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I don't want to predict a win, as I might jinx it!

Could be a case of 'After The Lord Mayors Show', but I hope not.

See you in The Merlin.............................

We will win herthab....and easily!....cant wait for the game.

Swindon 2 (Corr 27, Cox 90+6) Bollocks 1 (cuntfeatures 89)

Swindon 3 (Corr, Peacock and Cox) Northampton 00000000000000 8)

I really hope we win, I'm in the mood for handing out a good thrashing.

0-0

2-1 Corr and Cox  :D

Cox not available!!!

Transfer to be completed on Monday. No wind up, but flammable was right.

So the team is:

TOWN: Peter Brezovan, Jamie Vincent, Lee Peacock, Jerel Ifil, Christian Roberts, Barry Corr, Jon-Paul McGovern, Miguel Comminges, Hasney Aljofree, Anthony McNamee, Moses Ashikodi

SUBS: Phil Smith, Sofiene Zaaboub, Andy Nicholas, Michael Pook, Blair Sturrock.

I swear Paynter just said "day do doe dont dee"!

Everyone's gone to the moon ...

COME ON YOU REDS!

Corr down-sounds bad FUCK!

Was he clattered?

Sturrock on

Sounds like a dislocated shoulder

Cobblers are all over us at the mo

Hope it's not serious for Bazza. Win this for him you reds!

Come on you cobblers!!

Watcher all! Has Corr dislocated his shoulder ?

NMH

Were you cobblers1 on thisis?

Don't know for sue NMH. Ed said a shoulder injury, don't expecty Brunel have noticed yet.

Dont think so...

OK. Couldn't get down for the game then?

Nope.....coaches all fully booked!
They said they would reserve us a place because I would get back to them, because a mate of mine was coming but pull out. They let the space go to other people  :(

Tried looking at the train route but looks too expensive  :(

Tough. Doesn't sound much of a game. Have you got it on local radio?

Yes I have but keeps on getting intercepted with Kettering Town, Rushden and Diamonds and Northampton Saints playing  :x

Our radio said: A draw will be good for us due to your recent form, however you look deflated a little bit, probably due to the news that Cox isnt playing and Corr went off injured

It sounds pretty boring at the moment!

NMH

We are starting to get on top now.

Should be beating teams like Northampton at home if we wanna b in the playoffs

Come on Town

I haven't heard any chances yet!

NMH

Is Corr the new Miglioranzi?

Your best chance was a header from Ifil over the bar  :mrgreen:

Forest losing 2-0 to Bournemouth  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Moses had one earlier, should have given Sturrock a tap in but tried to beat one too many and by the time Sturrock got it much harder chance ... so he blazed it over.

"We should beat teams like...."

I never understand what that means. If they play better than us, why should we be beating them?

Radio N'pton said they wish they'd stayed at home...dreadful game  :soapy tit wank:

Also blame the pitch for lack of football from both sides  :wink:

Half time..didnt that go quick. Good for us so far, a point I will be happy with  :D

Never mind Gray wants all three  :wink:

Shittest game ever. Thank fuck ive got free internet on my phone. Northampton have a beast upfront and fuck all else. We have a beast in goal and fuck all else.

Where's Ifil gone?!

Set up for a rivetting second half then?

Well we usually play better kicking towards the TE so heres hoping... Anyone know what happened to Corr? Massive loss, could do with coxy too.

Don't know where adje heard this. Maybe Ed will update when part 2 starts.

agree with tails. So bored i logged in on phone at game. Totally awful first half with so many cross field punts that went out for goal kicks it was unreal. God help us for next 45. Does anyone know why there's no music on the pa? Really poor atoms cos of it.

Hello Tails say hello to Kinky Tom's dad!

Radio N'pton claims Corr has gone to hospital with a possible dislocated shoulder  :|

Worse than Brighton-that's fucking bad

Shit! Good job we bought whatsisname then

Get in! Sturrockkkkkkkkk

Goal!
Game over now  :x

Get in Sturrock!Fucking magic!

come on! 1 0!!!! GOOALLL

One of my old girlfriends used to live in Northampton.  Quite liked it there, to tell the truth.  Lots of lovely old Victorian terraces and some nice parks.  By the far the best street name there is Lumbertubs Way, which is just brilliant.

where is cox?

Yes!!  Stick that up your lumbertub!  Nice one, Blair.

Transfer not approved in time. See the OS

Excellent! Can go and watch the rugby now instead.

