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Wilson rues missed chances

5:16pm Saturday 4th September 2010 in


DANNY Wilson was left frustrated by a lack of killer instinct by Town in front of goal at Brunton Park this afternoon, which saw his side leave Cumbria with one point instead of three.

Wilson was pleased with the style of his Swindon side's performance in their draw with Carlisle United, but rued several missed clear-cut opportunities to take a maximum return from their long trip to the north west.

Charlie Austin was the main culprit, spurning a last minute chance akin to his Wembley miss in May.

But the striker, like many Robins players, put in a good shift for his manager and the team's display drew praise from the County Ground boss, albeit tinged with a little disppointment.

"You sometimes get half chances and you sometfrom the County Ground boss, albeit tinged with a little disppointmentimes get scrambles whch you say are half-chances, but we've had four great chances, but we haven't finished them off," he said.

"We'll take the positives. Carlisle are unbeaten and difficult to play at home, but really Dave (Lucas) has not had to make one save all game.

"We carved he best chances out, in particular in the second half when we opened ourselves up and played much better football."

Comments(33)

graham81 says...
5:22pm Sat 4 Sep 10

seems to be same old story every game now adays

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Redmoonraker says...
5:25pm Sat 4 Sep 10

can someone who went to the game (or listened to the full commentary) tell me how Pericard played? (and ball when he came on). Wonder why dossevi wasnt played today as he was available.

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grim reapers gone says...
5:26pm Sat 4 Sep 10

graham81 wrote:
seems to be same old story every game now adays
why no dossevi again?
he picks the side

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Stratton Red says...
5:30pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Redmoonraker wrote:
can someone who went to the game (or listened to the full commentary) tell me how Pericard played? (and ball when he came on). Wonder why dossevi wasnt played today as he was available.
Listened to the game. Played well, VP had a good game. Can understand DWs frustration, we had by far the better chances, CA missed a couple that you'd expect him to notch in his sleep. Kennedy was playing really well and was surprised he was subbed. Oh well, draw away to the team in second not a bad result. Season starts on Sat! U Reds...

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Redmoonraker says...
5:36pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Stratton Red wrote:
Redmoonraker wrote:
can someone who went to the game (or listened to the full commentary) tell me how Pericard played? (and ball when he came on). Wonder why dossevi wasnt played today as he was available.
Listened to the game. Played well, VP had a good game. Can understand DWs frustration, we had by far the better chances, CA missed a couple that you'd expect him to notch in his sleep. Kennedy was playing really well and was surprised he was subbed. Oh well, draw away to the team in second not a bad result. Season starts on Sat! U Reds...
thats good to hear Pericard had a good game, I thought he might net the winner today after his brace against southampton. The big plus today is carlisle had 18 corners yet our defence seems to have turned the corner (just heard morrison speaking), and without any new CB in other than the kennedy/sheehan replacement at LB. Id still be inclined to get a decent CB in on loan purely because we're in trouble cover wise if anything happens to cuthbert/morrison.
Not looking at the downside by any means but if brentford beat sheff wed at home tomorrow we will be rock bottom!

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Redmoonraker says...
5:49pm Sat 4 Sep 10

how did timlin play? should he have started?

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Paul Skinnbakk says...
6:01pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Redmoonraker wrote:
how did timlin play? should he have started?
They said he did well, in particular the quality of his passing - sounded like he was putting Kennedy in some good positions up that left-side.
Come on Adver! 1-1?!?! This is embarrassing......

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billbst says...
6:07pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Drop to second bottom but listening to the game we played well. Positives in that Cuthbert seemed to have come to terms with things and Morrison was solid. Dougie may be getting there but some way off his best still. Ferry seemed to be involved throughout. Some of our best passing seemed to come from Timlin. The other fancied sides are struggling too, so still confident we will be in the shake up at the end of the season. Think Danny seems intent on at least two loan signings, most likely a CB and striker I guess. Nothing from the Liverpool connection so far.

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westburyred says...
6:13pm Sat 4 Sep 10

I bet Dossevi is P****d off,giving up international duty to sit on the bench!!!!

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Paul Skinnbakk says...
6:27pm Sat 4 Sep 10

The current league table should be ignored, it's far too early.
The only thing that requires any attention is what is happening on the pitch - ie individual form, partnerships, different departments connecting better, communication, defending better, work-rate, chances created/converted...
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JD was more like his old self today, Ferry's energy was a feature of the game, we created chances, we did the ugly things well & kept a clean sheet, Timlin's had 2 good games in that narrow position, Kennedy & Morrison are playing well & gaining good experience, noticeable link-up play between Austin & Pericard in the last 2 games, etc etc
Looks like we're heading in the right direction to me.

