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right im off and doing VIP today, taking a couple of lads who work in my place, both supporting swindon :)

we have to win this, hertha i felt your yeovil pain, this is my turn. we owe these fuckers a good kicking.

By the way, from what ive gathered there are a few nasty types coming up from sussex so be careful chaps.

heres to 3 points.

I also heard that Sussex and Birdy would be around, so yea, what Mex says.........

Bring em on. Today is the first game in a while I am excited about!

I would love a win today, especially as we don't have a game for 2 weeks.

Brighton, I'm certainly not going to worry about them.

 

What time are people getting to the pub for?

i think mr axs said midday, i will be along once i've taken care of some bidness

Yeah, I'm aiming for midday too.

I should indeed be there for 12.

Me too.

i'm still in kings langley, but i'm gonna risk the wrath of my family and come back for the match.

Be there about 1 ish.

I'll be there for midday with the wifey

me?

I'll be there!!

I thought you were a winners boy davido?

i owe fred a drink

Chubbs got a girly?

um they've kicked off!

this is going to be one shit thread!

It's a Marie Celeste thread we can say what we want - I have not a clue what is happening - match not covered by Radio Scilly !!

has phil smith been dropped from the 16 completely now then?

Who is the alleged referee?

He's sitting on the 'naughty step' as we speak  ::)

"One goal can decide this match", David Coleman.


And it probably will, Forster again.

Wilson out     !!!   Joke

were losing i take it

Defensive sort out coming in January.

The honeymoon period is over before it started !

Motherwell turned it around quickly, Mark McGhee said that there was nothing wrong with the squad when he took over.  That sounds familiar, similar comments made repeatedly from the Town board.

pen to Brighton

2-0   ah well

mcnamee on and corr on,   sturrock off and nallis off

This is very simple, the defence is shit.  Sort out the defence and we will stay up.

Sorry guys - I know there aren't many of us but the ironing calls - can't take much more of this :bye:

Time for a cuppa.

i take it its that bad?!

Worse

oh dear.

God this sounds awful - like we havent even had a shot on goal

On the bright side Lukas Jutkiewicz came on as an 86th minute sub today :)

Sounds like he should have come on in the 16th minute.

haha.

fuck me the mongs are already starting on thisis cooments by the looks of it!

And on the radio - "we need a decent striker cox isn't good enough" wtf?

dont listen to it nick, there just thick retarded cunt benders!

how to kill all positivity in 90 minutes...

Cox was fucking awful most of us would have done a better job up top today. Moaning, whiney, diving cunt.

JPM was our best player by a mile. Creative, Lots of effort and getting stuck in.

Others arent worth mentioning

Oh dear - the radio didn't misinform then - that is exactly the impression I got

brez- flapped leading up to penalty, no chance with first goal
smith-good game
kanyuka-leading the line skills were shocking
ifil-ok game
timlin- a bit dodgey defensively
easton-never in game
JP-ace
nalis-shit
peacock-shit
cox-is currently shit moaning and a liability
sturrock-very tidy
mcnamee-useless, if he could put in a decent first time cross he'd be dangerous
corr-not a professional footballer

ref-shocking

we were shit. i'm miffed

what a twat!, you couldnt make some of the stuff up!

how the fuck did Kanyuka get MOM. I seem to agree with DV JPM played really well so did Jack Smith. Cox seems to be off the pace and his 1st touch is appalling. Also that is the worst i have seen Timlin play in a while

dragging Sturrock off so early was fucking wrong.

He was our 2nd best player today

especially with someone who is a target man at best but he's fucking useless if he doesn't jump for the ball

Today was to take a look at them, next step is to get rid of the crap and bring in some new faces.

thats the starting 11 gone by the sounds of it!

Goalie

Central Defender

Central Midfielder

Striker.

The team needs a spine.

On the bright side, at least Danny Wilson is under no illusions as to where our problems are.

Brighton looked pretty good, what are they doing in the bottom half? Strong, determined, organised, and played to a very clear and well executed game plan. They're not going down.

We looked tired. I can only wonder what kind of training we've been doing for the last 6 weeks.

it would not appear to involve defending, passing or shooting

are Easton and Peacock afraid to shoot from 25 yards out. They both had opportunites to have a pop but they decided to be to intrecut(sp)

[We looked tired. I can only wonder what kind of training we've been doing for the last 6 weeks.
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I wonder what training they've done all season, all the good work of Boxing Day undone in 90 awful mins, DW will be under no illusions now, that's if he was before.

