I Think We've Hit a Sore Spot

[hulloutpost]

Somebody on the Swindon 'board not very happy with 'our' critique of them

Lincoln Forum

Their style of play, if they actually had one, was pretty crude. None of this passing nonsense, just get the bugger forward.

To be fair to them, it almost got a point. If their keeper hadn’t made a mess of coming for that cross it would have done.

It might not win many fans, but if it wins points then it’s successful (I know it wasn’t today but Kovar really messed up that corner.

Can you imagine the meltdown if they had scored that sitter at the end and their keeper hadn’t flapped to gift us our goal. It was our worst performance this season against a very poor side

And this coming from a lot that had the Cowleys as managers for years! fucking irony!

We had a team patched together with....
a right back playing in central midfield
4 players (Kovar, Smith, Stevens and Odimayo) with about 40 league appearances between them
no recognised striker
a defender starting his first game for almost a year
9 missing 1st team players
3 U18 academy players on the bench
a manager who took over just over 1 week ago.

How very gracious of them.

 

[GreenNeedle]

Somebody on the Swindon 'board not very happy with 'our' critique of them

Lincoln Forum

Their style of play, if they actually had one, was pretty crude. None of this passing nonsense, just get the bugger forward.

To be fair to them, it almost got a point. If their keeper hadn’t made a mess of coming for that cross it would have done.

It might not win many fans, but if it wins points then it’s successful (I know it wasn’t today but Kovar really messed up that corner.

Can you imagine the meltdown if they had scored that sitter at the end and their keeper hadn’t flapped to gift us our goal. It was our worst performance this season against a very poor side

And this coming from a lot that had the Cowleys as managers for years! fucking irony!

We had a team patched together with....
a right back playing in central midfield
4 players (Kovar, Smith, Stevens and Odimayo) with about 40 league appearances between them
no recognised striker
a defender starting his first game for almost a year
9 missing 1st team players
3 U18 academy players on the bench
a manager who took over just over 1 week ago.

How very gracious of them.

More clicks then. Very generous of them to read our forum and then provide incentives for others to do the same

 

[bristolimp]

Swindon is a fucking awful place - the fans have my deepest sympathy.

 

[Rob the Imp]

> How are previous managers relevant?
> Is that their defence for why they were bad? Sounds like they want us to feel sorry for them and donate some points their way.

All in all a bit strange to get upset about rival fans' assessment of your team. Not worth the stress, guys. For what it's worth I've been to many Swindon games with a friend who is one of their fans, and have always found them to be quite balanced and welcoming.

 

[Sincilbanks]

> How are previous managers relevant?
> Is that their defence for why they were bad? Sounds like they want us to feel sorry for them and donate some points their way.

All in all a bit strange to get upset about rival fans' assessment of your team. Not worth the stress, guys. For what it's worth I've been to many Swindon games with a friend who is one of their fans, and have always found them to be quite balanced and welcoming.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Strange to be upset about a rivals assessment, have you read the threads on here recently?

 

[The Imposter]

And we haven't even mentioned their utterly dodgy chairman...

 

[Rasenimp]

Other fans not liking us is always the best thing tbh

Everyone liked us when we were shit and just wrote how we'd been beaten soundly by another club I'd had to look up on a map

 

[Impartiality]

If we play that badly again this season we will lose if the opposition is half decent. Thankfully Swindon are not a half decent side and are relegation fodder. It is not our fault their replacements for their injured players are either crocked journeymen or in nappies who had no idea how to tackle, but were expert at kicking lumps out of Grant.

 

[PerthImp]

Everyone had a view of the Cowleys, but in the situation we were in when they took over we couldn’t have asked for more. They did whatever they had to do to win and any team in the league would have bitten your hand off to have achieved what they did in three years. As for now, completely different team, manager and playing style. How old are our players and how many league appearances did the team as a whole have behind them at the start of the season, but look where we were, and are. Sorry Mr Swindon supporter but it’s just views of opposition fans.

 

[Rob the Imp]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Strange to be upset about a rivals assessment, have you read the threads on here recently?

Not in their entirety! I know people get fired up about football but I personally (try to) take a balanced view, but also know I shouldn't expect everyone else to.

