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Hah!

Yeovils early season monopoly has been broken!!


I'm going for a 0.4 win.

No logic in it at all, I just think everything will click today.

1-2 to the Town, we race into a 2 nil lead, they score mid second half as we cling on.

YOU REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDS!

I'm going for 2-0 to us.

Come on townnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

2-0 Town.

2-1 Town

Come on! We can win this one! 2-1 Town i say  :beers:

We've not scored in the 2 league games against this lot...but were going to break that today.

2-1 Swindon win  :beers:

i cant see town being beaten today

me either, no ticket.

3-1 town

1-1. Cheltenham shouldn't be underestimated.

Think it'll be a tough game but I think we'll nick it 1-0 or whatever FB thinks!! :mrgreen:

3-1 Swindon!

Defeat, all you happy buggers.

Dont forget to PM me your predictions for the prediction league....

I went for 1-1. Have a good day today all those going, gutted im gonna miss this.

Everyone seems to gone early.

1-3 to the 'nam

0-1 win for us with blair to silence the critics

God I wish I was there for this one...  great day, nice local derby, shit club...  boo hangover/not being able to get to Cheltnum...   :(

1-1 Roberts scoring with 5,918 there, nam do have a great record against us.

would have loved to have gone to this as well, but i predicted a HUGE hangover after my drinking binge yesterday at the cricket but I actually feel fine and wish i had a ticket now....gutted....

Feels awful not going!Made worse by the fact i was at Swindon train station at 11.00 seeing loads of swindon on there way to Cheltenham  :(

They do seem to be a bit of a bogey side for us so i'd take a draw today.If we play like we did last weekend though we'll win :D

We owe Cheltnum one. 2-0 to us  8)

I've managed to log into STFC World as well. I call that progress!

you are one up on me as i cant get anything yet again from STFC World yet...just for a bloody change!  :evil:

Tom Jones - urr ugh urm urgh, errr, don't make good listening :)

Is it me or does it sound like they are in the bath tub?

But Tears For Fears does... 8)

No Line-Up changes from last week,

P. Smith, J. Smith, Ifil, Aljofree, Vincent, Easton, Pook, Zaaboub, Roberts, Sturrock, Vincent.

Subs

Tozer, Brezovan, Arrieta, Commingues and Adams.

Cheltenham line-up

Higgs, Gill, Townsend, Duff, Ridley, Lindegaard, Finnigan, Bird, Myrie-Williams, Gillespie, Connor.

Subs:

Vincent, Spencer, Connolly, Gallinagh and Puddy

STFC World is working....

 :shock:

Although Brunel are currently playing dodgy adverts over the commentary.

Great.

Yeah its awful service for one we pay well for.

Hmm, 3 years free servicing on your VW van.

And its hard to beat  a Vauxhall combo..
 
FOR FUCKS SAKE  :twisted:

Still online free of charge via Brunel website  :soapy tit wank:

Pretty even start by the sounds of it.

roberts on fire.blair looking lively.come on town!!!!

OFF THE LINE  :twisted:

Still on Brunel website though

the ball off the line he meant :soapy tit wank:

 :D I missed that bit - phone rang

I thought you were taking the piss actually, git  :mrgreen:

Thats why Smudger is the number 1.

no it aint.but he's doing well

Smudge is Number 1!!

Sounds like Cheltnum are on top right now....

Phew....

Ref sounds good  :)

Edit:

Referee sounds awesome.

We'll take it  :mrgreen:

what happened?

I always said Sturrock was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

get in blair scores just like i predicted.reckon there are more goals in this yet

GET IN! STURROCK  :mrgreen:

Sounds end to end.

yay

are we top of the league? :wink:

effing yes

Swindon's first ever goal aginst Cheltnum...

Always said Sturrock was under-rated.  :mrgreen:

Backing up a bit. I was mid-reply when Blair scored.

Ifil fouled Myrie-Williams. Sounded dodgy for a moment re a card of some sort. Free kick.

Play resumed, Myrie-Williams went down again in the box, booked for diving. Think that sums it up.

Second on goal difference.

Orient are winning aswell so we're 2 points behind right now.

I've always said Sturrock was useless

the lad lacks composure.think that missed chance shows that

waste of space...

Good 'arf.

Total waste of space...

Good to hear that lots of crosses are coming in for us to provide chances

cheltenham fiddling the gate?

Anybody think we need a striker?

how badly do we need a goal scorer?chance after chance squandered

5442 did I hear. Thats shit for a local derby, and nowhere near their 7000 capacity.

I don't trust these commentators though...

We'd probably be 3-0 up by now if we had somebody prolific in there.

Fully agree.

Nice to see everyones got their excuses down before Cheltenham equalise.

 :D

are you mexico red in disguise???

