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  • I haven't read any of your books yet (Dying of starvation waiting for them to arrive in the mail) but it's little stuff like this that makes me certian you are a brilliant author. To have come up with these completely fictional concerns out of no where, at precicely the right time with the right little details to make them seem so -real-. I am so looking forward to reading your books.

  • john, john it was the 86 minute

  • I read the title and thought "Who the eff is Frank?"

  • Pudgy Smith!

  • FRENCH. THE. LALALALALALANA.

  • John, I am being fully and entirely honest, you need to write a soccer centric novel. Something following a similarly disadvantaged team and which would, ideally, center around the relationship between two gay forwards, an overweight goalie, and their unskilled yet endlessly inspirational manager. All kidding aside, you should write this book.

  • I'M CATCHING UP.

  • ok so i stop watching around episode 4 and now im not sure if this is his fantasy team or if this is just made up stuff or if this is in the actual game but i do like that john green sounds like a real manger of a real team and talking about the game and focusing instead of like in the beginning where it was just random stuff.i like this.

  • I would much rather watch the John Greens and Fat Lucas and Fitz Hall and the other players we love try and fail in the Premier League than watch any other players win it.

  • Don't put the premier league above the Swoodilypoopers, John. We are a team of men, not numbers.

  • Is it just me or does John Green not know how to read numbers xD

  • 6:28 "I have my first book in 3 1/2 years coming out in about 35 days, and we're also launching this big new channel... and, um, I think about whether I'm going to win the FA Cup against Chelsea probably more often than I think about either of those things. Like, I dream about it; it keeps me up at night... I dream about what I'm gonna say if other John Green or bald John Green scores..." So you feel an intense emotional connection...to a fictional homoerotic relationship between you and... you?

  • You really really REALLY need to make substitutions towards the end of games!!!

    Your players get too tired in the final third.

    Also, have you upped the difficulty level? The opponents appear to be tackling now!

    Good Luck in the Final!!

  • Didn't know John could suck so much in a FIFA game.

  • John seems to have sold out and worried only about success and not enjoying every game with the team. Im dissapointed in you Johm. :(

  • Why exactly does P. Smith need a first name? Who would have a first name when the alternative is to be Psmith?

  • This is a boring episode.

  • Hmm, I am very committed to the success of this club as a fan but I think John's video begs the question what makes the swoodilypoopers swoodilypoopers? Is it the original people? Is it loyalty and commitment? Whatever the answer I think it is a vital key when it comes time to choose the premier league line-up.

  • Tip: You need to make sure that your center midfielders have high speed and endurance stats to feed the ball to the Greens or take the ball themselves in the cup final and p-leage.

  • If this whole novelist/internet celeb thing doesn't work out, you could always be a football commentator...

  • Patti Smith!

  • Wow, John, way to be merciless.

  • So let me get this straight, John disapproves of (American) football where he thinks there is no incentive for players to do well but in soccer the players that fought to win their league and move up in rank will be rewarded with being replaced as a matter of fact?

  • Oh, and please keep Pericard. Please!

  • I think it should be Psmith Smith.

  • I don't play Fifa but do they make up this back story.. or did John just make this up?

  • @NoLife2point0 I'm pretty sure he makes up everything, and probably some of it on the spot. Keep in mind, he's a professional storyteller. XD

  • @silverfalcon17 I am well aware of his talents... I think it makes me love John even more that I knows he thinks about this so much.. What a nerd!

  • @00:18 my name, craddock, omg, moment of glory pleeeease

  • I'm so emotionally invested in this team.

  • Ha! This is epic :D I was born in and live in Swindon ^-^

  • My husband who is British thinks your commentary is hilarious! We love listening you and Hank :)

  • Goal!!!!!!!!!! Swindon eh? interesting choice... I have been there a couple times.

  • John don't you dare get rid of voluptuous Pericard. It will break my heart. I will be upset. Please don't do it.

  • He's Green, he's tall, he's John, but he's not bald, other John Green, other John Green

  • This has probably already been suggested, but you should REALLY sell Swoodilypooper jerseys/shirts

  • @cherino5 It will have copyright issues with the Robins.

