Just back

Quoted from mimma

Thought we lacked urgency all over the pitch. Swindon are a big side and easily out muscled us. Refs seem to have it in for Taylor, he gives away free kicks which are nothing, yet allows centre halves to manhandle him.

With Green and Morris out of the side particularly having been replaced with Hunt, we’re less physical and smaller. This manifests itself in being ‘bullied’ or ‘overrun’ in midfield and in our diminishing threat from set pieces.

Beaten by a better team end of. Stronger quicker more organised more fluid....alot of posts saying we were poor...or was that they were just better ?

Positives....Hurst switched it up at half time which improved the balance of the game

Negatives....took us nearly twenty minutes to get going and register a chance against the ten men.

Last year they were pushing for League 1 and we were non league.....not too dispondent with that perspective on it.

Also the atmosphere was flipping excrement again.

Green, Khan, JMD and either Pepple or Orsi need to start Tuesday.

It disappoints me to say, like many of the discerning supporters that enjoy watching good football, that I really enjoyed watching Swindon play football and control the game in the first half.

They kept the ball well, moved and passed the ball well, and looked like a team that will be real contenders this season.

I’d have to say also, that I fully appreciated their second half antics with 10 men, when they payed it exactly how I’d want Town to play it in that exact situation too. Professional approach to wasting time, disrupting the ebb and flow of the game, to prevent us gaining any momentum for most of the first half.

Town we’re not at it today, even though we should have forced an equaliser on more than one occasion. Their keeper did very well didn’t he, and I guess that was their GK coach that went to him at full time to congratulate him in the goal area.

I think we will see changes on Tuesday. Khan to start for me, maybe Cropper too (assuming he’s fit). I think we might see as many as four - five changes

We will be fine though this season and I’m still feeling highly positive about our prospects

Awim away, awim away
Awim away, Awim away
We’re the Grimsby, the Mighty Grimsby!
We only win away!

Tuesday go to a back 3 Maher, Waterfall, Smith
That takes out Efete and Glennon who have been under par and gives us more options in midfield.

Quoted from DaleH

It disappoints me to say, like many of the discerning supporters that enjoy watching good football, that I really enjoyed watching Swindon play football and control the game in the first half.

They kept the ball well, moved and passed the ball well, and looked like a team that will be real contenders this season.

I’d have to say also, that I fully appreciated their second half antics with 10 men, when they payed it exactly how I’d want Town to play it in that exact situation too. Professional approach to wasting time, disrupting the ebb and flow of the game, to prevent us gaining any momentum for most of the first half.

Town we’re not at it today, even though we should have forced an equaliser on more than one occasion. Their keeper did very well didn’t he, and I guess that was their GK coach that went to him at full time to congratulate him in the goal area.

I think we will see changes on Tuesday. Khan to start for me, maybe Cropper too (assuming he’s fit). I think we might see as many as four - five changes

We will be fine though this season and I’m still feeling highly positive about our prospects

Steve Mildenhall is their goalie coach, Gavin Gunning also on their coaching staff.

Quoted from TAGG

Tuesday go to a back 3 Maher, Waterfall, Smith
That takes out Efete and Glennon who have been under par and gives us more options in midfield.

You then need wing backs!

People say we didn’t really get at them after the red, for the 15 mins or so immediately after, hardly any football was played. They managed it perfectly enable by a ref who only dealt with it when it became so embarrassingly obvious that he had no choice.
Once we did get going, we probably should have got something out of it. Other games we have, today was maybe one too far.