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If A mod could move it in the morning when they awake that would be lovely, figured it would be better to start one in the wrong place then let some other fucker start one in the morning!

So, Club record if we win.
Easy!

2-0 to us.

Happy Days!

COYR.

5-0 to the town

3-1 to the Town. Missing the game today. I'm in Blackpool for the weekend. Off to watch Fleetwood later.

4-0 in comfortable style and 1st match on the football league show, life's sweet

I'm sure were going to watch history be made at the Town today.  Not even a little nagging doubt about it!!

3-0.

Off to Cologne shortly, think that they play in red so got the Town shirt on for the match. Hoping to hear good news from my dad later today!!

This is a should win game, lets not slip on the proverbial banana skin!

I've got a bad feeling about this. 2-1 defeat.

This junior Robin thing is good value. Lads ticket cost zilch so he and my wife have mine and my mates ST in the DR and I'l be in exile somewhere else keeping an eye on them so lucky mascots today 4-0. :clap: :clap:

3-0 Connell 2 and Cibocchi

How's the weather looking?

We've won the last eight, they've lost the last three with a new manager.

4-0

And I've got Swindon to score 2+ in 1st half, 6/1.

Clear skies, south-south westerly breeze, 5 mph high pressure. Min temp 12 overnight with high of 25-27. UV index 5 so bring some factor 30 sunblock. Lager being served @ + 2 degrees along with pitchers of Pimms in the county ground car park next to the picnic tables with red and white parasols open air BBQ'S and hog roast vendors.

Perfect day for football. Any other questions?

:clap:

I imagine this will be a classic 'park the bus' kind of game (I really hate that expression, I can't believe I used it) I expect their new gaffer will have them quite well organized and it will be hard going until about 10 mins before half time. Then a bit of Rooney wing wizardry will undo them.

3-0 Rooney, Benson, Connell

Missing my 2nd home league game of the season - other one was Hereford, so hopefully no repeat there!

Going to be another tight one I think, but I have faith in the team now that we'll get by.

Gone for 2-0 in the prediction league but I've only got the score right twice this season and both times I forgot to enter my prediction, so there's no chance of that being the score!

Our last 2 wins have been touch & go, so I hope no one is taking this game lightly.  I don't predict; I just hope.  Fingers crossed.  Let's start pulling away.

Think we will be a lot less nervous today and win 3-0, Benson, Rooney and Ritchie. They signed a keeper on loan from Norwich yesterday so they are preparing themselves. :)

Nope, that'll have to do I guess

3-0, we are through our dodgy spell now Ardiles.

No you are quite right, the reason 8 wins in a row is a record is because it is bloody difficult to be brilliant week in week out. What I like is the fact we have dug in and picked up results. I think we will have too much for Accrington, but it will be anything but easy.

My remaining worry is when we get to the business end of the season. Got a young squad, I hope they can deal with the expectation and pressure. So far so good.

Agree they'll come here and park the bus, so a slightly frustrating game that we eventually win 2-0!

An early goal for us will open the flood gates but the longer it remains 0 - 0 the natives around me in the Arkells will no doubt start moaning and getting on the players backs. I reckon it will be the former with our lads coming out of the blocks at 100mph and getting an early goal to settle the nerves. 3 - 0 to Town Rooney,Benson and Ritchie

They also signed a central defender from Sunderland. ;D

2-1 defeat.

2-1 defeat.

1-0 to the Town.

Perhaps we should have a light hearted guess the number of away fans rather than predicting the score, I reckon there will be 44 Stanley fans in a crowd 7,653 .

52 from 7,895

If Town win today we'll set a new club record of nine wins in a row in the Football League

Our match preview - http://thewashbag.com/2012/02/24/match-preview-swindon-vs-accrington/

Fairly easy to predict this one...the run continues without doubt at least 2-0 quite possibly 3-0. :D

On paper this shouldn't be as tough as some of the games we have had recently.  However that is not always the case.  Hopefully an early goal will settle the team and we will end up winning 3-0 COYR

A scrappy 1-0 win, just like champions do

Reckon they will park the bus and get a 0-0 draw.

7,785 with 34 Accrington Stanley who are theys.

