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Lets go again .........   Got to win this one (  and the next 7 !!!!!)    Last chance saloon   2-0 will do me, but I'm not holding my breath.

‪Lose today and it’ll be impossible to be happy, or indeed, clappy about our chances.

We'll batter them.

2-1 att. 6,425 (175)

2-1 defeat in front of 6,342 with 105 Morcambers, Norris scoring for us.

Our 100% record against them to continue.
Around 6,000 with less than a hundred visitors.

A good win and crack open the Lagavulin to celebrate this evening.  :)

Must win for me,  mainly because we need 4 extra points and Morecambe at home is the type of game we need to make them up on.

Not saying it'll be easy.

 Mansfield have Accy and Luton over Easter, hammerblow time.

We do indeed have a 100% record of 4 wins in 4 games without yet conceding a single goal against, that has to end some time unfortunately.

The Shrimpers fans seem very confident with about 90% predicting them to win or at least not lose to us.

http://giraffe.arvixe.com/~iomkeith/shrimpsvoices/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23442

Must win game. Lose and that's it for this season.
Off on Dartmoor for the weekend so will check back when have a signal

 :pint:

PS can somebody change the title to the correct spelling of Morecambe please?

A draw is due, 1-1. 

For those not fancying the game, you can have a wizard time watching the film versions of ‘On the Buses’ and ‘Are You Being Served’ this afternoon.

Could be a better than expected turnout this afternoon. Didn’t have much choice for the DRS yesterday.

Oh, and it’s currently Stains 0 Scunthorpe 1

I’m going, not sure if that is a good thing or not.

1 nil to us, down to 10 men with Dunne getting his marching orders in the 54th minute.

This truly is a "must not lose game" therefore we probably will

I'm in the pub watching poxford losing. Happy Easter everyone  :pint:

They’ve been well and truly butt fucked in the first half. Terrible side. Long may it continue.

assuming they lose today, they've got (currently) second placed Shrewsbury in Monday.

they could be sweating more than a blind lesbian in a fish market come Monday evening

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I like the look of that team.

Disappointed Linganzi isn't there he looked handy when he came on last week.

That looks like no nonsense 4-4-2

Ooh mcdermott's back

Strong bench too

Looks much more attacking than recently, 4 at the back and 2 of those are attacking fullbacks in Knoyle and Hussey, Dunne sat in front of the back 4 with Banks and Anderson the breaking midfielders.

Definately an attacking line up, nice to see Elsnik having a rest he is not fit yet, the only change in that side I would have done is swap Norris for Woolery who I thought looked quite sharp last week and eager.

I hope Dunne keeps up his higher level of performance after 2 fairly good games against Cambridge and Exeter, I hope it wasn't just that he felt he had a point to prove against 2 of his former clubs.

Set off from home a bit earlier than usual to allow for the extra BH traffic.  Slight misjudgement of "extra" on my part.  After 1 hour 40 mins I'd done 18 miles and had finally reached J13 where I turned round.  Home again in 21 minutes. 

God knows how long the people around me driving to devon/cornwall are going to take.

Resounding 4-0 win in my absence. 

 

that's a bugger Pax. hope you are right

Oxford got a jammy pen.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels discombobulated by this. :headhurts:

Atmosphere is like a library again and I think my guess of 105 Morecambe fans was hugely over estimated!

Superb cross in from Hussey just misses Norris noggin.

Nice left foot long ranger effort from Norris just wide.

tell you what Venks, no criticism of Mayo's heading today.

Town have started the brighter but not many good chances yet.

Swindon are over hitting all the passes so far.

He has won a lot in the air so far.

Their keeper is injured under no challenge, wierd.

Bringing on their sub keeper, must have pulled a muscle.

yup, that's what I meant.

Good cross in by Banks but no one on the end of it.

The ball has been in the air a lot so far so he hasn't had a chance to use his feet yet!

Their keeper has only made 7 league appearances in his career so lets put him under some pressure.

Morecambes first chance, a cross not dealt with just headed wide.

Deep cross from Taylor finds Richards whos header is flicked just over by the defender.