NMH

P.S. First time I've listened to Brunel. Now I understand how crap it is!

Probably about half way up the Arkell's, somewhere near the middle.

Blair Sturrock, the Super Sub?  :?

Ah well fair play to him!  :D

Really cant see us scoring  :(

Not from there you won't!  :wink:

Wheah what the bloody hell is going on at the moment?  Why are we doing so well?

Seems that McNamee is running us ragged today....Only chance of us getting anything is if you score an own goal or we get a penalty  :(

Giles Cokes absence is making a massive difference in our midfield. Come On You Cobblers!!  :)

Sturrock now has as many goals as Roberts and Corr

According to Jeff Stelling, we have scored 17 of our last 19 goals in the second half. Make of that what you will :?

 
 :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:

What did I say?
Your keeper nearly scores a OG

Akinfenwa is on making his debut..come on Bayo!!  :D

Time for some Boob action!

Akinfenwa is getting some comments which I cannot repeat on the radio. It's ok mate, we can quite clearly hear "You fat bastard! You fat bastard!" 8)

:wink:
He isnt fat though. First time I saw him in person was on Tuesday against Brighton. He isnt fat at all, just very built  :wink:

Damn you Mark Little...may you burn in hell :evil:

And big boned?  Big fucking sack of shite....  so anyone got an inside track with Coxy?  Has that ship sailed?

Ironically, I'm sure most of those fans chanting it really are fat bastards :?

We havent got going on bit and seem to be losing out on your physical challenge

We need some luck  :(

Relaunch delayed to next week due to minor paperwork. I knew it, it's all starting to go wrong again!

Excuse me? :shock:

Full story on the OS Walrus, don't be lazy!  :wink:

Where you been 'rus?

is ANYTHING happening?  :|

Fucks sake!

hopefully not! 1-0 will be just lovely

1-1
Akinfenwa  :D

We have been all over you since you took off McNamee

What?!  :shock:

oh  :cry:

Fakinelwa!

3 mins added on. Sounded a very even game. Last 10 mins has been all Cobblers!

Come on! Get this winner!!

1 point closer to Leeds I s'pose.

I liked you more when you were a quiet Cobbler.

Leeds  :D  :D   :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:

Staying in League One are they?:  :wink:

bit of a shocker today.  still a point i suppose

Full time 1-1
Very good result for us

Do Do Do Bayo Akinfenwa!!

Well atleast both sides move one point closer to the play-offs  :wink:

Good 2nd half performance from the Cobblers. Deserved point. Good luck for the rest of the season you Robins  :wink:

Bit annoying to concede late on like that but it sounds like weren't that great so a point isn't too much of a let down. Still on our unbeaten run, still in touch with the play offs (even though I don't think we'll make them) and 8 points from 12 isn't too bad now is it!

Radio Swidon said McNamee was pretty ineffective???

Hope not to see you in this League again Cobbler. Good luck.

No wonder we couldn't hang on:

"In an attempt to get back into the game the visitors threw on Bayo Akinfenwa, who failed a medical at the County Ground earlier this season, to change to a more attacking 4-4-4-2"

(from ThisIs)[/b]

I know they said fat bastard but I didn't realise he was that big!

why can we never finish a fucking game off and why do we always concede late goals from corners? Fucking infuriating we were shit today

Listening to Maurice it seems we should rename him Pragmalpas.

The most frustrating game for a long time!

We played awfully for the best part, scored a scrappy, out of nothing goal and then decided that instead of just doing the simple things right and closing out the game, it'd be a good idea to try and beat people in our own half, give the ball away, pass our way out of trouble and give away set piece after set piece despite knowing they've got a lot of height and good delivery! So pissed off it's unreal.

No complaints from me. We were flat today and Northampton were the better team, with a striker they might have stole the game :)

Bit dissapointing coming so close to 3 points, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Line drawn underneath it, bring on the next game.

Ps. Hope nobody got clamped for parking at the transfer bridges.

shit game draw fair result. and on that performance the two new players seem a bit gash.
the forward seems just like onion bahji and the winger kept running down blind alleys.
wont judge them on that though as the whole team(aljofree and ifil apart)were a bit rubbish.
i know akinfatwa scored but fuck me he must weight 18 stone.i'm glad we didn't take him.
brez at fault for the goal, flapping.

Brez made a great stop early on then got increasingly worse. That cross he nearly bundled into his own net in the second half was worrying.

