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The Opponent: Colchester United

Nevermind the football, let’s have more of Jezza and, err, Muzza.  In fact, if either would be good enough to offer their score prediction for today’s encounter I am sure it will be a TEF first. I’m sure Jezza said he would straighten the story out a bit one day and it would seem he has done that. One thing that has not changed since his departure is the gratitude the supporters of Swindon Town owe to him and the other members of the consortium. Transparency on such a scale had never been seen before at the club, and is not likely to do so for the foreseeable future. If I was a man of wealth (4 houses, 4 cars, 2 motorbikes and £1m turnover company doesn’t count), I would happily let Mr Wray spend my cash if it meant anything like The Di Canio rollercoaster that we rode just a short time ago. The contributions from Jeremy, Steve and everyone on here this evening display all of the positives of a forum such as this, and long may it continue, I'm actually glad I didn't make it to the pub this evening.

From memory, this has to be the coldest and most soul less of all the new build grounds I have been too. My last visit was an FA Cup tie I believe, Matt Ritchie scoring the only goal of the game and celebrating in front of the frozen 500 odd that made the long journey to Essex. There was not a pub for miles if memory serves, parking was rubbish and the stewards all reminded me of Phil Mitchell wannabes. Colchester itself had very little to offer on the way home apart from the road out, which seemed to go on forever. I hate to think how I would recall the place had we lost that cold day. Apart from a military prison, Blur, all round prick Darren Day and Dermot O’Leary there really isn’t a great deal to say about the place. Colchester is said to be the oldest recorded town in Britain and even served as the provincial capital of Roman Britain. Back in 2004, an exploration team found the remains of a chariot race track underneath a Colchester garrison, the only ever find of its kind in The UK to this day. The chav population of this particular part of Essex is rather less than that of Basildon and Romford, with just 1 chav in every 4 Colcestrians.

Where the opposition gather –  Do they have any fans?

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/colchesterunited

Last 6 – LDLDWD (14th on 19 points)

They have served us both –  Jamie Cureton, Tony Thorpe, Michael Rose, David Prutton, Roy Bicknoll, Ian Culverhouse, Lloyd Opara, Ray Bunkell, Will Dixon, Johnnie Jackson

The Odds – Colchester 5/2  Draw 12/5 Swindon 11/10  Have they not seen our away form? First goalscorer odds open up a bit without Ranger, Nicky Ajose is a best priced 13/2 with Bet 365.

The Son Says – He has decided watching Swindon is more fun than England, A good decision at the ripe old age of 8. 2-1 Town.

The Prediction –  I think this will be a tough one. The bookies seem confident that 3 points is on the cards for us but will it really be that easy? 3-0 away win with goals from Ajose, Luongo and Byrne in front of 4’110, 422 making the long journey.

And Finally – Since 2006, Colchester has been one of only 12 places in the UK where Royal Salutes are fired to mark Royal anniversaries and visits by foreign heads of state. From 2009, these salutes have taken place in Castle Park

COYR COYR COYR

Cureton. Thorpe, Rose and Prutton.

What a load of shitcunts.

We will lose, 2-1 Ajose

Away with a knackered squad. We wont get anything.

I'm going tomorrow (today ?)

My father in law is a season ticket holder

So I should have one up on all you stay at home warriors !

Hope it's a result ala Barnet!

I'm not bothering.....least attractive away fixture for sure.

The dismal away form to continue with a 4-0 drubbing.

As a stay at home fan suffering just as much as those sad saps actually going, I will be expecting some kind of recompense.

Negativity does actually work - see the Wycombe thread

I would be happy to come away with a draw considering our recent away form.

On the 12.18 from Liverpool Street, can't see many town fans making the trip and frankly I don't blame them.

Can't see us getting anything from this,3-1 defeat DNG for town. Fingers crossed though!!

2-1 defeat.

Joining the sofa warriors for this one.  Good luck to those making the trip but  I can't see us getting anything from this one.

We don't seem to come away with much from Colchester ever.  I can't see today being any different.  Will be interesting to see if the formation changes following the last away debacle.