I can't help but think of them as Accrington Stanley Who Are They Exactly FC 8)

They will need a huge bus to get anything today - 3-0 to the (self proclaimed) champions!

COYR

£5 off all tickets bought today. Guess we're looking at a (relatively) small crowd

Don't like the idea of an on loan keeper who will probably play out of his skin, but I expect us to win anyway, albei it not as comfortably as some seem to think.

As long as we turn up - not like Tuesday - we will be ok.  If we don't get three points I will blame fucking Ralphy who is watching a Conference game!!  Better put cctv on your bike tyres if we lose Ralphy!!! 

Frustrating 0-0 with Accrington parking the proverbial bus.

Me too, they should be nicknamed the Milk Boys :D

have to be bought before midday

They don't drink milk in Accrington ;)

An England U18 U19 U20 international keeper at that, on loan from a Premier league club....albeit Wigan.

Or eat any veg, just pies and gravy!

I think they'll be wiley park a real bus.

For the benefit of the young ones reading this and wondering what the oldies are talking about...it's this advert from the 1980s with the cheeky Scouse kid that everyone seems to remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieK7b4KLL4

What, not even chips. I thought  pie, chips and gravy was a staple northern delicacy.

Holland's are no Pukka ...

Rhys Evans was capped by England at those levels... i'm sure we'll manage!

It's just been extended to 3pm

You are right there Pukka pies win every time.

4-0 Town out of the blocks really quick. New goalie mesmerised by Ritchie after 2 minutes and then falls to pieces. :D :D :D :D :D

The thing I never understood about that advert was how not knowing the team is a positive thing that makes them want to drink milk.

Welsh fucker >:( >:(

Lee Nicholls is making his League debut today, hes been out on loan at Screwsbury and Harltepool and not deemed good enough for a start by them so maybe the occassion will be too much for him and he crumbles and lets in a record 10 goals.

And then I woke up.

Actually this could happen, the highest scoring game I have seen with Swindon was an 8-0 hammering of Bury in 79, scores like these don't come around too often these days but they do happen occassionally and it never hurts to dream.

A more likely scenario is the one suggested by Nev that he plays a blinder and the Milk Boys park the team coach in front of the goal and we don't find a way past them.

He says "....if I don't drink lots of milk then I'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley"., hence drinking load to avoid playing for a nobody. If they were any good they would have heard of them.

That Barry is the magic of advertising!

Jesus... What. An. Idiot. :facepalm:

I should've watched it again - I'd always assumed it said, "if I drink lots of milk then I'll be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley."  :-[

Jebus Barry, you're an advertising agent's nightmare ;)

Hereford at home style draw with PDC going apeshit at the end......then we go on a storming run to win the league.

I can get em trade.

Anybody can go to NB foods and buy em by the case cheap.

According to Facebook they can now be bought up until kick-off!

As others have said, it's a should-win game today. You can't take anything for granted, but I'm hoping for history to be made!

What's the league record for wins on the trot?

Edit: Cheers, Wikipedia, 14.

To be fair
    a) I thought that for years too
    b) The kids are scouse. They could be saying anything.

Possible but highly unlikely TBH and very very difficult.

9. Accrington
10. Burton
11. Oxford
12. Dagenham
13. Cheltenham
14. Crewe
15. Torquay

I'd say we're bound to drop at least two points in there somewhere - a few tricky ties.

I'm a little worried. I keep telling myself we had our bogey on Tuesday, and today should be fine.. But I'm still worried.

Fuck it, lets say 3-0 town.


7,237 with 39 away

The first 4 are bankers, we will win them easily the last 3 in that list much more difficult. Pox away we will hammer them at least 3-0 we are a totally different side to the one that rolled over to them earlier in the season.

I'm guessing 18 away fans today! And yes, they did come in a taxi.

We didn't roll over though did we. They even admit that a win was undeserved.

Oh and 43 Accy fans.

Can we just have one thread that doesn't descend into a debate about the yellow ones? Ta.

Wouldn't that be lovely.

Sounds like we need to improve from the Shrewsbury game. We'll get caught out otherwise, regardless of the opposition.