Draw fair enough, for once I think we can all say the ref was definately on our side!

Apparently Radio N'ton said McNamee was causing them all sorts of problems. When he went off they were all over us!  :?

rubbish game and got what we deserved.

Moses cant seem to jump and Roberts first touch always goes about 5 yards infront of him.

We miss Easton because he drops back and gets the ball from the defence so it isnt hoof after hoof after hoof.


Also, when Sturrock works the channels for the love of god someone, anyone get in the box so he has a few people to aim at.

The Ref was on no one sides, constantly blowing his whistle for all sorts of rubbish no fouls and people falling over, complete joke of a ref.

macnamee was poor imo but got slightly better in the second half.
the lad up front is worse.his greed cost us a certain goal if he'd passed it across the face of goal first half.he miss read many passes from team mates and has a poor touch on todays showing

Ashikod didn't jump for the ball once... was really starting to fuck me off and looked gash.
McNamee I think looks decent, just didn't seem to ever take there defender on and danced around in front of him.
Really missed Easton as the game seemed to pass the midfield with aimless hoofs upfield and JPM really isn't as good as I thought he was.
Corr is becoming a bit of a joke now, alwasy injured or suspended.
Why can#t we defend freekicks and why do we always give needeless setpieces away and invite pressure in the last 15 monutes of games.
Zaboob needs to start fucking about with the ball in dangerous areas.
All in all - a fucking load of shit. Rant over

I actually thought Moses put a decent shift in, worked hard, there was a touch of Fola Onion Bhaji about his clumsiness but still effective at times.

McNamee looks like he's got bags of skill if Vincent just played it TO EFFING FEET!!

Couldn't disagree with you at all, most importantly why the fuck does zaaboub fanny around with the ball in his own half, just clear your lines and hit the front man. McNamee just flatters to deceive, neither him nor roberts were wide enough today, neither beat their full back and whipped the ball in early!

Arrggggghhhh one of those games today. We didn't look up for the fight. A draw was a fair result though because both teams were very poor. We seemed to improve a little in the second half after a dreadful first half of hoof ball. But even then we struggled to defend set plays and it has cost us. Why can't we cope with set pieces into the box?

Shame about Cox and also Corr going off was a huge blow for us. Sturrock did OK and put all the effort in like usual but he just doesn't have that quality. We miss Easton so much it's unbelievable really. JPM in the centre just isn't working. Thought Zaaboub was dreadful like always and it's really annoying that Mcnamee can only play 60 minutes.

So does anybody know what the hell has happened to the music on the PA? Not the most important thing, I know, but the atmosphere was utterly flat because of it.

And what a shocker of a game. Zaboob's fucking about cost us dear!

Shouldn't the management be able to see this sort of thing and get instructions to the relevant players?

(In response to Panda Paws)

The fact that all of us can see it, probably whilst half cut, you would think it was clear, but i guess it aint simple

Simple it is .... Plasma & Bryen need to drink more before the match.

I blame Aljofree.

The only two people who tried today was peacock and sturrock.  The others didnt seem to care.

We need easton and cox in asap

A crap game, then Zaaboub came on to make it even worse.

we were rubbish they were rubbish. sturrock took his goal well, brez went for a picnic for the corner from which they've scored. We looked shakey from crosses all game, so it cant be too suprising that'd be how they scored

I see Akinfenwa's been on the 'Ruddock diet'!!!

I'm surprised they found a pair of shorts that fitted.

Maybe they haven't... cos the ones he had on today didn't fit, when he had his back to the Arkells it was like watching 2 watermelons in a sling.

I wouldn't personally blame somebody for having their shoulder dislocated but if you think it's his fault that's up to you

Missed Easton.

Fair enough i see your point but look how long he has been here and how many games he has started??? He is injury prone in my eyes andnever seems to get a run in the team, however still a key player.

boooooo. get corr out

On another note, I met Ronnie and he's a top bloke. :D

I don't want to talk about the game, I just want to say the Northampton fans were fucking shit and a pathectic excuse for 'supporters'. That's the first time I've seen the whole of the away end sat down for 90 minutes. Absolutely rubbish, they should be ashamed of themselves!