Haven't we won on our last two visits? 1-0 Collins, 1-0 Ritchie (FA Cup)?

Eitherway, I'm going for an evenful 0-0........

If we lose I'm hoping to have my meal break at work reimbursed.

I've got a good feeling about this! 2-1 Swindon COYR

Would be good to ground out a win, though in the circumstances, maybe a 0-0 wouldn't be the worst result. The defence could really do with a clean sheet before their confidence is totally shot.

I'm expecting us to set up to play a bit uglier today, though it's going to be more difficult to do that without Ranger to stick things to upfront. N'Guessan didn't look the answer at Macclesfield, but maybe it's best not to draw too many conclusions from that game. I'd be interested in seeing Ajose play there sometime, as I think his runs really open teams up, but maybe today's not the best day to experiment with that.

Ha, you are correct.  I think I was getting confused because they beat us at home last season.

Didn't Michael Rose score the only goal too?

1-0 defeat.

I am thinking of going to this.  I've been to Layer Road a number of times, but never yet witnessed the flatpack, out of town desolation of the new place in all of its horror.  I do need to tick it off my list.  Two hour drive from here, so I have a while to make my mind up.  Mulling it.

Very quiet on here today.

2-1 win.

 Who the fuck was Roy Bicknoll?  My first thought was did he prononce his name Bi-noll, like the overlooked Iron Age hill fort near Quidhampton Wood....but that is actually spelt Bincknoll....so obviously not.

 It transpires, that it should be Bicknell...who apparently played 1 game as a guest player in a war time fixture of 45/46, has to be said I'd completely overlooked him til now.

We will battle to a 1 - 1 draw.

I was planning to go to this today but after £550 worth of car repairs, I'm sitting at home with a cup of tea instead.

I think we'll do well today and continue our good response to the horror show at Macclesfield. 3-1 to us with a double from N'Guessan and a late strike from Ajose.

What would you have as your starting XI?

My personal choice would be..

Belford, McEveley, Hall, Ward, Bathram, Kasim, Harley, Luongo, Pritchard, N'Guessan, Ajose (4-3-3)

Tough one though, I like Byrne as a winger in 4-3-3 but I think Ajose has done enough to warrant a start..

Also, I think Cooper will opt for Byrne at right-back instead of Barthram.

Having said all of this, with only 16 available full pro's, the line-up virtually picks itself...

Did Storey say he was back fit (and back in training) on the radio the other day, or have I dreamt that?

He did indeed from a free kick.

Then celebrated like the cunt he is.

I'd take a point. Around 250 away fans.

JW will be a lucky omen and it'll be an unexpected 2 - 0 win

Balls to this, I hope we smash 'em.

2-0 win for us.

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Invisible stadium?

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPOOOOOKY

I know I'm alone in this, but I quite liked their stadium when I last visited.

Is that because we won?

Nice stadium Barry,but no atmosphere in or around the ground.

I haven't been there since the Wilson play-off season. Hate the place and can't see us getting anything but a hiding today.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/16/yeovil-town-girl-band-fans-championship-charity-record

What is this? I don't even...

Ditto. Awful place.

We lost last time I went. :)


Very true. I've heard a lot of people describe it as soulless and what not, but I did like the way it felt and thought it was a pretty nice ground.

You're a terrible football fan and an awful human being.

Definitely one of the top 5 worst away days.

 :french:

Dear Yeovil,

You were already tinpot.  Why this?  Why?!

Yours etc.

As nice as Stadium:MK? :)

Swindon Town FC @Official_STFC
Town starting XI v Colchester: Foderingham; Byrne, Hall, Ward (C), McEveley, Kasim, Luongo, Harley, Thompson L, N'Guessan, Ajose #STFC


Foderingham back. Woo.

Good to see Foderingham back, I just hope he's fully fit...mind you, I think Belford is decent.

That looks like 4-4-2?..or 4-5-1?

Pritchard dropped then. Louis Thompson passes late fitness test. Great to see Wes back.

Storey on the bench too!

But Spurs say that we have to play them?  :hmmm:

Perhaps dropped is unfair. He could be carrying a slight knock or he's not feeling well :) But more likely he doesn't fit into the formation we're trying to adopt today.