Hope it's another good day.

I can confirm that I saw the AS bus heading down Drove Rd towards the CG at about 10.45. So I guess the bus will be parked to unload the their kit at least before returning to probably the Marriot to collect the players. Then it will return to the CG and park the bus again. 

2-0 to Town and 48 Accy fans and 1 fucking drum.

My 4 year old nephew and his mother are going to their first games today - hope its a good day for them.
I'm going for a very comfortable 3-0 win. Might all come in second half but there won't be any heart stopping drama.

Hope the little one has a great day out...and do let us know how he gets on.  My oldest is 3¾, and I'm thinking of bringing him along for the first time next season.  Concensus on a thread a few weeks ago was that colouring books, crayons and burgers are essential!

It was originally meant as a "dry run" for Wembley but costs now dicate he won't be going to Wembley. He's really looking forward to it. I just hope my football tourettes isn't too bad. His 8 year old brother has already told me no swearing and no farting. 

Tricky game. Fans so important that they set the right tone and relax the players.

And if you are thinking of booing a team thats won 8 league games in a row, then please dont come.

A good comfortable 3-0, Cibbochi hat-trick. Paolo to show off his dancing moves when we score.

1-1 ritchie for us
6988 att

That would be tweet-tastic.

Leaving now, Come On Redsssssssssss!

Missing my first home game of the season today, not including Huddersfield. :(

By Huddersfield's logic, that means you haven't missed any.

Town: Foderingham; Caddis, Devera, McCormack, Kennedy; Ritchie, Ferry, Risser, Rooney; Benson, Connell

5 changes, thats a bit of a surprise.

Substitutes: Alessandro Cibocchi, Lee Cox, Raffaele De Vita, Billy Bodin, Ronan Murray

Makes sense though - Ferry back, Devera back, Smith presumably injured so Risser in, Connell has earned his start... Not sure why Kennedy is in for Cibo but happy enough that he is

Was expecting Devera, Ferry and Connell but a bit surprised by Risser and Cibocchi TBH.

With games every Saturday/Weds going to expect a degree of rotation I guess. Pleasing that we have cover of a decent standard pretty much all over the pitch.

Exactly. Five changes, and if anything the team looks stronger than the one that just beat the division's (other) form team

Good side! Kennedy offers a bit more in an attacking sense IMO so can see why he is playing today against a team who we are expecting to park the bus, Risser deserved his start after the calming influence he had on Tuesday

Looks like they are going to beat the 38 from Macclesfield.

As for the game, we should win but I have a feeling it will be a frustrating afternoon.
Reckon we will nick it 1-0, with a free kick or penalty

I count 37

Looks like we're going to get some extra time on the FL Show tonight. That Clem chap is down by the tunnel.

Alan Mac co-commentating today. Let's hope he doesn't have to do as much moaning today!

Game on!

Playing football myself at quarter past so will be keeping uptodate via twitter mostly!

COYR!

Absolutely, on Tuesday he hardly had one good word to say all game about us.

Nearly an OG by Stanley on 2 mins. Corner to Town!

really pissed off i cant be at the game today am ill so have given so my ST to cheer on the town. Hoping fpr a 3-0 win to town

Good start from Town. Putting pressure on them and attacking.

Cheltenham ahead

Cheltenham and Port Vale both 1-0 up

Chelt 1 - 0 Burton

GOAL! Benson 1-0.

Get in

1-0!
Benson!

LOVING LIFE!

Fuckin get in there

Yes.

GOALLLLLL!!!

Could be filling our boots today!

Aren't we due to have a goal feast?

What  ball from Rooney, great header from Benson.

Top of the league

I see Rooney has been involved yet again. Good lad.

Poxford losing!

Another own goal from Duberry. :D

Ha

SSN saying PDC in contract talks next week with JW

Duberry top scorer for the pox  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Wrey said it on BBC witls earlier.. :D

Right off to play football, lets hope when I get back we're about 5-0 up!

He runs like Phoebe off Friends.

Pahahaha brilliant.

Ritchie tries to do a Bodin, but it comes back off the woodwork

BENSONNNN!

100 career goals for Benson!!

whats the odds on Benson getting a hat trick

What just happened??? Something about a red card?