I saw him in the Merlin. Don't think he'll get away with pretending to be 21 much longer.  :D

Zaaboub should be shot, not just once did he try a fancy flick which resulted in the goal but then he tries it again and again.
We didn't deserve to win, has anyone else mentioned Peacocks miss?
Fantastic pass from Moses through three defenders, Peacock six yards out and hits it straight at the keeper, I was waiting for the net to bulge, shocker. Sturrock played his socks off again when he came on, but again another glaring miss with his first touch from twelve yards.
Oh well, what a totally shit game and what a fucking atmosphere, shit again.

Peacocks wasn't a save by the keeper, the defender came from nowhere with his go-gadget-legs and made an unbelievable block.  The 'cock looked like he thought he'd scored as soon as he hit it, brilliant defending.

Peacocks shot was blocked, by quite simply an awesome tackle from Mark Little...

Ok I couldn't see that from the Kingswood Stand, just couldn't believe it didn't go in, certainly didn't see a defender on the line.
What an intelligent pass into the box by Moses, the best moment of the match for me apart from Blair scoring.

Dislocated shoulder aside, he's always going to struggle while he's got a broken back I would have thought. Not that I'm a doctor or owt :?

Nor did anyone, thats why it was such incredible defending, came out of nowhere from the left back position

Exactly. There's no point us moaning about him being injured if we insist on making him play football while he has a broken back.

I'm 21 and proud of it - stone that is!!!  Nice to meet a few of you today, Ralphy is a legend, going to get him to set up my Tom-Tom.  Thanks Bushey for inviting me, just wish it had been a better game!!

No more parking at Transfer Bridges!!  Loads clamped there today, £147 to get released!!

Is it only me, or is booing your team after a draw the mark of a moronic bunch of tossers?

There were a couple of blokes near me that actually gave Sturrock stick as soon as he came on and continued it after every touch he had. When he scored I called one of them a prick and he sat down.

Sturrock may(is) not be the most gifted player we have, but he works his bollocks off and doesn't deserve the stick he gets.

Maybe all clubs have them, but the cunts who shout and boo players really get on my tits.

  Its always been like that....and is in my experience of watching other clubs, much the same everywhere....its like leaving before clapping the players...understandable if its a truly terrible performance, but today was just average/poor, and we got a point.

I don’t boo strurrock but apart from working hard what does he add to the team. He is not fast, cant head or hold up the ball very well and his finishing is usually poor. Really shit game today and the flat performance really affected the crowd. Mark little was superb for them, for us I thought peacock was mom however crosses were not defended well and we so need a centre mid that can put his foot on the ball and dictate play.

ummm he scores the odd goal or two here and there.....like, well as it happens today!

I disagree with the hold up the ball part and, as DV said, he was the one who got in the position to score today.

I won't boo any player who puts his all into a game, I get more pissed off with players who have far more ability but don't seem to give a fuck half the time............

I thought Sturrock was probably one of our top 3 players today.

Hes just not a target man, saying that I've been very impressed with Blair the way he holds up the ball waiting, and waiting and waiting for someone to move into the space. He is not blessed with pace but he does have a football brain.

just a shame no one ever gets into that space.

so many times he works the channels and loses the ball because there are no options and he's waiting and waiting.

Cant cross it into the box for the same reason, no one there!

Blair is OK and has done a great job for a back up striker - but don't forget we have Paynter and Cox to come in

I sat with Hertha today and I could not believe my fucking ears

When Blair scored we both stood up and turned around to shout "yow moan you cunts"

and why boo a team that has drawn....fair shout it was a shit game but FFS

some of our fans are cuntish

Oh and if you are sat by us and do boo your own players, please come and say hello next time

Our fans really are retards sometimes. Do you reckon that if we had better fans then we'd be higher up the leagues? Who knows.

People often say that fans are the only consistent thing about a football club, does that mean our fans aren't as good as anybody who's higher up the football pyramid?

Dont know Benji

but today really pissed me off

if you are that unhappy with

1. the football we play

2. the players we pick

3. our missed opportunities


can I please give you some words of advice


FUCK OFF AND DONT COME BACK

I doubt if they will come back after a performances like today.
I take it you were in the Town End Fred?
In my area of the Kingswood didn't hear that much booing to be truthful close to me, only a few dicks and I mean a few dicks (10-12 max).

I dont go in the TE anymore Dell

Kingswood for me

I was sat in front of Hertha and Toni and Mum

What I heard was disgraceful

I was in row R, I think seat 142 how close were you?

front row of the upper tier ................about 5 yrds SB side of the half way line

Not that far from me, ooooooooooooooooooh Toni and Mum, now theres a spring double!! :soapy tit wank:

tee hee

In a perfect world, we would perform like we did against Forest, but it's not going to happen. You're going to have games like today, where it's a tight scrappy match, but at the end of the day, we've continued our unbeaten run, and still only six points off the play-offs, with two games in hand.

