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It seems that matchday apathy has started early this season.  Almost 10:30 and nobody else could be arsed to start the thread.

The score could be almost anything tonight, but the second part of it is almost certain to be "Nil".  Let's at least hope we don't pick up any more injuries.

 I thought it would quite apt not to bother at all....we're already into Brent band style Foregone Conclusion territory.

I'll take a draw...

3-1. Stewart with our goal.

I'm in the home end for this one, so hopefully we don't embarrass ourselves. Gillingham have started really well and are full of confidence. We'll probably do better if they play their own game rather than stifle us a la Chesterfield. Still think we'll lose though, same scoreline as Saturday

Be amazed if it's anything other than a home win. Could be a heavy one as well if we're on the back foot for large periods. Ropey defence and no outlet up front, 3-0.

We never win at gillingham.1-0 us.Yaser scoring

4-0 Gills, owing to our lack of defenders, lack of defensive competence regardless, and having no strikers.

We've won there once in my life time  :(

That was a team that included the likes of Fraser, Colin Calderwood, Tim Parkin, Chalkie, Jimmy Quinn and Alan Mac.

No Priestfield is a graveyard.....it's early doors, but avoiding a complete Scunny/Fleetwood style tonking, would be something.

None of our strikers have scored yet but we have found the net in all 3 games so I must be missing something here  :hmmm:

 Not as much as our strikers are  :)

I went to that one. As I'm not going tonight, 3-0 defeat. If he plays 4-6-0 though i'll hang myself.

Well reg ive lived in kent since 1986 and this will be the first gillingham swindon fixture ive missed since then.all those games have yielded 3 draws and several defeats.so me not being there will hopefully give us a rare victory

What about our 0-1 win in the 1930-31 season?

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?Tab=NewspaperReport&MatchID=19310116

I cannot see anything other than a heavy defeat unfortunately I just hope it is not too demoralising for the young team, 3 -0 .

I like your thinking.....it's the best chance we have.

3-0 defeat tonight, gills too strong for the 11 we will be able to put out

Difficult to predict anything apart from a defeat for this fixture as they have started well and have spent cash - oh dear 3-0

 :wish: Just to put a straw of positivity out there ... 0-2 with Stewart getting both

Pre match pondering of a 4-6-0 formation in The White Swan, Islington.

Gillingham doesn't have a JDW which just illustrates the uncivilized nature of the place.

Looking forward to a night out under the stars in the temporary stand which is now 13 years old.
I'm guessing that there aren't many permanent structures in Gillingham.

Need the spirit of 86/87 tonight.
Last win here Dec 86, when we played on both 26th & 27th.

Similar to the game last season, the team's chances appear to have been written off and there won't be a howling gale to even things up.

So I'm off to find some lucky heather.

A JDW is the mark of a civilised place  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Pikeys 5 Swindon 0

2-1 loss. If we don't get injured I'll be happy. Stick Jordan Stewart up front, what could be the harm? Who needs hold up play when he can literally run between people's legs?

Of course. Any place not having a pub where citizens can have a pint at 9 in the morning has to be considered as barbaric in its outlook.

Writing this one off as a comfortable defeat - that way anything else is a bonus!

Will take a point, as always for away games.

Living down here i just hate the massive superiority they have over us.

Defeat, possibly 4-0!

Would happily take a point of course, but I doubt very much whether we will get any.

3-1 defeat. Sendles-White with a late consolation.

Can't see anything other than a mighty dicking tonight.

Gills 5 - Town 0

Surprise me Town and get something, please.

You bunch of miserable cunts. 6 - 0 Town.

Should be a good tactical test for LW tonight.

Wonder if he'll play Doughty further forward, include everyone with any pace and look to pass a bit longer into space behind.

I'm thinking exactly the same feel we will get battered I'm going for 5-1 with Anton scoring a worldie  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I fear they are going to tear us a new one, although knowing Town's history of winning games we should lose and vice versa we will probably win 7-0.

Down in London working, nice sunny evening for the uncovered away end, no possibility of complaints from the missus for escaping to the football so off to see us play the Pikeys....taking all of that into account, what could possibly go wrong??

Starting XI: Vigouroux, Thomas, Thompson (C), Sendles-White, Furlong, Doughty, Rodgers, Ormonde-Ottewill, Barry, Goddard, Brophy

Subs: Henry, Evans, Smith, Stewart, Iandolo, Twine, Hylton


That looks like the dreaded 4-6-0 to me, unless you count Goddard as the lone front man in a 3-6-1

No Yaser or Obika. Fuck me we look weak eithout them!

Why no Kasim? Injury or transfer?