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grim reapers gone says...
6:42pm Sat 4 Sep 10

pericraps new kit
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redplymouth says...
6:45pm Sat 4 Sep 10

was not at the game. but just look at stats, they had tons of corners and we kept them at bay. well done guys

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cumbrianinswindon says...
6:51pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Bit disappointed with the way we (CUFC) performed but well played to Swindon- we had more of the ball but no cutting edge.Austin was really impressive today ditto Pericard and I'm sure the goals will start to flow soon although I think if Paynter had been there today you would have won it.Wilson had obviously done his homework- we built our set play work around Harte (who wouldn't ) and Swindon really didn't mind conceding corners today.
Fair play to your 264 fans not a bad effort and a lot better than MK Dons & Brentford who battled to bring 120 each. It really **** me off when people start crying about the distance to Carlisle, how far it is etc etc. Our fans travel every other week in numbers and don't complain about it

Good luck for the rest of the season

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Jock Strop says...
9:34pm Sat 4 Sep 10

In the words of the mighty Quo - "down, down, deeper and down" Pluses have got to be 2nd clean sheet in a row and a draw with Carlisle at BP is a fair result particularly when they had a spate of corners and couldn't break the Town down. However two swallows don't make a summer and I'm not convinced that Town have stopped shedding goals.

Negatives - no firepower - PerrierWater fizzed then went flat and its clear fans expectations of Charlie to be their darling(and saviour) by scoring in every game are way too high -if he gets 20 this campaign he'll do well.

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Oi Den! says...
9:58pm Sat 4 Sep 10

cumbrianinswindon wrote:
Bit disappointed with the way we (CUFC) performed but well played to Swindon- we had more of the ball but no cutting edge.Austin was really impressive today ditto Pericard and I'm sure the goals will start to flow soon although I think if Paynter had been there today you would have won it.Wilson had obviously done his homework- we built our set play work around Harte (who wouldn't ) and Swindon really didn't mind conceding corners today. Fair play to your 264 fans not a bad effort and a lot better than MK Dons & Brentford who battled to bring 120 each. It really **** me off when people start crying about the distance to Carlisle, how far it is etc etc. Our fans travel every other week in numbers and don't complain about it Good luck for the rest of the season
Anyone who complains about the distance to Carlisle doesn't deserve to be called a football fan.

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umpcah says...
7:26am Sun 5 Sep 10

Oi Den! wrote:
cumbrianinswindon wrote: Bit disappointed with the way we (CUFC) performed but well played to Swindon- we had more of the ball but no cutting edge.Austin was really impressive today ditto Pericard and I'm sure the goals will start to flow soon although I think if Paynter had been there today you would have won it.Wilson had obviously done his homework- we built our set play work around Harte (who wouldn't ) and Swindon really didn't mind conceding corners today. Fair play to your 264 fans not a bad effort and a lot better than MK Dons & Brentford who battled to bring 120 each. It really **** me off when people start crying about the distance to Carlisle, how far it is etc etc. Our fans travel every other week in numbers and don't complain about it Good luck for the rest of the season
Anyone who complains about the distance to Carlisle doesn't deserve to be called a football fan.
Carlisle is a helluva way from Swindon if one is a travelsickness sufferer. It also costs more than say Exeter or Brentford away ! Carlisle sells poor chips too !

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SAPFanSTFC says...
7:32am Sun 5 Sep 10

Oi Den! wrote:
cumbrianinswindon wrote: Bit disappointed with the way we (CUFC) performed but well played to Swindon- we had more of the ball but no cutting edge.Austin was really impressive today ditto Pericard and I'm sure the goals will start to flow soon although I think if Paynter had been there today you would have won it.Wilson had obviously done his homework- we built our set play work around Harte (who wouldn't ) and Swindon really didn't mind conceding corners today. Fair play to your 264 fans not a bad effort and a lot better than MK Dons & Brentford who battled to bring 120 each. It really **** me off when people start crying about the distance to Carlisle, how far it is etc etc. Our fans travel every other week in numbers and don't complain about it Good luck for the rest of the season
Anyone who complains about the distance to Carlisle doesn't deserve to be called a football fan.
Nice post Cumbrianinswindon - I love going up to Carlisle as I try to make a long weekend of it and enjoy a day in and around town.
I think everyone forgets the loyal Carlisle fans who travel the length and breadth of the country EVERY other week!
How close is the nearest game this season?....it must be a good 140-150 mile round trip at a guess?
I can't believe how nonchelant I am at being 2nd from bottom in the league - I don't expect us to be anywhere near that byt eh end of September...in fact, had Charlie's last minute chance gone in (or at Hartlepool) we would be in 14th position and only 3pts behind 6th spot - just going to give us a big story of Swindon rising from 23rd to 3rd by Christmas!! :-)

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cumbrianinswindon says...
8:06am Sun 5 Sep 10

