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Im going for a 2-1 defeat im affraid. McGovern to score again....

billy paynter is over due a goal and he's against his former club.

So he'll probably score ours....in  a 3-1 defeat mind...

3-0 defeat, loads of yoofs on the bench, backs to the wall performance, dissapointing.

4-1 loss

last minute 1-0 winner from wee willy billy paynter.

It's roots hall, so we'll lose. 3-1. Cox.

2-1 defeat.

team news from RS

Brezovan

Smith
Aljofree
Blackburn
Nicholas

Allen
Pook
Easton
Cox

Mohamed
Sturrock

I am a little surprised by the team but we do have injury and form problems.

yeah but no wingers and sturrock and kaid up front?!

i might not bother listening to this :?

I am going to give it till half time, if we are getting stuffed I think I may just go out shopping :(

I think he may actually be playing with Cox up front, 3 accross the middle with Mohammed as a free roaming attacking midfielder behind the front 2, quite attacking possibly but certainly no one who even resembles a winger.

Might be because of the conditions, actually run at teams through the middle rather than playing the long ball down to the wingers and getting crosses in...but then we dont have a target man playing either.

WTF? Is JPM injured? I'd actually rather have Arrietta up top than Mohammed, but maybe he thinks pace can damage them.

Oh, wait, maybe Mo is playing on the wing.

Mohamed is ace  8)

Hadwin thinks Cox and Sturrock up front, Pook and Easton in the middle with Kaid and Allen out wide.


McGovern, Paynter, Comminges, Scott (yoof GK), Almeida on the bench.

I read earlier that Ibon is on trial in Spain somewhere perhaps not available?  Does look lightweight up front though, and no JPM? not happy with that, we'll see, but pessimism has turned into an acceptance of the inevitable, and to cap it all my housemate has put on a christmas CD whilst she deocrates the tree, and I'm trying to do my essay!

Super Kaid is a teddy bear

Kaid and Allen wide men....I just cant see it, Allen got some good crosses in last week but looked badly out of position, Kaid Mohammed I dont think is much of a winger too, I think the team sounds a bit narrow and cant see us usuing wingers today.

Can't help but think at times Williams & Byrne are treating their games in charge like a job interview by making choices so they can say 'look at us we will make big decisions honest guv'. I just think both are way out of their depth and pray they don't spend too long in charge if Fitton does take over.

nice to see you back online matt 8)

jim little did indeed confirm in today's adver that Arrieta's on trial in spain

Kaid is quality. The welsh assassin  8)

I think were going to get dicked now anyway, there goes my prediction of JPM scoring  :shock:

i don't think either of them want the job.

byrne said on the radio after tuesday's game that changes would be made, i presume he's making the only ones he can....in fairness i think mcgovern is total dogshit, surprised at sturrock starting in favour of paynter but he's been awful recently.

How the fuck is Sturrock back in the starting line-up when Paynter would obviously be up for it against an old club. Byrne & Williams are trying to make a statement that there is no room for sentiment at the detriment to the team, they really had better not get the job permanently

edit: maybe your right Sonic, but I swear last weekend they said they'd take it if it was offered which sounds to me like they want it...

i think they'll line up like this

Brez

Smith
Blackburn
Aljofree
Nicholas

Cox
Allen
Pook
Easton
Mohammad

Sturrock


very defensive and 4-5-1ish with Cox and Mohammad pushing on if they can.

I have to say I can see it more as a 4-3-1-2 quite attacking really.

Mohammed, Cox and Sturrock make up the front 2/3

3-1 loss and another week of shit.

Go Ricky.

where fucked!

we're*

We will be playing with 4 midfielders rather than wingers I'm sure they will try and create 2 solid banks of 4 and try and play on the break  - The Prophet has played wide midfield in the reserves before

Good point!

That's the most interesting line up we've had for a while. Might listen to this now.

I would if I could but I can't...........it's a Brunel thing

Substitutes: Mark Scott (GK), Jon-Paul McGovern, Miguel Comminges, Billy Paynter, Mauro Almeida

EDIT: OOPs, sorry Sonic, just saw your post naming subs on page 1.

Potentially the crappiest as well. Southend aren't bad either. I can see this going badly pear shaped. By that I mean 6-0 pear shaped.

