Flint vows to learn from red cards (From This Is Swindon Town FC)

Stand up is right - there's a skill to tackling well but it should still be used as a last rather than a first resort. Flint's often tried to tackle in areas of the pitch where he has no need to win the ball and has fouled in the process. That's just asking for trouble. Defending needs to be a team effort as well though, attack and defend as a team and it takes the pressure of both attackers and defenders.

Give it another 6 games and he will see red !
I do prefer him at the back though as TAH is shot to bits at the mo

Message for SAP - Re - predictions.

had a late call and I am off to hospital for a few days..
Could you please use the 10th predictor's scores and timings as my own. Whoever it is.

If anyone else could advise SAP of this request I would be grateful. Should be back for Christmas. Cheers.

Haven't posted to often on here recently as negativity all a bit depressing for my optimistic self.

This made me laugh though as this is exactly what he said after the first red of the season that cost us two points. Let's hope the penny now has finally dropped.

Add his two reds to reasons for dropped points - take the 10-1 now available with Ladbrokes on us winning the league. All non believers you've been told 2.5-1 a top three finish, there's free money waiting for you.

Despite this I rate Flint.

Always appear to look solid when he is at the back. However Wardy is also looking good and then we have Macca and Devera..........oh I am talking positive.

has he got any brains says he will learn from getting red cards,sort of thing you learn whe your kid,hoof thats flint for ya no brains

he is quality best defender we have

forgot to say he would not bottle a challenge like half of his team mates

forgot to say he would not bottle a challenge like half of his team mates

tally38 wrote:
forgot to say he would not bottle a challenge like half of his team mates

somebody else who got blinkers on,if his the best hate to see the worse

HOOKEY wrote:
has he got any brains says he will learn from getting red cards,sort of thing you learn whe your kid,hoof thats flint for ya no brains

Behave, he wouldn't be the first big kump of a defender to pick up a red card or two, especially when you consider he was playing non-league not all that long ago. And no brains? No need for that. We can't all be your psychological equal. And what with all that experience you have of playing professional football the rest of us are at a bit of a disadvantage engaging you in conversation on the subject really. Oh wait, it's just another keyboard warrior happy to slag off a town player at the first opportunity, crisis averted!

Learn to tackle and learn how to pass. Every time I've seen him play this season - all does is hoof it away. Defo has the potential to be a great defender but needs to keep cool and think about what he's doing. Do that and we'll be have a quality defender on our hands. Until then he's nothing but a liability on the pitch.

I thought he put in a very measured performance on Saturday, giving us a glimpse of the star he will become (I think) if he uses his loaf and receives the right coaching. Literally and metaphorically head and shoulders above the rest of our central defenders.

Oi Den! wrote:
I thought he put in a very measured performance on Saturday, giving us a glimpse of the star he will become (I think) if he uses his loaf and receives the right coaching. Literally and metaphorically head and shoulders above the rest of our central defenders.

To Denzil Duke 84 & Tally yep Flinty will do for me any day still learning but a collosal defender.

Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........?

well only Arsenal.

Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!!

Well done Alan Connell.

joey butler wrote:
Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........?

well only Arsenal.

Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!!

Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell.

However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

International Robin2 wrote:

joey butler wrote:
Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........?

well only Arsenal.

Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!!

Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell.

However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

Please clarify when Arsenal were or indeed are a League 2 Club, which your comments above suggest?

That is who Connell's penalty knocked out and once again, well done to him!!

And when you refer to Connell being ''well short of the quality needed in League One'', please explain which of our current strikers have the ''quallity'' for League One that you refer to?

I might help you with the answer, they are all planks and the answer is, NONE of our our current large selection of strikers can score, or would score if they stayed awake all night.

And Connell can!!

joey butler wrote:

International Robin2 wrote:

joey butler wrote:
Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........?

well only Arsenal.

Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!!

Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell.

However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

Please clarify when Arsenal were or indeed are a League 2 Club, which your comments above suggest?

That is who Connell's penalty knocked out and once again, well done to him!!

And when you refer to Connell being ''well short of the quality needed in League One'', please explain which of our current strikers have the ''quallity'' for League One that you refer to?

I might help you with the answer, they are all planks and the answer is, NONE of our our current large selection of strikers can score, or would score if they stayed awake all night.

And Connell can!!

I think Wizard may well share my support of Connell's achievements in recent days and in the meantime, my apoligies for a couple of spelling errors in my post above.

joey butler wrote:

International Robin2 wrote:

joey butler wrote:
Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........?

well only Arsenal.

Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!!

Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell.

However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

Please clarify when Arsenal were or indeed are a League 2 Club, which your comments above suggest?

That is who Connell's penalty knocked out and once again, well done to him!!

And when you refer to Connell being ''well short of the quality needed in League One'', please explain which of our current strikers have the ''quallity'' for League One that you refer to?

I might help you with the answer, they are all planks and the answer is, NONE of our our current large selection of strikers can score, or would score if they stayed awake all night.

And Connell can!!

