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Right then! It's 8.57 and not a word from anyone else.  Can't make the game today 'family visit to the M25'. Oh joy!  Anyway, 2-1 to us with loans proving their worth.

3-0 STFC

Apparently we have a rather a poor record against Cheltenham and they might be considered something of a bogey team. Fortunately though, there is actually no such thing as a 'bogey team', it is superstitious nonsense. I am therefore going with...

3-1 Adebayo, Doughty, Twine

OST, that's all perfectly logical. how can a team that has had several changes of managers, and dozens of players be a bogey team.

stfc 1 ctfc 2

This has to be a home win at least 2-0...please

9:40 train for us today from Melksham, bit for breakfast in Sir Dans, few beers and then watch the midday Premie Leage game somewhere. Couple more in the CGH hotel before the game, watch us hammer Cheltenham 3.0 with goals from Doughty x 2 and Woolery. Walk up to Old Town after the game to watch the evening kick off, 9pm train back to Melksham just in time for the Whyte and Chisora fight.

Merry fucking Christmas  :pint:

I've got a bad feeling!

Just been to see the Sydney Sixers beat Perth at 20/20 cricket. Hopefully Swindon can keep up the winning feeling, reckon they will. 3-1

Disappointed in the OMTD title, it bodes badly for today.

Can't be bothered doing a form write up today, we won't win, they are near the bottom, we will totally outplay them as always and there will be 2 goals against us on the break, fucking us up again.

2-1 defeat with Twine scoring in front of 5,985 fans with just 251 Cheltnumbers there.

2-0 win to Swindon today

Piece of piss - 4-0

Hard-fought 2-1

I'm out on the piss tonight. You can thank me later

I'm not going, I have a headache  :-[
2-1

2.1 Swindon, hoping to see out the whole game as I got thrown out at the away fixture last season  :-[

How did you manage that. The stewards there were the most useless fuckers I've come across. They seemed scared of their own shadows and had no control whatsoever.

Numb's form is decent of late, on the road they're as good as Bury, who turned us over and better than Cambridge who turned us over.

You're analysis seem about right. Perhaps though, if like the last 2 home games would could hit them with an early goal, then maybe a chance of a point. However we will concede, and the longer it goes without us scoring, the more inevitable it will get.   

I jumped onto the pitch when we scored ::) had to wait outside for the whole of the 2nd half for my mates, I also missed the last 20 mins of the FA cup game there as we went to the pub after they scored their 4th :)

Over the 6 or 7 games I've seen there, you've probably put in a better performance on the pitch than the players. The fa cup one was a real shocker.

Cheltnum is a good away day, ruined by football :pint:

Had I known what was to come, I'd have been more excited by our solitary point at Whaddon Road.... however we were one up and dominant, so it seemed a bit disappointing at the time.  The ref that day.... Keith Stroud, I wonder if he can do FGR games?

5-1 town Pryce two come in and get a couple

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Unchanged again.

The only change is Conroy for Lancashire on the bench.

I want to be wrong on this result but the numb are in form and we never beat them. So I'm going 0-2 to the numb. With any luck that will be the kiss of death for numb.

If memory serves, their keeper Scott Flinders always seems to play very well against us.

3-1 Swindon

Great take from Vigs from the long throw.

Ben Tozer and Chris Hussey playing for Num, forgot about them.

Matty Taylor range free kick on the edge.

Hits the wall

Stupid sexy Flinders.

He does, stupid sexy Flinders.

End to end stuff, chances for both sides and a booking for their CB already. Cheltenham have a lot of enthusiasm but not much skill when it counts, Hussey looks well off the pace at the moment, Tozers throws look dangerous.

Num have been the better team for the last 5 mins

Didn't realise they had so many ex Town players there TBH.

Hussey shocking finish with his right foot from 20 yards.

Bayo looks very eager against his loan club from last season.

Tozer's long crossfield passes have been brilliant so far.

Cheltenham on top for last 10

Not bad effort from Twine from 35 yards just over the bar.

Got away with that then.

Their number 16 looks a lively little fucker on the left.

They’ve got Conor Thomas out there too.

Twine to Doughty good effort from 15 yards defelcted just wide.

They do, it was hearing his name made me think that.

Nelson shot blocked in the 6 yard box.

