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Well we are guaranteed a win now you seymours have let me start a thread, off to the outlet village first to get a nice new shirt.

1pm in the Merlin?

3-1

1-1 draw Paynter scoring for us, a low 5,875 crowd due to Christmas shopping :D

Made a boob betting on this game. Wanted to put 1.50 on a 2-0 Town win but instead put it on Town being 2-0 up at half time (17/2).

3-0 win. (2-0 ht)

Well excited, first time i've seen us since the millwall game!! Be good to see how good charlie austin actually is too

Got a good feeling about this one - 3-1. Better get the points in before we have our ritual gutless annual X Mas drubbing from the Gay Boys.

I'm even more confident than you Chalkster.......4-0 town

1-0 win for us ... Alan Sheehan the unlikely goal scorer :)

2-1 town

Ward or Austin to start?

Hopefully Austin ... with Ward his replacement after 60/70 minutes or so :)

2-0 to town  :)

I've just got up so I reckon 2-0 Town.

Wouldn't 12-01 be more apt?

Probably.

5-0 win for the town, Austin hatrick, Paynter 1 and an own goal.

0-0

3 - 1 Town

Can't make the merlin :(. Got to entertain.

im on me tod today, 1-0 win for town

Help, I'm in france, anyone know where i can go to listen to commentry? bbc will not allow me to listen to theirs in france - bastards!

2-1 and hopefully a decent game as i've had to miss the last couple

BBC won't let you listen to theirs in England either. The only way to listen is STFC Player.

Just leaving - only going to make it thanks to Beechams Cold & Flu remedy.

can anyone give me access to STFC PLAYER?? pretty please??

hahahah, what the fuck?

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Nothing funny about being stuck in france, season ticket unloved in the bedside table!!woe is me!!

i'd hate to be in france

I'd hate to be French - 0-0 today

A win today for the little fella...2-1, I think.  Even better if one or two around us slip up.  I want to put those games in hand to good use.

If we lose put him back.

Tuuuunneeee

With Anxiety!!!!!!

Quiet here tonight, only 7 people online.

"Hutchinson is dropped from the 18-man squad by Town boss Danny Wilson, who names 17-year-old loanee Danny Ward amongst his subsitutes."

After last week, inevitable.

Very quiet, seems like the lure of the Orient or Christmas shopping is too great.

Opened up a nice big bottle of Leffe Brune trappist beer to be followed swiftly by 2 cans of Special Brew.....nice.

COME ON SWINDON!!!!!!!!!!

Town(4-4-2): David Lucas, Kevin Amankwaah, Gordon Greer, Scott Cuthbert, Jean-Francois Lecsinel, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, Jonathan Douglas, Alan Sheehan, Billy Paynter, Charlie Austin

did they play any iron miaden in the end?

Substitutes

    * 12 Smith,
    * 08 Easton,
    * 10 Timlin,
    * 18 O'Brien,
    * 24 Ward,
    * 21 Peacock,
    * 31 Revell


Hope Eastie gets at least a few minutes against his former club.

Sheehan playing as a winger?

I expect that he is playing left mid/winger just like last Saturday.  Looked useful when he wasn't studs up.

just got home, anything happened in first 30?

Possession Swindon 49% Leyton Orient 51%
Attempts on target Swindon 2 Leyton Orient 2
Attempts off target Swindon 1 Leyton Orient 1
Corners Swindon 2 Leyton Orient 0
Fouls Swindon 0 Leyton Orient 3

In a word, no.

Lucas pulled off 2 quality saves apparently!

Milwall are getting their arse handed to 'em at Hartlepool.

Leeds 2-2 Hudds already!

That game finished about 2 hours ago dopey!

That's a result.  

As it's Yorkshire,

"In my day we had to get up in the morning gargle with gravel and go to the game before anyone else"

"That were luxury".

Franchise,  Walsall , Millwall and Bristol Rovers all losing.

Would be a good time to get 3 points .......

Early kick off, the match is finished.

This makes me nervous.................

I hear what you are saying there

I feel a bit special now.

If at half time you can predict the final score correctly, you will be considered a genius.

I'll go 1-0 to us

Hope you are correct!!

Ifil sent off for Aberdeen.

pen

Penalty to us

C'mon Billy

paynteer....

goal!!!!

Get in

get in!!! you beauty

Great!!!  Any idea how well we are playing?

wooop

stays like this, and so the other games, puts us 6ths with 2 games in hand.

bollocks

im gonna shut up now.

AUSITN

get in.

YEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Did you get a bit excited there Ben?

get in

Cox scores again

who?

I think I'm a little bit in love with Charlie Austin

i think i'm going to start to believe the austin hype.

what?

what is going on?

what?

AUSTIN!!

austin again

How much sell on fee do Poole get for Austin ?

red card

i was wary of believing the austin hype as i haven't seen him play yet but fuck it, he's the messiah for sure.

