Thetownend.com

Was tempted to stay up for this one tonight, hence me starting this thread now. I am pleased though that I checked first to find out that it actually kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday) instead.

For what it's worth. I have a Wolves fan of a friend (well, actually my pub landlord) who is feeling uneasy about this one. He reckons they will likely put out a youth team cos avoiding relegation is their main concern.

Says on Wolves OS that they will play a mixture of youth and first teamers.

Will Keogh play?

You've blown it now. We only win when mexitongan or jayowhatshisface start match day threads. Twat. And buy a diary.......

I think we'll do them inside 90 mins

Damn you BR you didn't let "lucky" KOT start the matchday thread!

Not that I am supersticious...touch wood!

If Wolves don't take us seriously we will have a chance, if we can get at them. They havent had a wonderful start but have been solid and not let many in....if they play finge players they are ripe for the taking, especially if we have a good following up there backing us all the way.

From the Wolves OS

Doubt it.

Kevin Doyle and Sam Vokes up front supposedly.

Probably cost more than our whole team

"Andrew Surman, David Jones, Christophe Berra, Sam Vokes, Doyler, Ronald Zubar, Marcus Hahneman"

Thats not a bad back up team, if they only play with seven we will be ok though.

But...as this was started a day early, the Great Tongan one could start a real official thread tomorrow, ensuring victory.  (Sorry BR)

Good shout. Mods, can you change the title of this thread to "Wolves v Swindon not a matchday thread" so tongueingmex can start a proper one tomorrow?

Do we really wanna risk the Tongan King's rep on a match like this though? yeah a win would be lovely but it's not massively important is it? Maybe it's best saved for an important (I.E: 6 pointer league match).

Besides, how do you know that I ain't a lucky thread starter?

you bunch of weirdo freaks, have you changed your underwear since the Southampton match yet?

BR you got me worried.  I read your post thinking I'd screwed up and got my days wrong!  Phew!

Not changed mine since last time we played Wolves in the League Cup. The flies are becoming a nuisance tbh

Anyone know of any pubs?  Looks pretty rubbish  :doh:

Just to be safe KT needs to start 42 new threads right away for the remaining league games (which should guarantee promotion anyway) and we can resurrect them all with the time comes.  Also means that if anyone has an irrepressible urge to discuss our likely formation against Stockport at home (KO 19:45, Tues Feb 23rd 2010), for example, we'll have the perfect place to do so.

Cup games I'm less bothered about.

Cheers BR not been called a wierdo freak for weeks!

Actually I have never been one for supersticiousness why the fuck would my turning round 4 times before turning off the house light before I leave to go to a game or wearing my lucky socks influence 22 men on a football pitch!

Maybe I should start! :D

     
  The information I have (from very good sources) is, don't go into the town -too many dickheads. Drink outside and park outside but it's bit of a walk. If you're wearing a mini & thigh length boots then even better. If you're female - even better still. It was different in 1980. Things change.

What is the latest that people are leaving Swindon?

I am tied up in work until 1700, but shall be making my way up north the very second the bell rings :)

It looks like it's a 7-30pm start (apologies if everyone knew this), so you'll need to toe it.

You what, it says 1945 on the official site

Where does it say 7.30?

On Sky Sports News, on the ticker thing...it did earlier...let me check...

im in brum already so wont be starting thread tomorrow we're fucking doomed and its all bangkok reds fault

They're currently showing the line ups of some matches, no fixtures.  Their teletext shows 7-45, so hopefully the spider monkey they use to type stuff in just got it wrong earlier.

Anyone decided where to drink then? Looks a right dodgy place to be honest.

I have a plan ... watch this space ...

Looking forward to the match..Port Vale showed it can be won..they beat a strong Sheff Utd team away last round....

Its not a matchday :S

can't believe the last time we reached the 3rd round of the league was that game against united

Last couple of times I've been there have got in a working mens club about 5 minutes walk behind the Jack Hayward end, absolutely rammed with home fans but they're OK as long as you mind your P's and Q's and don't sing any Baggies songs. Sorry can't remember the name of the road though which isn't much help I know but we got the info off a steward originally and took the plunge.

I read the thread title and shit yself, I thought I'd lost a day somewhere.

GOOOOAAALL! Fucking get in Paynter!

Yup must have been. 1996 wasn't it?

FFS!  That's a stupidly long time.  Still, we're already 1-0 up...Come on you reds.

Fucks sakes Macklin.

How long left?

About 24 hours. Think we can shut up shop and cling on to this lead for that long?

Hopefully. I'm worried about Morrison though, he's only young, it'll be past his bedtime.

Its not the same ref as the Southampton game is it, cos that fucker will probably play another 12 hours injury time if Wolves are still losing.

OK ... here's the cunning stunt:

It is officially Tuesday here now so I'm doing it on his behalf on account of HRH KoT's incapacity. Now rush over to the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Swindon Town Official Matchday Thread (By Proxy)

Who are Orient playing? must be shit if Paynter got a goal with his hamstring problem.

Think we could get a result, as long as we keep it tight first 20mins.

as long as we play well is what matters. but i think we could cause an upset.

Waiter: What will you ave, sir?
Mark Hanrahan: I'll have the 2-0 Town, please, Garcon.
Waiter: Will that be with Two early goals followed by the stout defending or two fine strikes either side of the half time break?
Mark Hanrahan: Hmmm... the early goals sounds tasty. I'll take those, thanks.
Waiter: Any side orders?
Mark Hanrahan: I'll leave those to Shirtliff tonight but thanks eitherway.

Come on Town, hopefully good performance and even better support then Tuesday

JWF likes this! :)

do we know exact tickets sold? was hoping we would have sold our allocation but it doesn't appear we have according to official site

I heard yesterday that we'd sold about 1,000. I was hoping we'd sell more, but maybe we'll get some more paying on the day? As long as we're nice and loud that's the main thing!

what do we think the team for tonight will be?

I think Callum Kennedy is playing! :)

Pretty much the same I'd think, with maybe Smith, Kennedy and Macklin coming in. Easton may get a run out too, although I'm not sure if Wilson's too keen on him.

Considering the cups are one of Fitton's biggest priorities, I hope we put out a full strength team.

Pah !