Knoyle doesn't look himself today so far.

Great delivery from the corner for them, awful header at the end of it...luckily.

Both our fullbacks having off days so far.

dear oh dear, they've dictated the game. thankfully not really created much but very close to it

Nice run and cross from Woolery.

Twine fell far too easily in the box.

Acres of space behind both our fullbacks, Vigs distribution has been really poor, giving the ball away too easily and barely been in their half since the first 5 mins.

Going to be another of THOSE Cheltnumb games.

Everything’s bouncing off Bayo.

Poor refereeing there IMO.

Twine is being bundled off the ball a little to easily, Numb are a big side, might make better use of Alzates pace and running today.

Not a bad long shot from Woolery just wide.

Bayo shot deflected over the bar.

Hes either great or shit, nothing in between. He seems too eager to score against his previous employers.

Better cross from Iandolo but it goes over their heads.

Towns best move for a while ends with a soft cross from Dunne.

Woolfendens distribution today has also been shocking.

Poor first half, several players not performing well, Iandolo, Knoyle, Woolf, Twine, Bayo.

When we run with the ball at them they look scared but Wellens has misread them and our long balls are meat and drink for their massive centre backs. STOP HOOFING IT! FFS

Get the ball down and run at them, None of Dunne flicks have come off and Woolery is not being passed to at all. Twine looks like hes been singled out for some heavy treatment which he can't deal with, both fullbacks have been poor, Knoyle got into it a bit more as the game went on.

Needs changing 2nd half and we need to stop knocking it long to Bayo.

dunno if it's coming across on iPlayer,  but our shape is all over the shop. knoyle is being drawn centrally and hussey has acres of room down their left.

midfield is also a mess, whatever it's supposed to be isn't working, far too much space.

going forwards, useless. adebeyo is hopeless today.

Bayo has barely won a header and the midfield is being almost totally bypassed at every opportunity by Vigs or Woolf with no end product.

Cheltenham have done their homework, no chance for Vigs to play it short because there are 3 shutting down our defence.

in fact Cheltenham have pressed fairly well all over the pitch

that said, chances at a premium, we can still win this

Bayo brought down just outside the box.

Free kick to Town just outside the box.

Very true mate.

Good free kick good save.

Poor cross in from twine comes out to Iandolo who belts it 10 yards over the bar from 30 yards out.

Town getting a grip on things now.

Woolfs distribution today has been shockingly bad.

Noel Hunt is the spitting image of Christian Roberts!

Dunne will be sent off for that.

Twine put Dunne into trouble with a poor pass but that was awful, Dunne needs to control his "passion" a bit.

Got away with that, probably deserved a red.

Lovely run into the box from Woolery, just a bit out of his reach at the end.

I just don't see what Iandolo brings to this team.

Vigs making a lot more claims today when coming for crosses.

Today, nothing at all. Hes been awful.

Dunne kicks wide from a few yards after a cross by Bayo.

Hussey right foot well over the bar from 20 yards.

I would bring Alzate on for Twine now.

McGlashan coming on against his old club

And where’s Doughty? There are a few players who seem to be hiding a bit today.

Varney squaring up to nelson, no contest there!

Twine off McGlashan on.

Haven't seen much from McG so far in his Town career TBH.

Doughty, Dunne and Taylor all poor today in midfield.

Dunne plays for a foul just outside the box, clever play.

Awful cross from Iandolo.

Iandolo is pony..

Better low cross from McG Bayo kicks it over the bar with a defelction.

Get Iandolo off.

7,026 attendance.

Vigs makes a great save from Dunnes header towards his own goal.

Alzate on for Doughty.

Shocking waste of space today.

Too many Town players having off days today.

Good effort from Woolery from wide.

Woolery’s really tried to lift the tempo this half.

And now Tommy Mooney’s 19-yr-old son comes on for them.

Cheering Bayo winning a header won't do his confidence much good.

Great cross from McG onto Alzate who heads well over from 15 yards.

Alzate has made a difference since he came on.

Great run and cross from Woolery Bayo kicks over the bar from 2 yards.

Is the pitch unusually heavy? We’ve been tripping over the ball all day.

poor game. slightly better second half. slightly

FT 0-0 awful game.

