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Usual stuff.

03:21am.
Drunk.
We're gonna win.

11 Unbeaten with my threads please.
10 Wins 1 Draw so far.

I don't even care about the score, just a win please, Rose getting sent off would be a bonus too.

COYR.

Big match for us,this will be a real test,would love to be in the hat for the third round draw tommorow.
Can see us drawing 1-1.

2-1 to us I reckon. Morning Lee, up early

Hi Dave,twisted my shoulder yesterday so couldn't sleep...feels a lot better this morning.
Got my works do at the Goddards today starting at 8.30am for Brekky :pint: :eek:
Lets hope we can grind out a result...a draw could see us on the box for the relpay.

3-1 to the Town.

I'm setting off at about 9am. Nice gentle trip around the M25.

Giving this one a miss, been to Col U's new ground once before and once is enough!

I'll go for  0-2.

Going to be a tight game - 1-1 draw, so I can watch the replay at the CG!

2.0 Swindon

Flint & Ferry

I shall go for a score draw with a replay on telly with the winners playing Spurs at home.

Hopeful for any kind of result. Leaving at 7:45  :pint:

My away record is shocking..... Therefore I'm expecting a draw at best

They have a forward line better than most league 2 sides. on paper at least!

I'll go for a 2 2 draw in front of 5214.

Can't see us losing.

2-1

Flint, Ferry

Edit: Will be surprised if the crowd is over 4000.

Colchester average about 3,000 unless playing a big club or a London team. 3,452 crowd I reckon.

Draw wouldn't be a bad result, I'm not going back to that stadium unless its for something really worthwhile.

1-1 prediction from me, with a J. Smith scorcher. I wish I could've come down to this as it's in my neck of the woods but I have to work unfortunately, so I'll be relying on the TEF updates I'm afraid.

A 2-2 draw but we'll win the replay. We'll then get some shite L1 team in the 3rd round and lose convincingly.

2-1 defeat.

I'd seen the low crowd posts another thread but I didn't realise it was that low

2-1 win. We'll probably get a team like Derby or Barnsley in the 3rd round.

Would be glad with a draw there, but realistically I will go for a 2-0 defeat.

Would be happy with a draw. Although, it would be terrible if we got a really good draw and then lost the replay.

Couldn't afford to go, with Southend and Bristol Rovers in the same week. And from what many of you lot have said, the ground isn't the best!

Another nice relaxing no pressure game as far as I'm concerned. I must admit that my eye is on the Rovers game.

We've done Bristol City, Huddersfield Town and Exeter City this season so why not Colchester?

YOU REDS.

I'm feeling quite confident about this one, which normally ends with disappointment unfortunately.

I'll be happy with a draw personally, So at least we can be in the hat for the draw, but i will go for a 2-1 win.

A draw today I think.

I'm confident of a win today. 2-0 to STFC with Flint and Ritchie scoring in the 2nd half.

Come on You Reds!

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1-0 defeat

3-1 defeat, with Col U getting a cracking draw next round. 

Colchester away....not easy so lets be optomistic and go for a 1-1.

It would be great to snatch an easy victory today without any of our players picking up a knock. A nice big juicy 3rd round cash spinner would be fantastic for the club and more than likely see the team bond together even more.

1-0 STFC

Not really fussed about today's result.  A win would be nice with a home tie against a big club in the next round.  However if we go out it won't be the end of the world and will allow us to focus on the JPT and the league both of which we have much more chance of winning.

less than 3000 there 450 town. 0-0 draw and us to miss a pen. gabilondo sent off haha

Wouldn't complain with a draw but I feel we can go there and win.

No reason why we can't get a win today, having already beaten teams like Huddersfield, City and Exeter, I'm optimistic.

2.1 Town.

0-2. Magera brace.

As with the Huddersfield game, not gonna beat myself up if we lose, providing we give a good account of ourselves.

Think we'll edge it though, 0-1.

6-0 town

We are a confident team at the moment, so playing away to a team from a league above isn't the daunting prospect that it might otherwise be.

Colchester are, at best, an average league 1 club so there's no reason why we can't get a result.

Game could easily go either way, so wouldn't be surprised if we win.

However, knowing our luck if we win we will draw Crawley away & if we lose Colchester will draw one of the big clubs.

Ferry out through illness. Shame, assume it will be Risser, who i'm still not convinced by.

Town (4-4-2): Foderingham; Caddis, Flint, McCormack, Ridehalgh; Ritchie, Risser, Smith J, De Vita; Magera, Kerrouche

No Ferry which is a blow, guess Risser slots in but that leaves a lack of creativity in midfield.

