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After a demanding, frustrating, encouraging but ultimately fruitless visit to Bristol Rovers on Tuesday evening we now face an equally challenging trip to Swindon Town. As it stands the U’s and Swindon have identical records in League Two with both clubs having 100% records at home so far, but will that still be the case tomorrow evening?
Danny went for a slightly different team and formation against Bristol Rovers, not sure if it was enforced or tactical, but it didn’t really work especially in the first half so I’m expecting a return to our normal formation this weekend. Not sure how ready the two new additions are but I’m expecting the U’s to lineup as follows:
Lo-Tutala
Vincent-Young Tucker Raggett Iandolo
Sesay Hunt
Thorn Anderson
Payne
Ihionvien
Subs
Williams (Jaden), Kouassi, Terry, Chiwome, Williams (Jay) , Digby, Smith
I feel like the starting striker position is very much up for grabs and no one has really made much of a claim for it so far but I’m going to go for Ihionvien to get the nod although it wouldn’t surprise me to see Williams or Kouassi start in that position. I do feel a bit for Connolly though who I expect to be omitted from future squads and also Kuffour Jr who I rate ahead of Terry but hopefully their time will come.
Swindon Town away was Danny and Nicky’s first game in charge of the U’s and we quickly found ourselves two goals behind before a lifeline goal from Matt Jay and an injury time equaliser from Ihionvien, although not sure he knew too much about it at the time. We followed that up with an equally dramatic 3-2 defeat the following season and a pretty drab 0-0 draw last season. The BBC highlighted that Danny is winless in his last five visits to Swindon but we have done exceptionally well against them at home in recent seasons with 3-0 and 4-0 wins. That 4-0 win was, for me, Tovide’s best performance in a U’s shirt. Thought it deserved a mention as yesterday he signed for Huddersfield Town in League One where he joins up with ex-U’s loanee Joe Taylor. I see this as a new start for Samson and a platform for him to prove the undoubted talent that he has on a more regular basis. I really hope it goes well for him there.
Don’t think there’s anyone in the current Swindon Town squad who’s appeared for Col U but Iandolo, Hunt and Payne have all played a significant number of games for Swindon. Jamie Cureton is probably the most obvious link between the two clubs with his loan spell from Swindon during the 2005/06 season being the catalyst that ultimately led to promotion to the Championship. A permanent move would follow and Cureton shone in that memorable Championship season as he picked up the Golden Boot for the division. We also had Tony Thorpe on loan during the promotion season but his time in Essex wasn’t quite as successful. Egbo and Prutton are two other players that spring to mind as having played for both and I’m sure there are many, many more.
The weather at the The County Ground tomorrow is set to be sunny and warm at 21 degrees with a gentle breeze from the west. Swindon are a team we’ve played a lot, over 100 times, and we actually edge them in overall victories but sadly I don’t think we’ll add to that tally tomorrow. I expect they’ll have too much firepower for us and run out 2-1 winners in an entertaining game with the U’s goal coming from Payne.
Nice one RS, and thanks for stepping in. It wouldn’t be the Durham match preview thread without mention of Chuck Norris, who we signed for an undisclosed fee from Swindon. Never a prolific goal scorer, but definitely a steady one throughout his EFL career, and to a degree I think a bit underrated. Signed for Wealdstone in the summer, and scored on his debut in August.
Here is my honest assessment of the match today. The first half we were in total control. The two new signings were excellent and Esay is a class act . My only criticism was Thorn who preceded to pass back or sideways instead of running with the ball which I was always told wingers did best. In the end we should have gone in at half time with more than one goal. The second half was a joke, why take players off for the sake of it unless they are not match fit. The team went out of shape and lost there way totally. I have nothing more to add as I'm afraid the Cowley brothers have to take responsibility for most of the play in the second half.
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