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Hate to say it but Malpas has to go.........things just aren't improving and games are just getting more and more frustrating

Arguing amongst fans is not his fault. Judge on performances/results

things havent been that bad to start with. Anyone would think we'd lost all 7 games this season ffs.

we're a mid table league one and playing like one!

If Malpas doesn't make it to the end of the season, then we won't have had a season with only one manager since... 04/05? Which would be Parkin's last season.

Fucking boring though aint it.

No way, getting promoted was brilliant.

Some people just like moaning.

Actually im probably one of them.

. Coaching is the problem. We need a Mick Harford to come in, someone like that.

As I said in a previous thread, a good manager will get the best out of shit players.

Anyhow, if we win next sat all this will be forgotten.

Correct, no co-incidence that its all been downhil since that season as well!

As for comparisons with 04/05, I'd say 7 games in is too early to tell.  I wouldn't mind a game like the Wendies that season...great atmosphere in the TE, when Fallon got the winner...but still a crowd of less than < 7,000.

  Christian Roberts murdered them that night, exploiting the weakness on the right of their midfield....some bloke called  McGovern  ::)

Thats not my recolection of that game. We were shit for 80 minutes. Roberts comes on, plays like a man possessed. 10 minutes later, with the help of SSP and Fallon it was 3-2.

It may be early, but this looks a simmilar team. If we dont start showing our potential, then it will be the good players that leave next summer, not the shit ones.

Roberts started on the win but was pushed up top for the last 15. It was then he totally humiliated Patrick Collins. Why we ever signed Collins on loan is one of those unanswered mysteries.

Didnt Roberts start upfront then when we bought on Fallon we went 3 up top and Roberts was wide left of the 3 then transformed into Thierry Henry....

Didnt Roberts start upfront then when we bought on Fallon we went 3 up top and Roberts was wide left of the 3 then transformed into Thierry Henry....

yeah and if he had done that yesterday and then we got hit on the counter and lost 2-1 we'd never heard the fucking end of it.

I am not going to comment incase i get labelled a ignorant arrogant mong

a critism i have of Malpas is regarding they youth team. Under Sturrock he was forever checking with Dave who played best in the youth team every game and would reward them with being in the 1st team squad and it encourages them to play well to get a chance with the 1st team, using that method came through Tozer, Morrison & Joycey. Even under Andy King whenever the 1st team was at home Kingy would be watching the youth game in the morning, in which he brought through Caton & Jutkiewicz. Yet Malpas has no intrest, he doesnt speak to Bodin AT ALL!! Never watches the games and the kids have nothing to aim for, take Lloyd for example has scored 11 in 7 games i think it is from right midfield yet cant get on the bench for the reserves??

Malpas out

Malpas out

which is fair enough if he gets reports from Bodin, but he and Bodin dont get on, they dont talk, like i said in my post, wont acknowledge each other

If Fitton got Malpas in because he has a similar vision for the club, how does that tally with awarding half the youth team contracts?

If Fitton got Malpas in because he has a similar vision for the club, how does that tally with awarding half the youth team contracts?

Sam Morris and Jack Winter for example will not play for the 1st team ever

take Callum Kennedy for instance, good player, always impressed when he played in pre season and in the JPT last season, yet we had Yinka injured, Vincent injured, then Malpas puts Jack Smith left back then puts Has left back, what message does that send to them? One of our brightest prospects cant get in the team when the 2 left backs are injured, then get a right back and a centre back played ahead of him, its fucking mind boggling

I concur on Kennedy, I've heard good things about him.

take Callum Kennedy for instance, good player, always impressed when he played in pre season and in the JPT last season, yet we had Yinka injured, Vincent injured, then Malpas puts Jack Smith left back then puts Has left back, what message does that send to them? One of our brightest prospects cant get in the team when the 2 left backs are injured, then get a right back and a centre back played ahead of him, its fucking mind boggling

Callum is a professional footballer though

Malpas out

Yes, but he is young, you say you know about the set up of a club. Will the manager go for youth player first before a regular first team player. Tell me

Fuck me i actually agree with you

no he obviously would go for his established left backs first, but were both injured, then he disrupts the back four by moving jack smith, then moving Has, no coincidence we have been shipping goals for fun

well if thats his 'safety' he has well and truly fucked it up

This is not a criticism, but I've wondered why Kennedy hasn't featured more, because he's looked good in the limited time I've seen him play.

