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The first one i've ever started! It was getting closer to kick off and wedidnt have one so i thought i would start one!

Back on track Today 3-1

Lets hope we do these cunts. 2-0.

Team News: LJF out, O'Brien in. So Sheehan will start left back.

Prediction: Postponed half time (frost), or 2-1

Thats good, he looked solid there last week.

No surprises there then.

can anyone let me listen to the match via official site? stuck in france (working!)

A win. By any means necessary please, else work will be a bit of a cunt on Monday morning.

4-1

I would, but I have kind off stolen somebody else's account and it shows their personal details (name and address). It'd be wrong of me to give that information out.

brighton have a player called jim mcnulty.




the fuck did i do?

Brighton playing better atm

Corner to Town

We always seem to start slowly this season.

I think its quite impresive that there is only 1 game off in lg 1 compared to 3 in the championship.

Yay! Spill the beans Sussex......

We are starting to dominate now

Any chances yet?

Bristol City 1-0 Reading: Hartley (13 pen) 

Sadly, only one team can lose if it isn't a draw.

Brezovan having a good game

Dangerous freekick for brighton

Fulham beating United

Exeter beating Saaarfend

Amankwaah off francois on

Oh dear injury i guess

Yeh injury,  not to sure how serious

GOAL: Wycombe 1-0 Oldham: Akinde (9)

SENT OFF: Wycombe, Akinde, Violent Conduct (22)

Pen to swindon

Penalty

Yes! Whos Taking?

Goallllll

Billy

paynter scores the pen, his 10th goal

Well done Billllllllllllyyyyyyyyy

Sweet

YES BILLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get IN!!!! And Rovers are losing!!!

What was it given for?

Penalty scored by Billy Paynter (Swindon)
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Penalty taken by Billy Paynter (Swindon); placed right low: scored
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Jim McNulty (Brighton) booked for unsporting behaviour
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Foul on Billy Paynter (Swindon) by Jim McNulty (Brighton), penalty awarded

Thank god Brezza didn't repeat his heroics.

I know its early but if it stays like this we go 7th.

damn mcnutty

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Billy was played in by Lecs. Inspired substitution!

1-1

forster

1-1

doh!

Fuck off Forster you cock

how are we playing 2day?

We better team apparently,  Sheenan hit cross bar

Cross for the goal came in from their right - was Lecs to blame?

Sounds as though O'Brien is coming to life at last.

HT. You'd like to think we can go on and win.

Brighton are lucky to be drawing, with a bit more luck we'd have 3 or 4 by now. We really should go on to win this convincingly.

man u 2 down

Hows the 2nd half started?

With the referee blowing the whistle

CHARRRLLLIIEEEEEEE

CHARLLLLLLLLLLIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! What a legend!!!

This boy is god!

We are 6th atm

Ace! We must beat these cunts......

Starting to snow

I bet the game gets called of and we lose the replay !

As long as the game makes it to 80 minutes, it won't matter if it gets called off as we'll still pick up the 3pts (providing the scores stay as they are)

Just some temp work 'til mid-Jan, nowt to get excited about unfortunately...

Come on Town lets fucking have this!!!

7068 not bad for the Sat before Christmas.

Painter lucky to b on pitch

What did he do?

Elbowed Brighton player

good. haha.

Francois cocks up  Dickinson through on goal but misses      Phew

Lescinel keeps on fucking up.

At least hes consistent. Are they putting pressure on us?

Yes they are.  Got a feeling there another goal in this

Franchise losing,  good result for us

Come on Town! Hold on Please!

cant be long left

1 mins left

FT

Get In!!!! C'Mon! Well done Town, great win!!

wooo

POS  TEAM NAME          PLD  GD  PTS
1      Leeds United         21   28   50
2      Charlton Athletic    22   19   46
3      Norwich City         22   21   42
4      Colchester United  21   16   39
5      Huddersfield Town 22   17   35
6      Swindon Town      20    0    34
7      Bristol Rovers       22   -2    34
8      Millwall                22    7     33
9      Franchise 22  -2    33
10    Walsall                  22   3    31

Cracking Result.  Puts us in the playoffs in 6th still with 2 games in hand on everyone around us!

