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Numbers point to Swindon Town's struggle for identity, creativity and verve after miserable homecoming

Creatively, the difficulties are obvious. Swindon have managed 10 shots across two league matches; no one else in the division has had fewer. Of those, two...

19.08.24, 15:06 Updated 05.06.25, 20:04 7 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

Ten days, three games, nine goals. That’s all it’s taken for the glances over the shoulder to start.

The pool of data is shallow, but there are a handful of troubling early indicators of a Swindon Town side struggling to find its identity.

Head coach Mark Kennedy’s good work at Lincoln City was largely built around a compact and disciplined unit who could retrieve the ball and catch opponents on the counter.

It seemed, given the nature of the recruitment over the summer, that a similar setup was the aim at Swindon.

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Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.

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