I'll be delighted if I'm wrong.

I'm going for either 5-0 or 5-1 sorry but i think we are going to get hammered with this line up.

2-1 loss for me

20 miles from swindon and i can get it clear as a bell  :D

I can't get it in west swidnon

not arsed really

byrne gambled on the subs last week and got lucky.today he's backed a 200/1 shot.

fucking hell

1-0 town  :shock:

Cox 1-0 Swindon. Ace.

how many seconds was that...

Haha the Brunel commentary is absolutely shocking.

Cox on loan to Plymouth in January....

Woootttttt!!!!!!!!!

Aceness! c'mon town!

wow!!!

:D  :D  :D

Wahoo!!!

Wish I had commentary (well almost as i can see it's crap)

i don't think the commentator could sound any less thrilled about a goal than he did there

Its hard to believe we scored when the commentator seems to not give a fuck.

It sounds like we're stringing some passes together. Mohammed has had an ace 3 mins.

Agreed, just tuned in to Brunel, thought it was a Southend goal  :|

How are we playing?

Stick to the beeb highlights chaps, good music (Country and western at the mo.), And they drop everything if a goal goes in.

Yeah I wasnt sure if we had scored...or they had scored...or it had been dissallowed....dire commentary!

And Nicholas has a shot and it's a rebout and it's cox err.. in the back of the net... err.. that's a goal for err... Swindon. Wait the ref's blown, no it is a goal.

"brair" sturrock  :D

I'm watching the Boston away match (Jan 07) whilst keeping an eye on things from here.

Michael Pook has just put us 2-1 up in that match! DVD is £4.99 from Boston's website; very good value for money.

Ed says it's all Swindon after 9mins

Have they managed to employ a summeriser this week or are they flying solo again?

More like Clair Sturrock  :D

arthur 'unt

Nope, it the normal dream team of nigel turnip and arthur cunt....

I hadn't even realised we'd scored  :?

 :mrgreen:  happy days!

There are some weeks I'm glad I can't hear it, to be honest.

Can it be that after their winning run Southend are very complacent? Don't fancy our chances of keeping a clean sheet so we need more goals

From The BBC :

Goal by Simon Cox (Swindon) right-footed (bottom-right of goal) from right side of penalty area (12 yards).Southend 0-1 Swindon. Assist (pass) by Andrew Nicholas (Swindon) from left channel.

At least it better than the Brunel commmentary....

He got excited then,hes got to be a Southend fan

They hit the bar, which was "FANTASTIC". More excited than for our goal. tosser.

have they said what sort of lineup we're playing?

I'm missing my first match of the season  :(

And it's the first time I've had to subject myself to Brunel. Oh the joys.

It's bizarre, Turner used to commentate on Radio Wilts before Shaun moved from GWR ... back in those days he used to be decent. What has Brunel done to him? Sucked all the life out of him??

I've decided Brunel is shit. I'm listening to BBC instead now.

Bob Marley  8)

Jammin'

I love a bit of Bob  8)  8)  8)

The donut song!  :D

Is this love*

I Always have wondered why Bob sings"

"We'll share the shelter, of my single bed"

I mean, surely he could afford a double bed at least.

1-1

fuck it!!

Fuck it 1-1

booo

here we go, thats 1....

fucking hell.

Bollocks  :x

nearly 2-1. Wakey wakey Town

:shock:  nearly another

Ha ha, Sheff Weds game has been abandoned due to rain.

Fucking hell it's painful trying to follow this

twas nice whilst it lasted...........Almeida to be a hero later on in the game if he comes on  :soapy tit wank:

Rain is not a laughing matter I'll have you know  :o

i bet it wasn't as bad as the rain on thurs night!

you must be bricking it with all the rain we're having at the mo

It's painful waiting for the avalanche of goals

Wouldn't really matter as they haven't started in our house yet, downstairs is still just a stripped out shell with not even a floor board.......only damage it would do is to the insurance companies caravan they've given us

Oh well at least Oxford are loosing to Northwich!

Cheery news:

Northwich 1-0 Oxford Utd: Steele (37)

Ive decided watching Sky Sports is better than listening to Brunel

is that ex-scummer lee steele?

Good shout.

I was about to ask the same thing sonic.

