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we is on flames

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Big game for us.Optimism is creaping back in but history tells us these type of fixtures bring us back down to earth with a bump. I would happily take a point here.

due another pen soon

2-1 kennedy and connell

2-2. Don't want to be overly optimistic.

 Got the winning mentality now so we will be hard to beat, heart says 3-2 head says 2-2. Connell and Ritchie with the goals.

I went for a 6-0 win for Crawley so I'll do the same.

We will lose for the following reasons:

1. We always lose when we are confident of a result.
2. We always lose to former non league teams.
3. We always lose on our first visit to a stadium.

2-1 Burton.

1-2 with goals for Kerrouche and De Vita.

We'll win, we've won every game since I came back to the TEF to rub in how shit our fascist cunt of a manager is.

This winning run will continue and we will win 2-1. Just one win off the play-offs. Whe have I heard that before????

we just beat a non league side...

Yes but it wasn't our first visit, and most people weren't confident of a win.

I'd agree with 1,...but argue about 2 and 3, we only lose to former non league teams unless they are managed by Steve Evans....namely Boston and Crawley...3 we won the first game played at the Britannia Stadium, and the Manor Ground.

If we are to do something this season, then a point at least at Burton would be would a major achievement.

damn it, that was going to make me feel better

On 2 and 3, Cheltenham, Dagenham and Redbridge, Barnet...

 :yawn:

A nice comfortable 2-0. Connell and Kerwooosh

0-2 and I don't care if they both bounce off the ref's arse. We need to get out this league and four on the bounce going into the Barnet game will be a real boost.

Not confident at all. I think we're due to come back down to earth with a bang. :badmood:

I'll go with 1-1, but that's more in hope than expectation.. :hmmm:

Based on our form for roller coaster results I  expect nothing, but would be happy with a point,  and delighted with a win

2-2 for me...

its too much to ask for 4 in a row isn't it?

nah fuck it.  bring them on.  bring them all on. 

I have a very bad feeling about today!!! (But will stick with what worked last time)

1-3 (Keroosh, Connell & Ritchie)

We will dominate the game but will come away with a point in a 1-1 draw and Burton will count themselves lucky.

Come on Ben, give it a rest.

As someone pointed out (I think it was MacPhlea) it was only a few years ago you liked Di Canio and even wanted him in the England team

2-0 win, Keroooosh getting the brace as I've got a tenner on him for the two.

Hard to predict this game, they have a quality attack. A nervy 2-1 win for us with Kerroosh and Ritchie scoring.

A tight first 60 mins then the fitness of the mighty red machine takes over.

1-4 Connell x2, Kerooosh and Smith. :pint:

1-1 draw.

Have to draw some time. 2-2.

Draw. 1-1. Flint (if he plays obviously as if he doesn't play, he won't score)

Officially the best profile picture on here

How did you find that pic pullen?

Do you think PDC allows the team to play shitter because of this? Do you think he's aware of any of this and therefore expects them to put in less effort? Come on, we've got Paolo, if we lose it'll be because we were out played, as firstly they're a good team and secondly PDC simply wouldn't allow a team to become lackadaisical for any reason. Onwards and upwards. :)

Can't see it being a draw so 1-2. Kerrouche and Caddis.

No Flint again today going by his tweet a few minutes ago...

"Good luck to the boys today! 3points required! Off to the gym to keep myself topped up!"

Photoshop job surely?

I was bored.

 Not even on the bench? Very bizarre.

I hope they haven't fallen out.

In fairness, you can't change a winning side.

Best to have Flint fully fit too.

We'll win a tight game 2-1. Come on Swindon!

0-2 defeat 752 town fans in a 3,243 crowd.

Very true. I guess it's more beneficial to have him at the gym than sitting on the bench.

This ^ but 2-0 to town

2-1 defeat.

Boston were not managed by Steve Evans when we beat them.



FACT!


2-0 smash and grab (Connell x 2)

I really don't know too much about Burton, other than Billy Kee is supposed to be a handy player (Benyon's partner at Torquay) and they've got Calvin Zola and Justin Richards up top too. Sounds as if Zola may have a knock, which would suit us - even if he's clumsy, he's a hell of a lot bigger than Alan Mc II, assuming he'll be at the back again.

They've also got Kevin Poole on their books, probably as emergency 'keeper - who was between the sticks for Leicester at Wembley in '93. He was getting on then - he's 48 now.

I've got a sneaky feeling we'll get a win. Would love to see Connell and Kerrouche on the scoresheet again and start to have that inevitable feeling that one or both would score, just like we had with Paynter and Austin.

Come on you Reds.

Another team we should roll over and be to good for.

2-0 to town

Yes they were, Evans left Boston on 27th May 2007, we played and won away at Boston on 20th Jan 2007.

2-1 Burton. My pessimistic predictions appear to be doing the club some good.

Ditto.

