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So................ only 10 days away now.

Can't wait

Who else is going to partake in this feast of football ?

Drinking whilst watching the match is the only way forward

I shall be there  :D

whats this? oh fuck mothers bday

Bring her along

we can get her tipsy

Nope ive no interest in friendlies.

To be honest ive very little interest at all at the moment,im going through my mid season wilt before the seasons even started.

My mother is far too classy for a football piss up.  I will be in a restaurant in North London for the day being lovey dovey with family

Whats it about anyway?

Its a football game Ash

Shame Yeovil

I was hoping you would be there to buy me all the beers you owe me

He owes me loads too!

I'm going, and probably to Ciren on the Wednesday too. I like pre-season games at the smaller clubs.

can i get a lift with anyone?  :D

might only do one or two friendlies this year......but going to Forest Green with about 1,000 Town fans last year was fucking brilliant

fola whacking their keeper right in front of us was mint  8)

I'll give you a lift

Let me just say, drinking alcohol and watching sport at the same time can get very messy... :oops:

Guiness and baseball?

A few Guinness, several other microbrews and baseball actually.

My solo rendition of 'You're shit and you know you are' to Barry Bonds of the SF Giants whilst 'high-fiving' a 12 month old baby didn't go down too well... :oops:

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

I can imagine  :D

Damn right Im going. Did it last pre season when wise played! In fact did every single fucking pre season when I was in he country!

Hmmm, I'm tempted to drive to this and get the KFC I promised Birdy on the way back.

 :soapy tit wank:
Sounds fine if she's going with you,if not i feel your cheating her out of the bucket of fun she expects from you :wink:

I'd like to go especially as i'm not going to Northampton now,but would need a lift off someone to get to the ground,its quite a way out of Town.

"Supermarine are also looking at the possibility of providing buses from the Town Centre to enable fans to see the game without the need to park at Hunts Copse. More transport details to follow"

Incase anyone lives around or near town and can't be arsed to drive up there, from the official site.

What a fucking good idea

Well done Supermarine !

sounds good. i might come along to this one

Give the bald linesman a load of grief!!  But not too much as he's built like a brick shit house.

If you go you'll know what I'm on about.

Indeed it is, has Hunt had a personality transplant since gettig involved with them or do they just not allow him near the club?

£4 a ticket from any Arkells pub, according to a thisis story.

See supermairne site :

 http://www.swindonsupermarinefc.com/AAll%20Season%202007.08/News/July%202007/news0708_09.07.07%20tickets.htm

The Boundary House

The County Ground Hotel

The Duke of Edinburgh

The Dolphin

The Great Western

The King's

The Kingsdown

The Liden Arms

 

The Manor

The Moonrakers

The New Inn

The Plough

The Sun Inn

The Swiss Chalet

The Tawny Owl

The Wheatsheaf, Stratton St Margaret

The White Hart, Stratton St Margaret

Typical, Jovial Monk not included!!  You wait til I see Sheila!!

me and ralph shall be there i think

I'm not going unless si pie buys me my KFC

You best let me know otherwise I'll be sat in the De Vere car park all night waiting for you Luc!

I'll have to keep you posted re Monday mate, don't worry I won't forget to tell you if I'm not comin  :D  my life wouldn't be worth living otherwise  :wink:  :soapy tit wank:

Apparently Room 119 is better than the car park!

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

don't matter where we go, we are only going to snort cocaine and lick each other's fannies

Subject to opinion I'd imagine............. :)

:shock:  :shock:

tef lesbians shock!!!!!!!!

can we watch?  :wink:

fuck watching, can i have some of the cocaine?

You're asking the wrong person!

Cocaine is dirrrrrrrrrty stuff for dirrrrrrty people!

otanswell be nailed then  :wink:

actually it's speed thats dirty, cocaine is a posh drug!