WHAT!!!

nasty orient player stopped austin getting his hattrick.

Ohhh, I thought Austin was off then. That would have been a shame.

we are mauling leyton orient.

This is a player we signed from five divisions below league one.  Just an incredible start to his pro career

Austin hits the bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyFUWFcf6cI&feature=PlayList&p=4582248BB24C6D1A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19

WHAT!!!

3-2

Long term contract, with a comprehensive sell-on clause, please Mr. Wilson.

from 500 yards out.

Oh god, not again!

Has the game not finished yet?!

full tim*e

lovely

Ahh! Just got on t'internet. Is it over?

thank god for that.

Phew! Very happy with that. Sounds like it was an entertaining second half.
Ok attendance too: 6,815 there.

where can I see an up to date league table?

Difference of one goal, you are obviously of well above average intelligence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/default.stm

Updated league table

sweet. 6th with two in hand. Nice.

take 6 points from the 2 in hand would put us 4th

I think the biggest thing at the moment is to stay as many points above 7th place as possible. 2nd place isn't totally impossible but it's very distant, so being in the play-off spots is the main thing

Six pointer next week.

Fantastic game. The most I have enjoyed a match in a long while.

Charlie Austin and JPM were absolutely superb. LJF had the best game I have seen him play, barely put a stud wrong. Lucas made and unbelievable double  save  in the first half. We'll ignore the two questionable Orient goals. Everybody else was superb.

Even Arriba might have enjoyed this one! :)

Anything is possible, but no one is going to catch Leeds.  Norwich or Charlton will probably be in second place, so a play-off place is the realistic target and was at the beginning of the season, when we were being tipped for relegation.

That was a fucking ace game.
I don't want to get too carried away, but Austin is a legend already.

That is the first time i've seen austin and I was really impressed by his hold up and link up play. Then he showed some excellent finishing and now I just can't stop thinking how complete he is as a striker - -especially for such a young player.

I completely agree and Austin deserved his MOTM accolade as well.

I have to say that I thought both full backs were superb today, especially Lescinel.

Sheehan looks like a great player with the potential to do well here too.

I am bloody overjoyed with today!  Played some very good football and if we could play like that more often, top 6 is definitely a possibility.  Also, atmosphere wasn't bad at times either.

Lucas is a hero!

It was the first time I saw Austin too. I said to my brother at half time that he has got something about him and I'm sure he was the real deal.

Game started off with promise but was largely flat until they equalised. Then it became more exciting. Charlie didn't just win us the game, he raised the County Ground atmosphere too.

Whilst I couldn't see for sure from the North Stand, it looked like Lucas fucked up big time on their goals and should haved easily saved them both. To be fair, he did make an excellent save in the 1st half.

Absolutely right. Great game, great performance, great result. And quite a good atmosphere, in the second half anyway. I'll see your "Arriba might have enjoyed this one" and raise you a Reg

Good game of football and we were the better side. We always looked dangerous going forward, in a way I was surprised it took a penalty to get us infront.

I have no idea why the Orient player decided to pull Sheehan back, he was going away from goal.

After Lucas wonder defy the laws of physics save he was also going to let in a dodgy one and he did. Thortons free kick going under him.

After that it was us again, brilliant finish by that man, Charlie Austin. Cross looked like it was going nowhere, but Austin got a boot in, ahead of the defender and directed it goals. Proper strikers goal and exactly what we've been lacking.

Then it was all us and it was only a matter of time before it 3, 4 or even 5. Ball came to Paynter who looked certain to score, good save by the keeper but the fox in the box did it again.

He was well on for a hat trick but Mwankdire decided it would be better to haul him down and get himself sent off.

Again, it looked like the game was there for us to get another couple of goals but Thorton stuck other one, not sure if it was well struck right in the corner or whether Lucas missed it again.

I thought Leyton Orient looked decent and pass it well. They reminded me of us earlier on in the season. The need a finisher

Scrowcroft was gash and that elbow on Big Kev who rolled over 5 times looked like it had a bit of malice in it.

Sheehan looked very good, comfortable on the ball, good passer, good crosser, good free kick taker. Best of all he got through alot of work. When Lescinel over lapped you knew Sheehan would be back at left back right away. Lescinel looked alot better with better support. I know its only one game but filled McNamees hole and then some.

Really happy with that. I'm really starting to believe we have a shot at the top 6 this season but on that note right now I also believe Charlie Austin should be on that plane to South Africa.


.....as Batch has already said even arriba must have enjoyed that one.

First one yes, it looked like he saw it (or reacted to it) late. Not so sure about the second, went in off the inside of the post, looked more like just a good goal to me.

Oh and I don't think I have seen a free kick quite as powerful as Sheehans!