That was shit.

i see what you're saying and agree

we either play the agricultural ball from the centrebacks and hope something happens or we over play and they can't figure out who's going to put it in the net.

sigh

Cox looks to me like he is gone already, mind is elsewhere me thinks.  JPM MOTM for Swindon by a country mile, Smith was the only other player that did alright!  I am Timlins biggest fan but he was absolute garbage today.

The only players that I would be hacked off about going at the moment would be Timlin, Brez, Smith and maybe JPM when he can be bothered.  Obviously I would like Cox to stay, but if his head is somewhere else cash in on him now.  The rest might as well fuck off tbh.

The worse performance I have seen from us this season, which is probably a good thing because Wilson will be under no illusions.  I thought Brighton were a poor side too, the difference today being one Nicky Forster.  He pissed the townend off big time, but he turned our defence inside out today and won the 3 points for the bum boys!

Thank god Danny has 2 weeks to try to do something with them!

Good post.  All M.M talked about was working on the training ground.  The defence were probably over instructed and now don't have a clue on the basics.  

Danny Wilson's interview gave me some optimism, he doesn't seem to have any illusions.

Brighton would have come in very confident, we have not played well against them since the play-off disaster.  Forster scores for fun against us.

What a load of fooking shit.

Brez - no chance with either goal. HAD to come out for the second because our wank central defence let a goal kick bounce through the middle leaving their effectively man one on one. Do not agree he flapped in the slightest.

Jack Smith. Solid steady eddy game.
Kanyuka- utter wank with a 50p head. I assume his MOM was a joke vote.
Ifil. Did a few things OK, but mostly wank.
Timlin - awful game for him. His 1st bad performance at LB

Easton - Dog shit. What has happened to him?
Peacock - See Easton.
Nalis. At least tried to pass around but mainly avaerage.
JPM - MOM by a country mile.

Blair - Was Blair. tries hard. Lacking in skills but works hard.
Cox - Completely pissed off with his rolling on the floor then moaning to the ref attitude. He a good player, so get on with playing. That said he was fairly anonymous save 1 run and shot over.
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McNamee - tried to take em on and get em in the box. Didn't always work but he gave it a go.
Corr - couldn't really change the game.

Phil King said as much in the commentary, he didn't think that Cox's head was in the game.  Wouldn't be surprised if Cox is sold.  Even if Cox is good enough to make the England team, it wouldn't matter with a defence that collectively can't defend.  With the financial crunch, players will need clubs more than ever, and clubs will need to unload.

I totally agree with Batch, although I thought Nalis was utterly rubbish.

JPM played his heart out today - shame none of the others could be bothered to do the same.

Cox is really starting to annoy me with his whinging and diving etc. just get up off the ground and get on with it and lose the spoilt brat attitude.

My musings from today...

2 goals in 2 games can be attributed to Brez, that second one he was comical for, after initially doing well.

Coxy has no touch at the moment, and seems more preoccupied with falling over and/or arguing with the ref/linesman

Peacock was gash again. I really don't rate him

Sturrock was doing okay, they subbed the wrong striker

Corr doesn't jump or contest 50% of the balls to him

JPM looked like he gave a fuck (again) as did Timlin

That'll do for now... i'm so disappointed

Cox lost the ball for the 1st goal, while the Brighton players were celebrating he goes up to the ref and have a go. Stop Moaning!!! Also how overweight was the linesman at the Arkells stand.

Where were you sat? Looked like he made a good save and was maybe fouled preventing him from getting up and getting the ball away. Maybe it looked differently from the Town End.

Not a dig by the way, but both you and Bennet picked him for being at fault where as I couldn't see it.

Cox's last game for Swindon: FACT or fiction?

In the Don Rogers... the initial save was good, but then he didn't gather the ball or clear it from danger from what i could see. Of course, he could have been being fouled, but the ref was right there and saw nothing, and Brez has the advantage of being massive and able to use his arms, so i am/was of the opinion that he should have finished what started off as a good bit of 'keeping.

Fair enough, will have to try and catch it on TV and look again.

that said the ref was pretty shite today

Also, thought we should have had 2 penalties today.  1 on Peacock in the 1st half and 1 on Kanyuka in the 2nd.