None of my business what anyone else does!  I'll stick to my red wine though  :mrgreen:

Im worried you town end massive will have a fight with the supermarine starlets, it will go off worse than Einhovan vs Ajax

All drugs are dirty to be fair, but worst of all smoking

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

ive given up smoking, not had one since 1st july, but im not going to start a smoking thread up

i seem to have given up smoking entirely by accident

It was bad enough last season when I went to see the reserves v Yeovil at supermarine, we nearly got our heads kicked in!!! Scary place!

did we?

i don't remember that

You dumped me for a married man you bitch.

I'm going tonight,already got my ticket with £2.00 off, bargain  :)

I didn't realise you were going mate! Ace, see you there then!

I'm not going, coz Si Pie is a cunt

Really wanted to go to this as my mate Luke is playing for Marine! Oh well ill have to put up with going to Turkey instead! 8)

do they have a burger van at supermarine? debating whether to have dinner before or not

They had a little window thing with hot food but queues were huge as they werent prepared for amount of ppl.

Id get a Burger King on the way if I were you!

ummm

Do they have a bar?

Yes, they have 2 bars......



.... 4 posts.

fucking hope so, are you going ash?

The carpark is a nightmare tho tbh.

yeah taking a car load of mates up.

I want to go but have no friends.... :(

you could go on your own! i also have no friends so have decided to go on my own :(

What time is KO? Supermarine site says 7:30, Official site says 7:45?

7.30 according to the linesman.

I'm not going.

Can't be arsed to drive all the way to Swindon to see a friendly against Supermarine.

I'll go to the shitty and Exeter friendlies and the open day, but all I'm really looking forward to at the moment is Northampton away.

I fuckin' hate the summer..............................

due to other commitments and a holiday. i will miss every pre season game exept for the legends match.

cheers

Is the lino Simon? Forgotten his last name, local lad

No, well not the one I know he's call Ian Anderson (I think) I just call him ref.

He's a nice bloke can't wait to give him some abuse tonight though!!

I know who you're on about, I used to work with Simon in Zurich.

Simon Hooper, was 4th official for one of our Town matches last season.

If ians a young lad, I know him too.  Hooper loves it doesnt he, top lad though

Have you fuck!

Whats parking like there?

 :nod:
Did you get my txt a few mins ago?

Its just a shit car park, can be a bit of a squash - nearly saw a couple collisions last time.

More worried about the sharp bushes scratching my car to be honest as black isnt great for scratch marks.

Im just hoping theres not too many boy racer wannabes with their 'over tampered with' cars and abysmal driving skills.

Just got it.

Will he need picking up from Moreton?

Was that a dig just there?  :D

no he can make it to chippy for 530

Ok yeah fine.

No!!!!!!!!!!  Not at all!  Was referring to the 17 year olds just passed their test that zoom about thats all!

Ah right  :D

Anyway Luci, it's those complete wankers who drive BMW's who you wanna watch out for. :D

Think they own the road.

:soapy tit wank:

We do own the world, im sick of the car ralph, brother followed me home from london yesterday in his brand new M5, totally killed me when he decided to show me up.

Hooper will be a football league ref without doubt.  He reffed me once when I played for Bromham and word of a lie it was a pleasure.  He was only about 18 at the time but he controlled the match brilliantly.  Good luck to the kid, he looks like a ref if you know what I mean.

Ian's about 35, bald head, muscled up, works at Honda.  Top bloke too.

Brand new M5???????  :shock:

Fuck me i would kill for one of those.

£60K

Yeah Hooper plays teh game too and knows what its about.  shame more youngsters didnt get into it.  He should make it

Yeah its possibly the nicest car ive been in, flash git

I've been looking at Beemers Ash.

I'm thinking about the new style 3 series.

Either the new 330 or the 335  :twisted:

They are boring once you get used to them.  Id get a golf mate

Are there buses being laid on from the town centre??  I know there was talk of coaches last week but no details anywhere.

I guess not, they would havementioned it by now otherwise...

