Weekend Round Up

Good to see Swindon notch up a win against League Two leaders Rotherham on Saturday - and also Hereford pick up their first win of the season.

Everyone - including me I'll admit - wondered whether Swindon were about to implode following their recent run of defeats and manager Paolo di Canio's bust up with striker Leon Clarke, but great credit goes to the players for shrugging off the growing uncertainty to beat one of the division's fancied sides.

Rotherham had lost goal machine Adam Le Fondre just before the transfer deadline, but there is no excuse there for the Millers as his replacement - Alex Revell - came in and scored a brace himself.

Hopefully this will kick start Swindon's season, although I still have concerns over the unpredictable nature of di Canio's character and whether it is conducive to good man management.

There is also talk this morning that di Canio is set to sign another striker and defender when the loan window opens this week.

Bulls boss Jamie Pitman possesses a much more measured personality and I had hoped - and suspected - that the club would get their first three point haul before too much longer.

I'm sure that Pitman will have been delighted with the result against a Daggers side who had started the season in fine form themselves.

The results for Bristol Rovers and Oxford were not so good!

Rovers will be smarting after a 4-1 thumping by Crawley. The League Two new boys are making the most of their financial muscle as they go for back to back promotions, but credit to the players as they still need to find the net on the pitch no matter how good the club's bank balance looks. Rovers boss Paul Buckle will have been seething after seeing his team beaten so comprehensively though.

Oxford manager Chris Wilder won't be much happier either, although I suspect that a young Crewe - under Dario Gradi - will beat a few of the fancied sides this season ... while dropping points against some of the lesser fancied clubs.

Back in the UK now after my week in the Rio sun and now waiting to find out where I'll be next weekend. I'll keep you posted.