Scunthorpe v Swindon Match Day Thread

[molepar]

Backups are just woeful, shows the value of Obika, Vigs and Thompson and how key they are.

But Belford has never been good enough, you get shot down on here because he's a 'nice guy' and deserves a chance but he's played 20 odd games for us now and has never looked anywhere near professional football standard. It's not just about whether a goal is directly the keepers fault it's the impact they have on the whole defence as he clearly doesn't install confidence. Vigs took a lot of criticism for a lot less, but I'd wager he goes on to have a very good career. Belford is just another Storey....

Agree completely. I've barely seen him make a decent save. The one at Coventry probably is the only example I can think of.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Fleetwood and Oldham up next.

Lose both them . . .

[REDBUCK]

What type of cheese?

Usually a strong tangy cheddar or on occasions  cream cheese.

[Ardiles]

That was simply extraordinary.

Belford was awful, it's true.  But he was not alone.  Focus too much on the keeper, and we won't draw the right conclusions from this.

[suttonred]

What the holy fuck happened? I'd forgotten again we were playing until 2 minutes ago, and logon to find we shipped 6.

[pewshamrobin]

Williams ducked the question on the radio @ Wigan game, lets hope he doesnt today for those who travelled to suffer that shambles and he gives some honest feedback on why ..... i dont buy this tight squad cover for Power that Williams has suggested, as evidenced by the last games, where without 3 key players were flyweight in our tactics and personnel.

[@mwooly63]

Williams.

Don't understand poor performance
Missing key players
Lack of concentration/minds wandering as nothing else to play for. Unacceptable
Questions wether one or two players 100% focused
Should be able to compete on level footing with Scunthorpe
Belford looks like confidence gone
One or two players can come out of game with pride intact
Number of players find it difficult to throw weight about, put challenges in
Shocked at some of the lack luster performances
Apologizes to fans
No one back for Fleetwood

[Batch]

Paraphrased Williams:

Don't fully understand reasons for incredibly poor performance..know we are missing players but don't think we should perform that badly..

Can only think its a lack of concentration thinking nothing to play for...not acceptable

Yeah, no need to tear people apart - the truth is enough - too many not performing at level ...

May be a bit of a hangover from Wigan game, but if you want to be a top player you can't do that..should still be good enough to compete with Scunthorpe

(in relation to 2nd/6th) Ty looked like confidence had gone (after it)

There were (only) one or two that can come out of it with pride.

Tried to put some fresh legs into the team - but it didn't look like we had fresh legs out there.

Has to go and lead by putting sessions on training pitch to....help them be competitive in next game. Only so much you can do, they have to respond..

Hard to accept players not tearing back into position - we had some that looked like that today.

Surprised this group, who have shown they'll work hard in for the team, not looking interested today. Totally unacceptable and showing when things get tough you are not prepared to dig in.

Went over to the fans at end to apologise. They expect total commitment and didn't get it...

No players expected back for Fleetwood - JSW aside.

Vigs- still struggling - looking at progress tomorrow.

[pewshamrobin]

To be fair Luke Williams did front up on the radio and apologise to the fans for the performance .... only sendles white to return..... no obika or vigs for fleetwood, which is worrying.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

[Reg Smeeton]

Fleetwood and Oldham up next.

Lose both them . . .

We've lost to them both already this season....Fleetwood got 5, so they'll be licking their lips. 

Oldham's pitch was described as heavy, due to having no grass....they do draw a lot, and a point would help edge us to 52.

I wonder if the players were set a target of 50 points....when 52, is usually enough, but sometimes 53/54 required ?

[Batch]

Doubt it Reg. Think they are just human in thinking 52 points is a formality. Just like us fans really.

It would be the biggest shit run in history not to make 52.  Hopefully the last two games will give us the kick up the arse we need now.

[woolster]

Williams.

Don't understand poor performance
Missing key players
Lack of concentration/minds wandering as nothing else to play for. Unacceptable
Questions wether one or two players 100% focused
Should be able to compete on level footing with Scunthorpe
Belford looks like confidence gone
One or two players can come out of game with pride intact
Number of players find it difficult to throw weight about, put challenges in
Shocked at some of the lack luster performances
Apologizes to fans
No one back for Fleetwood

so we are mathematically safe

[THE FLASH]

Can we still make the play offs!?
FFS!
Cool about Wigan but that IS dogshit
Or were we unlucky and NOT that bad.
Three points required asap....please!!

[Reg Smeeton]

Doubt it Reg. Think they are just human in thinking 52 points is a formality. Just like us fans really.

It would be the biggest shit run in history not to make 52.  Hopefully the last two games will give us the kick up the arse we need now.

Nevertheless....I know we're STFC but we really don't want to be risking something like a 96/97 slump, when we only picked up 2 points from the last 8....only scoring 2 goals and getting dicked for 5 at Boundary Park.