This is not a criticism, but I've wondered why Kennedy hasn't featured more, because he's looked good in the limited time I've seen him play.

I think some of these promising youngsters could do with loan deals, even if it's to the BSP for first team experience and to score against the scum.

Callum and Chrissy Allen both were wanted by Salisbury on loan, Malpas said no i want them here!! yet has no intention of playing them, the bloke is a goon

Malpas Out

I wonder whether when Malpas says nobody wants those available he's not just talking about Sturrock and Pook but some of these kids aswell?

That's what I assumed, although I don't know if any of the youngsters are up for loan deals. I'm sure JPC would have been the first to tell us about it.

Callum hasnt even been travelling to away games as 1 of the extra 2 that arnt involved in the 16

You have to blood a young player in, the step up from playing in a youth team in front of 50 spectators to a first teamer in front of 6-7,000 is daunting, you dont just throw them into the deep end like that. Put them on the bench I agree, but to take the place of a regular I do not. Hopefully over the season they will get there chance.

but Callum played in the JPT last season and the pre season games in front of a good few thousand people and came through with flting colours

Yeah I agree DV. Just seems strange we don't try and get them out on loan.

DV teams do want our 1st year pros

DV teams do want our 1st year pros

or a pop band manager.

Callums agent Barry Gold went to Malpas and told him Salisbury wanted Callum on loan and Callum would like to go to gain more experience and play games Malpas said no, that is a fact

Wouldn't that be a case of them tapping up our player not going through the club?

And for the people who want Malpas out (myself included) will be pleased its not far away, especially after the fall out after the ressie game last night, id be amazed if hes here at christmas

Perhaps they are and they're just shit  :)

man, the fall out was big....you wouldnt even believe half of it. all hell would break lose if it was made public. I tell you one player will be missing sunday with a muscle strain which is code for a black eye!

And for the people who want Malpas out (myself included) will be pleased its not far away, especially after the fall out after the ressie game last night, id be amazed if hes here at christmas

Well, what I said was totally made up.

I gathered that, wasn't aimed at you. I'd like to hear more from the coach driver's perspective tbh

man, the fall out was big....you wouldnt even believe half of it. all hell would break lose if it was made public. I tell you one player will be missing sunday with a muscle strain which is code for a black eye!

Spot on DV! Check Corr's eyes, he's got a thigh strain. What is Brezovan's virus code for?

Ah, makes sense....Sturrock and Fitton are so tight and pally that Sturrock fucked off first chance he got.

The pre-season friendly against Plymouth showed how much respect Paul Sturrock still has for this club, none.

OR maybe Paul Sturrock never turned up to the Plymouth match to throw people off the scent???

Or maybe they're the same person. Maybe Malpas is the mild-mannered manager Clark Kent to Sturrock's superman-ager?

We could start guessing who else might be replacing MM based on the fact that they haven't been seen at the CG for some time, if ever, in a cunning ploy to keep their identity a secret!

aaaaand ... somebody has buried a piece of green kryptonite under the pitch. Bastards!

Is there any other colour kryptonite?

That's a fantastic idea. I'm off to Billy Hills to slap a tenner on Mourinho only taking the Milan job as an in betweener until the Town job came up. Just look at the evidence:

1) Quit Chelsea around the same time as Sturrock jumped ship - coincidence? I think not!
2) As per wttra, has NEVER been seen at the CG so as not to spark rumours
3) Would be one of the few managers in world football that the thisis crew wouldn't be on his back from the first whistle. They'd give him at least three games
4) Some sort of tenuous Portugeezer tie-up I can't be arsed to think out properly.

