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Special shout out to Barry who probably doesn't realise this is on.

It's got to be a win hasn't it?

Looks like Sean Morrison will start tonight.

Swindon 3 County 0

 

Big win tonight. Morrison will score from a short corner. :D

I'm a bit more worried about this one than even hudds away for some reason. We should win comfortably, but a 1-1 wouldn't surprise me. I'll go for 7-0 though.

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/hform.html

Home win. This could be a hammering. I'll say a comfortable 3-0.

I really hope we take it seriously and run out comfortable winners. There's always that niggling feeling that the run has to end somewhere. Pericard to score tonight.

I reckon we wll play with 9 men to give them a chan :)ce

I  hope the players don't think it will be as easy as we do. Otherwise we will lose. I go 4-2

I get to go to this one. Yay!

I think we can really thrash Stockport. Improve that goal difference a bit...

This has the potential to be the game we've been waiting for where we finally tear a team (other than Leeds) apart! I'm not underestimating them, as they won't just roll over, but if we play at our best it should be 3 points all the way.

We're letting our guards down  :)

I'll continue to throw caution to the wind. I'll also throw every cliche about how "if we want to go up we have to win these sort of games", just for good measure.

This evening won't be pretty.

Predictions like this make me nervous.  There are going to be plenty of banana skins out there between now and the beginning of May.  I'll go for a 2-1 win (with fingers firmly crossed).

Oooh, I forgot about this as well.

On current form this should be a penalty kick. Lets hope we don't miss it. 3-1 win

Greer to be rested? I wonder if Ritchie will get a look in tonight aswell?

fancy it'll end up a battering!!! Sheehan (FK), Billy, Charlie and Big Vince, with Morrison playing for Greer
4 - 0

I'll go for an optimistic 4-1.

Austin, Ibehre, Paynter, Ward, Pericard

Greers injured i think

i think we'll draw 1-1, missing a hatful of chances, and conceding a soft one.

2-1 town

we'll lose. we're far to confident and stockport won on saturday.

1-1 draw, 6,667 crowd with Austin scoring and us having all the pressure going a goal up early on and County scraping a very late equalizer.

I'm tempted to shove a fiver on Sheehan first goalscorer. Thats if PaddyPower offer that option in the lower leagues.

can't make tonight.
i'll go for 4-1

5-0 Town I hope, but if we win by 1 goal that will be all I care about come 9.40 when I'm walking out of the ground.

By the way, I hope tonight the crowd really sing up. We can be the 12th man, and we shouldn't rely on matches against the big teams (Leeds, Wovers, Narwich) for there to be a good atmosphere in the ground. This is exactly the type of night when a noisy crowd can make a difference.

It's either a shit draw or a pasting for Stockport, depending on which Swindon turn up.

So, 1-1 or 5-1  :eek: 6895

Can't argue with this. Maybe add defeat or a more tight victory to the possibilities?

hopefully be about 2 or 3 nil

im gonna go for 2-1 tho - Austin with a double

It's snowing here, whats it's like in Swindon?

Raining according to the bbc weather

Its sleet here anyway mate

:D I didn't and now i do. Although as before i now don't have time to charge my heated body warmer! :(

Easy and significant victory, 5-0 Town.

3 - 0 Town

i cant go as working nights  :( but i will be armed with a DAB radio and wireless headphones, dancing little jigs of joy at every goal we score. 3-0 the town, Austin, JPM and Ward to score.

According to Bet365  Paynter and Austin are both odds on to score at some time during the match.

If we turn up, then we will batter them, im just a bit nervous we wont turn up....

3-0 town, austin, ward and morrison.

gotta fancy at least 3-0 with the form we're in - wrap up warm 2nite tho boys its gonna be another cold one ! lets hope there's loads of us there -lets make some noise 4 the swindon boys ! :nod:

I hate it when we are all super confident.

2-3 'port.

two late goals from pericard..we are going up

We're going to absolutely spank stockport today. At least 4-0. Easy.

