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So what you think the score'll be??

And who's going?

2-0 Wycombe

:cry:

Penalties.


And we'll lose. :cry:

5-1 Wycombe. Serious questions asked about Phil Smith as a goalie, despite what looks like a man-of-the-match performance. Speculation following that Tim Howard will be joining in 3 days time. Dennis Wise to say that the defence aren't contributing enough goals.

I'm not going.

That is all.

BBC said jermain easters out injured and the adver today said mooney might not be playing.

reckon we'll scrape it 1 - 0

lose 2-1.

Face, bothered.

Wycombe 0 - 6 Swindon

Pook to get all 6.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Benjamin are you drunk again?

tbh i dont really care tonight

time this competiton was scrapped.a waste of time.just hope none of our players get injured

Will be a close game tonight, possible penalties. I'm going to go for 2-1 Swindon.

I think Fola will start up top alongside young Lukas, with a view for Rhodes to start on Saturday.

I read on Sunday that teams are going to get fined £5000 if they don't start with at least six first team regulars :shock:  :-))(

Anyway not going,so we'll probably win 1-0 i reckon.

Surely this should apply to Premiership sides only?, seeing as £5k is alot of money for the smaller Clubs.

2-1 Swindon.

£5,000 fine for not starting at least 6 first team regulars is a bit steap.

we will lose 1-0

I know its fucking annoying :x I did read it in the NOTW though so i guess it might not be true.
Having said that it is the kind of thing that happens,the premiershit clubs are allowed to field nine youth players and a couple of fans for the League cup/Fa Cup and nothing is done,of course when the smaller clubs are invovled and its our pointless little competition that no one gives a crap about till the semi-finals,its fine a fucking way :evil:

Im going for 2-1 to Wycombe im afraid.

 :(

The fine is true. Wonder how they police the minor injury crisis that will unfold tonight at various clubs only to mysteriously have cleared up come Saturday?

The Rules:
6 of the most regular first 11 must start

Top 11 (Most league appearances):
Peacock, Brezovan, Smith, Ifil, Weston, Roberts, Williams, Evans, Vincent, Shakes, Pook

With Brez out and Smith in, Evans injured, 6 of those other 9 outfielders must play

With Rhodes, Brownlie and Fola playing, our current league team will only have 7 eligible players under this competitions rules  :shock:

Therefore I'd say Shakes will get a recall tonight in place of Brownlie, Roberts will play in place of Peacock alongside Fola.
No chance to try out the youngsters apart from on the bench...

Don't think Roberts will be playing. Isn't he out for a couple of weeks?

I doubt anybody will take much notice to that rule.

They have too, or they'll be fined.

Its just annoying that off our most regular 11, 3 of them are injured, which means 6 of the remaining 8 must play.

I fully expect Wise to play some part tonight

We'd be able to pass off Lukas, Shakes, Brown and Nicho as first team regulars - none of which played at the weekend - lukas#' run at the end of last season should do the trick.

I'd bloody love Wise to play, love it I tell ya.

Rules are there to be interpreted anyway  :soapy tit wank:

Our name is on this cup this season, mark my words. 2-0 win tonight, no messing.

Ahhh....

The competition rules are different from the what the papers are saying....

Rules here: http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/56/91/0,,10794~37206,00.pdf

7.3 Each Club shall play its full available strength in all matches. The Board will from time to time issue guidance as to what constitutes ‘full available strength’. Any Club failing to meet this requirement will be required to pay a fine of up to £5,000.

Depends what guidance they given - maybe that's where the 6 from 11 regulars comes from. So Roberts, Brez and Evans don't count in the 11 as they are not available.
Either way we're sorted, we've only got about 16 fit players in total anyway  :D

I imagine allowances are made for injured players...

I'm going tonight, love the JTP Cup....  dunno why but it's a bit special, like having an epeletic dog.  Just because it's a bit crap you still love it.

I reckon we'll struggle tonight, just want to see Mooney for the banter!!   :D

Nice analagy 'rus

Im going to write that down and use it every day !

I dont think Mooney is playing mate

Is Rhodes Cup Tied.

yes

come on you reds...yey.

seen as a game hasnt been played in the competition yet....no. He cant possibly be cup tied....

Must be a condition of the loan move then.

But yes DV.................. you are right

Have they named the teams yet?

I can't believe no one else pointed this out...

I wanted to go.

Smith
Smith Ifil Nicho Vincent
Shakes Whalley Weston Brown
Brownlie Jutkiewicz

Subs:
Williams
Peacock
Onibuje
Monkhouse
????

Or so I heard.

 Whalley  :shock:

Crap, pooks on the bench. I still think he'll do it.

Had no idea Whalley was so close to a returning - he'd be a bonus this year if he can put some performances together

Very True. He played well from Yeovil Away game onwards.

Youuuuuuuuuuuuu Reddddss

The online Sky Sports Ticker is still referring to this as the LDV Vans Trophy  :-))(

Surely everybody knows its the Johnstone's Paint Trophy now, don't they?

isnt it the johnstones watching paint dry trophy....?

The dream team.

Oh, and the ref's a Deadman

Go Wycombe!! Oh crap.

shakes cant shoot for shit  :x

Could still end up 6-1 Ben..

Mooney, what's the score? Mooney, Mooney what's the score?

A. 1-0 to Wycombe and I'm not playing.

Oh well.

I think this is called the Johnstone''s Paint Trophy now...

Licence issues on the illegal linkage again - booooooo

Why did it work on Saturday?

Goal by Ian Stonebridge (Wycombe) volleyed left-footed (top-left of goal) from left channel (35+ yards).Wycombe 1-0 Swindon.

Crikey - 35+ yards  :shock:

Bollocks, illegal use of a quotation mark  :twak:

Fat Fingers

Anything happening?

Christ is that half time I feel like ive been listening to this for at least 3 hours.

It's been on in the background but can't say I've been listening.

368 Town fans. 1/4 of the crowd.

why the fuck am i listening to this?

Goes to prove what a noddy cup this has become. I've not listened to a second of it ... can't be arsed.

What do you mean you can't be arsed!? It's not as if it takes much effort...you don't get people going on a strict exercise regime of listening to stuff.

Has become?

Listening to the Town fans singing is about the only reason to have it on.

Nothing going on football wise.

Incredibly exciting this game...

It's time to buy some white ace. I've got cans in the fridge but think I might need more.

Well, perhaps ... but the reception of Radio Wilts in Bristol is shit ... bearable if league game. Premium TV is shit to lis..ten.. to ... with ... the ... constant ... buff...ering ... so it IS an effort.

Good call.

At least now we can concentrate on the league....

Fuck the league, I want a cup run. Although admittedly I'd prefer a run in one of the other 2 cups.

Oh well we are out. Which basically rules out any chance of me going to another game in 2006 because of working Saturdays.

My only hope is a replay in the FA Cup. Although I'm sure whoever we get in that we are bound to lose first round by the odd goal anyway

My guess is we will reach the FA cup quater finals and lose to a championship club in extra time

Will we play any big clubs on the way? I better save up some money to go.

sounded like a shit game

Seemed to improve in the second half. But yes it did sound crap

Dish out a UEFA spot to the winners that'll sort it out.

Is the Intertwobob still going?  We could always apply for a place in that next year as well.

indeed

Dire. We didn't have a shot on target all game, infact I don't even remember us having a shot at all.

The goal was scored against the run of play, we were in control until then. Super finish, Smith never really had a chance it dipped wickedly but looked to be going over from where I was.

Whalley did alright, nothing spectacular but played his normal short, simple passes. Will be good to have another more attacking option in the middle again.

hate to say

Not the nest performance last night, not many of the players looked that interested really.

The only positive I took from the game was Whalley playing a full 90 minutes. He looked ok on the ball, kept it simple and broke up the play well on a few occasions.

I was very impressed with Pook in the second half. Spread the ball out wide, was constantly up and down the pitch and covered well for Ifil and Nicho when Wycombe had men over.

 :shock:

 Monkhouse came on for WHALLEY on 73 minutes

 8)

Meh.

I went last night and I hate to say it but it was a really crap game and performance.....
No one looked bothered about trying to win it, other than Pook when he came on and Shakes' constant running.

I was impressed with Shakes in a way for his constant running after lost causes which won a couple of corners and throw in's high up the pitch, but other than that he offered nothing, no decent crosses....nothing!

Pook distributed well near the end of the game and Whalley broke up play well at points, but with no real killer balls as there was no movement other than Shakes running for the corner and losing out all the time.

Second half we tried a lot more down the left and it worked on the whole, but to be fair we never produced a decent cross let alone an end product!

And I know we still have Roberts (albeit injured), Peacock and Rhodes in line for playing up front, but Bronlie was shocking....I dont think he did one thing well...and 'JutIcantPronounceYourNameovich' was just plain crap.....i'm sorry but he was!...he was well out of his league last night and unless I have missed him playing well previously?... then I fail to see why he is in the squad at all!

Fola did ok, but for his size he didnt win as many headers as you'd expect him to, mainly I think due to lack of effort or commitment last night.

It showed unfortunately, just looked through the first half like Weston and Brownlie especially thought it was a little knock about with mates and didnt matter the result.....only in the second half did it get marginally better but in fairness had wycombe played any better I would have expected a thumping....as it happens, they were pretty much as not bothered as us, just with a one off quality strike in the first half to make the difference.....

I was really disapointed not to see Wise and/or Poyet play too....although in fairness giving Whalley a game to boost fitness probably does come above their own need for the same I suppose as neither seem to really want to play if they can avoid it!

Jutzkeweicz played well in games towards the end of last year. Hasn't really been given a chance this year yet. You can't really judge him on a performance against one of the best teams in the league when nobody on the team looked bothered.

Will be good to see Catoin back in the team when he's fit

i seen the goal on htv news earlier,they showed it twice yes twice!
just to rub it in i thinks.
they've never showed a swindon goal twice.

Aaron Brown free kick.

the way i see it is, winning the whatjamacallit cup isnt gonna get us out of league 2 is it, which is what we all want, I think you could see wise wants this aswell after looking at the team he put out there
i think the attendence of a mear 1,500 showed this aswell,

we lost, oh well, lets concentrate on the league.

are any of the games even shown on tv??