Great cross in from Anderson and Norris slices it softly well wide from a great position.

"Cross not dealt with?" Surely not

Need to bag these chances

Yeah no Town player anywhere near the cross. Makes a change!

Not good kicking from Moore today so far.

Please stop hoofing it up to Anderson he is never going to win anything in the air FFS.

Comedy header back from their defender goes out for a corner to Town.

Great ball in from Knoyle and their defender kicks it against Norris and i goes just wide, Norris nearly got a goal without even kicking the ball!

Lovely run by Anderson but went too wide passed to Taylor whos cross was easily caught by their keeper.

Are we 4-4-2 PV?

Their number 29 wins a header but its straight at Moore, easy save.

Yes mate with Knoyle pushing up a lot.

Morecambe playing very very route 1.

Slip up by Dunne puts us in danger and a great tackle by Mayo stops the break.

The ref has quite a good grip on the game unde rpoor conditions, its very wet and thats affecting the tackles.

Morecambe are as Div 4 a team as I have ever seen, little passing and hopeful hoofball and very niggly and quite dirty, little taps on our heels are we run etc and very little quality all over the pitch.

Richards sets up Anderson whos 20 yard shot is defelcted just over.

Good chance for Mayo from an angle blasted over, very difficult even for a striker to hit that well.

Not a lot going on around us pretty much as you were

All Town attacking now, Morecambe look shakey.

Taylor hits a volley in the box that goes 40 yards up and 1 yard frowards, quite an acheivement!

We are putting a few good balls into the box but nobody on the end of any of them or if we are then they get deflected wide.

0-1

Proverbial sucker punch

Their player slipped past out offside trap and slots under Moore unchallenged.

Had been all Swindon until then.

Cross from Taylor knocked on by Richards, inches wide.

Bad challenge by Rose on Richards just outside the box.

Great chance for Taylor.

Very poor free kick.

oh bollocks..

Morecambe good value for their lead. Swindon got nothing about them

Morecambe are one of the poorest sides we have played yet we go in losing at HT.

Another fuck up by Dunne from my view.

He looked way offside, but the players didn't appeal.

How on earth have we gone in 1-0 down?

Seriously? Morecambe are awful its been all Swindon they hit us on the break with a total sucker punch. How we arent 3 goals up is beyond me, one of the worst sides we have played.

Odd comment. We couldn't control the ball around their box, but Morecambe haven't had a spell of possession all half.

Seemed like Dunne and Mayo got mixed up in the middle, Dunne has played quite well though otherwise.

That is completely the opposite of what I am led to believe from the commentary.

I’m all for scapegoats, but this is a bit of a stretch

Not sure how it’s his fault that Banks mis controlled the ball & the defence were caught out by a simple ball through the middle.

Just gone back and re-watched the goal, looks onside, Purkiss not quite quick enough to step up to play him off.  Banks unlucky to lose the ball for the pass.

Got loads of quality into the box but no finishing touch, wouldn't mind seeing Wollery on as there has been loads of space to get at their defence so far, that may change of course now they have the lead.

I think we always seem to be watching different games as I have seen some of your posts on other games and have disagreed with some of your points.

Swindon barely threatened and morecombe taken their chance well.

I think Swindon can still bring this back but we have been really poor this half and need to step it up

pretty hard to control for Dunne to be fair. then mayo left his man and pushed up to try and win it but didn't. His man was then alone and clean through.

we can't defend

Just watched again. This.

If you're going to report on the game, do it accurately

Thanks

Apart from Richards missing from close range & hitting the post.

Morecambe score from their one chance

think we've edged out and looked more threatening than recent weeks. but it Achilles heel is exposed again..

Weird how nobody else has agreed with your assesment isn't it?

I think I just won't bother posting whats going on then and let you do it.

PV IN!!!!

But it's only you who has this point of view, as opposed to others who are there, or watching the match, so are you right and everyone else is wrong?

It's OK JJ. Your job's safe.

Funny how Swindon only have had 1 shot on target to Morecambe 3.

I’m only an occasional browser of the forum so you can carry on making your posts.

