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Lets see if the old Mex magic works again...........

Lets hope so we need all the luck we can get at the moment and with so many players missing Im not confident about tonight so im going to decline on predicting a result on this one.

Got a horrible feeling about tonight. Hope to fuck I'm wrong......

lucas
amankwaah cuthbert morrison rose
ball ferry douglas prutton ritchie
pericard

I feel good about tonight, I am going for a 3-1 win (Ritchie, Ball and a rare McGovern goal).

dont suppose anyones got a spare season ticket going for tonight? can pay in a pint/or 2 of beer :-)

if you come to shoreham then its yours.

Good test of our fighting qualities this I think. Poor result last weekend, on the box, lets show everyone what we're about.

3-0 Town (Pericard 2, Ritchie)

Glanced at the league table in the paper this morning.  Local rivalry aside, we really need to win this, don't we.

I'll not be able to get to a TV showing Sky this evening, so hoping that BBC Radio Five will at least have updates.  No Premier games this evening, so it's a possibility.

I feel a hat-trick coming on.

Hat-trick of incorrect predictions?

I reckon it'll be a close game, probably 2-1 but not sure which way yet.

1-1

Not sure about this one close game,

Not got a good feeling about this one.. :cry:

2-0 Austin with both

2-2 Barleymagrew

3-0 to Rovers

2-0 town, austin, rose freekick. come on town!!

I think it unlikely that Austin will be playing.

2-0, both goals from Christian Roberts in a surprise twist.

2-1 to us, in front of a shit crowd of 7,998.

Austin might make the bench but I doubt he'll come on.

If Charlie does play, I would be surprised if he's in the starting line up.

Austin was ready for the Torquay game but was saved to be on the bench tonight

He's back!

(JPC, that is. Not Austin.)

unlikely i know, but if you can get to bath i've got one you can borrow

Seconded - we won't need him tonight. We'll go 2 up, concede a daft one and just about hang on.

Unfortunatly I agree mate, I feel a defeat coming on 0-2, they are on a good run at the mo.

Reckon 3-2 to us, with us winning in added time!

We're going to win after going 2 down.

If we lose, I think our fans may commit mass suicide. Unfortunately, with the number of players missing or doubtful and the Gas in good form we'll struggle to a point in front of 9500, with the gas filling the Arkells with 1200

im on my way!!
just messing, i've managed to source one, but cheers anyway

I think 9500 is a bit optimistic. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I'm expecting less than 9000

Just thinking of the Plymouth game. Rovers should bring a few more than muff.

I agree, I recon 8,500 is nearer the mark IMO.

I've gone 2-1, I stick by my prediction league score

I'm taking a rovers mate. Fuck I hope we win.

1-0 Town JD

We're so inconsistent at the moment that none of us has a clue which version of our squad is going to show up.  So trying to make a prediction is futile, in my view.  (Although if you were going to push me, I'd say it's probably going to be 3-1 to them, a draw, or 2-0 to us.)

they beat us tonight and it doesn't look good does it, thats why we'll turn it on and spank them

season starts here - we owe them from last season... off the pitch we still owe them for the inn on the green episode but I'll leave that to our single celled supporters

Three nil town

COME ON YOU FUCKING REDs

We really need to win tonight! Putting aside the fact it's a local derby and we owe them big time for last season, a win would get us looking at the right end of the table, we are a bit too close to the bottom at the moment.

Wouldn't risk Charlie, I can see them trying to rough him up and we don't want another Barry Corr situation on our hands. Fingers crossed the team that took care of Huddersfield will turn up as opposed to the one that surrendered at Dagenham.

Don't think there will be much of a crowd, but should still be a decent atmosphere under the lights, definitely looking forward to it, albeit with a touch of trepidation.

3-0 to Rovers.

If Charlie is fit he should play, otherwise our team hasnt got enough goals in it.

1 - 2  :(

I hope this is superstition  :wink:

Yep ! got all mine wrong so far !

Formation wise, I'd say same as Torquay, Ball, Ritchie and Pericard up top

Not overly optimistic about this. Think I might listen instead of watching.

2-0 rovers-we are never up for these games

Even for town fans, this is a miserable bloody thread. 2-1 to us, missed pens, sendings off, streakers (females....), and a long range injury time belter into the top corner to help us to 3 points. If you can't get up for games like this, whats the point?

Quite a big game in terms of fan morale this one. Obviously a loss won't ruin our season and a win won't make it. But it would give everyone a massive lift to move 2 points outside the playoff places.

1-1 then.

Yep. Surprise return by Charlie as it turns out Wilson's "definitely not"s and "you're having a laugh"s were all subtle mind games inspires team and fans to an unprecedented frenzy of unity and desire, resulting in a 6-1 (have to allow for the token defensive fuck-up) romp and the entire away section in tears. Actual tears. I will settle for nothing less

My first prediction on a match day thread (and first evening game) since Leeds at home last season. So, in the true tradition of superstitious fans, I'll go for the same score, a tight 7-3 victory

3-1 to Town tonight.

A crowd of 9,656

I havent seen a draw for over 20 games stretching back to February, i can see that ending tonight. 1-1

Attendance will be shit for a Gas game, 8000.  Not many fuckers will pay on the day when they can watch on the box in the warm.

Wow, what a depressing read this has been.

£18 for Cat A game ..........BUT.........its on the fucking Telly!!!   Should of done a special to get people in and filled the ground up.

1-1 - with that prick Kuffour scoring

Why?

The point of a prediction is to guess what you think the score will be, not what you want it to be.  I’d love to put down a 4-0/5-0 prediction but that is highly unlikely at the moment.

It's a depressing reality. Is what I mean.

What makes me laugh is how they refer to us as the Swine - very original indeed. But then again when most their supporters come from the uneducated side of Bristol and live in slums what can you expect.

As name calling goes, I think that's pretty tame to be honest.  Right up there with 'You brute!' on the Richter Scale of popular insults.

I agree fully mate.

ive been working in bristol on & off all year, they ( gas) think they are going to turn us over big time tonight, and say it will be sweeter than last season as its on tv ::), this is a concern of mine and the fact i have a STFC badge on the back of my van :hmmm:

Really pessimistic about this.

Will be pretty tough with all the injuries and were usually shit on TV (bar the play-offs.)

BAR millwall :no:

This is what I call a depressing read. I've never read such negative rubbish before a game. *cmd+q*

4-1 to us tonight.

...which, hopefully, will make it all the sweeter when they don't.  We need to wipe the smiles from their weaselly, wurzelly little faces.

2-1 Town. 10,320.

God, I hope we win.

I do hope you're not suggesting that the shitheads south of the river are somehow Brizzle's towering intellectuals. Or that Knowle West is the city's answer to Vienna's Ringstrasse.

Anyone know how many Rovers are bringing down?

The educated side being Bath I take it?

Just about to leave. Hope we fuck them up a treat tonight.

10-0! We're gonna win 10-0!

Perhaps.

I'll remind you of that later but at least its optimistic in a hopefully overly pessimistic thread

2-1 win tonight I reckon.

I spent the afternoon marking work by students from Bristol, I didn't manage to fail any of them. I take this as a bad omen.

Any team news yet. I'm thinking there might be a little surprise

Lets hope so! We definatley need him back!

Bloody love it if he's starting

Lucas
Manks Cuthbert Morrison Rose
Ferry Douglas Prutton
Ball Pericard Ritchie

Subs Smith, W Evans, Thompson, O'Brien, McGovern, Bodin, Sir Charles!!!

Is Prutts starting, the beeb has him on the bench?

It says McGovern starting, Prutts on bench in OS.

I did have a bit of inside info, but sworn to secrecy, sorry

JPM in the side makes it look more balanced.

Sorry your absolutely right! My bad..

Swindon Town: David Lucas; Kevin Amankwaah, Sean Morrison, Scott Cuthbert, Michael Rose; Matt Ritchie, Jon-Paul McGovern, Jonathan Douglas (capt), Simon Ferry, David Ball; Vincent Pericard
Substitutes: Phil Smith (GK), Nathan Thompson, Billy Bodin, Callum Kennedy, David Prutton, Alan O'Brien, Charlie Austin

Bristol Rovers: Mike Green; Carl Regan, Danny Coles, Gary Sawyer, Byron Anthony; Chris Lines, Jeff Hughes, Stuart Campbell (capt); John Akinde, Will Hoskins, Jo Kuffour
Substitutes: James Tunnicliffe, Wayne Brown, Dominic Blizzard, Eliot Richards, Charlie Reece, Harry Pell, Ben Swallow

Referee: K Friend

Looks like they're playing a 4-3-3 as well.. Akinde, Hoskins and Kuffour are all strikers to my knowledge..

No conceding any early ones please. Charlie will be gagging to get on

:nod:

Anyone know where I might get a stream of tonights game?

 http://www.atdhe.net/

Might work

Cheers gk, I'll keep an eye on it

Ditto

How horrible was that play-off montage at the start? truly heartbreaking! COME ON SWINDON!!!

Sickening....

Can't help feeling we're a bit toothless up front without Austin.  I don't care what anyone says, it's 4-5-1 not 4-3-3.  I just hope we start positive and get the Town End singing...  The rest will follow.

Not confident about tonight but I was really confident before we lost 4-0 last season so don't suppose that means much.

I've got some sort of Aids/man flu so have had to give it a miss :(


Watching a live stream here which is better than missing the game completely: http://www.liveziz.net/ (http://www.liveziz.net/)

Keith Hill: "Either side could win this game"....no shit! :sherlock:

Charlie should be starting if he's fit.

Which link on there is working Pocket?

Don't worry atdhe.net is working for me.

Evening all. I feel too uncomfortable watching Swindon on tele so updates please :)

4th one down, link 1

World is dead

I'm royally hacked off. sat in work in Reading, staring at mine and my mates season tickets in front of us on my desk because my company are making me work late...

Not much fun! :-(

And the Thai government have blocked live streams. Fuckwits.

I braved it and am watching... We look shakey.

That works though. It works very well in fact.

Fuck world

Actually, it's the best stream I've ever seen and on my shitty connection. I'm impressed.

How are we feeling so far? Not seen much of our attacking options yet.

Vince should get shot of them orrible green boots

A bit sort of meh so far.

Come on Swindon :clap: :clap: :clap:

Ball hits the bar and then Jeff Hughes hit the post. Phew.

I hate sky sports.  Saturday I should have been at the cg watching this.  I was at home watching police academy 4 being depressed.

Dangerous free kick for Rovers....

Just wide.

... bloomin' hell Sean Morrison. THINK.

Dear football god.

Please stop us from giving the ball away.

Cheers

BR

x

We look so sloppy.

Need to stop playing the Hollywood ball and keep it simple.

I can't listen to the rest, can you all keep me updated on here?

The passing is certainly sloppy.

Really hard to figure out what I make of this year's side seeing as I saw them so much last year. We look ok defensively...but midfield just isnt working at all. None of the trio are getting on the ball nearly enough. Ball and Ritchie look dangerous, but not involved enough. I still think we look reasonable, but far from the completed article, if we can grind out a win today it will say a lot for our side I reckon.

Fucking power cuts.

Is that's what's happened? My SkyPlayer has gone to the shits

get in get in get in get in get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sean Morrison!!!!s

Yessssssssssssss :beers:

Decent downwards header than loops over the keeper into the corner. 

Dunno about you. But there was a power cut here where I live

Gordon who?!

I just turned my stream off as i was 8 mins behind play. Just as i connect to world Morrison sticks it in the back of the net.

GET THE FUCK IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck Sakes I missed it! Fuckin Sky Player cut out! GET THE FUCK IN tho!! Found a link which is 6 mins behind so get the fuck in also!

At game. Not great performance but 1 up so who cares. Ritchie mom so far.

Pretty even first half really, agree Ritchie/Ball look dangerous at times. Been a couple of sloppy passes that led to Brizzle chances that we really need to cut out, stuff like thats been happening to much this season

All in all I am reasonably happy so far though :)

P2P4u.com is about 3 seconds behind the play. Quality is good and there are 5 decent links to choose from

I aint got to the goal yet on the stream soapy tit wank

That was a bit shit really. Very frustrating to watch. I like the look of Ritchie and Ball very much. Amankwah looks out of sorts and just not comfortable on the ball, even when he's taking a throw in. Still, I'll be happy of it stays 1-0.

The midfield and Amankwaah have been poor. Pericard is doing well against a strong Rovers defence though.

Pretty nervy first half I thought.  Rovers look the more dangerous to me but who cares!

Still 0-0 as far as I'm concerned!

.............

Feel sorrt for Pericard.  No support and no service.  Think he has done well to score 4 goals this season based on the shit service hes been provided so far

Star man! Much appreciated!

GOAL MORRISON 1-0 SWINDON! GET IN!

:)

Oh at last

We are going to need another tho

I'm a little shocked.  Jason Roberts isn't the twat I assumed he was  :eek:

ahahaha "you dont know what your doing" to the bloke that just proposed to his gf on the pitch

Ball looks a threat if given the service... Rovers have looked stronger but we've coped.

We shouldn't be just coping though, we should be getting them on the ropes.

Lucky to be ahead (but very happy to be ahead!)

How does one find that match on there?

yes, cmon, how?

BR - the one on http://www.liveziz.net/ works a treat.  4th link down on the Town link.

Mixed performance so far. Ritchie looks good, few nice moments from Rose too (when not slipping over taking free kicks).

Still feel vulnerable when they're breaking though, think we'll need to score again.

The Thai government have blocked it mate. Apparently it's a threat to national security.

Don't ask.

kevin's having a mare and vincent looks lazy and unable to hold the ball up.the two wide boys look really handy though and both douglas and ferry are playing well, a super tackle from ferry in the build up to the goal. Jp still seems to be on his summer holiday.Neither side really deserve to be ahead but we need this now!

In other news their support is abysmal, can't be more than 800.

600 rovers....

600 according to Sky.

Nearly conceded then... good bit of pressure on Hoskins to put him off.

Nice to see the pitch getting some praise too

Another shite free kick from JPM.

Seriously what is wrong with Amankwaah? Looks half asleep

Need to turn this early pressure into shots on target.

Get in Pericard!!!!

get in

GET THE FUCK IN!!!!!

Ooooooooooooooo Peri Peri

Great play by Ferry to set up the goal.

I just turned the stream off. ace.

Its happened AGAIN! The stream channel got scrambled and just as i log on to world again....we score!!


GET THE FUCK IN!!!

COME ON... We NEED this.

Get in! Quality goal there

Pericard TOP scorer for the Town

There is a gas leak......its in the back of the net 2-0

Ritchie looks a proper class act.  Sign him up!

I've got a feed again. ritchie looks a bit good

How?!

Okay, not as easy as it first looked. 

Ferry is having a blinder tonight, fancy leaving him out at the beginning of the season.

Some great play going on.  A third must surely be just round the corner..?

It better be!

Its just like watching brazil  ::)

Save Lucas.

Rovers then miss a free header.

How skint are Pompey exactly?

£6.43 in the red.

Good ol' fashioned tackle by SM.  Shame you can't do those anymore..

Even though it wasn't anywhere near a red card tackle my heart sank when the referee reached for his pocket.

I just wonder why, when they've signed fuckall and let a load of players go, they've let someone like Ritchie, who's been making the bench regulalry this season, go out on loan.

Do they need to set up a sale, or to get him off the wage bill or what?

Prutts for JPM.

What exactly was wrong with VP's challenge there? And there goes the shape of the midfield

scrambled again. back on world, maybe a 3rd?

Isn't there some rule that says they can sign players even when under an embargo if their playing squad is below a certain size?

Thinking about it, guess that'd only work if still in the transfer window.

Sky commentator " Swindon fans going thru their back catalogue of songs"  :D

Penalty to Rovers

Miss. Miss. Miss...


Dammit.

Oh boy.

please no

60 seconds of added time left.... please!!!!

Late soft goal.  Check.

Needless challenge by Lucas... get Smithy in! :)

Get in.  Happy with that.

Would've taken that before the game so happy days.

SWINDON TOWN FC, WE'RE BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!

Great result. Bragging rights back over the Gasheads makes pumbaa very happy.....

Nervy last minute or so!!

Good result! We looked pretty decent at times in the second half :D

Did we win.  Its only the 78 minute on the stream im watching!

My Rovers-supporting mate at work will be getting some sh*t tomorrow!

Not convinced that was a penalty, looked like Lucas got the ball then the player.

but neverfuckingmind  :D :D

Superb

Ritchie, Ball and Pericard brilliant..

Wouldve taken a draw at the beginning of the night, so happy with that. Good performance second half, impressed with Ritchie and Ferry, JD also stand out (yet again) shame he couldnt finish that chance.

No fucking way is Morrison 19

haha he is a beast

YES :wotjump:

This

First I've seen of them this season. Showed glimpses in the second half, more bodies certainly needed.

Ultimately, an essential win. I hope those Gasheads and the Pox fan in Edinburgh had a lovely evening.

Dave will be on later telling anyone who'll listen that we need to sign Morrison up to a longer contract asap.  Would have to agree after that display.

Up the football league we go !! Well played town  ;D

Never a penalty

Ref was a cunt

Matt ritchie won me over tonight, absolute quality.

Alan obrien take note

Hopefully we can keep Ricthie for rest of season.  Has a good cross on him and got some good pace.
When Charlie is fit, Ritchie will set him up with a few goals

Agreed. Ritchie's cross for Pericard's goal was sublime..

More like Ferrys

Yeh sorry my bad.. Ritichie's cross for Pericard when he hit the post..

Much better second half, played some lovely football for the second goal. More of that and we'll be right up there.

Still got Austin, Dossevi, Caddis and Prutton to add to that as well...

I'm 50/50 on the penalty.

If there was not only 40 seconds left on the clock, the ref might have made a different decision.

Yay!!!!  We won!

My streams just finished.

Haha, only 15 minutes late!

Get the fuck in Town!!!! Well in! Never a penalty but give a shit! Proud of my boys, Ritchie you were great! Up the Football League we go! We are Swindon, we are Swindon, Wilson is our King!

Just back.

Bloody awful first half, very lucky to go in one up. Brilliant time to score the goal though.

Better second half but still room for improvement. Build up for Pericard's goal was fantastic!

We must do all we can to sign Ritchie permanently!

Never a penalty at the end, not a nervy few minutes we needed.

Overall, satisfied with that. Onwards and upwards!

The point with the penalty is that the situation should never have arisen. Lucas should have stayed in his goal and let Cuthbert usher the ball out of touch. Job done. Still, three points, a much better second half performance and a lot of positives to take out of the game. Loving Ritchie, Ball and Morrison. I liked the way after the game that after talking to Ritchie, the camera swivelled around to Morrison and was looking at his chest and had to make a sudden adjustment upwards - the bloke is massive.

All in all, happy days!

Fantastic 2nd half display won that for us. Back to playing some great football like we did last season in that 2nd 45. Ferry was excellent, Douglas had a good game and Matt Ritchie was pure class. It was an even first half but I thought we deserved it overall. 2 points off the play-offs....

Getting stuffed by Rovers last season hurt. I'm glad we've made amends.

Spot on! I went to the Students Union to pleasantly find that the game was being shown! Made a dick out of myself when we scored the 2nd but fuckin proud to be Swindon!! Watch us march...

When did Pericard hit the post? It was ball in the first half, from a Micheal Rose cross?

All in all, much better, especially second half. We were rampant. The two wide lads were unbelievable and I really like the new shape, especially with the idea of Austin replacing Pericard. Ferry and Dougie were also top drawer and Morrison's header was monster. The second goal was pure class, and Ferry put one on a plate for Pericard and Dougie not long after. A few hairy moments at the back, particularly early on, but much better, and Rose had probably his best game in red.

However, and no doubt I'll get slated for this, there were a couple of dodgy performances. Amankwaah was garbage for the most part, and so was Pericard in my opinion. The amount of times everyone around me were tearing their hair out as he yet again failed to jump for a ball or make an attempt to get into the box when the ball was wide was indicative that he hasn't quite won everyone over yet. Fair play to Ritchie for bollocking him a couple of times for standing and watching crosses come into the box.

I really like the shape, and when everyone is fit would play the following

Lucas
Caddis Morrison Cuthbert Sheehan
Ferry Dougie
Ball Prutton Ritchie
Austin

Decent gate, decent atmosphere, embarrassing support from them though.

We need consistency now, and more than one good performance in a row, starting at Peterborough.

Get In! I had 2-1 on the prediction league!

Very mixed performance, first half was poor, very sloppy and too many balls given away, the goal couldn't have come at a better time though, we started the second half with confidence and played some really good football. Pericard's goal was top quality football and Ferry did fantastically well to set it up.

Impressed with Ritchie, he gave us something different going forwards and Ball on the other side didn't do badly either. Pericard led the line well enough but there were still times when he just stood and watched, that's frustrating to see as a fan.

Douglas would have been my MOTM, he really took the game by the scruff of the neck second half and drove us forwards.

So very pleased, but we still look a little bit average to me. Get Austin back, keep Ritchie and maybe put Caddis in for JPM and we could have a side that could challenge. For tonight though, have some of that Rovers and your support was laughable  :D

Second half but he was offside.

First half we were a bit hesitant and nervy on a fair few occasions. Amankwaah's  'mare of a season continued though I'm told by a friend of a player that he is carrying an injury - something that was already posted on here ages ago. Rovers pressed well and were probably the better of the two teams for the first 30, but there wasn't much in it.

Second half we upped our work rate harassing Rovers into errors and passing a lot better. Ball and Ritchie played really well, particularly the latter and even though Rovers had a chance or two anything less than a home win would have been unjust.

Just watched the penalty decision again an it was still soft for me. But the ref had been a cocknocker all night. Firstly he caught paynteritis  (defn: to blow the whistle whenever the big forward wins the ball) whenever Perricard touched the ball. He also gave some sof free kicks for both teams. Dougie seemed to work it out and made sure he won a couple ;) 

Terrific result. Ritchie added a zero or two to his price tonight. As did Morrison, so without wishing to go all Dave on it, contract, pen, sign. Three years. Thanks.

OK performance...a good win against a good side.
So Hudds,Saints and Gas have bit the dust...............lets start beating the shite teams.
Ferry just edged my MOM.

Fair enough, didn't see it hit the post but like you say he was (inexplicably) offside anyway. Lovely ball though, which was the point originally I beleive.

Some nice movement tonight and we held possession well in spells.

Feels like this is the result we've been waiting for. It's an inconsistent league this year - no-one is bossing it (Brighton are nowhere near Leeds or Norwich from last season) and we can kick on through to Christmas. Inside the dressing room they've got to feel that they are play-off quality with a chance of sneaking an auto.

Great day, got a photo and my book signed by Roberts. Met up with BristolRovers at the game and am a very happy chappy!

Someone has to really drive it home to SM that he will not get games if he leaves for a club like Newcastle.

He couldn't get a game here last year. Morrison can play week in/week out for Swindon Town and he's just 19. Good little scenario for him.

Really?

Roberts* Oh dear. Ive had to many lemonaides :(

Well as a Manchester red this is the 1st time I've had to see us since that day out at Wembley we don't speak of. Scared a few locals at the station bar at Picadilly with my lone and noisy celebrations but thoroughly enjoyed it tonight. Thought we played some fucking lovely stuff in the second half.

Pericard was immense at holding the ball up, some lovely touches on his chest. Ball looks like he will get better and better. Ritchie's got some talent but seemed to run out of puff with about 15 to go. Thought Dougie had a phenomenal game and well done the town end for hammering their keeper who looked like he's just shit the bed at one point in the 2nd half. And how good was that 2nd goal!!!!

So happy after a pretty nervous 1st 20 mins!

:D :D :D

Smoke bomb was chucked onto the pitch but didn't go off..

Hooligans these days...

Chuffed to fook no nails left bloody fantastic  :D :D :D :D :D oh and pretty drunk too wooooohooooo

I thought we were crap in the 1st half and very lucky to go in a goal to the good from probably only the 2nd decent delivery into the box in the first 45. Manky had a mare, the midfield was non existent and Cuthbert was our defence. Morrison was very poor first half.
The 2nd half, however we improved a shitload. Dougie and Ferry starting bossing the midfield. Manky just played everything simple and Morrison put in a superb 2nd 45.
Richie was MOM for me - i was really impressed with his workrate.
The 2nd goal was a thing of beauty. The ref yet again was a complete tosser. That was a very embarrasing turnout from Rovers - 800?
All in all though a good result and roll on Saturday.

I can relate to tj. I've just been in a pub full of Chelsea, as I didn't get home from work until 7.15. They enjoyed it also, not quite as much as me. Thought we were poor first half, 2nd half much better, but you can see we are a rolls royce with a misfiring cylinder. Bit of tweaking and we'll be tearing up the motorway at 150 mph!

Yeah, back in the day that bad boy would have went off.

Which day was that then?

No idea. I was trying to be funny.

'Manks was fucking awful 1st half brightened up in the 2nd though, we certainly need cover at right back. Caddis for me is best suited to right wing.

So was I! Anyway sign that kiddie who came on for rovers 2nd half, Reece? Looked very good from my dodgy pub view.

Maybe the day we beat the Scummers when our winning goal was scored thruogh a smokebomb fog.

I'll pay some of my own money to sign Matt ritchie
Get your chequebook out fitton...

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I'm missing around 50 games from my memory according to programmes in the loft. I may well have been there what was the year?

I wish the TEF would stop deleting my posts when I press the post button.

Awful first half with a goal at the perfect time. Amankwaah, JPM, Ferry and Pericard all being pretty poor.

They all got better second half. Ferry had a fantastic second half. Amankwaah took a bit longer but seemed to finally settle towards the end.

Second goal was a great move. Ball was superb and Ritchie was fantastic. Best player on the pitch by a fucking mile. I hope Steve Cottrill wasn't watching tonight.

Good result but not overally convinced by the performance. Rovers were as poor as anything else we've played this season.

Time to kick on...

Without looking it up i can't remember. The whole of the 80s passed in an alcoholic haze. It was the year they got promoted and we got relegated and done us 5-0 at their place. It was the one where after the game all hell broke loose on the Magic - great fun that day - proper old school.

im the thread starter twisted thread starter

Irene is a slapper
She likes it really hard
And whens she's getting fucked
She thinks of Pericard

As many have said, it was a poor first half and a much improved second.

I was watching on Sky from London. I think it was Jason Roberts who said we looked more like 4-5-1 than 4-3-3 in the first half. I think this was largely because we failed to dominate the centre of the park, so Ball and Richie weren't given the freedom to get forward. It was all a bit tentative with shades of the Dagenham game...thankfully we got our act together and put a few balls into the box though.

Second half Douglas and Ferry took control and JPM hassled them. That allowed us to find space on the wings and Richie really came into his own. Great play from him and Ferry for the 2nd goal. We had the odd moment at the back but generally looked solid. Rovers gave us a game but really should have punished us for our first half performance. The penalty decision was soft but probably correct. Even if it was harsh you can see why he's given it.

All in all it was much more encouraging. I'm not sure what I make of the idea of Charlie as the lone front man. He did ok once or twice last year in that role but to carry it through the year is asking a lot. I suppose we'll see soon enough how Danny wants to use him in this system.

Ha, that's awesome! :D

First ten minutes I was seeing double, even triple. Thought it was the pre-match beers but it turned out to be a contact lense malfunction. Some eye poking later and all was well.

Whilst Rovers did dominate to begin they couldn't break through. The rest of the first half had little quality on offer. However, a great cross from Rose and another towering header from Morrison stunned them.

Thought they would come out all guns blazing so I was surprised when we were the team taking it to them. Great play between Ritchie and Ferry for the second goal.

I could go on, but a good win. Glad I could be there.

I think we managed to get the ball into a couple of good positions straight after half-time, which immediately put Rovers on the back foot. It's amazing how one or two little breaks can encourage you to push on.

Great stuff. Now sort out your Facebook Charlie Austin group so it's not full of INCREDIBLE DIET OFFERS.

I can't believe how shit we were in the first half. I lost count of the number of times our players didn't even challenge for the ball or played the dumbest of passes, they were playing like they were on drugs. How we didn't end up going a goal down before we scored I'll never know.

I can't believe how good we were in the second half. Easily up there with some of our best performances last season. Passing was spot on, plenty of runs, challenging for every ball and so on.

Not quite sure what caused the change, maybe Wilson giving them a bollocking. Though I did notice we seemed to be defending very deep in the first half, allowing them plenty of space to bring the ball forward and attack. Didn't notice it being a problem in the second half and we seemed to be pushing forward and closing down a lot more.

Ritchie was a different class tonight, best player on the pitch by some distance. Potentially the long term answer to our problem on the left, if we can get Portsmouth to sell him in January.

Great game, was as annoyed with the first half as I was delighted with the second. At times during that second half we were starting to look like our old selves and that makes me wet.

Also, as it keeps getting mentioned, Morrison has 2 years left and an option of a 3rd if I heard right somewhere or other. Was it Dave telling me? Was it Fitton who said it in an interview? Was it me making it up? I dunno, but I definately heard it from somewhere which means it is true. Now where's OST to "FACT" it?

Watched the game in a Camden boozer-managed to persuade the staff to switch from showing Brazil to showing Town,brilliant second half performance.Town massive(me) take Camden!

Agree with a lot of what's been said, but Michael Rose deserves a mention tonight. Looked far more confident on the ball, linked well with Ritchie and put a cracking cross in for the 1st goal. Without that delivery we could all be going to work in a very different mood in the morning!

I was under the impression Morrison signed a one year deal in the summer.

I thought we looked brilliant in the second half. Ferry and Douglas hunting as a pair, the wide players and full-backs linking up well and Cuthbert and Morrison solid as fuck.

If we play like that every week, we'll be well up there.

I'm afraid I can neither confirm nor deny it Barry :no:

Yes he signed for a year when he came back from Southend. Runs out in June next year.

Started too slowly and were lucky that Rovers didnt do a Plymouth and bang in two goals before we realised we were in a game of football.

BUT..

Improved and over ran them at the end.

Thought it was a pen from the TE but later saw it probably wasnt but dont blame the ref for giving it...Lucas went a bit nose bleed but made some great stops.

Problem is...we won't.  We're consistently inconsistent.  No one knows which Swindon is going to show up these days.  If Danny can sort that out, then maybe.  But would anyone like to take a guess how we'll shape up at Peterborough, for example?  I know I wouldn't.

I've just noticed your sig, THE FLASH.

I'll have you know I'm 10 times the player Prutton is.

First of all thanks to STFC dave for use of his season ticket - cheers cockle.
Makes a big difference being up in the DR compared to the TE, you can actually see whats going on.
Will probably echo most of whats been written here...

First 20 were a worry, if we had conceeded then we may have capitulated. There was some appalling communication at the back in the first half which resulted in losing possesion on more occasions than I care to remember... however,  improved drastically in the 2nd. We opened them up on several occasions and should have had a one or two more really...but saying that they also had about 3 or 4 gilt edged chances themselves, on another night could have been much differrent.

Douglas was class as always, as was ferry (his little chip for the second was awesome), thought ritchie looked dangerous throughout, pericard did what he had to do, and was on his own up front for most of the time but did shit loads of running.

Though Rose looked steady, Manks had a god awful first 15 but improved, etc etc etc

But most importantly thought the Robinettes routine (both of them) was much better than the flourescant topped girls, they were all over the place.

Don't the robinettes do the same routine every home game and to the same music?

Despite being outnumbered 2-1 the Scilly Town Inter Island Firm held the Scillonian Club (which was also populated by about 150 'twitchers' - what's that all about !)  :clap:

they're fucking shit.
ooh look at me i can do ten back flips then sit down.
repetetive and shite.

anyway the football.ferry fucking superb work for the second goal.just get that jedward barnet cut lad,does your square head no favours.
pericard still looks a donkey with a shit touch to me but he scored so can't knock him really.
morrison growing in stature and confidence.
richie is very good.think he'll go back and feature for pompey after a month here.

Way to go 'Not Knocking' him!

point taken.

Not Physical enough!!

Pericard's like a lower-league Heskey. Holds the ball up well, doesn't score many himself but brings other players in, massively divisive in fans' opinions between those who think any forward should be a goal-scorer and those who can kind of see the point (even if they're not especially convinced)

a fair comparison.trouble is when you play that role the ball has to stick to then bring others into it.too many times its bouncing off all over the place which leads to his second touch being a tackle and often a free kick to the oppostition

Good point Arriba, and his desire to win the ball back after a shit first touch is rarely there.

The ref was shocking i hope he watches it back today. twat!

I wouldn't say 5 goals from 13 games (9 starts) was a terrible return for a striker at this level. Not saying he's exactly prolific, but definitely seems to be improving on that front.

Quite.  As long as we get Charlie back soon and he's firing the way he was last season, a score rate of approx 0.4 goals per game from Vince would be just fine.

The goal kick he gave us when we kicked it out was ace!

Not the worst ref but he knew he was on Telly for sure!

We shoud have had a penalty in th second half their defender had both arms over big vs shoulders and wrestled him to the ground!!

Wasn't it the same ref that gave that dubious penalty to Hartlepool for a high boot?

Well after reading through I agree with a fair bit of whats been said.

Ritchie was outstanding, Ball looked excellent, Douglas ran the midfield 2nd half, Ferry looked eager and full of running, Rose was pretty good, Morrison and Cuthbert excellent, Lucas did all that was asked of him, Manks got better as the game went on but was not top of his game, JPM was pretty quiet apart from 1 or 2 good passes and one attrocious free kick, and Pericard up front started slow and plodding and uninterested but improved as the game continued but is still not a lone striker/target man as most of the game we were playing 451 and not 433.

Overall so fucking glad to have some bragging rights over the Rovers supporting mates.

They brought us down to their level first half but we mullered them second period.

Excellent result and only 600 Rovers fans there....very poor showing by them.

I wouldn't say it's a terrible return either. But I don't think anyone's arguing he's a natural goalscorer. He'll chip in to the overall total, but it's not the main thing he brings to the party

Does anyone know if you can rewatch the game anywhere online?

it'll be on the bbc website tomorrow morning, but don't expect anything too great

No that was Andy Hall, I only remember that because a mate was the linesman for that half of the pitch that night and come to think of it I haven't spoke to him since.

Much improved overall. First half was pretty dire stuff from both teams. Scrappy derby day fare I suppose. Then both teams hit the woodwork and I'd say the game started to turn in our favour from there. If Manks needs this surgery then I think he should get it done soon and we should sort some cover out ASAP. He's starting each game quite poorly, I think the formation tweak in the 2nd half helped him a bit, but his passing was still fairly inconsistant. That is probably my biggest gripe from last night.

Other than that, solid performances all over the pitch. Especially impressed with Ritchie and how Ball seems much more at home on the right. Ferry and Dougie bossed it, much like they were doing last season and Rose had his best game to date. It probably gives him alot more confidence having a winger infront of him like Ritchie. Pericard did well at times, not so great at others. Good job he was flagged offside when he hit the post, still, I'd imagine he's rather embarrassed about that.

Well done Town, more of that 2nd half from now on.

YOU REDS.

I'd like to know too. Fucking Sky + failed to record yet again.

Ralphy there'll probably be a re-run later on sky sports.

They've already re-run it a few times, why not record one of them?

They showed it at 9:30am and 1:30pm.

Missed both.

Thought we were brilliant in the second half, much more like the Swindon of last year, if we can play like that consistently then they we will be there or there abouts.

Ritchie was superb, IMO he's what we've been missing this year, a wide threat.

Everyone needs to say a little prayer to hope he stays beyond a month!

Just for Mex- great result!

Weve used up a bit of luck last night. That first 30 minutes was poor all round and we could have been at least 2 down at half time. 0-0 at Half time would have been good, so to be a goal up was a bit of a miracle. Morrison is such a tremendous threat from set pieces. He scares the shit out of defenders (I prefer him in the oppositions box to our own).

The ref was rubbish. He let Rovers kick lumps out of Douglas all night, but gave free kicks for an arm across the chest, nothing free kicks, and a nothing penalty at the end.

I wonder if JPM will be dropped for the next few games? Not great last night. Playing in the middle he's going to come up against Ferry/Douglas/Prutton trio.

Ball and Ritchie came of age last night as first team players. Both were very good to watch. But it was Douglas and Ferry who really dug deep to get us the win.

A word for their goalie who was shitting it all second half. Well done Town End. There was a spell after the second goal when he was really wobbling and we could have added a couple more.

Whilst I fully agree we were poor in the first half.

Now way could we have found ourselves going in behind at half time. Rovers didnt have a shot on target in the first half.

They did hit the bar though!

See Rose is starting to look like the quality player i told others he was  :smugfu:

It's the consistancy that appears to need sorting, no good beating the top sides and losing to the lesser lights. However only two points below a play off place is not that bad

2nd in the form table over the last 6 games. I'd call that pretty consistant.

Not really Onion...........shows how consistantly inconsistant the whole lge has been......including us.

Agreed..

It was a great result, and still missing key players ljf caddis dossevi and so on lets just hope we can kick on from hear. makes me laugh when we win nobody complains that we havent got the CB and STRIKER as was said, however if we had lost against gas??

Thought that it was a great result to get one over on the pond scum Rovers fans.  1st half we were just not all there (poor touches, decisions by players) but 2nd half should have buried them with the chances that we created - Charlie would have had a field day :o)

Oh, and to the pond scum Rovers fans who thought that it is a bit of a laugh to spit all over the Robinettes in the Arkells....you'll fucking get yours - wankers

How would the Robinettes be anywhere near the away section?

I hurd a faint rumor that they were pulling moonies at the wovers fans. (the few that were there)

And there i was thinking the Animal liberation lge had let go a whole lot of young beavers.

Tbh I don't believe either rumour.

...either of these rumours...

This is not a rumour about the spitting - mate of mine has his daughter in the Robinettes and he was raging last night about it.  Its not normally the sort of thing that you would make up, is it?

Can't comment on the moony rumour, tho.....  :D

so there are 4 rumours about rumours

he's gone mate

went to Oxford the cunt

i like that

I quite enjoyed last nights game,I got to cuddle a stranger when we scored which is always enjoyable.

 had a text from the same annoyed father - grown men spitting on young girls is so brave

I heard a rumour that they were now "The Rockettes"

Rovers are so scary - the Inn on the Green episode and now spitting at young girls. I'm showing my age here but we used to "self police" things like this. If Town did that years ago they'd have got a slap from their own and probably be too scared to got to matches again until they learnt how to behave. The same as Millwall should have "self policed" at Wembley.
Since when did football fans get so wanky, picking on unacceptable targets. Are there no codes of conduct any more for "active" fans.

Think you need to be careful when making generalisations.  You're talking about a few isolated incidents in the present day, and comparing them to what went on 'in the main' some years ago.  I'm no expert, but I'm quite sure that isolated incidents where innocent folk were on the receiving end of violence also occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.  But you won't remember them now because it was a long time ago.  Was there ever a golden age of hooliganism where safety of the general public was the overriding consideration?  I'm not so sure.

The Inn on the Green incident is a good example.  Having been caught up in it myself that day (thankfully, escaping unhurt), it's clear to me that - in the main - the perpetrators were kids out looking for trouble.  I did hear some time afterwards that the group knew each other not so much through Bristol Rovers but because most of them went to school together locally.  If that's true, I'm not sure that a pack of 20 or 30 feral schoolchavs getting together to inflict violence on an unsuspecting group of football fans says anything really about 'football' violence.  Just my take.

A subtle dagger through chalkie's heart there. That reads senile old git to me ;)

Guilty as charged but the point was that Town fans would not have allowed such incidents to happen or if they did justice would be served very quickly. There was a code of conduct that actually was there to protect the general public. This seems to have gone down the shitter.

What about dart chucking? Havnt seen much of that since the early 80s, thank god.

The code of conduct thing is a load of bullshit.

This is worth a watch. Swindon Rovers 1982. 29 Arrests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM4_-Rlewtc

For what its worth. We should have put Rovers all on the bank anyway. Would have looked better on the TV. Would have looked like they had actually brought an away following as well.

Seems daft to keep complaining about the behaviour of away fans in the Arkells. Stick em on the bank!

Looking over the back of the bank and not seeing Tesco's is weird.

Bobby Gould is wearing a German Helmet!

Fixed it for you...

That game was proper nawty.....it wasn't just kicking off, in the away pen, but all over the place.

 Rovers kicked out the back the stand and were trying to get into the South Side by a kicking it in from the outside.....bit like some medieval siege. You see in the clip, that was the crush barriers being carried out...they were used like battering rams.

 Classic Stratton Bank....the true Banker, would go to their spot, even though it was pissing with rain.

 Their was a big hole in the stand, I walked past pissed afterwards and climbed through to soak up the vibe of a dark and empty CG....very strange.

they had quite a big part of the stand as the away end then i see.before my time though. it was significantly less by the time i was a regular in there.