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I'm not going. Predicting a 2 - 0 loss.

0-0

Does it not have to be settled today? Are you predicting a penalty shoot out (automatic Swindon loss)?

i was deliberately being a mong :-)

Im going for a 3-0 reverse

2-0 to them

Got a touch of the DV's this afternoon!

I'm going to say 2-1 to them with us scoring a goal in the last minute and the 3 fans left in going mental over the fact we actually scored a goal.

Sorry but I can see us taking another beating, 4 - 0 to the Cunts I am afraid.

1-0 Douglas (I didn't go on Saturday)

1-0 greer to score

0 - 3 to Scummy Franchise scummy scum scum !  >:(

2-1 defeat. An old school Swindon performance, conceding sloppy set piece goals and nicking one out of nothing.

Some - none.  Miserable league cup defeat to be quickly forgotten, just like all the others.

i'm off in a couple of minutes, anything less than 2 0 to franchise will be a vast improvment.  Even given that franchise are fielding an understregnth team.
I go more oin hope than faith.

Don't the cup rules about weakened teams mean we need to play at least 8 of the shambolic mess that played the last time out, or is that just for the JPT?

3-1 to us.

Think it's just the JPT. I quite like the idea of the rule mentioning the words "shambolic mess that played last time" :)

I reckon we'll be 2-1 down, and Ince will instruct his weakened team to concede to take it to extra time so we'll be knackered for Saturday. And then we'll still lose.

Or, more likely, we'll just lose 2-1.

3-2 loss.

2-1 win.

3-1 franchise

3-0 loss. Cant see us scoring goals. But we will win on Saturday!!!!

I predict that the title of this thread will be changed again before the final score.

Swindon town 6 - 2 Franchise

2-0 Win

3-0 to the plastic wankers

We are playing Reading now? ;)

3-1 to them

1-0 to them!

Defence will be solid tonight but we won't look like scoring.  The 1 will probably be a penalty when Morrison dives in around the 86th minute.

2-1 to us!

1 - 0 us


Lucas penalty


You heard it here first folks

2 nil defeat.

Is that in a shoot-out at the end with the other 9 players having missed?

Pfft... I don't know about this one.

The romantic in me suggests that we'll want to make amends... The realist asks where are the goals going to come from?

Prediction:

0-0 Town win on penalties.

Our new goalscoring midfielder from Liverpool  ;D

only 2 changes ........... O'brien injured so replaced by JPM and Macklin replacing Cuthbert. One up front or Macklin up there?

I think we will win 2 - 0 tonight.  You can tell I didn't go last week.

Amankwaah back to rightback, Macklin right wing, Macca left wing, one up front.

According to the Beeb, we haven't won a League Cup game since 2004, which is just incredible!

Thinking about it I would imagine  it must be effectively 4 4 1 1 with JPM sitting behind paynter and Macklin on the wing?

I'd say that means Manky to right back, JPM on the right, Macca on the left and Macklin up top with Paynter.

Thats what i reckon

Slightly off subject - just heard on sky sports news that Cox is starting for WBA tonight.

what are the bookies odds on us winning this?

With us playing a full strength team tonight becomes a BIG match, win and we might get some confidence, lose badly and well hell if I know where we go from here.

we're gonna win 5-0

Norway against Scotland?  I quite agree.

"get cox back" is a text that just got read out

oh dear

Are we losing 13-0 yet?

no, i predict norway to be utterly useless and get thrashed.


don't you hate our fans? i do

some of them yes


the majority are ok though

Who is Neil Evans?

unfortunately the mongs are usually more vociferous than the sensible people like us fred.

it really does make me want to only watch swindon when we're winning, it just winds me up so much

Bob Crampton?

until the breast has a drink or two ;)

fuck Salisbury

behave

eugh people like that ming that texted in give girls a bad name!

You need to take a lie down, you negative pessimistic fuckwit......

3-0 to the Dongers.

Woah, corner.

i was mocking myself :(

 :D

I missed the subs??? who are they?

you should have come round and had beers

Substitutes: Phil Smith (GK), Scott Cuthbert, Craig Easton, Callum Kennedy, Mark Marshall, Nathan Thompson

Macklin sounds like he's started well.

sounds like a good start macklin seems lively

Thanks Sonique xxx

I so so want him to do well

delighted that macklin has started tonight.