Not at all. People interpret games differently.

1-1 anyway

:D I have no problem with people posting an opinion of my view but say at the time not weeks afterwards tell me what you disagree with lets have a chat about it, isn't that what the TEF is about?

All I do in threads is say whats going on so those who can't see it have an idea of whats happening.

The only person who has a different opinion and stated it has been Batch about Mayo, if a player is playing well I will say, and visa versa.

1-1 Norris Penalty.

Not until Stefpol says it's a goal.

What was the penalty for?  We didn't see a foul.

And it is much appreciated. Keep up the good work. It wasn't only you who thought we were the better side in the first half, either.

Big shirt tug.

:) TBF I think it looked a slightly dodgy penalty claim, looked like Norris made a good contact on the ball, must have been pulled or pushed I didn't see at the time.

Taylor near post corner nearly flicked in by Richards.

Keep it up PV I'm relying on you

Hussey booking for a silly pull back under little pressure.

Good ball in by Morecambe but their header is straight at Moore.

Richards misses his connection on a great cross from Taylor.

Morecambe seme to have found 1st gear but we have pushed up to 3rd or 4th gear at last.

Their sub keeper is having a very good game.

Things around us are good atm

Norris with a great run but his finish is poor and straight at the keeper.

Can we snatch it? Come on!

We need to turn these crosses into goals, we should be easily winning now.

We could do with an injection of pace up front with Woolery IMO.

Knoyle superb cross but defended well.

Purkiss looks far better at CB than Robertson IMO and Knoyle is a better crosser than Gordon.

Morecambe still offering little with us having most of the play but we need to make more from the crosses going in.

Another great cross in by Hussey but no finish again.

Taylor with a good cross deflected wide by their defender.

Another corner to Town, Mayo nearly gets his head to a good corner.

Just one little touch.....please

From what I am hearing and reading, how the hell aren't we winning this? Sounds like we need Morecambe's defence instead of ours.

Looked like a handball by their defender in the box.

Woolery and Mullin on for Hussey and Richards.

Free kick just outside the box for a foul on Banks.

Another great position for Taylor.

We have put them under huge amounts of pressure this half but they have defended more by luck than judgement.

McDermott on for Anderson.

Att 6368

Nice skill by Woolery but shoots well over.

I was 22 out on the crowd, I said Norris would score...but I went for 2-1 defeat......

How we didn't score then I don't know!

Another header just wide from a Taylor corner.

Oh ffs

Swindon 11 - 0 Morecambe corner count.

Woolery and Norris seem to have no understanfing at all with each other.

not enough

1-1

Good in patches but just not enough goal scoring chances vreated despite the amount of good balls put in the box.

Another disappointing result.

If you cannot beat Morecambe at home then you are not good enough to be in the top 7.

That’s the stark reality

Rose almost fighting with Mullin after the whistle, lots of pushing and pulling.

Ah well. If you can’t beat a team at home who are 19th in the league then you don’t deserve to be in playoffs.

Lacklustre display and two points dropped

4 points from Browns first 3 games is hardly promotion form

Power is going to oversee our lowest league finish in over 30 years

Rose was gobby all game. Don't know how he escaped a card.

We don't deserve play offs, we just can't score enough goals despite creating a lot of chances, the defence looked better today though without Robertson hindering things.

Against worldbeaters though.  ;)

Don’t get me wrong, Morecombe were worthy of their point. Swindon never looked like scoring in open play and it took a dodgey penalty decision for us to score.

Well Lincoln and Wycombe couldn't manage it ..but I get your point!

Morecambe were among the poorest sides we have played (and there have been a lot) they created nothing and couldn't string 3 passes together, proper old school hit and run side.

We should have beat them and we deserved to beat them by 3 or 4 goals on possession and shots but we can't score.

Every cross we put in was somehow shinned over the bar or wide by a loose foot of a defender, their keeper made a few good saves but we have to beat these sides and we didn't today, on another day it could have been 4 or 5.