The deal's as good as done. My only worry really is whether Mourinho would insist on bringing in his own coach driver.

The guy is not giving up, I must admit he is a pretty good WUM

"To be brutally honest, I don't have a problem with disclosing this. I don't work for Andrew Fitton, he's a business partner of an old colleague of mine (that's who I kept hassling with regard AF investing in Town).

Those two are quite tight, hence the information. I've met AF a few times and appreciate how well respected he is in the business community but I have more loyalty towards the football club and its fans than I do to him individually. My colleague is a very old friend and wouldn't care much either I'm sure; they're all big boys. It's all good clean fun.

I gather the premise for the whole deal is that Plymouth are happy to let it happen. I presume they feel like they shouldn't have gone backwards to some romantic notion of rekindling the old Sturrock fires. They want to move forward towards a real go at the Premiership and, like many, believe that the Sturrock factor can only take you so far.

So if (when) Sturrock he comes back to Swindon they won't then have to pay out on his contract and Swindon aren't liable for tapping him up because everyone's in agreeance. Indeed, I'm constantly amazed at exactly how open these clubs, players and agents are with each other behind the scenes.

Anyway, them's the facts as I understand it. Do with them what you will. But it seems like a goer to all concerned and don't be surprised if it happens within weeks not months.

I'm assured of this. It will happen."

I wouldn't really be that surprised to see him back, disappointed yes, but surprised no.

tbh would you be happy working for the last bunch?!

not one bit thank you

Yeah that's complete bollocks. We're more likely to end up with someone like Calderwood.

Ex players who become successful managers at the same club?

Erm, I'm struggling here.............

Ex players who become successful managers at the same club?

Erm, I'm struggling here.............

Ummm Colin Calderwood and Martin Ling!

I would suggest that Calderwood hasn't been successful at Forest. (Well, not what Forest fans consider success).

You got me with Lingy though.....

Martinez at Swansea maybe another one...

Allardyce - Bolton

Howard Kendall, Everton.

George Graham, Arsenal............

Naming two that I've already listed hardly spares your blushes ;)

Stan Cullis - Wolves.

Glenn Hoddle at Spurs.

Peter Reid at Everton.

Graham Souness at Liverpool.

Am I doing this right?

Maurice Malpas will warn his players that one more home horror show could prompt Town fans to turn ugly.

Back-to-back County Ground losses to Colchester and Leeds, compounded by poor performances, pose a question about the team's ability to handle the added expectations on home soil.

Millwall arrive in Wiltshire tomorrow on the back of a four-match winning streak and the Lions will be confident of stretching that sequence, given Town's run on their own pitch.

Malpas knows a third straight loss would be difficult to stomach but when will the supporters' patience snap entirely?

"Probably after Sunday!" said the Town boss.

"You don't want to have too many games at home where you either play poorly or you get beaten because it affects the fans. The fans get disheartened - one or two don't turn up, one or two get critical. You get the snowball effect and everyone starts to jump on the bandwagon.

"I was golfing yesterday and there were two gents that play who have watched the club for 40 years. They were raving about a couple of the performances at the start of the season and they were disappointed at the Leeds performance.

"I think that's how everybody feels and it's up to us to go out on Sunday, banish the Leeds performance, put up the standard performance or better and get three points. It's all about winning and the players have to get that mentality.

"The last two home games have been disappointing. If we have any ambitions to do anything we have to make sure our home form is better.

"The players have been good in training this week, they're looking forward to the game - hopefully we get a good crowd and a good atmosphere and the fans get behind us - if we give them something to shout about."

The visitors' fine form will not force Malpas to go on the defensive tomorrow, with the Scot insisting the initiative remains with the home team.

He added: "We've had them (Millwall) watched two or three times. They've virtually had the same team, they've been fortunate enough to pick the same team and when you're winning it is easy to pick the same team.