Been given the nod an hour ago by the missus but both my mates can't get away for this so i'll have to sit in front of the radio and listen :cry: :cry:

Just go on your own ye' big jessy

:nod:

The last time we were in this shit hole division I was the only salesman in the company I worked for. I'm not sure how I managed this but most of our midweek away games coincided with me selling in the vicinity of said opponents. I also remember driving up to Chester on the Friday evening on my own to see us crush them 0-2 when at that stage Wise and Poyet were demi gods. I even changed into my civvies and town top in the toilets of one customer in Mansfield. Looks I got walking back through the offices on my way out!

Been to many, many home and away games on my own in the past. Not today, I have things to do other than post on this esteemed forum of course and will be busy when the radio foretells of my 0-2 prediction.

so for all that I'm out.

Leave.  Now.

If you've not gone on your own to an away game, you've not lived.

Fair enough FB, you post sounded like you weren't going just because your friends weren't. There are some people who wouldn't go on their own.

Ah.

S'ok. I know where you're coming from ya little fekker :D

I 'll get to see other games away this season. I'm really hoping we get a decent FA Cup run so I can get to have some fun and banter with some of the sales team I work with around the country as currently my patch is predominantly south and mid wales with only Hereford, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury and Pox as key work related games and that applies to customers only and not colleagues. Got my eye on Macclesfield on the Friday, might take a half day off for that, but need to check how much holiday I have left.

I went to a game at Chester on a friday night once, queued on the M6 for about 12 hours.
Only just made the kick off.
The ran out of food at half time and probably the shittest ground i've ever been too..

However today, I think we'll win 3-1.

In the pub at Burton, fair few Town fans around already.

Hoping for a win, but as others have said we must be due a draw.

Going to be a tough game today, Burton will test our Flint-less defence much more than Southend or Crawley did.

A draw would be a very good result.

Often go to games by myself. Life's too short to be bothered about being seen on one's lonesome, besides invariably get chatting to folk along the way.

0-2 Swindon, Kerouche 3mins, Connell 32mins, attendence 4,120 (565 Swindon)

Used to always come up to Swindon on my jack, unless I brought my nephew, but luckily I now have a few chums up there  :D

 I think i understand your post, however, reading it again it can have two meanings! :-[

Ha, see what you mean. Let's go for the non smutty version  :D

ferry starts

Indeed. Until the 9pm watershed.

Is Gabilondo injured or something? From what I've seen of him he seems pretty good and offers a great threat down the wing, unless he is injured I can't understand why he isn't even making the bench?

What time are you here next week Dave?...tickets for the match are a bit cheaper...........oh and i feel a draw is immenent and go for 1-1 today.

TOWN (4-4-2): Lanzano; Caddis, Devera, McCormack, Kennedy; Ritchie, Ferry, Smith, De Vita; Connell, Kerrouche

McCormack starts in front of Comazzi again then..

Been too two games myself already this season and do it regularly. (live in Kent) Always chat to someone when you get there. 2-1 Swindon today - kerooosh and connell. I don't think 4 wins on the bounce is too much to ask for a team that hopes to get out of this division.

I quite like going to football games on my own. I don't feel obliged to talk to anyone, and can concentrate much more on the game

Bit worried this Mccormack cb scenario is going to end badly at some point. thought flint was fit now? should be on the bench at least for me!

I pretty much only go to football matches on my own. I lean towards going alone for similar reasons but I'm not that bothered either way if I'm honest.

Same as last time I think Lee, should be there by 11, tho the train back leaves a little later :D Can you remind Boo to get the tickets?

Port Vale 1-3 Shrewsbury : Ainsworth (50)

Train or matchday tickets?

Exactly. I go on my own more often than not and it makes for better football. You can also listen to the radio or music and block out the boos and negative arses. You definitely have a more complete perspective of the game.

First time I've been to Burton, decent little ground but best of all the pitch looks very good.

Still 15 mins to kick off but looks like its going to be a decent turnout from Town.

All we need is a point or 3 to take home

oh my word, just heard the kerouche song. haha, wank

Yeah but Kerooooooosh singing his own chant was fucking ace!

COOOOOMMMMMEEE OOOOOONN YOU REDZZZZZZZZ !

Here we go then,  Town fans sound in god voice

Match

Sounds like we're at home

come on you reds.  . radioless right now.

That sounds so pedestrian to me. Like going to the pub to watch a game on Sky, but without any conversation. Very Fatbury.

Come on then Town, sounds lik,e we've taken a good following, let's keep this run going.

YOU REDSSSSSSSSSS

Oooooh close from Connell.

C'mon Reds, early goal then I can crack on with my chores :cry:

Billy Bodin just scored for Torquay.

Think Clarke has scored for Chesterfield again

Crawley 1 down at home already

Lets get the atmosphere going on here then


Give us an SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.........Wubble U......

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Project Promotion 2 is falling apart...

NNNNNNNNN

Bollocks, against the run of play

Fuck fuck fuckity fuck  :doh:

anal

lesbian fisting

Fuck

space dockers

One fucking shot & they score.

We have been all over them

Marmite Munchin mingers

Damm, still plenty of time though, we'll turn this around.

Some fucking circus this is.

Is that Clarke with a 2nd?