On top-form Shaw Rosso. 3-0 Town, 287 away.

Obviously Power and Jed are standing up to their Jewish overlords and not picking him today. That's the most likely explanation.

As a Yeovil supporting friend said "Based on the Pussycat Dolls? Weren't the Pussycat Dolls strippers?"

Very weak looking bench aside from Pritchard.

It is a cold sterile soulless place in the arse end of nowhere 2.1 town despite having no.width today.

Under orders from Mike Diamandis.

That would be a cracking conspiracy theory.  (Dosser, get on it!)  Maybe Diamond Mike never really went away.  We were just meant to believe that he had.  Like Elvis 'dying', and that flag waving in the non-existent wind on the moon.

I like Pritchard, but for a hard battle on a cold winters day at Colchester, I can see why he isn't starting.

Looks to be a line up set up to be hard to break down, lack of width may be a concern, but if it makes us harder to beat then I am all for it.

I can see a 1-1 draw.

Perhaps with that line-up, we could play the 'ugly' way? Got pace and skill (Storey & Pritchard) to come off the bench too.

Maybe we have more than 'Plan A' in that starting 11?

Also, does someone please mind updating me on why the board have suddenly become 'dodgy' again and Power is out to fleece us?

What I have missed in the last few days? They could do no wrong up until recently and bar the departure of Murrell I don't know what has changed.

Some of the stuff on Twitter is comical.

Can't see past a defeat. Will miss Ranger massively even if he is a cock.

I've just taken a backseat and enjoyed the meltdown!

Fuck me, I agree with Chang.

Twitter has been a tad surreal today.

What's on Twatter?

The football can fuck off for a bit

Egg chasers for me now. Let's wallop them All Blacks

Eh?!


OK.  So you're basing the previous comment on what you read on twitter?  That's where you're going wrong.  Don't do it.  No one is ever meant to take what is written there seriously.

Twitter is nothing more than a 21st century tool devised to control the masses.  Instead of doing useful things on trains like reading books (as people used to until the 1990s), they now spend their time scrolling through inane & instantly forgettable 'micro-blogging' site comments on their phones.  It's a form of reverse progress.

Lee Power is bad for the club, we'll be in big trouble if he stays and is bezzie mates with Diamandis.

Oh. Bollocks then.

I'd like to see the side we'd put together for this season if Power wasn't involved. I'm fairly sure it would not be anywhere close in standard.

Ditto.

Empty stadium, home and away....

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Come on then boys, let's do this!

We appear to be playing none up front...

I know that the Manager's tactics/formation away from home has been hotly debated recently, but this seems cavalier even by his standards.

It appears i'm playing roulette today with my shitty broadband, the as always awful STFC Player and BBC Wilts problems.

Whatever the reason, I currently have silence!

You're missing nowt!

Join the club.

Martin Ling innit bruv.

This sounds promising early on.

*Touch wood* everything is working at the moment.

I only have twitter to rely on currently, going by that it suggests it's all Colchester!...odd. :hmmm:

We're upto 6th as it stands without doing fuck all.  Easy this football melarky isn't it...

What formation are we playing?

Yessssss!

Goal! Ajose

Gooooooalllllazzoo!

Get in!  Ajose........

Ajose is doing a sterling job to earn a contract it seems

4-6-0

Woooohooooo! Get in there

Gol gol gol gol gol gol golllllllllllllllllllll

460 false number 9.

League 1 Barca.

Aaaaaa-j-oooooooooooooooooo-s-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

Who needs Nile Ranger!

Fucking goalscorer....

Bound to be back on the bench next week.

We're playing the ghost striker formation.

If we're playing false 9 than surely it's more 433 rather than 460?

We always play that. It means we never see them!

Well here's the long awaited away game Plan B!  Liking it so far.

1-0 up at HT.  I'll take that.

Halfway through..

Ridehalgh scores v City...lovely. Apparently City were all over Tranmere too... :clap:

"Never heard of this set up we're playing"

Seriously, you've never heard of Barcelona? fucking hell.