I think with a bit of support and confidence we could be on to a cracker with Macklin, a real unknown quantity in this league aswell

is that the same mccracken that played for wycombe?

jpm 'gettin stuck in'  ???

A lively start atleast, hopefully Macklin can make use of his pace down the wing

no...that was phil

it sounds like there's about eight people and a dog at the game

And the STFC squawker.

old club syndrome although you never know

Pox are getting beat at Kettering...

MacNamee tracking back ?


Well I fucking never !

get in there macca, sliding tackle!

"Good sliding tackle from McNamee" !!!!

COME ON BOYS


PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEEEE

A bit unfair, she is considered the fourth best looking woman in Milton keynes.

why are they talking about penalty shootouts?!?!?! >:(

did i just hear their centre half is called duvet?? there is a pun in there somewhere.....put em to bed paynter  :-[

our only way to score?

Where is Nev ?

who is this co commentator?

geuret innit?

those drums....grr

Wouldn't bet on it - didn't we lose the last one without scoring?

oooooooooooooo so close

Ooh I actually thought we were going to score then!

Oh, oh, nearly. Nearly a goal.

Oh yeah...........Barnet

The last penalty shootout was at Aldershot in the JPT last season wasn't it?

We actually won it!!!

We're caning them

Timlin volley just wide

oooooooooooo so close

Why would you fucking say that!!??

come on you reds!

What's that, 4 chances already? That's 4 more than Saturday.

are we losing yet?

lambert scored for soton

Nope,...

reading are dicking burton albion

Some lad called Bignall got a couple...can we have him please Nicky?

Is it better than Saturday so far? I'm trying to listen to Radio Swindon on interweb with minimal success.

sound much better MR

billy sharp scored for sheff u

To be fair, we only really collapsed after half time on Saturday.

So we've still got that to look forward to?

We sound competitive and seem to have a few ideas going forward, which is very encouraging after the weekend!

THANKS FOR THAT BALDY !

NO PROBLEM! ANY TIME!!

Sounds like we are doing ok. fingers crossed.......... COME ON TOWN! :D

Sounds like we're doing OK but just lacking anything in the last third, more what we expected than Saturdays horror show.

burton albion have 46 year old kevin poole in goal for them

oh dear. he's they're part time keeping coach and i assumed part time keeper (this bit in name only)

Been their 1st choice for years now, probably loyalty gone to far for them now though

oh dear, oh dear..

Simeon Jackson has scored again, against Plymouth. Cunt.

Is Macklin up front or on the right wing?

Billy cant head the ball !


That is all !

woohoo 1-0

goal. mcgoven

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goooooooooal

JPM 40 yarder

1-0, JPM from 40 yards!

WELL DONE YOU USELESS CUNT :D

40 fucking yards !!!!?????

Ha ha JPM from 40 yards. Get in!

YAY!!! JPM

40 FUCKING YARDS!

fuck me! nice one JP :D:D:D:D

(i still think he's a cunt though)

get the fuck in jpm!!!!! 40 FUCKING YARDS

fluke.

I fucking knew we'd score! Get in!!!

I am in shock!

WTG JPM well happy with that

you should be in bed !

WHO THE FUCK IS SIMON COX? WHOOOOOO THE FUCK IS SIMON COX???? ok maybe a bit excessive :D

Easy.

40 Yards JPM!!!!!!!!!!!

always rated jpm me  ;)

we are fucking ace

 :D

I know, I'll get 2 hours sleep, max.

I fucking hope we dick them.

Gillingham beating Plymouth 2-0 already so maybe they are just very good and we were unlucky to start against them?

Keep up you knob.

tap ins? fuck off

McGovern to play up front? ;)

McGovern from (virtually) the half way line....

Always said Gueret was shite

are the goals going to be shown on telly tonight?

Have a good'un buddy

Skysports will show them quickly tonight?

Norwich are holding Yeovil, they'll be happy with that.

maybe on SSN. Tomorrow night on BBC1

Not in a racist way but I never trust a black keeper, they're usually shit

Nah !


I love Ince


He is class

I really don't think you can say that in 'not a racist way'.

Whats the betting we sign the cup tied useless cunt?

Walsall's keeper is ok

shaka hislop? david james?

is jason puncheon not playing?

HT 1-0

Lovely

Good half. Can't be disappointed with that !

I just always have the image of Nathan Abbey falling into the net from Gurney's free kick.

fuck me...................1 bottle of red wine in the first half !!!!