Leon just scored again

Thats 3 now for him.

Clarke 2 now     Kerching   £££££££££££££££££££££££££££  :D

4

Stating the obvious i know but would be  nice to get one just before half time

pox 1 up

Just wondering are peeps following the game on here or using twitter  or both? Not many of us posting on here today

here and radio

I'm following on here... while watching text updates on BBC. Don't do 'twitter'.

pox 2 up

I'm multitasking here, twitter Radio and BBC  live videprinter wife is away so i can use all tech available without her moaning

Rovers 1 nil down

Same

Only went on Twatter  last season really, just like the banter of some of the town players, Ferry used to be on there but not posted for a while or changed his name there

pox 2 up now cunty cunt cunt cunt

Set piece, here we go, keep em crossed

HT 1-0

Half time regroup, come out 2nd half all guns blazing

First post, hopeful things will turn around. Sounds like were on top and just been hit agaisnt the run of play. Town twitter just said Storey is getting put through his paces. Connell coming off? might be De Vita for a bit of pace down the wing

We looked good up until they scored.

After that we look a bit too rushed in our play.

If we can settle down again and play like we did for the first 20 mins I'm sure we can get a goal.
The key is keeping them out at the other end, we have looked a bit vulnerable to crosses into the box.

As you would expect in L2 the ref is, at best, a bit dodgy.

Hope Connell stays on

Fingers crossed we can get back into this.

You Reds etc...

Yep its Connell

Shitey shitey fuckity shite.

How do you say FFS in Italian

Great!

fucking goalkeepers

What's happenend!?!

burton scored again

Boo.

There was only so long we could get away with playing a midfielder in defence. Flint needs to come back into the side next game, maybe get this cibbochi in as well instead of kennedy.

We've got goals in the team though and 45 mins left, so you never know

fingers crossed for a 3-2 win

despite neither goal being McCormacks fault?

Fucking calamity.

Lanzano took to long to clear the ball and had his kick blocked.
Fell to one of theirs who passed it into the corner.

Uphill fucking job now, and it's fucking pissing it diwn

Something about Lanzano didn't see the Burton player come and take the ball off of him and put it into the net ie A goalkeeping error rather than a defensive one.

Lazano has always seemed dodgy in the 2 games i've seen him, good shot stopper, awful distribrution

clarke hattrick

Fml.

Knew my avatar would come good. If I wait long enough, he'll be an STFC legend.

Leon Clarke's value is getting higher and higher its great!

Miles Storey takes a shot, blocked by Mehdi Kerrouche.

Text comms on the Beebread not looking good!

yeah despite it not being mccormacks fault

Flint has been player of the season so far, should be straight back in when fit in my book

Need a goal very quickly now before the game gets away

Just when we need Vinnie.

Crawley scored 1-1  :crash:

Neither is your post!

FFS, I'll get on with my chores then  :badmood:

Sucks balls

Come on Swindon get a goal!

Supporting Swindon should teach you to never let your guard down.

Crawley in front FML.

Abdulla on for Ferry.

And while I'm feeling a bit pissed off. How come that cunt Clarke all of a sudden is scoring goals for fun?

I wish we knew what had happened to Gabilondo. He's always looked handy.

I think we are all in agreement that Flint should come back into the team ....... WHEN HE IS FIT ENOUGH TO DO SO

To blame us trailing 0-2 on playing a midfielder in defence is quite frankly the views of a 5 year old

To be fair, after 2 clean sheets everyone was quite happy

Typical knee jerk misguided over reaction by one of our supporters

True, I have no idea what a Beebread is. Bloody autocorrect is a piece of shut.

Sod's law eh.

Come on Town, still time if we can notch one soon....

I thinks it's got something to do with the home player rule. He was originally on the bench at Crawley, to be suddenly replaced by Ferry.

In case you were wondering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_bread)

Just one of those days. We won't score if we stay out there all night (hoping to be proved wrong).

Keeper on loan might be an idea.

We need a goal and we put a left back on. Makes sense.

well its that or bring phil smith or comazzi on, which would you have done?

Fair enough, should of checked the bench before saying that.

Don't football fans just become cynical when they lose.  :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Anyone still up for the 3-2 win.  :hmmm:

Don't think it would be fair on Lanzano to bring him off, would knock his confidence even more. Didn't take smiffy off when he had that howler  last season. Is Gabilondo Injured?

Sounds pretty terrible. Not much happening.

That second goal has killed the game.

That first goal killed the game

Corner Swindon

Yeah we've also had 7 other corners from which nothing happened

By default, not going may have turned out to be a smart move. :(

Deflated after such positivity this last few weeks.

14th in the table as things stand.

Would love it if Town won every game but thats not going to happen in the real world, as much as we hate it we're going to lose or draw occasionally, we could be in a much worse state ie Plymuff

Hereford are gettin spanked by the Pikeys 6-0 !!

Pikeys 5 up at Hereford

Fuck me I'm slow

This is terrible. *switches off*

Only just got in, very disappointing, expected us to get something from today.  Listened to the first 20 mins or so and it sounded like we were running the show.  What went wrong?

Bollocks, battery gone flat on my phone, can't listen to the DAB radio on it now, not a bad thing i suppose. That app eats the power

McCormack suspended for next week

9 games and 5 yellow cards? That must mean Flints back for barnet.

They scored against run of play and we gifted them one in the first minute of the 2nd half

I should have known better than to expect a win from this.  Very Swindon.

It was bound to happen given that most on here were assuming we'd romp it.

Oh dear.  So our little run comes to an abrupt end.  Shame, I really thought we might not look back.  Down to earth again with a bump!

Yep what samdy said. Ah well we move on

I felt confident before this game after our recent form and of course we lose. Brilliant.

Whats the rule with recalling loan players? 2 on 2 for Bodin now...

on the plus side they didn't score from a set piece

Bring on Barnet.

Agreed. Always going to be tough today, next 5 games much more winnable.

Anybody know when Flint and Magera are expected to be fit again?

Welcome to football and welcome to STFC


Do you want me to PM you the Samaritan's number ?

Flint is already apparently fit. Magera in a couple of weeks.

Flint is fit and Magera isn't far off

On the down side, it's the first time we've lost in the league by more than one goal.  Flint will return next game I would imagine?

PdC tinkers with the team each week: TEF says choose a consistent 11.

PdC sticks with a consistent 11: TEF says bring back half fit players.

You can't have it both ways.

Only snippet I heard on the radio was Lazano dropped a bollock for the second?

What happened?

Has anyone sent Phil Smith Matty Lazano death threats yet?

Yea, Flint surely will replace McCormack.

We are signing Pook on loan to play in goal next week.

Has he done that?

More or less did today

 We're starting to see a bit of shape to this league, which is interesting....we at least seem to be improving the home form form which is good, whilst away remains a problem. A good thing about L2 is that only 2 go down, and you can reach the PO's losing something like 13/14 games, which tends to mean a lot of inconsistent teams fighting it out until late on in the season.

Today was a good test of where we're at, and we've been found wanting, so plenty of work to do.

That was your most positive post in months.

But this is how I feel.

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Only 3 points off the play off places/Oxford

People texting into the radio saying bring back Rhys Evans and Jerel Ifil. Why do I keep listening?!

I'm not feeling that negative about this, slightly disappointed but we aren't going to win every game.

Burton away was never going to be easy

Could have done without some mouthy bell end yelling w a p,  bigoted prat  

Another thing is that we've already played 6 of the top 7....and seen nothing that is too frightening, we need to bounce abck v Barnet.

Pretty much has for the last 3 games.

Indeed, and our next 5 games are all against sides currently in the bottom 8.

Good chance to pick up some points and continue the form we've showed for the last few games before today.

Will be interrested to hear the views of those who went, from the commentary it sounded like we were well on top before the first goal but struggled to create much after that.

This is will be pivotal...we probably need to win 3 or 4 of these.

Anyone know when Magera's back?  

How about Gabilondo?  Di Vita is very workmanlike but bar Ritchie we lack creativity in midfield.

I didnt hear much of PDC's post match interview bar him bemoaning his lack of a proper striker.  Did he say anything else of note?

Spot on.  The run of 5 winnable games about to start is largely a consequence of the relatively tough run we've just been through.  The key is to capitalise.  It sounds a tall order (but, I would suggest, not an impossible one) but 4 wins from these next 5 games would put us in a commanding position...probably in the upper reaches of the play off slots.

If we fail to put a run together during this period, I will probably start to reassess where we're heading this year but, for now, top 3 remains in the sights.

Absolutely murdered them for 25 minutes they were chasing shadows, then as soon as they scored against the run of play we stopped doing all the good things.
Second half was awfull and I left with 5 to go,  I would say thepossesion was 60/40 in our favour very frustrating why was connel subbed? He was causing problems first half

Maybe we could bring back Antoine Van Der Linden could do a job for us up front whilst Paolo searching for this target man?

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you funny cunt

Absolutely murdered them for 25 minutes they were chasing shadows, then as soon as they scored against the run of play we stopped doing all the good things.
Second half was awfull and I left with 5 to go,  I would say thepossesion was 60/40 in our favour very frustrating why was connel subbed? He was causing problems first half

Seriously, he is dutch so automatically he will be good technically!  Andy King used to say so! :-)

Been on the sherbets Reg?

Very encouraging stuff. 

Now I remember why I used to have you on ignore  :D

if we'd have made the most of our dominance up to them scoring we'd have been out of sight, played some really good stuff and they scored with their first chance.

2nd half starts and the mistake comes but we really should have put the game to bed long before then.  some twat behind me revelling in the fact that he 'said he would cost us goals from the first time he saw him' - fucking shock horror, L2 keeper makes mistake.

there were a few around us who did nothing but moan all game, we don't deserve a fucking leagu club if some of our 'fans' are anything to go by.  apparently you don't shoot when you are losing and passing the ball to other swindon players is unacceptable too.  mindless wankers

oh, and burton will be play-offs, didn't do a great deal but look decent up top, will deffo win a lot of games at home but so will we. 