At least the Pox concede the winner in the 90th minute

looking at the positives, we didn't lose, that one of the few points we've ever taken from numb. Another point towards safety I didn't think we'd get.

Indeed true.

absolutely fucking woeful.

is that really Wellens style of football? barely saw two pass and moves. everything long ball to one of the worst strikers iv seen play for town. would rather a bag of cement and hope for a deflection.

Ellis- how many times do you have to whack it to the opposition before you understand you don't have the ability and should try a simple pass.

doughty- did he play?

They don't fancy this and it shows big time. can't work out who turned up wanting a point.

Vigs was superb in catching and distribution. my only positive

Then they equalise

Fighting in the legends at half time apparently

I spat my coffee all over the screen when I read this!  :clap:

Do you get a post match interview with Wellans when you subscribe to the match?

Saw on Adver that Swidon will not be taking another look at Jonte Smith. Wondered if there was anything more said?

 Definitely a point gained..... keeps us on our nice mid table perch.  Further keeps us just slightly better off at the half way stage of our worst ever finishing season, when we had 29 points.  It is has the advantage of keeping the gap to Numb, who've still got a bit to do. Numb have never finished above us, when we've been in the same league and we need to keep it that way.

So far so good in the Wilts/Glos/Somerset mini league.

 

Twas nothing much - John Inman v Quintin Crisp

Twas dull.

Fair play to those 22 blokes for getting paid for that.

Doughty can’t be fit. The bloke can play football but your nan will move more this Christmas.

James Dunne is an outstandingly bad footballer.

Matt Taylor we all know offers set pieces and leadership but nothing from open play.

Adebayo might work in a 2 but no chance of winning a header

Woolery might be a threat but his touch is like a trampoline

Wellens got it wrong today and didn't properly address it.

First half Doughty was playing too far forward and Taylor too deep resulting in Cheltenham bossing the midfield. With Knoyle pushing in more centrally through necessity it left Hussey far too much space down the left. The midfield of Cheltenham had far too much space.

Thankfully they were fairly hopeless too, so we got away with it.

We tried to get Twine to cut the space to Hussey, which worked to an extent, and we were a little better but only creating half chances - Dunne and Wolfen done probably should have done better with the best of it.

At the other end Cheltenham were fairly lame. Their best chance was nearly an own goal that Vigs did brilliantly to tip over.

As for our own forwards, Woolery works hard but needs to pass the bloody thing. And Adebayo twice got cheered for winning a header . I know he's young and going to be a bit erratic in form, but today he looked half arsed and seemed content running goal side of a defender rather than heading the ball.

So while Cheltenham probably controlled midfield, 0-0 was fair enough.

Not losing when playing abysmally is a rare treat this season.

Surprisingly good attendance.

Aaaah, so Alzate is suffering with a back injury and can't train..

What is this on Twitter about some anti-Power fan being banned today despite having a ticket?

none other than Christian K..

Ha, couldn’t happen to a nicer person

His approach and views aren't going to be popular with the club.

not sure banning him because of it is going to help, even if it is at their discretion.

he's not really being very clear of the exact circumstances.

 :clap:

If Christian K's story is legit then it sounds like they've clocked his rhetoric and decided they don't want him to attend games.

I don't particularly agree with much that he says (apart for his love for the Glenn Hoddle era) but it's a bit of a slippery slope.

Apparently someone else got summoned to a meeting a while back too regarding their views and wanting to organise some kind of protest. Got told they had to do it in a certain way or something, i dont know the ins and outs, was mentioned on that group.

As you say, slippery slope.

Not on FB. Can anybody upload that video of him being thrown out on here?

if you have that much shit to say every day then its questionable that you would want to pay money to the devil and get to a game #powerout #powerout #powerout #powerout #powerout #powerout

the funnyside of that facebook group are the polls. something like 500 voted for glad all over to be changed and 7 voted for a power out protest. sums it up perfectly

For the record, I don't think it's right that anybody should be kicked out for voicing their opinion. But I am pleased that it happened to this particular individual.

It's a cuntish and wrong thing for the club to do on the face of it... but I would like to know more before drawing a conclusion. It would hardly be surprising to hear that this bellend did something to deserve it.

Good.

He is a bully and a billy big bollocks. Looks like they got fed up of his shit and decided to call his bluff.