Thronton's goal in open play was well placed. Not sure if Lucas got a touch to it, either way in off the post.

Thought the free kick was irritating. Greer kept giving away dodgy free kicks and to be fair I think it was put in a difficult area for Lucas. I think he was preparing for a connection and having to dive the opposite way, as I was expecting that too.

I want to have an intimate relationship with charlie austin. It wasn't only his finishing, his general play was amazing.

Penalty was deffo a penalty, red card was deffo a red. No idea what orient players and fans were whinging about

We deserved our win. Jamie scowcroft's miss in the first half has made my year

Really enjoyed that, especially the second half. Getting that early pen, helped open the game up, as Orient changed their 4-1-4-1 formation.

And just when we were going to blow another two points away, he turns the match...now 4 in 3, and he was on goal to complete his hat trick, when Mkandawire brought him down for a straight red. Why he was complaining, I do not know.

Who needs Ben Hutchinson, when we've got Charlie Austin !! (Thank God!!)

jon douglas is the best midfielder since.... honestly can't remember the last time i saw a central midfielder as good as him in a town shirt. so calm, never loses the ball and always finds another player

leyton orient actually looked a pretty good side

And forgot to mention, is Jamie Scowcroft on the Razor Ruddock diet ?

He's put on a lot of weight.

Their first goal skidded off the pitch and shot under Lucas, the second was a cracking shot he couldn't do much about. Top performance though.

Have a look at the pictures on the OS and the last one is rather amusing!

The rest is the Charlie Austin show....

Wow I am soaked,have hat hair and half hour to get glammed up for a Christmas do but I don't even care!!! That was ace!
I loved visiting at half time and touching Daves face too!

It must be said everyone who touches my face goes away pleased

It was soft..... I liked it

Really enjoyed that today.I think 3-2 makes it look a lot closer than it really was.Must admit i thought Lucas was at fault for both goals but lets be fair they were awful conditions for him and if he makes mistakes every 20 games i can forgive him that.

Don't know about anyone else but i thought some of our football was superb at times and the best i have seen in a long time.

Austin is a quality act and has given us that spark just at the right time of the season his workwate is as good as cox's and today he had the skill to go with it although he was pushed close today by McGovern who i also thought played well.Not one bad performance really from any of them.

What i like about this team is we have a real mix of players who have skill,pace battling ability,we don't seem to be carrying any passengers and everyone of them will get stuck in

Interesting comments here :)

http://www.leytonorient2.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=226050

Which is why Macca was allowed to leave I guess.

Our left hand side looked alot more solid today.

This is exactly why he needs to put pen to paper on a longer deal.  I know its early days but the kid clearly is quality.

I still find myself thinking about the amount of points to secure safety let alone looking at a Play-Off push!

The month of December is very tough, if we are still within touch of the Play-Off zone when we go to Fulham then who knows....

This is another great win.

Also, a great bit of business so far in the form of Charlie Austin and as Boeta mentioned... Douglas, we've been saying for years that we needed a player like him in that position but Sturrock et al were oddly content with the likes of Michael Pook in there. The signings of Douglas and Cuthbert were clear signs of ambition and long may that continue...

A good day.

Is he just on a contract until the end of this season?

I believe so.

Sign him up!!

I'm sure there would be a clause that meant we would extend  the deal (and have first dibs on a contract extention) if successful.

I just did a quick Google and it looks like he is. But I find it hard to believe that Fitton wouldn't have put an option in his contract so we can extend it if we want to. Though as others have said, its already time to give him another couple of years as he's shown he can handle it at this level, which was always the big question.

That threads kind of funny, as they're going on about missing out on players like Austin as they don't have a scouting network. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we found out about him from his deal with Bournemouth falling through - which anyone who reads the (football) news would have been aware of. Its not like he was some super secret, everyone knew what he was doing at Poole and we were the club that took the risk.

I really enjoyed that and it looks like the crowd are now responding to a good team Wilson has put together.  Have no doubts this is a team - not a collection of individuals. The workrate is first class and its good to see Douglas and Ferry buzzing everywhere. Its now getting quite difficult to pick a MOM as there are a number of candidates each week. Every player worked their balls off. the pen was a blatant pen but was a stupid one to give away. The ref wasn't going to give 2 in 3 minutes so waved away a blatant hand ball. The second and third goals were typical goal poachers goals and thank God we've now got a goal poacher who has a hell of a lot more about him than just scoring goals.  Lucas fucked up for the first one but he's more than owed that one. Thier 2nd was just a bloody good shot.
MOM for me today was Douglas. Cunt of the day was Scowcroft who should have ssen red but we had a particularly bad ref who was happy with studs first, feet off the ground challenges in the 1st half.  