We are class, they are shit, league table doesn't lie, 7-1, 5-0 at half time. Paynter 3, Austin 2, McGovern and Douglas at long last  ;)

Yeah. think if I'm going for an exact prediction it would be 6-1

3-0 Austin, Paynter 2 (1 pen)

4-0 Ward, Paynter, Pericard and Morrison

2-1 Stockport Austin for us.

I should be predicting a thrashing, but based on them running us v close a few weeks ago, and their weekend win, I'll say one nil....

I reckon it will be a close game, i'm going for 8-0 Town.

Morrison in as expected - only change.

That pitch was a joke though. We couldn't pass the ball as we would have liked. And we were'nt very good.

Stockport were awful then, and they still are now.

5-0.

And tonight, we now effectivley are playing one of our games in hand over Colchester, as their game has been postponed.

Beat me to it! A win seems slightly more important now, in a weird way.

Not to sure about tonight i think stockport may get something out of the game 1-1.

Greer out Morrison in. Game over.

corner

ward goal!!!!

not a bad start then

happy times.

Get in !!! What a start!

I think we'll win this one!

Not are we going to rape stockport. We're going to push them down and stamp on their throat until the gargling stops then we're going to pump juicy goal after goal into every orifice.

Yay!!

3:13 GOAL - Daniel Ward:
Swindon 1 - 0 Stockport Daniel Ward fires in a goal from just inside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Swindon 1-0 Stockport.

2:42   Jon-Paul McGovern decides to take a short corner.


Does this mean short corners do work sometimes?

We need a few goals, our GD is by far the worst in the pack.

Hahaha get in. That's made the goal even better. Don't think they said much more than it was an 'interesting' corner on the radio.

woo, missed that one

Won't be by the end of tonight.

I hope

Cracking start for Town. We need to pile on the pressure now.

Udders' 1-0 down

we should have got a second my now. Disappointing.

port vale 3 up allready

Don't you mean 1-0 up?  :D

Oxford are 1 up against Wimbledon, Constable with the goal
They were 1-0 up according to Sky ???

BBC agree - 1 nil up.

Jesus. Heard better chanting at a funeral.

Don't want to dissappoint you, but I think they are 1-0 up

How confusing

Millwall 1-0 up at Franchise.

Danny Ward off for Ritchie

Radio Swindon guest (who is it) can't use microphone properly.

Injury?

Did Ward pick up an injury? I dont recall hearing it, lets hope its just a precaution.

Can only assume its an injury, what is up with Danny san?

Alan Mcgloughlin (sp?)

Yep. I'm pretty sure it's Alan Mac.

Yeah and injury. Don't think it sounded too serious.


Thought it might be. Ace.

69% - Swindon
31% - Stockport

Possession! :)

You mean "Ooh Aah Alan Mac"  :D

Who keeps knocking the fucking mic over?

dunno, but its annoying. Thought we'd scored then

Just what I was wondering - bloody annoying

Charlton 0-1 Brighton

anyone know if you can listen for free on the web?  

If someone on here who can listen to it, goes on skype and rings us and lets us listen via skype ? :)

Yes, no.

So with Greer on t'bench, who is Captain?

Let's hear it for  Brighton 1-0 up agin Charlton

'dunno

Douglas

for fucks sake

mic

goal. but fuck knows what happens. stupid microphones.

Have we scored - I can't hear a fucking thing?

Billy Paynter.

Apparantly we scored, couldnt hear a fucking thing though!

WHATS GOING ON CANT HERE ANYTHING

Can somebody text them or something and tell them to sort the mic out. I still don't know who scored.

Don't do that, I thought we had let one in

Me too.

44:40 GOAL - Billy Paynter:
Swindon 2 - 0 Stockport Billy Paynter fires in a goal from inside the six-yard box to the top right corner of the goal. Swindon 2-0 Stockport.


Charlie's turn now then :D

Norridge losing.

BP 2-0!! norwich losing leeds drawing!

just 2 -0? wilson out!!! ;D

for fucks sake
2-1.

still don't really know what happend. freekick I guess?

Me too. You think you've got a problem with a piffling mic.

2-1

we have this time.

Cheers to BP's 21st goal of the season..
Jeers to the shitty commentary breaking up ::)

...and conceding a goal :doh:

cock rash.