Good fucking riddance.

It's about time it happened to him. He's made more shit up than I've had cooked dinners including that Power deliberately got us to lose the play off final. When you make up as much shit as he does and post it on a daily basis then eventually the club will draw a line.

On a side note he's a cheltenham fan really but got banned from their forum as they had enough of him, that tells you everything you need to know about him.

Agree with everything posted above, the bloke's a twat. I still think it's wrong to ban somebody for voicing their opinion, though.

I also suspect there's more to it than he is letting on. Kostiuk is a fucking gobshite behind a keyboard. An internet warrior and a bully. I've long thought that he would cross the wrong person at some point. It was just a matter of time before he got a slap. It might be that one or two people have conspired to administer that slap... just not in a physical sense.

There's voicing an opinion and then there is openly posting lies and provocative nonsense with the sole intent of stirring up unrest. He crossed that line years ago and has got what he deserves, he's the type who would deliberately do something knowing he would get banned to make it seem like he was picked on.

Good enough for the cockwomble.
Am sure there is more to it than the twat makes out, anything to beat Power with.

As for the game, boring way to end the year at home.
Adebayo is a real waste.

Meh
Merry Christmas all

Whilst there isn’t much to say about the game, as shown by the number of posts, it’s worth mentioning that Vigs looked much more convincing again. Only one (excellent) save to make, but that’s largely because he handled the crosses so well.

Well that was a woeful as a 0:0 gets.

Terrible game from two poor sides.

Luckily I didn't attend   :)

Thanks for the Xmas drink...tightarse!

There's always new year's day  ;)

I agree with what FH is saying that nobody should ever be banned for voicing an opinion, but, he often voices an opinion in a threatening way or if the club think that he could be more violent then they are well within their rights to ban him before he becomes abusive toward any fan or member of staff at the club.

He does, as said by others, make up rumours that seem to spread like wild fire between the gullible section of our fanbase and are taken as fact by some.

Football is changing, and shouting your mouth off and threatening and lying can no longer be condoned. As soon as he sets foot through the door he has to obey the club/league rules otherwise he will be ejected, which appears to have happened.

There are ways to criticise the club without being aggressive and still being able to support the club, he crossed the line, no sympathy I am afraid from me.

Couple of comments on yesterday. Nelson was superb. Fully deserved his MOTM & dealt with the experienced Varney comfortably. Woolfenden was also good defensively but his distribution was woeful. I lost count of the amount of aimless long balls he knocked. Adebayo was dreadful. Poor in the air for a big lad, weak for a big lad & painfully slow. Up front is a real problem for us. I'd send him back to Fulham, try & offload Richards & look to bring in two replacements.

It may not have helped him posting a pic of himself behind Stratton bank goal, since removed. A shot from the town end then the arkells. He may well have had a ticket but not for where he was.

Of course in that groups eyes he is now a legend.

Chat shit get banned

Why hasn’t he posted a picture of his full ticket?

yes, I wondered that. u11s ? :)

Perhaps he bought a ticket in his mental age bracket?

It’s okay, GW Reds have seen it

TBf to the bloke I did ask on Facebook, and he messaged me with the back story and I do believe he was in the ground legitimately

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I find it interesting that everything about this is on the closed Facebook group, he doesn’t seem that keen to talk about it on his open twitter account.

He once tried to report an STFC employee because they liked a comment on Facebook where someone had said he was a boring twat, that sums up to me what a tool he is.

As mwooly pointed out though pretty sure no ticket covers you to go in 3 different stands.

Must admit I don't know who or what you are on about, but it's sad the focus is on this rather than the football.

the less said about the chelt game the better. may as well close this thread. January 1st is getting closer! striker please Santa

oh one thing about the game..

we had a break on towards the bank, and the ball was played towards twine. I'm sure their defender handled it to cut it out. it looked clear cut from my seat.

Abby other views of this?

Couldn't see on iFollow clear enough but I heard a shout from Town fans but the ref just carried on. From open play it looked more clear cut that Nelsons that was given last week.

I want to know what Abby thinks...

:D Thats Batch's pet name for me!

Shhh sweet cheeks, that's only for DMs

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Well , it is Christmas.

oh 100%, and he was through had it gone past him.