I have said this before on another thread.

But I remember us being top of the league, under Steve "I'm a cunt" McMahon.

We had a home match in the Mickey Mouse cup at home to Hereford, Chalkie scored the winner from Hereford (To a standing ovation from most town fans).

At the final whistle, when we lost in a completely insignigicant competition and despite us being top (Going on to be champions). About 10 dicks started to boooooooo.

My mate pulled me away, good job really as even if I was a big chap then I was outnumbered by 10/1.

In saying that though at least they where there, and at leasy the twats booing today where there I.E. paying their hard earned.

As much as I agree with you Fred, we can't afford tp be fussy. At least not until we make it to the Prem in which case alot of the 'supporters' are wearing Manure, Arsenal, Chelski tops ect.

Couldn't agree more, it wasn't pretty, its a point gained not two lost. I think all the hype towards this weekend just deflated us all when we found out Cox wasn't playing

And also our other main striker goes down injured in the opening ten minutes...

Barry Corr...our very own 'sicknote'...

I think we've got to put this into context. At the start of the season if you told me we'd be comfortable mid table I'd have snatched your hand off. If you told me the Greek and his friends had fucked off, I'd have been in heaven. Its all change - the mangerial team is all change, a lot of players have changed, off the pitch its all changed.
Yes today was crap but I'd expect a lot of inconsistency while things bed down. The main thing is to get a lot of crap out of the way this season so next season we can really go for it.
I thought Peacock was MOM. While i'm a big Vincent fan, he was crap today. JPM I really don't like - he's a luxury player. We really do miss Easton and a creative partner for him is a real priority. As someone else said Moses is a latter day Onion Bhaji. God was Roberts crap today.
Basically crap today but I still remain really optimisistic about tomorrow.

our fans boo everytime we don't win. it's absurd but i've gone past caring - it's the same with people moaning about sturrock and zaaboub everytime they make the slightest errors.

i must have seen a different game to most because i thought zaaboub did well when he came on. i'm not sure it's fair to blame him for the goal considering it didn't look like a corner and he's never going to be key at defending set pieces. nevertheless, i was in the town end so my view wasn't great.

moses looks a decent player. nothing special but he's got a bit of pace, he's strong and is able to win the ball and keep hold of it. the square ball he played across the six yard box was a sublime piece of awareness and intelligence, only a superhuman block kept that out and moses would have been the architect. sadly he looked fucked for the last half an hour, i think he's lacking in fitness somewhat - i'd imagine he'd have been subbed off were it not for corr's injury.

i thought jerel loooked a little below par today, i only mention it because it's so rare! defensively we were sound but lack the goalscoring ability up front, despite sturrock's effort and work rate he is not a goalscorer and lacks quality.

painfully boring game though!

With Zaaboob he could have done many things instead of a stupid effort of a fancy flick when it comes off we can all roar with pleasure, but at that time of the game it was senseless, maybe it wasn't a corner but Zaaboob needs to make better decisions. He could of held the ball up, kicked it into the stand, put it down near the corner flag, but at that stage of the game you dont try anything fancy.

i've seen alot of footy and we have a higher proportion of pricks in our crowds imo.
ifil despite not being great was mom imo.
peacock gave his all as usual.
yes it was wank but its a point that we deserved(a win would have flattered us)
agree about blair being in the top 3 today dv.
the other lad was a bit of a donkey on todays showing.
corr and cox upfront with sturrock and paynter as subs is pretty strong imo.
we march on

perhaps i'm being overly cynical but i have to wonder whether people would be so harsh on easton or cox in a similar situation.

probably would be, but I dunno if its just perception but losing possesion is a regular occurance with Zaaboub.

How often does Easton lose possesion by doing some fancy flick.....never!

alright, bad example.

would people be so harsh on zaaboub if it wasn't for the fact he's pretty widely disliked amongst town fans?

Oi likes im :advercool:

if he didnt lose possesion time and time again by doing stupid un-needed things he wouldnt be disliked by the fans in the first place.

Chalkie's bang on the money. Despite todays shit performance, at least we got a point against a half decent Cobblers outfit.