1-1, Kerrouche

No Ferry, or rather a Risser-Smith combo is a massive blow. I'm downgrading my prediction to a 2-0 loss.

Is there anywhere to watch it live?

Colchester  ;D

IT IS ON

2-2 Draw. Magera with both of the goals. Then we'll draw Salisbury in the Third round tommorow and beat Colchester in the replay.

2-1 win today and would like west ham in the next round please COYRS!!!!!!!!!

Good early chance for Magera.

http://bbc.in/sY8BKc

Commentary...

Can we not listen to the radio online if we don't live in Wiltshire?
I'm getting "Cannot stream due to contactual regions or technical difficulties"

top man. Saturday just got so much better for me up here in Manchester!!

Thank you this one works!

It's on the link I posted above - normal link does not work.

every single game...

The BBC do not have the rights to broadcast commentary of League and FA Cup matches over the internet.

You will need to purchase an STFCPlayer subscription.

Corner!

Not quite correct. They do for for the FA Cup in the UK but for tech reasons can't put on normal stream. Too boring to explain :-)

Terry Tibbs' link is working for me.

Off the line!

Off the line !!!

And what does it say?

Ritchie misses a sitter aswell!

Risser seems to be doing ok

Awaits Risser fuck up leading to a Colchester goal......

WTF???? sub

Kerrouche off already? Murray on.

Paolo taking no shit by the sounds of it

Sounds like a poor game but we should be 2 up. Missing Ferry and Jervis me thinks.

Sadly for us, we are sat in front of a bunch of absolute pricks slagging of fellow town fans constantly.

I hope they grow a pair by half time - lots of fellow fans around them extremely pissed off.

Oh, and crispy is wearing a rainbow wig & tutu. 

Decent start by us, should be 2-0 up

 :D @ Crispy

Nice one Terry, ta

Do what many want to do and knock the shit out of them!!! Teach them a lesson once and for all.

:cunty:

Fight Fight Fight.

Photo!

Was Kerrouche injured or just not playing well?

Dam iPhone won't allow me to listen to the live stream. Stupid lack of flash support!

Think not playing well, The commentators said no signs of injury and Di Canio told Murray to warm up after Kerrouche mis-placed a pass.

Spatula is in the crowd?!?!

Haha leon clarke there apparently

Radio says Leon Clarke is at the game...WTF

To be fair to crispy it's actually more the people he's with and not him.

This game really needs a goal.

We just need to get the final ball right

Ahhhh Murray should of scored!!!

murray you dick

sounds like we're close to scoring, come on town

If he came back with his tail between his legs i wouldn't write off his return to the team.

Well, we need a goalscorer so wouldn't be averse to it

Can you get Leon Clarke is a wanker going, Luci?

I was gonna go to this but I only just woke up... Radio it is.

Dont think that PDC would accept him back though

That would be funny

RITCHIE GET IN

(di canio out)

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssss

Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal.

Ritchie hits a pearler. Love it

woooooooooooooooo

Matt Ritchieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haha GET IN! COYR

Yippee!! (Hello chaps. Just arrived. Anyone found a stream to watch?)

Just as I turn the radio on.  :D

Get the fuck in!

Fucking yes!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15994123.stm

They nearly equalise but YESSSSSS!!!!

Bootiful...

Sounds like we're well on top now. Keep it going Town!

Couldn't find a video stream.

Sexy sexy floodlights

3035 and 515 from Swindon apparently. Good turn out from STFC.

Add this to your bookmarks NMH, if we're on tele somewhere in Europe there's likely to be a stream

http://liveonsat.com/LJ_foot_b_ukire_ALL.php

C'mon the Town!

Great turnout from us.

Connell coming on, Must be for Magera

Connell

Yawn. this is boring. Night all.

Cheers for the radio link and the stream link - Pity Town aren't on it.

Brilliant, the commentators have just jinxed us.

Our away support seems to be building nicely.

Still seem the better team, need to score again though.

Cibbochi coming on, De Vita or Ridehalgh?

Rubbish support by Colcester though!

12 more people have gone to watch #STFC at Colchester compared to attendance of 3035 against Supermarine last year

Made me laugh.

Indeed. For all the criticism of certain groups of fans, we've got good numbers for sure.

4 mins added time...

Good to hear Risser has had a good game.

CLOSE

Foderingham needs to be offered a colossal contract. The guy is class

3RD ROUND HERE WE COME

Good win.

Agree, if Palace are willing to sell

Get in Town

well done lads

This team is becoming a cup specialist! Well played Swindon. In the 3rd round lets get a big club.

Absolutely brilliant, what a team we have have. I am a very proud STFC fan

Fantastic. First time I've not been able to keep up with the game. Great feeling to come back and see we've done it. Well done lads.