Yeh, terrific to be in p/o's with 2 games in hand! And to think of all the doom and gloom after Rovers!

Good result, wasn't expecting it after watching that appalling game against them this time last year.

To be fair there were only a few who's knees jerked so hard they smacked themselves in the face, most were pretty pragmatic.

Happy days  :D

good bounce back from last weeks heavy defeat.let's hope the lads keep it up over the xmas period.

Kevin has the pukes, not injured.

Quality free kick from Sheeham, very nearly a goal. JFL was class one miinute and scary bad the next, another excellent cross for the equaliser though.

JPM had another cracker and yet another goal for Charlie.

10 for the season for Billy as well, if he keeps it up after christmas we could be looking at 20 goals for the season which is a fantastic return.

LJF was ok first half but woefully bad second half. Good job Lucas was on his game. LJF lost Dickinson far too many times when he came on.

I said to Fred that O'Brien did more in today's game than MacNamee did in all games he'd played this season. Definitely not sorry to see MacNamee go now.

Forster was a cunt as always and should've been booked for his celebration.

Loan predictions:

Revel and Hutchinson not extended.

Sheehan permanent signing in January.

Ward, depends on if a striker is signed in January.

Not sure if we really deserved the win. Paynters penalty looked a bit soft, and it looked like they could have had one at the end. They also had a fair bit of the ball.

That said we created just as much as they did despite the midfield being a bit below par.

All in all who cares. 3 points are 3 points. Get in!

COME ON YOU REDS!!!

Bounced back from Rovers with a win.

Dont think we played well to be honest. Brighton probably had the better of the opening 15 minutes then we and Alan O'Brien came into it a bit more.

Our penalty looked very harsh from where I was sat and thought Brightons shout for Greers handball was more worthy of a penalty.

We went 1-0 and I was dreading Brez saving the penalty. Brighton hit back, surprise surprise it was Nicky Forster.

After that again, it seemed like Brighton had alot of the ball. They didnt play like id image a Gus Poyet team to play. Long balls, kicking, shirt pullling, climbing, pushing.

We went and got another goal, that man CHALRIE FUCKING AUSTIN then it was Brighton pressuring us.

Thought it would be 2-2 after Greers slip (well, when he got pushed over but the linesman left it) someone, cant remember who shot at the open goal but Lucas saved it. We have a clear penalty turned away clearest shout out the 3. The Brighton player stood behind Billy Paynter just pushed him over. If he hadnt given us the first one...

Liam Dickinson got through and missed a sitter I would have tucked away, he really was quite shite. How much did you pay for him?

Brighton pressed and looked dangerous, we looked nervous and shakey.

Did we deserve to the win? probably not but Brighton can fuck off because we are more than owed undeserved points against Brighton.

Good away following.

Dissapointed Adam Virgo didnt play a part in their defeat. Hope they get relegated and rot in the bottom tier and die a slow painful death with Falmer burning down, cunts, cunts, cunts, cunts, cunts

I thought a draw would have been a fair result. But to quote every football manager who has ever lived, the sign of a good team is those that can win playing poorly.

Both our fullbacks looked poor. I'll let sheehan off because he was on the wrong side of the pitch, but JFL is rubbish i'm afraid. Yes he can tackle and he's alright going forward, but he has no idea where he is half the time, let alone the bloke he's supposed to be marking. Caught out twice today by simple balls over the top that their bloke should really have scored from.

Greer didn't have the best of games, hopefully a blip.

Billy Paynter is built like a brick shithouse. He needs to start acting like one, instead of going down the minute someone breathes on him.

Good to see Brez get a decent reception, strange to see him catch so many today instead of punch/flap. Lucas had his best game that i've seen him play. Supoibe.

Austin, JPM, Cuthbert and Douglas were all very very good.

I think we've bought the wrong Alan o'brien.

I thought Paynter did really well today, he was getting battered by their centre backs every chance they got, his hold up play was good and thought he put himself about a bit actually.