Was that a Red card? missed what they said on radio

Was it a red? The commentators don't sound particularly excited about it.

Shaun Hodgetts is okay for stats but not that useful for commentary, Come back Vic

They said "That should be a red card"

Then said "That's red"

Not sure they actually told us what happened though?! BBC says Linfield has been booked.

from BBC sport

Booking Craig Lindfield is shown a yellow card.
33:08

Free kick awarded for a foul by Craig Lindfield on Oliver Risser.

So apart from the two goals, not a lot happening?

Ritchie shot, parried, Connell flat or wrong footed so doesn't get to the rebound

Winning this at a canter, another goal and it's done as a contest.I like the fact it seems that Rooney is doing 'anything you can do, I can do better' with Ritchie.

Accy have now made all 3 subs with 47 minutes gone!

Gills 1-0 Torquay

Anything happening? Crowd a bit flat ive heard?

It's 2-0 risk-free football. Not all the exciting to watch. We are still doing the odd bit of attacking but it's all a bit quiet.

This has a feel of being a tad routine.

Maybe this was a good one to miss

Why did Accrington make the third sub? Hughes was only on for 2 minutes? Was he injured?

Hopefully we can get another to completely put this to dead

Came on, pulled a calf, went off.

Chances at both ends. Need to be careful really, sounds like we're not quite up to scratch since half time.

Just got in.

Nice to hear Shaun Hodgetts on the comms.

Southend losing!

Table looking fantastic now. Especially if Crawley fail to beat Shrewsbury on Monday.

6 goals in 11 games now for Benson I believe?

Meanwhile, Clarke has started only the one game for Charlton. I think we got the better deal  :)

excellent 1st half 2nd half sounded a bit meh, but 3 pts is good with other results going our way. Time for us to start pulling away now

Cheltenham won today, which is a shame, but that does mean 10 games without a win for Burton, so that looks promising for Tuesday!

Good stuff. Going about our business nicely.

If, heaven forbid, we lose at the Kassam next week - we would still have a minimum of a 10 point cushion on them.

I know it's not the most positive thought in the world but I'm reassured by it.

My charlton supporting mate said he is fucking crap and we got the better end of the deal. He also reckoned PDC will probably be pissing himself laughing 8)

It's exactly how great teams win trophies. Do the job, seal the deal and take the points. Top of the league

I think against some opposition you can take your foot off the gas. It can be a dangerous game but I don't think it's as risky when you're enjoying this form.

We've been kicked in the balls so so so so so so so so so many times in the past taking our foot off the gas and sitting back.

Not this team though but we are creatures of habit!

We hardly sat back today. All the football was aimed towards their goal, it was all us.

PDC aint happy

Paolo's not happy at all with the 2nd half!!!

Sounds proper pissed.

Paolo...

- Very angry. Second half was rubbish. Attitude was wrong. Don't know why it happened.
- Some people lose their humility and desire when they get to the top (think he's referring to Ferry)
- The 2nd half was the opposite of my desire for the way we play. This is not the way to play
- I know more than others what can happen if you lose your humility
- I hope they can understand today's attitude was wrong, and prepare for Tuesday in the best way
- Benson has done well, he's a fantastic professional, he works hard, he's a perfect example for his team mates
- For the first time, I'm too angry to make decisions. I want to go away and think about things, do my homework, make sure I don't make mistakes in judgement
- I'd rather go up than break records, but I'm very happy with the points
- I'm focusing on the attitude because I know my players and we saw what happened at Torquay
- I want to stay here for many years to come. We will talk about my contract, and I will give my blood for Swindon because the feeling atht I have with the fans, board, staff, players is fantastic
- I don't want people to speculate. Go and buy STs because the board have good plans. I can't promise to be here for the next few years and to take us to the Championship, I can just keep doing my job

Pretty easy win, nice to see Accrington try and play some football rather than rough us up and play it long.

Some negatives: Di Canio seemed to get annoyed with Connell and Ferry (for trying stuff, and quite unfairly in my eyes) and as such was always going to sub them - i don't think those changes helped us at all.

