confident we will win!

As predicted!

 

[Bobbin']

It's what happens when you have 11 John Inmans in your team. 'I'm free!'

Tbh, that was the most cringeworthy 90 minutes of turgid, gutless crap I've ever witnessed - and by our standards that's something.

It surely didn't outdo our 90 minutes of turgid, gutless crap on Saturday at the very same ground?

 

[GFCSludge]

I'm going to Brackley, but I don't want to.

 

[womble76]

As predicted!

Can you not afford to sack your manager? Who is actually managing your side. Why bring in Sherwood to confuse matters? Just sack the manager put Sherwood in charge and get on with it.

 

[Indian Dan]

It surely didn't outdo our 90 minutes of turgid, gutless crap on Saturday at the very same ground?

It was very similar. The only difference was you were at least playing a side in the same league.

 

[redjed]

Can you not afford to sack your manager? Who is actually managing your side. Why bring in Sherwood to confuse matters? Just sack the manager put Sherwood in charge and get on with it.

It is very confusing....Sherwood is director of football, he has no contract, he's just helping out his mate Power, Luke Williams is manager , when Martin Ling decided he couldn't cope with management, Williams was promoted from coach to manager and given a 5 year contract!
Sherwood is now choosing the team, training the team and last night was running the show from the dugout in the second half..... so who's in charge is anyones guess, Power , will not sack Williams, he is rated by the football world as a bloody good coach, but how long Williams will put up being, a puppet is any ones guess, mind you , while he was the manager , it seems that Power chose the team and set the tactics, brought in the players...... it's just a mess, and I fear for our future!

 

[Hurrikeen]

Hope to see afew dons fans at Curzon in couple of weeks, is a cracking set up

If it was Bury who had gotten through, I'd have gone to that for sure. In the Curzon end that is.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

They will no doubt happily take Oldham fans regardless......can be there in 20 mins on the 409 bus

 

[ThisTinpotLeague]

It is very confusing....Sherwood is director of football, he has no contract, he's just helping out his mate Power, Luke Williams is manager , when Martin Ling decided he couldn't cope with management, Williams was promoted from coach to manager and given a 5 year contract!
Sherwood is now choosing the team, training the team and last night was running the show from the dugout in the second half..... so who's in charge is anyones guess, Power , will not sack Williams, he is rated by the football world as a bloody good coach, but how long Williams will put up being, a puppet is any ones guess, mind you , while he was the manager , it seems that Power chose the team and set the tactics, brought in the players...... it's just a mess, and I fear for our future!

What does Williams actually do every day then? Assuming he doesn't have to be in Swindon, and it sounds like there's no reason for him to be, this sounds like close to an ideal job.

 

[blademan89]

Good start from the gills again

 

[joethegill]

We've been the better side, just can't defend.

Getting fuck all off the officials also doesn't help.

 

[Lamby]

We've been the better side, just can't defend.

Getting fuck all off the officials also doesn't help.

Please tell me what game you've been watching?

 

[joethegill]

Please tell me what game you've been watching?

The one where we've been hit by a set-piece and a counter attack. I'm not saying we're dominant by any means, but we've had the better of the play. If we could defend at a level above sunday league we'd be fine here.

 

[valefan16]

Brackley look decent and should of had a goal or two more, no idea why the lad didn't shoot when clean through.

Gills look poor tonight but you'd expect them to improve second half.

 

[redjed]

What does Williams actually do every day then? Assuming he doesn't have to be in Swindon, and it sounds like there's no reason for him to be, this sounds like close to an ideal job.

He talks to the media!

 

[TomPNE94]

Fuck off Gillingham

 

[TomPNE94]

How are Brackley not 2 or 3 ahead ffs

 

[hellogregory]

Gillingham look alright going forward, a bit wasteful but seem to be a threat.

Defensively though, I hardly know where to start. All over the place, could have been 4 or 5-1 down before they equalised. Just conceded a woeful third as well. Atrocious.

 

[joethegill]

This is the issue. Forward 6 of our team is really quite good. Neat and tidy, good movement etc. However we know as soon as the back 5 is tested we're fucked.

 

[hellogregory]

Gillingham number 6 is either absolutely shit or just having a really bad night. He got away with one second half, but got punished there for that 4th.

Comical stuff really, no defensive line, mistakes every where, poor on set pieces.

Conceding 6 to Brackley over 2 games should be setting off massive alarm bells.

 

[joethegill]

He has had a shitter, yes. Only one of the back 4 that started should be in our starting 11 - Jackson and Garmston are sprinters but not footballers, Oshilaja is a liability. Feel sorry for Ehmer, spends all his time tidying up mistakes from the others.