Bennett the refs have been shite for a while in L1.

scott thank you for clearing that up.

i have taken the level of reffing and assessed this fellow to have been more shite that normal

the one on Kanyuka was a blatant penalty. Their guy just through him to the floor.

Part of me thinks it may have been given if it wasnt for Cox awful dive earlier on in the half.

i'm convinced that fitton needs to dig a bit deeper into his pockets to fund players.i dont think wilson is a miracle worker personally,and will struggle with what is here currently. whatever 11 gets played we always seem to be carrying players.malpas can take the majority of blame for our squads demise,his utter shitness is now at full fruition.

Let's take a look at possible horse trading.

Morrison could go for some money plus one or two in return.  Interesting how he wasn't cup tied then rested.  Prediction: Goes to a Premiership side in January, with a fee based on appearances and one or two players in return.

Cox: Definitely think the deal has already been done.  Prediction: Will go to a Championship side for money and a player.

If a goalie is not included in the deals, one will be signed.  Brez might be gone, anyway.  Cannot continue with these two in their present states of mind.

Coaching staff: I think Byrne will stay, he will have been heavily involved in setting up these deals. 

Adie and the goalie coach have to be gone.  The chronically awful defence will need more than just new players, but will need experienced coaching.  If D.W. doesn't ring the changes, here, he will be heavily criticised.

I don't see what Premiership side would want Cox to be honest...

I meant Championship and then corrected it.

or Morrison or Brez

I cant see any of our players attracting interest from other clubs well maybe Macklin but I cant see us selling any first teamers.

Ahhh I see sorry!

From the Arkells I cant remember wether it was their guy or kanyuka but they stopped Brez from getting up and then Timlin needlessly slid in and gave away the pen, definately not brez fault. Timlin was absolutely shocking today he just could not do a thing right. If someone comes in with money for Cox cash in he looks so unintrested it is un believable. Really refreshing to hear a level headed manager interviewed after the game an he is under no illusion at the task ahead, I can see a few players coming in. We need a left back, centre midfield general, centre forward and most importantly an experienced Centre back.

D.W. seemed definite deals were going to be done in his interview.  He could raid Hartlepool.

i'd have said brez should've dealt with the ball initially, obviously after our defence let brighton through again

I thought at the time Brez should have delt with the second ball better but it shouldnt have got that far to start with.

Its still school boy stuff, for the first goal Cox gets caught in possession then goes down and moans instead of getting up and trying to get the ball back

Second one a long clearence is allowed to bounce.

I didn't think the ref was that bad today tbh.

Ouch. Didn't go today. What happened guys? Wilson needs time to build. Hopefully a few new faces are on their way in the next 2 weeks.

This is the only thing I could disagree with in people's post match comments. He was pretty fucking dire.

Cox pissed me right off. Timlin was shocking, Nalis, Easton, and Peacock - Non-existent. Every fucking time Brighton hoofed it over the top of our defence we made a mistake. Fucking simple errors costing us week in week out.

I would get rid of Cox tbh, he's acting like a fucking prick. Cash in, buy a couple of creative midfielders and another goalscorer.

One positive was McGovern again. He was fucking class, I'm starting to like the bloke a lot, most dangerous player for us by far today.

I hope we get rid of our top scorer too.

He wasn't good but he was not as bad as some are making out.  No chance of a pen for the Peacock incident, didn't really see the Kanuka one.  I for one will be glad to see DW instruct the players not to get on to the referee's as much as Peacock and Cox do, they will never give us a 50-50 whilst we moan at them the way we do.

D.W. must ge checking his list and checking it twice.