E_I_E_I_E_I_O UP THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WE GO!!! :D :D

It was well boring for about the first 60/70mins then it picked up! Come on lads. Fuck the cynism (and we should have more there in terms of attendance) just get into the fucking games and get behind them!!!!!!!  ;)

They also said that the home fans were terrible until we went 2-1 up.

Good game today. It really came alive in the 2nd half. I thought Orient were a decent side that looked to play some good football. They were also well organised and hard for us to break down at times. Both teams had a good chance in the first half but other than that it was all huffing and puffing from us with no real threat. 2nd half we changed totally and went at them early one. Some of the passing play from us was superb and some of the moves and ideas really did impress me.

Didn't get a decent enough view for the penalty but it sounded like Sheehan was tripped. Thought Billy had missed his penalty for a second as well. I thought we were guilty of sitting back and being a bit to casual after that. We invited them to come at us and they did and I think the equaliser was deserved. We really moved up a gear when that goal went in though and that's what pleased me the most. I lost count of how many shots we had before Austin got his goals. Think we deserved the win on the balance of play and another good performance to boot. We're sitting pretty now after 4 straight wins. Good time to be a Town fan.

Oh and both Paynter and Austin were superb again. Good partnership in the making that is.

not just Austin.

Paynter and McGorven to, contracts that is...

what iOB said.

Orient fans on their message board gave the ref a 0 and said the penalty was joke and he wasnt sure Mwankdire should have seen red.

wha?

tb totally honest we were casual as fuck until that penalty. it was deserved tho.

Couldn't agree less.

Best game I've been to this season and even though there wasn't any goals in the 1st half, the football we played was a joy to watch. The ball spent most of the time on the ground and much of the passing and movement was crisp and incisive.

Charlie Austin is improving every game and his all-round play today was much better than the Huddersfield game.

Really enjoyed today.

Fair enough! I was well into the huddersfield game but thats your opinon.  :)

Well fatboy Scowcroft was lucky to stay on the field. The penalty was a blatant pull back, Mwankdire should've started walking as soon as the free-kick was given. It was blatant. Charlie was through to hopefully complete his hat-trick, and he cynically brought him down.

The Huddersfield game was good because of the result, but due to the conditions you couldn't say the football was brilliant.

But let's agree that 6 points from 6 points is a great return!

I thought both games were bloody ace.

cheer up you miserable depressing negative pessimistic bastards

Cos we were

As other have said, the penalty was pretty clear cut and having seen it the ref didn't have any option. Though, I thought there was a good shot for a penalty in the first half as well when a player got pulled down (not sure who it was).

I don't see the ref had any choice with the red card either. Austin might not have been able to get a shot off as defenders were alongside him and closing but it was on the edge of the area, Austin had beaten his man, there was no defenders between him and the goal and he was hacked down with no attempt to play the ball. Maybe it was harsh but its a straight red every time.

That was great fun today, with all 3 stands in danger of singing at the same time.

Douglas is immense - he seems to be everywhere without having to hurry too much.

Austin really impressed again today - his positioning is great, rarely caught offside, and has a knack of holding up the ball.

I want Charlie Austin's Babies. I think we've unearthed a real gem here, i just hope it's not a flash in the pan or he loses some of the magic he's currently displaying.

Does anyone else think he's out of the Teddy Sheringham mould? Not great pace, but finishes well and seems to have a positional awareness and an ability to find space few players exhibit.

Defenders alongside him?

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He is awesome and if you arent in the Charlie Austin Appreication Society on Facebook you suck!

If I had to liken him to a proven premiership striker, I'd say he was more of a Robbie Fowlers. Works hard outside the box, deadly in the box. He is exactly where you want him every time.

Great Game!!! Sign Austin long term along with Ferry now!!! UP THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WE GO!!!

Fucking great result today! Austin seems fucking ace.

Did Ward come on today?

Sign Austin on a long term deal now!

There were some either side of him, not sure how close but they looked only a yard or so away at the time.

Yes Ward came on for about 5 mins so couldn't really judge.

I tried my hardest to get them singing in the Arkells and quite a few joined in, if we can only play like we did in the last 25 minutes for the whole game we are going to give someone a battering. As for Charlie he is a natural goal scorer we spoke to his dad after the Huddersfield game and he cant believe how well it is going for him made up for the lad.

Cheers. You never know he could turn out well but he wont get a shout with Paynter and Charlie playing so well.

Austin is a League One Rooney :)

Fantastic game today - I can't remember us passing the ball about like that since the days of Hoddle and Ardiles.

Shame about the 2 goals conceeded - the first was a reasonable free-kick that bounced at Lucas' feet.  Yes he should have had it, but I think he's been quality all season so i'll let him off that one.  As for the 2nd, where did that come from!