I'm off to Supermarine tonight, via a stop off at Asda for a bit of shopping  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: I live in Cirencester but i can't go to that game cos i've got work.  :(  I may be able to make the second half.

If anyone is driving from the town centre and feels like giving me a lift, pm me please!

Everyone is playing but not Pook? Can someone please take their camera and post some pics later, with a real match report.

cant make this one, work, but ciren shuold be on on wed, anyone wanna give me a lift to ciren?

i'll take some pictures and try and post a match report! But im easily confused at pre-season friendlies with players wearing just any old shirt with any number!! I'll try my best though! :soapy tit wank:

We will win 3-0

we'll get beat 4-1
in the words of bob holt "there are no trialists" and we will be stuck with 2 strikers.

score?

First half team looks like Sturrocks first choice team at present bar the strikers so Brezovan has gotta win back the number 1 shirt

Whats the score ?

1-0 Town, Roberts.

any news on the 2 tiralists?

i would of thought blair would of been on his hatrick by now :(

The striker playing up alongside blair is called ivon arrieta

Sturrock makes it 2-0.

Arrieta come close once, had one disallowed.

I always said that Sturrock was a good player :mrgreen:

he saves his performances for the big occassions.

now im worried :soapy tit wank:

is this on world tonight or can i listen somewhere else?

Arietta's scored.

3-0.

well that doesn't answer my question now does it  :wink:  :roll:

but WOOT WOOT :beers:

Take that back, I'm not sure if it's Arietta or another unnamed trialist.

Most likely the latter!

No it's not on World mate, but if you access to the OS it updates you when anything happens!  :P

5 - 1 Trialist gets his second :D

Arrieta played first half tails according to the offical site the other trialist playing is unnamed maybe its figo sturrock wants to keep it a secret :wink:

arrieta's was disallowed in first half - offside according to OS

well looks like we wont keep em then, hehe

6-1

6-2 now

Brezovan is having a shocker  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

brez out!!!!!

:(

i can imagine it is pretty tough for Bez. First game back after his terrible accident last year.

got to play on your mind when you dive for a ball surely :?

but i agree. Bez out :soapy tit wank:

Just got back. Was 6-1 when i left. how'd it finish??

Did we play in the new kit?

nope. Last seasons home kit

reg what were the trialists like?

ummm... nothing fantastic. One looked liked Brez's twin. He scored two but I wasn't that impressed. Have no recollection of the other. Sorry.

Comminges impressed me out of the new boys.

what abuot everyone eles?

 ummm... nothing fantastic. One looked liked Brez's twin. He scored two but I wasn't that impressed. Have no recollection of the other. Sorry.

Comminges impressed me out of the new boys

Nobody ever really impresses in a friendly though do they...if he scores goals, we could do with him

was impressed with most of the signings, Aljofree has a decent left foot and switched play well, easton did well in the middle some good battling and probing balls. hard to tell against the opposition though. As mentioned comminges looked fairly good especially going forward and should be good competition.

Shame about the extent of the changes at half time but to be expected i guess

Yep true.

Where was Caton and Adams tonight?

Blair I thought played well first half, made intelligent runs in behind the defence

Second half I thought Rigley played well.

   Sturrock is famously a first impressions man....its also my own preferred method of resolving choice...leads to all sort of shit.

our no 12 looked good, 2nd half right wing

did gypo play? how did he do?

With a bit more skill he'd be bloody ace.

Thought Aljofree was pretty ropey and has a big mouth on him for no apparent reason.

The Miguel chap could be good for a more attacking option at RB.

Pook was gash.

Sturrock made some good runs, touch and finish let him down.

Big bloke up front found himself in the right place for 2 goals. Maybe because he stayed central rather than run to the wings like our other strikers.

Sofi needs to practice crosses.

Roberts had a good game.

How was Brezovan on his first game back?

Not quite sure who the young kiddy on the right was but looked alright, Comminges as mentioned was the shining light from the newbies, and Jesus looks comfortable. Neither of the trialists were particularly special, but the second one, Guillermo or something, looked a handful.