Bloody hell Blair.....

What happened?

sounds like blair is doing alright to me, barring a miss he should have buried

He missed a good chance.  He has scored once though.

Not much. Just bandwagon-jumping!

Spencer on for Cheltnum. Hope he's a bit like Frank...

Fuck

Oh bugger...

There we go.

Brez would have saved it....

Cuntslush  :twisted:

Sounded a screamer though.

Can we finally hear Cheltenscum singing? Non-league Cunts.

Their keepers a cunt too.

They're all cunts. FACT!

What, that tit just said we are still leading? Stupid cunt

under the cosh now folks

Why did we take off Roberts?

Its been shit since then.

Cheltnum definitely on top. Another good save from Smithy.

got a knock said the commentary

The Minge...Almost.

Two good efforts from the Minge.

Too late for Arrieta. Shame.

How many fucking chances have we created????

Sounds like we played well.

Highlights the need for a striker even moreso.

Certainly created far more chances. Should have won. Poor finishing or good defending???

 :shrug:

My glass is half full. Yes it's frustrating, but we're creating chances and we all know damn well that we need better strike power. We're not at full strength and we're not losing - that can only be good.

Sturrock has time to bring these players in.

Over to you Sturrock Snr.

we would have been happy with 1-1 before kick off.

Sturrock has just said in his interview that he needs a couple of players for key positions but that there was no news on that and didn't seem to want to expand on it......I wonder if we should read anything into it or not  ?

Batch's concise report:

Played quite well.
Created enough chances to win 2 matches.
Fell to an unstoppable sucker punch of a goal.
Ref shit, again.
Blair my MOM. Endless running.

A wonder strike that he couldn't do again if he tried and a good goalkeeper denied us a win.

End of.

Close run thing for MOM between Blair, Zabooub and Aljofree although hard to fault anyone really. I said at half time I hope we dont get punished for our missed chances, but take nothing away from the guy it was one hell of a strike.Great support like being at a home game :D

agree

thought vincent was pretty poor 2day too

Should have had that finished well before their goal, until we get a proper goal-scoring striker we're going to struggle to finish teams off. That said, their keeper was fantastic, and we played well except for finishing. And we're unbeaten twice on the road. Good start.

thats the one.

Also, after the recent stick Blair was superb today.

i think we'll draw a lot of games this season as we don't seem to have that killer instinct to put sides like cheltenham and northampton to bed. if those two aren't fighting relegation at the end of the season then this league is nowhere near as tough as i thought it would be!

ifil wasnt on his "a" game for me, and pook will probably come in for some stick, he'd do something decent like find some space to receive a pass, or win back the ball, and then either give the ball away or get caught on it!

blair, as usual, ran his bollocks off. he looks to be very fit and got a well deserved goal today. aljofree seemed to get dragged up field a lot though, which left the full backs having to cover for him, better sides may punish this. and i do like craig easton a lot, a genuine box to box player and could have won it for us again at the death.

referee was poor though, for both sides it must be said.

Cheltenham keeper pulled 3 or 4 top saves. The one from Miguel was a top reaction save. we should of battered them and it was 2 points dropped. a good performance today especially from the midfield pairing of pook and easton.

totally agree with both of you.

we played well and could have probably edged it if we had a striker rather than two forwards...corr would have got onto at least one of those zaaboub crosses, i'm sure of it.

i'll take a point though

My highlights and opinions.

Zaaboub was an absolute fucking god, crazy tricks and flicks, 90% of his crosses were perfect. I thought he was mind-blowing today. MOM.

Roberts was also superb, i have a feeling as a winger he's growing exponentially. He's such a threat to other teams defences it's almost amusing. Anyone see the Messi run where he must have skinned 4 defenders then fell to try and win a peno?

Blair was superb, a complete turn around. Many will say we need another striker, but if it wasn't for their keeper, he could have had a hatrick. His running was tireless, positional sense good, and he took alot more chances than normal.

Peacock made alot of chances for others, he was back to his best as a target man. I don't recall their defenders winning many balls played to the cock.

Easton and Pook were good and linked up well. Yes Pook misplaced passes, and purely because it's Pook people will notice that and give him shit.

What his detractors will fail to notice was how he was constantly covering for Aljofree, Smith and Vincent in the back line. He must've been fucked for the work he was doing.

Easton was full of energy and was a true box to box midfielder. I love the blokes work ethic and can only dream of him and the 'Cock in central midfield. With Zaaboub and Roberts on the wings teams would hate playing against all that energy and creativity.

I can't be bothered to write much about the defence, because they solid as expected.

There were a few loose moments, and i felt that Aljofree was not quite as good as against Luton, but still superb.