"They've got a bit of confidence but it's about what we do on Sunday. We've got to put them under pressure and take the game to them. It's not prudent to sit back. There's more pressure on us to win."

To be honest a piss poor defeat and I'll start having my doubts.... Its still too early to get rid of him but....

To be honest a piss poor defeat and I'll start having my doubts.... Its still too early to get rid of him but....

Dundee Utd, not Motherwell Bartelby. Congratulations on a post with reasons in though, we're making progress here.

No, Malpas managed Motherwell.

I agree with you bart, motherwell fans did indeed warn us about what malpas was likem, turning a decent side into a bad one and almost getting them relegated, their fans didn't take to him, this sounds all too familiar with what is happening here.

Thanks for trying malpas but you are not upto the job and are not good enough, maybe go back to scotland and be a coach or something.

Don't be such a patronising cunt.

I agree he's got to go, but all this bollocks about what Motherwell fans said, who gives a fuck?

I agree he's got to go, but all this bollocks about what Motherwell fans said, who gives a fuck?

Lou Macari, Ossie Ardiles and Glenn Hoddle were appointed here with no previous track record.

Not having a previson track record doesnt make you a bad manager.

Managers have failed at clubs yet been a success at others. What you're saying Bart, is that no one is given a chance unless they're successful. Good luck with that, if past boards had agreed we'd never have had most of our successful managers...........

Holloway who got Leicester relegated, good choice....

How many times has Cotterill been sacked?

Genuine question.

I would like calderwood i think he is on the verge of the sack at forest, maybe martin ling? an ex town player would lift the fans!

Calderwood would be my choice too. He's never failed to get a team into the top 6 i don't think? 2 promotions and 3 play-offs. Granted he did have money at Forest and Northampton though.

For us the fans, he'd be an amazing appointment for nostalgia alone. However, I cannot help but think that to the players he'll be just another dour Scottish manager - Pook (and he was 7 when CC left) aside there are no Swindon fans in the first team who would appreciate the same excitement  as we'd feel.

Does anybody sense a sort of "oh well, I'll try harder for the next manager" sort of attitude about the players? There's the rumours that he's not popular with players, is there any validity in the idea that several of them are just waiting for him to go?

Asking more than stating really. It's a thought that I had when I was thinking about our rather quick turnover of managers since King. The lack of a season with one manager since Parkin's last season is a worrying one. If that sort of thinking is happening, how could the next manager stop it?

Management stability has got to be a worry. It's by no means a reason to keep hold of a manager, but it's something which is going to affect subsequent managers more each time it keeps going on, if that makes sense.

urgh. I Think I made up some words.

Sturrock probably came here with the best track record and jumped at the chance to go back to Plymouth. Dennis Wise also had good stock and again couldnt have gone to Leeds faster.

They did not hang around because they were a success and we did not have the board to keep them imo

I can see fitton giving malpas plenty of time but i don't think it's right, cheltenham lost their manager after a few defeats so why does malpas escape the sack?

You'd think we'd got the message by now Colin Todd (Derby), Roy Evans (false promises), Dennis Wise (mighty Leeds), Paul Sturrock (Plymouth) - they maybe great names but as soon as the better offer comes along, they walk.

But here we are falling into that trap that we think that Malpas will be gone this week... When there's no suggestion thus far to prove this.

Don't think you did, but you did make a really good point. That's one of many cogent sensible posts you've made today, what the hell's got into you? :-)

They all left because they got better offers that furthered their careers. Can't blame them, though all the shit about 'lock in clauses' and 'contracts' was utter bollocks.

They all left because they got better offers that furthered their careers. Can't blame them, though all the shit about 'lock in clauses' and 'contracts' was utter bollocks.

Any manager with a proven track record who does well with us is likely to have other clubs come in for them.

So should we look for proven managers and plan as if they are only going to be here for a season and go for short term appointments.