It's interesting to see some of the comments on the L.O. site.  While I can't remember the incident leading up to the penalty, lets not forget the clear handball 3 mins later, and that Paynter was hauled to the ground in the first half inside the 6 yard box, and god only knows why it wasn't given.
The sending off was bang-on.  Yes, there were a couple of defenders closing in, but at the time of the foul Austin was clean through on goal and it was "an obvious goal scoring opportunity" so he had to make like a breakfast cerial and cheerio!

I can't see what L.O. fans have to complain about - don't forget, we hit the woodwork a couple of times and the keeper clawed one out that had goal all over it, so I think we were good value for the points.

Happy days!

I think Austin could turn into a latter day Chalkie. He's a true goal poacher who chases absolutely everything and doesn't give the defenders a minute's rest. He's got to hitch his shorts up a bit, sharpen his elbows, get caught offside a bit more and learn to rip the piss out of everyone and he's there.

I'm still amazed by how good Austin is in the air, he wins most of the headers he goes up for including ones he has no right to win. The same for his touch and control, he keeps it simple most of the time but seldom makes a mistake and has made some excellent turns and moves.

I'm not sure about his movement off the ball - he was running in to some stupid positions today, but having said that he was in the right place to score a couple. No sign yet of whether he's good in the air in the box, or what his long range shooting is like.

He obviously still needs time, but he seems a far better player than Cox was after a similar number of games.

If he turns out a lot better than Cox then we are in for one hell of a player

Saw a Middlesbrough scout in the winners

Apart from the freekick I wasn't impressed with Sheehan. He seemed to spend the whole game as a floating central midfielder rather than offering any width at all.Tthe bench seemed hapy with this and Orient don't seem to use their right side at all but he did look very much like a fullback out of position.

Hmm, yeah, he is very much like Robbie Fowler. And i am in the fan club so there. :)

It is strange how people see things differently, I cant remember him putting a pass a stray and did every thing simple very much in the Douglas mould. He is never going to be a replacement for Mcnamee but on the flip side we looked far more solid down the left then we did down the right. Overall I thought he had a pretty decent game and hope we can make it permanent come January.

I know :)

I see in the havent accept section, Lloyd Macklin is listed - so someones invited him!!

That was down to DW, i saw him twice 2nd half telling Sheehan to push infield

He didn't really do anything wrong and had double the impact McNamee had this season! Must have been at a different game to me, guess football is all about opinions though.

Thought the same thing regarding lack of width. Seems it was by design so that's OK.
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I can't believe anyone thought the first half was dull. Best footy I've seen us play in a while, albeit lacking a goal.

I dont know what the plan is, but it almost seemed like the idea was for the wingers to tuck in and let the full backs provide the width.

JFL and Big Kev got forward alot today, probably more so than they have recently.

We looked decent throughout the team! Cant wait for next Saturday now! Im sure we will sell our whole allocation!

It must've been. There were several occassions when myself and friend noted KA and FJL sitting practically in the midfield with Douglas further back and actually sitting in the middle of a back three.

Think he pushed infield more as orient played 5 in the middle with him doing this and lescinal getting up and down very well today i think it worked out well.Taking into account its only his 2nd game for us in a different position i thought he did well.

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Do you know whats really nice about Charlie Austin? He is a town fan!

Charlie Austin was absolutely fantastic today. Not just his instinctive finnishing, but he hardly ever lost the ball. Fantastic with his back to goal, Hes just got great desire in his game.

Just hope we dont coach that desire out of him in the next 12 months.

Overall the team needs more endeavour. 1-0 wasnt enough, but we sat back. Another 3 points courtesy of a lethal striker.

Last half hour was fantastic. Keep it going lads!

And you can tell. he works his bollocks off and actually cares, every time he scores seems like he wants to jump into the stand and celebrate with the fans! Shame he cant play at Fulham, be interesting to see how he would do against those type of players

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8825/austin316saysijustwhoop.jpg   


This image pretty muh sums up todays match!

This is what I think, but someone else wrote it so I don't have to.

We were compact, organised and patient

I liked Sheehan a lot - he'd be a very strong addition to the squad. Douglas and Greer are Championship standard and must be two of the best players in the league. Austin has stepped up fearlessly. Loved it today. Even the stupid but inevitable last minute conceded goal barely annoyed me.

I think an automatic slot is beyond us, so I'm looking forward to Wembley and a play-off final.

Haha i'm using that

Enjoyed today.

Should of killed them when we had the chance and pissed about and sat back and invited pressure.

Austin was great to watch and i hope it lasts .. :D. it was a joy to behold and he and Billy really seemed to click.

Lucas?  WTF....no mistakes and then two fucking howlers...If rules are rules then Smith should get the nod, i hope Lucas gets another chance.

Roll on Rovers. wish i was going im off to Stoke for my Xmas party......... :(

Twice in the space of 7 days I find myself agreeing with Gazza..

Austin gives a fuck and is living the dream. Fucking good luck to him.

Every player that Wilson has put out in the last few matches also gives a fuck, which is turning us into a very decent side.