I reckon it's 3-4-3:

Thomas, Thompson, Sendles-White
Furlong, Doughty, Rodgers, Ormonde-Ottewill
Barry, Goddard, Brophy

That team looks dreadful and I've bet against us, so we should win comfortably. Thank me later.

We're all kinds of fucked at this stage. State of that team.

Could be either.

Powers laughable transfer policy will eventually see us relegated.

The current situation is unacceptable- and could have been wholly avoided if we had been prepared properly for the season as he promised we would be back in April.

Williams thinks as much of Hylton as the rest of us do as well. If he can't make the team in this situation what chance does he have.

You realise we have 5 of our potential starting XI out injured right? Obika, Norris, Jones, Branco and probably Kasim. Pretty sure most teams in this league would look fucked missing them!

Kill the heretic.
Glory be to the prophets power and luke warm.

Bloody miserable lot you are. Cheer up we might just get a result. 6 out injured of which 5 would probably start, give power a bloody break!!

So it's Power's fault that key players get injured at the same time now?

Maybe it's all part of his plan not to have to pay them appearance fees and goal bonuses?

Take four key players out of any League One team and they are going to look a lot weaker.

No kasim no chance☺

In fairness we have known we would have no striker today for days. Could be a 4-3-3 with Boo/JSW/Thompson/Barry at the back, Rodgers/Doughty/Thomas in the midfield with Brophy and Furlong as wingers either side of a withdrawn Goddard up top. Probably the best we could do with the players available.

Kasim absence worries me.

Young not on the bench either? No harm taking him out of the spotlight but after starting at the weekend i thought he would have been on the bench.

Can the mods put an autocorrect on this, it's fucking abysmal

The injuries are unfortunate and I hope players take their chances this evening.

All of this is a sign of the times as squads simply are not assembled in July for the pre-season team photo any more.

The best lower league transfer deals seem to emerge closer to the window, sometimes we've got to brave a weaker squad until then...........

We did this last season and won, away.

Keep the faith.

Likewise.

I wouldn't ever bet against us, but i'm certainly not going to fuck my evening up by stressing, so will check the score in the morning when the suns out :)

Hope so

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Hylton not even starting  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Have they given a reason for Yasers absence then?

Good to see that people have got something to moan about again

Nope.

Injury.but no details

Are we losing yet?

We are winning in the mongiest fans competition

Our record there is shite,

We have half a team missing

We have no recognised striker.

Were bound to win aren't we

Been the same for a few years now and Power is just the latest thing they've been able to latch on to, they actually seem to enjoy it when the club struggles.


I dare not ever move my season ticket for fear of who I might end up being near (not that many of the protagonist's actually go to games.

3-4-3 apparently then.

I actually quite like the idea of Brophy and Barry as wide forwards, if only they had a more suitable player in the middle to aim for.

A cunning plan to run it into the corners and run the clock down..82 to go

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FootballLeagueWorld ‏@FLeagueWorld 26s26 seconds ago
GOAL! Sheffield United 0-3 SOUTHEND (Cox 15')

sigh si

Champions league qualifiers in that competition

I fucking hate a big % of our fanbase, every club has a mong element but ours must be way above the average

Sounds like a siege

Best chance so far to us. Keep the faith.

Didn't sound too bad to me, all things considered.

0-0 H/T

Well satisfied with that so far

Decent first half, let's hope we can keep it up. Would be very happy with a draw, maybe even win it with a sucker punch.

ppff, having strikers is over-rated anyway

Things looked very ominous when we lined up, but it's a very good performance all things considered.

Gills had all the ball and territory first 30 without really threatening, apart from one JET meltdown where he tried to walk it into the net. Classic JET. During that spell we defended well but had nothing at all in the final third of the pitch. The ball does not stick to Goddard at all.

From 30 mins, it seemed they were fed up of our rearguard action and tried to draw us out. Stopped pressing, stopped committing as many bodies forward. We shifted 15 yards up the pitch and look so much better when we're not forced to go long to a pretend striker. Best move of the half saw Brophy put Goddard in, but the keeper just got enough on it and it was cleared off the line.

Back three look fine. BOO and Brophy played like they'd never met for the first 30 but improved slightly. Brophy was 2015 version for most of the half. Furlong and Barry on the other side much better. Doughty the stand out player for sure in terms of quality.

All in all, endeavour is there. Quality is lacking slightly but when we move up the pitch we look capable of creating problems. Still would bite your hand off for a draw.

Plenty of the walking wounded here. Seen Kasim and Obika for sure. Also, always interesting sitting in the comps with scouts scribbling away. I can't confirm or deny Rodgers is a wanted man...




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Hows HE doing btw?

Fuckin pen!

0-1

Belting start... Doughty rampaged through the middle, good run by Furlong. Shit touch but Konchesky just pushed him over. Pen never in doubt.