It certainly is  :soapy tit wank:

The very same

I believe it is. Did he not help relegate them with Orient as well?

Seems to be

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Steele

half time. Gotta log off now, see ya later

I'll take that. Phew!

Brunel's funking up with half time.

Take on me......

hadwin seems to think we're "immeasurably better" than tuesday night

It's better than most of the shit they churn out. Reminds me of that family guy episode.

Aha.

Don't. Don't you want me?

You just gotta dig the beeb's background music when announcing league scores:

"Turning Japanes"

My misses never beleived me when I told her what the song was about, until I sang the lyrics to her.

Class tune!!!

Don't you want me Sonic?

You better change it back or we will both be sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOMM6xPlAg

You know it. Fantastic.

"where have you been chris?"

"i! don't! know!"

class

:mrgreen:

tis a classic family guy moment.

oh yeah football and stuff.

go swindon!

sub already!? pussies!

Sturrock offside? I don't quite believe it  :-))(

Sturrock off for Paynter. Come on. Hat trick please

this second half must be dull is all I can say, no ones really said anything about it

Oxford down to 10 men though  :D

I was starting to think i was the only one listening to it.

One good chance from coxy is about it...

gone for a point, last minute winner for southend then  :(

Id rather be watching East Stirling v Albion Rovers.
5-4 to Albion now.
They were 3-0 down after 30 mins  :shock:

Just got home.

Are we booting anus?

Oh yeah, crazy formation and team selection.

Whats that about?

More like touching cloth. Unfortunately.

We haven't been playing too bad by the sounds of it. Holding out for a point will be more than I expected.

Its ok. We never win at Southend.

Fuck me Jeff Stellings a cock.
Hartlepool 3-1 down and hes whingeing about how the game should never have been played. Fuck off.

Happy day ... I've got a tenner on Yakubu to be leading Premier League scorer at 50/1 ... and he's got a hat-trick today!!!

I think he was messing about.

I reckon Stelling is alright.

If I was in his position, I'd spend the whole time chatting about Swindon.

Hold out you fuckers!

Have we lost yet?

NMH

2 mins to go. 1-1

Not yet.

Its funny, with all this stuff going on with the takeover, I really couldn't give a hoot about the score today.

It feels very odd and I've never felt this way about Swindon before.

I'd be quite happy to get tonkd 4-0 in the next 5 games, providing the takeover went through, and we were in safe hands.

That said, it'd be gravy if we won today. Fair play to the players for putting it in considering.

Fuck

oh gay.

yay.

And there it is.

You are fucking kidding me!!!! FUCKING USELESS CUNTS!!! :evil:

Going well and collapses at the last minute.

Story of the Town really.

thats why we need a fucking manager.

I called it and im sat at home for fuck sake

I somehow feel like that was my fault.

typical. you knew that was gonna happen

I'd hate to say that I blame you....but....

I AM GOING TO STAB YOU!

 :cry:

FUCK SAKE!!!!!!

Not exactly a devastating blow, its only 1 point.

Well that's made a shit week a little bit more shit!

spooky, those were my exact words as the goal went in.

Fucking joke

Mystic Dan, what's going to happen to me tomorrow?

Maybe you're my long lost twin and on the same telepathic wavelength.

In all honesty at this moment in time I don't really care which is unusual  :?  Unless Fitton takes over then in reality this game or any other means nothing  :(

Am i going to win the lottery tonight and get food poisoning so i dont have to go to work tomorrow?

Couldn't you just quit if you won the lotto? Fool!

You just nearly repeated my post from about 10 minutes ago. I've never felt this way either.

I'd rather we stopped all this footballing nonsense for a few weeks, its an unwelcome distraction.

hopefully takeover complete next week and we can all feel happy again. We need this sorted, a new manager in, transfer embargo lifted and some players back from injury. It rains it pours and fucking hell it's pouring on STFC at the mo.

what you get up to isnt really my fortay.....football however is

NEVER EVER PLAY FOR A DRAW

NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER NEVER

Ooops!  :oops:

NMH

I wanted a good result for Mooohamed and Blackburn because I like them but Sturrock didn't.

A bit of Bruce Springsteen makes it all better.

