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Anyone sat behind the exec box in the Arkells tonight a little to the right? What's the deal with the balding man with the '4 Luongo' shirt? Chewing his scarf all game in between consistently shouting 'Get it forward' or just 'Forward!' every couple of minutes, even with 30 seconds left of the game and Swindon camped just outside the Plymouth final third. Even after the people surrounding him are mocking him shouting 'side to side!' 'backwards!', etc.

If you're reading this....I think you need some help. You have your head in your hands the whole game like we're on the verge of throwing away a 5-0 lead to Oxford in a cup final and have a scowl similar to mine after we've just had a pasting....football cannot be enjoyable to you surely?

haha, I was sat at the back in front of the press box and I wanted to scream at the bloke to shut up. Unfortunately he wasn't the only culprit.

At one point 80% of the ground groaned when we were attack on the right then passed it backwards. Then we passed long and the ball went out for a goal kick.

I thought they had a point on Saturday, and maybe the last 20 minutes tonight. But not at that point in the match.

"Get it Forward!" by Arkells Man

could be something for the next Washbag T shirt?

Does this bloke sit row in front of the press box, in the middle? There's some bozo who spouts nonsense who sits there, came out with the pearler "I came here to watch football" on saturday, as we played it around with consummate ease.

No this guy is a couple of rows behind the executive fenced off area but also a little to the right. It's a shame he's not the only one.

Can we round them up and stick them on the bank?

Mr Morshead seemed a tad frustrated about it earlier.

It's fucking stupid.  If we are in possession of the ball it makes it harder for the opposition to score and easier for us.  If we just hump it forward then we, more often than not, give the ball away.  Bloody hard to score without the ball.

Some of our football has been wonderful this year, and some twats just want it pumped forward, hell's teeth.

Its going to take the whole "get it forward" brigade at least a season to understand what's going on.

Generally they all seem to be old cunts and are at the age where change is tough to accept.

It reminds me of this  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihY7F0fruR4

I don't think he was all there. He was shouting it even when we didn't have possession.

If you're talking about who I think you're talking about, he appears to be in training to be motormouth's apprentice.

On a slightly related note, there was a lot more odd fruit at the ground today than I remember there ever being. Perhaps because the attendance was so low and they weren't diluted down by the crowd like usual.  :hmmm:

It's better than "skin 'im"

The groans at our passing seem to be increasing, not decreasing as I thought it should as the season moves forward.  Some of our fans don't deserve to have a team that stroke it around patiently, opening up and tiring teams out.

I might start shouting 'keep possession'.

I alluded to this subject in the Kasim thread...namely how long would it be before the crowd called for a more "traditional" approach? Speaking to people after the match on Saturday, and reading some thoughts on here got me thinking it's not too far away.

Theres a guy at the front of the Town End who kept screaming "forward" as well. Fucking irritating.

I suppose one solution would be for everyone else to scream BACKWARDS whenever we pass it forward.

I can understand the groans Saturday given the tedium of sideways and backward tappy.

 Yesterday it happened when we were on top and attacking, I didn't get it in that context. It was a fairly hefty groan from all three stands too.

This happened when Capello took over England, and got them playing the posession game, half of wembley were fucking booing! Yet in another game, we played a friendy against Spain, hardly touched the ball, gained possesion, gave it to james, big punt forward, lost it, and never touched the ball for 10 minutes!

All teams have fuckwit retarded fans, but sometimes its embarassing!

The same fans booing are the ones complaining that England produce more 'direct' players rather than technically gifted ones, too. Don't understand the game.

The best bloke in the Arkells is the one who randomly shouts out "come on Swindon" Come on you reds" in his bizarre voice, much to those near's amusement

I sat behind the same bloke in the Drs for three years and he used to say nothing, but he'd throw himself backwards in exasperation - usually into my knees  :D

This happened, and "Side to Side" and "Diagonal" in comical fashion.

I share the frustration sometimes that it's a little too indirect and sometimes we do need to put the ball in to the mixer rather than walk it in, especially if the games getting late and we're not in the lead....but there's absolutely no excuse for shouting 'forward' with 30 seconds left when you're winning and actually in the opponents half. It beggars belief.

It could come to this from sections of our fans never mind the oppositions fans.







"BORING, BORING SWINDON"

I was in a members suite for Tuesdays game and was told about 'forwards man'. I ended up about 5 seats away from him.

He's clearly not the full ticket, but he must have shouted it out every 20 seconds!? Proof of his mental state was confirmed when Cooper came out of the dugout in the second half, to be met with "SIT DOWN COOPER!".

I kind of clicked he wasn't the full ticket when the surrounding people mocking him made absolutely no difference.

There are a couple of these that sit in the DR stand that keep shouting for the ball to be pumped forward and cries of 'get it up there' Tans knows who I mean