Another one to follow


Thank fuck I am not working

'Half the job is done'.

Stupid bloody phrase, do we get halfway into the next round then?

Only bettering MK Reserves because of a one off wonder goal. Typical of how shit we've become.

I'm on a bottle of white trying to induce sleep.

Will we get Conchords?

Well..... not all bad......... more of the same please!

Yes. 1-0 up against the Franchise scum is always pleasing.

hip hop half time means Flight of the Conchords yay

He needs some new tunes, getting a bit old if he plays it yet again. I reckon you're right though.

Gay.

If its hip hop half time we need some NWA 'Fuck tha Police'.

Not flight of the fucking concordes

I'll let him off if he plays hurt feelings, apart from Murray, that was the only good thing about series 2.

Oh yeah and STFC winning, raaaarrrrrrr.

Here we go, Conchords!

OH GOD, The return of the hiphopapotamous

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Yeah

Some Margarine

BBC Live Text:

I'm the motherflippin''

heeeeeeeey

hoooooooooooooooo

Yeaaaahhhhh, bitch.

hugh mcgovern???

too many dicks on the dancefloor or hurt feeling.

I'd email in and suggest that he swaps it round and plays Hurt Feelings when we're losing, however I really like that and might want us to be down at half time all the time

Fencing and Skiing

ELO, top.

so who is this neil evans?

Second half just started - for the radioless/worldless

Sounds like there's about 50 fans there and 40 are town fans.


Plus the dog of course.

Have they mentioned an attendance?

he said stadium is about 1/20th full with about 300ish swindon

What a cryptic way of saying 2K

balls

FFS.

arse.

Bollox. Pen, Jean-Froncois cock up 1-1

penalty to mk.

gay

1 1

Usefullless Haitian cunt.

Grrrrr 1-1

supergay

Voodoo him samdy.

ah bollocks, sounds like a sloppy start to the second half and we've been punished.............we best pick things back up.

cock

useless!

edit-bugger!

Lescinel is shit

drop him


get him the fuck out of there


after Saturday as well

More like 1200. They don't have a capacity of 40k

the haitian gives away a penalty.

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Can't argue with that but who do we play there? Kennedy's no where near good enough yet either

I know, I just don't believe the turnout could be that poor.

I wanted him to be my favourite player :(

Have we got a gypsy curse on us meaning we can only sign dodgy left backs?

He let his man cut inside again. Grrrr.

FFS

Too much to ask for Kennedy at the moment though

how that cunt is playing after 3 glaring errors saturday i'll never know.

wooot!

Yes! Get in!

2-1 Billy P deflected goooooooooall

Billy! Get in!

woop

get the fuck in!

wish i'd gone :(

PAYNTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

billyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

fuck off mk you cunts etc

yeah bitches!!!

YESSSS!

You beauty!

wooootttiiiiieeeee!

there's only one jamie vincent

You're not singing anymore! cunts.

Well done Amankwha by the sounds of things. DV will be especially happy. He loves the Amankwha, and he loves the Billy.

whoop.

Hah! And you all said we needed strikers!

You know fuck all.

WE ARE GOING UP ! :D haha

Shut up. It's a fucking cup game.

ohhhhh puncheon... :(

WE'RE GONNA WIN THE CUP ;)

what !,has he scored??????

"Lesh" responsible for 2 goals so far this season then....

No, just come on

AND THE REST

Good. Hold on now lads and beat this cuntbag team.

Don't ruin it for everyone gaz.

nope, he's just annoyingly good

He looked ok pre-season. I knew he was responsible for a goal Saturday, just how bad is he??? I wasn't there so can't really comment!

Too many Y's.

But there is no one else to play there...........que DV with 'Vincent'

soz spaceyyyyy

gigglegiggle

a goal ?

I know he looked good in ONE game pre-season

Could not cut it Saturday and looks like he has been found out

I was also impressed with him in pre-season.

Sorry but I would try O'bRIEN

it sounds as if the stadium MK is filled with children

There's Yinka Casal !!!

He was crap against Plymouth, good against the Baggies. Didn't see any others.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting.......very left field (excuse the pun)

everyone was shit against plymuff

Like I said Si


1 game

Dear Mr Super Secret Intelligence Agency AI That No Doubt Reads The Entire Internet Everyday,

I need to go grab a can, however I don't want to miss any of the football. Can you use some of the secret temporal technology that you undoubtedly have to time-lock the match whilst I go get one.