Back to the boardroom section I suppose...

we need a manager in before the next game before we find ourselves in trouble

Playing for a draw is exciting. I think we should do it more often.

Sounded like Chris Allen had a good game, and on his first ever competitive game as well.

Good lad.

Im thinking if on the very high chance that I DONT win Si.

My mate had money on an accumulator, ours was the only game he was waiting on. Southend scoring just netted him £265  :evil: .

Apart from the other games he played in like the Cheltenham, Brentford, Forest Green matches etc......think you mean full league debut  :wink:

That'll be the one.

This is how I'm feeling currently...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODgXCBuoNJ4

Just noticed if we were to get the minimum penalty of 10 points I notice we'd now be bottom of the league........adds further to the depression really I guess

Much as I hate to admit it - its wrong - I really don't care about the result.

I wasn't expecting anything out of the game, although hope sprung eternal for 30 odd minutes after Coxy scored.

Slate me all you like, there are bigger fish to fry than worry about this result.

And sorry DV, I'm not really going to stab you, I was thinking very much the same as you.

Very true and we all think that i'm sure. Nothing wrong in keeping a little hope though.

Chris Allen sounds a bit like Naboo

i'm just amazed we only just lost.i was expecting an absolute drubbing

me too.

i have to admit that the disappointment of the last minute winner is tempered by what those clowns down the a420 have been up to today: losing to a side called northwich.

once upon a time that would have been norwich beating them in a league game.

OH fuck it all

We won't have a manager until the new year.

Oh and as for the game i suppose it rounded off a shit week  :(

takeover=new boss
no takeover=byrne until death of club

Byrne baby, Byrne

well that no fucking good is it....

....at the end of the day, no matter what we'll still a fucking football team and should bloody well start acting like one

Fuckit. Good effort considering, still not sure about the team selection, but I guess there are no guarantees any other selection would have done better.  

Yes we need a proper manager in, we also need the injuries and suspension back ASAP. Yes we have a big squad, but not enough strength in depth to cope with our current predicament (I'm not sure many league 1 teams do).

Yes and who in their right mind would join a club on the brink of collapse? It's not like we would apply for a job with a company on the verge of going bust is it?

Added to that we cannot afford a manager. We already have too little funds to even continue trading. So no manager until/unless Fitton takes over sadly.

the long-term future and survival of this football club is by far and away the most important thing. everything else is an irrelevence. the players, the management, the coaching staff, the kitman - who gives a fuck if they're any good or not? it means nothing if we've got days or weeks left.

Exactly, we could be 10 points clear at the top, or 10 adrift at the bottom of the league . We could have the best, or worst manager and or playing staff ever but that is all irrelevant right now.

The only thing that matters is Mr. Fritton, and wether or not he can sort out the pathetic excuse of a board that we have right now.

It's black and White really!!!

And I must remember that it is "Fitton" and not "Fritton".

It's like:

People talk about what happens if Fitton doesn't take over, then we will get a shit manager, struggle, get relegated blah blah blah. But NO!!!!!

IF Fitton doesn't take over then there will be no shit manager, there will be no struggle and there will be no relegation, because THERE WILL BE NO STFC.

Point is, as already raised. You can't attract a good manager until the mess is sorted out anyway. Who'd want it with the club in it's current state?

You're right, no half decent manager will touch this club in the state that it's in, only desperate people like Iffy, Reeves etc would be interested.

Are you saying Fatbury's desperate?  :shock:

just got back. fucking accident on A127 stuck there for an hour and a half cunts.

well we played 4-1-4-1

with allen in front of the back four and cox wide right and mohammed wide left.
blackburn is clueless im afraid, very much off the pace and the southend strikers tore him and alojfree all over the park.
mohammed ran a lot but to be honest with you, he did not play one final ball.

allen played ok. we played some good football for long spells but southend always looked dangerous. paynter was totally ineffectual when he came on.

there centre half got a shit load of abuse from us as he stuck the Vs and did wanker signs at us. he was reported to the police by about 50 town fans. he is called clarke and he is a grade A twat.

about 400/500 town fans made the journey, and we  made a fair bit of noise including a rousing "we are fittons red and white army."

I think that's harsh on Blackburn and Aljofree, Nicholas was the weak link in defence today leaving his man in too much space.