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It's that lingering hope that gets you...I'm sure I felt like this last season when clinging onto staying up. Still on a more positive note, looks like my 11-fold will pay off. :pint:

That was like virtually every home game this season. Played OK in parts, looked rank average in parts. I was convinced Morecambe would score an own goal with the number of fizzed in crosses that their defence shanked all over the place.

Simple fact, though, their keeper didn’t have a shot to save.

I do like the look of Knoyle and Mayonnaise put in some real crunchers and played well. Morecambe were quite neat at times but did fuck all, really.

I’ll be glad to see the arse end of this season.

Well done with the 11 up.  Win much?

Maybe I dodged a bullet with the BH traffic. That's it for 17/18.  Today's fixtures perfectly set up for a win to really move us into contention.  If you can't beat Morecambe (or even Morecombe) then......

This. Richards looked well out of sorts today and without him we didn't look like scoring. Played some good football at times but not enough threat to win a game. Anderson was a waste of space, Norris better than I expected, although it would appear he has a clause in his contract that prohibits him from rising more than 6 inches off the ground.

If only we didn't need to be better than them.  Lincoln won 3-2 by the way

I thought Anderson had a good game today, others disagree, what do I know. But interesting to hear there had been trouble behind the scenes given the Norris/Mrs Norris rumour.

As for the match, well we gifted them a goal. Then we spent the rest of the time getting good balls into the box for the strikers to miss, spoon or otherwise stuff up.

It wasn't a bad performance. But its one that will see us stay down. Hey ho.

And Venks, with the goal I've worked out what it is I don't like about Mayo's game. He keeps coming into a midfield area to try and win the ball (usually a header, this time a tackle). And when he doesn't there is a big hole where he should be. Other than that aspect he had one of his better games for us.

You misunderstand.I meant Lincoln and Wycombe couldn't beat Morecambe at home

Pitch was a real leveller today as impossible to do anything, first touch was always a lottery. 2nd half they did the square root of fuck all but our final ball was always lacking. That said an Austin or Ajose would have got a couple today just by being in the right place. Story of our season really and probably consigns us to league 2 next season.

I thought Anderson did alright too, offered more going forwards than we have had in our last 2 away games at least.

We need to get a foot onto the balls going into the box, I thought Richards wasn't THAT bad really and far better than an offkey Norris IMO.

Mayo shows a lot of naivety at times and his decision making is often pretty poor, he does run with the ball a little too often for his ability but he does have a knack of getting in the right place to block shots or get his body between the ball and the goal.

There is no doubt with 2 fit centre backs he would not be playing, he did win a lot of headers today against a big opponent though.

I also think Dunne played quite well again, still gave the ball away cheaply at times but looks more like a player under PB than he did under Flitcroft.

For me though Morecambe were well below average for 90% of the game and didn't make much attempt to play football just hoof it.

But they got what they came for....a point and that pleased the 82 fans they brought.

I enjoyed the game and we were unlucky not to get a win.  The whole team worked very hard which is the minimum that I ask for.

doh! OK, sorry

I sort of feel sorry for Norris, he just doesn't have a footballers brain.  He is always just were he shouldn't be.  There were enough crosses today for a decent striker to have grabbed a couple, but he does not have the instinct.  He constantly seems to misjudge long balls as well.  There was one today where the defender stood still and set himself to clear and Norris just ran beside him, utterly missing the flight of the ball.  You can hear the crowd getting annoyed with him because it almost looks like he is moving himself out of the way.

I thought the 2nd half was a good effort, I cannot remember our defenders taking the ball from the keeper quite so regularly.

I don't get Anderson.  I think he is a good footballer but I can't figure out how you get him into a formation and be effective.

Over the summer we certainly need a new striker.  If we approach the games the way we did the 2nd half today and get a few players in who fit the formation/tactics then we should be able to improve.  It's a shame really that we wasted a season to some degree.  Yes we arrested the decline and dispensed with a not very effective Manager or approach to the game, but we just left this entire season up to chance thanks to Flitcroft's Managerial approach.  I fortunately missed last season, up until this game, this has been the worst Swindon team I have seen in my time supporting the club that I remember (too young to remember the Div 4 seasons before Macari's promotion winning team.  Even worse than the abomination we had in the early 2000's.  Not because the players were the shitest (they might be) but because we played shit football on purpose.

