Swindon V Franchise.

[chalkies_shorts]

today showed exactly why we're going down and will be playing in L2 next season.

We played well, we were the better team, we created lots of chances, we limited them to very few chances, we hit the woodwork twice, their keeper made some good saves

Bottom line is, we still didnt win.

Down.

I think you're right. That was a good game to watch and a vast improvement from Tuesday. As shit as Paynter was Tuesday he was good today and MOM for me. Cox, however, was crap. Kanu Robson was good and shit in equal measure and should have had 2 goals. I left the game thinking we were unlucky but again we shot ourselves in the foot by a simple defensive fuck up for their goal and missing chance after chance. It wasn't really unlucky, it was us gifting Franchise a point they did not deserve.
I think DV sums it up well - the reality is that we got one point from a game we dominated and that is only 2 points from the last 12. We are in seriuos relegation form.

[flammableBen]

don't be cruel

Archie is my second favourite Balamory character, it's not an insult.

[Batch]

Archie is my second favourite Balamory character, it's not an insult.

Whoi is your favourite? Hoolie?

[suttonred]

 I reckon, those teeth do it for me.

[THE FLASH]

Didnt go today.

Listened on the wireless...

Feel a bit deflated with it all.

Roll on Tuesday.......the start of three wins on the bounce!!

[juddie]

for once I agee with DV. We were dominant, should have by four or five but instead got one point and dropped into the bottom four. You can;t play that well and not win the game. That result today feels far worse than millwall, or leicester.

shame, today offered so much. morrison and greer looked superb and paynter was so, so good.

The same cannot be said for Nalis, who simply isn't good enough.

in other news: met some of the legends toay. Great lads.

[Bogus Dave]

Kanu was/is not very good. No more than a league one player at best for him. That said, jemal johnson made him look like christiano Ronaldo!

Theres not a lot more to add really. We should have demolished them, nalis had a good game for once, and Sean morrison put in the best center back performance i've seen from a town player all season

[DiV]

I thought Nalis did well today, probably his best game for us.

Faded in the second half, what happened to Jack Smith today not even in the 16?

[Samdy Gray]

Franchise fans singing "My garden shed" = laugh of the day.

Swindon fans telling the Franchise drummer to "shove it up his arse" in The Merlin was even better.

[ronnie21]

Funny how we all see it differently!!  I thought Kanu was crap today and he should have been subbed, I am not a Macca fan but I thought he did much better today, actually got back and made the odd tackle.  Somebody has slated Nalis, I thought he put in a decent shift today.  Cox poor by his own standards, Paynter easily mom for me.  Not Brez's fault for goal, Morrison had the chance to clear and just lobbed it to the edge of the area, then the goal had an enormous amount of luck, ball going nowhere before it hit Wilbraham's outstretched leg.  Bloke next to me slated Akmanawah from start to finish, I thought he had a fair game.

[juddie]

comedy, I thought Nalis was awful. two yards off the pace, contributed nothing IMO. Game just pased him by.

Morrison was superb, agreed.

[DiV]

also, why the hell were Franchise seemingly time wasting from the middle of the first half whilst drawing 1-1 against Swindon?

They took their time over just about everything, in particular the goal keeper.

[Berniman]

That was a lot better today!  Probably the only players I could seriously fault were Coxy and Kanu!  Coxy played so deep for the entire match that Paynter was up front on his own. Kanu, could and should have scored 2 and wasn't having the best of games to be fair.  Timlins passing was a little off as well if being critical, but apart from that it was a good performance.

Macca looked like a different player, chasing everything down as well as putting in the odd tackle to add to his quality delivery, exactly the sort of performance that he should be putting in on a cold wet Tuesday night as well. (this statement has been included to keep his agent Adje happy )

That back 4 is the back 4 that should start next season.  Morrison was absolute quality and with Greer alongside him talking to him he will only get better.  Manky was good also, and even though not as composed as Smith going forward, is a better defender which is the more important side of the position.

Paynter worked his arse off and Cox seems to want to play centre mid for some reason.

We need that sort of performance for the rest of the season if we have any hope of staying up.

On another note, does anyone have the email address for the stadium manager and Nick Watkins, I am pissed off about something and need to vent my spleen.

Thanks

[juddie]

i thought amankwaah played well.

cox was poor, always remonstrating with the referee. get on with it coxy.

paynter was immense. greer and morrison too.

[DiV]

....and the goal was clearly Brez' fault. If he'd have caught it then that would have been that. It wasnt even a high cross. You expect your keepers to catch those.

What makes his punching even worse is, he has shit punches than send the ball down instead of up and out