  • do you rewatch your old matches? if you don't you should, you would see a lot of things you need to improve.

  • Phat Smith

  • Name him Pleathersmith! He crafts and sells pleather and pleather accessories.

  • Rest your players, John! I think they would be prepared to handle the emotional road ahead much more bravely if they weren't exhausted!

  • I'm actually really enjoying this. I love the life you brought into this imaginary video game football team.

  • a frank but necessary discussion, I agree that players will need to be changed upon moving into the premier league. However, I hope the old classic players will be kept on in some capacity.. It would be sad not to see leroy williamson scoring occasionally.

  • If the swoodilypoopers see themselves as the underdogs, then why can't they be the underdogs in the premier league?

  • @FireclawDrake because they will lose.

    no one wants to see this

  • Is it really the swoodily poopers if everyone is traded for "better players"

  • wing it! 09:38

  • Buy marshalla from swansea city as ur goal keeper

  • please rest your players for the FA cup final! hardly anyone had any stamina at the end of the game

  • In school when people talk about football, i just talk about swindon town, and calling the p-layers wrong like 'fat lucas'. Thanks John ><

  • I would name him Phil Smith, to sound like a certain awesome actor, but I actually like the Star Trek name better.

  • Now that you're in the premier league rest all your starters before chelsea!

  • remember it's just a game

  • john, pick up wayne routledge, he's quite young, cheap, and a highly versatile right mid / wing / striker. playing him on the right wing will allow you to carry on playing some of the slower players up front (or at least relatively slower players, like bald john green) as wayne can do most of the legwork!

  • I'm torn on this game. Hull City are my home team...

  • The mitigating factor of this comment is "Yes, I know it's a video game but..."

    "We are statistically worse then any other game we play." Yet you still battled to the Permier League anyway. Thus statistic are not the the key factor to winning. After the imagining people complexly things, you made them into number. You have anthropomorphized them to a point where there people-like.

    You brought up loyalty vs success and the individual vs the team. This should be your next book.

  • This isn't elementary school, this is real life. You have to cut the bad players and up your talent. It's a miracle to get to the Premier League and now your position as a manager is to win. You have to put in your best talent to win.

  • John, you're precious. But you should also get some rest, when you already dream of your team =).

  • Pee Smith, please? =P

  • John, if you want to play better against Chelsea in the FA Cup Final, you must, MUST have rested players. Rest them ere the Final, John, rest them ere the final.

  • Its always raining in England.

  • I would love to see live hankgames at the Tour de Nerdfighting. Can this occur?

  • The Swoodilypoopers could have struggled because they were tired... or, you know, it could be because you are now playing at the professional skill level. Just saying.

  • I definitely hope you get better players. I've noticed that FIFA feels a lot more fun and faster with higher talent. As long as you stay the manager and keep telling stories during the games, I will stand by the Swoodilypooper's changes :)

  • John, For the last match of the NPower Championship, the players that won't be able to keep up in the premier league (Bodin Bodin, P Smith, etc) should play, as a kind of farewell match. Rests your big hitters for the final, and is a great thank you to those who have helped you get where you are today

  • Is there anyway you can upload this roster to the net?

  • So I'm thinking Pseudonym Smith. Am I the only one?

  • Jooohhhhhnnnnnnnnn please rest the starting line up for the next two games! You're never going to beat Chelsea with half fit players!

  • I'm thinking you should just call him Peesmith. Like his occupation is making urine out of molten metal. I don't know.

  • 8:33/34 possible through pass to bald john green :D fifa is very much about final passes

  • 6:08 there should have been a pass to other john green

  • Sometimes I forgot none of these events and conversations ever actually happened. You are a convincing story teller Mr Green.

  • Personally, I'll take a middle of the pack League 1 Swindon, that plays for heart, way before a multi-million pound team, where players are used like trading cards. These men are nearly dying out on the field for you, for us. Remember where you came from Manager Green, and who got you there.