Easy prem tie. Arsenal away?

Get in. Please can we have a decent tie against a big club for once.

HAHAHAHAH

Can I be the first to say


FUCK OFF ROSE !!!

Lets all get on Twitter

When's the 3rd round?

Yes please.

Excellent stuff.  Another win and another clean sheet.  Sounds like we thoroughly deserved it as well. Di Canios Red and White army marches on!

January time, The Draw is tommorow

What date?

Excellent result. Coyr! Bring on the third round. Nice home tie with a prem league team.

Saturday 7th January

www.google.co.uk

To say that was deserved is an understatement! Brilliant!

Woooooo!

Probably the weekend of the 6th

That doesn't have the date mate just a homepage

Ta

It's amazing that site, can't believe more people don't know about it

Newcastle United or Sunderland away.

:please:

I know .............. you can even find out the date of the 3rd round of the FA Cup

If you can be bothered to get off your lazy fucking arse and have a look

Whooosh?

I am so happy.  We're back.

Double whooosshhhhh

Actually you don't even have to do that - you can sit down and still do it!! Ain't technology wonderful?

Would love a Premier League team at home that's low on confidence. Wigan would be perfect.

Is it too early for a statue of SuggWillSugg yet?

How about Swindon to win the FA Cup?

You heard it here first

Just home from work and this result is a very nice piece of news to come back to.

Keep him!! Premier League in 7 or 8 years. Brilliant!

"In the next 7 or 8 years we will be in the Premiership if the club dont sack me"
There is only 1 Paolo Di Canio

PdC doesn't want to watch the 3rd round draw because he wants to go out and eat fish.

Brilliant!!

I think that is a very good win!

i have a little bit of man love for PDC

Feels like we will give anyone a game. Teams have to prove they are good enough to beat us, reputations count for nothing. Thats what its supposed to be like.

The highlights aren't tommorow again are they? I hope there not.

10.45 on ITV tpnight.

Cheers.

I rule.  8)

I wish I had gone a step further and said I could not see us not winning because that is how I actually felt. Quite rightly as it happens.

That was totally and utterly deserved. We created 6 or 7 great opportunities including the goal - and what a goal it was - they had one attempt on target in about the 93rd minute.

Well done boys. Very well done. What a great team.

Damn right.

Arriba is having trouble logging on to the site. Can a mod help him out please.

Is this not Macari-esq team mentality - or was I too young and naive and thought we could beat anyone back then (and to be honest we did quite a lot)

Clique!

;)

Should be sorted now.

Very very similar, in the fact we expected to win most if not every game, the footballs better now though :)

Back off, its our's  :)

I agree we did it with hoofball and fitness with Lou and now is much more stylish I must say.

I hope that twat Rose is happy now!!!!!

Well done lads - bring on the scum - hey are already OUT - guess Arsenal or Spurs will have to do!

Colchester were an embarrassment to league 1 today - we played them off the park. You could have been excused of thinking we were 2 leagues above them.

Don't want to put any negatives on this thread but Risser is miles behind the rest of the team in terms of quality.  With Ferry today it could have been 5 or 6.

Great win.

In fairness, it could/should have been 5 or 6 any way!

I went to the game today (I live in Essex) and I must say that Matt Ritchie was by far the best player on the park today.  As for Risser, he made some good tackles, but gave the ball away far too cheaply, and does seem to not be able to read the game as quick as the players around him.  Maybe in time he will improve, but as it stands at the moment, he shouldn't be in a promotion-chasing team.

kerrouche was a bit of a strange one today.  Didn't really get into the game, but neither did Magera (who really really needs to learn how to jump), so to sub him off after 25 minutes was strange.  But it all worked out in the end :)

Colchester were absolutely appalling today.  Flint had their main striker in his pocket for most of the match, and Colchester's tactics seemed to be to hoof it up to their centre forward (who was a tall, well built guy) and hope he can hold it up.  So Flint had that in control :)

In summary, a great win for the Town, who could and should have won by a more comfortable margin, especially as we nearly threw it away at the end, only for our 'keeper to save well in the 93rd minute.  And that was pretty much the only save he had to make all game.

Thanks nochee and barry

Thats four division one sides beaten this season (3 away), plus Huddersfield hammered at home.
Regarding the third round anyone at home please, from Conference, League Two/One.

City havent been relegated yet dell..

[pedant]Bristol City are Championship[/pedant]

It's all good though. Very good in fact  8)

post more often Dell boy!

Then it gets even better, City two divisions above us, that hurts a bit when you sit back and think about it.

You know me with stats, say no more.

