SwindonFan

No problem! He certainly is a defender whos only concern is to win the ball and stop the oppostion scoring. He will let that do that talking, rather than a fancy turn or 50 yard pass as some centre halfs seem to be pre-occupied with these days. He has served us brilliantly over the time he has been with us, and has been influential in the limited successes we have had down here at Swindon over the years. Was our player of the season in our promotion from league two. In which he proved he was much better than that level and again was superb in the season we reached the league one playoffs. I think for him personally, as much as I would like him to stay, a move away is probably best for himself. He needs to be playing week in week out to show his best form and new surroundings, after being here for 5/6 years, will probably spark him to life again.

Hello All. Swindon fan here. Been confirmed on our official site that you have made an official approach for Jerel Ifil. I'm pretty sure its a formailty he will sign for you now. Especially given, rightly or wrongly, he isn't first choice here at the moment. Myself, like many Swindon fans actually feel he should be in the starting 11, justified perhaps by the fact we lost 5-0 on the opening day Saturday! We have a massive 'love' for Jerel down here, given he is, out of the current squad, our longest serving player, and is known as the 'Beast'. For those of you that watched him vs. Hull will know exactly why. His main two assets are his pace. For a centre half he is very quick, ideal for man marking jobs on pacey forwards. He also has great strengh. That said he can be prone to the odd mistake. One of our former managers was well known for dubbing him 'Mistake A Game' Ifil, after he went through a run of games leading to opposition goals. His other weakness is his distribution. Certainly not got the best technique you will see and often ends up overhitting his passes. That said he is an out and out defender and on his day I would still put his up there with the best defenders in league one. Up to more recent times he would have been considered one of our best players, but after Maurice Malpas's brief tenure here last season, all Ifil's confidence was drained. Will be very dissapointed to see him go, especially at a time when we need him back in the starting 11, but wall Swindon fans wish him all the best if he joins you over the border. If you have any questions feel free to ask, if I haven't covered most things already!