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According to the BBC website we've got a game today  :eek: I always think that how early or late a match day thread is started is a pretty good gauge as to how people are feeling in general about the Club at an given point in time. 10 to 11 on a Saturday morning - I think we can draw our own conclusions from that.

So far this season my MDT starting has brought two wins and a postponement, so let's hope the run continues (without the postponement)

I will say...

2-0 Mullin, Woolery

Pre match Staffies and tracky bottoms in The Gaffers Row.

This is it then. The big one. "El Locomotivo".

GJR / LNWR v GWR
20,000 workers v 14,000 workers
Joseph Locke v Daniel Gooch
12 platforms v 4 platforms
The "Lizzies" v The King George V

Bragging rights at the far ends of station platforms all over the country at stake today.

No defending set piece fuck ups today and we stand a chance.

The Strop Hoof satellite was launched here by Jack Stephens in early 2015.
Sadly it's decaying orbit since then has been reflected in the progress of the club.

Merry Christmas.

 :)

As usual, WB's pre-match post will almost certainly be the most entertaining/enjoyable part of match day.

Will go a long way to deciding which club ends up in the Barry Island of football.

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I can't listen on the radio from where I live. Julie won't let me listen anymore. I don't have the time to sit down and watch a whole game and my role as PDC and subsequent manager translator/summariser has faded into a dim and distant memory. There's very little info on the club in the free media.

Is the game at home? Potential loss
Is the game away? Potential draw or win.

Remember it well fella, used to wait for your summary rather than try to understand his rant.  Happy days!

 :)
Wonder what the equivalent for El Loco Swindon fans who have reached the end of the road is.

Guiseley away on a Tuesday night maybe.

Hope this thread is a bit more upbeat come 5 o'clock.

2-1 defeat. Couldn't find the energy/desire to head upto Crewe today which is a shame.

13:10 and still on page 1, says it all really!

1 win in our last 7 visits there.

They are on a run of 1 win in a row at home ;)

With all our injuries and poor form lately I can't see past a defeat I am afraid.

Vigs, purkiss, taylor, lancashire, preston, lingazi, dunne, mullin, anderson, woolery, norris

Strong team

Good to see Taylor back at LB and Iandolo on the bench, no matter how hard he works hes not a left back.

Just wish we had a little more attacking & creative options in midfield than Dunne and Linganzi.

Interesting to see Ng playing fro Crewe....thats the noise I make when I stub my toe!

3-1 Swindon

Fucking drum.

There seems to be massive holes in our defence down the right side which they are exploiting at every opportunity.

Their right side or ours?

Woolery 1-0

Ours, Purkiss seems to be playing too far up the pitch.

We scored with pretty much our first attack, great run from Mullin, pass to Norris finds Anderson on the left his shot is saved but Woolery bundles the ball in from 1 yard out.

Against the run of play.

Get in

Have they changed iFollow? I used to be able to watch in one tab and listen in another, but now I get a message saying I can’t access two streams at once

yeah you can only have one open now at a time.

Putting them under pressure now, great tackle by Linganzi 40 yards out sets up a shot for Norris from 35 yards deflected just wide.

So then how does one get audio when watching the match?

Woolery with a great run and super pass from Norris nearly scored again, saved at the near post.

Amazing, they’ve managed to take an already shit service and make it even less user friendly.

No idea, I don't and haven't been able to for the last 3 games now.

Linganzi 2-0

On the video player there are promisingly 3 options for audio - ‘English’, ‘Home’ and ‘Away’.
Annoyingly they’re  all just the raw match audio feed with no commentary.

Great long free kick from Taylor and Linganzi heads home from 15 yards.

Well then they can go an fuck themselves. I was about to pay a fiver, I'll keep it.

Pen to Town, Anderson felled in the box.

Norris scores 3-0.

We are breaking with pace and a lot more purpose in the last 10 mins.

Have we plugged that massive gap down our right side yet.?

I always had faith in Flitcroft.

Woolery breaking with pace saved well by their keeper, should have scored.

what the actual f...

never in doubt

Nope every Crewe attack is coming through there but they can't cope with our pace on the break.

Norris, Woolery, Anderson and Mullin are playing as a unit with strength and pace, Linganzi winning almost everything in the middle and getting forward all the time too.

Taylor looking much more settled at LB his corners and free kicks have been back to his best again.

Just come in from cleaning and lubing the bike....Now if only I could watch and or listen while I have a cuppa! :-(

Linganzi doing a good impersonation of Kamara today, his best game so far for us.

Their number 3 misses an absolute sitter from 2 yards out from a great cross!

When we hoof it their defence is lapping it up but when we play it on the deck we look like we could thrash anyone.

Norris good run and woeful shot from 20 yards out of the ground, should have done better.

Poor miss from Mullin from 6 yards out after a great cross.

Wow 3 nil up,Oxford 3 nil down and Flint scores an oggy.All good so far

3-0 HT Crewe booed off.

At times that was the best I have seen us play, defence looked solid and midfield much better.

thanks Venks, good to hear

We rarely looked under much pressure at the back, they kept trying to exploit the gap between Purkiss and Lancashire with long hoofed up balls but we coped with everything thrown at us.

When we hoof it we looked poor but with the ball on the deck with Norris, Anderson, Mullin and Woolery running at them they looked scared of us.

Linganzi my MOM so far but they have all played well really, Taylors corners and free kicks have been good again after 4 or 5 games of being poor.