I hope we put out our strongest 11

If Wolves are there for the taking, lets fucking do it !!!!

im with fred, get our strongest team out!

for those just about to leave, parking will be at a premium as not only the football is on but Kasbian are playing at the civic hall which is just a 5 minute walk from the ground

And don't park at the ASDA - aparently they like to clamp people:)

Totally agree, I was only saying the team I think Wilson will pick. If it was up to me the only change would be Lescinel because of his injury

Just leaving now...with 8 cans of Waddys 6x in tow......UP THE TOWN..think we could see really how good Douglas is tonight.

After 8 cans of 6X, I seriously doubt you'll be seeing anything!

a minutes silence will be held before kickoff tonight in memory of Bobby Thompson. An ex Wolvo player. let's make sure we respect this.

http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1768305,00.html

say Hi to Guru Nanak Sikh for me!

I went to see a Second Division game in Luxembourg on Sunday in the wonderfully named League of Honour between Canach and Avenir Beggen. Some fella from Canach died last week or something and so they had a minutes silence. However not before the match as normal, but after about 53 minutes Beggen had a goal kick and the referee blew his whistle and the minutes silence was observed before the goal kick was taken. Uber bizarre!!

we is gonna lose

They did the same thing in a European Cup match after Hillsborough, the ref stopped the game after 7 minutes then they had a minutes silence.

I hope we do not get thrashed, although the Gills spanking hasn't done us much harm since.

   
 We shouldn't get thrashed. I've recently heard that Wolves are more or less playing their second string so let's keep hoping.

We'll win 5-0.

Do we get extra time tonight?

yup

im going for 1-1 and a bit of extra time where we lose

3 changes-Cuthbert Kennedy and Easton in

  Wolves making 11 changes to the team that played Saturday.

Quite fancy our chances tonight and the opportunity to get a result against a "Thick Mick" side is always an added bonus.

Wolves 0 - 2 Town

Has an upset written all over it, hopefully not ours.

swindon to win 2-1 after extra time paynter and easton to score

Swindon Town: David Lucas; Kevin Amankwaah, Scott Cuthbert, Gordon Greer (Capt), Callum Kennedy; Craig Easton, Jonathan Douglas, Jon-Paul McGovern; Tope Obadeyi, Anthony McNamee, Billy Paynter

Yes, yes it's mentioned above I know. But there is all the team in it's glory

Billy and Johnny......

Wolves 3-0 Swindon

did i just hear DW say 3 or 4 players in before the window closes?

I feel a win coming on.

Hi

Is there any online coverage? I got the last one but can't find this one on the BBC site.

Canach won 1-0. Beggen had 2 players sent off in the second half for some vicious tackles! Crowd was around 100. It was hot, sunny and beer was 2 Euro 20 for a bottle of Diekirch.

Uh, that quote thing never worked. Never mind, no harm done!

Think we'll play well but lose 2-0.

I assume the normal isn't working then?

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

Evening chaps! Watching Glos vs Sussex, reading this thread and listening to Radio Wiltshire - I'm ready to go!

On SkyBet Marshall is 12/1 to be first goal scorer while McNamee is 16/1. bizarre

So jj, was that you requesting Lip Up Fatty for Trundle?

Own up!

I think we'll sneak this. 2-1. May take extra time though.

Might have been mate! ;)

World isn't working properly again???? the Wolve's one does though.

Am I the only one?

we winning?

Hahaha, nice one.

As good as - Havent started yet!

same here mate

is this site bullshit?

http://www.oleolefootball.com/

Im listening here:

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

mmm dunno looks interesting but probably is BS.

A minute silence doesnt make good radio!

11 changes for Wolves

they have our old badge on it. Can't be trusted!!

Well spotted

Better than doing all that applause nonsense though. Glad that the t'internet link's working (so far)

I was suffering a "technical issue" with Real Player - the volume was set to zero, I'll get me coat.

oops!

Fantastic.  Live commentary...a rare treat.

sounds ok at the minute, just need to settle down

Sounds like its started mostly them with the pressure, which is to be expected really, if we can hold them out and hit them on the break we may have a chance.

our fans sound pretty good

Sounds pretty dull to me.

Probably would have been better on THE official thread ...

f*cking shit day, which means we will win tonight.

sounds pretty empty, I don't imagine there are many Wolves fans in...

why the shit day jud?

Perfect for an upset...

just work with a bunch of clowns, and got stuck in M4 on way home, missing footie training.

Well you will choose to work at a circus.

Circus?

How do you kill a circus?
Go for the juggler.

feels like it, I tell thee. In other news, atletico madrid look qute handy.

I'm sure there's a taxi waiting for you somewhere

i could work at the circus balancing stuff on my chin! I balanced a table once

That's a rank comment.

Millwall leading at West Ham...

are we winning yet?

Major crowd violence outside Upton Park apparently. Quelle Surprise!

bet both their firms were looking forward to tonight. been a while...

Is all the Metropolitan Police at Upton Park ?

Is there extra time/penalties or a replay?

Has to be decided tonight I believe.

Extra time/pens I think

There are no replays anymore in the League Cup, meaning our tie against Bolton which was eventually decided in extra time in the third replay will go down in history as the longest ever LC tie.

who's playing for us tonight?

ooo so close by Town

McNamee hit the bar.

macca hits the bar says the orange man on SSN

Those were fantastic games, I went to three out of the four. The original 3-3 draw is possibly one of the best played at the County Ground.

Regarding tonight's game, TO has sounded a bit shit if Ed's commentary is to be relied on (which I think it can)

who's the co-commentator?

Phil King

In the back of the net but ......Offside.

offside bollocks

Booo-offside

Swindon score   but offside

Fucking Bollocks, I was celebrating then!

Cock off you cunting lino.

we're going to win tonight. fact.

Good work from TO apparently, skinned their defender, hit the post, Billy put it in but offside.

silly offside billy.

It nearly went to a 4th replay, after we scored in the 119th minute.

Both games at the CG were superb, what cup games are supposed to be, with both sides going for it.

Is Buster Gonads playing then?

Half time. So far, so good.

if you dont buy a ticket you dont win the raffle

Half Time 0-0 could have been 1-0 to us, not bad so far.

I've bought one tonight. Here's hoping.