Home end appealing for everything now though... A real challenge to sit on my hands of we hold on.


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Aerial bombardment begins....


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well bugger me with a fish fork, winning at the pikeys. I'm saying nothing more..

Fair play, nearly got a second there.



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Bloody lovely.

bollocks 1-1

Fuckshag

Great goal. Tough 15 now.


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Brophy misses great chance

lando calrissian comes on for Brad Barry

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it was the closest name I knew how to spell

Sound exotic, must be good.

COME ON Calrissian!

Chesterfield bearing Walsall 2-0. perhaps they are a bit underrated

Perhaps no one or anyone are rated or underrated yet? Southern 3-0 inside 15 at Bramall Lane having lost all 3 games this season.


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They sold their soul to the devil for a 20+ goalscorer though*

*subject to opinion.

rapist scored again, pardon the pun

so the opposite of a touch of a .. wait a minute

Seven minutes injury time.

 ::)

Where the fuck has seven minutes come from??

7 minutes?

Cool. Enough time for us to steal a winner.

7 cunting minutes???

Ormonde-Ottewill doesn't help himself does he?

Red carded.

Boo sent off.

 :clap:

Fuck x 1000000

BOO is a cock

Yet another unavailable player

8 effing minutes!

Gratefully received.

yessssssssss, ground it out 1-1. well done town

Great result. Well done boys. Now stop the bloody moaning townend.

Brilliant performance!

That result would have been superb even with a full squad.

Good away point with a number of key players out.

Please can someone listening to BBC Wiltshire tell us if Williams gives out information about any of the injuries?

1-0 up & we fucked it up, typical Town

:D :D :D

:nod:

 Most unexpected, we might only have a skeleton squad, but at least that shows a bit of team spirit.  I'd have binned BOO after laughinggasgate.

Where was Kasim tonight or is he next one to be sold

There's definitely something bubbling inside this Town set-up, which is what makes it all so frustrating. A few extra players and little luck with injuries and we'll be just fine.

Stewart must be pushing for a start now.

Oh do fuck off.
We must be the only club who thinks that every time a player isn't on the pitch it means they're being sold.

Gone to QPR for an undisclosed fee. Williams  just confirmed in his post match interview.

You made me double check before I posted my message  :D

Fantastic result that, very happy!

seconded

So BOO got two yellows in two minutes.  What a cock!

Williams: Satisfying because Gillingham side good. Especially with a couple of players out.

Hylton didn't enjoy playing up top on his own. Goddard a bit more comfortable receiving goal kicks, etc.

Found a bit more space after half time as players tired. Tried two pronged attack down wings. Brophy could have even won it.

Stewart has worked hard over summer after settling in troubles and has shown us he wants to be part of it.

7 mins - I'm sure the ref will explain it!

First BOO yellow a bit soft, second one a booking and he had to go off.

Think Vigs has really stepped up since he has come back.

Hope this has shown (the players) we can play in a different way as we looked lost v Chesterfeld without hold up man up front.

Yasser - close to playing. Tight in groin. Nothing in scan, but didn't want to risk it.
Norris - good steady progress. Should keep him out too long.

Delfounso - considering an offer we've put on the table
Another? which would be very important to us..

Excused game to hold talks with Oxford#


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Great result, pleasantly surprised. Great start to the season for BOO, it's not like we need to the players or anything  :eek:

4 points from Cov (H), Chesterfield and Pikeys (A). Would definitely have taken that at the start of the season

Excellent point away from home against a strong side with a number of key players out.

Mineeee's a pint.
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This...

Formation worked well, looked fairly solid in defence.

Doughty MoM

I'm liking Jordan Stewart.

The seats in the away end were fucking filthy.
It's no way to treat guests.

Furlong Snr was sat with us.
Still looks as if he could do a job out on the pitch.
Early impressions are that his son could turn out be a decent signing.

Enjoyed that. Didn't let Gills play first half, really went for them second. Worth a point, could have lost it, could have won it. Considering we had no strikers we looked extremely dangerous on the counter 2nd half.

Sat in the home end so was interesting to watch Town as an opposition. Very frustrating to play against, and you could feel them shit themselves when we broke forward. Vigs wound them up big time as well, without even really doing anything.

Really impressed with Stewart when he came on. Goddard, Barry, Doughty, Thompson, JSW all pretty solid. Furlong was pretty impressive and looks to have something about him, great run for the penno. BOO didn't have a good game. Caught out too often and two daft yellows.

After 4 games it looks like Chesterfield was a one off, but a lot to work on definitely. Gillingham look a very good outfit, their RB in particular was very dangerous so a point with 10 men and 3 big players missing is a cracking return.

Even if he did cost £400k which I know is doubtful it's looking like a bargain now, been top notch so far and looks to have all the attributes a keeper needs. The fact he seems to be able to wind up the opposition fans no end is obviously a bonus.