He puts himself about then throws himself on the floor trying to win free-kicks. Don't want to see that in the modern game

Oh and drinks are on Macca at Fulham. He had a tenner on Portsmouth at 5/1 and then 20 on Fulham at 7/1.

Billy Paynters physical side to his game has come on loads this season, he got battered by centre backs last year but he gives as good as he gets this year.

...but more importantly did you get my text sam, you know I take these things seriously.

Yes, and I manually updated it. You should've got an auto email.

without wishing to sound to gay, you're a fucking star!

Next pint is on me!

You're still below me though :)

that cant possible be true!

You're 6th, I'm 2nd :D

I think somethings gone wrong, I was top with 33 points. I got a correct prediction and have dropped six places and not gained any points?!?!

Game was pretty devoid of action, until the pen (definite penalty, as I could see the blatant push on Paynter 80 yards away), and then it livened up.

Without Brez and the woodwork, we could've had 4 by half time. They scored with their first effort, with the cross in perfect for that cunt Forster to score, and he should've got booked.

The second half it was even for the first ten, with us stating to dominate, and the ball for Charlie to score was inch perfect and he buried it. We then continued to dominate, and a third looked likely. El-Abd tried to get Paynter sent off, despite holding on to him for ten seconds, Paynter pushed him away and he collapsed to the floor like he's been shot. How El'Abd didn't get booked for holding as we got the free kick is beyond me.

The last 15 minutes we were in holding on as JFL tried to put through Dickinson twice. And the Brighton player who took a dive towards the end after deciding to go over Sheehan's leg, should be put forward for the Olympic diving team.

At the end it is 3 points, and we're in the top 6.

For me Paynter MoM, with JPM not far behind...and Forster's still an annoying cunt.

The system doesn't lie Dave.

it does.

week 19 after rovers, top 33 points

week 20 after brighton 6th 33 points

Yeah I think I had 34 points last week and was top +1.

Oops, forgot to click a button. Try again now :)

thats better :)

My personal highlight of the game was when Austin ran into the pitch covers :)

Pleased to see O'Brien grow into the game. I guess he came off because he was gassed, and not because he was injured?

His Swindon Town career has now begun.

O'Brien did get into the game more. I think he put it out of touch with his first touch.

Good to see a winger running at players, no step overs, pure pace.

fingers crossed he gets better 'n all

Was another good game today. Much like Orient Brigton looked to play some good football but didn't really create a huge amount of chances. I thought we started the game very poorly. Passing wasn't there and it was all long ball up to Austin and Paynter. We backed off them and let them play.

Once we got the ball down and got into the game we were a real threat. O'Brien put some good balls into the box which perhaps a few of could have had a better result from Billy and Charlie. Didn't have the best view of the penalty so will look at the highlights and judge then. Brez made some good saves and it could have been 3-0 before Brighton got their goal. We backed off and let them play again and it was a good bit of quality from their winger to get the equaliser.

Thought that if we went out in the 2nd and stepped up a gear then the game would be there for the taking and I was right. We came out and started slowly again but once we got going we played some fantastic stuff. The 2nd goal was a brilliant move and great ball from JP to find Austin. Great stuff. Then we sat back and invited them to get a goal. Not what I like to see us do and when we did break we looked dangerous it was just a shame that we didn't get the men forward more often.

Did we deserve to win today? On the balance of play probably not and on another day it would have been 2-2 or 2-1 to Brighton or 3 or 4 goals for us. Just one of those games. I think it evens itself out and we'v had a few games back in September where we should have won but only drew.

Back in the top 6! Happy days. Really hope we can go to Charlton and get a point now. As for Brighton I think they'll be OK. Not a bad side they just need to get a win or 2 to get the confidence up.

Brighton looked a decent enough side to me, but something clearly isn't right there.

I think they should sack their manager and get a new one in.