Two very even teams so far, both just lacking that cutting edge. Bit of coin dodging as well. Happy days.

We'll win 5-0.

Ive lost the internet radio now

Ah! Its back. Caught the last two bars of Turning Japanese by The Vapours

No hip hop half time :(

Nice commentary on the BBC...

Leroy Rosenior: "The boy has gone down like a wet lettuce..."

Thank God!

Have you ever seen a wet lettuce go down though? Boy-oh-boy.

:)

Ska time!!

I love you

jj will be skanking around his house right now

Dropping the toilet seat is so traumatising.

yes I do

Dad's half time report. 'not bad, holding our own. They have more class but we are putting in a lot of effort.'

Already am mate :)

?

Quite random.

I can hear jj dancing around his lounge from 40 miles away.......

Gonna spend all my money on you

COME ON SWINDON!!!!!!!!!!

they are there for the taking!

come on town!!!!!!

Lip up fatty.....

Trundle has signed? :D

Fair bit of trouble at ham vs wall.
Some guy stabbed in the chest!

Anyone know how many we took? Sounded promising in the first half. COME ON TOWN!!!

cox at the game, interesting ;)

Hahaha, Those lonely Midlands nights are getting to him.

Man dem need more kettle chips and bud for shizzle.

Is that a new song by that little Dizzie Rascal

He misses us.  Do you think he talks funny yet?

Raw gwaan! Nope, been inspired by an earlierpost. Now listening to Ska and Town match with mypreferred armchair football fayre. Tidy!

Lost the radio again...Let me know if anything happens please.

Marsall coming on fr Macca. I can hear DV swearing from here.

MM coming on...unsual one

Marshall on 4 mcnamee

Try down the back of the sofa. Most lost things are found there.

Marshall on for McNamee. Do we want to win this game?

GO ON Mr Marshall

I really want 3 points from Southend, if it means preserving McNamee so be it.

Got it! Real Player ran away from behind the Firefox and slipped between the cushions of the sofa. Got it back now.

A jar of brine should do it.

Hope DW realises now Marshall is cup tied that will seriously diminish his transfer value  ::)

Glos, from being totally dead and buried, are pulling themselves back into the Pro40 match against Hants - Hants should still win though! Two wickets in the last 2 overs have just brought Mascarenas to the crease.

It's kicked off big time at Upton Park. Apparently "hundreds and hundreds" of fans are involved outside the ground and there has been a stabbing.

Picture on the ol' BBC website

[url width=466 height=260]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46268000/jpg/_46268850_wolves_pa466.jpg[/url]

i love our away kit this year

Town fans in good voice!

Ours is the only game left goalless!

goals in all the other games so far.

Eaten too many kettle chips...

Not in a good place.

sounds like a good crowd at molinoo

Have a Dairy Milk Mark........

 >:(

Don't tease me.

Muhahahah!

Just got back from work

Is marshall playing?


Regarding wet sham millwall, there were loads of announcements on el tube about customer disruptions at west ham.

Propa Nawty

Came on for Macca.

Marshall is on as a sub.  Got to protect our first teamers in these games against the minnows.  Wolves seem to be doing well to hold us though.

Oh I see.

Thank you all for such a prompt reply

It may be the kettle chips but I've a funny feeling in my water about Mark Marshall doing something quality tonight (and yes, I am talking about his on the pitch activities...).

post!!

Hit the forking post!

Close by Marshall..off the post.

Do we add up hitting the woodwork before penalties?

POST

EMAIL

God bless(-ish) kettle chips.

Hmm, Port Vale must fancy teams from Sheffield

bloody woodwork

TEXT

We're going to rue these close chances... Great shift being put in it would appear.

FAX

Kicking off within Upton Park now apparently

The guy from Sky looks like he doesn't want to be at Molinoo..

West Ham score. Uh oh!!

Bet he's glad he is not at the Boleyn

how strong is this wolves side? reserve team?

Stanislas went to the fans to celebrate... Silly boy.

Complete different starting XI but they have brought 3 first teamers on and the reserves included Doyle and Vokes.

What a tool.

thanks rob

sorry mark

No chap - I was talking about Stanislaus!

"Deep into 2 minutes of injury time" says the Sky Sports chap. That sentence doesn't sound right.

We almost snatched it at the end too.

Are we actually a decent side this year?  I'm not sure it would feel right approaching games with a thought we could win.

FT then. Please not a pen loss.

FT

Wolves have it all to lose and nothing to gain. I'd take pens in that situation - no pressure on us at all.

We've gone and taken a Premiership reserve team to Extra-Time... I'm happy with that.

Despite what side Wolves put out, I think we've given a good account of ourselves tonight. Can we dream about a positive result?

OK...list of recent Cup upsets inflicted by our mighty selves?  Is there another club with a record as poor as us in that respect?

We've already beaten the Baggies in the last month, so it's only right we put one over this lot as well.

Sounds like we played well,cant help but wonder what this team would be like with Cox in it.Still.. hurrah!

Seems we've put in a huge shift. Lets hope we don't fade in ET.

If there is such a thing, none of our players strike me as looking like a Penalty Taker, maybe Douglas but the rest just make me think they'd look like David Batty at the spot.

Bodes well, innit?!

This is football. BRING IT ON.

I can't remember being this excited for yonnks.

It' in the game.

Fair point.

Also, consider this... reserves = relatively little competitive action. If any team is likely to fade you'd expectit to be Wolves. C'mon Town!

We did win our penalty shootout at Aldershot last season. I believe Marshall scored the penalty winner.

I still remember Barnet though >:(

So...........if it goes to Pens, who do you think will stand up for Swindon???

We should call upon the spirit of the penalty shoot out against Oxford in the ZDS Cup.

Sounds like Jon Paul is running the midfield again, so he'll be pretty confident for a pen I reckon.

anyone on the bench good at them?

Looks like the players are exiting the field at the Boleyn, Hammers scored a pen and now fans are confronting the opposing fans.

I'm not listening to the radio. Are we in the first period of extra time? How long til it would be penalties?

Lucas could be a hero tonight.

West Ham score a pen. Fans come on and goad the Millwall players. Players going off the pitch now.

More fun and games at West Ham...

Lucas should have one... just to take the mick. ;-)

The problem is that this game will make the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

last min of 1st half of extra time.

oh dear 3-1 West Ham, more people on the pitch

will be on BBC news in a minute

Sounds like it's all the West Ham fans causing the trouble.

Didn't Wolves get knocked out on pens last season?

What was Phil Thompson saying earlier about a fan trying to get his photo taken during the pitch invasion! That wasn't done in the 70's!

9 Prem sides through so far. West Ham will be through as well. If we can get through there is a very good chance of a decent draw!

 
There are probably people twittering whilst thumping as well...

this is so exciting that it's given me a nosebleed

Wolves lost to Rotherham last season on pens

O'Brien on for Paynter

Still very much there for the taking before we need to go to pens.

I see Reading lost at home again... to Barnsley this time.

He'll be needed for Saturday, he'll be shattered.

Highlighting a well known and well discussed issue... C'mon Danny find someone!

Don't start......

Listening on the radio.....are there any Wolves fans there?  :D

No.

Town fans seem to be in good voice still

I know, I know :)

ref will bottle it

Interesting.....

go - send the keeper off before pens..  bastard

off off off

off off off off.

Keeper booked

Incidentally:


Fuck off home and cook my dinner.

Their fans will be well and truly getting the arse by now!

hahahahaha.

 :soapy tit wank: :soapy tit wank:

Anybody got a marrow for the penalty shoot out?

i'm wearing one now

Oh bollocks. Last minute corner.

Yeah....safe.

Just time for the winner.

Best quote of the night !!

Sounds like mass fights outside Upton Park.

Oh dear. Irons 3 Wall 1  ::)

Squeaky bum time.......

Swansea down to 8 men.

Is O'Brien related to Sabin?

From anon via text on 81111: "Swindon keeping a Premier League team out for 110 minutes, fantastic!!!"

PENALTIES!

It's a lottery now. Etc. Etc.

argh penalties

Shit, this again.

Penalties rock

my f5 button is taking a hammering this evening

Ahh great. Time to make a quick cuppa.

Have I got time to go for a wee?

I hate penalties!

 :sherlock: Predictions?

Smack all 5 roof of the net down the middle.

Is there any radio coverage of the pens?

Good work chaps. Took Wolves to pens, happy with that.

We're fucked.

4-3 swindon

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

Wahhhahahahhahjaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Cmon Town  

prediction 4-3 to Swindon

Think we'll lose marrowly.

WW 5-3 ST

4-3, Macklin to slide in the winner...

Yep  :doh:

Don't panic !!!

3-1 Wolves.

Any danger of sky sports news covering it live? Its the only tie going to pens, its much better than hearing about a load of thugs at Upton Park

Pfft...got a bad feeling about penalties, don't fancy us to win at all.

come on taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

Fat Dingle wankers 4 Town 3

They'll stick with World War 3.

we'll lose. kennedy has no chance

Kennedy to take first. Fair play.

Hate this.

1-1

Yes!

1-1

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2-1.

2-2

2-2

Come on Town.

3-2

fucking hate penalties.

come on town

They aren't fucking about, flying through these penalties!

3-3

3-3. This is tense.

miss miss miss

4-3

4-4

4-4.

im shitting myself

Lucas has no chance

5-4

5-4. Oh no.....

Lucas!?!

Lucas scores 5-5

Lucas?!?!

lucas scores! :D

COME ON SWINDON.

get in LUCAS!!!!!

Come on Town!

Lucas to take it...scores !!

6-5

 :baby:

FFS.

FUVK FUCKUFCK

Bollocks

untflaps wanky shit penalty cunting cunters.

Crap.

Cunts i fucking hate wolves.

crap!! well done though lads!

oh well

Greer hits post...BUGGER

Unlucky Gordy....heads up lads you did us proud  :nod:

Hard luck... That's life.

Bring on Southend.

Well played lads, town fans looked good on Sky Sports News..

Clucking bell got no fingers left but well done the lads.

Fuck....And now they'll all be fuckin knackered for the weekend!

Pissed off...totally pissed off....absolutely pissed off!

WILSON OUT

I'm a red, and proud to be a red.

Good effort lads.......

Bollocks - now I've got to take the dogs out in the tail end of Hurricane Bill as punishment for not helping the wife - I may be out some time  :badmood: :badmood:

they went a lot further than i thought they would, then they went a bit further than that too.  bloody good show

Gave a good account. Would have been nice to win but not the end of the world. We're hard to beat and if we get these 3 to 4 attacking players in we could have an exciting season. Lets hope this doesn't affect us too much for Saturday's league game.

Time to concentrate of the League...

if we had more strikers we could have let them take penalties and they would have scored and they would have won the cup

Gutting...absolutely gutting...you couldn't have asked for any more from the boys though. :(

Great job lads, shows great team spirit.

hahaha Dvs getting banned from the radio

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Radio man is laying into the depressing texter!  

Gwaan son

 ;D

haha, is it actually DV?

What did the pessimist text in?

Yellow card ...

Radio man read out a backlog of texts from march last year, each one saying we were going down. His text from tonight said something along the lines of we always sell our best players and will never realise our championship aspirations

Ah standard scribings then.

This radio presenter is superb.

That is all.

Did radio man just mock thisis forum?  ???

Yep

Non footballing news from Upton Park is pretty depressing  :(

MODS.....why is there only two threads showing on "recent topics"?  :banging:

Sure is. Couldn't be a worse advert for football really.

Sky Sports advertising the latest hooligan movie "Firm" ... good work.

perhaps there are only 2 recent topics since your last visit...

what did presenter dude say then about thisis

Something about a collection of human bile I think.

Summed up the mongs on thisis very well.

That pretty much sums up what he said perfectly Batch.

Nope

Ah well, you'll get over it.

Yeovil, you need to change the predictions bit at the bottom of your replies  :)

new signings in 24 hours

2 new players in next 24 hours....interesting.

Oooh exciting. Striker and midfielder.

OOh players!

Sounds like 2. Sounds like done deals as well. Interesting indeed.

what did he say about the TEF?

Given we finished with quite a few second string lads, this is a quite astounding achievement tonight. PROUD!

Looking forward to the signings. My money is on Trundle (season loan with a view to a permanment) and a Prem youngster from good stock, i.e. West Ham etc.

As a club, we took a big step forward tonight. Well done all. 8)

well what a night, just got back to my sisters in moseley, birmingham. Fantastic support by us lot, sang and sang and sang. The reason? we played a fucking blinder again. we look totally solid, im realy liking this 3 in midfield 3 up front, look fucking great and exciting, there were times we totally controlled the match.

Back 4 superb, greer and cuthbert were awesome, I would have to give cuthbert the nod over morrison, he didnt put a foot wrong, yet another fantastic signing.

Midfield were again excellent, easton in for timlin and he worked.

Front 3 looked good as did obrien macklin and marshall when they came on , fuck me we have some pace up front, scared the shit out of wolves at times.

Its really starting to come together. well done mr wilson.

And to read that after the review you wrote following Gillingham is very encouraging.

just got back to Halesowen myself. my voice is horse from singing and also shouting at Tope. Fuck me that boy is frstrating. In fact i'd even say he was shit.

As for Marshall. that boy has improved and is fucking lightening. then with O'Brian we looked like the jamaican 4x4 relay team with the amount of pace we had.

We also hit the post 3 or 4 times too. so unlucky.

as for the game its self we looked solid. absolutely solid.
As mex said even with Easton who hasn't started for a while he looked comfortable on the ball and worked his socks off.

always a lottery with penalties but the lads did well and made the traveling support proud and wolves will know this could easily have gone the other way tonight

Sounds like we did well so fair play.That tope lad will come good easy to forget he has only now played 2 league games and thats on the right

he looked better going up the middle, he was really frustrating at times as magic says but the crowd had such a go at him collectively at one point, deservedly too, i think he realised,"oh fuck best i pass it occassionally" did get better as the game went on but was easily our worse player only because the rest were fucking excellent.

probably a fair assesment. he stood out because others were emense.

That wasn't fair. We were blatantly the better side tonight,they couldn't handle the pace one bit. Sods law for Greer,had a stormer until the last kick of the game. All the lads did. odabeyi was frustrating,but he likes to shoot! So many times we had easy passes and the player just kept the ball.

Wolves fans are utter rubbish.

We were brilliant tonight. From Lucas through to Marshall (who ran his socks off - he might not be the greatest footballer at the club but he ran up and down non-stop and hassled), they were all awesome. Wolves never really looked like scoring, they had their chances but fluffed them, whilst I think we just lacked a little composure or a final ball which was the difference between 0-0 and us winning by 2 or 3 goals. The back 4 looked solid and comfortable against Doyle, Keogh, Vokes whoever, whilst Douglas/Easton/J-P bossed the middle.

If we can play like that consistently we'll be looking up rather than down come May.

Wolves were shit scared of Mark Morrison Marshall. Obadeye is shit.

Penaties on youtube but it's still processing at the mo, I've only just uploaded.

EDIT. Working now. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4B4L6IGsKo

Not long back,,very proud of the fans tonight..knew we wouldnt win on pens...BUT my god did we play some good stuff tonight,the best ive seen in along time,short passing movements and not giving the ball away,Lucas was brilliant in his kicking and Greer got the nod for me as best player on the pitch...Wilson is setting his stall out and even when we get a goalscorer in hes guna have to work his balls off...yes i was cheezed coming out the stadium,as on Saturday its a match we shouldve won...only time will tell wether DW can bring that killer instinct to the team cos i saw us last Tuesday v Saints and this Tuesday v Wolves and to be honest we hammered them both...only one little complaint and that is i wouldve braught OBrien on a little earlier..but that is seriously not knocking the team at all.........very chuffed with that tonight.

As a footnote though the Wolves fans wernt great tonight i take my hat off to the Wolves Stewards...not a hint of hassle from them and thaught they were top notch towards us visiting fans.
A great night all round..............bar the result.

Just back and I'm still feeling so god damn proud of them all. They worked so hard and put in everything and we couldn't have asked for anything more.

This Swindon side definitely has something and things are definitely coming together! Thought Greer and Cuthbert were superb tonight and Kennedy and Amankwaah also. In fact Kennedy was excellent. Easton did well and Marshall and macklin caused a lot of problems. Marshall has improved hugely and think he will be a real asset. Here's hoping we made it through unscathed for Saturday!

Oh and Lucas is ace, ESP the way he took his penalty! 

Yes...was pleased for Marshall...showed hes got a future if he wants it...as for Lucas his kicking was superb...dont think he put one out of touch even under pressure.

Did you see the size of their number 3?

He was built like a rugger player.

Big old unit.

Massive..kept expecting the town players to put little ropes round his ankles and start pulling...like in Gullivers Travels..

Also guilty of the worst foul throw that I have ever seen.

His left boot was at least a foot over the touchline when he released the ball.

Think tonight will be good for Cuthbert, he must've felt a little negative after his display at Gillingham and being subbed at half time, put in a good shift tonight though, looked very comfortable and assured.

Just got back after a detour to Warminster...

Delighted to see that display tonight.

Greer - MOM so odds on he was going to fuck it up at the end ala Migz at that great night in Leeds.

Stewards were as great as Objebodgeit is shit.....Cant: Pass/Shoot/Head/Tackle...hopeless.

Should the keeper been sent off??  i think so...no discussion.

Was the 'goal' offside???? and how??

Left disappointed but proud......pride that Muppet Malpas took away from me. :D

My nephew is now hooked and asked about the Exeter game!!

PS - Thanks for the "Flash! AaaaaaHaaaa!"  chant on my arrival! :notworthy:

Jacqui Oatley in her match report for 5 Live, claimed that the 120 mins of football was
"utterly forgettable".

You'll never guess where she comes from? Yep Wolverhampton! Jacqui you may have the face
for the BBC's Football League show,but you haven't the brains for radio.

Bring back Eleanor Oldroyd, she reported on us frequently during the Hoddle era,especially
the Easter Monday 6 - 4 win at St Andrews.She still claims that is the most dramatic
game that she's ever seen,even though she's a Gooner.

just watched the video on BBC of the west ham/milwall pitch invasion, what wankers, they should be embarresed.
Fair play to Jack collison (i think No31) for helping out the stewards in getting them all off the field.

Collison's dad was killed in a motorbike accident a couple of days ago and he did well to actually play the game. He was very emotional at the end!!

Hannerman should of been sent off. Greer was motm had doyle and Keogh in his back pocket.

my mate made the point that there was little point in stopping the game when we had the ball, the keepers waaay out of his goal and there were people in the box.

i'd have sent him off but i do think myself a tad biased...i guess you could argue it was a goal scoring opportunity but i think waffling about things like this can detract from a bloody excellent performance

here's to a flat performance against southend!

Only one side out there playing football last night and it wasn't Route One Wolves. Wilson will be a lot happier this morning than McCarthy and we can take a lot of pride both in our team and our fans.

Everyone on the pitch (in white) gave it their all, and never mind Wolves fielding a 2nd string side - by the end of the game, about half our team weren't 1st choice either. Difference being that our 2nd string didn't show they were. Marshall was a revelation, Kennedy really stepped up to the plate for a youngster thrown into a big game, Easton looked like he'd never been away from first choice.

Odebayi needs to learn to make a decision quicker and at this rate Paynter will either be fitter than he's ever been or dead by Christmas. Our back line were immense, Lucas is superb, really felt for Greer who'd worked his heart out for 120 mins and was dead on his feet by the time he stepped up for the pen - no shame there Gordon, take pride in a superb running through walls performance.

Bursting with pride all the way home and still hoarse this morning.

Great Effort from the lads.

DW has got them working hard.

Great performance last night, should have won but luck obviously wasn't on our side.

Backline was solid and I can see Greer and Cuthbert becoming our preferred centre back pairing sooner rather than later, the only time we gave Wolves a sniff was when we made a mistake either with a short backpass or a misplaced pass. A backline of Amankwaah, Cuthbert, Greer and JFL should be more than good enough and be a big threat from attacking set pieces.
What I will say is what a difference having a half decent keeper between the posts makes, Lucas's handling and kicking was top notch and most importantly having him in goal has definately improved the communication in the back line. Even in a packed stand you could still hear his voice above everyone else. Yes he'll probably make the odd mistake now and then but he makes both Smith and Brezovan last season look distinctly average, long may he continue in goal.

Midfield were busy and bossed the game for large parts, my only criticism was that the passing was pretty wayward from the midfielders last night but they more than made up for it by battling hard to win the ball. McNamee caused them lots of problems but I felt when Macklin and Marshall came on we really improved, the extra pace caused Wolves all kinds of problems. If Marshall plays like that whenever he gets a chance then he'll tie some league 1 players in knot,  I'm being slightly harsh but the only player I thought had a bad game was Tope who was largely useless and also a liability at times like trying to dribble the ball away from our own corned flag and he really doesn't like passing does he. I'd start either Marchall, O'Brien or Macklin ahead of him on Saturday, probably Marshall based on last night. With the defence looking relatively solid and Douglas in midfield there is more than enough cover to allow for an extra 'luxury' player and in any case Marshall does seem to try and defend so we should be OK.

Finally Paynter, as Paul said he's probably run more miles already this season than half of last season, hopefully we can get him refreshed for Saturday as he looked dead on his feet by the end tonght.

Our fitness coach will need to earn his pay check now to get all the players refreshed and ready for Southend on Saturday.

On a side note the ref was a bit fussy I thought and I'm surprised there wasn't more of a reaction when he decided to kick Tope of the pitch when he was injured which is a pretty stupid thing to do even by referee standards.

Reading the match reports from fans at the game makes me feel even prouder of the team than I was listening to it on the radio.

Well done all you great fans for making the journey and totally outsinging (from what we could hear on the radio) the Wolves fans.

I am now looking forward to games now for the first time since Sturrock was here.

Good times.

That was our 3rd clean sheet in four games.

I believe we had 3 clean sheets ALL last season.

Tope can fuck off back to Bolton. Quick with his feet but fuck me he is slow up top. Would be inclined to give O'Brien the nod for saturday.

Really impressed with the penalty takers too. Three young lads, three excellent penalties (and you, Craig). Shame for Gordon really, but not worth losing any sleep over.

Good night really, would've been great if we'd managed to topple thme though.

On the subject of Wolves' fans, they were shit.

The only time they made any real noise was when they did the 'Ho-ho silver lining' song before the 1st and 2nd half. Apart from that, they just copied every song we did and were very very quiet.

Good night last night,

had 'hello dare' shouting on our coach if anyone knows who im on about.

Atmosphere was good,

held a PL team for 120, shame we couldnt get the win in pens but still enjoyed the night,

Greer MOTM for me, despite the penalty miss. Bring on Saturday!

Let's face it, a recent survey shows that most working in the West Midlands would rather not be there...it's understandable, why they're so miserable.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/25/midlands-survey-population-broadband-access

But didnt copy the 'FLASH - Ahaaaaaaaa' chant..........what cunts! >:(

wolves are one of the loudest groups of fans i've heard.when in full voice they put us to shame.
can't really expect them to get worked up about a game with us nowadays unfortunately

have to dissagree Arriba. went last season at home to Coventry and apart from We are wolves and that hi ho silver thingy they were quiet.

i even commented to my mates who i was with saying they don't sing much!

maybe i went on an off day but Coventry filled the bottom of the SB stand and could be heard for 90mins solid. even when being 1.0 & 2.1 down.

in fairness i aint seen them play for years.but they stick in my mind as one of the loudest groups of fans i've heard.infact midlands clubs in general i've found to be loud as fuck.villa and stoke especially

Wolves have got to be the quietest club in west midlands (apart from Walsall) with the likes of WBA, Birmingham, Villa and Stoke around them.

Lucas - 7 - commanded his box well, kicked well, and made some good saves. Fair play to him for taking the 5th penalty too

Amankwaah - 7 - played quite well, and was clearly knackered before we even got to 90 minutes!

Greer - 8 (MOTM) - hardly put a foot wrong, and looked solid and composed against some quality attacking players. Shame about the penalty, but it happens

Cuthbert - 7 - A good performance, I was very impressed. He was solid when defending and played the ball out of defence well

Kennedy - 7 - Fair play to the lad for making it through 120 minutes in what's probably the biggest game of his life so far. Hit his penalty well too

McNamee - 6 - Caused them some problems and hit a good shot that came off the bar with th ekeeper well beaten

Douglas - 7 - Did his usual job to his usual standard

Easton - 6 - Came in and didn't look out of place. He put in a good shift

McGovern - 6 - Not as influential tonight, perhaps because we weren't able to attack as freely. Still did a good job of chsing everything around the centre of the park though

Obadeyi - 4 - Greedy, wasteful, and off the pace. I was amazed he wasn't subbed earlier.

Paynter - 7 - Chased everything again and battled for every header. You can't ask too much more, although hi and Macklin managed to waste a great chance between them on the break

SUBS
Marshall - 7 - Came on, looked lively and scared the defence with his pace
O'Brien - 6 Didn't do too much but did look dangerous with his pace and did well to beat Hahnemann to a ball that the keeper should have had every time
Macklin - 6 - Chased defenders and worked hard, should probably have done better with a chance from a free-kick

I can't fault Wilson for his tactics, or any of the players for the effort they put in. Our fans were also fantastic, singing for the best part of 3 hours. How the Wolves fans could look pleased with their team or themselves after that is beyond me.

Bring on Southend - hopefully we'll have recovered by then!

christ no one could be quieter than Walsal.

never been to Stoke or Blues so can't comment but Baggies and Villa are both a lot lot louder than Wolves.

Baggies were similar to QPR where by all 4 stands sing at once.

Sent an email to Wolves stating that their Stewards were spot on.

Reply:

Dear The Flash,

Thank you for the email you sent this morning, it is nice to receive a compliment instead of a complaint!

We do try to operate in a fair, positive and helpful manner especially in respect to our visitors.
Thank you for your kind comments, I will make sure that they are passed on to the staff involved.

With the exception of a very small minority of Swindon fans at the front of the stand, everyone else was a credit to your club.

All the best for the season.

Regards
Steve


Steve Sutton
Stadium & Safety Manager
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

what happend at the front?

A slightly patronising thread, but a view from a Wolves' site:


http://www.the-wolf.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=42621

Play like Inter? He clearly wasn't at the game. We played well but not necessarily better than any other games this year. It's just that opposition in League One have a bit more quality than Wolves did last night.

Haha! This made me laugh:

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Typical JD....!

You're fucking kidding, right?

There were three racist cunts chanting all sorts of abuse behind me (directed at the Wolves fans, Wolves players and our players) and the stewards did absolutely fuck all. They just sat there and let them get away with it.

The police couldn't do fuck all about it because they are only allowed into the seated area of the stadium if requested by stewards, which they weren't.

As i said last night the stewards were spot on..nice to go to a big club and be treated like you would expect...course your going to get a few idiots in the crowd..all in all a very good night of football...i want to be going to places like that everyweek...not shitholes like Gillingham.

Fair enough...but untill they start taking the bull by the horns instead of whimping and whinging nothing will get sorted will it...i mean there was three coachloads of them,ime no saint but if i was sat next to morons ruining things i wouldnt just whine about it...............to be fair the travel club work hard(Sal etc).....in my view as a whole the stewards were probably the best ive seen for along time.

I don't think "SAS" in this context was referring to the travel club

Beggin your pardon...so what SAS....a few skinheads?

our so called firm.

yeah the trouble makers

Yeah saw them.....why wernt they happy?....seemed pretty content ware i was sitting!...

All the comments about the football have been spot on.

The referee, although shit, was right (whether we like it or not, i was certainly shouting send the bastard off at the time), but he was right not to send off the keeper - that was pretty much the only thing he got right all game though - paynters yellow card shouldn't have been, all he was doing was standing his ground and getting jumped upon. Wolves leading in with their arms, he missed that 'occasionally'. he didn't caution 2 wolves players for shirt pulling (but gave the free-kick, a big no-no), booked Wanky for a heavy challenge but failed to book a wolves player 2 mins earlier for exactly the same thing.

I think he got a bit of 'i dont want to be the centre of attention if a prem side gets kicked out by these lowly minnows, i best give everything to wolves'.
He would have got stick in the changing rooms for the picture PHIL! put up (and definetly wouldn't be getting good marks for positioning from the assessor) but he fucking deserved the ball in his face, and that was 20 mins in! As for the linesman in our attacking half - he was flag happy, some of the offsides were dubious from behind the goal (as to who was actually interfering), but i havn't seen a decent angle of the disallowed goal, but i reckon paynter was 2 yards off!

i hope wolves don't think they deserved that win, we'll see them next season in the Champ!

Outside the ground there was about 10-12 of them looking for certain wolves fans, one of swindon shouted 'c'mon wolves lets have it' but when i got back into the coach i seen them hanging around where the coaches were parked waiting to keave, and they ran after some people but came back walking straight after, maybe cuz they were the wrong people or the otehrs ran. But thats all i know

Its alright Sam, the stewards behind us actually said they hate Wolves fans. Must be from an outdoor agency.

Anyhow what a cracking night.

Fucking waste of fucking space

Anything for a quiet night

Wankers..................and I am not the only one that thinks that !

Right, after getting in at 1 and getting up for work at 5....I've finally got time to type all this gash.

I thought we were excellent tonight. We held a Premiership team to a draw over 120 minutes and penalties are always a lottery and the better team on the night NEVER wins them.

Lucas - 9 - I thought he was superb and thats the first time I've honestly thought he was better than Phil Smith. Alot more re-active off his line and first to everything. Some cracking saves and good claiming of crosses. Good penalty as well, which I called. I said he'd take the 5th penalty to Mr. Munroe who was sat infront of me. MOTM

Amankwaah - 9 - Again I thought he was excellent and solid as a fucking rock in at right back. Probably didnt do as much going forward as usual but a solid defensive display and some good tackles. MOTM

Greer - 9 - Cant add to what has already been said, captain fantastic out there last night. It was almost like watching Shaun Taylor. Kept what was to start with (Doyle & Vokes) is a 7m+ strike partnership and then Andy Keough who Wolves spent 850k on a few years back. Shame about the penalty. MOTM

Cuthbert - 9 - I didnt go to Gillingham but I guess he was as bad that day as he was good last night. Hell of CB debut and will certainly give Wilson a headache for Southend. It was almost like watching Gordon Greer!! Some quality last ditch tackles as well. MOTM

Kennedy - 7 - A decent enough game from Kennedy but at times he did look a bit 'rabbit in headlights' and hoofed it out of play alot. Think he got better and more composed at the game went on. Their number 44 was quite tricky as well. Some quality last ditch tackles where he ran right across the pitch, well I think it was him it was up the other end!!

Topi Odebayi - 6 - I dont think he was as bad as others are making out but he was frustrating. His general play was alright and he put in a decent shift (which you dont always get from loan players!) but his killer ball and decision making are slow and awful. In some ways he reminds me of Jamie Slabber (yes, I do mean Jamie Slabber and I did only say some ways) his general play is good, his contribution to the team is good but he lacks the final ball & never looks like scoring. Still would like to see him actually played upfront mind you.

Easton - 7 - Surpirsed to see him and start and more surprised to see him play 120 minutes like he'd never been away! Last season he never really got going and after spells out always looked rusty and off the pace, not tonight. It was more like the Easton of old (not just because he's grown his hair again!) still some sloppy passing in places but I think he probably did enough to give Wilson something to think about saturday.

Douglas - 7 - Got stuck in but boy doesnt he win alot in the fucking air. He just has this awesome ability to win everything in the air. Broke up play well, pushed the ref over, some good threw balls as well. Really starting to look the real deal in the middle

JPM - 7 - By the high standards he's set one of his quieter games but before in games when JPM didnt see alot of the ball or get bypassed he's basically be out of the game but last night he was full of running, tracking back, tackling. Not what we saw last season at all. Still played some good passes and hit a few good balls. Crosses werent as good I didnt think

McNamee - 6.5 - Typical McNamee to me, one minute he's running at players and they look like their shitting themselves the next minute you dont see him for 20 minutes. I think he had his best spell in the first half down the other end when I didnt have the best few of what was going on. Came close to scoring and even headed clear a corner!! Not as bad as Topi hence the .5 but drifted in and out.

Paynter - 7 - Typical Paynter, hard work, hassling, alot of jumping and getting fouled (4 in 10 get given - 3 in those 4 get given against Paynter!) Didnt really get any clear cut chances think he even cleared one off the line at some point. Can understand why he went off but probably should have left him on.

Subs.

Macklin - 6 - ran but didnt really get into the game, saw alot of the ball - flying over his head!
Marshall - 6.5 - thats probably only the 2nd time I've seen him play and I've thought he looked like a profootballer, his pace was troubling them no ends towards the end. Like McNamee sometimes he just needs to get the ball in the box rather than do a step over
O'Brien - 6 - looked lively when he came on but didnt see alot of the ball

Only thing I would have liked to have seen last night but didnt was Morrison come on for the last 5 minutes, purely just for his throw in. Launch it in the box and put the keeper under a bit of pressure.

The penalties were surprising. Scot did ask before who I thought would take them and I think I said JPM, Easton, Douglas, O'Brien and Lucas last. It did surprise me that it the young players who stepped up (Kennedy, Macklin & Marshall) dunno if Wilson picked them or they put their hands up but fair play to them. Just sticking the ball in the net has probably done those 3 the world of good confidence wise. Good penalties all round by both sides. Lucas got really close to one and so did Hananananananamammamaman gutted the one he got close to smacked the post.

Really encouraging display. I just hope we're that up for it every game.

Fans were really good, its just a crying shame we dont take that following every where. That would be fucking awesome.

Special mention to the stupid dickhead of a ball boy who was clearly very enthusiastic and ran to get all the balls that were no where near him. He looked a right dickhead.

I was surpised too but then if you think about it, Kennedy and Macklin have been in the youth team, and if I remember correctly have been in a few penalty shoot outs and won, so they were probably more than happy to do them because they know they've scored them before, took guts from Kennedy to take the first one though, and loved it when Lucas popped up to take a penalty!

What a difference 10 rows of seats make!

I sat in the main stand on the halfway line and IMO the only thing that the ref was guilty of was pulling back play constantly for off sides etc. when advantage could have been played.

The goalkeeper should not have been sent off, he was hardly running towards goal and they had numerous defenders getting back to cover.  Paynter, although he was getting battered by the central defender was also guilty of constantly jumping/backing into the defender and the ref even gave him a chance after the 3rd/4th time by calling over him and the captain and saying 1 more and it's yellow.  It wasn't until a long time after that that he booked him.

Paynter was well offside for the disallowed goal but had it gone straight in instead of hitting the post it would have been given as up until it rebounding and hitting him he was not interfering.

I do agree that Wolves got the benefit of any doubt that was there and that he was very quick to blow his whistle at times but he got none of the major decisions wrong and nothing he did affected the result.

After being at the match last night sat up near the Wolves fans i can safely say that the stewards were unbeleivable. The racist chanting for parts of the game were out of order. Especially considerign their were two asian STFC supporters sat on the end of the rows. Complete f'ing morons the lot of them. Seriously, they go along to just shout abuse at the opposing fans, i can safely say the idiot who came and stood in front of me for the second half spent more time trying to get his mates attention and turning around than actually watchign the game and supporting the team...

After a positive display by the town its a shame theres a minority that didn't seem in one bit interested in the game.

Sounds like a cracking game and I'm gutted I missed it.

Thanks for the photo of the ground Sam, but I preferred Aldershot away last season....

Yeah right.

I actually attempted a 'you only sing when we're singing' chant that didn't catch on, meh...

As for the game - brilliant, that is all.

Don't worry mate, you've got the JPT to look forward to! :D

I didn't hear you, would have been a good one! All they did was occasionally make a pathetic effort to sing our songs with different words!

HAHA - but they were never winning? i'd be surprised if they would've sang for more than a minute if they scored.

I think the longest they had a good old chant was "sit daaawn,shut ap" - that was quite humerous,as well as really original... :doh:

EDIT: i miss read KT's quote.oops ;D

A view from a Wolves fan

I think that Mendez Laing was their number 44, and yes he was good.

Looked a right player to me.

Interesting that Coxy was watching on from the director's box last night.

If only Simon, if only.

You must've been stood next to me and Sam at that rate. Or potentially in front of, I can't remember if "jonesey" was one or two rows ahead...

He did !

 :D

It probably died around the same time as my half-arsed effort at "What's it like to hear a noise?"