A win, surely

Didn't we beat hem there?

When did we last do a double?

One for @MalcolmW

1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Can only think IE doesn’t rate darcy or something has happened behind the scenes the lad certainly did ok in L1

If something had happened behind the scenes he wouldnt have been on the bench so many times, he would have been given the Taft treatment.  I wouldnt be surprised if Darcy ended up at Tranmere with Chino.

Just now, Mr Grey said:

Fair point, just trying to make myself feel better...

I think he was a bit unlucky.

To be fair, I haven’t seen the multi-angled replays we’d have in the Prem but I reckon that clearance would’ve given the VAR geezer something to do. 

1 hour ago, dusan nikolic said:

The key to getting up this league for me is to sort out the Sarcevic issue . While being no better or worse than others so far this season  for whatever reason we clearly are getting nowhere near the best from the lad.

There seems to be no logic to having him sitting so deep when he was brought in for his attacking abilities , and he's now starting to cut a frustrated figure who looks good when we have our tails up but for the majority of the time he's too deep to be helping the attacks .

I'm not sure what the full problem is , whether it's a formation unsuited to him , carrying excess weight or basically being played out of position . I was buzzing when we signed him and I hope we find a way of getting the best out of him but at the minute he's achieving no more or no less than the other midfielders and from one of our marquee signings i think we need to start seeing the lad who was tearing up the league last season . 

The one thing with Sarcevic that has been a disappointment compared to expectation is his shooting.  Not once has he let fly and tested the keeper.  Yes he's scored 2 or 3 with average shots, but he doesnt possess a shot from distance, I thought we were buying that but it turns out he joins the list of BW midfielders going back years that cant or wont shoot.

34 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Imo Darcy would bring energy & enthusiasm to our team and he always wants the ball. Anyone who thinks he couldn’t handle Div2 is just talking bollocks imo, he was one of the few shining lights in what was a miserable season for us in Div 1 last term. I can only think theres some sort of personality clash with I.E. I feel for the lad, he deserves a chance this season.

Glad its not just me.  Whenever I thought he got the ball in difficult situations last season he turned it into a positive, I dont know how but he just had a knack of coming out with the ball.  The opposite of most of our team this season, who end up in good positions then turn it into a negative.  A complete mystery how he cant get in this team even when 5 subs are allowed.

There’s definitely a reluctance throughout the team to take on a long shot. Walking it through the defence every time seems to be the way we like to do things.

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

Looked over the line at first glance

More so first view. Less so when they showed the replay.

1 hour ago, Mr Grey said:

Obviously you don't rate Darcy, but he would have no problem in this division, I am pretty sure if he the lad had been given as many chances as Crawford & Sarcevic he would have had a better impact on games and results and would have performed better than those 2, taking in to account on games played so far, that doesn't take much considering they have both been shite at best.

It's not that I don't rate him, he had some great moments last season but they were just that, moments. He's never taken a single game by the scruff of the neck and dominated. 

We're too desperate to risk our arses on a 'maybe' like Darcy. 

1 minute ago, MickyD said:

There’s definitely a reluctance throughout the team to take on a long shot. Walking it through the defence every time seems to be the way we like to do things.

I think Crawford had a spell of shooting outside the box early in the season ,  But after hitting anywhere bar the target we kind of gave up.

Doyle will end the season with 20 goals

Thats his job done

1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

No its not.  Most of our possession was Delaney knocking it wide to Jackson or the new winger.

Right so you watched every ball played and manually totted up the possession?

6 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

It's not that I don't rate him, he had some great moments last season but they were just that, moments. He's never taken a single game by the scruff of the neck and dominated. 

We're too desperate to risk our arses on a 'maybe' like Darcy. 

Or just give him 20 minutes here and there?  A year ago virtually to the day he scored an equaliser at Lincoln from outside the box, I am struggling to think of a better shot in the last 12 months.  But he's too lightweight.

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Doyle will end the season with 20 goals

Thats his job done

I agree, It ain’t his fault he’s not got a strike partner yet who compliments him, if we do get that man it’s game on. 

4 minutes ago, Casino said:

Doyle will end the season with 20 goals

Thats his job done

If we assume strikers carry on at their current rate, Fonz finishes with 15 if picked, so he could say that's job done too as he's got twice as many assists as Doyle.  I'm not disagreeing with what you say - just that if its just stats, Fonz doesnt get dropped, rightly or wrongly.

4 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I agree, It ain’t his fault he’s not got a strike partner yet who compliments him, if we do get that man it’s game on. 

In the main the service he's received (or lack of it ) has been abysmal.

3 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said:

In the main the service he's received (or lack of it ) has been abysmal.

I don't disagree, but he has also missed a lot!

3 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said:

In the main the service he's received (or lack of it ) has been abysmal.

Aye we move the ball to slowly and have virtually no width. 

Doyle is the least of our problems 

Just now, JimmyRiddle said:

I don't disagree, but he has also missed a lot!

Perhaps the last couple of games , I think when he had his purple patch he was tucking away the few chances he got.

17 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

He is a young lad, other more experienced players should be bringing him along, he will bring players into play, Sarcevic is supposed to get the game by the scruff of the neck, he's experienced and the captain, looks to me like your looking for any excuse to discard him.

Sarcevic has been rubbish. He's been a huge disappointment. 

I don't mind people getting upset at Darcy being sidelined, I'm just not as upset as some about it. 

I think Fonz would have bagged a couple.of headers today playing in the centre 

2 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said:

Doyle is the least of our problems 

I agree. 

Just now, JimmyRiddle said:

I think Fonz would have bagged a couple.of headers today playing in the centre 

If he’d of played reasonably well last 5 games he’d not of been sat on the bench, can’t complain Evatt has dropped him his recent performances been terrible. 

13 minutes ago, Casino said:

Doyle will end the season with 20 goals

Thats his job done

He'd have had 15 already if he hadn't had to keep on coming too deep to get involved with moving the ball upfield and, half the time, generating his own chances. He hasn't the pace to drop back to half way, get a move going then be on the end of the cross that results, unless it takes us two or three  more passes to get there.

The support and service to him has been pathetic at times and the team not set up to make the best of his abilities. Let's be clear, he's not a high level operator, his goal ratio when he had a go in Championship, L1, even SPL wasn't great  but at L2 level his stats are plenty good enough. 

If he was a 'one in every four' sort of striker Swindon must have made over 100 chances for him last season

2 minutes ago, JimmyRiddle said:

I think Fonz would have bagged a couple.of headers today playing in the centre 

Based on ? Seriously how many has he scored with his head this season

Just now, Mounts Kipper said:

If he’d of played reasonably well last 5 games he’d not of been sat on the bench, can’t complain Evatt has dropped him his recent performances been terrible. 

He suddenly became Bone Idle for some reason , perhaps frustration at a lack of service I don't know . But you can't afford to have a striker stood on one spot waiting for the ball to come to him .