If Wilson can keep us playing the way we have done so far, we'll be somewhere handy come the end of the season.

Happy fucking days, indeed!

Sheehan's shape was similar to McGovern on the other side. With both of them tucked in rather than wingers, I thought we had a middle 4 that was very hard to get past. I thought he linked up well with Lesh, Ferry and Douglas.

Most importantly, he made McNamee look like a one-trick pony. McNamee was only ever an outlet, whereas I thought Sheehan fell back and offered more to the team.

I don't know why anyone would praise Greer for his performance today as he was fucking shit. His distribution was terrible and he kept giving away free kicks, one of which led to their first goal. It was as if he'd forgotten how to win a header legally.

I think fucking shit is a step too far!  He gave away a few free kicks, and his long balls weren't upto his usual standards but the conditoin were a tad rough!

I guess you weren't watching last season before Greer turned up.  His performance today was still 10 times better than anything we saw last season up until the end of January.

Very harsh asessment of his performance, and a good example of some of the critisism handed out at the CG on a match day.  Does make me wonder some times.

Sheehan was class today, he switched well with Lescinal and most importantly looked very confident on the ball, he never panicked once in possesion always played a decent pass and has a fantastic cross on him. Plus what a free kick! great corners too.

:doh: Do you write on the Adver site?

i disagree quite a lot with that. i think he had the beating of scowcroft in the air so instead of jumping or elbowing kev he just leaned forwards before even being touched...which somehow is a foul.

i thought douglas and ferry were superb...in short there was no one i thought worthy of slagging off, apart from a few of sheehans decisions. he sat on top of LJF a bit too much in the first half but that was the only outfield negative.

austins touch is superb, if the ball goes up to him you know he's got it under control. i did enjoy how paynter was able to come short and take the ball a lot today, although we were playing against a team who wanted to counter attack we did look good and when we remembered being patient meant chances we were even better.

I think yesterday was the most direct I have ever seen Paynter play.

The difference between us and Orient were the strikers. Quite a contrast to several weeks ago when we stuggled for goals.

paynter was given time to come short and collect the ball from our full backs quite a lot. it was strange as they apparently played with a holding midfielder who must have been awol most of the game as it defintely didn't stop that move.

Really enjoyed yesterday,I know the usual get's the mention austin,cuthbert but i thought jpm was outstanding yesterday,what a player he's been this season it's like he has a new lease of life. 

How shit was Scowcroft? Thing is he's probably still on a massive wage.

The English lower league needs a clear out of this sort of player. Just an absolute waste of money! Made me laugh the way he went down in the first half under a soft challenge and had the physio come all the way out to check him over, like he was somesort of fine tuned athlete that needs nurturing. You're a fucking pub player James!

And another thing. When Lukas managed to pull off that fantastic save when he was on the ground, it has to be said that all the Orient player needed to do was get some part of his body on it (other than his arms obviously!), but he just stood there, totally clueless. For me that sums up a lot of the players that the English youth system produces now. They know how to play ball to feet and pass it back to the defenders, but when it comes to showing some initiative and some hunger and just making something bloody happen - they havnt got a fucking clue! Compare that to the way Charlie Austin robbed that centre back. Brilliant.

True, probably because he is out of contract this year I think..... meaning he will likely be shit if given a new deal, ala Zaaboub, McNamee etc.....

Not that a manager has got the best out of him then?

Could be dont get me wrong just saying, he was pretty gash last season but then again name a player apart from Cox really who wasnt?

That's a bit unfair Gazza, he's been absolutely superb and I personally think it's a Wilson thing; i just can't see that level of improvement and workrate for a new contract.

What was with the exercise bike behind the touchline on the Arkell's side? Did it have a dynamo to keep the floodlights going?

Pretty much every time, Greer was leading with his arm, jumping through / all over the player. Both of which are fouls in my book. Not sure how anyone could have missed this, given the number of free kicks Greer gave away.

I didn't miss it, he did as you said. Only i'd not say he was "shit" and wouldn't say his distribution was "terrible". I also don't recall him getting away with these fouls, but if he did i don't care, he's a town player.

And as someone else said, he's still a million times better than any other defender (excluding Cuthbert) we've had at the club in 10 years.

I sort of agree with Jonny i did thing Greer gave away a few too many silly fouls but in his defence he was against a player who's sole job on the pitch is to win free kicks around those dangerous areas.Greer has been very good this season apart from a little patch a while back but then the whole team went through that spell.Snowcroft will win alot of freekicks like that against most teams he plays against this year

I wondered what that was doing there, didn't notice anyone sat on it though.

Apparantly Jpm has now settled down off the pitch so maybe that has gave him the kick up the ass he needed.