The team selection was, errmmm, intersting! But fair play they all played with passion and desire and to be honest it was gutting to see the winner go in knowing the players had given everything. Took a while for the Town fans to get going but we did make a fair bit of noise in the second half...all 373 of us  :roll:

Some great stories from the day including the waiter in Wetherspoons who got aresy with us after giving us too many breakfasts, a spontaneous random hat search which involved herthab buying some bloke's hat for £20 then throwing it in a puddle, and an inflatable Santa saving Whits' face from a wayward Southend shot!!!

how many times were there forwards free in the middle? 7? 8? blackburn and aljofree lost there men too many times to mention. Nicholas was coming inside because he could see the fucking mess in the middle.

"you killed my santa"

"wheres my santa gone?"

glad to hear allen played well, not seen much of him so what's his game?

he played in the Makele position and did ok. i think if we had 2 capable wide men and cox up top instead of sturrock and ifil and vincent back we would have a decent team.

smith/brezovan

smith alojfree ifil vincent
allen
mcgovern easton pook roberts
        cox

i reckon that would be cream.

But the fountain of footballing knowledge that is DV says playing Allen is stupid. And that Byrne is useless...so playing Allen in a formation employed by Byrne can't possibly work?!

 :wink:

Oh, and as for number 5, Clarke, what an absolute wanker. So nice of him to run away as he was making those obscene gestures towards us. How he got away with it I will never know - righ tin front of the linesman both times aswell

I think reporting players for that  sort of thing stinks.

so do i. the bloke was a cunt though :mrgreen:

I don't agree with being really picky about this stuff...but the fact that he wound people up to the extent that one guy ran onto the pitch after him kinda shows how much of a twat he was

Unfortunately the coppers caught him

We lacked cohesion, understandable given the patched up team, but the players showed some guts today, battled hard and deserved their point. Harsh on them I thought. Allen stood out for me in the first half, good energy and passed well. Second half they looked increasingly dangerous, we had our moments, but looked happy with the draw. Almost worked too. Cruel, cruel game  :?

There no.5 was a right tosser, of which we regularly reminded him (he was in the Gurney mould, which will tell you all you need to know). Seemed to put him right off which was pleasing, but he properly milked it at the end. Saw one town fella make a run down the touchline for the dug out to get at him, took four or five stewards to stop him. fairplay

Best bit for me was a heartfelt, vocal rendition of We'll Never Die whilst the players lined up for the restart after Cox scored. There was quite a lengthy pause, the ref held things up for some reason, the home fans were in shock - in which they seemed to remain for the rest of the game - and it just felt like everything kind of stopped for a minute there....a last defiant call from the terraces, a moments thought for all...made me well up a bit if I'm honest. Its been an emotional week you understand!

Top posting dear Sir

The delay was due to an injured Saaaarfend player I believe.

The facking caaant

Where did I say that?

I've only seen him a few times but I like Allen as a player. He looks composed on the ball and his distribution is very clever.

I think technically he's a better player than Pook.

I like to see him play more to be honest.

fackin caaaaaaaaaaaaanttttttttttttttttttttttttts

Southend. Shitehole where cockneys go to die.

Top day though.

8 cans for a fiver!

Clarke is a  MUGGY LITTLE CAAAAAANT!

saf end! CAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTSSS!

Liverpool lost yesterday
Arsenal losing to Middlesbrough 1-0 Downing pen (4 mins)
Great stuff

Why?

Most of local pub support Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea, apart from three or four Reading and TWO, yes TWO Swindon fans they are always giving it large, so if this score stays the same, then TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD and they will get plenty of stick, come on Middlesbrough.

jog on you caaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnttttt.

you missed the hat for £20 to  :D

haha! forgot about that hat! I thought £20 was a bargin bruv!

not for 2 minutes of ownership it wasn't.

Is this "The Hat"?

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v168/239/62/587610014/n587610014_1827431_3868.jpg

no that one he got off a steward.

the first one he bought off an old man in the street.

I saw the hat.

I wanted the hat.

I bought the hat.

I realised the hat was a scummy, dirty piece of shit.

I threw the hat away........................... :D

How sweet.  :D

mine, Dan's and Alex's tied up under the chin  :fag:

You loved it really  :wink: