Midweek Round Up

Good results last night for Swindon, Oxford and Bristol Rovers last night while Cheltenham picked up a useful point and lead the charge of the local clubs in League Two.

Swindon boss Paolo di Canio watched his team put three goals past moneybags Crawley with one of his 15 summer signings - Algerian Mehdi Kerrouche - grabbing a brace as the tide continues to turn for the Wiltshire outfit. Alan Connell netted the Robins's other goal.

Oxford boss Chris Wilder blooded 17 year old loan striker Robert Hall in last night's win at Daggers and the West Ham kid rewarded his faith with his first senior goal to seal the win. Hall signed on Monday for one month and has already scored seven other times this season for the Hammers' development squad.

Chris Zebroski replaced Scott McGleish in the Bristol Rovers line up and repaid boss Paul Buckle's faith by scoring the only goal of the game as they beat Shrewsbury at the Mem. I make my first visit to Rovers on Saturday and so it will be interesting to report back on the mood around the place. From what I have heard, the Gas have been playing some decent football and didn't do too badly when I watched them lose to Wycombe in the League Cup recently.

Meanwhile Cheltenham were pegged back twice against Buckle's former club Torquay with Josh Low and Kaid Mohamed putting them ahead twice before the break and leaving them in the play-off places. However, without the point they would have been level with Rovers who currently sit in 12th place.

And that just about sums up where we are at this point of the season. A couple of wins can see you bounce from the relegation places to the edge of the play off positions - or vice versa. All the more reason for cool heads on terraces and the dressing room.

And I hope for Jamie Pitman's sake that there are cool heads in and about Edgar Street following Hereford's 0-2 home defeat to Aldershot. Reading some websites it would appear that the Bulls fans have had enough of the manager and comparisons are being made with Simon Davy who was sacked after a similarly poor start last season.

Finally, Wycombe also suffered as defeat in League One last night and have the same number of points - five - and also sit in the relegation zone. However, unlike Pitman, Gary Waddock still has the fans on his side and built up a substantial amount of goodwill during the club's promotion run last season and have been playing decent football even if the results have gone against them. I suspect that Waddock will stick to his guns and that he'll be rewarded with a run of wins before too long.