Said to to dad once the team was announced that we must have a specific plan, it's just not a team you'd put out and hope for the best with.

We sure did, Gillingham didn't quite know what to make of us and we ultimately came away with a very well deserved point.

Stewart could really start to shine soon, with an Obika or a Norris to work off of he could cause some real problems, a massive plus so far this season.

Furlong looked the part, won almost everything in the air and was our 'out' ball from goal kicks which weren't too bad tonight, at least if they weren't exactly on the money they were into touch which under circumstances we find ourselves in really isn't a bad thing.

Been pondering the new loan rules lately and hopefully we're having our bad luck with injuries at the right time, at least we can do something about it at this stage - whether or not we do is up to you to decide depending on which side of the Power fence you like to sit... 

My point is that at some point this season most sides will find themselves short and with no emergency loans permitted there will be very little they can do.  We're making a very conscious decision to get the younger players time on the pitch - I think we'd be doing the same even with a full compliment - which may well be invaluable as the season wears on. 

Most League 1 teams simply cannot afford to have the type of experienced quality we'd all like to have at more of a squad level rather than first team level, the loan system has always been there to temporarily bridge this gap when injuries deplete squads and it will be very interesting to see how teams adjust.  You'd need to have the kind of luck Leicester had last season with injuries to be on a high all season.

Anyway, if the 4 points had come from a win against Cov, a draw at Chesterfield and a loss tonight people would be relatively satisfied so I'm going to remain optimistic as always.

Vigs was worth the 400k just for winding up the Gills fans. The ones around me were going absolutely mental at him, I was telling a few of them 'you know this is how he wants you to react?'. He obviously likes being the pantomime villain. I was having a chuckle to myself though, it was hilarious.

Gotta say too, we dealt with JET extremely well. They were all banging on about him before the game and he didn't have a sniff. Thompson did him a few times.

Still pretty chuffed. The boys put in a shift and massive credit to Luke Williams who had a very clever game plan and showed up a lot of Town fans.

Most of them on this thread.....

I still think we got a result because Adje didn't go....

Indeed :nod:

Including me!

Myself also, although in my piss poor defence I haven't seen us play this year so was based my opinion on what my learned colleagues who had said, I am thinking of starting a crowdfunding campaign to allow me to bet on every game we are 'sure to lose' as it seems to have the desired effect.

If everyone is fully fit, Stewart is pushing Goddard hard for that starting slot at 10. Looks a different player. So deceptively quick, strong and technical in his cameo last night.

Willing to accept the credit

Agree, that run just after he came on when he had 3 Gillingham players pressing him for about 40 yards before he drew the foul was class. He looked very handy.

Credit where credit is due, sometimes we have to make sacrifices.

From the little everyone has seen of Stewart the consensus seems to be that he should be in the team... So why isn't he? Is it a case of a a player who is considered better when he's on the bench or is there something else at play? Maybe he's shit in training and the club don't want to give him a a chance if he hasn't shown he deserves it in training?

All a bit mysterious

Think it's simply they're trying to look after him....sometimes it can take a while for a player to develop and find a role.

I think his value as an impact player is strong... That's my guess.

No one has seen enough of him to think he should be starting week in week out. He looked completely average in his cameos last year, but has started this season very well after his first proper preseason. In my mind he's behind Goddard for the 10, but pushing hard and is an excellent option off the bench, which is great progress.

Just watched the highlights. Thought it looked like a straight forward red card for last man until I remembered the new laws. Great point and good to see that we have some fight in the team, will hopefully stand us in good stead for Poxford and rovers

Great point last night, pleasantly suprised to see the back line hold solid and a change to counter-attacking work, after trying to play through Chesterfield on Saturday, which didn't work......on Stewart, wonder if mgt will give him his place in the starting line up in a home game, maybe (and understandbly) still wrapping him in cotton wool a bit after last season. Thought there were glimpses of him combining well with Iandolo when the latter came on, words I thought I'd never write. Worth a try playing off the shoulder of Obika / Norris when they come back? Anyhow great save from Vigs at point blank range probably earned the point ultimately. Doughty MoM but Nathan T great game as well. Onwards and upwards.

Which cameos did you see him in last year? I thought he only played once - away to Millwall and he, by all accounts, did quite well. The only other games he played were when on loan.

Pikey goal was a sweet one.

Nice unexpected result.

Starting to look forward to Rovers now.

Said cameo at Millwall. It wasn't hard to do quite well off the bench that game.

My point is that we haven't seen enough for him to be a started, but he's showing a lot of promise at this early stage.

only because of the piss up afterwards  !!!! :pint:

Oh oh oh Mr 91 posts giving it the biggin!