This is a nightmare.

FUCKS SAKE! Not only have we just conceded but i cant hear a fucking thing!!

Sheehan took a shot, spilt by fon Williams, Paynter tucked it away. According to SSN.

Typical Swindon to concede so quickly. Some things never change.

It's obviously a problem in the BBC Swindon van, its affecting Shaun too.

2-1 :(

Austin still hasn't scored, I hope he does to keep his awesome rate up!

It didnt seem to be happening at Chippenham though...

65% 35% possesion. 7 shots on target to their 2.

hahaha complete radio meltdown.

Put me through to Karl(?)

We're going to win (Swindon Town)

WTF is going on - fucking gay music now!

The music is amazing!!!!

What the fuck, never heard this tune before.

Win Win Swindon Win Robins Never Give In

Yet we are still only 1 goal up, we need to score another otherwise i can see us throwing it away, we played well in the first half but we need to be more clinacal (it sounds like)

Ha.

We're gonna win, that's what we're gonna do.

results stay as they are table will look lime this:

1     Norwich     34     66
2    Leeds United 33     65
3    Swindon    32     62
4      Colchester    32    62
5    Charlton    34    60    
6    Huddersfield 33    60

That was awful.

and like ermmm but i didnt fink much of that

Fuck me. I hope that I don't 'ave an accent like that.

Errrrrrr.

quality interviews

I also hope I ain't that fick. I don't fink I am.

Mark O'Donnell wouldn't let this shambles happen.

They haven't even apologised have they?

What a bizarre last 10 minutes  :D

Not only that. Fucking flash seems to have crashed whilst I was making my new avatar.

No they won't. This:
1 Norwich 33 31 66
2 Leeds United 32 28 64
3 Colchester 32 18 62
4 Charlton 33 20 60
5 Swindon 31 13 59
6 Huddersfield 32 24 57

You failed to spot they update live.  ;)

If anyone else says "typical Swindon" or "same old same old" I'm going to go mad.  How is the Swindon Town of this season anything like the Swindon Town of previous seasons.  Since 03/04 and the attacking prowess of Mooney and Parkin have we had anything remotely this good.  It seems our fans are determined to put a downer on our success, although I suppose such is the nature of football fans.

I am still in complete wonderland and am shocked this run has continued as long as it has.  Looking at the recent live table just posted and the relative form of the top 6, we should be gunning for the title!  Maybe the Southampton defeat has derailed Norwich, Leeds haven't seemed the same since their shock win at United and Charlton are in freefall.  The other teams are nothing to be scared of, and with the goals we have in Paynter and Austin, the sky is the limit.

Yes we've conceded late goals, yes we don't keep clean sheets every week, but fuck me if this is typical Swindon then long may it continue!!

 Have i missed something? Are us and hudds playing another game tonight?

*cough*

We haven't played the 2nd half yet.

Poor Juddie, all that mental arithmetic for nothing

I agree, its good to be a town fan for once!

Every fan says typical (insert team name) whenever something bad happens!

typical walrus

Cheers

To cheer him up, can I remind anyone that doesn't go and look at it each month that he still does an excellent column on Town in Four Four Two. http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/insideswindontown/default.aspx (http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/insideswindontown/default.aspx) and he doesn't come shouting about it here.

Some muppet made that same mistake during the Oldham game, Juddie was it you?

1. My "typical Swindon" comment was said more in jest than anything.
2. The recent live table was incorrect, but yes, we're going well and should keep our eyes on the top 2
3. As for Norwich, it sounds like they're destroying Southend tonight but haven't got a goal yet, so derailment seems an exaggeration

Sorry, I'm in a pedantic mood. I think it's because my boiler has broken and it currently feels like -17C in my flat.

hANG ON.

who's off, whose injured?

Easton on Big Kev off Dougie goes to right back

Kev off for Easton, Douglas to RB. Seem to be picking up a few injuries now with Ward, Kev and Greer.

Typical Juddie!

Wanky off, Easton on. Tactical apparently.

Oh dear, backpass.

Huddersfield 2-0 up.

safe out for a throw in.