Haha - I just took a look at the league table, hadn't paid much attention.  How the fuck are we still in the hunt after the last six or seven games!!!

Thought that was a shit game between two shit sides almost devoid of any quality. Conditions weren't great though. Morecambe can join a long list of shit teams we have failed to beat at home this season. We were lucky to get the penalty as it was yet another game we could have been there all night and not scored. The defence really is shit and as we have all season, we don't have a cohesive midfield. 

Haven't read back.

Any thoughts of pulling off a promotion evaporated last week for me.

Very poor first half and yet again we give a poor or mediocre side a gift to hang on to.

Better second half and just couldn't get the ball over the line. Shame...

Off to Crawley Monday but my view is the same, probably top ten but that's it....build for next season...

Of course the reality is that next season still having Mullin, Anderson, Richards, Luke and Woolery contracted we're not too badly off for front players.... the problem this season has been in defence, there are only 8 or so teams in Div 4 leakier than us.

It's the defence that will need sorting.... maybe Conroy coming back will help, but you never know with long term injuries.

However, all of that pales into insignificance compared to who the next managerial appointment will be.

To be fair teams have made the playoffs (and gone up) from this league with less than 70 points.

I think the bar will be slightly higher this year, but a side with 61 from 39 is always likely to still be in with a shout of the playoffs in this league.

the Mansfield forum should be a good read :girlgiggle:

Oddly enough just been to have a look. They seem quite encouraged by their performance today.

surprised by that Batch, they are dropping like a lead balloon

Don't get me wrong, they are far from convinced on Flitcroft (there is a "Flitcroft out!" thread). Just that they thought they were unlucky today, played well given they were down to 10, and saw a response compared to the FGR game.

They'll soon change if it continues for a week or two.

Because every team in this league is bang average at best

Still awaiting a couple. Derby v Sunderland o9.5 corners (I think it's 4 after 30ish atm) and a Le Havre win. They're losing 1-0 against pretty much a bottom side. I might be shafter by my banker.

Do you use tippingsports at all?

You mean like Wycombe who lost to them 4-2 at home at the end of Feb?

No I'm a very irregular better, mainly just every couple of months when I go racing. The Cheltenham festival was an exception although I am on holiday in lakes week after next so may have a few bets on Aintree festival.   I bet on football about once a year if that. 

Yep got shafted out of £2k returns (for a £1 stake). There's always one.

Ahh fair one. It's Dubai tomorrow and my e/w tip would be Talismanic in the 5.50 World Cup. Priced around 9/1. Some good prices all day. I only signed up to it the other day but have a SR of 55% after 40 tips. Here's my profile if you fancy a look, no pressure to follow or anything.

https://www.tippingsports.com/user/profile/2532 (https://www.tippingsports.com/user/profile/2532)

I've almost forgot. This is a the matchday thread! Have a great Easter.

Thought that was one of the better efforts at home this season.

Not sure if there is a stat somewhere for number of crosses / balls into the box.
Wouldn't be surprised if the numbers yesterday were comparable to the PDC era and made for a decent watch.
Ok, a lot of balls were cut out or didn't make it past the first defender, but it's what a team needs to do at this level to have any chance of success.

Taylor led by example. Player of the Season?

Rollin has the makings of a very good defender. Getting to grips with the positional elements will come with experience.

The ref had a good game.

Can still make the play offs, but maybe 60 /40 against.
It is beginning to feel like one of those just missing out seasons.
Still, get to the last game with something to play for and who knows.
(Hopefully not one of those impossible goal difference scenarios though).

Kevin Ellison / Voldemort.  :)

Glad someone commented on this. I thought he was very good (if a little patient with Rose being in his face all game). It's remarkable enough this year to deserve noting. What was his name, for future reference?

Saw a different game to you WB. Thought it was boring tripe with possibly hussey putting in the one and only decent cross. Meyanese had his best game for us but the bar was very low. I agree about the ref though. Probably as good as we've seen this season. Fair fucks to Morecambe. Came for the draw and dodgy penalty aside could gave had all 3 points. Unless that defence improves radically play offs are just out of reach.