Connell scored a penalty not a goal in open play against Arsenal. Totally different. He may have gotten goals for us this season, he may not, we'll never know. I'd also argue his return though reasonable wasn't exactly outstanding based on the amount of appearances he made. Calling our current crop "planks" is also a tad unfair, if you look at how many Connell scored in a poorer league than we're currently in, compare that pro rata for Collins strike rate based on games played and it's very similar. Rose coloured specs again, and it's just such a tired argument (which can never be proved or disproved) that a former player would do the business for us now. Let's support the players we have rather than argue over who we'd have back - Connell's no longer a town player, need to move on.

Swindon1984 wrote:

joey butler wrote:

International Robin2 wrote:

joey butler wrote: Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........? well only Arsenal. Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!! Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell. However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

Please clarify when Arsenal were or indeed are a League 2 Club, which your comments above suggest? That is who Connell's penalty knocked out and once again, well done to him!! And when you refer to Connell being ''well short of the quality needed in League One'', please explain which of our current strikers have the ''quallity'' for League One that you refer to? I might help you with the answer, they are all planks and the answer is, NONE of our our current large selection of strikers can score, or would score if they stayed awake all night. And Connell can!!

Connell scored a penalty not a goal in open play against Arsenal. Totally different. He may have gotten goals for us this season, he may not, we'll never know. I'd also argue his return though reasonable wasn't exactly outstanding based on the amount of appearances he made. Calling our current crop "planks" is also a tad unfair, if you look at how many Connell scored in a poorer league than we're currently in, compare that pro rata for Collins strike rate based on games played and it's very similar. Rose coloured specs again, and it's just such a tired argument (which can never be proved or disproved) that a former player would do the business for us now. Let's support the players we have rather than argue over who we'd have back - Connell's no longer a town player, need to move on.

Rose tinted or not - the stats don't look good.

Connell managed 11 goals last season from 13 starts and 9 sub-starts (0.5 goals per game).

Collins this season has managed 5 goals from 15 starts and 5 substarts (0.25 goals per game)

Rooney 12 starts, 10 sub-starts 3 goals (0.14 goals per game)

Williams 16 starts 0 sub-starts, 3 goals.
(0.19 goals per game)

I totally get the argument why Connell wasn't the right player for the Town this season - because of the desire to push for automatic promotion.

But it's blindingly obvious that Rooney, Collins and so far Williams are not either.

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Finally a huge congrats to Phil Smith - back between the posts.. albeit with a barely solvent Pompey.

He will definitely feel like he has something to prove on New Years day at the County Ground.

Hampshire_ReD wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:

joey butler wrote:

International Robin2 wrote:

joey butler wrote: Congratulations to Alan Connell, who just scored what proved to be a winning penalty for Bradford tonight and they knocked out...........? well only Arsenal. Connell also scored at the weekend, another PDC reject who still knows how to find the back of the net!!!! Well done Alan Connell.

Indeed congrats for Connell. However, the shot at Di Canio is a bit wide of the mark. Connell is a good League Two player but is well short of the quality needed in League One! Of course he knows how to hit the back of the net every week.. It's League bloody Two playing against Part-Time Clubs that are feel they are in the Premier League!

Please clarify when Arsenal were or indeed are a League 2 Club, which your comments above suggest? That is who Connell's penalty knocked out and once again, well done to him!! And when you refer to Connell being ''well short of the quality needed in League One'', please explain which of our current strikers have the ''quallity'' for League One that you refer to? I might help you with the answer, they are all planks and the answer is, NONE of our our current large selection of strikers can score, or would score if they stayed awake all night. And Connell can!!

Connell scored a penalty not a goal in open play against Arsenal. Totally different. He may have gotten goals for us this season, he may not, we'll never know. I'd also argue his return though reasonable wasn't exactly outstanding based on the amount of appearances he made. Calling our current crop "planks" is also a tad unfair, if you look at how many Connell scored in a poorer league than we're currently in, compare that pro rata for Collins strike rate based on games played and it's very similar. Rose coloured specs again, and it's just such a tired argument (which can never be proved or disproved) that a former player would do the business for us now. Let's support the players we have rather than argue over who we'd have back - Connell's no longer a town player, need to move on.

Rose tinted or not - the stats don't look good.

Connell managed 11 goals last season from 13 starts and 9 sub-starts (0.5 goals per game).

Collins this season has managed 5 goals from 15 starts and 5 substarts (0.25 goals per game)

Rooney 12 starts, 10 sub-starts 3 goals (0.14 goals per game)

Williams 16 starts 0 sub-starts, 3 goals.
(0.19 goals per game)

I totally get the argument why Connell wasn't the right player for the Town this season - because of the desire to push for automatic promotion.

But it's blindingly obvious that Rooney, Collins and so far Williams are not either.

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Finally a huge congrats to Phil Smith - back between the posts.. albeit with a barely solvent Pompey.

He will definitely feel like he has something to prove on New Years day at the County Ground.

Spot on Hampshire Red!We haven't got One decent Striker,that's can consistently hit the back of the net,only one man to blame for that PDC he chose them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lies , **** lies, and statistics. We can make them say what we want to hear, Joey really needs to stop complaining about players who could do this and that if still here, we get this same point less arguement when ever an ex players scores a couple of goals.