323 Town fans there. Good effort considering our away form and what happened last week.

And 3,011 home fans.  You'd be really cheesed off, wouldn't you, if you went to all the trouble of building a new football ground for only 3,000 of your fans to bother turning up.

Happy days Dany boy!

Yeeeeesssss

GTFI :beers:

goaaaaaaaaaaaaal

Get the fuck in.

Clearly 0 up front was the way forward all along. Who knew. Who knew.

N'Guessan that about wraps it up.

0-2 !!!!! N'Guess'who

Fantastic.

and there will still be people moaning about our negative approach

Nile Ranger?

How long you been watching Swindon?

Look-e-like without the tatt !

Good work.  I don't like the idea of us shutting up shop with 40 mins still to go, so will be interesting to see how we go on from here.

Keep N'Guessan

Sounds like Harley has done alright today

Yay!

Hoooray:

Papa John's UK ‏@PapaJohnsUK 53s

Good news for everyone in Swindon! @Official_STFC go 2-0 up which means 50%off pizza for fans tonight. Use code STHP72 #scoretwicehalfprice

If we keep Ranger then I think him, Ajose and N'Guessan will get at least 50 goals between them.

Think they deliver to South London?

If we are playing with a Ghost Striker does that mean one of them has a sheet over him with the eyes cut out?

No, but I'll post it to you if it helps :)

Can I get away with takeaway pizza two nights on the trot?

You're thinking of the KKK, you racist!

Or at least the empty box :)

Listening to the Colchester radio they raving and going mad about our possession,passing and all round play.

Do people still think our away form is shit?

Yes PaPa Sam...

No, winning (hopefully) at Colchester has clearly meant we are away day specialists now.

One win doesn't mean we have turned the corner, but its a bloody good start.

If we score first, bar Franchise we've always won, if we concede first...we lose.

Is it the Creepies next up away

We're clearly playing really well today. But form is what you do over a series of games. So by definition, one decent away game doesn't turn your form round straight away.

Disallowed goal for offside too

Luongo unlucky hitting the post/bar

You just need to register, think there's a linky on My World

Yes, in between 2 home games.

Here we go....

Damnit.

Squeeky bum time

And so it begins.

Bollocks

cunts.  Don't fuck this up Swindon!

Here we go again!

1-2

Don't panic !!

Brentford are handing Crewe their arses on a plate.  5-0

Why not?

We don't like it up us!

It's still 2-0 on player, have faith, they might not score this time

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Bugger, they scored

Andy Frampton scores for Wimbledon, didn't he play for us?

Try not to remind us.

Which player are you using?

The "DVR" version? Or "Old style"

The old style is actually in time, DRV about a minute behind.

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Good to see our fans like each other.

I've never understood why fans spread out so much.

Have you met some of our regular away fans?

A bit tinpot having a web ad coloured into your seats

No, but him and 8-9 of his mates did get paid to mince around in our kit every week. *ba dum tish*

560 Plymouth fans up to York today. That is to be respected.

Excellent result!

Yessss! Good result and an away win, Well done Cooper and Williams tried something new and it worked it seemed.

Stuff Lorient next week and that's 6 points gained on them in a week

I got hacked off last week and with the Ranger thing during the week fair play to the players for the win. Big kudos to cooper for changing things and coming up with a good 3 points. Sounds like we should have won by more but happy with the 3 points.

 :toocool:

Great win, well played lads

Well chuffed with that result.

Job done. Chuffed with that. Anyone out for a few beers tonight?

Back in the playoffs for now.

Get in there!

Last week seems a distant memory....

Players followed their instructions to the letter, good performance that. Formation really worked well. Really not sure about the disallowed goal, looked fine to me, almost along side it where I was stood.

Still that's me done for the season now, nice to have finished up on a good win and performance.  Enjoy the rest of the season folks! x

Where you off to x

Good three points and pleased to see Cooper tweaked the system.

That picture of our support, bloody hell that looks grim. Fair play to those who travelled and they got 3 points for their efforts.

Are you Nile Ranger?