Not for much longer 8)

We will have to get promoted though. This manager from St Johnstone looks quality for them.

Millen did look like Tin Man part 2.

Im sure its been discussed but their losses are huge. If its not this year, then max 2 more in the Championship. Unsustainable.

Yep. These cup runs are all well and good but we need to get out of L2.

Won't stop us from more than enjoying these little scalps though.

Great day out today! I only decided to go at around 12.40pm. Set off from Oxford Circus at 1pm, got the train and got to the ground for 2.45pm - earlier than I expected.

We went at them from the off, creating a chance in the first minute which was finished poorly by somebody or other - a weak header into the keeper's arms. We struggled to keep possession at times in the first half, but were the only team creating chances. First, Flint hit the bar when he perhaps could have done better, and the rebound fell to a town player whose effort was cleared off the line. Then minutes later Ritchie was played through. The keeper came chariging off his line and Ritchie rounded him with ease, but in doing so took the ball too far wide and could only shoot into the side netting. Ritchie's other contributions to the half were also underwhelming - a few poor crosses over everyone's head and a pathetic dive in the box. The effort was there though, and he was doing well against their RB.

In the second half the same pattern resumed. We didn't keep the ball as well as might have done but we still created openings. Plenty of balls across the box which nobody got on the end of - their full backs were being shown up big time. Eventually though, Ritchie hassled their RB and blocked his clearance, before running into the area, sidestepping one or two challenges and firing into the corner. I think the keeper got something on it but he was never keeping that one out!! More chances fell to Flint and Murray, and more balls were fired across the face of goal, but we couldn't grab a second. Colchester almost stole something late on but a good move ended in a weak header which our Wes did well to take low to his left.

All in all a very satisfying day out. Colchester were poor if truth be told, but we played very well. McCormack absolutely dominated in the first half, and nothing got past Aden Flint all day. The substitutions were a little strange, but it's come to a point where you just can't justify questioning PDC.

There were very few down points today, but I'll mention two small things. First, Risser. I don't want to get on his back, and I'm not going to shout abuse at him during games, but he wasted possession frequently today. I still hope he'll prove us all wrong though! Secondly, and much more worrying, the behaviour of some of our fans was not just disappointing but actually completely demoralising. Yes, our fans were quiet in the first half, but that's because the game was quite dull, not because they're too busy muching on their 'prawn sandwiches'. Those who were criticising our fans today, openly and loudly, should be ashamed. The atmosphere wasn;t great but to actually start ruining fellow Town fans' chants with childish jeering is pathetic. It wasn't Crispy, but it was some of the people he was with. Thankfully, in the second half there was a bit less of that and a lot more chating of actual Swindon songs which people knew and could join in with, and for that reason (and the win) I went home happy!

Overall a good result, even if Colchester were poor. We defended brilliantly. Wes will be credited with the clean sheet but the 10 men in front of him deserve as much credit for keeping Colchester at arms length all afternoon.

As for the 3rd round, I hope we get somebody crap who we can beat and get into the 4th round... I can't make 3rd round weekend, so a big tie would be gutting!

Indeed.

Lets get out of L2 and tear L1 apart next season.

Easy :)

What a quiet souless place that was.

Was so comfortable. If their last shot would have gone in it would have felt like a loss.
We were by far the best side. Any neutral would have said SWindon were from a higher division.

Nothing more to add other than great to see OST again after a few years and looking forward cto Newcastle away  :clap:

Loving the Di Canio circus just gets better and better..........but lets get out of this division.

I'm with you all the way.

Got home at about 8 pm. Longer drive than you imagine. Great turn out by us, shit home support.

Too tired to post my thoughts about the game tonight.

Any mention of the Kerrouche sub incident on the radio, was Paolo asked post match?

No sign of injury, can only guess it was lack of effort. Paolo looked livid on the touch line, turned his back as Kerrouche came off then just pointed for him to sit down. Really hope he doesn't go the same way as Timlin and Leon Clarke.

Good performance all round. Looked a bit light in midfield and resorted to a few long balls at the start, but Risser improved as the game went on. The defence dealt with everything flung at them, Wes had nothing to do until the last minute.

Ritchie was getting so much stick from the supporters' coach crew, completely unwarranted. He may have been a little under par the last few games, but we don't have anyone else who can turn it on and win a match like that.

Having never seen Swindon get past the 3rd round, is this finally our year for a cup run? Home to anyone in the next round please.

Good to see you again. Home game for you this one........