Risser plays when the opposition are physical hoof-merchants. Today, they weren't, and as such they passed the bal around him and he was fucking dire again. He needed to go off instead of Ferry.

The two blokes sat behind me were the biggest annoyance however. It was like listening to a pair of lobotomy patients loudly discussing anything but the game. Thanks to them, i knew all the Premiership scores and scorers, and that the Queens fucking Tap now has a dodgy Greek decoder showing all the premier league games. And when it came to the Town, they talked complete shit. Loudly. In my ear. For the whole cunting game. If they turn up on Tuesday and do the same, i'll flip a coin to decide whether to commit a double murder, or to throw steaming hit Bovril in my own face to distract me from their utter bollocks.


Anywho, a nice comfortable win, which probably didn't take too much out of us physically. The run continues.

Shouldve nutted them alex

This worries me. It looked like he had a bit of a go for Ferry having the nerve to try and pass the ball to our striker when there was an easier ball on. Ferry's pass completion is top notch.

They'd better kiss and make up and not freeze Ferry out. Our midfield is twice as good with him than without, and I want to win the JPT.

All rather comfortable today, bar a horror few minutes in the first half when Accy had 3 chances in a row.

Accy were a bit toothless but tried to play some football which was good to see.

3 somewhat dodgy performances in a row and 9 points!

hahahahaha

9 wins from 9, great time to be a Swindon fan...again did the job that was needed to get the 3 points. Scoring early was key and Paul Benson, what a signing!

Big week ahead, let enjoy it and hopefully this time next week we'll be saying the same things  :D C.O.Y.R

All a bit of a non-event really - especially the second half.  Sounds like PDC is not happy and they are in tomorrow!!

Di Canio was shouting and gesturing angrily to Connell from quite early in the first half.  We thought he might change him at half time.  He didn't seem to start on Ferry until a bit later on, but seemed to be in quite a bad mood from the outset. I didn't hear his interview, but by all accounts he wasn't happy.  I wonder if the FL Show interviewed him?

The shape was definitely lost after he made the substitutions and I thought we looked far worse.  What's the betting neither start on Tuesday.

We could have been 3 up quite early on, but had Foderingham to thank for it not being 1-1 after he made two good saves.  We wasted a lot of chances and all credit to Accrington who kept going and didn't just play long ball either.

Anyway, 9 points out of 9 with below par performances is all that matters.  It really is in our hands now.

Good routine win - 3 points in the bag. Di Canio needs to calm down a bit but that`s not easy being an Italian. No reason to think this run won`t go on and on. Was it only a year ago when I was asking myself what the hell I was thinking of turning up every week in the vain hope of seeing us score a goal let alone win. Lets enjoy every precious minute I say... ;)

Great first half and we had ample opportunity second half to open it out. Ok the second half wasn't great but after recent games you can understand them backing off. PDC sets the bar so high but I hope it's not at the expense of the players being pissed off.

Hopefully the players have worked with di Canio long enough now to know what he is like and what he demands.
I expect that he'll make absolutely clear to the "offenders" why he's pissed off and then focus on helping them to improve.
From his comments on Ferry after the Shrews game, it's clear he values him but he will be pushing for constant improvement from all players.  Ferry should know that and take the criticism and show in training that he's up for it.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Ferry start again on Tuesday.

And quite a header it was too. Noticed that they attendance was only just over 6k a week before their cup final next week.

Ferry was the only player not embraced when he made a sub though, considering his contribution on Tuesday I thought that was a bit off.

Sat in the Arkell's today, very exciting, lots of polite applause but a comp is not to be sniffed at I guess. The redeeming factor is it's a much better view than the TE. Missed Leefer and Boo's take on things tho

Pretty easy victory today, took our foot off the gas in the second which was a half to forget really. Would have left Connell on as he definitely offers more than Murray with his hold up play. Benson did well with his goals, Rooney had a good game, thought Ferry was ok as well, my MOM was McCormack again, does everything very calmly. At this stage of the season three points is the most important thing

Was quite impressed with their no 17 who ever he might be, he played well second half

Their right back had a good game

Someone told me had a good part on the Football League Show tonight, PDC and Wray on.

