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Well - since nobody has started it, I'll do it!

Am I the only one who hasn't gone up to the Wirral??

(While we wait for team news, cheer on SSP on Sky Sports 1)

No. I don't think there are too many going up! Was just about to start this thread myself!

Team predictions?

Heaton, Gurney, Collins, Ifil, Smith, Shakes, Whalley, Pook, Heath, Fallon, Cureton

YOU REDSSSSS! :P

Be interesting to see if King thinks Gurney can manage 90 minutes or not. He looked fucked after the game on Saturday.

R4E i rekon thats pretty much the team that will start.
i'd rather have jenkins at right back if he's fit.

Don't think he is fit, but wouldn't mind if he played instead

Come on the boys!!!

haha ipswich are doing well 3 nil down before half time!! :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Not seen Nugent before ... decent player.

Nugent is class.  He'll be playing in the Premiership before long.  The boy Jones is a bit handy as well.  Three superb finishes from PNE.  I think Sam's touched the ball about once!

he had a chance early on but was out muscled by the centre bk. Yeh i agree nugent is class!

Never rated him when he played for Bury! But may have come on since then...

Bit of a shame - the service coming to him from his wingers is shocking. I don't think Ipswich have got behind PNE's full backs once in the entire match. They've just been firing off shots from 30 yards all game.

Poor Sammy :(

Yeah, commentator was just saying the crowd are getting on his back now. Fucking idiots at Portman Road can't even see what the problem is ... and I'd say Parkin is the last to be blamed in this performance.

Curo on bench, Migs and Gurney start

Bloody easterners!

I've just heard Gurney is captain.Whether you like him or not(and I dont) that is a fucking DISGRACE!How can a loan player be fucking skipper?I cant believe it.

I'm guessing then that's one up front and extra in midfield??

Heaton

Gurney  Collins  Ifil  Smith

Shakes  Migs  Whalley  Pook  Heath

Fallon

Also - Gurney is captain ...?? WTF! He's on loan!

Would seem like the odvious choice to me with O'Hanlon out. (Gurney as captain I mean).

Can't really think of any other odvious captains.

Cureton out-Migz in.Settling for a draw?I would.

Yeah, I'd certainly settle for a draw today, very tough game.

Oh dear - PNE four up ...

If you're talking about captaincy - no way.  Gurney is on loan. Migs would be the obvious choice for me ... I bet he feels well fucked off by this!  Or even Whalley.

Perhaps Heath will be up front?

Maybe - took goal on Saturday very well.

He got slated hard! bloody ippy fans, come back super sam we will love you! :beers:

....anyway enough of super sam!

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MIGHTY TOWN!

YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDSSSS!

what freqeuncy can i listen to the match on?

Good shout! Bloody stupid if gurns is el capitan

first time i've heard of a loan player for captain?!?! thats a bit ridiculous
COME ON TOWN!!

I couldn't care less if Gurney is captain.  What does it matter if he's on loan or not?

I think I would probably have gone for that option as well.

 
103.6 FM

Ed on radio says 4-5-1 ...

come on town! not a bad start!

How we doing....updates please

Yeah I agree with OST, so what if he's on loan, it's not like he hasn't been a captain before, Whalley and Migs aren't ideal for captain in my opinion.

Anyway, sounds decent so far.

Does that mean we are not under the cosh, or does that mean we're dominating proceedings?

To be honest, Gurney is a bit different to a loan player in that he was here before and has played the most games for Swindon out of anyone else on the pitch.  He's willing to talk, and probably is the only logical choice as captain.  Who else would people nominate as captain?

Is there anyway I can listen over here in Crawley without signing up to that fucking ripoff which is STFC World?

I wouldn't say we were dominating but we're not under the cosh.

Try

http://mfile.akamai.com/6095/live/reflector:21694.asx?bkup=23441

Radio Swindon - Listen Live thingey. They haven't switched it off yet.

*touches wood*

Oi cunts - www.radiofeeds.co.uk if you want to listen.  Search for BBC Wiltshire.  Ifil fucks up again, clears it for a corner when should have gone for a throw-in.  Cheers for other links - will try if mine goes down!  Who needs STFC World?



Wwwwaaaaank, corner, saved by Heaton low down.  Good, solid save.  Had been deflected by Collins.

Scrappy so far ... Collins has made one mistake at centre back which Heaton saved him from with quick thinking. Fallon has been doing okay. Scrappy, but nothing threatening yet.

I reckon a fiver a month is pretty good for live commentary of all the games and all the goals as well. :shock:

It's great if they charge you properly and you can actually listen to the live commentary.  For the two years I had it, I was charged twice one year and the live feed often was broken and not really useable a lot of the time.  When I did wish to contact them to report a problem/claim a refund, it seems as though there is no one to contact!

"Swindon not quite hanging on grimly, but are certainly indebted to their goalkeeper" Ed Hadwin.  Sounds promising...   :|

Hmmmm....sounds like we're up against it.  I feel a goal coming on. :?

Oh, right.  I've not had any of those problems.

I can't beleive our midfield is non-existent. TBH I'm not a big fan of 4-5-1. I think the best forms of defense are attack. We seem to be under the cosh at the minute.

I'm going to stop listening now and watch Soccer Saturday.  Hopefully they will pick up.

I'm not a fan of watching the 4-5-1 but when implemented correctly it works well.  The wingers, if fit enough, can make diagonal runs to give you almost a 4-3-3 when attacking, but still giving you plenty of cover when defending.  However, I do not think we implement the 4-5-1 correctly - we must stop playing about with formations.

I know Hadwin's bemoaning the fact not enough men are getting in the box, but if the defence had even less cover I imagine we'd have conceded by now...

Yep - rather they hung on and got a point at Prenton Park through 451 and scrappy play than get a pasting at 442

I don't think we'll use 4-5-1 much this year but away to Tranmere is one time we should probably be quite defensive.

Working so far anyway 0-0 at half time.

That's a fair point.  I just hope we don't switch to the 3-5-2/4-3-3 to start a game (obviously going 4-3-3 later on in a match when drawing/losing is different) later in the season.

 :D   They're playing I See Girls at half time.  Sonic's probably tearing his hair out...

Choon! :D  :\/

Radio Swindon seem to have flicked the switch...

...So cheers for the other link Chris K  :beers:

Same problem, and hopefully same solution.

Love you Chris!

SHIT

Had a feeling it wouldnt last.  :(

Time to bring on Cureton or Roberts to get a goal?

Come on AK lets change it now, and get a quick response.

Another cock-up.When are we gonna concede a goal that is not a mistake by us

:( We were playing well too.

Sounds like Gurney is shite.

Heath and Shakes off, Roberts and Cureton on.

Cureton and Roberts on and we are still playing 4-5-1 apparently. :?

Sounds like a King tactic :roll:

go 4-3-3 for fucks sake, throw bodies forward. from the sounds of it, cureton is spending more time back than forward...

Oooooooooooh Jamie Cureton, oooooooo ahhhhhhhhh, i wanna knowwwwwwwwww when you'll score a goal!  :?

How does peservering with a 4-5-1 make sense?  C'MON KING, fucking 3 up front as a minimum.  I'd rather lose 2-0 fighting than 1-0 being a poof.

Wells on for Whalley. Sounds like we are going 4-3-3.  :beers:

left it too late for my liking!

Well, not a disaster as it's one of the seasons hardest games, I predicted a 1-0 defeat so should move up the prediction league anyway. Just a shame we conceded the one goal. We are now 15th I think.

:cry:

Same here.

What a fucking load of crap.  We weren't outclassed today, the tactics and the players just didn't seem up to it.  It didn't sound like we had one true attacking move, and I was not impressed to hear Ifil fannying about with a throw-in with 30 seconds to go.  This side accepts defeat far too easily for my liking.

Not a surprising result.

Feel sorry for the TEF lads who've got a bloody long drive home.

Doesnt sound like we played badly, infact in places it sounded as if we were on top even if it was short-lived. Tranmere are expected to be top 6 come the end of the season and we have only lost 1-0, to a goal which may have been offside. Probably should have changed to the 4-3-3 when the goal went in, rather than leave it 10 minutes.

Considering the opposition we shouldnt be too disappointed.

Had predicted a 2-0 for Tranmere so should get my second point of the season in the prediction league.

Absolutely average -thats what we are I'm afraid

Yeah I agree, away to a very good side we did compete so I'm not too disappointed. 3 points from the bank holiday weekend is decent enough and  hopefully we can push on from that next week.

Nice to see King coming out with the same crap, "Charlton played a 4-5-1 at Middlesborough and won 3-0!"  :shock:  :?

Im not worried as i didnt think we would get anything at Tranmere.

Yeah HE IS SO FULL OF BULLSHIT-"prem teams play 4-5-1 all the time".Yes because they've got the players to do it ffs.Our players are not good enough to keep changing formation

Exactly!. 8)

If we go away from home with the aim of getting a draw, we will lose.  Simple.  You have to believe that you can win every game. King clearly did not believe we could beat Tranmere and this transferred to the players.

What a load of bollocks.

Now to me, starting with a 4-5-1 away from home says that were here for a draw but obviously it was more to do with Premiership sides playing it alot this season.... :shock:

A defeat to nil, exactly what I was expecting! :x

all i have to say is that the tranmere fans are a fucking disgrace, only heard them once and that was when they scored!

all our lot sang our hearts out, shame we didn't get a point because we deserved one  :(

Negative tactics lose games.

Sort it out King!

Feel bad for you lot..... :| well done though.

Im gonna send Andy King my bryan Robson soccer tactics and training methods form 1992

I won't have a bad word said against Tranmere fans after their post match reaction in 1993 at the play off semi.  Fantastic, never known anything like it before or since.

Heard about that and agree, just very quiet but thats football now days.  Proud as fuck when we are away and sing our hearts out.

saying that some twat tranmere fans started goading us on our way back to the car by saying we will be going down and playing Oxford next year.

i politely told them to fuck off.
think sonic thought it was going to kick off :box:

fair play, i've just not been to a ground as quiet as that for a long long time....

Tranmere fans are the scruffiest spottiest bunch of schoolkid scruts Ive ever seen in my life.

Four of them left it about half a mile before having a go at us. I rescued my manky curry and chips to throw at them out of the Transit. But alas they seem well schooled in the art of being a scally (and hid).

Fair play they were nice in 93. But you'd never get an inch of sportsmanship nowadays. Probably the worst loosers in the CG car park last season as well. Snigger.