Just back couple of points    1, we do not want a souless new ground like that where all the sound filters out the end of each stand none of which were filled in. 2. colchester were shockingly one dimensional hoofing to their big striker and playing a high line were frequently getting done by our forwards 3. Missed Ferry but whole team worked hard we should have won 3 or 4 nil  4. Another boss goal from Ritchie..... bring on a Premier League  team in R3 at the Ground Ground

He said he took him off as he didn't feel he was trying as he should.

I have seen him in town a few times now in the day smoking away and have heard he has been pretty lethargic in training recently. Hope it's not the case but could explain why we went for 2 strikers last week

He was injured last week.

Has been some what cutting corners during rehab.

Always read these threads after every game and attend every home game. One common theme seems to re-occur. The opposition is always poor (apart from the Pike's).
Is this just not a case of us making them look shit. We play some good football and they just can't match it. Lets not do ourselves down by saying how bad the opposition were, thay just can't match our class at the moment.

funny feeling arsenal away is going to happen at some point this year maybe round 4

That would be acceptable

As I said, we did defend very well today. But at the same time one shot on target shows just how much attacking threat Colchester posed today. They really were'nt that good.

Oh, and just for the record. This is from the official site, and is possibly the most inaccurate description of a goal I've ever read...


Just for starters, I'm sure the goal was scored from inside the box.

Good write up Mr Reeves. The comments I have highlighted above particularly interest me. I would not absolve Crispy from critisism though. I've never met Crispy before but it soon became apparent today that me and Mrs Taylor were sitting in the middle of his cronies.

As you say, the Town support was not especially loud today (but it wasn't that quiet either and I thought 500+ was more than respectable). Crispy's gang were only interested in making jokes about how quiet the general atmosphere was i.e 'Colchester Library' and so on (one of their better ones) but they made no attempt themselves to get any actual singing going or to try and support the team in any way.

In fact, they were not actually watching the game at all. They just kept coming out with random shit that they clearly thought was he-he-larious except clearly, no one else agreed.

Now, I will happily admit that I am a 'grumpy old man' (and proud of it) but I know I was not the only one to feel like this (and your post is further proof) looking around, as this shit continued during the first half, I looked around and I could see people around me were getting well and truly fucked off with it. One bloke several row in front turned round and said 'Shut up you fucking dick heads' or something along those lines.

I said to Mrs Taylor at half time, 'that is fucking it, I am not sitting with those pricks during the second half'. So we moved down to the front. Some bloke and his missus seeing the seats next to us were free, came up to us and said, 'is anyone sitting here mate?', I said. 'We've only just moved down here mate, we were sat up the back in the first half but we were surrounded by dick heads'. He said, 'Oh, I recognize you. We were sat in the row in front of you. We moved for the same reason!'.

So you see, it's not just me. There was then almost another altercation with the stewards because we had moved and other people couldn't get back in their seats because we were sitting in them but then again, no one was actually sat in their own seats any way....ANYWHOOO....that's another story.

Back to the point. Crispy - you and your gang are a bunch of cretins. With most of you I can actually forgive it because you are only about 16 and don't know any better but that bloke who is old enough to be your dad (maybe he is you dad? Maybe he is the father of all of you?) really should know better but is the biggest knob out of all of you (and that is saying something, believe me).

I seriously don't know why you bother going. You might as well just go down the Savoy in Swindon and get Stella'd up. All the money you are currently wasting on travelling, you could be spending it on Stella. Think about it, you would be doing yourselves a favour but more importantly, everyone else. i.e. those people who are not complete and utter knob jockeys.

Prick.

You are 100% correct young man. They were poor because we made them look poor. We did all the right things. We closed them down, we harried them, we wanted it more.

I will also stick up for Risser at this point. How I see it, he and Smith clearly know their limitations and did a great job in midfield today by keeping it simple. They won the ball time and time again and then played a simple ball out to De Vita or Ritchie who took it on from there.

That was fucking great today.

Have to disagree with these comments about our fans and their behaviour...it's called having a laugh and 'prawn sandwich' a fair few fans were chuckling about so I'd hardly say nobody else agreed Shaun, more of a 50/50 split with me being a chuckler, and calling people pricks for trying to get an atmosphere going...bit silly really but as you say your a grumpy old man!

There were many chants that were tried but the general atmosphere was rubbish so nobody was going to get involved, it was a dire game and 1-0 either way seemed a fair result, so glad it was us!

Enjoyed the day out and pleased we are in the 3rd round, more atmosphere at Rovers please!

Mentioned it in a thread last week, but that bunch contributed to the flat atmosphere last week. They're horrible little people who deserve to be oxford fans. I actually think they could start to shift fans away from the town end.

Two points:

They were making no attempt whatsoever at getting an atmosphere going. They were just being pricks and I will certainly avoid them like the plague in the future.