This game has fuck up written all over it.

Get a goal please Charles.

Agree. Another goal please town!

8.54pm - Paynter could have had a hat-full tonight in all honesty. This time the ball squirts through and he finds himself through on goal, only to see his effort pushed away by Fon Williams

sorry I meant

This game has typical Swindon fuck up written all over it.

Offside flag against Morrison and Cuthbert!!  Give the fucking ball to Charlie

Leeds are 1-0 up, and looking in the other direction for a moment, MK have equalised against Millwall

I've only just tried to tune in and have found BBC Wiltshire is still online for whoever wanted to listen.

Heck you're right. Magic darts! Paris just got better.  :)

Cheers.  Tried earlier but it wasn't working

Does that mean the BBC are in trouble?

They probably reset it by mistake when they were fixing the problems earlier. Silly BBC

I doubt anybody will notice. Has happened a few times in the past I think.

R4E - wasn't necessarily directed at you - just can't believe the negative vibes on the forum and in the stands when we should be pinching ourselves still.  Remember how you felt after Gills away back in August....  Then contrast that to now, and at the final whistle of Leeds at home.

Swindon fuck up my arse.... 4-1.

Yeah I tried listening at 7pm and it dint work soapy tit wank.

Glad it is now :D

typical pedantic fuckers!

agree with the anti-'typical' comments. This season is more unlike typical swindon than any other!

Leeds 2 up & Millwall winning 2-1

Sounds like Stockport are pressuring us. Nice to hear some people trying to create an atmosphere in the Arkells.

May I suggest "tropical Swindon" ... sunshine football and all that?

Do I not like the sound of this.

Sounds like Douglas going to right back has stopped the creative play

We're blatantly going to fuck this up. I'm going out for a fag.

Charlie hasn't scored his goal yet!

he will at 90 minutes

7063 Attendance, fairly decent.

Evening chaps! Forgot about tonight. Just read the previous 13 pages. Hmmmmm!

63 from Stockport?

Goal Simon Ferry!!!

WOOOOOOO

Feeeeeeerry

Goal! Ferry! Is that his first?

Thank fuck for that

Niiiiiiiice

Thank fuck for that Get in Ferry!

Ferry Scores get in !!!


Didnt hear how many.

Like your avatar

Oooh

"bout time he scored, arriba might be happy now ;) . Can we have Charlie's goal now please

3-1, phew, I can breathe for a bit now.

Norwich have equalised. A shame but predictable.

He scored up at Tranmere.

Get in!!

Norwich have scored

now lets hope we keep out concentration

Paynter!

GOal PAynter. rapey rape rape

it took me ages

Easy!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets have another one!

Paynter!!
Job done!!

Piece of Piss this, who was getting worried...

Its all happened since I arrived! ;0)

What's Ritchie playing like?

I have a looong delay.

Get in Billy

Same old fucking Swindon we're gunna blow this...   :doh:

no goals for austin. bye bye. pericard on

4-1 and Brighton are 2-0 up at Charlton!

 :D

BOOO don't take Charlie off - this is about his goal per game ratio not 3 points :D

We are going up say we are going up!

easy easy

Goal for Peri Peri Card card to round this off nicely!

They just give MoM to Morrison? Didn't sound like he should be from the commentary.

and another for Paynter please.

I LIKE IT TOO MATE!!

Great save Lucas

and one for Douglas please.

nah. I predicted 6-1. 7-1 would make me look silly. Lets not get greedy

paynter now 2nd top scorer.

Final 5 minutes - keep it tight you vaginas

Be funny if a Town player spoils Lambert's party two years running. :D

We murdered Sunderland 1-0 that playoff.  ;D

Dont think we're going to score again.

3 minutes to go. Game over by the sounds of it.

Norwich have just gone 2-1 up :(

Think we might just hang on

borrrring

well done town

Not too bad a prediction there, correct score and two correct scorers!

Table is looking good tonight, bring on the Orient!

Good Result.

Charlton lose and we gain 3 points on Colchester

Macnamee assist as well!

job done. Onto orient!!

Cunts. Conceded a goal and ruined my prediction. Typical fucking Swindon.......