Enjoy Val d'isere and all those European women. Reg would be jealous if he was capable of such emotions...

Cheers sy, it's Val thorens though, Val d is way too rarrr for my liking :)

I wish I was Kinky Tom!

Couple of my mates are going with the uni to Val thorens in December. Looks ace.

rarr rarr! It's cold and full of snow but isn't Norway, it's all the same to me.

No point in jealousy....if KT procures himself a string of Eastern European lovelies, then fair play.

It's awesome, when's the trip?

Enjoy it Kinky. Just don't let the skiing get in the way of a good day out on the lash  :pint:  :beers:

I love how there's always a Football League Show when we win away....

Oh wait.... ::)

I don't trust me, I go because I love living there and it's where my mates are.

Fun every single day for 6 months

13th - 21st December I believe.

Early one then, you know if there's any djs out with them?

Just on train back. Very good performance and a very welcome 3 points.

Was sceptical when I saw we were  playing with none up front, but it worked a treat. We pressed well when they came into our half and we countered very well. Nice to know we have a plan B.

Ajose and  N'Guessan were brilliant, they had the beatings of both full backs all day. We were much more solid at the back, and Harley fitted in well to the midfield.

Colchester were bloody awful, and it is still a shit away day. One if the quietest grounds you will ever go to. Fair play to the town fans, 320 odd is a bloody good turnout, and we were in decent voice in the second half.

That was far more comfortable than the score line suggests. Very slow start but once we scored there was only one team in it. It looked pretty strange without a centre forward but it worked with Ajose down the left, N'Guessen on the right and Luongo breaking through the middle.

Most of the second half frankly, we took the piss and Colchester were chasing shadows. Luongo had a good chance to put the game out of sight, Ajose (I think) had one chalked off and Pritchard should have wrapped it up near the end but tried to be too clever but overall a very convincing performance. I thought McEveley looked particularly good but no one had a bad game.

I'm really surprised to see the picture of the away support because when you were in it, it actually looked pretty good (believe it or not). Don't really see why we would all squeeze up together ???

Enjoy your port and stilton on the way home Ooh Shaun Taylor.

Luongo then came painfully close to getting his second goal of the game when Walker was forced to head the ball away from the edge of his box, the Swindon man tried his luck with the chip but saw it rebound off the post.

Quote from the Colchester United O/S write up...

Completely forgot that. That was really unlucky. Edit: Didn't realise Luongo scored, I missed that - I must pay closer attention :hmmm:

WTF are you on about Dosser? I'm already home btw.

It's a Swindon away day (long-haul) tradition. Port and Stilton on the train back.

Really? I didn't know that. Sounds very civilized I must say. I've only rarely gone to away games by train and drove today on account of living about 20 minutes from the ground.

I like your style

One thing that is grating me is how Cooper goes into every post match interview as if the interviewer is trying to catch him out with his questions, and comes across as a right mardy twat because of it.

I think he should remember that those interviews are really his only direct interaction with the fans and the interviewer is asking the questions that the fans want to hear the answers to.  Don't get me wrong, PDC was annoying for the exact opposite, but something inbetween would be nice.

If you don't want to answer a question just say "sorry I have nothing to say about that" rather than "no comment".  He is in a privileged position and his mardyness does nothing to enhance his reputation.

I know it maybe picky considering how well he is doing with the rest of his job, but like I say, it is starting to grate on me.

Got to say - that is picky.

As far as I'm concerned the manager can be anything he likes if the results are OK.

I'm easily pleased

Credit to Cooper and his coaching staff for having a rethink on the formations and getting it right.

It seems we now have 3 viable formations we can use interchangeably as suits our needs. If we get to a point where we can switch fluidly between them mid-game, that could really become a useful additional weapon in our arsenal.

I think the key is never becoming too predictable, which was the downfall of the 3-5-2.

I can't help it if it grates on me.  Don't get me wrong I don't expect him to be sweetness and light every interview, but try to sound like you are at least enjoying your job.