Yours lovingly,

flammableBen

Played very well against Cardiff. It was unexpected at the time and after Saturday I was wondering just how he'd pulled such good performances off in pre-season

Very true.

What you need is a servant.

I know its a different flank, but remember the runs that Comminges went on from a FB position

I would like it a lot

Hurry up, I'm no Sky+

I might see if Yinka fancies a game for me sunday side....i'm sure he can afford £4 subs  :D

on the bench Jim ?

True but my concern would be O'Brien being right footed and unbalancing the defence but stranger things have happened.

i thought o'brien was left-footed?

woop!

Whoop.

wooooooooooooo 3-1 town billllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy

3-1

Goals  galore

3-1

Get in!

paynter again!!!!!

we don't need no strikers
we don't need no ball control

lets go fuckin mental lalalalala

Billy's on fire. Another striker? Nah....

Pah, strikers sch-mikers.

ummmmmmmm dodgy keeper GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

Yay! Eat my ass Incey!

Better Town! Better...

go town!!

WE ARE GOING UP!!

saturday - "willy, meet the town end"

And now we can hear the Town fans! Good stuff!

It's a fucking cup game

Now who said Gueret was shite....

Nah mate

he plays left side

not paul ince

wiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly

Just got home from work...Is there anywhere to watch or listen online?

WE ARE GOING THROUGH
SAY WE ARE GOING THROUGH

4-1

What the fuck!

Haha. Taking the piss now.

4-1!!!!

Easy! Easy! Easy!

4  fuck yeeeeeaaaahhhhhh!

fuck me, we might win this with five goals at this rate!

EASY EASY EASY

YES! :)

you know how everyone said we'd end up with 0-0's...it's not looking that way is it?

Gay I missed 2 goals. Who scored the first of them?

Please, please, please let us replicate this is the League.

Timlin's hit the stantion.

who wants 5

I seem to remember their keeper being dodgy in the 1-1 draw last season too.

paynter tap in then own goal.

Same again Saturday please.

*hand up*

Pah, Ince fielded a weakened side. I'd rather we win on Saturday than tonight.

4812 attendance

Fuck off back to the fridge!

I'd swap this every time for 3 points on Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_radio_wiltshire/

Find it works best in pop out mode.

A twentieth my arse.

We've only got one striker...We've only got one striker !!!

Note To Wilson...play Amankwaah at right back and if you want to persist with one up front during the shortage, play JPM behind Paynts, he's our most creative midfielder!

Lucky it's not one or the other really isn't it because I'm happy for us to win both.

I'll settle for both...

I agree that Saturday is far more important but this is a great reaction from Saturday.

Me too.

this is getting crazy!

I'm a little scared.

Just installing now - Cheers

So how 'weakened' is this Franchise team?

you can't argue with the reaction tonight, well done to the lads

Something to be happy about.  :D

Hopefully this will give us a psychological advantage for Saturday at the County Ground.

"How will we win with no strikers?"
"Only an idiot goes into the season with no strikers"

What do you have to install? I thought it was all done in the browser.

531 swindon fans

There's only 6 of them playing

It's a good result, but lets get some points first.

Not that weak, Incey just stuck a few first teamers on the bench and has brought them on.

Don't get carried away Gazza.

If Paynter gets injured it's your fault.

:) You can only beat what is put in front of you.

To be fair Gaz, this doesn't change the fact that going into the season with one striker is pretty fucking bad.

Real Player

This was their line-up on Saturday:

Willy Gueret, Mathias Doumbe, David McCracken, Jermaine Easter, Jemal Johnson (c), Mark Carrington, Danny Woodards, Jason Puncheon, Luke Howell, Darren Powell, Luke Chadwick.

Not many changes at all.

We should've beaten their first team last season 6-1. It was probably the best we played at home last season.

Who the fuck plays a weakened side in the second game of the season?

That's just plain stupid.

that's an impressive turn out from us. fair play to all those who went

4-1 to the proper club :D

My bad. I thought they'd got rid of that shit a long time ago.

Word.

Can we get a decent draw in the second round for a change, either an 'easy' passage or a big club.

Sorry, no. Brentford away.

 :soapy tit wank: you know this

Good shout Gazza

Brighton?

Draw is 10am tomorrow.

so, that's er, tomorrow.