Yeah I heard Clem was there.

After listening to the post match interview, PDC is just pissed off at the complacency.

Ferry asked to be subbed, don't think he's too well.

I think the club should have someone video Di Canio and his reactions every match, and put it on the OS. It would be hilarious. His reaction to Connells effort in the first half, was one of the funniest things I've ever seen at a Swindon game.

Which is no bad thing. Many, many times in the past I've found myself really pissed off at a particularly lethargic performance (I'm not commenting on today's performance as I didn't even hear the commentary) Then I've found myself even more pissed off at the manger's reaction (whoever it may have been at the time) who just brushes it under the carpet.

So as long as he doesn't go too over to the top (which, judging by his comments, I don't think he will) I think it is this attitude which will get us over the line.

He gave them a bit of a caning after the Rovers game and it didn't do them any harm then.

There's a picture of him on the OS, so yes he was.

Oh, perhaps PDC thought he would catch something.

PDC's post match reaction was not OTT in the slightest, he didn't raise his voice once.

And yeah I totally agree, it's great to have a manager that wants to maintain high standards all the time. Letting a win getting in the way of a bad performance could set a bad precedent.

I thought he was a bit harsh when I heard it but on reflection I'm glad he's got he poker up them. In times gone past we would have easily dropped points last Tuesday and today but under him we seem more resilient and today was the only drop in performance for months.

Sure PDC will have the lads well up for it on Saturday, just remember we are playing the yellow shit on the pitch and ignore the wankers in the stands who seem to think their three sided dump is suddenly going to turn into Galatasary, we will piss all over them!

They are shitting themselves after today's rubbish against the mighty Macclesfield - they fear what is coming and so they should. We steamrollered them at home and they fluked a win, we have a much better side now!!!

 :bye:

I was sitting not far from the dugouts and I also thought Ferry asked to come off. He looked really washed out and could still be getting over his illness but agree that him and Paolo never spoke when he did come off. Didn't think Connell had a good first half but we seemed to miss him when he was replaced.

Not really....good player but still can be THE  player if he wants to be....done well in my opinion but still could do a lot better..........Twatter and the haircut dosn't help his cause,,,,being shit hot every week would, but alas he aint.

I replied with the obligatory response

As did I.

My 5 year old made her first comment about football during the match today.

'Daddy, you know the other team, the ones in white?  Their player with number 12 on him?  I hate him'

Good girl.  Apparently she didnt like the way he was fouling Benson Benson jesus christ Benson (as I like to call him).

Made me just watch that clip again.

Still just as funny as the first time. Oh, Jesus Christ

GK a group of us in the town end also like to do that when he's on the ball! funny as fuck!

Paolo di Bensio chanted from the Town End made me chuckle.

Kids say the darndest things!

Brilliant.

I read (heard) the interview as nothing more than a manager of a successful team attemptiong to keep his players' feet on the ground on a day when, relatively speaking, the performance was as good as it could have been.  There has also been plenty of praise and 'we will win this league' in recent weeks.

Paolo sounds measured and in control.  Week by week, he is dismantling his early season caricature as a hothead who would lose his way at the slightest provocation.  How many times have we heard about the 'Di Canio circus' recently?  Not many.

Not a bad game today, but I think the last three games are our sticky patch and Paolo's trying to pull the team out of it and get back to form - hopefully before the pox game.

Cheltenham, crucial game, might have to consider that one

Thought it was funny when they announced the crowd numbers today and said there were 80 from Accrington, some wags in the TE chanting "we demand a recount!"  There was no more than 40 in the away section, unless they also had 40 in the hospitality section.  Nice touch to see our lot applauding the fans who had travelled down.

Me and the guy next seat along counted 50, no way was there 80 there.

I counted 29.

On a slightly different note, had we been stuck with the squad Paolo signed pre-season with a couple of loans I wonder where we would be now.

I suspect sniffing the twitching arse end of the playoffs.  Albeit frustratingly so.

I think a few of the foreign lads that have since departed or are sniffing on the fringes of the squad would have bedded in better than they had/have done due to more game time but that’s pure speculation.

