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Right then, this is the first true test! what does everyone think the lineup will be?

Peter Czech,Smith,Ifil,Williams,Vincent,Shakes,Weston,Holgate,Monkfish,Roberto,Peacock?

What adje said!

Wouldn't surprise me to see both Wise and Gus make an appearance even if not for long. Also expect to see Lukas play some part

Id like to see CCP in the middle of midfield though

think the team adje has posted will start, perhaps pook instead of holgate though.

most of the others will be involved over the course of the game, would be surprised if wise or poyet played though. i hope i'm wrong!

i take it the injury that forced vincent off on thursday wasn't serious then?

Like we have a clue!  :P

I hope he plays because I want to see all the new guys and see if we are as good as we have been made out to be.

On second thoughts maybe CCP will play in the middle. Good point Sonic

if Hartlepool can beat Leeds we can beat Palace (no pressure lads)

Was only cramp wasn't it?

is it 3 pm kick off and is it today? tried phoning club but no answer and how much are tickets?
thanks in advance

yes mex, 3pm kick off today and tickets are £15 on the door but were £10 in advance.

is there a game on? :o

no we're all going for a forum love-in

christ i thought it was a 1pm kick off for some reason! lucky i checked!

I am not going then  :D

I am!!!!!!!!!might arkel it!

The Arkells is where it's at. 8)

hmm....game kicks off in 5minutes and I've just got it from 3+ hours of fitness/football training.....

can I really be arsed to have a bath, have some dinner then go to the CG and pay £15 to watch a friendly...

Kick off at 3 DV! if i were you id just put the radio on

I know, there was supposed to be a 0 after the 5....

dont know why there wasnt....

Teams up-no Williams no Vincent no Jutkiewicz.Brown on the bench!

Yep.

Brezovan
Jack Smith
Ifil
Nicholas
C-Platt
Shakes
Pook
Weston
Monkhouse
Roberts
Peacock

Subs.

Phil Smith
Holgate
Brownlie
Turnes
Onibuje
Brown (!)

Charlie Sheringham will play the 2nd half for Palace.

is it on the radio?  if so could someone post a linky please :)

I cant find it on the radio....

...does that line up indicate Nicho at CB and CCP at LB :shock:

anyone got the latest?

1-0 Roberts

ace  :D cheers sussex! care to keep me updated as i cant find it on the radio?

yep 1-0

2-0

Scorer?

ace  :D

Beast  :o

2 in 3 games?  :shock: WTF?

All that seems to be on the god damn radio is Jazz.  Updates please chaps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/images/promo_louis.jpg

Nicccccccce

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: i thought it was classic FM at first then i saw my radio said "BBC Swindon"  :shake:

http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?region=-1&area=6&update=true

2-1 now.

Apparently we're the better team.

(but  that's coming from a bird)  :D

2-1? damn!

Morning all ! Is it on t'internet ? Tried last years linkage to no avail.

NMH

different team for the 2nd half??

Yes for Palace.

No for Swindon... He's only named a few subs.

could this be our first team? hope not if it includes pook  :(

when i say first team i mean starting 11 for the season  :D

I think Aaron Brown deserves a nice little run out...

Oh the reception he'd get.

 :D

...of the club?

saying that, if he is much better than league two football he should be able to tear championship side Crystal Palace apart.... :roll:

I was thinking more of..... town!

2-2,   twasgood whilst it lasted

2 2 now

fuck sake! get michael pook off!

Its only a friendly and im guessing Palace have got their big guns playing now in the second half.  It will be interesting to see if Wise actually plays in any pre season friendlies, as hes easily good enuf to play for us

I think Palace are playing a mix of both youth and experience in either half.

Either way this friendly looks to have produced a useful run-out for the players, which is the most important thing.

well at least we are having a tough game unlike the last pre-season

Well im happy that we are putting up a decent fight against a decent championship side.  We seem to have goals in us, and the fitness seems good.

New kit on show today.

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10341~871068,00.html

looks good, better than palaces anyway

Does anyone know if Turnes and Brownlie have been given much of a run-out today?

Brown is on.

Only Bennett booed  8)

they are both on the bench but dunno if any have come on

must be approcahing the final whistle now

1 minute and injury left...

Are you there?

Are you listening to the game?

The answers are no and no arent they so how the fuck do you know that anything is Pooks fault. TWAT!

he shouldnt be starting! we have better players

Finished 2-2.

OH FUCK OFF YOU CLUELESS WAGON JUMPING CHUMP!

