The Swindon Town Sentinel
Squad5 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Ollie Palmer out for 161 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Swindon Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market5 Jul 2027
Joel McGregor hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Swindon Town can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Swindon Town
Ollie Palmer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Swindon Town rebuffed over Thimothée Lo-Tutala
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hull City have kept their man, and Swindon Town go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Harry Winks needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Swindon Town know which stage they are at.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Filozofe Mabete
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Filozofe Mabete, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Fletcher Holman stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fletcher Holman and Swindon Town agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Swindon Town sign 6 boys into the academy
None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Omar Sowunmi is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Swindon Town and Omar Sowunmi
- Market No place for Jake Tabor in the plan
- The dugout Aaron Lewis knocks on the manager's door