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ANDREW Fitton insists there will be no knee-jerk reaction to Town's fourth successive home defeat, claiming "nothing has changed" in his bid to bring stability and success to the County Ground.

Millwall became the latest League One side to plunder three points in Wiltshire on Sunday, as some sections of the crowd vented their frustration towards the Town management.

Cries of you don't know what you're doing' accompanied Maurice Malpas, pictured left, down the tunnel after the final whistle, but Fitton insists his judgement will not be swayed by any taunts from the terraces.

The Swindon chairman has instead urged all supporters to keep the faith as he looks to turn his blueprint for a Championship football club into a reality.

Fitton, pictured right, told the Advertiser: "First of all, when you support a club all your life you know it doesn't help the team by booing, and that's absolutely true.

"Secondly, I do take notice of what the fans are saying and thinking but they have to trust that the people who are running their club know what they are doing.
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"We have not quite got it right on the pitch so far, but people need to accept that we won't get everything right all at once.

"Any negativity is not going to inform my opinions or change my mind.

"We are executing a long term plan to bring stability and success to Swindon Town, to make it a club we can all be proud of, and on that front nothing has changed."

While results at the County Ground have been a cause for concern, the Robins' five-point return on the road is ample proof of the squad's playing ability.

Captain Hasney Aljofree yesterday admitted Town's players were scared to play at home, as they are worried about letting the fans down.

Fitton is keen to see the players' confidence restored as soon as possible, and insists he will not sacrifice his long term ambitions for short term change.

"We passionately believe in what we are doing," he said.

"I want the fans to know that we do talk about and analyse the issues all the time.

"Individually and as a group, we have regular meetings to discuss how to make progress. Nobody just sits here thinking it will all come right.

He added: "I am convinced we have taken all the right steps and in due course things will become clearer that we are going in the right direction.

"I am in this for the long haul to create a football club that we can all be proud of, and that's what I'm trying to achieve."

I wish people would stop linking to thisis because I always stupidly read the comments.

In Fittion I trust, if he thinks Malpas is the right man then so be it. I'll support his decision.

Of course the thisis comments are all along the lines of 'Malpas Out' our away form shows the team can play well, compete and grind out results.

Tomorrow's adver should have Hasney holding up a  "**** off you Bopards" sign, then he should launch into a vicious attack on Town's support.

I wish people would stop linking to thisis because I always stupidly read the comments.

Good piece. Robins69 seems quite, erm, issue-laden

I just made my first adver news comment ever.

I just made my first adver news comment ever.

oh dear.
just delaying the inevitable i think.

the bloke should say something publicly asap.he either needs to give the dreaded vote of confidence or get shot of malpas.say anything really, but he cannot just say nothing.it's hit a point where fans need to hear something from the board.

i'm glad he spoke but as others popinted out doing so wouldn't wash with some.
i did say after reading others resposes that i was unsure if he should say anything if he was sticking with malpas.i changed my mind slightly.
the responses to the article prompted the above post really.

Victory is mine! mwhahahahahaha.

I am still trying to see what is meant in that article. It's clearly not a "i fully support MM all the way" speech anyway. I did find the "in the coming weeks people will see that we are doing things right and things are coming together" (or something along those lines) bit interesting though.

Do you think he is aware of the erudite TEF?

I wonder if "stickybeak" is Dave:

No, stickybeak is Batch.

Wierdos.

I'm so pissed off with the adver board that im tempted to get it shut down by being completely gross and/ or irrational. The other thought is to get pally with red69 and pinehurst(romain) et al and beat the shit out of them with a stale burger. God i'm getting that wound up as a semi buddist something must be wrong!

ben, i'm going to use that fable in our morning meeting at work tomorrow. it'll be entirely irrelevent but with any luck my colleagues will think i'm mentally damaged / unhinged and leave me alone all day.

i also think someone should email the club and advise them to read these forums. devlin knew we were the pinnacle of sense.

pm me the story and i'll try to do it. i won't be able to learn it off by heart though.

if you have a story about how change can be for the better, that'd be ace and more appropriate