1    Phil Smith    Goalkeeper, Dodgey  
2    Jack Smith    Defender, Solid  

4    Michael Timlin    Defender, Usually Solid  
5    Jerel Ifil    Defender, Needs Experience Along Side  

8    Craig Easton    Midfielder, Pook kept him out enough said  
9    Barry Corr    Striker, Injured too much, seldom match fit  
10    Jon-Paul McGovern    Midfielder, In form  
11    Anthony McNamee    Midfielder, Needs to be used properly  
12    Peter Brezovan    Goalkeeper, Dodgey  
13    Mark Scott    Goalkeeper, Inexperienced  
14    Patrick Kanyuka    Defender, Not a good combination with Ifil  
15    Kevin Amankwaah    Defender, Needs to show he can play to Div. I standard.  
16    Kasali Casal    Midfielder, Kasali who?  
17    Lilian Nalis    Midfielder, In and out  
18    Mark Marshall    Midfielder, Out  
19    Michael Pook    Midfielder, Easton making a case for his return  
20    Billy Paynter    Striker, Cox doesn'e seem to do well without him  
21    Blair Sturrock    Striker, Consistent at being Blair, great asset away from home.  
23    Ben Joyce    Striker, Not even on the bench  
24    Chris Allen    Midfielder, Not even on the bench  
25    Sean Morrison    Defender, great long throw, great prospect   
30    Callum Kennedy    Defender, deserves his chance, but in a more balanced defence, not a good combo. with Macca  
31    Simon Cox    Striker, Out of form  
32    Lee Peacock    Midfielder, apparently should not be played twice in three days  


3    Jamie Vincent    Defender, Might not come back from injury
6    Hasney Aljofree    Defender, Out for a while, ligaments


M.M.'s legacy is that we have eleven players including two teenagers, and Sturrock, that might be worth a place in the first team, but not including a dependable goalkeeper, or two central defenders that can effectively work together.


D.W. must realise., even though the squad is large, it is effectively too small.  

Especially while it complaining about not getting a foul after another blatant dive, Cox is really starting to annoy people with his whinging instead of chasing the ref in the build up to their goal he should of chased back. The ref was no where near as bad as some we have had this season played some good advantages and let the game flow pretty well.

The ref was a cock but didn't lose us the game. Thats the third home game on a trot where both teams have been bullshit relegation fodder. Brighton were crap and if they were up against a decent side would have been thrashed.
Yet another example of a team who are prepared to scrap, fight anf fly in with the tackles beating our bunch of bottler bastards. Quite amusing since BHA were supposed to be the poofs. Any team that flies in studs showing is going to beat us. BHA were first to most first balls and to every second ball.
As said, Timlin was crap but at least he showed some effort. Easton yet again was totally anonymous. I can't believe the transformation in JPM. Earlier this season Isaid I'd string him and Aljofree up by their bollocks on the Magic - not JPM now - he's winning me over.
A really crap game. I could only see three positives:
1) The crowd tried to support the team
2) Wilson saw the team in all its glory
3) The pitch looked really good.
  

Mcnamee


early ball in please and stop the step overs, its beginning to piss me off


Thanks

Fred

Tbf fred we have no cunt in the box for the first time ball

To be fair,I think Corr did allright

corr won 2 headers and that was it. admittedly he had no decent service but what he did he did badly

Corr was wank, and his leicester cameo apart has been all season

I see a lot of posters on here make JPM man of the match, if only he had a bit of pace to go with his ability he would be quality.
Today I could not find a man of the match, we were fucking awful.
Knockers also for Cox I see - he does seem to have lost his first touch, but as the old saying says strikers will go through these games, judge him on the season so far, best player we have.

If I was going to pick a man of the match out of that shambles it would go to Sturrock, everything he did on the ball was intelligent and seemed light years ahead of the statues who played alongside him.

That was so poor today, Danny Wilson you have a hell of job to keep us up.

I said we needed maybe 3 or 4 players. I stand by that. Lately we have had a bad record against Brighton so not overly surprised by the loss. Pisses me off though the lack of effort after the fans were solidly behind the team for 90 mins as well.

In regards to Cox he had a poor patch last season. I think when Billy is back he will do better. they play well together and once he scores again the confidence will be back and the goals will flow again.... i hope.

Were the fans any different today? Apart from the pre-pubescents messing with the seats i heard very little

If we were still playing now Cox and Corr still wouldnt have managed a shot on target between them.

Corr has looked gash in both sub appearances today & Yeovil, with his poor injury record could see him being released in summer? Kanukya MOM must have been drawn out of a hat as McGovern was the only contender today. Wilson from the Radio clearly understands the task ahead of him & talked sense.
Just as well as the last 2 weeks (Orient excluded) we have looked a tired team  lacking the fight for a relegation battle at present. Next 2 weeks will be critical, esp the players he gets in / players that depart.

DV if we are going to continue humping long balls up to strikers it will continue for the rest of the season.

Our major problem in the side is pace, we have none in the midfield, none on the flanks and apart from Cox non eupfront mark Cox out of the game and the ball will just come straight back.

He held the ball up-brought other players into the game and rarely gave the ball away,one superb  lay off to JPM who should have tested the keeper.I agree about McGovern ,two good games in a row,just annoys me that its taken him so long to make an impression.I wouldn't mind betting Corr will start the next game.I thought Sturrock was poor today-I raved about his performance Friday but today,no-the occasion when he was holding up the ball and trod on it did make me chuckle thoigh,and thats the only entertainment I had today.By the way-Forster was an absolute cunt after the penalty-its not as if we had given him any stick in the Town End,but for 4 players to spend about 30 seconds gloating in front of the Town End is asking for trouble- Cox got booked for that earlier this season.Also Virgo should have been booked for kicking the ball away.Minor details maybe but fucking annoying none the less

i fucking hate brighton

So do I - although for me it's because I'm still bitter from 2004. That's 4 losses in a row against them 1 goal scored, 9 conceded. Boo.

...and Nicky Forster has scored 6 of them, the twat.

Kanyuke and ifil struggled with him today. Clever player. On the subject of kanyuke alot of people saying he did not lead the line well today he is only 20 ffs cut him some slack

Agree JPM was our best player, was dead opposite Brez on the penalty incident, and it was the defenders fault letting it bounce, Brez did well to get there initially, and then fell over a prone player Kanyuka i think. Brighton are a poor side, we are worse, 220 mile round trip to watch that garbage, well chuffed!

Totally agree about Forster - there was no need for it at all and normally refs would punish them for it. However, the ref today managed to miss a blatant penalty for Peacock being rugby tackled at a corner (and that is no exaggeration), a yellow card for Virgo kicking the ball away, a yellow card for that wank tackle-from-behind on JPM, and possibly a penalty for Kanyuka but I couldn't see that one.

I'm not saying he didn't give any dodgy decisions our way, but those listed above were simple decisions that he got wrong.

Totally agree reeves, the ref (cunt) also missed a few tugs on peacock/cox in the first half which would have seen them one-on-one. Its no wonder Stuart Atwell has got to where he has got to in such a short space of time considering the competition he's up against in refereeing league football! Just to add, from where i was, Brez was fouled before the pen was given, he was literally being held down.

Cox, Cox who? Get him for a few bob, happy days!Kanyuka, shit defender, timlin - today wank, JPM, awesome to start with - corners need improving and towards the end of the game he lost his width. Ifil, give him some shooting practice, he'd do a good job. Those runs were awesome!Peacock needs to have a dig at 25 yards out.

Can only agree with what has been said already, although i thought the team (except Cox and Nalis..) looked okay in the first half. Jerel's distribution in the first half was surprisingly good too! But that all went down hill in the 2nd  :(

Peacock looks knackered. He's usually the one workin his socks off and gettin stuck in, but was well off the pace today. He could certainly do with a rest.

When is Paynter back from suspension? We miss him....If he's back for the next game, i'd be tempted to drop the whiney cunt that is Simon Cox, and play Paynter and Blair up top.

And what has happened to both Easton and Corr?? They're absolutly shocking now! Maybe they're still suffering the effects of the Malpas era, but shit me, they're awful!

Hopefully Wilson has a chance to ring the changes when the oppotunity arises because this is getting beyond a joke!

Whilst we were bad today I thought Brighton were worse and them going away with a 2-0 victory was daylight robbery. We've played a lot worse than that this season, at least passes were reaching their target more often than not and there were a few decent moves.

The big problem though is that there is a lack of moral, lack of confidence, lack of organisation and a lack of tactics. It looked very much like another Byrne team and performance today which is probably only to be expected as Wilson won't have had much time to do anything yet.

I'm confident Wilson will sort it out and that we'll soon be moving away from the drop zone. As long as we hang on to Cox as we don't have anyone else that you can rely on to score plenty of goals.

All right this is just me and my problem with refs but he really was a cunt.

Every decision went againt us, but what really pissed me off in the first half, he called their number 22 to have a chat after several fouls, number 9 who i presume was captain went along for the chat and basically talked the ref out of booking him.

Cox got clipped from a brez throw out when he was clean through, ref's signals said it was accidental, the same happens 10 mins later and they get a free kick.

Weak cowardly reffing.

God I hate refs.