When we get Easton back in the middle, Cox up front and some competition for places all over, I think we'll at least end up safe in this division. That for me is fucking progress.

its not  the fancy flicks themselves, its where and when he does them that is the problem. a bit like a young joe cole

just to add the non music and slightly quieter drone of the twat on the mike was a plus.shame it probably wont continue

But he was still better than McNamee today. He was toss, hopefully just a bad day at the office.

agree with batch

He just don't seem to do anything, McNamee

Some twat walking out of the Kingswood stand - "why do we bother with Sturrock, doesn't Malpas understand nobody like him"
I nearly hit the prick

There is nothing wrong with Sturrock at all - at least he puts in the effort, and he fucking scored. Some fans are just idiots

I was pretty annoyed with the small section of our fans booing the team of at half time and full time.

It was a poor performance, but it's not like Northampton are bottom with a shit vein of form. The are but one point behind us FFS. We aren't going to just steamroller everyone in sight.

Macnamee looked like he had some potential, he just didn't seem to be making the right runs, and when he did get into space the balls played to him weren't what he needed. Looked to me like their right back had the measure of him and knew how to stifle him. He'll come good I think.

We did look a completely different proposition down the left when Zaboub came on, and had he not given the ball away in such a stupid fashion in the build up to their goal I would have said he'd done well. He needs to have the sense to restrict those sort of flicks to the area around their penalty area.
 
I thought Ashikodi was poor, although very unfortunate with the pull back in the second half. Towards the end of the first half he managed to get into their area, I couldn't see exactly what happened from where I was but it looked like we'd have scored if he'd pulled it back instead of trying to o round the keeper. Anyone get a better view of that?

the point is that with cox or easty they're not constantly making mistakes like sophie makes...

our fans are retards

I think we expected Northampton to roll over today and give us an easy 3-0 win (Cox maybe scoring a hat trick!). But after 10 minutes you could see it wasnt that sort of game. They were big strong, hard, organised. It was like playing AGAINST a Paul Sturrock side. They made sure they won their battles and got a rough deal out of the ref in my opinion. A draw was a fair result, but the game was pretty dire.

Shame because we had 7000 home fans which is decent. Hopefully people will turn out for Cheltenham in the mid week game. Their support was absolute shit. Swindon Northampton was a tasty game once, but now they have nothing about them.

 Fucking Cheltnumb :angry:  we badly need to do something about these at the CG....they've already become some sort of bogie team, consider the Scum, who have down the years had one or two decent sides have only one the once at the CG in probably 20+ attempts, whereas the Numb, have 2 in 2 , with poor looking sides.

 History with the Cobblers goes back to the early 60's when they cheated us to get us relegated  in 65.  Its been a sporadic rivalry since, flaring up quite nastily on occasions.....

 Now it seems the rivalry, is who has the real HQ of Nationwide.

I am sooo hacked off with the treatment Blair gets from some people and even some of the comments on here.

Several occasions this season had ne not scored we wouldnt have even got a point.  He works hard which is a damn site more than we can say about some of the other players of late but the lad just simply cannot do anything right in some peoples eyes.

Oh and I dont particularly like this hoofball we seem to be playing.  FFS Malpas sort it out.

Agree to a point LADY,he works hard and scored some important goals but hes had some stinkers too....i would never boo any town player and would often get into trouble with twats who slagged Duke every match.

Agree to a point LADY,he works hard and scored some important goals but hes had some stinkers too....i would never boo any town player and would often get into trouble with twats who slagged Duke every match.

i don't see the point in booing a player if they're not good enough - it's hardly their fault that the manager selected them.

if they give less than total committment then i think it's warranted.

in respect to the zaboub fancy flick. just before the flick he had looked up and saw sturrock and roberts in acres of space, if the flick had come off he would have played a through ball to them and they would have been in on goal. personally i think it was worth attempting.

We just can't beat them. Knowing our luck we'll churn out another performance like yesterday and lose to them again  :roll:  Their fans are cocky little shits and i fucking hope we finally beat them this time.