Kevin Johnson.
Most referees look the same at this level.
Maybe a shaven head commands a bit of authority.

I take the same view as WB.  We peppered their defence with crosses.  Loads of them.  And for that reason, I found it quite a good game to watch.  We just didn't take our chance.

Very confused about Norris.  He has to carry some of the blame for failure to convert, but he never gave up and ran & ran & ran.  I'm always reluctant to criticise a player with a work rate like that.

Might be a low quality threshold on my part.  :)
Yeah, if we do miss out then it will be down to the defending.

There were plenty of crosses but virtually all crap. They out on a sub keeper and we put in a shitload of crosses. Even if we did get the cross in the air, how many times was their keeper challenged for a cross, zero. Yet how many fucking goals do we concede in the same way. In fact, this season how many times have we challenged keepers. It's dumb.

He's just never going to be a regular goalscorer. Thought he looked better than Richards yesterday, bt you know if a good chance comes to Richards he's more likely to score than miss. Whereas Norris you expect him to miss (unless he has zero thinking time).

Thing is, I think we have three not very natural scoring strikers in the squad...

Norris isn't afraid to run. But I think the energy gets channeled into all the wrong areas.

Rather than chasing the keeper down at pace from 40 yards, and ending up offside for 10 seconds while he trots back, I'd sooner he caught his breath ready to challenge for a header from the clearance.

He just doesn't have a striker's instincts or mentality. Mullin wouldn't score shedloads, but his ratio of open play goals per minutes on the pitch is much, much better.

Fair play to Norris, he takes a good penalty, but we've got others who can do the same and we are kidding ourselves if we overlook the fact that he's scored 3 from open play since September.

I did too, I mentioned early on in the game that the ref looked ok


Not 100% certain about the penalty as I didn't see the tug and haven't seen it again yet but over all he did well for this level we have seen some shockers this season.

Seeing the highlights it’s clear that Norris’ shirt is being pulled by the defender.
The issue is more that refs don’t give pens for it more often than not

Oh and over all I quite enjoyed the game I agree with WB on most of what he said, I think Mayo will be a good defender but he needs time and a good CB alongside and he will improve a lot.

We are still in the hunt but its looking harder with every game not won I am surprised we are still only 3 points (but 13 goals) off 7th place.

I don't think I have seen a Town team put so many dangerous crosses into the box in many years.

Yeah it seems to be an accepted part and parcel of the game now and very few refs give them.

Re Norris.

He started the season very well, but the injury was a big set back.
Looking at his stats, he's more or less on a par with Billy Paynter in the 2nd season of his Town career. (Similar "barn door" type strikers I'd say)

He may yet have a 20 goal season in him, if maybe paired with an Austin type striker, but whether that will happen here looks doubtful.
He doesn't seem to have hit it off with any of his strike partners, this season and last.

Having said that, despite his limitations he does contribute when he plays.
And we do appear to miss him when he doesn't.

We’ve been given a few this season though. I’d say the ones given for shirt tugs versus Chesterfield (home) and Mansfield (away) were softer than yesterday’s.

We’ve conceded some as well, I think it was Lancashire at home to Crawley who got done for something similar.

Shirt pulling seldom achieves anything and it just isn’t worth the risk.

It is pointless but most defenders seem to do it, hence my part and parcel of the game comment.

I doesnt slow an attacker down, its a very cheap free kick/penalty to give away, his manager must be furious with him, I know I would be if I was manager of a team winning 1-0 away when my defender did that, as Norris was never going to connect enough on the cross to make it count.

Just read back after going to the match yesterday, all about opinions and everyone has one but some of the points raised today on here surprised me..

Morcambe fully deserved their half time lead - Don't agree at all, however Swindon didn't deserve to be winning either, powder puff in front of goal.

Blaming Dunne for the goal - How?

Their goal keeper has had nothing to do - I thought he made some decent saves.  One point blank in the first half, pushed one Norris header onto the bar, and a great save in the build up to the penalty being awarded.