Having said that we were shit.  Apologies to all around me in the TE for my language.  But sometimes, cunt is justified.

Goodnight

Went today and am still defrosting...we tried to play some football and must say thaught we deserved a point...all the players put alot of effort in and i think that was reflected in the crowds reaction and support,,,but all the huff and puff didnt count for much,thaught JP worked hard and put some real quality crosses in..ime not his biggest fan but he could be a big player for us with Wilson playing a more passing game.
The crowd of 8400 was outstanding and it was pleasing to see the fans getting behind the team...we will be ok this season i think.
Havnt read all the posts on this thread so may have been said but Timlin,Peacock,Cox looked very tired,Timlin had a mare but hes quality and will come good when back in midfield.
The referee was a disgrace and i sincerly hope Brighton go down...just a team of bullys and dirty players,though well organised.
Saw DRS and Sie Pie in the County Hotel.....nice to meet a few TEFers,though Sie Pie does have a small look of evil about him.

How come Brighton can intimidate the ref but we can't? This has happenned a few times this season. Instead of being sorry for ourselves, we need to learn how to play the game. Basically, any team can intimidate us and we fold.

The only 2 good things to come from the game were,firstly that DW knows exactly what's needed

straight away.Secondly,that the board won't come out with anymore silly statements that we

have a "great squad of players".....We don't!


Although i don't expect wholesale changes in january,some hard decisions need to be made both

individually and collectively in january and at the end of the season.We're mediocre/poor in all areas.

Some decisions won't be universally liked,but we're at the stage where,if we move forward, then so be it.

I've only read this page and I'm clearly in the minority but we need to get rid of JPM-he may have worked hard but considering he is supposed to be a ball player, he gave the ball away far too often imo which he does every game..he is probably on a good wage and money would be better spent eslewhere.

Brez was at fault for the pen...he is 6ft 4" FFS and should have just wiped everyone out.

Felt sorry for Blair as thought he did a reasonable job as did Nalis.

Easton looks lost on the right....and in the centre for that matter!

Macca should have started.

Timlin....hmmm...lets move on shall we

Kanyuka shouldn't have played as clearly 2 games in 3 days took its toll.

cant be arsed writing anymore but there was me thinking we had a good enough squad for mid table pfft

Agree with most Jim....but i thaught JPM was our best player yesterday,was abit loose with his passing at times but his work rate and crossing were very good.

As I didn't go or listen to the match yesterday, I can't really comment at all on that, but hearing the result was very disappointing late last night.

One thing though. I'm glad to read (jimbob aside) that JPM is starting to put in a decent shift. I've never been a fan. Whenever I've watched him, he looked a liability - lazy, not prepared to tackle, track back or stay wide, not confident at beating his man. I've said it before, I thought of him as a poor man's Beckham (i.e. a one trick pony in terms of his delivery, but even that wasn't brilliant). I've long thought there was a decent player in there waiting to get out, and it sounds like he's finally starting to deliver. Good on him and long may it continue.

Shame that the other 10 on the pitch have decided to perform like wankers at the same time.......

partially i agree with the brez comment but sitting in the TE i had a good view of timlin lunge in and swipe their players legs

-we looked nervous
-gave the ball away a fair bit
-only player that looked to put in any effort was JPM
-brighton had a plan and it worked a treat
-never felt so cold at a football match

I don't remember him giving it away much at all, because he had no service. He put a few telling crosses in but mostly had a quiet game.


Yes Brez should've claimed it, but it was Timlin who should have stayed on his feet rather than go flying in.


Agree with Blair, but Nalis was poor. Exactly the same as Orient, he started well and sprayed it about for about ten minutes but then the game just passed him by.


Completely disagree. I thought he was the only one out there who looked like he gave a shit. Was good with the ball at his feet and was nearly always the only player breaking into the box when the actually got the ball out wide.


No he shouldn't. If I see him do one more fucking step-over I'll stab the fucking cunt. He just needs to learn to put the ball into the box early. And towards the end he drifted inside and became completely ineffective.


Something I do actually agree with you on, he had a bad game by his standards. Missed most of his headers and his distribution was woeful.


He wasn't at his best, but I think you have to give credit to Forster who just turned him inside out.


I'd add that Peacock was fucking awful. As Fred said in the pub yesterday, he's the only footballer that actually shrinks as he goes up for a header. He can't head, can't pass and can't tackle.