Dumbass.

Shut up Ed, you'll curse us!

The commentator, not you batch.

Indeed... Newcastle or Sunderland or Middlesbrough away would be lovely ;)

Narrrwich 4-0 away at Yeovil!

Man City away?

I bet Mcgovern and Wilson are loving this.

I would love to beat them twice in a week. please, please, please.

Cardiff in the next round please.

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooot (from Ron)
can I have me pizza now?

How many of their fans would travel down though if we were at home...?

Anything we can do, Norwich can do it just that little bit more.

I'm assuming Colchester will go up as champions, Gills will finish 2nd, and us and Norwich will be in the play-offs.

Isn't the draw on Thursday?

Benig selfish can we please have reading away. Or an east London team.

Has it finished yet?

Why East London?

oxford at home?

oh, wait.

y
Clearly 4 million because they are well passionate them GeordieSmoggieMackems.

God, there is a chance we'd have to suffer Newcastle's away kit.

Shitheads away please. We owe them one.

3mins of added time. I'm still convinced we could fuck this up.

Newcastle away please :D

Has it fucking finished yet?!!

Haha i have no idea. I mean West London

Marshall misses goal. Shock.

No, but I think there is a typo

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/CarlingCupDraws/

Which mystic meg on here said last week "I can see a lot of nil nil draws for us this season"?

No. It started 5 or 10 minutes late for some reason so no surprise.

I'll take that. Same again Saturday please.

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO more of the same Saturday please! :D

Full Time!

Job done.

Cheers.

FT.

A great reaction to Saturdays disaster. Not getting carried away, but fantastic performance.

Well that's eased any worries I had. Seems Saturday was a bit of a freak result.

Or, it could be said by someone more cynical than I, tonight's was the freak result.

Maybe this was the freak result?

A good response and much more of what I expected, maybe not the scoreline so much but actually working as a team and giving it their all.

Good stuff!

I'm happy, this can now go either way on Saturday, we might see an average emerging.

I hope not, that means we'll lose 2-3

looking forward to Saturday - and I am now having my pizza

I'm off for a celebratory margarita.

 :wotjump:

I think Reg is happy !!

Brilliant beating the Franchise doughnuts ! I called that one way way wrong and as surprised by that as Saturdays result ! Please more of the same at the CG on Saturday. Now for Beer !!

happens every now and then!

Credit where it's due, just the same as stick was due after Saturday.

Well played town, more of the same please.

Great result but not getting carried away but that's better... Making amends will be getting off of zero points on Saturday.

To hell with it, take that Dons  :bye:

1, maybe 2 in by Saturday. hmm.

What a great response after Saturday, totally unexpected .... fucking brilliant

What a difference 3 days make.

I'm now baffled as to whether we are shit or not.

It's very easy. Shit in the League, brilliant in the League Cup.

You're like Canesten Combi, you clear it all up.

thrush in the bush!

Seems more likely now that with Ifil's move imminent, his wage will immediately go on signing a striker - which is where I think the 'very hopefull' from Wilson comes from - very possible that Ifil's wage will go towards offering City a higher percentage to loan Trundle I reckon.

Said to my dad the opening game of the season means nothing in all honestly, Norwich also proved that tonight by wacking 4 past Yeovil. In some ways, for the first week of the season the players are still in friendly mode, and need that real match sharpness again. Friendlies don't replicate that, which is why they're meaningless.

Anyway, credit to Wilson and the lads tonight, lets build on it Saturday, no doubt Ince will have them fired up after a battering, much like we were tonight.

Makes the late night Gillingham thread quite amusing to read now!

Suicide is painless!

I'm going to start the official matchday thread more often I think. Delighted with that result.

I'm happy tonight but we still need bodies in the squad. Gillingham's loss highlighted that... I don't want to lose 5-0 again any time soon and don't want to risk it :)

Gillingham beat Plymuff tonight, might not have been a fluke!

As the BBC have been pointing out repeatedly Sturrock is shit in the League Cup (1 win in 9) so possibly doesn't count

According to the BBC's stats, we had 8 shots on target compared to MK's 2. Not something I expected, all credit to the lads for putting in a performance tonight.

Credit where it is due. We needed that and that will help ease saturday result. well done

Well done lads !

I am happy.