Millwall need to put some graft in to keep in it.

Dongs are looking more distant.

Big Kev has a hamstring tweak - Danny's post match interviews are spot on

They're informative and professional... and a bit dull. Bring back Kingy.

NOOO !!  I want "interesting" Maurice Malpas

what's up with wardy?

Malpas needed subtitles. Which is a bit of an issue on the radio.

A minor injury was all he said. He's hoping they'll both be back for Saturday.

cheers r4e

Ferry needs sub-titles. Like fitba.

Ahoots Ahoots and AHIEY?

Ahh his doon iz hammy and doogie's gonnie raiht bahhhck

Here's the scoring chart. Jermaine who?

Lambert Southampton 20
Paynter Swindon 19
Beckford Leeds United 18
Holt Norwich 18
Barnard Southampton 17
Rhodes Huddersfield 14
Austin Swindon 13
Burton Charlton 13
Martin Norwich 13
Easter Franchise 12
Forster Brighton 12
Jackson Gillingham 12
Bailey Charlton 11
Deeney Walsall 11
Harris Millwall 11

Absolutely delighted with the result.

Who would've thought Paynter would've been so prolific at the beginning of the season!!

Me.

Bollocks prove it...

I posted this back in July...

Just Back. Not a great game considering the scoreline. I was impressed with Stockport, much better than Oldham or Carlisle. Shame about the top two winning but 3rd place should be ours after the Wovers game!

Good game tonight. A little flat at times but deffo entertaining. First half we started really well. Our passing was quality and we got the goal to take the lead. For the first 20 minutes we really went at them and looked dangerous. I think Stockport probably showed us a little too much respect and backed off us which let us play. We got the 2nd just before half time thanks to a cock up in their defence. Easy finish for Billy. Then the ref (who I thought was dreadful) gave them a free kick that never was on the edge of the box and they're back in it.

2nd half started and it was mostly them. We sat back and they had a real go. We needed to get settled and when we did we were comfortable again. 2 good goals to seal what in the end was a comfortable win. Scorline may have flattered us a bit but we did dominate the first half. Really impressed with Morrison and Paynter tonight. I guess we have come to expect it from the latter but it was like Greer was never missing at the back. Good win and another 3 points. Catching Charlton fast now!

Also Stockport played very well. Surprised they were that good tbh and they have showed some real spirit and never gave up.

the ref tonight was so whistle happy it was un real.

Except for half-time. Seems he played almost 4 mins when board had said 2. Just long enough for them to score.

How was Matt Richie, any good?  And did we use the morrison long throw tactic at all?

Looks like Reg is off for a celebratory wank.

oh yeah, that's good self quoting.

I dont think Morrison took a single throw in actually.

Ritchie to me, looked rusty and a yard off the pace. Always wanted more time on the ball than he had. Ran into players alot and passing was sloppy at best. In his defence the last time he played (for Notts County) was 28th of December.

Cheers Dave.

I thought we deserved to win, but 4-1 was very flattering.

I miss being 11 and Alan Mcloughlin being my hero, great to hear him talking about old times tonight.

In the 1st half we never got out of 1st gear. Our passing was brilliant but it was like a training exercise where we kept the ball and Stockport looked absolute dogshit. In the 1st 20 of the 2nd it was roles reveresed where Stockport  played really well and we were shit. The last 25 however was all us again. Great finish by Paynter for no 4. MOM for me was JPM. Morrison looked out of sorts in the 2nd half and his heading ability thruoghout the game was Kanyukaish. Saying that he did one absolute quality slide tackle in the 1st half. He just needs a few matches and no we didn't use his long throw. Ritchie looked a little boy lost but agasin he needs games. We lost a lot when Douglas went to right back.

Did that chap who ran on the pitch get away in the end?