So bushey can you see any panic for getting in a striker then :)

he wasnt quite the brez of old I dont think

Our second half number 9 looked alright.

When is sturrock going to get some wingers in :(

Do reckon he'll get it back with games and confidence though, hope for his sake he does.

Brez looked a little dodgy but as to be expected considering he's been out for that long

to be honest i thought the number 10 trailist in the first half looked better than the number  9 in the 2nd. The first one looked lively, 2nd one altho scored 2 didnt look to much but hey only a first game.

Roberts had a good game as well.

some pics from tonight are here (http://www.thetownend.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=48).

and bennet was in shirt and tie because?

i made it into one of the snaps just, awsome

Went from work apparently. I was gutted as I thought he'd dressed up for me  :cry:

Bennets wearing school uniform complete with satchel 8)

Phwoooar!

I liked the look of Blackburn at the back. Looked very solid was very vocal and composed. Also thought that number 12 dude on the right looked pretty handy. Comminges could be useful as well. Easton looked like he had lots of energy and went box to box a fair bit, wasn't afraid to challenge for the ball either. Not sure about Aljofree just yet. Pook was crap and that number 9 was a donkey on roller skates but somehow managed to find the net twice from being in the right place at the right time.

Does anyone know who that number 22 up front in the second half was?

Bloody hell mate...................that was quick

jake hyde

Jake Hyde

right so is he a youth or a trialist? Decent header by the lad and i liked Rigley's goal as well

yoof

My pics from tonight

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Thought the new right back we had was very good. Smith may have trouble keeping his place if this french chappie continues like this.

The first trialist huffed and puffed but did very little else. The second half trialist didn't run around as much, but was in te right position for his two goals. Like Mr Parkin used to do....

Jake Hyde did good, as did the second half wingers. Apart from that no-one really impressed.

Another thing, who was that bloke warming up the keepers before the match?

http://www.wycombewanderers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10430~1058466,00.html

Yey - we've got some football to talk about  8)

Boo - I'm still stuck abroad  :x

It was a fun evening out. Not much more, football wasn't that interesting.

 I did scare Paul Sturrock, that was fun.

6-2 I think. I lost count after a while, and didn't know that marine had scored a couple until someone told me.

ADDO then ben?
 :D
Wheres my chili Prawns.....
 :soapy tit wank:

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  That was hilarious, his face was a picture  :mrgreen:

STALKER

 :mrgreen:

Blimey just goes to show how different people can see the same game differently.  I thought Aljofree looked alright after the first ten minutes.  Ifil looked good, Vincent and Easton very vocal and very solid.  Blair and the other striker in the first half linked up well,  Zaboub's final ball was disappointing on too many occasions.  Peacock worked hard, Roberts played well.

Second half was a very good display from a young side.  Brez looked a little shakey, but that will come, some of the young lads (not sure of their names, 12, 22 for example) played very well, thought SS might try and put them under pressure but they looked a class apart. Gilermo (9) looked good for a target man, nice first touch, right place right time for goals, and he took his chances.  Chris Allen looked better than Pook (Allen has only had 1 and a half's day training due to a virus btw), nice footballer, couple of decent runs from deep, nice free kick too.  Pook looked a little out of sorts, couple of decent tackles but that was about it.  Blackburn looked good enough, expect him to be back up to Ifil/Aljofree at start of season, but will make impression when he gets his chance.

Overall a encouraging start to pre season.

Wonder what our new sponsors made of it all?  Friendly in Swindon and we haven't got the new shirt out for them to see and rave about!! :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

They had a van there in the car park, what more do you want for £20.54 a season

If it been mentioned before apologies but what a superb goal from Rigley - not sure 100% if it was intended but 10/10!