Still think that Lesch is not our answer at LB and would love to see O'Brien there

fuck me, never saw this coming. Cracking result. Would swap it for three points, but promising nonetheless. Now get us a striker!

Been watching sky sports news since the matches ended, I think I've seen the goals from every game (some I've seen twice) except our game.  You would think a forty yarder might grab their attention, but apparently we don't exist.

We should all cry more

For mash get smash.

4 goals,just think what it would have been with 2 strikers

Same here. Was at work tonight so keeping up via internet on my phone. Kept expecting us to throw it away at 2-1, I was gobsmacked at 4-1 though. Can't wait to see JPM's goal.

Good shout...been playing pool(drew 5-5) thaught youd like to know..ime fukin estatic..get in..result...e i ei eio o up the....shit its cup..

I watched the Bury v WBA game......Coxy was subbed late on.

Shocked but thrilled! Sounds like JPM has earned himself a starting place Saturday. Looking forward to hearing views of those who went! On another note 531 away fans is pretty decent 

Where did you get 531 from? I'd say it was 200 at the very most.

Much better all over the pitch.

Macklin looked impressive in the second half.

Hopefully that goalie plays on Saturday.

Just got back. Obviously didnt go saturday but had to be a big improvement right?

We looked solid at the back, composed in midfield and dangerous upfront. Franchise clearly didnt have a full team out and had nothing all game.

Apart from the penalty I cant remember then having a shot.

Wilson got the starting line up right now and in truth after watching that game I still cant believe he got it so wrong saturday


Lucas - 6 - All he had to do was pick the ball out of his net from the penalty. Dont remember him making another save

Amankwaah - 7 - Looked solid in defence and made one hell of a run to set up Paynters 3rd. Length of the pitch past about 3 players.

Greer - 6 - Solid and won everything

Morrison - 6 - Pretty much the same.

Lescinel - 6 - Like the other two looked solid. Penalty looked soft but was down the other end so would have to see it again.

Douglas - 6 - Did alright in the middle some tidy passing. Over shadowed by the other two.

Timlin - 8 - Though he was excellent tonight. Passed it well, got stuck in and kept running on past the other two. Nearly got himself a goal as well.

McGovern - 9 - Class. Composed on the ball, pulling all the strings. Some very good short passing, some good long passing even a couple of decent through balls. Worked hard, got stuck in - covered well. Cracking goal as well. Our best player. Criminal he didnt start saturday.

Macklin - 8 - Was fantastic, his pace scared the shit out of MKs defence he had their full back every single time. Tired towards the end and took some knocks but fuck me the boys good. He's going to be quality. Franchise will double up on him saturday.

Paynter - 7 - Worked hard. Looked better with Macklin and McNamee supporting him. Took his two goals well but had some help with both of them. Typical Billy Paynter performance

McNamee - 6 - Looked good when he had the ball, some good crosses and running. Probably didnt see the ball as much down the left as Amankwaah and Macklin did down the right.

big shout out to Willy Gueret he was fucking awful and flapped at two crosses which lead to our 3rd and 4th goals.

More of the same saturday please.

Just seen JPM's goal. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Just read a MKDonuts forum, a poster has suggested that was the worst display from them for well over 4 years :soapy tit wank: - so the worst perfomance since they started to pollute our world with shit then (give or take a year).

Glad we got a win,and so decisively too. If they double up on macklin on saturday, we can use macca,or o'brien if fit to do macklin's job today. Our lads will be buzzin on saturday,but mkdonalds will have something to prove.

Cheers for the player analysis DV,good to hear Amankwaah at right back gettin & up the field with ease.

Have to agree with DV. Macklin, Amankwaah and McGovern (yes JPM!) were fantastic tonight. All the other players had good games, including Timlin who got stuck in.

Also agree that Wilson did put out the best possible starting XI and formation. We made sure we were on top of the game from the first minute. Good attitude. Not one player slacked off, we went at them for 90 minutes. After the penalty I thought we could be in for a travesty, we really bossed the game.

As regards freak results, I dont think either was a freak. Ince put out a lot of fringe players, and a lot of them looked like they were still on pre season duty. Gills on the other team have started like they ended last season, hit the ground running. If Gills keep those two pacy players up front together then they could finnish in the top 3 come the end of the season.

Come on, give him an 8. Sounds like you're marking him down because he got some support for a change. It's his job to score two. Paynter is never going to be one of these modern midfield strikers.