The referee had a decent game - I thought he was terrible.  Seemed to be the centre of attention in most circumstances, wanting to talk to their players about every incident - the drop ball situation being a perfect example.  Good referees are not seen or mentioned significantly during the 90 mins, that was not the case yesterday.

And one that most agree with - Norris is not good enough, is not a striker, and is affected by confidence way too much to be a decent striker at any level.  He is way too lazy and lightweight for a big fella.

IMO Dunne was MOTM - most will not agree with that though because not a lot rate him, but yesterday he did the dirty stuff, breaking things up and mixing it up in midfield.  We need more players to do that to have any chance, we have far too many pretty players that are not brave enough to impact the game significantly.

Dunne was my mom too Bernie, and I don't rate him. But he's had three good games in a row.

Yeah he was up there in the best performers for us yesterday for certain, 3 in a row it seems he just couldn't play how Flitcroft wanted him to play.

And FWIW I agree with Berni in everything apart from the ref, but part of that could be that we have had some of the worst referees I have ever seen this season and this ref was one of the better ones we have had.

Knoyle was my MOTM yesterday. Put some decent crosses in & defended well. Was never afraid to have a run at their LB either.

Sometimes at a game I just sit there and shake my head at some of the stupid comments from our fans, yesterday was another of those.

My particular favourite was someone claiming Norris was lazy, after he had just run 30/40 yards to close their keeper down to rush him into a poor clearance that he then kicked into touch effectively winning us back possession.


This was just another example, when it was clearly Banks that mis controlled the ball.

Some players are just on the hit list of some of our special fans, and it doesn't matter what they do (or in some cases don't even do), they will get abuse for it

Even after a replay, I thought the pen was given for a pull on Banks, not Norris. Proof of a moot decision?

Yep, shirt pull on Banks. Highlights has Ref pointing it out to their players.

Looks like Doris to me. Has Phil Brown invited Vigs back for training at the club?

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Thanks,  thought it was just me,  was 100% certain it was Banks, but everyone kept blaming Dunne.

Apparently he has and this also looks like a thinly veiled ig at Flitcroft in the process.

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No great surprise there, becoming more apparent by the day what a cunt Flitcroft is.

To me it looks like Power sticking his nose in.... PB has just been sacked from a Div 3 club where the Board took the unusual step of citing lack of discipline within the squad as the reason.  OK that might have all been down to Ranger, but Phil does come over as being a nice guy, qualities not necessarily needed in managing today's young players.

The "It isn't my business at the moment" stands out as slightly odd to me?

Until he gets a permanent contract for next season?

LV can't be recalled so not much Brown can do.

Maybe Brown asked and Power is trying to sort something out.

Well that was my assumption too but then why bother asking him to train with us? It's not as if he's just down the road in London atm, assume he's actually based in Ireland isn't he? Unless he's based over here and only flies over to Ireland for matches?

Maybe Waterford have a two week break, maybe Brown wasn't fully aware of the loan deal. Who knows, just stop reading twitter.

just good etiquette to meet a contracted Swindon player, let him know things have changed and he's wanted. Brown may still be here next year, after all.

Looks like PB is weighing up the options for next season.

I hope so. I think if Brown is given a fair budget he should be able to build a squad capable of promotion. If he stays, I guess he thinks the budget will be fair.

Yeah, I now read this as PB wants to take a look at one of his contracted players. See if all the "talk" about him is true, his attitude, etc. Now if PB was definitely going to leave Town at season's end he wouldn't bothered asking a player/asset back to train that he can't currently use. That would just be frustrating. However if LV impresses PB in training (yes he's on loan but he's a Town player so can train with us if he likes, nothing in the rules for that. He just can't play any official role in the Town squad) then  PB could have one eye on the squad he wants to start building for next season.

Regardless if he stays or not, it's in his best interests to get the best out of the squad he currently has as that will attract interest to him as a potential candidate at another club.

My gut feeling is that I want him to stay.

Me too, I feel we could do worse..

Are talking PB or LV or both?

I was referring specifically to PB but yes, I would extend that to LV as well.