Dunne still isn't impressing me though and looks the weak link today for me.

OMG Woolery great run hits the post and Norris hits the rebound wide with a gaping goal in front of him from 12 yards!

Woolerys running with the ball with pace has been brilliant today, he deserves another goal.

Scum five down at home now  :nod:

Taylor hits the bar with a free kick form 25 yards out.

We are sitting back a lot more now, not keeping the pressure on them and soaking it up, we should be pressing them much more.

S I X  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

:D

Gordon on for Norris.

Nearly concede, awful dropped catch from Vigs under not much pressure, but they blast over the bar.

Some nice views of the moon and sunset on ifollow... Just saying...

Very arty camera work!

Seven  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

S E V E N now

Vigs having a moment of madness then.

Yeah but they are playing the whole of their youth team.....oh wait...they aren't??? :D

"We want eight"

Iandolo on for Woolery.

It's a record worst home defeat for them if it stays that way

Record Football League defeat: 0–7 against Sunderland in Division One (level 2), 19 September 1998.

Town winning away, Gas losing, Reading losing, Oxford mimicking the Christmas turkey  :)
Merry Christmas everyone  :D

Come on QPR ;)

3-0 Great result, good first half poor 2nd half.

Full time, another win away.

I’m guessing the Flitcroft out bunch will have to wait until Boxing Day to post on the Facebook group

One win won't stop them unfortunately.

62% want him out on this forum.

Can't argue with us winning and the scum being annihilated. Not a bad little X mas present. Cider will taste good tonight.

Not scoring in the 2nd half should be enough...

TBF, that should be "if the poor run continues before the Jan window opens"  This was the key game as it's highly improbable we'll get much from the next 2 home games.

I was inclined to think he should go up until today. Lose today and it would be have been 6 straight defeats, not to be taken lightly.

We didn't lose, though. Hopefully it marks a genuine turn around and not just a false dawn.

In a sense nothing has changed... we know we're decent on the road poor at the CG. Crewe are probably just the sort of thing needed atm as according to Flitters they still play the Crewe way... Luke style stuff.

Boxing Day will be interesting... Luton hot favourites, but can a decent crowd and a bit of atmosphere lift our boys, not something they'll have experienced at the CG?

Regardless of how negative / indifferent a spin you want to put on it, there can be little doubt that a convincing away win, and clean sheet, on the back of 5 straight defeats, with 8 conceded in the 2 away ones, is of some significance. Sorry to disappoint.

It was very comfortable and professional. Woolery has grown in physique and confidence, and is now a real threat. Vigs grew into the game and did well - fair play to him. The midfield stepped up, and we can't sniff at the ratio of goals that Linganzi is giving us.

4 points off 3rd, with a game in hand. Lots to play for.

vigs mentioning the score at our yellow friends on Twitter :)

I wish he would look up sometimes to see if a quick throw could set up an attack, instead of going down on his knees and elbows every time he catches the ball.

Which makes, the next two home games crucial. Six pointers in the extreme.

Not really, our home form is very poor and has been for a while, avoiding 2 defeats would be something, getting 2 draws would be excellent and unexpected.

Tom Smith scored twice for Bath in the A4 derby v Chippenham.

Just sayin’

I agree..

I see Luton have sold 1300 tickets for Boxing day with the bank available on the day.

The fact we are only 4 away from autos with a game in hand shows how shit this division is. Hopefully we get in the players we need and scrape promotion

Had a feeling we’d win today, although didn’t expect to be 3 up within 25 minutes.

Hopefully we can take the momentum into the next 2 games.  If we don’t get something out of them, today means very little.  The fact we’re 3 points off 4th place says it all about how poor this division is.  Have to wonder why Norris and Woolery haven’t been played together since right at the start of the season?

And hats off to the 300 odd who travelled 2 days before Christmas on the back of 5 defeats. Glad you were rewarded.

I expect them to pretty much sell out... I guess if paying on the day is an option, some may wait to see if it's pissing down.

Never bought a ticket on match day. Do you get them from the store as per, or those hole in the wall booths?

Hole in the wall.

Bit difficult to read how many we might get... as it's only the 2nd Boxing Day game in 11 years.  The last one v Gills a couple of seasons back, had a crowd of 9000+ of which about 400 were Pikeys, not bad for them, but it was their cup final.

Then we were doing OK under Lingy, and had a bit of form, Gills were flying. Given our wretched home form, + Luton's greater numbers, a similar sized crowd should be possible.

Good point.  Very impressive loyalty.

I'd imagine we'll take a good few to Barnet.... new ground.  Recall a game a while back at Underhill, where there were more Town fans than Barnet.  Still lost mind  :)

Highlights up. Nice when it works. Woolery looks a beast. How many chances does Norris need?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQOITt0bzM

Cheers RF

Was that the cup game where it went to a shoot out and we didn’t get a single penalty on target?

Nah, I think reg is on about under sturrock. It was fucking freezing and aaron brown threw a wobbly

blimey great penalty for Norris, but that miss .. wow..

Yep.

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20070133

That's the one, we lost 1-0. The crowd was about 2600 with 1400 Town fans.

It looked a shocker at the time but the ref gave a corner so think defender got a boot on it. Should have finished it though.

oh, I take it back then. looked like he missed the target

Hello 17/18, this is 16/17 calling ....

Christ, I thought that was a home game for a minute, the way the red team were taken apart !