I believe it was Alan O'Brien who was on it, spent quite a bit of time during the first half.  Somebody suggested it could have been used to power the floodlights, am I the only one who thinks that there are certain areas of the pitch that do look a bit on the dark side - and that only a certain percentage of the bulbs are working. 

Totally agree with that, he is certainly a different player this season compared to last.  Long may it continue.

Guess they are using it to keep his hamstrings warm. Clever thinking.

MOM wise JPM is suffering from having a good season!  We expect him to perform, and boy did he do that yesterday. His speed of thought and pick of pass is way above anybody else at the club. Hope we can hold on to him, and that we don't see last seasons JPM ever again.

Austin is still a surprise in his performance far exceed his Wessex Premier League background. His all round play was excellent and he scored 2.

Either were deserving of MOM for me.
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Saw the sending off again. Definite red in my book. He was pulling away from the 'covering' defenders and hence they weren't going to get to him.

The sending off was a tough one to see properly. Looked like a tug but Sheehan made sure the ref noticed it.

Great double save by Lucas (and inept finishing), but I think he'll be disappointed with both goals. Still no harm done.

This has been something that's bugged me for years now....the floodlights used to be excellent, but now they appear just about able to meet the lowest requirements, because the bulbs don't get replaced....I've asked questions about this at AGM's going back to teh days of Hardman, and have always been fobbed off with the answer they meet the minimum requirements so that's OK.

Basically we can't afford new bulbs or lamps....I had hoped Fitton's "low hanging fruit" might have picked up on this....but no.

Orients manager has admitted that our penalty was a penalty and that the sending off was justified.

Just the orient fans disagree......

Another two for Charlie then. Great stuff long may it continue. Might have to pay a visit to the CC to see him in action, maybe over crimbo
Visited the rellies up north at the weekend so took in the Hednesford v Chippenham game. Chippenham looked a reasonable side, and should have won tbh with the amount of chances they had. Finished 1-1 tho Hednesford did have a penalty saved

Also, his celebrations are pure joy. Not a sign of cockyness about them. Whilst I did like that edge of cockyness Simon Cox had I hope Austin keeps grounded and level headed


we've got to have a moan at something dont we. Greer wasnt at his best but fan from fucking shit


To be honest, I thought the Orient player whoever it was actually did the head the ball. I've only seen it live but it looked like the Orient player got his head to it and Lucas using a jedi mind trick made the ball travell down into his hand. It all looked very un natural, of course the Orient playercould have just missed the ball


Its at the back of my mind to.


....but I hope this really is the answer, in truth I suspect its a bit of the two.


His mrs gave birth a while back didnt she, well I say a while back within the last yearish? No idea if that his first child and thats had an effect on his lifestyle or maybe it was the dog food someone saw him buy?

Apart from Austin 3:16 is a wrestler.

Our Charlie is Austin 2:27 :)

Either way its going in the society!

You don't have to be the last defender to get a red, but deny a clear goal scoring opportunity. If it was last defender only keepers could get sent off, unless they do what Duke did yesterday.

I didn't see O'Brien on it, but did see Peacock peddling for a while. Maybe it was to keep those 2 fit in case they didn't play.

I seem to remember Chris Coleman implementing something similar at Fulham a few seasons ago

In reply to the comment about JPM being settled, and the poaster commenting about his mrs ... i was under the impression he was going out with my former drama teacher. They were at my prom together over the summer, and ive seen her at a few home games this season so i dont think hes still with his wife :/

....and I also think I've seen your former drama teacher at a few home games this season if its who I think it is.

Dorcan?

Yeah, got it in one. Her name's Kelly Sutton. Now you all know my age does that mean i get blocked? :(

No,

Althought I dont know if its the best idea to actually post her name on the forum.

I think it is. It's only a back ally football forum. It's not as if it's something that proper people read.

My original post was aimed at the people praising Greer's performance yesterday. I was going over the top a bit with "fucking shit" but he didn't have a good game and anyone who says otherwise is on another planet. I just get a bit sick with the love fest being held for certain players, who can do no wrong in some people's eyes.

It works the other way as well. Some people would always slag off McNamee no matter what kind of game he had.

What?

No they wouldnt, McNamee never got slagged off by anyone apart from me! Perhaps you are thinking of Topi

Well in that case, she would get it so fucking hard! She is fit as anything. If its true then McGovern is a lucky man and now I understand why he's playing well

 :soapy tit wank:

I looked her up on facebook just now but I don't know if that's her. She didn't seem that hot.

Yeah but she's a teacher. There's always the opportunity for a sort of Freudian Oudipus thing going on.

I just looked her up on facebook and none the ones that came up were actually her.

The rumour is indeed true, seem to be getting on well which can only be a good thing from a Town perspective.  Not sure she'd be happy with an internet discussion on them though (especially from me!)

This is her: EDIT

Oooops :)

Who are you RoberT?