Good first 20 mins, then patchy thereafter, until last 10. But hell's teeth, we still won 4-1! Nice to see Ferry get one, shame Pericard didn't (mainly cos my mate did the fatal "I'll bare my arse in ...." on Saturday)

@gk_nash Matt Rickie had a very average game. Needs some game time to get into it as he had a couple of neat touches so shows promise. We missed Ward's work rate.
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The first half was so easy tonight it was like a training game where Stockport couldn't get the ball and when they did we took it back again at will. But it was so easy,and with an early goal, we lacked the urgency. The second goal was a bit lucky in that Sheehan's shot from an impossibly tight angle was spilled by the keeper at the feet of Paynter. Then on a rare attack a silly foul on the edge of the area lead to Stockports goal direct from the free kick.

Half time needs a mention as somebody from the Town end skipped over the barriers to get a ball they were playing with and got bundled by about 6 stewards. Did he get away?

Second half Stockport gave it a go. We weren't helped by the loss of Ward and Amankwha (tight hamstring) with Douglas slotting is as make shift right back. We were under pressure and I started to worry a bit, not least when Lucas picked up a messed up clearance at it was adjudged to be a backpass by  the Collina wannabe referee.

But we weathered the storm, Easton started to get a grip in the middle and we scored the killer goal when JPM looked to cross, went outside his man in the area and floated a cross onto Ferry's head. Paynter then got in on the act again with a slightly deflected shot  from the edge of the area.

So in conclusion the first half was so comfortable, the second half initially less so. But we scored 4 and deserved the win.

Job well done, but the scoreline flattered us a little.

Half time was entertaining.

good result but the female lino should have stayed in the kitchen

I hope the lad did get away. The stewards were like the keystone cops and should actually have thierm oney withheld under the Trade Descriptions Act. God knows how they'll cope with Rovers.

They were a bit heavy handed, seemed unnecessary from my viewpoint, not like the game was in progress.

This is spot on. I wasn't sure at all about Morrison getting MOM. In the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half, it seems like their black guy up front had sussed him and and he was getting past him too eaily.
I actually thought Austin had a brilliant game tonight, didn't put a foot wrong, and again won pretty much every header.

Just back...really enjoyed that tonight,Morrison superb first half but JPM was my man of match closely followed by Sheehan....fair play to Stockport for giving it a go..its starting to look really good,the whole team are looking supremely confident
Ref BATCH..he got back in..he went on the pitch to get the ball but the fans dragged him back in.

great result! And great half time.. Glad to let you know that i did get away, the stewards were pulling me one way, a load of lads from t.e pulling the other.. Best part was the steward slipping on his arse!  and as someone said, if they cant handle an 18 year old lad, rovers could be a problem!

Good lads!

Half time was the best part of the match.  Fair play to the lad who eventually got away after being pulled over by about 10 stewards and then pulled back in the TE by his mates.  Bet he's got a few bruises tonight!  Just a though, watching it unfold from that end of the DRS, what a provocative cunt that tall steward with 7 on his back was.  Pity somebody hadn't downed him!  They even called the police in, who left again shortly after.

Fair play to Stockport they kept hassling and pressing us; we looked comfortable for the first 25 but for all the chances / opportunities we were only one goal ahead. The second half started as expected because Stockport scored late in the first half, they pressed us and chased everything, and for a good 10 mins I thought our players could sense the unease in the crowd. As soon as we got our two goal cushion back you could see the confidence come back almost straight away. Thought Ritchie did OK considering but he was out of position a few times when we needed him on the wing. Again following on from Carlisle I didn't think it was a game we were going to lose but I don't think it was as straight forward as Saturday even though we won 4-1 tonight. Special mention to the 83 who travelled down tonight from Stockport  :clap:

Why didn't that steward throw the ball back into the TE? After all the TE was quoted as the half time entertainment by the MIC fella.

Paynters goal was something special. 

Fair play to you mate. They had no reason going after you. That was a neat body swerve to put that steward on his arse. Fair play to those in the TE who did the decent thing and got you back from those buffoons.

The second one took a big deflection.

It was entertaining from the DRS! looked heavy handed & clear over reaction from where we were.

To be fair the stewards have been alot better this season ,regards sitting down etc.
Went to grab the fella back in and some old codger of a steward was flat on his back with his glasses in an Eric Morecombe impression.

You sir, are a fucking legend. I high fived you at the back of the Town End once you'd got back in. Half time was excellent fun.

didn't see that from where we were. That spoils it somewhat!