Anyway, point I was getting to rather ramblingly so is that the board have been superb in backing the manager and allowing him to bring in a significant number of replacements / additional signings.  

I think it was Triseros that said on here a couple of months back that for the first time in a long time (if ever?) all of the ducks are lined up from playing squad through to management and board level to allow for success.  And long may it continue.

Top result today as well.  I just hope Paolo doesn’t lose it to much in the morning; a lot of the lads hardly have the experience to know better.

Key point Dazzzza. Di Canio has quite rightly been taking the plaudits over the last few months but at the same time he has to be absolutely delighted with the support he as had from the Board which has been absolutely top drawer - and let's not forget, apart from the players he's been allowed to bring in, he's been able to hold on to the likes of Caddis and Ritchie which, in days gone by would most certainly not have happened.

Paolo knows that he and the Club are 'in a good moment' and he's not going to do anything to fuck that up.

I can't help but think of Nigeria everytime Benson plays. Because of that Cousin Benson guy off Fonejacker.

On the game. Very easy win, we got the 2 goals and then just saw the game out. Accrington wouldn't have scored if they were still out there now. As Boromir once said, "One does not simply score at the county ground".

I had the exact same thoughts earlier

Like everyone else, I enjoyed the 1st half, with some excellent football played.  was certainly concerned about what happened with the Ferry substitution - as well as no handshake with PdC, his body language in the dugout made it clear he was not happy.  Risser was definitely off the pace, and i thought that, although he worked hard, Connell didn't do a lot right.  Murray has come in for a lot of stick both around where I was sitting and on 'This is....'  I agree that he is not the finished article, but he won the ball well and worked very hard with it, but sadly the end product did not quite make it.

I thought PdC was over the top in the interview, but, his passion is such that when the team as a whole lose it, as they did in the 2nd half, (and I do think the low sun had a lot to do with it - their coach was signalling to them to get the ball in the air, because it was causing the defence real problems), he is going to have a go at them.  I thought the back four were very good, with Caddis and McC outstanding, Ferry and Rooney very good in parts, and Benson a giant - although Caddis throws high in the air to him all through the 2nd half became a bit predictable.

Accrington played good football in 2nd half, but lacked the killer instinct - most of the saves Fods made were from balls that missed their strikers, and had they connected better with balls into the box, we would have been in much more trouble.

But 3 more points is never bad.

I think this will be a wake up call for a lot of Town players that Di Canio really means what he says about taking us as far as we can go. He's all about sticking everything on the pitch, all the time, not holding back, and we did do that 2nd half. From the Town End didnt see a lot of action really. Im not complaining with the performance, but only the sub Murray was giving it everything 2nd half. We are getting to the stage where teams will roll over if they go a goal down at the CG, and settle for not getting beat 4 or 5 nil.

Forget next saturday, tuesday is our game in hand, and our chance to put real daylight between ourselves and the rest. Burton were pretty good at their place so it wont be easy.

Spot on.  It's all about the Burton game now.  We can start to think about Oxford next Wednesday morning...and then forget them again at 2pm the following Saturday.

Happy with yesterdays result. Had a £3 scorecast of 2-0 and Benson at 20/1.

If we lose I'll be forgetting about them at 5pm next Saturday.

The Oxford game is a slight distraction and really our games in hand are the way out of this shit pit league.

Exactly.

Ferry and PDC had a full-on row early in the second half, lots of aggressive arm-waving from both camps - he was certainly not happy with something. Then when Ferry misplaced one more pass he subbed him.

I just hope they work things out before Tuesday because without him we have absolutely zero creativity through the middle. As perfectly demonstrated when Cox came on and touched the ball about 2.5 times (the .5 was a ricochet off another player so does not really count).

Yeah I saw this. People keep saying Ferry asked to come off, he certainly didn't! PDC and Ferry had a massive ongoing argument for about ten minutes during the second half, which resulted in him being subbed and no hand shake. When his number went up you could see how pissed off Ferry was!
For me Rissers lack of mobility really stood out yesterday, offers a good aerial presence in midfield but he seemed to struggle in places

Comfortable enough win yesterday. We played some great football in the first half and could have had a hat full. I hope Ferry and PDC can sort it out, because we lack so much creativity without him.