It was not a dire game. It was a fucking great game.

Anyone waiting for the highlights on ITV just catch the local weather presenter?

'Kin tits on that :o

Must have improved with you moving down the front mate, as it didn't change much from where I was sitting.

We deservedly won the game and that's all that matters, agree or disagree with the support!

I just spotted some other bollocks you came out with.

"1-0 either way would have been a fair result"

1-0 to them would have been a travesty to end all travesties. WTF are you talking about? Are you in Crispy's moronic fucking gang or something?

Jebus  ::)

Why is nobody taking those pricks to task then? it would only take 1 person to give one a slap if everyone is getting pissed off with them. Others would then join in.
i aint been away this year, but can't believe all the moaning about the idiot contingent but nothing getting done about it.

Was a bit of bollocks the 1-0 comment actually wasn't it mate!

Not in a gang at all, just me and a couple of lads enjoying an away day...don't expect everyone to agree with everyone's views just to respect them that's all and IMO it wasnt the greatest game but we deserved to win, outta here for the night!

I just think if they'd spent less time trying to start chants that were in jokes or abusive towards our own fans, and more that were supportive of STFC, they might have got a more positive reaction. But I wouldn't want to get in the way of the Crispy club having a good time

As for OST's comments about the older geezer, I've been thinking exactly the same thing for a couple of years now. Are all his friends 16-18?

It's a nice idea arriba and that is exactly what should happen. If I was still only 20 something, single and didn't give a fuck I would have a go - they are clearly nothing special. But the fact is, I'm 40 something, with the missus, out for a quiet afternoon. It's far, far easier just to move seats.

Make no mistake, they need a good slap. Sadly I am not the man to do it.

I'm a realist ::)

He's like a football equivalent of Fagin  ???

I haven't been able to go to the county ground since the beginning of september.
But my season ticket last year, and where I sat at the beginning of this year is up the top of the Arkells right next too the away fans, and it does seem to be getting busier with more people singing up there. Maybe this is why?

Wasn't able to listen to the game but from here it seems we should have won 5-0. I got in just to hear di canio rip Kerrouche apart on the radio, out in January?

Now onto Southend tuesday. 12 out of 12 please!

You moved away from them which is probably the most sensible thing to do. The last thing you want is to kick off with the mrs in tow.
There just seems to be alot of complaints about them and nothing getting done about it.

There must be a few lads who would like to have a go. They so deserve it ::)

5-0 would not have flattered. The Kerrouche thing was a bit baffling. How bad can a player be in 20 minutes or so?  The game had hardly got going when he was subbed.I assumed he must have been injured.

That's PDC I suppose. He was always a total individual as a player, he was never going to be anything else as a manager. You take the rough with the smooth and the results speak for themselves.

Fine if you want to enjoy a day out. We all do. So you don't completely destroy the Town End for me, please could you:

a) be conscious of people around you.

b) sing songs at the speed they're meant to be sung. You ruin them.

c) Grow up.

d) Get some class and stop being chavvy muppets.

e) Dress better. At least let people think you might have something to offer society for that period until you open your mouth.

f) Get new voices. You sound terrible.

Otherwise, it's all good and I love you.

Well said Moonraker!

I would like to add a point g)

Stop being cunts.

I've tried to be balanced there, and don't take it too personally...as I can only assume you have no idea quite how much of an embarrassment you must be to anyone that has ever put effort into your human development.

Where do you sit in the town end, because 'his lot' really don't bother me at all and I'm not too far away.

Nice to see Paolo's record and our recent run of form getting some attention on the ITV highights show tonight!

towards the back...just can't stand them. It was last week when I noticed people were getting genuinely pissed off at them for the first time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not losing sleep over it....

The ITV highlights if you can call them that were shit as usual.  On a more positive note at least the pundits comments were positive.

Its Rovers away next Saturday - that should sort the little pricks out. Lets see how that one pans out.

It would seriously take a minimal amount of sorting out Chalky. It would all be over in 30 seconds and it would shut them the fuck up once and for all.

I have no idea who crispy is but is it him involved?

yes and no. it's his mates causing the problems but i wouldn't lay an aweful lot of blame at his feet.

He's part of the gang. I saw it for myself today. He's a prick and so are they.

FACT!

If the conduct of these young lads and the older twat they follow is true they will eventually come crashing down to earth with a mighty fucking bang. Chalkies has it right as they will probably come unstuck next week. alot of our older faces will be there and Rovers aint a place to go gobbing off in the street either.

Can't think of anything worse than spoiling the enjoyment of fellow Town fans. Sounds like they're all going to get a kicking shortly one way or the other, so hopefully that sorts it.