Any manager with a proven track record who does well with us is likely to have other clubs come in for them.

So should we look for proven managers and plan as if they are only going to be here for a season and go for short term appointments.

any unproven manager who does well with us will get the same. success breeds opportunities.

apart from Mulgrew I'm glad we didnt get any of the other shite...

isnt that worse that Malpas couldnt even attract the 'other shite'

Not really, he attracted different shite ;)

How much longer is left on Malpas' contract anyway?

I'd say the central defenders, central midfielders and wingers need replacing before the full backs...

Cox was already in Sturrock's squad, if on loan, so the net spending so to speak is about 50-60k.

"much much worse"?

a little bit of an exaggeration.

but 200k for Cox makes my arguement look much better!!

Sell 21 of them

u dont think we have played much much worse under Malpas????

He was, so say, given a three year contract in January 2008, but that doesn't make sense as it would expire in January 2011, so I am guessing that his deal runs until June 2010.

i have violent urges towards him.

i have violent urges towards him.

fuck sake, he hasnt played a game all season and you're already on the players back, disgusting.

saw the aftermatch sky interview with malpas.what the fuck is going on with that 69 bloke?he was doing a warm down by the looks of it.

Ah leave him alone. He's a quality bloke, probably the nicest I've ever met. He's pretty loaded so paid money to be a 'squad member' so to speak. He was quite good as a youth I understand. Just trying to live a failed dream I guess.

After yesterday..........i cannot back him anymore.
It pains me to say it.

Exactly. If everyone on that pitch yesterday wearing a red shirt cared about pulling it on as much as Dave Marsh does, we wouldn't be having this discussion

Oh come on, it is a bit sad for a grown bloke to do that all season.  Whether he's a nice bloke or not.  I always give him a little shout when he runs in after his warm up, and he loves it!!  Fair play to him, but he deserves a little stick, he must like the attention.

Oh come on, it is a bit sad for a grown bloke to do that all season.  Whether he's a nice bloke or not.  I always give him a little shout when he runs in after his warm up, and he loves it!!  Fair play to him, but he deserves a little stick, he must like the attention.

Aye but some would say it's sad for a grown man to spend the majority of his time on an internet forum (I'm not having a dig btw, I'm reading this forum for far too much of my life). All about opinions and as you said, he probably enjoys the attention!

u would expect players such as Peacs Brez and Pooky to want Malpas as as they arnt playing but heard today 4 players who have played most games under Malpas and some who he even signed all said they cant wait for him to go

u would expect players such as Peacs Brez and Pooky to want Malpas as as they arnt playing but heard today 4 players who have played most games under Malpas and some who he even signed all said they cant wait for him to go

What exactly do they say his main failings are?

man management, training, tactics, honestly they have nothing good to say about the bloke

tough training???? he got them in today had a chat bout fuck all then gave them the day off

when are they next training?

tough training???? he got them in today had a chat bout fuck all then gave them the day off

Its not like we've got a game on a Friday night or anything though is it.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :jester: :fishing: :boat:

You lot are muppets sometimes!  :D

the players should run marathons daily. until malpas implements this, regardless of advice backed by medical science provided by our qualified fitness coach, i will refuse to go to games.

we're fans. we know how footballers should train.

sounds hilarious!

i'd also like to see some ballroom dancing on saturday evenings after the game.

And then pole dancing lessons on Monday mornings. 

Have you ever tried it?
Flipping harder than playing football ...

now that's just silly.

I agree.  The amount of cards we'd pick up for "high boots"

If Malpas was going it would've been today.

There's no point speculating for the time being... Perhaps he's on borrowed time, perhaps he's not.

I'm really looking forward to Hartlepool and not one negative sentance will be uttered by myself.

I would have been shocked if he had gone today, they must give him the Friday game against Pool and the following week against Udders.

The lessons are not being learned, that's the problem. I hope we turn up and get a decent result at Hartlepool, but I can't help but feel you're going to be mightily disappointed Rich.