SAPFanSTFC wrote:
Oi Den! wrote:
cumbrianinswindon wrote: Bit disappointed with the way we (CUFC) performed but well played to Swindon- we had more of the ball but no cutting edge.Austin was really impressive today ditto Pericard and I'm sure the goals will start to flow soon although I think if Paynter had been there today you would have won it.Wilson had obviously done his homework- we built our set play work around Harte (who wouldn't ) and Swindon really didn't mind conceding corners today. Fair play to your 264 fans not a bad effort and a lot better than MK Dons & Brentford who battled to bring 120 each. It really **** me off when people start crying about the distance to Carlisle, how far it is etc etc. Our fans travel every other week in numbers and don't complain about it Good luck for the rest of the season
Anyone who complains about the distance to Carlisle doesn't deserve to be called a football fan.
Nice post Cumbrianinswindon - I love going up to Carlisle as I try to make a long weekend of it and enjoy a day in and around town. I think everyone forgets the loyal Carlisle fans who travel the length and breadth of the country EVERY other week! How close is the nearest game this season?....it must be a good 140-150 mile round trip at a guess? I can't believe how nonchelant I am at being 2nd from bottom in the league - I don't expect us to be anywhere near that byt eh end of September...in fact, had Charlie's last minute chance gone in (or at Hartlepool) we would be in 14th position and only 3pts behind 6th spot - just going to give us a big story of Swindon rising from 23rd to 3rd by Christmas!! :-)
Our shortest trip is Hartlepool and apart from Huddersfield, Oldham , Tranmere & Sheffield Wed, all the other team are in the south. The problem is most teams bring around 120-150 fans a time(cant wait to see how many Exeter and Dagenham bring up) & with our own gates being around 5200, its an ongoing battle for us to compete with better resourced teams. Brunton Park holds over 16000 so it can seem quite lonely and empty but while we dont have the same numbers as some other clubs ,we can still make it tough for away teams.Passion?- you should have seen Brunton Park when a certain on loan goalkeeper from Swindon scored with the last kick to keep us in the League 11 years ago.Always had a regard for Swindon lending us Jimmy Glass - we wouldn't be around today if it wasn't for you!

Expected you boys to be challenging for the play offs again and on yesterdays performance , I think I'm right

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mallorca says...
9:58am Sun 5 Sep 10

Good point, however situation looking at table is not so hot.
Still cannot agree why DW never forund suitable replacements for GG and BP.Was he hoping toscrape by on what he had.Still looking at defence yesterday agin he could be right.
Does not take awy we are second from bottom and after brentford game as a post said we could be bottom.
Any news on replacements??????
Hate being negative but leauge taable don't lie

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the wizard says...
10:49am Sun 5 Sep 10

mallorca,

Mostly agree with where you are coming from. However we have just this week played two of the better skilled sides in L1 and kept a clean sheet in both games. I admit we dont have a "name" in defence but we now have some guys who work hard and apply themselves very well, and know each others game, so a good relationship is already being forged. I'm quite happy for that to continue.
As you correstly point out, we have no direct replacement for Paynter, Dossevi didn't even get a look yesterday which I think was terrible as he had put club before country.
Dossevi has something about him and with out doubt, he is a poacher of goals and he doesn't get a start. Austin is very guilty of wasting gilt edged chances. he is off his game without doubt. Wilson seems loathe to try Dossevi up front with Pericard, or Ball.
If you want a "name" Danny Shittu was available earlier in the week and would be purpose made for our defence, but all these new names, where and when are they going to get a game, and more we have, the more difficult it becomes to find the right combination, and I think to a degree that is our current problem. Tinkerman-Dan seems to want to sub people in a game as a matter of course, often taking off our best performers.
As goes the league table, we are still in September, just look at Norwich last year.

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TownEnd D.Romain says...
10:51am Sun 5 Sep 10

Great point yesterday but why was CK taken off??,and why did TD not even get a kick..

3 points from 15...
i now its only the start of the season and there is a very long wa to go but .

In are last 10 games we have got 7 points from 30 this is VERY VERY poor.

And this is bot a moan its fact

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cartertonred7 says...
11:25am Sun 5 Sep 10

i went yesterday imo pericard was useless! couldnt hold the ball and dw was right to take him off and bring on the livewire ball who showed energy and determination to create something. morrison justs get better. dougie is a shadow of himself bein captain to many loose balls and to many passes bein misaimed. but dw tactics were spot on and came back with a good point, but should have been 3 if charlie had put the 3 chances he had away. you reds!!!!