If you went to the game and thought him to be shit then fair enough but picking on him blindly is pathetic to say the very least.

not bad ill take that against a championship team

im not, im just saying that we have better players who can do a job so why is pook on the pitch? didnt say he was crap.......just said get him off. neither did i say "it's all Pook's fault"  :soapy tit wank:

Why say "get Pook off" when you have no idea how hes playing though.He could be the best man out there for all you know.It annoys me  :x

but when has he ever been the best player on the pitch? your right in what you say but the chances are he was average anyway

 Pook played decent.....didn't give the ball away too much, made a couple of good balls and put in some tackles.

POOK IN "NOT BAD"SHOCKER!

I'd agree that Pook didn't do too bad.

The game was fairly entertaining in the whole. Roberts looked lively and Peacock the same. Early on it was all Swindon and  we were reworded when Robers outmuscled a covering defender in the box and scored with a low hard shot from a reasonably tight angle. Then Beast pounced just inside the box and smashed home for 2-0. Oviously Palace have quality and hit back before the break.

After the break it was all Palace for 20 mins. They scored and only one team were in it. Credit to us, we came back at them and Fola the tall bloke rounded the keeper only to see his shot cleared off the line. Brownlie also hit the bar when he maybe should have scored.

Thought Holgate did well in the most.
Weston looked very good but had a slight tendancy to overdo it.
Monkhouse (aka Bob) was OK but not spectacular.
Roberts looked reasonably sharp and created his goal well. Same for the Cock, minus the goal.
Ifil looked mostly OK  but was nearly caught out in the end in true Ifil style.

Good run out. Palace may have had more in the tank if they needed it but they should do given the are a championship team. The only dower was Jack Smith being subbed after 44 mins with what looked like a suspect broken arm/wrist,

Brownlie hs a good eye for goal but I am still not convinced he has the all round play. Hit the bar, tried to punch one in.
Rodrigo had less time on the pitch and struggled to get into the game,very difficult to judge.

Brown got rightly boo'd. But then the namby pamy lesbian animal rights vegaterrians counter acted by clapping his every move. Very ashmed at that. Unless he comes out and says he wants to stay he is taking up part of the wage bill and the sooner he is gone the better. The difference between him and O'Hanlon was the latter found anoth club to escape to.

Fola suprised me. Not sure abot the stepovers but he seemed very willing to run defenders and cause general panic. After seeing him at Ciren I had consigned him to the 'donkey' but but I may have to rethink.

Cheers Batch, nice report.

overall i remain impressed, roberts took his goal well which bodes well.

only disappointment was not seeing wise or poyet play.

the pitch looked lovely. it'd be a shame to play football on it.

Match reaction from Dirty Den now on official site...

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Wise/0,,10341~871114,00.html

No more centre backs coming in so looks like the beast has cemented his place in the first 11.

what i want to know is where's Whalley?! is he injured?

 :nod:

How did Zola play? I can't believe no one's mentioned him :shock:

fola did alright :wink:

I like Fola. Feared the worst from reports of fans from his previous clubs, but he can play. I still think Brownlie is dodgy, but if we can pay him peanuts then why not. Rather see Lukas J getting a run out. Turnes the Uruguayan looks too lightweight to me.

I still think Pook was by far the weakest player on the pitch, bandwagon jumping or not. Ducked out of several headers and made few connecting passes. Dont know why anyone wants to defend Brown, hes exactly the sort of non caring lazy big headed unduly arrogant player who got us relegated last season. Now he thinks he's too good for Dennis Wises fitness training as well, doesnt want to work, do the decent thing and resign Aaron. Nicholas seems to be perservering with the head juggling when he should be heading clear that lost us the game vs Brentford. Terrifying to think he is our first replacement as a centre back.

Could Shakes and Holgate be showing signs of improvement? Roberts certainly is. Peacock, still the player who covers most ground.

fair point, he does miss some sitters but i'm confident he can get goals for us. you're right though, i'd rather see jutkiewicz given a chance.



shakes definitely seems to be looking more of a player, it seems as though somebody actually told him how to use his pace instead of just being told to play right-wing.

holgate didn't look any different to me than he ever has before.

I thought Holgate looked OK in the middle, but he's got a lot to do to keep Weston out on that display.

Was a little disapointed with Monkey, thought he did very little.

Shakes looked much better.

Saw the Cock for the first time today due to my being away and I can see why you lot enthuse about him.

Christian looked much more willing, well done to him.

Thought CCP had a decent game at LB.

Fola looked very good, I'd certainly like to see him stay.

All in all a good performance and I was amazed at all the movement and the nice tidy short passing they managed to pull out at times.