Bottom line is Zaaboub should be shot dead, we were cruising before he came on fannying about. He has done fuck all for the best part of a year now let alone his terrible professionalism off the field.

what are you on about?? Zaaboub was miles better than MacNamee

Zaaboub offered more in the few minutes he was on than McNamee had.
I hope I'm wrong but McNamee looks like a latter day Davy Cunningham - clever, good at keeping the ball but zero end product.
Zaaboub looks much stronger and has a wicked cross on him. He also works up and down the line. His first 2 or 3 flicks were pure class - one didn't quite work out but if it had then we'd have had a 2 on 1. His last 2 or 3 flicks pure idiocy. I don't think, however, him fannying around in thier half makes him culpable for the goal. Its more a question of how a 20 stone Barry White lookalike can put his head on the ball 6 yards out in the middle of goal without a challenge.
Basically, I like Zaboub. He offers something different. If it wasn't for his occasional idiocy he'd be playing at a much better level.
Also Fatbury what is his terrible professionalism off the field. I'm aware of a few other players unprofessionalism but not his.

absolute bollocks.

we were never cruising at any point and he has the most assists of all our players this season, hardly "done fuck all".

what's this about his "terrible professionalism off the field"? i've not heard anything myself

Their fans are a bit thin on the ground, look at how many they brought here last time - bugger all

All I'll say is that i've seen and expereinced it first hand.

All I'll say is that i've seen and experienced it first hand.

As for his playing ability he seems to be one that devideds opinion between Town fans I know many that agree with me about his performances and ability and many that disagree as some posters have shown.

well if you've seen "it" then whatever "it" is must be true.

zaaboub OUT

I hope he gets drunk and smokes. It's what I'd do if I was a professional footballer. I think it would be because I could afford to.

If hes referring to him smoking then I dont see a problem.  Loads of footballers smoke and still perform.

I like Zaaboub anyway.  No reason not to.

I couldn't give a monkeys what he does off the field, as long as he performs on the day, unfortunately he cost us two points on Saturday.

I do remember a completely different Zaaboub against Luton earlier this season, that flick down the line was Premier class, its just knowing when to do it, against Northampton at that stage of the game was not the time.

No he wasn’t , its not just what you do with the ball its what you do without it aswell and mcnamee is a better outlet than Zaboub imo .

I couldn't give a monkeys what he does off the field, as long as he performs on the day, unfortunately he cost us two points on Saturday.


Why? Was he supposed to be marking "The Fridge"? If Brez didn't stay rooted to his line for anything other than routine crosses , he would have cleared that cross. The Boob wasn't the only person to needlessly give the ball away - Vincent did it all game and McGovern never got near enough to the ball to give it away!

Zaboub gave the ball away for the corner, im not slating him just pointing out facts. Was Brez on his line for that save in the first min aswell

First time I've seen Macnamee.  I'd like to see him when he's match fit, the pitch is not muddy and the ref stops defenders fouling him at every opportunity. I reckon he's one to watch

He took a load of crosses but they almost went straight to him  Brez is one of my favourites but he seems nervy at the moment

i really can't understand how people can hold zaaboub responsible for a goal that was conceded from a set piece, even if he was responsible for losing the ball. it's not as if he let akinfenwa get a free header and didn't come off his line, is it?

goal was brez's fault for going on a waltz round the 6 yard box, and whoever was supposed to be marking akinfenwa.

Brez was at fault for the cross, no doubt, he was brave and faultless up until that time.
But it all resulted from Zaaboub trying to be flashy down the line, he had so many better options, hold the ball, kick the ball into row Z or just knock it down the line; he gave away possession needlessly, the flick was not an option to try when we were 1-0 up, simple as that.

Brez was at fault for the cross, no doubt, he was brave and faultless up until that time.
But it all resulted from Zaaboub trying to be flashy down the line, he had so many better options, hold the ball, kick the ball into row Z or just knock it down the line; he gave away possession needlessly, the flick was not an option to try when we were 1-0 up, simple as that.

it was a bit reckless i'l give you that. But in between him giving the ball away and them scoring who charged down there bloke who shot. Why was that bloke even allowed to have a shot in the first place. And corners are easy (in theory) to defend. You stick your best header against theirs. I dont know who was meant to be marking akinfenwa, but he certainly should have done better than he did.

Im no great fan of zaboub, but its harsh to criticise him for the goal. If it was lee peacock or craig easton (if he was playing) who gave the ball away then the goal would of magically become brez's fault, which it was.

It was the whole team's fault for failing to clear their lines properly and keep the ball in the other half when under pressure.

Yes, Zaaboub made the error that led to the corner. It could have easily been someone else who messed that up though. Brez was at fault for the goal too.

All in all it was a shocking team effort, especially towards the end of the match. Laying the blame on individuals is stupid as it detracts away from that fact.