  • What happens in the Premier League then? Do big fat cat sponsors start being the heart of the team? Young upstart players use Swindon to make names for themselves and two years later leave us for Liverpool? Do we sell off our heart and everything that made us great so we can get a Wembly sized stadium in Swindon Town? cont...

  • John, I feel I need to bring up a few questions or points in regards to your statements about the future of the team. You've mentioned through two seasons that Swindon was a team built on heart. Men that love and believe in each other. It was a team forged by their experiences together. cont...

  • I don't think there should be HUGE changes. The John Greens are fine as your main strikers. You need to upgrade your midfield. Leeroy Williamson is awful. Perry Parry can stay. You defend really well with Fitz Hall (somehow). He can stay. You play better with Stone Cold Cteve "with a C" Austin than you do Voluptuous Pericard. Grab a decent 3rd/4th striker (preferably someone FAST- your offensive game is based entirely on speed). Grab a "star" midfielder. Solid goalie and another defenseman.

  • You talk about quality when other john green just scored his 47th goal in the championship - the most goals ever in the history of the championship! You have enough quality in your team already!

  • Your players were too tired in this game, you need to rest them before Chelsea.

  • A quote I like:

    "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."

  • The John Greens were 2 of the top 3 goal scorers in the series, why would you drop them moving up.

  • you should rest your team before FA cup finale

  • Is there any way to increase a player's stats yourself? Like maybe training?

  • What about PJulian Smith

  • If you look after Other John Green scores the first goal, he pretty much just takes it to the face. That looked painful. I'll admit to cringing.

  • Taking in new members after we've grown so accustomed to these current guys would be a tragedy. Isn't the whole point of this series to use this bad team and see how good you can be while telling us stories and what is Swindon Town without both Greens playing in every game they aren't injured/tired for? It'd be an entirely different team. It wouldn't be fair to the fans who've grown so close to the players to give up on these players now. Plus how awesome would it be if you won with these guys?

  • Glad to see you're as dedicated as your fans, john

  • POOP SMITH. THE POOP SMITH. P SMITH'S NAME IS POOP SMITH.

  • Oh, man, I was so anxious that something was going to happen in the last minute that I literally held my breath before I remembered that 1. This is not live, so the outcome had already been decided, and 2. This is a video game.

  • REST THEM!! Look at their fatigue!!! Someone's going to die out there!

  • honestly im excited to see some new faces, especially a new goal keeper, thats the first thing the swoodly poopers need.

  • New suggestion: President Smith. Nickname: 'Al'.

  • I love Swindon Town. The Swoodilypoopers are really the best team out there, no matter what.

  • I said "HE'S A FINISHER!!!" in conversation the other day, hoping that someone would recognize the reference. I don't think they did.

  • PONTIFICUS smith. 

  • JOHN WHY IS STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN NOT PLAYING IN THE FINAL HE IS THE THIRD BEST SCORER, HE MUST PLAY OR SWOODLY POOPERS ACROSS THE NATION WILL BE IN OUTRAGE

  • My vote goes to Percival

    Also John stated in his tweets that he had met with lawyers today, maybe this was regarding the trades he plans to make??

  • :,(

  • This video was very upsetting. Swindon is a team built on loyalty and I think it needs to stay that way. I'd almost rather see the team stay in the N Power Championship than go to the Premier League if it means that the lineup is going to undergo drastic changes. I love these guys too much to see them suited up for another team. As for the FA Final, it won't be a close game. Either the boys are going to crush Chelsea because it's their last game in red, or they'll get beat for the same reason.

  • John, for the love of god, use some B characters in the game before the FA cup finals. Everyone is tired, everyone needs a break, and unless you give them that break, Chelsea is going to dance all over the Swoodilypoopers. Please, use the B squad for at LEAST the game before the finals! I want to see the miracle of Swindon Town come to fruition!

  • What? Youtube changed?

  • "the player formerly known as Prince Smith!"

  • Buy "improving" all our players, we might be successful in the premier league, sure. But what cost is too high for that success???

  • Once again I shall suggest P. Smith be Poop Smith. I won't give up on this. He retired from the king of towns castle to be a swoodilypooper.

  • POOP smith

    POOPSMITH

  • Guys, John's got to make the decisions that are best for the Swoodilypoopers. If that means finding a new starting keeper, or benching a Green, or trading Voluptuous Pericard, that's what has to be done for the betterment of the club. John has to make unbiased decisions and use the statistics he has wisely.

  • You should try and buy Jääskeläinen. He performs miracles in the goal.

  • We definitely have to rest up the starting lineup for the FA cup final John, especially if we'e going no matter what. We still need to try our best, but it'd be preferable if as little of

    The starting lineup as possible especially the John Greens, were not in the next game.

  • REST YOUR PLAYERS

  • it's more like: Leeroyyyyy Williamson scores occasionally... Leeroyyyyy Williamson under the most pressure to score in the team.

  • I hope he carries this into FIFA 12.

  • @THExIRONxMIDGET He said he won't, since Bald John Green can't have a mustache in that game.

  • @mathmatucla they took out mustache's? That's really dumb

  • i started watching this, and I expected a man named Frank to talk about the swoodlypoopers but Frank was neither seen, nor talked of. I was going to be disappointed but then I took an arrow to the knee

  • Just wondering, when are the Swoodilypooper shirts going to be available? =D

  • John, while of course I have only one answer I expect you to have for this question, I'm going to ask it of you anyways: What is a team? Is a team its name? Its Jerseys? Is the team its captain, his husband, and a goalkeeper? It is true that not every player currently on the team can truly handle the challenge of the premier league, but Is the miracle of Swindon town truly a miracle if the statistics are in its favor? Remember, John, with what intent "The Prince" was written. Also, rest is good.

  • who is this one person who keeps hatin on the swoodilypoopers? WE MUST FIND THEM AND SHOW THEM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS!

  • Keep Voluptuous!!!!

  • Rest the boys!!

    Also, don't sell Rampage the Ginger! He sold his SOUL for your team!

  • John green only likes to play with john green up front... bahaha

  • For the next two less important games, don't play all our starting 11. Sit some guys out so they can rest for the FA Cup Final

  • John, are you going to stream the final vs Chelsea??

  • i just want to say if this was not a vido game that you whould be movieing up becus of the team and the coch wohould not change a player i know that there are a lot of spelling erors but plez look past that and make the dicon of a good coch that i know you are john

  • Prem-ee-r league you'll be fine...premier league, no chance

  • Please name him Peabody or Philoneus Smith!

    Also, let your players rest!!!...Even people made up of pixels need their rest.

  • Wow you take this to seares

  • What good is going to the premier league if we sell our soul in the process ?You should go on a easier difficulty and keep the same team.

  • usually these videos leave me feeling happy and enlightened and laughing, but not today. Today, I felt as though the Swoodilypoopers are coming apart at the seams and that NOTHING will ever be the same and WAAAH EVERYTHING IS SAD

  • I understand that players will have to come and go. Swindon Town will always be Swindon Town. The names and faces may change, but we will always be Swoodilypoopers.

    On a side note, REST THE BOYS!!!!! They deserve it, and we don't stand a chance if you dont!!!!!!

  • I don't think you should change the team. Isn't winning with the original Swoodilypoopers part of the challenge?

  • I GOT IT....Phat Smith :D

  • @runnerh2 yeah! phat! (although I'm a bit partial to "portly" myself)

  • John, you need to play 4-5-1 in the FA Cup final and try and score on the counter attack, or you're going to lose. Even a 4-2-3-1. You won't beat Chelsea with a 4-4-2.

  • Phat smith. it fits that all your goalies be simillar in name.

  • But it really isn't the same team if you change players :( I mean its already a bunch of people who aren't from the area there playing from so if you cut them all lose it's like buying name brand products over generic that's made exactly the same and in the same factory.