Basically that sentance sums up PDC's after match interview KT

Anyone who thought we were going to go to a team currently sitting 4th in the league and have a day in the sunshine without any troubles need to get a grip

And you are right, a growing number of our fans are turning into complete wankers

and the ironic cheer when the attendance was announced was shamefull

9/12 points and 3/6 from two tricky away games. An excellent return.

As said, its how we deal with the next bunch of games that counts. We'll then now if the three wins were a false Dawn,  or whether the team has indeed turned the corner. I'm still optimistic it's the latter.

yeah, it would have been perfectly acceptable to have drawn the last two but a win and a loss is awfull.  surely 3 points is better than 2?  people are idiots

Disappointed, but hopefully we will bounce back next week. They don't lose when I come up  ;)

Just got back from the game. Was a great day out, but the footballing side was not so great. First 20 minutes was like watching Brazil vs the Faroe Islands and we literaly had about 8 very good chances and didnt take advantage of them. Then the sucker punch was dealt when they scored against the run of play, after then we went from being Brazil to being San Marino. Had plenty of the possession but could barely find a man and just didn't look a threat. Should of kept Connell on as he looked the most dangerous of the front two.
Then we come to Lanzano... Still cant believe what he did, will definitely appear on Johnny Vaughan hilarious goalmouth moments at Christmas.
After the game too there was a massive spat between Paolo and a few of our fans by the players tunnel, couldnt quite see all of it, but looked like they dealt a fair share of abuse out and Paolo didnt react all too well to it. Was un-needed abuse to be honest, are people forgetting our 3 win streak ?

Just back from the game.  We were all over them for the first 25 minutes but when you dont score you just know that the opposition are going to break away and score - exactly what happened.  After that we started lumping long balls and playing typical L2 football instead of keeping are neat passing game.

It didnt really happen for the forwards today, we still need an old fashioned centre forward in my view.  Its a real shame that Leon Clarke has gone as I think he would have done well.

Im not too dispondant though, we're still moving in the right direction.

Off for a few beers

Who cheered and what was the attendance?

Yes, can you expand on that KT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIj-6fr2SlI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIj-6fr2SlI)

This song is how I feel after todays game

There were some real twats behind the goal today.

well they announced three thousand odd and a lot of swindon fans gave it the ironic cheer as if to say '3000, fucking tinpot outfit' what a total lack of respect.

Burton worked their ass off to get into the league and are a small club, three thousand odd is brilliant for them. 

a crowd of 8000 for us is decent but if a prem club came and took the piss out of us for that the same supporters giving it the big one today would be in fits.

it was just the icing on the cake for me today from a section of our fans that we could do without

I was behind the goal...one woman was saying Ritchie was shit. Stupid bint.

Burton did well today. Most fans expected a win but was never going to be easy. They defended well, and when 2 nil up they killed the game. We weren't bad today, just not as good as we can be.

I think our fans don't understand football and that STFC chant thing- fuck off. It's shit.

just back.....excellent first half where we had 3 - 4 clear chances in first twenty minutes.
The Lanzano comedy goal killed us, we didnt seem to lift after that and we appeared to be sucked into their game plan second half.

Sums it all up for me. Was like when we beat Crewe at home first game of season. We dominated early on and looked sharp. Stung by a goal against run of play and never got going again. Kennedy is no set piece specialist and I was annoyed to see his overhit attempts time after time. We cannot be a longball team with such short technical players. Anxious we could end this season midtable. Will keep the faith.

The highlight of the day was their "Townend" ebing called the David Amott "King of Caravans stand" Bit of pikiness/tinpot there :D. But did like the stadium and is how most stadiums should be, more terracing than seats.

I hope this is :fishing:, if not then you need to Fucking grow up.

You may not have noticed, but football fans in general take the piss out of the opposition for any little thing.

I'm sure that if we had turned up with less than 100, the Burton fans would have delighted in informing us that our support is shit & questioning "Is that all you take away".

Now if you want something to moan about, talk about the racist twat, and the fact that too many of our fans like to have a pop at our players as soon as we are losing if/when they make a small mistake

It happens every time.

We always do that away at the smaller teams. Bigger teams do it when they come to the CG. What's the problem?

This. Does my absolute head in. Anything less than perfect performances and winning every single game seems to be a catastrophe on a grand scale to some.

I understand emotions running high as you want your team to do well, but it's ridiculous to scream abuse at every little error, and it's counter productive.

Thankfully most of our fans are alright but unfortunatley it's the minority who often make themselves heard.

This.

I was halfway through writing a response then wondered about the fishing so I stopped. If this is true then I suggest you go and watch bowls. I take the piss out of the opposition fans tinpot or not and expect some back. I draw the line at racist, bigoted and sexist comments but as of now I don't think taking the piss out of a clubs support is illegal.

Its just banter Tom, all teams do it. We got jeers alot last season from the so called bigger teams, doesn't hurt, its just football.

I'm still very confident of promotion. Technically we've been better than all the teams we've faced this season and you could argue that the only game we've deserved to lose was the Shrewsbury game. And even there we battered them in the first half. Keep the faith, its a long old season.

It's the middle of September, let's start burning shirts in mid march instead of now eh?

I'm pretty sure this will continue throughout the season. What I mean is, we will probably win the next three or four but then we will lose one and there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then we will win the next three or four....and so it goes on.

Home and absolutely wankered. Class away day!  :pint:

Just goes to show how people see games in different ways. Personally I thought they were poor. There keeper was dodgy (though not as much as ours) and they played no football at all

No football at all?....certs for promotion then :D

Burton played to their strengths. A limited side, but they manage to get the results. Something we could learn from, its all well playing good football but you need the results to back it up.

Is it not Don Amott? He is the King of Caravans; not that I like tuggers that much.?
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just saw the highlights, lanzanos error was bad but ive seen worse, i think we should persist with him

The player came the side of him so not easy to see, the radio made it sound that the player was right in front of him. It was a poor touch but as you say, seen worse.

Burton didn't need to play well. Despite our dominance in the first half, we were pretty toothless upfront. Some lovely play in midfield but not clinical enough when we got in their box.

In the second half, after the comedy goal, they played it exactly right.

Your right there  :-[ Don Amott sounds even more pikieish

Absolutely. I thought for he first half hour we played some of best football we've played all season.

a - i didn't hear the racist twat but have already said in the thread about it that there is no excuse for it

b - i've moaned about our fans already, we are in L2 on merit, players will make mistakes and most of our fans don't realise that this is a very different league to the one we were in last time around, our 3rd place promoted team wouldn't get anywhere near the play-offs in my opinion and our fans need to 'grow up' to steal your phrase, and realise this.  we have no divine right to win or have decent players - this is the reason many posters on here have said they hate man u or liverpool on the hated teams thread and it's fucking hypocritical

c - i'm all for taking the piss out of eachother but sometimes just a nice gesture for 2 seconds wouldn't go amiss.  a large number of our fans were a bunch of wankers today.  by your logic i will be taking the piss the next time an opposing player breaks a leg when playing us if we are not supposed to show any compassion or empathy toward other teams.  none of us have any reason to hold anything against burton but i suppose that because they are another team then the fans and players must be a bunch of cunts who we should all hope suffer agonising pain.

maybe i went a little over the top with my original post about it but like i said it was the icing on the cake for a large contingent of moronic fans on show today.


didn't say i thought they were good but they were effective and like i say will win a lot of games at home because they have a few decent L2 strikers.

a large number of our fans are a bunch of wankers at all times. it shouldn't come as a suprise

This is Swindon Town.....it's always been like it. It's not like going to the opera you know.

i think it's getting worse

yes it is - where else do you get a blast of Verdi?

touché

all footie fans are fickle, lets move on

Not surprised we lost to an extent. It's a typical game for us to lose. Away at a small ground to a team doing well and a team that knows how to make the most of what they have. We rarely win these sort of games.

The GK issue just never goes away does it? We always seem to have 2 dodgy keepers whether it be Smith/Lucas, Smith/Brezovan and now Smith/Lanzano. Can we find a consistent one please? I do accept mistakes are made at this level though but it seems to be a common theme for us that's been going on for a few seasons now.

This season is already beginning to remind of me of 09/10. We'd play some really good football and the games we'd start well but concede first we'd go on to lose and gradually throughout the game the performance would drop in standard. But if that is the case we will win more than we lose. I didn't realise we've already played 6 of the top 7 and we have only played 1 of the bottom 9. We've actually had some really tough games and we're still only 5 points off the top 3 so it's nowhere near panic button time yet.

I think we're going to be very strong at home this season. If we can get a few wins and draws on the road we'll be up there. The run of fixtures we now have coming up is a good chance to go on a little run.

I was still confident at half time we would win, the mistake killed that confidence and the game, we'll certainly play worse and win. Thought Burton were decent at the back though. Is it only me who thinks we got stitched a bit first half? They had the sprinklers on full blast and the end we were attacking was drenched, many of our passes out to the wings skidded out. Bar the result top day though, the beer festival was excellent, although some of the muck i drank wasnt, if ever there was a case for ice cold lager that was it. Other high/low lights for me were a back street boozer from the 1970's in Tamworth waiting for a connection, and a sleeping drunken tramp on the platform at rugby who had obviously keeled over whilst having a piss as he was all wet and his old feller was on show!

they did have the sprinklers on both ends before kick off

Just checked the photos I took when I got in the ground at 2.45 and they are only going our end, so they may have all been on but def our end way longer.

I never used to be, I am now. I'll probably change again soon.

they did the far end on it's own and i thought it was odd to only do one end, they then stopped and turned the ones on at our end.

Was always going to be a tough game, we have a really important run of games coming up againts a lot of teams below and around us.

 :D

We absolutely battered them for the first 25 minutes. So cant see the sprinklers made any difference. Play was absolutely superb, every player working really hard. But you have to take your chances. The one that really should have gone in was J Smith, straight at the keeper. That goes in and we win the game. The ref was very soft, and generally went with team on top, which didnt help.

One thing I would moan about though is Matt Ritchie's showboating. Seems intent on taking the piss, but its all about end product and he didnt produce that much yesterday. Simmilarly his shooting from range, 90% blocked by defenders. When we are winning he can do it as much as he wants, but the rest of the time he needs to concentrate on being a team player.

We need to ask ourselves questions of how we didnt score yesterday. But the defending could be improved, and its time for Flint to come back in if fit.

I did take the piss out of the crowd. Not because I thought it was a bad attendance, but just because at the time it seemed like the only way to hit back with a bit of banter. Burton have a cracking set up. Good ground, in Town, good manager and a team who look capable of challenging.

Had a cracking day out. Train and beer festival. Shame about the result, but it was no disgrace.

You like over reacting don't you.

If you seriously think taking the piss because the opposition are a smaller club, is on the same level as doing so for someone with a broken leg I feel sorry for you

The odd thing is, this is exactly the sort if over reaction that we (quite rightly) criticise the idiot minority of our fans for (albeit for a very different reason).

I get the feeling that you need to chill out a bit

Burton fan in peace here.

First of all got to say that for the first twenty minutes I was convinced we were going to get hammered by you yesterday; it seemed to be a case of when the first goal went into our net the floodgates were probably going to open.  It didn't quite turn out that way, which was obviously good news for us, but I think it is plain to see that if you get a goalscorer or two in the side you are going to go flying up the table.

Thankfully our defence stood firm throughout (our Conference winning back four as well) and with a little help from your keeper at the start of the second half, much needed points came our way.  After the debacle of last season, we are only looking at how many points we need to be safe from relegation and anything from then on will be a bonus.

I've read on here some comments about the reaction to the attendance announcement.  I can't speak for all Burton supporters, but I don't know of anyone who was even slightly offended by it.  The thing is that we are used to it, but then as a small club we know we are punching above our weight and that's what makes supporting Burton fun these days.  Plymouth and Poxford were slagging the club off after recent games and reactions such as "if we can't beat little clubs like Burton...." just make us smile.  We know our place and you'll not find our lot getting above their station, that's for sure.

Got to say your support was outstanding yesterday from where I was stood on the North terrace, and you made more noise than most that have visited us in recent years.  I hope that everyone who came up for the match enjoyed their day (result excepted) and got home safely.

Good luck for the remainder of the season and I hope you get back to L1 football soon enough.  There's no doubt you've got a good team there and as I said above, with a goalscorer in there you'll be moving up soon enough.

Finally, got to mention one thing from yesterday.  "2-0 and you still don't sing" - trust me, we could have been 10-0 up and you wouldn't have heard a peep from our lot.  No idea why but there has never been singing from Burton in all the years I've been watching them.

Nice post,seems you have a decent set up and manager.

All the best to yourselfs also...at least your manager didn't get into the lets slag Di Canio scenario..
Incidently i have a delivery in Wednesbury first thing...Strawberry Lane :doh:

nice 8)

I felt our supporters were brilliant at Burton yesterday, singing for the duration and banterous as normal!...nothing wrong with giving a good old 'waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay' to the attendance, all part of the fun and I don't believe any malice was intended at all. I fully enjoyed my trip to Burton, although a few more cashpoints wouldnt go-a-miss but fair play to Wednesbury, good luck to you as well!...Like many on here next 4 games could be important and an unbeaten run with 3 victories would set us up nicely!...from last 4 games we have taken 9 points out of 12 after losing 4 straight. We aren't worldbeaters but I think we are turning the corner and in my opinion it won't be long before we are challenging in the play offs and above!

Lastly, the Peter Reid sacking at Plymouth I find disgraceful...an untenable position since he was pretty much appointed manager and he literally gave everything for their cause (inc. 30k from an FA Cup medal). It wouldnt suprise me if we don't have a game 22nd October either.

Cheers

Maj

Right, after 34 hours or so I feel I must add my two penn'eth.  Some of the football we played in that first 25 minutes would have been a credit to the Championship with 2,3 and 4 man moves with one touch passing and everyone seemed to want to move forward and take the ball. I just had a worry that unless we scored fairly soon we'd be open to a counter attack & so it proved.  At that stage one goal down wasn't the end & it looked like we could pull it back. Connell seemed to have injured his foot as he motioned towards the bench so not entirely surprised when Storey started the second half.  Won't dwell on their second as most will have seen it on FL Show but Lanzano wasn't concentrating.  However having brought on Storey, whose pace is one of his strengths, why did we keep hoofing it up in the air for him & Kerrouche?  They won nothing in the air, Kerrouche got frustrated then booked & Burton's centre back won the MOM award because of the ease with which he dealt with our attacks. If we'd played it on the deck then we'd have been in with a chance of getting at least a goal and maybe something from the game. The result was disappointing but it's not the end of the World as others have pointed out. Frustrating & that frustration was made worse when I heard Clarke had scored a hat trick for Chesterfield.

Positives from yesterday were the 2 central defenders Devera & McCormack who looked very safe & confident, Ferry & Abdullah were involved constructively in the game and Caddis whose first half display was very positive.  Good day out with friendly fans & pleasant ground - but the result still rankles

I thought the half time bar was good. Often dont get one with a terrace. Lots of bar staff, very quick pulling the pints, TV with with a live feed. Enclosed as well, so would be fairly warm in the winter.

Frustrating result, but I would have taken 3 wins out of 4 before Rotherham. Good chance to bounce back next saturday.

My only minor gripe is the lack of options on the bench, would have been good to have one of Esajas or Gabilondo on it instead of Commazi or Chibocci. The change back to 5 subs is incredibly annoying.

Our STFC at Burton Albion match report: http://thewashbag.com/2011/09/19/burton-albion-2-swindon-town-0-town-served-a-reality-check/

How was the beer festival?

of course i don't think it's the same, that was quite blatantly sarcasm...

i just don't see the problem with making a few friends along the way and i felt that saturday was one of those rare occasions because i enjoyed the 'burton experience'.  i've been heading up and down the country for 20 odd years following the town and have seen it all so yes i do know what it is all about

i've always thought you to be a reasonable, sound poster but do think you've been a bit too quick to pounce here really and also think the chill out line is a bit out of place, i know very few people more chilled out than me to be honest.  if the reason i need to chill out is because i think you don't always have to belittle the opposition then i have lived my life completely incorrectly, if anything i should be chilling out less surely?

can we just put this behind us now, in the first place it was little more than a throw away comment and was just the culmination of a number of disappointing fans for reasons covered elsewhere.

the last thing i expected was an argument that was going to still be going on monday morning

Apologies, I haven't gone back over the thread (yet) before throwing in my tuppence worth...

We started very brightly and could have had a couple of goals if we'd been a little more clinical (or lucky for that matter) and got hit by a suckerpunch that took the impetus out of our play. Ritchie was key in the opening exchanges but faded, partly due to Burton doubling up on him at times - made easier by the fact that all our player came down the right side - but I thought it looked like our heads dropped a bit, first time I've seen it under Di Canio. The second goal was a total farce and a terrible error from Lanzano but we were awful in the second half, totally devoid of ideas and never looked threatening. Too much aimless hoofing up the pitch and the lack of attacking options on the bench hindered our chances of getting back into the game.

As impressive as McCormack has been I hope this will signal the end of the makeshift centre back partnership and we bring Comazzi or Flint back in and it's important that we have a pair at the back who can forge a partnership over the course of the season. Sooner or later McCormack will be needed in midfield so is not a long term option in my opinion.

Smith is adapting to this level and is improving with each game, I was critical of him the first few times I saw him but he has improved although some areas of concern remain - he's still too late in the tackle and sometimes very wasteful. De Vita is my main concern, he does not offer us much on the left and as a result nearly all our play comes down one flank which makes it easier for opposition to shut us out of games. I have no idea what has happened to Gabilondo but hope to see him back in the side soon.

Anyway, 3 wins out of 4 is not to be sniffed at and Burton look like they'll do well this year. Solid team, albeit punching above their weight, but a nice ground. I heard there was close to 1,000 Town fans there so hoping for a good crowd at the County Ground this weekend. I've got my ticket on my own in the old folks bit of the Arkells.

i reckon de vita is playing ok, he's won nearly all of his headers in the last four or five games and i think di canio realises our left hand side cannot compete with the play our right side produce and is playing de vita there because he will drift in a bit and is more likely to threaten at the far post than others.  he also helps out ok on the defensive side, can't see gabby or esejas doing that so much.

Fair enough, and For what it's worth I think Burton have a decent set up.
As I posted before the game it's a tidy ground with what looked a pretty decent playing surface.

And I think you are spot on about De Vita, I'm sure part of the reason he is playing is to cover Kennedy defensively. I'm not sure either of the other two would do that.

Burton fan here. I echo much of what has been said on the game. Sure you should have been out of sight within 25mins. The rare times we had the ball, we generously passed it back to you. However, our defence played well, and more importantly we took our chances.
My main reason for posting though concerns the pitch watering which has been causing some discussion. The pitch is watered via an auto system through 3 pairs of nozzles. One pair in each half plus one at the half way line. These operate in turn starting at the West end, then Centre, then finally the East end where your away stand is.
The other thing to bear in mind is that Swindon won the toss, and decided to change ends, which of course would destroy any cunning plan by Burton to doctor the pitch to our advantage.
Personally I think you have a very good team, and you will play worse than last Saturday, and win games. Keep the faith with your manager, give him time, I'm sure he'll do well for you. He loves the game and wears his heart on his sleeve.
Thanks for many of the nice comments made about our set up, and good luck. :)

All these posts from Burton fans, actually make me want to like the club!

That was me mainly, please bear in mind I had been at the beer festival and I do think the Mel gibson film conspiracy theory  is based on fact :)

 :D :D

This part of the post is going to be like porn to @mcflea (@MacPhlea, it's @MacPhlea).