Firstly, why the hell was Crispy wearing a pink skirt and a stupid wig ?? Utterly baffling.

OST, you got moved a couple of rows in front of me. You're right, you are a grumpy old man ;)

On to the game. If they'd have scored at the end it would have been robbery in all honesty. Ritchie was immense yesterday and he links with Caddis so well down that right flank. My only constructive criticism would be, he can be abit greedy sometimes and should look to pass more.

I thought Magera had a good game and once he's got used to the English game he could be a real asset in this league. Jonathan Smith also played well and should partner Ferry. Risser was the weak link yesterday and he seems to give the ball away far too easy.

Still unsure about Ronan Murray. He's very mobile and a danger in the box but his size will always be against him.

The defence was superb as usual. Both Flint and McCormack had their strikers in their pockets. We really need to hold on to Flint in January.

Yesterday wasn't bad to be honest. Plymouth away was the worse i've seen this season.

Indeed - and the goal came from a mistake?

No it didnt, the left back lost the ball because Matt Ritchie put him under pressure, then ran about 15 yards further forward, cut inside a few players and put an unstoppable shot past the goal keeper


I was lucky enough to have a decent conversation with Magera the other week and he did say the usual stuff. The english game is so much quicker and much more physical than anything he's ever played before. He fully admitted it was even quicker and tougher than he expected and its taken him a while to get used to it.

Think he'll play a big part in the last third of the season.

Oh and I cant be the only one who would like us to go up and dick Sheffield United at Bramall Lane can I?

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I was actually singing the 'normal' Swindon songs at the start of the game, the lot was with started being fuckwits and I actually just sat down in my defence, and left at half time anyway so if you want to blame 20 odd people having a laugh on me when I was only there for 45 minutes and sat down for around half an hour you retards can fill your boots!

See you all at Southend  :girlgiggle: :girlgiggle: :girlgiggle:

Millwall for me.

Why do you pay to watch a football match and then leave at half time ??

Not before you'd bought some food and drink at the food kiosk though hey ? ;)

Had a dabble on a sausage roll!

It was if you were sat right with them, believe me.

Any way, I'm not going to mention it again. ;) I would love Ipswich away in the 3rd Round. With the run they are on - 7 defeats in a row - I would be every bit as confident of us giving them a dicking as I was that we would beat Colchester.

OST, you must have been sat almost next to us and agree with every single one of your comments.

I moved a few seats after half time as couldn't bear to stay there and listen to the crap they were spouting in the second half.

Shame as there was an old guy on his own next to me who I was enjoying chatting to!

excellent result, happy to be wrong about our central midfield. will enjoy reading the thread later

Did Fred go?? ;-)

Cant wait to read this thread...had my works do yesterday tied in with a driving course.....the GET THE FUCK IN  shout didn't go down to well in the Goddards but the Merlot and guinness was to blame.
Hudds and Colchester were two real tough games and lets hope we get some luck in the draw.

Take the PO van then Ralphy?

Trouble is OST you would be the one with the banning order in the "new society".
So you done the right thing by moving.

A few years back incidents got sorted with the Old Bill often turning a blind eye.
Any sign of trouble those twats would be the first to run but sadly they are the most likely to provoke.

These days I choose carefully where I sit or stand. Sitting next to those twats yesterday would have ruined what turned out to be a great day out in addition I travelled on my own yesterday and was able to concentrate on the football without having to explain to 2 young boys about appropriate language.
I enjoyed the Company I sat next to yesterday and I was singing and even ran down the front to celebrate Matty's goal. Old fart as well is me.

OST - Pity you didn't sit at the far left it was a "twat free" zone.

I was looking out for you mate but couldn't see you.

Did anyone tell them they were bothering people?

Who is the older one who goes round with them? He's probably only early 40s, looks like Harry Enflield's Perry, with a few greys settting in - but he's running around with a bunch of 18 year olds. It's quite odd.

Paolo, it's Paolo.   You're just being ignorant now.

I love this post...noticed in the Town End last week a couple of young uns causing grief...idiots and its no doubt that soon someone is going to sort them out soon........only a matter of time.

Pretty easy for these tools to go somewhere like Colchester and act like twats. You can bet they will behave at Rovers when they realise they are out of their depth.

don't be absurd, we're British. We do nothing at the time and moan about it afterwards. Not that I would do/say anything either seeing as I attend games alone nowadays and would piss myself at the first sign of aggression.

Anyway - it's really fucking tiresome reading all this after every away game. Why does nobody post big long match reports with individual player ratings anymore? This isn't Twitter, there is no character limit, fill your boots. I'd prefer to read the reports of some on here than the OS/Adver.

