Kieron Freeman ‘Swindon Think They Are Through’

Kieron Freeman has gave a frank assessment about Swindon Town and the reaction after the game in a bizarre rant.

Freeman told the Yorkshire Post, ‘Swindon were celebrating as if they were through, They were probably buzzing because they knew they didn`t deserve to win the game. But that is even better for us.

‘The gaffer said to us (in the dressing room after the first leg), ‘They think they`re through.` Well, we will see about that. There is Monday to play yet.

Funny enough, Sky Sports praised Town saying that they didn’t know the job was done and clearly the comments by Freeman are to just rally his players but whilst the Town fans were happy as they hadn’t won at Bramell Road in years, Town players were subdued and players took to Twitter to say the job was only half done.

Freeman then went on to discuss how Swindon play by saying, ‘Swindon have got the one way they like to play. They pass the ball but we pressurised them into so many mistakes.’

There was an element of that but once the first goal went in, Town settled down and were able to play a better passing game.

Freeman did have a valid point though when he discussed the expectations of the home support, ‘Their fans at home will want them to perform.’ Freeman said, ‘But with a 2-1 lead do they defend or do they attack? We`ll have to wait and see.

Town had always said the game at Sheffield would be hard but Freeman clearly didn’t see that as he stated Swindon thought it would be an easy game on Thursday night.

‘Swindon have annihilated teams at times this season. But they were nowhere near doing that to us. You could tell in the game that they were expecting it to be easier than it was.’

Town need a goal early on to put the pressure on Monday, Should United score first, it’s game on for The Blades.