-Ajolfree has a decent left foot
- Blaaar sturrock makes good runs but lacks skill when he gets onto the end of them
-Thought the minge looked quality at right back.
-2nd half no 12 was livley.
-Thought the 1st half trialist had more talent than the 2nd half trialist. If he hadnt of scored 2 tap ins i think most people would be slating him.

Isn't that the point of being a striker?  Duncan Shearer used to do nothing in games then pop up and score the winner.

I am in no way comparing portugeezer with Dunc though.

I cannot believe the different opinions.  I thought sofi looked good, also roberts! Sturrock is great at runs but get a bloody left foot!

Both new strikers were different but very hard to tell at that standard!

No 12 in the second half was quality and better than shakes.  The new right back looked class and could do a job.  Both new centre backs were solid.

Pook shouldnt be given a new contract, fuck him off now, shame as hes a local lad but we have much better.

I know what you are saying, but they wernt even good finishes! And I didnt think his contribution to general play was any good.  

Anyway, its all opinion. I'll be interested to see both of them again againts Ciren assuming Sturrock keeps them on

I thought he had a good touch, liked to get the ball down, was playing in a youthful side.  if he played the first half where he could have got the ball down to Roberts, Peacock, Easton, Zaboub (despite he lack of killer ball), he may have looked a lot better.  True about his finishes, but they did go in, unlike trialist no.1's efforts (apart from offside attempt).

As for Zaboub his general game was was ok, but his crossing was awful, hit first man on numerous occasions, out for goal kicks on a couple of occasions, well past far post.  None were spot on.

Who was number 18 in the second half?

Chris Allen.

Zaa boub did alright, some of his final balls could have been better, but I think Lapham did a good job on him to be fair.

didn't go last night.but one thing is glaringly obvious to me.pook will never win alot of people over. some are waiting for him to do the slightest thing wrong so they can slate the lad.
people booing him when his name is announced is fucking pathetic.
people did it on the last day of the season in a game of massive importance, and allegedly last night aswell.
centre mids seem to bare the brunt of the abuse at swindon from supporters.sometimes playing that postion is a thankless task.

but, he was really quite poor last night, despite the level of opposition.

He should have the been the leader in a midfield of whatever his name is Macklin, Allen and Rigley - yet he was easily the worst of the 4.

I agree some people jump on his back for nothing, but every time soneone jumps on his back some people stick up for him....just because....

He wasnt good last night at all....a supposed League One midfielder should shine against Supermarine

Exactly. In such an inexperienced midfield, he should of been expected to shine. Instead he was probably our worst player of the 22 that played for us.

I wouldn't judge him too harshly though, seeing as they've only been in training for a week, and its the first game for over two months. But he will have to improve, thats for sure

maybe sensing a dislike for him from the crowd holds him back?ie not taking risks and doing ambitious things.
i know he has limited talent, but i'm convinced alot of the stick he gets is undeserved.he is nowhere near as bad as some make him out to be.

I agree we haven't seen enough of him to judge for this season yet but considering Rigley has only just come back from injury after 5 months he looked far superior to a player who fitness in comparison should be far better.  I don't dislike him however I don't think hes good enough for league 1.

I agree, however last night was one of those games where he did deserve the stick.

then he ought to move on and prove himself elsewhere.

he was anonymous last night against non-league opposition and i say that as someone who has defended him fairly often.

I thiught he had a great game at boston away last year, if he played like that each week he would be class but he doesnt, its more like 1 in 20 which to me means he will never be more than a non league or league 2 player.

With Easton, Peacock, Adams all battling it out for centre mid, I just can't see Pook getting into the side this season. Nothing against the lad, just the way I see it.  Which is good news for town, means we're progressing.

Like others have said in that midfield he should have stood out, but he didn't.  Ridley just back from injury, Allen has been ill all week and only trained last Monday and yesterday morning, Macklin? No experience whatsoever at first team level.

Yes don't criticise the bloke for nothing, but don't defend him for the sake of it.

On a side note perhaps people going on and on and on and on and on about "the rock" doesn't help his image, on this site at least.