Yeah, the view from the DRS is shit, much better in the TE.

Yeah but his first goal was a quality finish.

I think it was still going on target before the deflection. Wouldn't have gone in though.

can't remember that last time i got our scoreline right.wish i'd had a few quid on it now......

The keystone cops entertainment at half time was fucking hilarious. Flair play to the lad who went on the pitch, volleyed the ball back into the TE, waved his arms like he'd just scored a goal, then out foxed the over zealous cunts in fluro yellow as they stumbled around like dads army actors with rigor mortice;-)

Kudos to the lads who pulled him away from their clutches, just as the real hard men in orange jackets swung in for some action.

Not sure if the leader of the cunts - Shithouse - was involved, but the stumpy little fat cunt with the goaty beard deffo wanted some. I'd love to see that mother-fucker put on his fat arse.

The game was good as well :D We took the piss first half, soaked up the pressure early in the 2nd half and thoroughly deserved the points against a side who shouldn't be languishing at the foot of the table.

We missed JD in the middle after the subs, Morrison was cool as fuck apart from when the geezer up front pulled him around a bit and got him booked, and I thought Easton slotted in well. JPM and Ferry busy as fuck, Cuthbert his usual self.

The squad suddenly looks like it has some depth with the fringe players offering Wilson real alternatives if, or when, he needs them.

Still keep pinching myself that this season is really happening to us!

the first 45 minutes last night was the most one sided game i think i have ever witnessed at the county ground.

Pleased with the result last night.

Played really well in first 20 minutes and could have been 2-3 goals up.  Then all of a sudden Swindon drop the tempo and lacked any cutting edge.   If we kept it at 2-0 half time then we would have probably one on to score 5 or 6.

There goal late in the first half was a bit of a bummer and i think our players looked nervous at the beginning of the second half.  Hiowever once Ferry scored it was always goma over

Didnt rate Easton when he came on.  His positional player was crap, and it was funny seeing Sheehan giving Easton a bollocking ever 2 minutes.

Not to sure why Morrison was named man of the match.  Did one good tackle in the whole game that i saw.  Hes very competennt at heading the ball but the difference between him and Greer are their positional play.   Greer understands that he is slow, yet always gives himself that extra one or two yards headstart on the oposing attacker.  Morrison was getting done all the time for pace when the stockport attacker was left 1 vs 1 with him.  However o guess the more games Morrison gets under his belt, the better he will be.

Hoping for at least 4 points from these next 2 games to keep the run going

Also a big well done to those Stockport fans for coming to the game.  Those 86 people are the hardcore fans of that club

I bet on it.  :D


Think I was talking to TEFer at the station. He got the train to Bristol with me. We were talking about how he has a mate who is a millwall fan so he's sat in every stand of the new den and how we both really want town to play and beat City again. Someone on here, yeah?

Not so sure about Easton getting bollocked, but Sheehan was certainly giving Ritchie the benefit of his thoughts several times.  Thought Sheehan had a tremendous game last night and must have been close for mom along with JP who never stopped working.

Good match - excellent result!

Considering he hadnt played much lately Morrison did well (not a MofM performance tho!) - Cuthbert looked massively strong at the back tho along with Lucas.

The injury to Amankwaah unsettled us a little as we missed Douglas's steadying influence in midfield however Craig Easton is looking a lot better now after all his injuries.

Austin and Paynter terrified them up front - especially Billy who could have had a hat full ... Ritchie disappointed a little on the wing - seems a bit lightweight but having not played that much and Ward playing so well in that position it was always going to be hard for him

Word on the attendance for a tuesday night - considering only 80 away fans - VERY VERY positive - we look a club going places at present and I hope it continues ..

Onwards and upwards ....

PS what the hell was going on in the TE at half time? why run on the pitch at all was what was going on in my mind??? Having said all that it was really funny to watch!

It was Ritchie geting the abuse. Sheehan wanted hm to stay out on the wing and not drft inside as Stockport were using the space to get 2 on 1 aganst him. Ward offers him more cover, it's what you get from a good left back. 

