Swindon Town v Blackpool Official Matchday Thread 02.04.21

60 points with ten games left. Hands up who thought we'd find ourselves in this position after the first seven games. The team have put a hell of a lot of work in to get where we are, and I can't give them enough credit in what has been an incredibly unusual season with no crowds and a never ending injury list. The way we can just bring in players, and not always in their favoured position, with little to no detriment to the team performance and result is immense and the key to how we've made it this far. Those with a good first 11 will pick up great results, but those with a good squad will pick up results consistently.

Today was a perfect away performance, and we've had a few of those lately. Ultra solid and with that extra bit of quality up front to pick up the win in a game of few chances. I think Gretarsson deserves great credit for his performance, slotting in as if he'd never been out for two months.
We were patient, composed, and dominated from the outset. Also a special mention for Turton who has done really well at centre half despite his lack of height, I had my doubts but he's been great.

I think the importance of the Gillingham game is that if we win, I don't think we'll need a win in either game against Sunderland to make the play offs. Not saying we won't get a win, but I think it really takes the pressure off significantly.
This is a very determined, hardworking, highly adaptable squad and amazingly, five wins out of ten would probably be enough now to secure a top six place. Feeling a lot of pride in this team, and they're taking a lot of pride in the shirt too. Long may it continue.
 
hertfordseasider said:
Am I the only one not particularly worried about Sunderland? It's just a name now, their glory days are long gone, we can beat them twice I have no doubt.
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Not worried either they are the team that is under the most pressure given the fact they think they are a Prem team and will need to go up automatically
 
Wizzerboy said:
IF we'd have won more at home instead of drawing to Cods, Plymouth, Burton, Wimbledon and Crewe we wouldn't be banking so much on our games in hand 🤷‍♂️
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IF we hadn't got Critch as manager we might not have been anywhere near those play off places. IF is a pointless form of assessment. Ultimately it means nothing. Just be delighted for a far better than feasibly expected season
 
Insider said:
Critchy has just confirmed my theory. Credit to Mrs Insider with her motherly instincts who thought he looked "poorly".
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She must have better eyesight than me to spot that, I could barely distinguish who the players were on that grainy stream 🙃
 
mull said:
IF we hadn't got Critch as manager we might not have been anywhere near those play off places. IF is a pointless form of assessment. Ultimately it means nothing. Just be delighted for a far better than feasibly expected season
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Ok seeing as you haven't read the full thread I'll help you out👍🏻

It was said earlier that IF we won our games in hand and IF others slipped up we'd be ok

In reply I used my basic (in your words) pointless form of assessment.
Hope that clears up any confusion as you were actually agreeing with what I'd posted earlier in the thread
😁👍🏻
 
Sooty59 said:
She must have better eyesight than me to spot that, I could barely distinguish who the players were on that grainy stream 🙃
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It always look clear on my tablet, although smaller, but you blow yours up on the big screen and probably introduce lag from the computer setup also.....
 
Wizzerboy said:
Ok seeing as you haven't read the full thread I'll help you out👍🏻

It was said earlier that IF we won our games in hand and IF others slipped up we'd be ok

In reply I used my basic (in your words) pointless form of assessment.
Hope that clears up any confusion as you were actually agreeing with what I'd posted earlier in the thread
😁👍🏻
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It's a fair cop guv. I was out all day catching trout( well 2 anyway). No Internet coverage and forgot to take my lil radio and also my sandwiches. Thus my normal high level of thread scrutiny was sadly lacking in this instance as you so astutely spotted.
Glad I fundamentally agree with you as I often do although I still maintain that I am absolutely correct in my criticism of your usage of the word IF 😉 ( and the general overuseage of the IF word anyway.)
 
CAGU said:
I was watching them walk off the pitch at half time and didn’t even notice that we were 1-0 up, completely missed the goal as I had the sound off with having a barbecue with my kids! Thought I’d watched it all so how I missed Simms goal I don’t know 😂
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I missed both the goals in real time as got called away twice at precisely the wrong moment. Couldn’t believe it when I saw the 0-1 HT score. 😂
 
mull said:
It's a fair cop guv. I was out all day catching trout( well 2 anyway). No Internet coverage and forgot to take my lil radio and also my sandwiches. Thus my normal high level of thread scrutiny was sadly lacking in this instance as you so astutely spotted.
Glad I fundamentally agree with you as I often do although I still maintain that I am absolutely correct in my criticism of your usage of the word IF 😉 ( and the general overuseage of the IF word anyway.)
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🤣🤣🤣
 
TangerinePeel said:
Hopefully those first half performances have just been a blip in our promotion chase and we get out this rut of not being able to beat teams in the bottom half. Same as the reverse fixture for me, 2 nil Blackpool win. COME ON YOU TANGERINE WIZARDS.
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Should have put a bet on!
 
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