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Oi Den! says...
12:01pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Good points Wizard. Our league position is not in itself a cause for concern at the moment, but we can't get away from the fact that it reflects very poor form - relegation form in fact. I don't think we'll end up in a relegation scrap but if we don't start winning soon, we'll find ourselves a long way back from the pacesetters. On the substitutions point, I thought it was a bit strange when we were a goal up against Orient, we had two subs about to come on, then Orient scored - and they still came on. This seems to back up your point about substitutions being made regardless of the way the game is going. I see you have made the "too many cooks" point again - and I have to agree. I am still at a loss to see how we have a better squad than last season, as so many people have said. Yes, this season we have a bigger pool of players capable of playing at this level, but I don't believe we have the same quality - and I would take quality over quantity any day.

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mikek says...
2:00pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Happy with that result to be honest and although a last minute goal would have been nice that would have been unfair to Carlisle.
The one thing that stands out is our postings are well down after a decent result, just to show how many come out of the woodwork when we lose. I suppose its that human nature thing just to remember the negatives and forget the positives. Now if you ever think the Town forum is bad after a loss then just have a quick shifty on the Daily Echo Southampton forum on the game posting. 330 hits at 1.40 present time and blimey its like world war 3 on there. Obviously the fan base is huge compared to our club but I mean 330 post and growing. There are plenty of Muppet's too as we have one or two, but nothing on their scale. Hopefully after 5pm next Saturday we can hope to add plenty of fuel to that raging inferno.
Definitely food for thought though on how these forums allow us to let off steam or show our gratitude.

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mikek says...
2:51pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Blast Brentford only went and won, beating Sheff Wed 1-0 so Town are Bottom of Div 1 but only 7 points from top spot which sounds better like that.

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BurtBacharach says...
2:53pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Say we are 'botma' league say we are 'botma' league!

Time for a 50 match unbeaten run and not to concede a goal again in 2010.

I can dream...

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red dragon says...
3:33pm Sun 5 Sep 10

A good point away at another difficult place to go. The amount of corners Carlisle had they should have won easily but that shows our defence is improving all the time. Cannot understand why Kennedy was taken off he sounded like the towns MOM imo. Dossevi deserved to play for giving up international duty, cannot blame him if he should put in a transfer request when able. Charlie seems to be off form at present so why not try Pericard and Dossevi? Morrison had another good game. Is he the reason for the defence improvements?

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TownEnd D.Romain says...
4:13pm Sun 5 Sep 10

mikek wrote:
Blast Brentford only went and won, beating Sheff Wed 1-0 so Town are Bottom of Div 1 but only 7 points from top spot which sounds better like that.
were would u rather be??
BOTTOM ON 3 points..
Or TOP on 10 points

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mikek says...
5:49pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Does it really matter at this stage. Top team can hit a bad run as easily as we can hit a good run. All quite meaningless. Time to panic is if we are still there in January. We have had a bad start same as Southampton who have the same squad as last season, and some of the best strikers in the Division and we are 1 point behind them.I will wait to judge after at least 20 games then decide if its good or bad. Both Carlisle and Sheff Wed have dropped points on the form guide this weekend so has the bubble burst for them. No its called 46 games.

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CAROLYN1962 says...
5:51pm Sun 5 Sep 10

SWINDON STRONGEST TEAM IN LEAGUE AS WE ARE HOLDING EVERY1 ELSE UP!SERIOUSLY 1 NINTH OF THE GAMES GONE AND ONLY 7 POINTS SEPERATE TOP AND BOTTOM.NORMALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT A GAP OF 15 POINTS BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM AT THIS STAGE.DANNY Said next 6 games important guess he wants 12 or 15 points of which we already have 1 from away game.this season will be very close right to the death no runaway leaders like last season.what do you think guys?

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grim reapers gone says...
5:59pm Sun 5 Sep 10

TownEnd D.Romain wrote:
mikek wrote: Blast Brentford only went and won, beating Sheff Wed 1-0 so Town are Bottom of Div 1 but only 7 points from top spot which sounds better like that.
were would u rather be?? BOTTOM ON 3 points.. Or TOP on 10 points
he wants to be bottom, mikes not a true supporter he supports the gas.
a true supporter like me and you romain would rather be top, this twaat did not want malpas to go, even he did not get us rock bottom of the league

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mikek says...
6:31pm Sun 5 Sep 10

Hi Grimoron Reaper hows Poxford looking today hope your keeping well up there.

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mikek says...
6:38pm Sun 5 Sep 10

grim reapers gone wrote:
TownEnd D.Romain wrote:
mikek wrote: Blast Brentford only went and won, beating Sheff Wed 1-0 so Town are Bottom of Div 1 but only 7 points from top spot which sounds better like that.
were would u rather be?? BOTTOM ON 3 points.. Or TOP on 10 points
he wants to be bottom, mikes not a true supporter he supports the gas. a true supporter like me and you romain would rather be top, this twaat did not want malpas to go, even he did not get us rock bottom of the league
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