Benson had a great game and I thought Ritchie looked really dangerous every time he got the ball. There was no way there were 80 Accrington fans there!

Massive week for us, need to focus on Tuesday before we even start talking about Saturday.

I counted around 50. Fair play to them though! :clap:

Quite agree and nice they got a round of applause

I sit about 20 feet from the dug out. Topboi certainly did not ask to come off but to suggest that there was a full blown argument is slightly OTT.
SF & Connell certainly appeared to take the brunt of the flak but Benno was also singled out. SF DID answer back and was clearly unhappy but NOT aggressive. I did cringe when he started to answer back but there was only ever going to be one winner in that debate.
It appears to me and a number of others that Topboi does not like playing with Risser. Whilst you can't fault Rissers commitment his skill levels are an absolute minimum. If you didn't know better you would say that he was the Samsung win a pro winner!

Wouldnt read too much into the PDC and Ferry incident. Paolo knows that to expect from Ferry and he didnt play too well yesterday. Certainly not his best anyway. I think it will all blow over.

Easy win for us though in the end. We didnt even need to get out of first gear in the second half so why knacker ourselves out with more big games coming up in the next few weeks.

I suspect the issue is one that often comes with Success.  We have some exceptionally good players in the team now, annd playing as a team has got us where we are.  But most of the players are young and want to demonstrate their individual credentials, and thus it is easy for discipline to be lost as a result.  The brilliant trio of Caddis, Ferry and ritchie was not working as well as it can do yesterday second half.  I am not skilled enough to know why, but my guess is that this has something to do with it.

I think we all know by now that no one wins an argument with Di-Canio. I think the situation has to sort itself out though. Whilst we've all seen for ourselves that Di-Canio is a fiery, passionate individual (I guess we all knew that anyway) he has also proved that he is certainly not stupid.

Slinging Clarke, Timlin and Kerrouche out on their ear was one thing but he knows full well that Ferry is far too important to this team to be falling out with him on a long term basis. And besides, these kinds of incidents must occur at every club around the country. I'm sure they'll work things out between them.

Just about sobered up now. In the first half we wiped the floor with them apart from a 5 minute spell. The second half was crap but we'd done the job already and if they had scored we'd have gone up the other end and put one in.
I don't think we got out of 2nd gear all game and were probably in first gear for the second half.
A very comfortable easy win.
I can understand what PdC is saying but I think its a bit harsh given we're playing twice a week. I'd take the same again in the resot of our games.
Ardiles - my 4 year old nephew really enjoyed himself. He had a bag of sweets and his dads mobile phone to play some games on and was no trouble at all. It looks like he might well be going a bit more often now. his dad is Spurs so I think its my uncle duty to put him on the right path. 

Good work!  After this afternoon's result, you might even be able to persuade his Dad to switch as well!   :)

Ta for that, sounds like it was something of nothing then?

It can always get a bit heated. No matter what level. I told one of my best mates to fuck off the other day because he moaned at me for not making a run.

It means naff all.

can i add there was never in a million years 80 away fans there

The away count would include hospitality and board members etc. too.  They still get a ticket, even though they don't pay for it.  It still gets added to teh matchday count.  I counted 50 in the away section and it's not inconceivable that there were 30 in the directors box to do with hospitality/directors/sponsorship/backroom staff.

All a bit f an anti climax...

The players and the fans just never really got going in the second half.

Job done ..... Points n the bag and I predicted a draw.

Roll on Tuesday night.....driving back from ST Austell for that one.

You came back from sunny California to watch Accrington?! I hope you had a better reason!

But when Macc brought down 35 or wahtever, you could actually count 35, unless they didnt bring any hospitality fans etc?

This.. ^

Odd - just checked the stats on the BBC and we had 58% possession overall. Didn't feel that way to be honest, maybe just the effect of the second half. To me it was a very 'italian' win, getting the 2-0 lead so early and never looking like conceding. More goals would have been nice, and there were some chances. I also think the treadmill of Sat, Tues is starting to impact on them (albeit we have won 9 league games in a row... still can't quite believe that). Accrington looked exactly what they are, a mid table team who will finish mid table.