I also noticed today how calm Ifil has become. Is this Aljofree? He only thumped one ball forward, he stuck to short passes on the ground.

Vincent and smith were solid, over lapped well and their crossing was of a decent standard.

Smith was Smith. Solid and dependable. There was nothing he could have done for their goal.

Anyway, 2 points lost, but we played well and at least now we'll still manage to slip under alot of teams' radar; they'll still underestimate us rather than sit-up and realise we're in the upper echelons of the table and playing superbly.

This season will be fucking amazing. I'm getting more excited with every passing game. Come on the town.

loving that enthusiasm.

i myself have really enjoyed these past two games.

maybe it's the weather.

Agree with all that. Apart from Zaboub.

Wasn't that impressed tbh. Ok, he's got the tricks, but he needs to learn when to play the simple ball. Lost possession a number of times when he could of laid the ball off early. His defensive work is also lacking. Doesn't seem to want to tackle.

Roberts was MOM for me, fuckin' immense!!!

And Sturrock jnr was also very good. Deserved his goal and his all-round play was excellent.

Pook also had a really good game: if it was anybody else we'd be raving about about him!

Gutted to have just got a draw. Deserved the win.

As for the ref, he wasn't biased, he was just really, really, really really, really, really, really, really, really crap!

That ref has reffed in the premiership alot before hasn't he? Fuck knows how, i could do a better job.

Roberts was probably my motm, his run where he beat 4/5 cheltenham players was ace 8)  Just a shame he forgot to shoot at the end of it

Zaaboub played well as did Sturrock. Was impressed with both of them today. Thought we played quite well tbh. We created a lot and should have one the game. If we had a goalscorer we would have won 3-1 today. But i'll take a point away from home. Roll on Crewe next Saturday.

I haven't wanted to cause so much pain to a referee since Paul Danson against Luton a few seasons back.

Some of his decisions were beyond stupid. If he was a person, and you had to attempt to converse with him (like a service to society), i have the feeling he'd mumble complete gibberish like a Ket' addled teen. How refs like that stay in the business i don't know.

I have friends that if they went to work (which they don't), but if they did they'd be told to go home, because they're useless, (which they are) hence being sat at home. The same standard should be applied to refs. If you can't do your job, please, pretty please, fuck off and become a Dole Merchant.

He reffed a Premiership game a couple of weeks ago and made one horrific decision. i remembered the neame from previous Town games as he's reffed a few in recent years. Shocking referee

Sounds like we gave a good account of ourselves even if we didn't come away with the win. Crewe might be a tricky game but if we can carry on playing as we have been it could be a good game, and I'd say the next 3 home games are all winnable.

Obviously, a new striker would help!

i thought vincent's crossing was pretty poor, a number of them went to no-one or over the bar / out of play.

Im disappointed that we didn't get the win today as i thought we deserved it, fair play to Blair Sturrock i thought he did very well today and ran his bollocks off all game.

Zaaboub was my MOTM.

p.s The Ref was a complete Cunt.

Seconded. Appalling ref. Really very very appalling.

The Boob was immense. But then all of team were. I like this.   :D

However, their goal was an absolute corker - great strike and Smithy couldn't have done anything about it.

A great day out though. Summer, beer, mates and soft soft women. A recipe for heaven.

I know what you're saying, but I honestly think Higgs (their keeper) was inspired.  Best goalkeeping display since Hammond against Barnsley in 92/93 at home.... :old:

I really don't blame our strikers at all for not converting those chances, Higgs was superb (bastard!).

Hansey was motm for us (imho), but I felt all the players played really well, keep playing like that and we'll be sniffing around the top at the end (and yes I know it was Cheltenham, and I know we didn't win)...but hey...let's be positive...

Cheers

Donkey

Forgot to mention what a complete and utter joke the Roberts booking was. He went for a loose ball that the kipper had spilled, the keeper weent for it too. End of story.  Stroud was a grade A cock muncher.


I think Higgs performance was good, excellent shot stopping but not flawless (couple of dodgy takes/kicks. Brez @ Hartlepool was surely a better display.

Perhaps not flawless, but he almost did everything he had to.  The dodgy kicks/takes were not important as we did nothing with them.  The spill for Roberts to slide in (totally crap booking, as you said...ball was loose), was still a good save.

Cheers

Donkey

I though the ref was a joke, two stone wall penalties one for us and one for them and many poor decisions.
The bloody stewards got on my nerves everytime something good happened on the pitch they moved to the front and stood in my way.

We should have won but could have lost. The encouraging thing is we are playing good football and creating chances, hopefully we can get a striker soon who can finish them off.

Also their support was almost non-existent, very poor

And they had the cheek to sing "your not singing anymore!" when they equalised!

that diving cunt on the left-hand side for cheltenham was an embarrassment to football.