Nick decided early to play 5-3-2 and has brought in players accordingly, now if he learns from the mistakes of playing full backs in the centre then I think it could work out for the best. Actually being different from most teams may give us the edge over those only used to playing against 4-4-2.

In short I'm all for it.

Sorry, I can't see me starting video clips again. Far too much hastle with copyright issues etc - Dai

In reality the only thing that will bring the crowds back is success, coupled with some good football. The run in during our promotion season saw crowds averaging 6,000 even though the football wasn't actually scintillating.

Adult local players have a choice to come, most can't be bothered to rush to the Vetch after their game. Children however kick off at 11.00 ??, leaving enough time to get to matches, so more must be done to encourage them (catch them young).

It's simple economics,
1 Adult = £10
1 child being taken by an adult = £15

I'm sure that this was just because there were another two major teams in the area but I think that if we REALLY wanted to change, we probably could.

Rgds,
Nick

You only have to look back over the past 12 months to see what has been taken from internet sites and reproduced as 'exclusives' or the like.

It has happened before and it will happen again.

As of yet I haven't, but if video highlights is your thing I am told Swans World has an impressive searchable archive of Swans goals. Dai

Actually, I was even more impressed back on 27th February when I first reported the same interesting facts. Oh well, sic transit gloria. WOS has a bit more circulation than this site.

[Sic transit gloria? English translation from my schooldays: "Will you look at the *** on Gloria as she passes by."] Or go look at my "Across the Pond" #6 and read the original study.

Dai: New banner head? "scfc.co.uk -- First with everything important."

First, reasonable crowd, but where were the 1,500 missing from the first game? Anyway, well done those that WERE there for generating such a great atmosphere.

I'm chuffed with the result, but we have to be honest, Bournemouth were pretty awful. On a scale of 1 to 10, with Rushden being ten, they were a four at best. And I wasn't very impressed with our performance in the first twenty minutes of the second half, when we fell back too deep AGAIN, and let a third rate team dominate us. Only some dreadful finishing let us off the hook.

On the positive side, I thought Theobald was a revelation. What a performance. Strong, calm and decisive. When was the last time you saw a Swans central defender play the ball calmly to feet when under pressure? If this is his normal standard, he'd be my first pick for every game. Praise, too, for Roger. He's so good, we've almost come to take him for granted. It's only when you see a duff performance from his opposite number like we saw on Staurday, that you realise just how good he is. Rock solid, in fact. And his injury seems to have done him some good, because he can kick his clearances straight, now; he's lost his 'left hook'!.

Finally, Woods. A good battling performance, somewhat spoiled for me by his 'Dying Swan' routine when fouled near the end, designed to get the defender responsible the red card. Rolling over five or six times, jerking and twitching in agony is OK for the Indians when shot in John Wayne films, but don't do it down the Vetch, son. We don't like it.

See you at Bristol!

I am sure that a few years ago Torquay did play matches on a Friday due to their location however the FA and FL stopped this as it was deemed as giving unfair advantage to them.

Our gates would improve as the catchment would improve its worth a try, if you dont ask you dont get

I have just put an article up on Papertalk from the Wales on Sunday yesterday showing the stats - Quite alarming really. Dai

Home attendance table (as at 25/08/02)

• Hull City 9,626
• Carlisle United 8,580
• Bristol Rovers 6,990
• Swansea City 5,326
• Oxford United 5,236
• Hartlepool United 4,762
• Boston United 4,672
• AFC Bournemouth 4,543
• Cambridge United 4,443
• Exeter City 3,990
• Leyton Orient 3,954
• Darlington 3,724
• Scunthorpe United 3,710
• Torquay United 3,670
• Shrewsbury Town 3,664
• Southend United 3,516
• Rushden and Diamonds 3,466
• Wrexham 3,442
• York City 3,333
• Rochdale 3,043
• Lincoln City 2,964
• Macclesfield Town 2,589
• Bury 2,499
• Kidderminster 2,441