A good game.

i enjoyed that today.first game at the cg in 5 years so it was good to see the players we talk about every week.couple of things i noticed,shakes looks good but has no end product,ccp looks good enough to cover at left back if needed.ifill strong solid and quick but lacks composure but he is still young so plenty of time.pook seemed ok and the 2 strikers seemto have a good understanding so that looks promising.the one who stood out for me was weston he looks a very talented player

Have to agree,seen him twice now and he's impressed me both times.

 So on that evidence can you see us mounting any sort of challenge this season?

its hard for me reg tbh as i have not seen any sort of football live for 5 years but i have to say they looked sharper fitter and stronger than what i was expecting.as i can only go by what i have heard for 5 years i was expecting it to be shocking today but i was very suprised.going on what i,ve read,heard  etc i think with fitness and better managment last year reg we might of had a chance of staying up so on that basis alone i think we do have a good chance.

 Fair enough...seems to me we've still got the perennial problem of being too lightweight in midfield....Whalley doesn't look like he's fit and last season was poor anyway....Wise doesn't want to play.....don't see Holgate as a midfielder.

 Last season we looked like a side for the period that Paul Smith was in the team.....it was instructive watching Michael Hughes for Palarse in the second half....just the sort we need, make yourself available give the ball, get it back, keep it moving, look for a pass....Weston and Pook to an extent did it in the first half.....but are probably too inexperienced to maintain it over a long season.

spot on what you say about hughes reg he is the sort we need.tbh i think wise will play if he has to he of all people will know that every team needs his sort of player in the team and we still have two weeks to sign someone in that position.it looks like wise still isnt sure who he wants as he seems to have tried everyone else.

imo we need one more central midfielder.cover on the right wing and maybe one more striker

Boland has not been offered a deal by Swansea. Maybe he will get another chance?

that's rubbish! i and a few hundred others did

whits was the one you had to look out for though

GINGER

Then I was given duff information.

BIRDY OUT!

 :mrgreen:

I was just being racist in the corner  :?

um when he first came on, I only heard bennett, he got loads more boo's when he kicked the ball.  Go to games yourself you lazy tight cunt  :wink:  :D  My text service costs are now rising.

p.s boo Black

some nutter behind me kept shouting that out..funny as fuck

were you wearing a pink polo top?

:shock: how dare you

i had a green top on sat behind the directors box

hahahahaah that nutter would've been me then

are you sure??

who was you with and did you also shout muppet alot

if it was your scary :D

i used various swears, quite regularly. we were behind the directors box towards the palace fans

ah thats ok it wasnt you then.this bloke was about 40 kept shouting random things like GO ON DREADLOCKS or BREAK THE GINGAS LEG.when we took a corner he said "fucksake keep it on the ground" :?

i didn't shout "come on ty, you've got the pace today". i'm quite annoyed with myself

i didnt shout at all.i felt like a newcummer again.if i shout loud im scared they will get me :(

Brezovan looked good from crosses but didn't have much to do really and couldn't help the goals!

The defence looked okay as a whole although I'm not sure about CCP at letf-back.

Shakes looked alright, some nice touches. Weston was the best player on the pitch in the first half with some great touches and vision, whil Monkhouse and Pook were quiet but Pooky did make a few challenges to be fair.

Roberts looked very lively and Peacock was looking sharp too. Brownlie had one off the crossbar after a great move involving Shakes and Fola, and Kiraly also made a great save from a near-certain goal when Brownlie shot from 20-25 yards out.

Brown came on and got booed quite a lot then nearly scored a screamer, Holgate was at fault for their second and you could see he knew it from his reaction, and Fola looked quite good and very pacey - nearly scored when he got round Kiraly but was forced too wide.

On the whole I was very pleased and think we looked like a good team with good STRUCTURED play which is what i enjoy watching. Long ball was certainly not in the game plan.

The only disappointment for me was Rodrigo as he looked hopeless when defending. Maybe if he gets more of a chance to attack he will look better

Having been watching STFC throughout that period, they looked sharper fitter and stronger than I was expecting as well. Came away from yesterday very encouraged by our prospects for next season - that side would have put in a strong challenge in L1 last season. Still a bit worried that we look a bit light in midfield, but it's leagues ahead of what we were watching last season.

i was very impressed with Curtis Weston in centre of our midfield. I fola played well yesterday when he came on he is pretty quick for a Tall guy.

I was impressed with Mex and Iris having a cat fight - " Don't you know who I am?? I am supporter of the year, are you losing your memory?"  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Heh heh!


Iris 8)

good performance, weston stood out for me.