Some of, if not most of the stick he gets is undeserved. The thing is, i want to give him a chance but the amount of stupid things he does is worrying, mainly misplacing simple passes and running around like a headless chicken.

He may be held back by the crowd, but come on - Hes a proffesional footballer ffs!! If he cant handle it then he shouldn't be a footballer

i think that is a good idea.he cant win here so its inevitable anyway i think

i have to agree that at times his performances have been awful.equally there were games last season where i thought he did well.only for people to slate him big time.thats why i think he cannot win the crowd over.
look at alan young for instance,the lad had a 3 year deal and was rubbish,about 3 feet tall and was never going to make it as a pro.but the crowd used to cheer him all the time.pook is a far better prospect than him but gets slaughtered.

I think if Adams is passed fit and signable Pook wil be off, if not I think he'll be here as a squad player.

Well another player that that happens to is Roberts, he can play well and yet loads of people just slate him for being "lazy".  

Even Vincent was getting stick last season for not being a decent footballer - just a steady eddie, despite being 2nd half player of the year (imo).

I highlighted that Pook was gash because he was our worst player. Now it may be down to lack of matches but he was worse than his usual standard (which I find distinctly average). Doesn't know what's going on around him, when he finally did he tried a 40 yard cross field ball that went out of touch. Allen was far better in the centre of the pitch.

Roberts I was impressed with. I've called him lazy before but the last two months of the last season he worked hard, so I've stopped calling him lazy. Yes he tried one too many tricks that didn't come off, but that's not laziness.

I wasn't really one who slated Pook last season, but I am from now on.

Last night he was awful, completely non-existent. Allen was easily better than him.

He doesn't look as fit as the rest of the squad either. I suppose going out on the piss every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night during the close season didn't really help him.

As much as i think Pook lacks the ability for league 1, i also think the crowd make him worse with constant  critisism.

Put yourself in his shoes. If you were trying your best at work and were constantly being bullied and harrassed would you perform better???

I dont understand why he doesn't just sign or fuck off! One or the other please Mr Pook. What's the point in sticking around?

Eh, thats being a bit over the top.

Happily for both the general public and me, several thousand people dont pay to watch me work, and essentially pay my wages by doing so.

This makes the situation somewhat different from being bullied and harrased at work

You know what i was trying to get across.

No matter what money you earn or what job you do, constant slagging off will only make the said person worse in my opinion.

Or makes you knuckle down work harder and try to prove people wrong and become a stronger person as a result......however this this doesn't seem the approach he has taken as it would mean sacrificing some nights out.

what happened to steve adams? i was looking forward to seeing him play.

If you're a professional footballer, which he is, (the lucky, LUCKY bastard!!), surely it's your job to see past the moronic abuse you get from fans and perform nevertheless??

bad move last night, i ended up getting fucked and have had a killer hangover all day

i got quite tipsy and felt rough as fuck today  :D

gotta disagree ralphy, i think michael j fox is a cunt and so do the rest of the world and that dont affect his acting skills

Well it would if he was in a play and everyone was shouting "oi fuck off midget" through the first act.

Can I just ask, how did Tom Evans play?

:D  i would love to do that

and Pook deffinitly gets more grief than he deserves.

I like him,he's a hunk.

I have always said he aint that bad and i was not there last night hence the reason i have not said anything.

Sturrock's post match interview is up on the Beeb...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2007/07/17/stfc_170707_feature.shtml

You see people ..

Myself ,Macca and Fatbury can appreciate Pooks good looks,why can't you?

Me too.

Same again at Ciren tomorrow  :D

i couldn't tell as spent the second half the other end. was he partnering blackburn at centre-back?

I thought the defence looked a little shakey in the second half, except Blackburn who played well.  Commingues (sp) didn't look great defensively, and nor did Nicho.

But it was only their first match back, and starting as a new 11 against a team that had already played for 45 must have been pretty tough.

I think so, not 100%