  • This was a hard talk, but we appreciate your frankness boss swindon

  • Dude, keep Voluptuous Pericard, lose Leeroy. Seriously. How many goals has VP scored? Leeroy only scores occasionally, come on... :(

  • HOW ARE YOUR PLAYERS STILL ALIVE!!!!!! All their powers bars are at ZERO!!!

  • OMG!!!! All you players are soo drained!!!! Rest you players!!!!

  • I was with John on the success thing until he said that the John Greens won't be starting every game

  • Nononono. No! John, no. So help me if Swindontown -- Our Beloved Swindontown -- lose our players, it loses itself. The heart and soul of Swindontown is in its players. Voluptous Pericard. Cteve Austin. The Johns. Who did you narrate episodes about? Who did your fans make cheers for? Who do we love?! Hey hey! Ho ho! Our Swindontown is not to go! Hey hey! Ho ho! Please tell us, John, they will not go!

  • I am pretty sure that your Defender Hammel has to be named Mark Hammel.

  • We might lose Voluptuous Pericard? My favorite member of your squad? Noooooooooo.

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  • but.....but...BODIN BODIN!

    

  • Seriously, I think you should rest your players WHILE also letting new players feel like a part of the Poopers. Worst case scenario, if they play like crap in the new lineup, you can sub them out for the Greens!

  • I love how invested John is with his team. Can you imagine him coaching Henry and his soccer team when he's older? Now all at once: AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

  • Popito Smith. Popito-oh-oh-oh! Score-oh-oh-oh!

  • How about Patti Smith? anyone? Punk music innovator? no?

  • Placke Smith the Black Smith, Swindon Towns only Black Smith takes a break from his day job to be the goalie. He knows Swindon Town needs him as their only blacksmith, but the need him more as their keeper.

  • At first I thought this said, "Frank talks of the future" and I was going to say, "Who the eff is Frank?"

  • John rest your players!!!

  • Sometimes I forget that this is not a real game (technically)

  • I'm fairly sure the John Greens are late 70s skill level, and I'm afraid it'll be difficult to attract better players to Swindon. especially on your budget.

  • i still like petrichor smith..... it always rains in england and he's willing to dive in the dirt for a save

  • Rest your players. Playing is becoming more intense -- little Swindon Town against Chelsea? THE Chelsea? That would have been unthinkable two seasons ago! But it's within our grasp. Don't fret about trading now -- they have too much on their minds, and so do you. Do what you need to do to give Swindon a good game, but most importantly, give everyone a good time. Sing, joke, tell life stories, make up stories -- for we are Swindon, inexorable not only in our march, but also in our hearts.

  • Pandemonium Smith

  • John, please rest your players it will help as others have said. Pericard is amazing we are known as the underdogs. Pericard is absolutely important to our. He's just as important as bald and other John Green! the Green's and Pericard neeed to stay! please John, please!!!!!!!!

    I'm just a smidge obsessed!

  • Jeeze...and in other news, a sack full of kittens and puppies was thrown in a river today.

  • The commentary for this game made me so sad that I didn't get excited at all when Other John Green scored, not even a little bit. As a Hufflepuff, it was difficult to hear.

  • you should name someone Fus Ro Dah

  • Rest all of your starters until the cup final, use secondary players until then.

  • Use your substitutes. It raises moral in the 2nd string and conserves energy for your starters.

  • Does it seem weird to any other north Americans out there that players are "sold" in soccer. So teams actually own players?

  • @thecanadianDJ Players are sold in basketball, too...

  • Wait, are you their coach or their manager?

  • @hmshark Both maybe??

  • I don't mind the exchanging of the current Swoodilypoopers with future Swoodilypoopers. But I would like to see some sort of archive, a record book in memorandum of Swoodilypoopers who have left the team. I will miss Fat Lucas and Cteve Austin though, some of the best nicknames in Hankgames history.

  • John, you see that little blue bar underneath the name of the player? That's your stamina bar, if you have no stamina then you cannot sprint. If you have the same players playing game after game then they will have no stamina. My point is what everyone else has been saying. REST YOUR PLAYERS!