Zaaboub's and Brez's individual errors are things I'd expect Malpas to work with them on so they don't happen again.

I've just trawled through a load of this thread. hmmm, alot of bollocks is one wa of putting it.

I find it amusing how people refer to the townend booing, then purely out of spite, stupidity or just ignorance, people make wild statements about players without much foundation; it's the same kind of thick as fuck mentality.

We weren't great and some of our players were off their game. It happens, this is league 1 FFS. If 'Boub and 'Berts were on form all the time they would not play for us. They play at this level because they can't hold their game at one level for months on end. No?

If you hate a player you see them play shit you feel vindicated and happy. If you like a player or believe they're good, you see them make a mistake when  something doesn't come off. That's life. - You don't shoot, you don't score. You don't ask, you don't get. You don't try, you don't fail. At least some people have a fucking go.

IMAO they're both worth their weight in gold. We dropped 2 points, so what, we're not fucking going down are we?

Jesus fucking christ. Yes it felt like a loss, i'd already believed it was won too, but in hindsight we looked like losing, so i see it as a point gained.

Oh and someone said we were cruising until they scored?! What?! I don't know what game they saw, but there was no "cruising" in the one i saw. Apart from about 20 minutes it was very much backs against the wall, which just goes to show we all see a different game.

I'm sick to the back teeth of constant fucking whinging and moaning. It's almost as bad as the booing in my eyes. See the positive side for a change, it won't fucking kill you. :exasperated:  :D

Difference being of course Dave, neither Easton or Peacock would have tried the flick.
I know what you are saying though, with Zaaboub when it comes off well then its brilliant and the roar rolls around the stadium.
There is just a time and a place to try those little flicks, as skilful as he is, this was not the time,  just a couple of minutes to go play it safe.

I was pretty frustrated on Saturday, we put 10 men behind the ball most of the game, so when we won possession there was no option to break quickly, on the occasion when Zaaboub lost possession we actually committed four players forward leaving gaps at the back, we should be just seeing out  the game. Another reason why Zaaboub's option was wrong.

It doesn't have to be a fancy flick to give the ball away. A misplaced pass or a heavy first touch would have had just the same effect.

Yep.

I agree with that. Some people (well quite a lot actually) are overly critical. There are also some that find it hard to be objective because they are so wrapped up with STFC. I think that's true accross the board though. I think all clubs' fans are, in the main, overly critical and need to take a step back/smell the coffee/relax/get out more and so on and so forth.

As you rightly say, the team cannot be world beaters every game. That's why they're in League 1. Likewise, Roberts and Zaaboub and others cannot be world beaters every game. That's why they play for a League 1 team.

Everyone's entitled to an opinion (well that's what they say. I'm not sure I necessarily agree but that's beside the point :? ) A lot of the comments about certain players though, are completely OTT in my humble opinion.

The thing is ost alot of people are also quick to jump on your back for posting your own opinion, I believe Zaboub was for fault along with Brez i dont think they are cunmts though and i wont boo them does not mean i deserve to have to read Barry Scotts fucking essay though :D

They were at fault, but someone is in almost every game. That's the way it is and i'm only trying to say, in a long and drawn out way, that people should chill a bit . Besides, I wrote it just for you, i know how you appreciate me and my nonsense.  :D

I think the main issue with Saturday was the sheer size of the Northampton team, which we were unable to deal with all game.  Add in the fact not winning many 1st balls meant we cleared a lot while under pressure and it ultimately ended up in long balls to clear the lines providing little in the way of decent possession.  Their goal was merely a matter of the law of averages, they won so many headers it was almost inevitable they'd win one that mattered.

A point gained in my book and we can and will perform better.  Nicely positioned in the league all things considered and still keeping up the unbeaten run.  2 years ago we'd have been dicked.

He should have a word with Comminges too - he was the one who didn't pick up his man in the box.

He should have a word with Comminges too - he was the one who didn't pick up his man in the box.

To me it just looked like Comminges wasn't strong enough to cope with him. Akinfenwa held him off with one arm and headed home, it was far too easy for him. Had Ifil, or even Aljofree, been marking Akinfenwa I don't think we'd have had the problem.

Anone know what the white shirts they wore when they were warming up were for?

Yeah it was for "Callums Appeal".

http://www.callumsappeal.co.uk/

yes - that little boy that has a brain tumor that they are trying to raise money to send him to America for surgery

A man in my row got one off the players

Ah right.
Cheers for that.