I think that his 'no comment' was fair enough. I think he was irritated at how his previous answers on Ranger had resulted in lots of headlines. I suspect that there have been a couple of 'discussions' about Ranger behind closed doors that aren't for public consumption. 'No comment' is probably the best answer that he could give. Those two word said a lot to me.

I'd imagine he was told to answer with 'no comment'. Think the club is in damage limitation and therefore needs everything ranger related to come through one source.

Not quite Bernie - He came on the pitch at the end of the game today to acknowledge the fans and made a point of making sure all the players did the same. That's direct interaction and for me, outweighs any 'pissy-ness' in his interviews (not that I heard it today).

If I was a manager, I'm pretty sure I would get pretty pissed off and defensive with the media as well.

I like his interviewing style. No bullshit, he just answers the question with as few words as possible. Everyone should do this.

Really? You've been consistently suicidal for as long as I can remember! :)

Maybe he's just not comfortable with the media side of things and so tends to look for "traps", whether intentional or not, in questions? God knows there's enough people happy to tear managers apart for one wrong word out of place these days.
Yeah it is a little. Although I'm sure he'll get over it ;)

Think you've got this bang on. There's a whole minefield there, with legal ramifications as well as impact on the player and club and anyone in his position is going to be best advised to steer well clear of commenting on it.

His total lack of hesitation in answering no comment says a lot

This. No doubt his Peterborough experience made him more defensive when dealing with the media. Old habits die hard.

I agree with that and it is possible his disaster in charge at Posh has something to do with this,maybe has to realise that when you win that a positive soundbite is the way to go,rather than being negative as is the norm when you are constantly getting beat.
Good win and to me being in a playoff place is a great achievement....well done all.

Good 3pts and listening to the match on the radio we could have had 4 or 5 so looking forward to Orient next week. On the subject of the " no comment" during the interview,why ask the bloody question? It was never going to be answered and the interviewer probably knew that.

I've said this before...

Interviews are part of the job.....don't like it?......tough shit....

Comes across a right pissy fucker to me....and no need for it.

Just try and be a bit more imaginative with the answers, it's not as if he's a thick twat is it?!

It's not as if its Jeremy Paxman is trying to catch him out!

And for what it's worth I don't think he sounds pissy at all. Certainly nowhere near Hart or Malpas

It's the interviewer's job to ask the question and Cooper's job to decline it.

Exactly right.

I've just listened to the interview and I have to say, I don't have any problem with it. As Coca Cola alluded to, Mark Cooper is a 'John Smiths, no nonsense' manager. He gives a straight answer to a straight question - he's no doubt inherited the 'blunt Yorkshireman' gene from his old man.

I think we have to be careful that we don't fall into the trap of moaning when there's actually fuck all to moan about.

You could be 50% by being kinky only....

I'm not basing my point on just today's interview though.

There's a reason Flash calls him chuckles. After the game he does come across very guarded.

 I caught a pre-recoded interview with him in the build up, came across completely different - intelligent and open.

Coca Fola, it was Coca Fola.

GOOD 3POINTS 2day.. LOVELY

Ranger seems pleased from his last tweet above. Hopefully we will have him back soon.

Either that or he's driven past a speed camera.

I see Connor Waldon scored again for Gloucester City today, 3 in 2. Anyone know if Kayden Jackson scored again?

they play tomorrow in the fa trophy

From MP3 to ogg?

Well that was a weird formation
2 frontmen on the pitch and noone playing upfront  :headhurts:

Thought was a decent performance from the whole team with Ajose shading MoM for me
N'Guessan did ok on the right wing but aint no Ranger in holding the ball up
Pritchard looked like a headless chicken when came on and missed a glorious chance to make it 3 when  instead of taking one touch round the keeper and pass into an empty net he proceeded to try to flick it over the advancing keeper.

Any criticism isnt meant to be harsh as they all did their job today and if we played that game again we could have scored 4 or 5.


TBF when you in the stand in didnt feel as spread out ( I was sat top of the " B " )


 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Good to see my prediction was as useless as ever.  I genuinely thought we'd lose today.  Got into the car with no idea of the score and N'guessan  put us 2-0 up within a matter of seconds.  Really pleased that the team stepped up today and Cooper successfully made changes to the formation.

