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So it's that time of the season when a minnow (us) goes up against a giant (Chelsea) and the clueless lazy jouno's trot out a plethora of patronising quotes to describe us and our performance. Where shall we start?

Keep in mind this David v Goliath is more like David turns up with his sling shot and three pebbles whilst Goliath is taking no chances and backs up his sword/spear and shield with a few Cruise missiles.

Plucky.


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Brave.

A great advert for lower league football. (not strictly an adjective).

I'll throw in "lowly Swindon"

I'm sure we'll be 'brave' at some point during the evening, and 'spirited'.  Someone (probably one of the junior players) will do something 'gallantly' and, all being well, we will also 'forget to read the script'.

And the national press will also refer to us as 'The Robins', despite no one at the club - management, players or fans - ever having used this nickname ourselves.  When was the last time you heard 'Come on the Robins!' in the Town End?  Seriously?

Paolo di Canios Swindon

Fuck me, nearly forgot the obvious. Don Rogers, bound to feature somewhere.....

Gallant effort

Footballing backwater

The media seem to be doing this for practically every manager and team now.

Or just a backwater in general

Huffed and puffed

Hoddle  started his managers career here

Tottenham will be mentioned as well

The Magic Roundabout,with an aerial shot of it.

Little Swindon aim to slay the lions of Chelsea in the Capital One Cup tonight. Who can forget (knowing most couldn't give a fuck) that famous day at Wembley in 1969 when Don Rogers inspired Swindon to a famous win over the mighty Arsenal.

Railway town

There will be a passing reference to shipping 100 goals in 42 games during the Premiership season.  You can bet on it.

'Do a Bradford'.

Will chelsea do a Villa

Chelsea being Premier league giants did'nt Mata :) Swindon had nothing to lose and done league one proud.

Haha.  Bound to happen and yes I'll be parking the motor up before I get anywhere near it.

Best parking spots are about 250 yards before you hit it from the East.

I Always park behind where the old Bulldog pub was, You'll see a garage and have to go to the roundabout and turn back is easiest. Parked there for many years and yet to find the car jacked up on bricks

It will be tomorrow  ;)

Cheers for that. Hoping to maybe have a drink in The Merlin, if not the cricket club.  Parking off Shrivenham Road easy?

At least by playing at home Mar Cooper doesn't have to do a Lou Macari and bet on Swindon losing to cover the coach fare back home

Yes if you get there at about five o'clock. Bare in mind Shrivenham Road is now disected into two parts. The northern section you'll be able to get there a little later as it's further away.

Little bit further away but thought you would have been having a couple in the Swiss Chalet
Being the HQ of the local Chelsea supporters club  :hmmm:

Merlin is for home fans, we don't want you city folk in there, it's for the bumpkins :smugfu:

:D I can imagine they've been coming in for some flak lately.  Nah, London boy who's not adverse of a bit of banter with the natives.

Jeez when you say natives, you don't really understand the term. Why do think I live nearer you then those oiks :)

Just trying to get the thread back on topic although 'natives' and 'oiks' maybe somewhat beyond patronising.  :)

The sun has a pre match article calling us 'minnows'. That must make the conference plankton.

'They have won alot of new friends this evening' will be mentioned as well.

From our end, 'proud of the lads' or 'proud to be a Swindon fan' bound to appear on here by the end of the night.

We've already had the phrase 'moral victory' floated on the matchday thread.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaarp

I think this thread has threatened to doom whatever chance we may have had of putting in a "plucky" performance and the adjectives being "clueless" "offered little" and taught a "footballing lesson"  :D

I actually think we'll beat them, with chants of "your getting sacked in the morning" being directed at the special one before they all hop on the bus back to West London :)

Heard "little and Minnows" a couple of times on the radio this morning

"Inevitable really, with the squad that Chelsea have"
"Live, here at the country ground"

Whatever happens I'm sure will stick to trying to play football.

"They're trying to play football"
"It was coming"
"Nights like this don't happen often"
"Manchester United"
"The town end, where Swindon's vocal support is packed in tonight"
"A routine Chelsea victory"

Who the fuck are Swindon?

Paolo Di Canio will definitely be shown on the pre-match build up video with K-Mac and now Cooper the man in charge! (Cheers Sky)

"Swindon play some 'quite' nice passing football''

bound to get

The team that are 51 places higher up the English football ladder

"League One outfit"

Or, interchangeably, Third Tier.

I just want us to be called 'Upstarts'.

Jobs a good un.

"Well you've done well to hold your concentration Jimmy"