EDIT: Sorry Red Is The Colour, i don't feel comfortable with links to the private profile of someone who may or may not be JPM's misses. Feels a bit out of order. Love Barry x

 Oh no. Ben and Kelly Sutton. Drama queens re-united ?

How sure are you though Rob? Due to England's fucked up defamation law, I think that we'd have to prove what we were discussing was true. But then any complaint would have to prove that there'd been any actual damages, which is probably ok.

What twat said we should talk about it?

looks like melinda messenger

OK, own up, who has or is considering having a wank looking at that pic?

I was taught by her for two years :D ... if there's a straight male in the entire establishment of Dorcan Technology College who hasnt longed after her then i'll piss in the qeen's hat

It's a long and tangled web, but it's fair to say they are together.  It is indeed your ex teacher Red, I know a few of them.

Are you one of my ex teachers as well? :L

Nope, but Mr Laker didn't get his job without someone getting him through College you know.  I'm hardly someone who cand hide behind cries of privacy, so I can't very well pretend to be all coy.  I'm related to a now ex Dorcan teacher, who married a still current Dorcan teacher and my best friend teaches Business Studies at Dorcan.

Oddly, another relative of mines teaches in Windsor and I'm about to be Best Man for another teacher from Cheltenham.

Oh, do tell who these are :)

I May know them :)

Matyla, Laker & now Matyla - can't remember her old surname but was also in Drama

Ohhh such a legend :L

Tis true, my son was also at that prom and did mention that her date was JPM! He didn't tell me she was dolly though! I will have to have a father son chat with that boy, parent evenings could have been so much better!

Being blind and partisan should be what being a football fan is all about. Not 'ooh I only gave him a 3 out of 10' and all that bollocks. If you cant be happy with a win that takes us into the PO positions then what can you be happy with.

Greer is a great player and our best captain for years. The best 2 centre backs weve had this decade. Orient scored yesterday, but only from outside the box, which should be where the keeper earns his money.

Who's your son? I might know him :)

When did I say I wasn't happy with the game and us winning? Or that Greer is a shit defender?

For me I am full of pride for the team again. If stay away fans arent comming its their loss. I cant wait for the next game.

Why spoil it?

Am I the only one who thought the first half was boring?

yes

Just watched our highlights on the FL show. Claridge got a stiffy trying to compare his younger self with Charlie Austin, the cunt.

Lucas looked dodgy on both their goals but he made that miracle save as well. Like Greer, he's entitled to an off day.

They were well placed shots to be fair, would be an awkward bounce for keepers even in dry conditions - the wet surface just made it even harder. That double save was top class though - an off day? I think not. Although the striker should've done better with the header.

If Claridges career is anything to go by, Austin will probably not be looking forward to it. Being a pundit on a TV football show where they have a blonde, female, Leeds fan presenting will be something I hope he never wants to do.

How was it boring?

I haven't been to a game since the tail end of last season. That's not really important though...

Even from just reading on here, there seems to be a proper buzz about the club for the first time in a long time. Hopefully some real support can be built on the back of it.

We really haven't had a buzz like this since Kingy was in charge. Even once he'd devided the fans there was always a 'buzz'. I'm not really sure how he did it.

I think it might have been when you called him "fucking shit" that led people into that misapprehension

Oh come on paul... You can't be one to have a go at a few words. Didn't you once claim that Alan (talktalk) was like a semi-brain dead puppy who'd tried to grasp basic politics from an understanding of who'd buy him the next can of Pedigree Chum?

SAME OLD ,SAME OLD!!

Ref blew the whistle, always Swindon at home at the county ground, pies overpriced....yawn!!

I thought the first 20 mins were really good. Then it was a lot of possession play but no end pass or product.

I think it's very important that you havn't been to a game since last season.  I'm always interested in the reason for stay away fans.
With some good football on show, my only concern with Swindon Town is the lack of atmosphere at the County Ground.  Every empty seat is a problem.

Ben's got no money, although I'm not quite sure he'd pry himself away from the bar stool every home game even if he did :)

Yeah, what si said. I did a good run towards the end of last season when there were lots of spare season tickets about.

I didn't think we played with any intensity in that first half.

I thought some of the football was superb. OK we didn't get the last pass right to unlock the defence but we looked organised, determined, skillful and in control.

It was just like watching Brazil.

Or perhaps Italy.

i guess i'm a stayaway fan too. sometimes reading the comments about games makes me think we're in midtable obscurity or worse, then i look at the table. (obviously the comments this weekend have been very positive)

i would like to go but financial difficulty aside, my girlfriend isn't that interested in going so i don't.

I've never been a regular to Swindon matches... Never lived in north Wiltshire/Swindon. I wouldn't say I'm stayaway though either because I'd be there if I could.

This is (hopefully) my last season where I'm not a regular as I do plan to move back to the South West in early 2011.

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