In terms of Cooper in interviews,  I agree with Berniman to an extent.  He does come across as being a bit defensive and abrupt.  However, he's got a long way to go before he's anyway near Messrs Malpas and Hart.

oh, forgot... really enjoyed that we scored our opener literally 4 seconds after some woman manically screamed 'you're going the wrong waaaaaayyyyyyyy' when we played a backward pass.  it was delicious :)

That's what I said...

Yet again, a negative comment earlier in this thread was the forerunner of today's win.

2 equally negative comments on Tuesday were within less than a minute of our 2 goals being scored.

Maybe there should be a negative matchday thread to run parallel with the official one - all us moaning minnies can gather for a group 'topping'

Flash summed my point up in 4 lines instead of my 4 sentences.

Did he give you the chance to ask questions and give an answer?  Nope, that is the local journo's job on behalf of the fans.

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Had more possession ,rare you see equal shots on and off target
Shaded corners by one but won hands down in the fouls stake  :clap:

Agree with this though.

Quite impressive stats for the away team.

I thought Swindon were excellent today.

I was sat in with the Essex Boys, and I have to say, I never heard the Town fans once. It was the quietest away support I've ever seen.
I did my bit, I got a chant of "what a load of rubbish" going in the second half !

Wasnt best away vocals but Cooper did hear us when asking him to wave ( he did ) and he was on opposite side of pitch

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The Town section didn't look that empty from where I was sat - sure that picture wasn't taken at half time ?

Possibly
Taken from the FBL72 website

None of the other awayday accounts have a shot of that game on

Also agreed.

Cooper has won me over.

As for Malpas and Hart......they knew the fucking knives were out and they also knew they were shite.

I remember the infamous 'two up front' speech after that total abortion at Exeter........I was there with Herthab and Jj Edmunds....there was NO fucker up front.

Great away day and after last week, one of the unlucky souls who went, it was refreshing to come away with a win and 3 points! Loved the beers, the darts song + ajose at the end and even took a punch from a cunty Preston North End fan at Kings X on way home for doing f/a...cheapshot and I look forward to March 22nd  ;) a great win and who knows where we will end up this season!!!

They do fancy themselves that PNE mob
IIRC last year they bought about 900 down here  :hmmm:

I'm with you.  As we are the only ones it seems, are we now classed as a TEF clique?

Bunch of wankers mate, having a chat with a couple of their fans getting on tube and some northern monkey blindsighted me with a weak punch to the jaw...I'm ok but jaw is a little stiff!

There have been plenty of times he's got a good laugh out of the press.

Was it PNEThor? Did he have his minder/dialysis machine/iron lung with him?

It will be tasty again as a few took a beating on Manky road.

You said Coca Cola. Pay homage to a Swindon legend and get the name right next time please.

Oxford City played in the FA Trophy today....no he didn't score..

A post script:

The interesting thing about these comments [click here] (http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/colchesterunited/forum/94595/pauls-view-vs-swindon-town/#3) on the Colchester board is that they mirror very accurately the comments on our own forums following our own recent defeats, being:

• no width; and
• opposition sussed us very quickly after weathering an early spell of pressure, after which it was easy to counter them...especially when it became apparent there was no Plan B.

It was, arguably, the unveiling of our own 'Plan B' (the magnificent 4-6-0 formation) that won us the game.  Good to see we're not alone in having off days where the Manager is assumed to have no back up plan after his main course of action has been second guessed by the opposition.

Yes I know that's what I said...Coca Cola...that used to be your name didn't it :hmmm:

(http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/resources/images/189594.jpg?type=articleLandscape)

Kayden was cup-tied having already played for Supermarine in an earlier round.

You're not the brightest are you?

That part should read Twitter is nothing more than a 21st century tool for 21st century tools.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/288401/video

Brief Sky highlights are up.

Good job it didn't matter but the marking, or lack of it, for the Colchester goal is laughable.

Ta.

Their keeper will be dissapointed with our first. Two good poacher's goals though. Their goal looked a bit simple, but who cares.

I was taking the piss.

Never mind ::)