- Front two were shit, in either combination.
- Midfield was shit, although better when Easton moved to the middle. Shame nobody made any movement for him so he could lay the ball off though. McGovern put in a good shift again.
- Back 5 wasn't as bad as it has been. Timlin had a mare but I think Brez is starting to grow in confidence. The problem yesterday was nobody in midfield apart from McGovern helped the defence out.

Overall it's hard to make any positive comments from such a poor display. The difference between yesterday and Boxing Day was the desire and passion to win.

I think it's going to be a good thing that Wilson will have some time to work with the lads before our next game.

Disappointed...again.
Didnt think we deserved to be a goal down at half time.
Expected a great fightback in the second which never arrived....
Pen was shit but was a pen....
Peacock was pushed for a pen...
Forster should of been booked for goading the fans.
Kicking the ball away is a bookable offence....no grey areas...end of.
Ref was poor but not to blame for defeat.
We have about enough games to escape and the glimmer of hope that we have a manager that can drag us out of it.
No players did well IMO.....I think a big brute in midfield would be a good signing in January.
Upset that a shit side (like us) didnt break sweat to contain us.......
Roll on two weeks.

sounds like we should meet up for a pint

on the point you made about peacock, me mate who went yesterday who is a Blades fan, therefore totally impartial and sat in the North Stand, AND knows his onions/football, thought Peacs was our best player...i thought he did ok

On the Timlin and his heading front, BHA knew they were unlikely to win anything in the air by humping it down the middle to Forster and Fleetwood, so fair play to them, put 6ft+ Virgo against Timlin and with a keeper who can pick out one of his own, used that tactic well....

Timlin from now on will be known as 'Fireman Sam'.......he always puts it out :D

Are you Mike Bowden in disguise?

Nalis yesterday must have had a 100% pass completion rate, to Brighton.

was he in Coronation Street??!

That was fucking terrible. My first game for months what a waste of time, should have stayed in the pub, wank wank wank.

Most notable observations were Cox seems to have become a cheating diving petulant gobshite with the first touch of a fucking camel, Brez is worse than ever at claiming stuff in the air, Kanyuka (motm?!) is abysmal and Peacock and Timlin are as talent-less as ever.

It's interesting how differently people perceive Peacock's contributions to games... some people appreciate all the effort he puts in, and some rightly notice that he usually offers nothing, and plays up to the crowd mostly by wasting his energy preventing a throw in with a lung-busting run and slide to the touchline. I really don't think he's very good.

Better than Nalis, mind.

I've never ever doubted Peacocks endeavour, but as you say, it doesn't disguise the fact he's a carthorse.

Timlin has been our best player for the last month or so!

I did say thats the first game I've seen for months.

How long has he been at LB? He's a big enough wimp in CM, to put him in a defensive role seems suicidal.

Like you say though DMR, it's the first game you've seen for months. Timlin had an off day yesterday, I'd say when on song he is probably the only player in our squad that will 100% commit to a tackle. Some of crunches he's made this season have been Gurney-esque.

TO be fair DMR he has done a good job at LB, and hasn't looked an Aljofree (pussy) at all.

If you were judging him solely on yesterdays game you'd think he was a donkey gaylord who had never played football before. You'll have to trust me this was not representative at all.

he means that in a good way

Absolutely.

True story... some of his tackles have a made a glorious sound around our mainly silent stadium. I've been impressed on the whole.

I normally appreciate Peacock for his hard work, the other day (Yeovil?) he was breaking up attack after attack. And despite Sams observation DID win his headers (except the stupid long hrow routine).

Yesterday he was a complete carthorse. As was Easton and Nalis was only marginally better.

he jumps in too quickly, and needs to calm that a bit.otherwise has done pretty well at left back

Having seen the last two games I am convinced Nalis' legs have gone completely.

He can't step past anyone or round anyone to get a yard of space or buy himself time. So he either gets tackled or has to try and hit a hurried pass before he gets knocked off the ball. Hence he gives it away so much. I am afraid he really doesn't serve any purpose.

Oh and give me a prize for stating the obvious (actually don't as I didn't till I edited this) but we need a new keeper.

I really enjoyed the Orient game while acknowledging we were defensively ropey as usual. This time all the defensive crapness was there with little of the good stuff though we were edging it till the goal against a side who were poor.