Agreed. We always moan when strikers don't get support -you can't mark his own performance down if he actually gets it.  In that sole strikers role his job is to work hard, hold the ball up and score goals.  Seems like he did that tonight, so give him the credit for that.

Although lets be fair steve, DV did go and we didn't. He might have been shite when he wasn't scoring, even if it didn't sound like it.

DV called the game right but I'd like to add
Lucas flapped at an easy cross at 00
Macnamee made 2 excellent TACKLES in the first 12 minutes.  One of which was in his own penalty area.

Nothing to choose between Timlin and Douglas.

Franchise wont play so badly again this season.

Still the best away game since we drew with \george Bests Fulham 33

True, and no disrespect to DV intended - I'm going on the word of my old man who did go, and is often a critic of BP, and he said he did his job very well tonight.

In either case, hopefully the result inspires a bit of confidence for saturday.

Agree with most of what Dv said apart from Timlin & Douglas, thought timlin done ok but Douglas was class, and Macklin was quality, why hasn't any1 been pushing for him to of been playing sooner..................

Also hopefully, maybe after last season Fitton's managed to drill into the playing side how important he sees the cups. A good cup run is something which can not only bring money in but give the fans some excitement.

We had a decent chance in the FA Cup the season before last when we dropped out to Boston(? was it) on penalties in a replay. Would have had a winnable game against Rovers in the next round and we'd have been a game away from the quarters. That would have been brilliant.

Barnet, bloody Barnet. Worst set of penalties I've ever seen professional footballers take

That was it, Barnet. I remember. I knew it was a team beginning with B which I tend to associate with non-league. I knew it wasn't Burton, and was fairly sure it wasn't Boston, but I had to guess.

you fucking cunts, i had erased that night from my memory, im now going to bed and i fucking know im going to dream about it.

I went out on the lash after listening to it on the radio and pulled some bird in the Lava Lounge. Then I got stalked home by some gay dude who thought I was cute. I realised he was following so doubled back down an alley way and then confronted him when he was looking for me. Seemed like a nice lad, but possibly one of the only times I've turned down a blowjob.

I knew I remembered that game for a reason.

That is the single most disturbing story I've ever read.

I was apparently looking pretty good that night.

So you think there's a gay guy stalking you for random fluid exchange purposes and you decide to deal with it by ducking down a secluded alley? Echoes of "At this point our reporter made his excuses and left" methinks

I feel bad Ben...can only apologise.

Wicked result, don't know how to play it if ince comes into work again on friday, don't want to get him riled up.  

Think i'll wait till the following week after we've done them again and thank him for generousity of satan's favourite team then.

I'm so happy with this result, completely gutted i couldn't make it, had no idea of the score until the old man came in for a drink after the game.  Another win on Saturday would go a long way towards forgetting Gills - the sooner I can the better goddamnit.

I didn't really know who it was who was following me, just that some bloke had been going the same way as me all the way from town up to the steps up by the cemetery in old town. The alley double back was more to see if he really was following me. He was.

I think you were just teasing him - "Chase me, chase me"

It is possible. He looked like a scruffy Zac Efron.

Are we really turning a 'Swindon hammer the fucking Dons' thread into a 'ben got stalked by a gayer' thread?

this is an outrage, seriosly...

Well I was trying, but there doesn't seem much interest now. I think most people have logged off. Was a random night, although it was a year and a half ago.

Did you make it to the game Tom? You're about there at the moment aren't you (not on the slopes)???

Yep, was at work though, so about three miles from the game.  Very sad...

I'd have swapped a shift with someone if I could have but it was my first management shift without another manager there so couldn't really.

Going to miss Saturday too, very depressing...

I think you've said about this already, I'm just really bad at remembering :(, but are you heading back to the ski zone over the winter?

Of course, early November hopefully - i need to do the flat i'll be staying up a bit, i shall not be back until May if at all.

Really looking forward to it all, my 30th is the end of December and I'm looking forward to it so much, seems strange to be but it's going to be such a good party!

Don't know if you saw the Top Gear with the snow rally track in a resort recently but that my resort, very nice to see it on the telly box of a Sunday evening.

Val thorens.  Thats where I went to when I last went skiing.  Spent a lot of time in the pub up the top of town.

i spent a lot of time drinking cheap red wine at the chalet and then listening to a http://www.myspace.com/abraxas34 (http://www.myspace.com/abraxas34) at malaysia, or the estonian chart toppers in a pub in the shopping centre.

the only food we bought out was from la grotte du yeti as i'm a massive tightass :)

Cracking performance from the boys!