Agree with most of that, but Greer was fucking awful.  Totally missed the ball in the first half in the penalty area, could easily have had a pen against him for the handball, gave away a needless freekick on the edge of the box and that's just in the first half!  Second half him and Lescs did their best to gift Brighton something, let's hope he is having a mid-season blip, we need him at his best, commanding.  Cuthbert will be the buy of the season.

Greer was alright but had his scary moments. Remember that Cuthbert has been very good this season and probably makes Greer look average. When you compare Cuthbert/Greer to Ifil/Aljofree you soon realise it's not all that bad at all.

thats also our last ever present gone this season before today Amankwaah had played every minute or every game

Forster is an absolute cunt!

I think today's game was a classic example of the difference a year makes. We would have lost this last season. The gayboys were a dirty, whinging bunch of cheating cunts - virtually all made from the same mould of arch gayboy Forster. The referee was a complete cock in the 2nd half where decsisions seemed to be made completely at random. How the hell we didn't get a penatly for yet another shove on Paynter I'll never know. I thought their goal was offside and Forster should have been booked - what a wanker and not for the first time.
Paynter was MOM for me and what a great bit of football from Town for Charlie's goal - how well did he take it. Oh and thank God for Lucas. Cuthbert was also brilliant. Greer was below par and JFL was his usual mix fo great and dogshit.
Glad to get the 3 points and we're in a great position in the league.

to be honest, if I was in Forsters boots I would have done exactly the same.

Not sure what is up with JFL, one moment he's class and then he just goes to sleep. Over the course of today's game he was good but then at the end he fucks up twice which nearly cost us dearly. Wonder if its losing concentration or a lack of confidence, I noticed Lucas and Greer giving him encouragement after one of the fuck ups so maybe its something they're aware of and working on.

Amankwaah going off highlighted our lack of options in defence, which are basically zero. With Kennedy injured, having Morrison out on loan seems strange to say the least. Another strange subs bench, with two wingers, two forwards yet only the one defender.

The last 15 minutes were a real worry, its the first time I've seen us collapse like that this season - it was like a replay of all those games last season when we blew it towards the end. We seemed to be sitting far too deep and encouraging Brighton to push up, rather than continuing the way we had been playing.

I thought we did ok.

We showed promise, last season we wouldn't of won that game. Shows how far we've come. we got three points, so happy with that.

I think there are two ways to look at it. Like you, I thought that it resembled the way we played under Malpas, where a one goal lead never looked secure. On the other hand, Brighton threw absolutely everything at us and we nearly caught them out on the break 2 or 3 times because they committed so many players forward. If it hadn't been for a couple of slips from JFL then Brighton wouldn't have actually created much in that late spell despite all the pressure they put on us.

I thought we played OK today, my main concern is that Brighton had the lion's share of the ball.....leading up to their goal we played too deep.

Of course, Charlie keeps up his record of every time he scores...we win.

And (damn near) every time he starts he scores :D

We played well in parts today, as did Brighton, we could have gone in 2 up at the break if it hadn't been for a couple of wonder saves from Brez and then it would have been a very different game. Yeah, we ended up grinding it out, but I'll take that. We don't normally get much against Brighton, and it's been a while since we've been a team who are actually capable of grinding out a result. And we're back up to 6th, going into Christmas in the play-off places is well beyond what I'd predicted at the start of the season and we're generally playing well and putting good runs together. Overall I'm happy with that. I'd rather be a Town fan than a Liverpool fan tonight :)

Oh, and the ref was a cock.

Up The Town!

i am so so so happy :)

there goal was 2 yards offside i was in line with it and forster was in front of the man crossing it.

it was a grind of a match, but no less enjoyable as we won. It seemed that we went into a panic at the end and Greer is having a crisis of confidence. However, Austin is a star and he need Paynter next to him who does so much work; JP is manic this season and proving his worth, I'd sign Sheehan and even Ferry if I was running things. What was it with Lecs giving the DRS the bird? (or did I imagine it?)

I didnt see anything like that but if anything id say it was aimed at the linesman who failed to flag Dickinson offside.

aah I see - he was giving Curley a bit of stick, that makes sense

really? i thought there murray and greer were both in front of forster and cuthbert coming in behind them, i wasnt in line so maybe my eyes decieved me!