Good win last night, although i thought they would nick a goal when it was 2-1. Was so releaved when Ferry made it 3-1.

Best half time ever i think!!  :D

Can't wait for Orient on Saturday now, hopefully we'll take a fair few

My Pompey supporting mate tells me that Ritchie has two faults that need rectifying, he wont take players on, even though he has the beating of them and that he ALWAYS comes inside rather than going down the line.

Both faults can be remedied by good coaching.

Off topic

Nice tattoo,whose the one who has got the old S badge,they must hate that bloody thing especially as it represent's the old regime. 

Big mention for Cuthbert who was outstanding and Austin who proved he's not just about scoring-was a constant thorn in Stockport's side.JPM not far behind those two.Dont get the Stockport love-in,thought they were clueless in their efforts to create anything.nice free-kick though.I thought Easton slotted in nicely too,however we do need a right back as we dont want Douglas out of the middle too often,specially against the better sides.Missed the half time shenanegans queuing for HCbut my lad loved it!Ferry loves it here doesnt he?His interview on RS was brilliant,he was buzzing.Oh and the "Red Army,Red Army"was tremendous.(without the clapping)

Apologies if this has been discussed, but why did Wilson replace Amankwaah with Douglas?

We had a centre back and left back on the pitch that can and have played at right back this season, whilst on the bench we had a centre back and a left back (who can also play centre back). So why not put a defender on?

Sure it worked out in the end but I thought we looked a lot worse after the change, losing out in midfield as well as on the right hand wing. So does anyone know the logic behind Wilson's decision?

I think he thought Johnson, their left winger was a threat, so Douglas would cut him out.

Probably because Scott Cuthbert probably had the worse game of his life at right back, so I can understand why Wilson didnt put him there.

Added to the fact he would be breaking up the centre back pairing and most importantly Cuthbert has been as solid as a fucking rock in the heart of our defence.

Moving our best defender out of position would be, not just stupid but Andy King stupid.

Sheehan played right back and clearly wasnt comfortbale there and Douglas has played there plenty of times before.

We lost a bit of shape and the right back over lapping but that was it. Stockport didnt trouble Douglas at right back at all.

Now that's stupid ???

Sheehan was superb last night. Austin didnt really get a chance, but I thought his link up play was excellent, rarely loses the ball. What can you say about Paynter? Just looking so determined and confident. Morrison looks a much better player than when he last played for Swindon. Another indication of how important it is for young players to play League football.

Thought Wilson was experimenting with Ritchie and Easton, but obviously Amankwaah was injured. I felt a bit sorry for Ritchie because he struggled a bit when he came on, which is understandable. Hes probably played a lot of reserve/youth football and you get less time on the ball in the real thing. His head went down a bit. But its great to see a Premier League youth player struggling to get into our team. Im sure he has been taken aback by the quality of Ward and the team in general. But he still looks an exciting player, looking forward to seeing him again.

Fair play to Stockport, they could have given up, but actually gave us a bit of a game 2nd half. Town End started making some noise and the players seemed to go to bits! Whats that all about?

Hopefully thats the end of the really cold evening games for this season? Has been a cold winter, hopefully the warmer weather will bring out the fans? Although I thought the attendance last night was more encouraging? 

I prefer to think of it as us sticking with them whilst we absorbed the pressure from Stockport. After that they didn't have much left and we buried them.  :D

Actually that rings a bell - didn't Douglas play right back at Leeds a fair bit last season?


Paynter seemed to be shooting on every opportunity, even if it maybe wasn't the best option. He's done this before, mainly when he's got a couple of goals and going for a hat trick. Not sure whether this is good or bad.

On the one hand you could call it greedy, especially when there are better options. But on the other, its good to see a striker that confident and firing shots in which is something we sometimes seem to be lacking. Though his shoot on sight doesn't normally pay off much it did get him his 2nd goal last night.

Yes Paynter has shown he can score from further out now which isn't something he used to do.

I will never complain about a player having a pop at goal. It's something over the years which we've never really done enough. You don't win the raffle if you don't buy a ticket ..etc

We've now been linked with Stockport right back Jonny Mullins :)