I eat humble pie!!!

Hope we can keep it up for Saturday

That was a good night.

Meal out in Ikea,mosey along to the ground,outplay the franchise scum and stuff them 4-1.Brilliant  :D

We just seemed so much more up for it,did what the gills did to us saturday basically.Just have to hope we put in the same amount of effort in saturday.

gotta see JPM's 40 yarder!

Am I right in thinking that STFC World or whatever its called now, doesnt have the rights to show the Rumbelows Cup action????

Reminds me of the Little Britain sketches.  ('At this point, I was minding my own business walking along the alley way.  But as I was passing the gay man, I tripped over a small object and a part of me accidentally went in to him.')

Where can we see the highligts for this match online?

Wonder how many plastic fans, franchise will bring on Sat?

The highlights programme is on TV tonight, so I'd imagine iPlayer and the BBC Sport reports would have highlights after that's been broadcast

Ta.

Beeb website will have highlights from Thursday morning according to the radio.

Here

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/Interview/0,,10341~1751224,00.html

Not many. They never do.

Oooo! just seen JP's goal on STFC World, quite a strike!

Old Geret looked like he had a 90 minute mare! More of the same on Saturday please Willy ....

I have also just seen the goals and you have to say there was some pretty comical defending/goal keeping going on there. Gueret should be dropped for Saturday. I hope he's not though!

Just seen the goals. Two goals came from one or two passes after amankwaah released the ball halfway between the halfway line & their by-line. GOOD. That'l surely tell DW amankwaah is best choice for right back as he can get up the pitch and do damage,as well as cover for the not-so-quick central defence people moaned about on saturday.

He's been placed on the transfer list - no fee required......

McGovern looked really busy from the clips I saw, winning tackles and at one point seem to barge past two defenders.

I've been (amongst others it seems) one of his harshest critics, but he seems to have resorted back to the form he showed when he first joined the club. His performance when he came on as a sub against Wovers last season was superb and it looks like he's carrying it forward.

Timlin also looked like he was trying to get forward and have a fair few rangey shots, makes a change from his normal constant back-passing....

Good stuff lads.

The thing was though that Wilson played a 5 man midfield with JP playing in the middle, if (when) we get a striker and revert to 442 where will JP play as he won't surely get a game in the middle so he will have to fight for a spot on the wing

I don't think he has the pace for a berth on the wing, so perhaps he's better suited in the middle, gives another option anyway!

I wonder if DW/AF have thought of signing him to join our gk club.

Saw the goals last night, and I've convinced the third should go down as a Gueret og, as it seemed to be over the line before Paynter touched it.

Hopefully Gueret will play like that on Saturday.

It did, didn't it? I was looking at the live feed on the OS and it originally said Pay had got a het trick, then they changed it to a Geueret own goal.

No the last goal they gave as an own goal to the defender McCracken, or what ever his name is. Two out of the four were own goals.

Oh OK. Fair enough.

Paynters tap in didnt look over the line to me.

Big Willy should get a standing ovation saturday then the Town End should rip the piss out of him till he drops crosses and cries.

Good old fashioned terrace intimidation. Can't beat it.

No, you cant...

shame we havent really been effective since the first taylor incident.

A Taylor-style "Wiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" would be top - could really put the, erm, willies up him

"Phiiiiiiiillllliiiiiiips" Quality. Andy will be up for that, he loves winding up the keepers.

Are you two in the same place as last season?

I am. Well up for giving him some abuse.

Nah we've moved a bit now, to the right. 23 seats to the right, to be precise.

I will be mightily disappointed if Gueret escapes some Town End taunting after Tuesday!

Not to mention some DRS derision!

And some Arkell's apathy.

You just know he's going to play a blinder (as opposed to like a blind man) don't you ?

Stuart Searle is there reserve keeper.

He was a non-league player at Basingstoke before he signed for Chelsea as a part-time goalkeeper coach/player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/07/13/stuart_searle_070713_feature.shtml

It didn't work out and he was with Watford last season.... Either way they're not strong in that department at the moment... Although Willy Gueret is normally better than that.

Just glad we never got battered by you again - Good luck for the rest of the season

Fuck off you plastic franchise cunt.

Well said.