I do enjoy wins over Brighton (I enjoy all wins but y'know).

Douglas was mom for me-bossed the game and never gave the ball away.Are we now taking him for granted?He's definitely playing below his level-Championship class.Sheehan has a tremendous left foot and has solved the left back problem-shame he couldn't have played 90 mins there.Paynter is now twice the player he was last year and Austin is a diamond -the way he chased a lost cause late on and won us a corner is the sort of stuff fans love-god bless him!Didnt like the second substitution much-we lost it after that,Oby looked to have plenty left in him to me.Oh and what was that singing at half time all about-truly awful!

Take it you didn't like the revd. then Adje, was pretty grotty I must agree.  Did see a lesser spotted Bushey Boy in the ground today, he has not deserted us!!

I wanted to start a 'jesus is a wanker' chant but thought it was too harsh

:D

 You are a fucking retard.

Was jesus actually there? I don't get the joke.

Also, jesus, if he existed, was male, therefore he wanked. So Si is likely correct.

I was pretty much in line and thuoght 2 of theirs strayed offside for their goal. Will look later on the telly.

Not as retarded as that reverend.

We lost the impetus going forward when O'Brien came off. Not sure why Wilson did that as he didn't look to be blowing out of his arse, or suffering with an injury.

Brighton caused us problems all afternoon because they are a decent side. If Poyet takes them down this season he'll be a candidtate for cunt of the year. They are way better than relegation candidates.

Forster is a cunt. His big-time celebration in front of the town end warranted someone taking the cunt out. An experienced player like him should know better. All the previous goading from the crowd doesn't justify trying to wind them up collectively like that after scoring a goal. If it's someone like Wayne Rooney doing it, fair play. But Nicky Fucking Forster?? Cunt.

Thought the lads did OK comming off the back of last weeks shite performance at Wovers. 3 points is 3 points.

Our league position is fucking dreamland territory going into Christmas. Hope we're roughly the same come the start of new year.

my only issue with today was how el ebd stayed on despite it being a freekick to us and billy having to flail his arms about to get free

I suspect that Jesus had many a divine wank, at least when his whore girlfriend wasn't doing it for him. What's the problem?

Exactly, what a joke, thought he was doing an impression of a backpack, then he went down like a sack of shit.

Paynter and JPM were superb, fantastic workrates and Paynter had some great first touches on the ball to move into space.

oh my second (hanging not battered) issue is timlin is shit. he offered us absolutely nothing when he came on

As opposed to all the other times he's been so valuable whilst appearing to be the ref's shadow?

Lethal strikers win you tight games. This is why we are in with a shout.

Fantastic cross by JPM for the second goal. Douglas magnificent.

Only downside was Forster not getting a coin in the face.

I enjoyed that to a certain extent yesterday.For far too long as a town fan i have been to games like this that in fairness could of gone either way but we just don't get the win.

We seem to have a bit of bite about us this year,last year if we went ahead you njust knew that once the other team hit back we were in for a tough final period and would most likely fold.I don't get that impression this year.

Brighton are not a bad team either and i don't think they will go down and the way they put us under the cosh in the last 15 mins was only something i would expect us to do if we were -1 down.

Douglas Jpm were good but for me i honestly thought that was probably as good as i have seen Paynter play for us.

Only downside for me was Greer which i'm not overly concerned about as we know he is class and will get his form back. Maybe the lack of defensive competition has made a few complacent? Sort the left hand side out in january and i think we can maintain this form. On a final note maybe a right back in january wouldn't go a miss as we lost alot yesterday when Amankawaah shit himself.

Amankwaah got the runs?

Think so

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-one/2009-2010/form-table/full

On current form we are the team to beat

Nice to see MK in the bottom 4 :D

How far is Nathan Thompson from the 1st team? We got away with Sheehan at right back but it wasn't ideal. Still a bit surprised that Wilson didn't move Cuthbert to right back and JFL to the centre as that seemed the logical choice.