Indeed, let's move on.

Well I'm afraid I can't be fucked to do a big long match report. Then again, a long report is not really necessary. We were far better than them and it looked like it was us who were a division higher than them. 7 or 8 attempts on target for us vs 1 for them in the 93rd minute says it all.

Here's my marks out of 10.

Foderingham - 7 only called upon once and when he was, he did his job

Caddis - 8 class, class act. Oozes and drips class in fact. Easily good enough for the Championship
Flint - 7, man mountain, nothing got past him
McCormack - 7, looks like a midget next to the afore mentioned man mountain. Did not put a foot wrong
Ridhalgh - 7, tbh, did not really notice him which, for a defender I think is a positive thing.

Ritchie - 8, toss up between him and Caddis for m.o.m. Would prefer to see him on the left and just occasionally switch over to the right to get his 30 yard screamers.
Risser/Smith - 7, can't separate them. Both got up and down the pitch to shut their midfielders down. Kept it simple. Job done, fair play.
De Vita - 7, looked lively, worked hard.

Kerrouche - Can't really give him a mark as he was on for such a short time. No idea what Paolo saw to pull him off so soon.
Magera - 7, I think someone said elsewhere that he is going to become a key figure as the season goes on. If he stays free of injury, gets a good run in the side and gets accustomed to the pace of the game he will be a key player.
Murray -7, very quick, very skilful, nice touches. Will hopefully get better as he gains confidence.

Cibocci/Connell - not on long enough to mark really although Connell did run around like a silly bugger. Fair play.

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I already had a go at a report, but seeing as Sonic is throwing his toys out, here are my ratings too...

Foderingham - 7 I might have kept a clean sheet yesterday, but he provides so much confidence at the back

Caddis - 8 Played very well - simple balls, keeping possession when he could. One or two good runs forward too
Flint - 8 Nothing got past him all day. Probably should have scored but never mind!
Edit: McCormack - 8 My man of the match. Won the ball at the back, kept possession, and was a cut above
Ridhalgh - 7 Only remember their right winger getting the better of him on one occasion. Solid.

Ritchie - 8 Worked very hard. Crossing wasn't always top notch but boy did he put a shift in. He also caused all sorts of problems for their LB and took his goal brilliantly
Smith - 7 Won the ball time and time again in the middle
Risser - 6.5 I wanted to give him 6, but others thought he had an alright game. I'm still hoping to see more from him
De Vita - 7 Made good runs, hassled their RB and did his job

Kerrouche - 6 Not sure what he did wrong. He was chasing the ball around in the early stages
Magera - 7 Was a nuisance for their big defenders and definitely has something about him. Hopefully he'll notch a couple of goals soon
Murray - 7 Lively and has a good touch. Finishing wasn't quite up to scratch, but hopefully that'll come!

Cibocci/Connell - Didn't notice Cibocci much. Connell put himself about and pressured their back line late on.

Ermm slight quibble, you've said Mcormack mom, but marked 3 players higher?

So you make McCormack MOM (and he was good I agree) but you gave him 7 and yet you gave three others 8  :hmmm:

I meant to give him 8. Oops. Serves me right for copying and pasting!

Its called grooming up this way....

Plenty made their views clear - including one guy who was promptly told to f*#* off which was charming.

You can't talk to those kind of people without getting a barrage of abuse - easier to move and avoid hassle.

Fair enough. Just wondered because people were on about giving them a smack, which would be ironic if at least they didn't ask the group first.

I miss ColUDave

spot on Si, talk of smacking people ( youngsters at that ) sounds no better than what they are moaning about. If anyone knows where they sit or stand at home games make a note of the seat numbers and ask the club to approach them, they may just listen to Wray etc and make some sort of effort to calm down a bit whether at home or away.

Thanks for the post match analysis peeps. Heard most of the first half on the radio, lost reception around Morton-in-marsh. Was delighted when the score came on 5-live!

Sound like the only negative was Kerouche potentially having a disagreement with PDC. Hope its not serious, he's not been best in the last couple of weeks but prior to that he'd worked his bollocks off for the team.

 A lot of managers would of waited until half time before making changes but Paolo is getting most things right at the moment so can't knock his tactics and player choices.Kerrouche has had some really good games for us so was obviously pissed off at being taken off so early into the game but hope it was more frustration than anything else.

Our match report kindly provided by Richard at Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk

http://thewashbag.com/2011/12/05/colchester-0-swindon-1-town-progress-to-face-wigan-athletic/

Did they run out of brown sauce ?

Can anyone find highlights? ITV Sport seems to have all the second round games except ours.

Never mind, watched in on STFCPlayer. Cheers Crispy xx