I think it'll be touch and go if we make it or not.

The pre-match oxo beef drink was rank, the half time bovril was nice (thought they'd got rid of that stuff).

The game, er, thought JPM did well, Timlin had a bit of an off day. 

The boyfriend etc.. chants from the TE were as tedious as usual. Simple things and all that.

Fred, that is one hell of a hat!!
You said it has some history, what is it?

MKD away (1.1.07)

Yeovil away (26.12.07)

Ill let the rest of the lads fill in the spaces
 :( ;) :doh:

MK was the best new years day ever for a huge amount of reasons.

that was my last game this season.

Definately the worst as well!! JPM and Smith gets pass marks.

As for my player of the season based on the games I have been too, Jack Smith would get it. Consistently decent at right back in a terrible team!!

Yep one of the best away days of all time-shoving a big one right up Sean"Mr.Big" O'Hanlon and Smith looked a decent keeper that day

They did a 'how is the new food kiosks' survey a few games ago. I though I was the only one petty minded enough to moan that Bovril was better than Oxo. Apparently I wasn't. It's back. Oh yeah.

The service was shite yesterday

25 mins to get a cup of fucking tea

Indeed. Joined the queue straight at half time, sat down just as they were kicking off.

Yeah-20 mins to get a hot chocolate in the Town End-and no fucking stirrers!3/4 of a cup of hot water and 1/4 congealed gunge at the bottom

Grown men drinking hot chocolate deserve gunge!

I supplied my own brandy from a hip flask-all man,me!

An acceptable recovery!

best part for me was coming back at half time at seeing a big pile of puke on the floor of the row in front of me (and some on the seats). Good job the lad who cleaned it up spilt some on the blokes in the next row as otherwise they would have gone home completely clean. Didn't think the first half performance deserved a whole stomach full!

Have you e-mailed Nick Watkins to tell him?

I saw that and wondered what had hapenned.

Just lovely, what on earth provoked that, did they undercook the burgers even more than usual?

dunno looked like chips and coke to me

nice combo. i had the misfortune of meeting fatbury before the game. it was an experience.

I'm glad you've learnt the art of irony.

Nice big pic in todays Brighton Argus of Brez in mid-flight about to land on Fleetwood with Jerel in the background. I'd scan it in and post it it but, um, I haven't got a scanner.

Bit of useless info for you  :)

sussex am i on page 3 of the argus today?

If you've changed your name to Oscar Wilde and owned the best indie club on the south coast then yep, you're on page 3. One out of two ain't bad.

The two semi-clad chicks outside the Broadfield stadium on page 12 were more interesting mind. Scarves as skirts. Nothing like a bit of class!

These local newspaper "Page 3 stunners" have really gone down hill if Mex is the best they can come up with!

Saw the goals again. I stand by Brez not being at fault. He collided with Fleetwood in the initial save and ended up the wrong side of him. Fleetwoods position made it impossible for Brez to get to the second ball. Ifil half cleared but timlin tripped their man up.

For the first goal Cox lost the ball, fell over and waved his arms about. 'MOM' Kanyuka was caught wrong side meaning Ifil had to cut off Kanyuka's man leaving his own unmarked. The ball was played square to the free man and was well finished.

Now BBC, tell Shearer to sod off and give me a MOTD contract. Piece of piss.

youve only just met the ledge?

He sits near me. His contributions are the stuff of legend! After a minute of the second half 'make some substitutions then Wilson'. So he did!

Think I'd rather jump off the ledge.......

the 'initial save' he should have gathered without spilling it so he was at fault...end of

Yeah but we didn't really have to foul the bloke.

chicken & egg spring to mind  :D

Bollocks. He was travelling and got a good block in thus doing his job, he was never going to catch it. The errors came from inept defenders.

clearly I'm right and you're wrong so please accept that graciously  :soapy tit wank:

nope batch is wrong  :)

I atand corrected. After seeing Bennett play in goal he clearly knows what he's talking about.

:)

self preservation is better than trying to stop a certain goal :)

plus half the time we're massively ahead through my mastered toe punt to top corner routine

sussex, i made page 12 of the nye argus.

Bloody hell, I've just trawled through the recycling bin and can only find 30th Dec and Jan 1st issues. What/who have you punched/shagged/murdered/made a cup of tea for?

Linkypoo?