 

[bristolimp]

i just cant sleep stressing how they got us from non-league to league one via an fa cup run and trophy playing like that - I feel we owe it to Swindon Town to resign and go back to non-league playing football the right way (perhaps even the Cooper way!)

 

[Scotimp]

I find it incredible that fans of other clubs are so critical of Danny Cowley. Even some Shrewsbury fans say they wouldn't want him to replace the hopeless Sam Ricketts. Shall we remind people of the Cowley roll of honour?

** The first manager(s) to win three trophies (and obviously in three successive seasons) and the first to win three different titles
** The first manager(s) to take City up two tiers in the club’s history
** The first manager(s) to win the championship of two different divisions
** The first manager(s) to win two promotions without a relegation between
** Points per game of 1.90
** Win percentage of 55%
** The National League championship (at the first attempt)
** The EFL Trophy (at the first attempt)
** The League Two play-offs at the first attempt
** The League Two championship (after just two seasons back in the League)
** The first Football League title for 43 years
** The first non-league club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup for 103 years and the first in the modern age (i.e. since 1925)
** Club record run in the FA Cup
** Club record run in the FA Trophy
** Club record run in the EFL Trophy
** £2.5 million earned from a single cup run
** The club’s first ever visit to Wembley
** Club record for Football League games unbeaten (19)
** Club record for points in a season (99)
** Club record for wins in a season (40)
** Club record for away wins in a season (19)
** Club record for points away from home in a season (44)
** Club record for goals scored away from home in a season (51)
** Joint club record for away wins in a season in the league (13)
** Club record for games played in a season (61)
** The first manager(s) to win at least 25 games in each of three successive seasons
** Club record for the most cup ties played in a season (15)
** Joint club record for the number of goals scored in cup ties in a season (26)
** Club record for the number of FA Cup ties in a season (9)
** Club record for the number of EFL Trophy games played in a season (8)
** Club record for the number of FA Trophy ties in a season (6)
** Club record for the number of matches shown live on television in a season (12)
** Goals scored in 26 successive league games, the best scoring run for 67 years
** Average attendance up from 2,594 to 9,000, the highest since 1959-60
** 60 successive league gates over 5,000
** 56 successive league gates over 6,000
** 53 successive league gates over 7,000
** 6,300 season ticket holders
** The highest following to an away game ever (est. 30,000)
** The highest away following to an FA Cup tie in 41 years and possibly ever (8,942)
** The highest away following to a league match this century (5,556)
** The second highest attendance ever to watch a Lincoln City match (59,454)
** Top of the third tier for the first time in 36 years

 

[plumbob]

I find it incredible that fans of other clubs are so critical of Danny Cowley. Even some Shrewsbury fans say they wouldn't want him to replace the hopeless Sam Ricketts. Shall we remind people of the Cowley roll of honour?

** The first manager(s) to win three trophies (and obviously in three successive seasons) and the first to win three different titles
** The first manager(s) to take City up two tiers in the club’s history
** The first manager(s) to win the championship of two different divisions
** The first manager(s) to win two promotions without a relegation between
** Points per game of 1.90
** Win percentage of 55%
** The National League championship (at the first attempt)
** The EFL Trophy (at the first attempt)
** The League Two play-offs at the first attempt
** The League Two championship (after just two seasons back in the League)
** The first Football League title for 43 years
** The first non-league club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup for 103 years and the first in the modern age (i.e. since 1925)
** Club record run in the FA Cup
** Club record run in the FA Trophy
** Club record run in the EFL Trophy
** £2.5 million earned from a single cup run
** The club’s first ever visit to Wembley
** Club record for Football League games unbeaten (19)
** Club record for points in a season (99)
** Club record for wins in a season (40)
** Club record for away wins in a season (19)
** Club record for points away from home in a season (44)
** Club record for goals scored away from home in a season (51)
** Joint club record for away wins in a season in the league (13)
** Club record for games played in a season (61)
** The first manager(s) to win at least 25 games in each of three successive seasons
** Club record for the most cup ties played in a season (15)
** Club record for the number of FA Cup ties in a season (9)
** Club record for the number of EFL Trophy games played in a season (8)
** Club record for the number of FA Trophy ties in a season (6)
** Club record for the number of matches shown live on television in a season (12)
** Goals scored in 26 successive league games, the best scoring run for 67 years
** Average attendance up from 2,594 to 9,000, the highest since 1959-60
** 60 successive league gates over 5,000
** 56 successive league gates over 6,000
** 53 successive league gates over 7,000
** 6,300 season ticket holders
** The highest following to an away game ever (est. 30,000)
** The highest away following to an FA Cup tie in 41 years and possibly ever (8,942)
** The highest away following to a league match this century (5,556)
** The second highest attendance ever to watch a Lincoln City match (59,454)
** Top of the third tier for the first time in 36 years

Sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health

 

[Scotimp]

Sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health

...and not to mention reconnecting the club with the city and all of that.

 

[johnolbe]

...and not to mention reconnecting the club with the city and all of that.

Any lower league club who wouldn’t take DC in a heartbeat must be totally crackers. The whole package would guarantee success for their club.

 

[plumbob]

Any lower league club who wouldn’t take DC in a heartbeat must be totally crackers. The whole package would guarantee success for their club.

Maybe not 100%, but as close as you could be to certain. Similar sized clubs to us would be mad not to have those boys at the top of their list.
I always think back to the Beck days, playing style, and shenanigans, didn't matter a chuff when we were too after about 15 games. One loss and he was a tool.

 

[Luke Imp]

I'm assuming they still hold a grudge against Jamie Forrester and John Schofield as well.

 

[S6Ian]

Oh dear, how sad, never mind...

 

[cherryexile]

...and not to mention reconnecting the club with the city and all of that.

.. and imparting a full understanding to the fans of the requirements for pre-match pitch watering.

 

[Cricklewoodimp]

I find it incredible that fans of other clubs are so critical of Danny Cowley. Even some Shrewsbury fans say they wouldn't want him to replace the hopeless Sam Ricketts. Shall we remind people of the Cowley roll of honour?

** The first manager(s) to win three trophies (and obviously in three successive seasons) and the first to win three different titles
** The first manager(s) to take City up two tiers in the club’s history
** The first manager(s) to win the championship of two different divisions
** The first manager(s) to win two promotions without a relegation between
** Points per game of 1.90
** Win percentage of 55%
** The National League championship (at the first attempt)
** The EFL Trophy (at the first attempt)
** The League Two play-offs at the first attempt
** The League Two championship (after just two seasons back in the League)
** The first Football League title for 43 years
** The first non-league club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup for 103 years and the first in the modern age (i.e. since 1925)
** Club record run in the FA Cup
** Club record run in the FA Trophy
** Club record run in the EFL Trophy
** £2.5 million earned from a single cup run
** The club’s first ever visit to Wembley
** Club record for Football League games unbeaten (19)
** Club record for points in a season (99)
** Club record for wins in a season (40)
** Club record for away wins in a season (19)
** Club record for points away from home in a season (44)
** Club record for goals scored away from home in a season (51)
** Joint club record for away wins in a season in the league (13)
** Club record for games played in a season (61)
** The first manager(s) to win at least 25 games in each of three successive seasons
** Club record for the most cup ties played in a season (15)
** Joint club record for the number of goals scored in cup ties in a season (26)
** Club record for the number of FA Cup ties in a season (9)
** Club record for the number of EFL Trophy games played in a season (8)
** Club record for the number of FA Trophy ties in a season (6)
** Club record for the number of matches shown live on television in a season (12)
** Goals scored in 26 successive league games, the best scoring run for 67 years
** Average attendance up from 2,594 to 9,000, the highest since 1959-60
** 60 successive league gates over 5,000
** 56 successive league gates over 6,000
** 53 successive league gates over 7,000
** 6,300 season ticket holders
** The highest following to an away game ever (est. 30,000)
** The highest away following to an FA Cup tie in 41 years and possibly ever (8,942)
** The highest away following to a league match this century (5,556)
** id they do?
second highest attendance ever to watch a Lincoln City match (59,454)
** Top of the third tier for the first time in 36 years

Yeah, but apart from that what did they do?