Though as I said before, only having one defender on the bench when you're allowed 7 subs is just plain stupid.

don't give me sass!

I see Abdou got dubiously sent off for Millwall yesterday ... The cunt can have no complaints, the manner in which he got Douglas sent off back in october shows what goes around comes around :)

Didnt go...

Good news and the goals looked good on the telly.

How come Forster didnt get booked....what a cunt.

Forester = total cunt

Cuthbert played right back at Gillingham-wouldn't really want to see that again.New signing necessary

Totally diffrent player no Adje.Been as important as anyone in my opinion this season

If Forster played for us, you'd love him.

I thought we made heavy weather of things yesterday. We looked scrappy for a lot of the game and it's the first time that I've seen Ferry look a bit lost. Fortunately the spine of the team held up. Lucas especially was very strong.

O'Brien looked off the pace in terms of positioning, passing and tracking back, but he has been out for a while and will take a few games to warm up. With Ferry and O'Brien off the boil, JD and JPM had to carry them, but they worked hard and we got away with it.

JD is awesome. Billy P looked up for a scrap (in a good way) and Austin is a natural.

We need more cover in defence. Lesc terrifies me and Sheehan looked unhappy on the right, but did a job.

I normally stand up for refs but they seem to be getting more and more inconsistent recently.

Bookings for goal celebrations is one of the worst areas, yet should be one of the simplest. Red cards for fouls on players through on goal is the other, the refs just seem to toss a coin to decide whether they should go or not.

could someone put the highlights up on here? i can watch it when i get home but my provider wont allow iplayer and im impatient :)

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Ausin heads the winner (Brez not shown).

LOL it was an exciting game and a good win. they played quite well too. feel pretty confident for the next home game against yeovil!!! not so sure about charlton tho. that wil be a tough one.

They only played well because we were massively unbalanced.

We would have murdered them with our first choice line up.

:)

Batch that is truely AMAZING!

At centre back-totally agree mate

Church got a second yellow for running into the Reading fans at City....that IS bollocks.

Forster goads the fans and gets fuck all!!

His first yellow was while he was warming up as a sub, for dissent apparently!

Can't recall a player being shown a card prior to coming on.

Don't know if I've seen it happen live. I've definitely seen subs get booked for celebrations etc before though, usually for entering the field of play without the referee's permission!

a notts forest sub did when we beat them 2-1 at the CG i think

It was your namesake in fact, Bennett.

we have never played this mythical team you speak of, notts forest.

I don't remember seeing it happen before but it does happen, same for players getting cards after the final whistle.

i thought as much, what a pillock he was as well

That was Gordon Bennett, bennett

I enjoyed the game.

Was very impressed with David Lucas, the defence must feel so confident with this guy in goal, shot stopping, reflexes and coming for crosses all excellent. And his kicking is decent as well which makes a change for a Town goalkeeper!!

Defencively, I thought Greer looked a little shaky in the second half. Left and Right backs are a problem, clearly as LFJ doesn''t seem to have the ability to concentrate. Sheehan has a great left peg but was clearly not confortable on the right.

Centre midfield is sorted. Douglas goes about his work quietly but very effectively. I like Ferry as well but its a shame he isn't just a touch taller so that he could challenge in the air when it gets scrappy in midfield. O'Brien showed glimpses but his control and touch are very heavy, however he is a whippet and put over some dangerous crosses. JPM was excellent, such a change in this guy.

Up front I thought Paynter looked hungry, he took players on and played some excellent passes, the one in the second half which he timed to perfection sending JPM in behind the defence springs to mind. Austin is full of energy, you would not know that he came from Non-League. Not just a finisher, wins his fair share of headers which he flicks on well and plays intelligently. Took his chance very well.

Brighton I thought were a decent side. They looked to play the ball out from the back and had Dickinson not been totally wasteful would have gone away with a point. Still a good 3 points and onto Charlton now!

Nope, Millwall have got that red card rescinded.

Only difference between Abdou and Douglas challenges was that Abdou stayed on the floor rolling round like a prat, whereas the Charlton player got on with it.