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We'll get beat tonight I think, we seem to struggle against Peterboro in recent seasons, including one of the most boring town performances I can remember, under Kingy I think, a 0-1 defeat, we were completely devoid of any ideas that day.

I think it was this match

11 SEP  Peterborough United (Home)  0 - 1   5,777

We won't get beat.

The season they went down they beat us 1-0, and the season we went up they beat us 1-0 with Trevor Benjamin scoring after Brezovan dropped it at his feet.

They're a very good side capable of scoring plenty, on a long unbeaten run at the moment as well. We have proven we can compete with the best in this league but we'll need to be on top of our game tonight. Just hope Kanyuka and Morrison don't lose focus, Boyd and Mackail-Smith will punish them if not.

Quietly confident though, we seem to be playing quite well and having Cox back will be a boost. We need the points really, only 3 points above the drop zone at the moment.

1 - 1

Cox said he doesn't expect to start today as the lads played so well Saturday! I'm sure he will though.

From what I remember, we have quite a long unbeaten record for home matches played on Tuesday nights, so I'm quite confident.

I've probably just cursed us though!

One things for sure, it's gonna be freezing tonight.

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=swindon

Feel like -4, flip.

I'll have to dig the thermals out.

bloody hell it looks like a bitter wind, it's gonna feel like we are away to oldham,all part of the fun tho  :)

The Hat is coming back out !

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Hopefully the cold night is compensated with a nice win. I remember that game a few years back. God that was fucking terrible. Shows how far we have come since the league 2 days.

Hat - check
Jumper - check
2 pairs of socks - check
Big leather coat with fleece inner - check
gloves -

noooooooooooo. no gloves. I'll probably get frostbite or worse still result to a cup of "I can beleive it's not Bovril".


18:00   -20:59    - 0 °c. I'm no genius, but doesn't ground frost come out to play about this temperature. Is there any danger of the game getting abandoned? I remember one in January ages ago that did just after half time. The Stratton Bank was fucking freezing that night.

Central heating on. Check.  :)

Smug git - check

:)

hot tub on - check
match reports from my dad - check
survivor on tv - check
bottle of sauza tequila - check
just need to convince a woman to pop by for an hour.

Japanese Lesbian Teens downloading - check
Fire set, ready to be lit - check
got ingredients to make nice hot curry - check
find enough change to get some fags and wine - maybe.
Survivors and Charlie Brooker on the telly - check

How the former fan of the year has fallen eh?  ;-)

A woman to pop by for an hour?????

What are you? some kind of stud? :)

well it is her birthday, I can still claim my fan of the year title. I have a season ticket :)

is it wrong that the weather and the clothing choices linked to this is putting me off going? Im not good with cold - Saturday was bad enough

i'm apathetic

Normal coat - check
One pair of socks - check
No gloves - check
Northern "Call this cold, you great southern shandy drinker" approach - check
Pneumonia tomorrow - check

ha ha!! I need Ear muffs!!!

im going to catch pneumonia and die tonight :(

havent you got a vest Dave?

I'll be wearing my thermals again tonight. Wearing them right now actually. I'm a bit of a happy clapper so we'll have none of this gloves business.

Actually, i do have a vest! huzzah

It's gots to be a draw or a win today... If results go against us Bart will be back telling us why Byrne needs to leave ASAP and Holloway must be appointed!!!!

This could be the last one for Byrne, although the indication is that Saturday should be his last one. So to finish with a impressive result would mean he'll leave his post on a hella good note.

Tonights fixtures

Cheltenham v Southend
Colchester v Yeovil
Hartlepool v Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield v Leyton Orient
Leicester v Crewe
Millwall v Carlisle
Franchise v Hereford
Northampton v Leeds United
Oldham v Walsall
Stockport v Brighton
Swindon v Peterborough
Tranmere v Scunthorpe

umm I asked this before but no-one answered - is Nicola from Im a celebs husband playing tonight?? This is partly why I am attending this match in order to view him

I can honestly say I dont know who the fuck Nicola is nor her husband so I cant help at all.

booo her husband is called Tom - do some googling

Tom Williams started for them on Saturday, so should play tonight.

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nicola is the faked boob minger on i'm a celeb.

she is seriously rough.

euurr hes ugly - Im dissapointed

Thanks though Richard my boy

Hahahahaha, really? She's awesome.

I think so too

I feel we need some kind of "you should have stayed at home and watched your wife on the telly" chant for Williams.

Living in the tropics - Check.
Can't be bothered to stay up anyway - Check.

to the tune of oh my darling clementine

Timmy Mallet, timmy mallett, timmy mallets shagged your wife.
kilroy silk has fucked your missus
even sulu had a slice

:)

I win

It must be almost midnight now... I don't blame you.

Lovely stuff :)

i would fucking love the town end to sing that.

That is brilliant!

She looked like Dean Gaffney with a wig on the other day!  Minging. 

(sing when you're winning) "Your minging slag ate a bollock, the slag ate a bollock....."

"Mickey's shagged your mrs, Mickey's shagged your mrs la la la la"

(1 man wen to mow)
"Your mrs went to oz, to oz to shag a geordie, your mrs and a bloke called ant, shagging in the jungle!!

your mrs went to oz, to oz to shag two geordies, your mrs and ant n dec, shagging in the jungle"

Beautiful

Shag in the jungle, she got a shag in the jungle

I think you should just sing Im a celeb related songs all night long in order to keep me entertained! 

cant find me bloody vest and long johns! booolllooooccckkksss!!

Who's the broad DJ?

I don't have a coat as such, so i can't believe i'm gonna watch this. I'll probably have to leave at halftime in pain.

Stuck at work for the next few hours.  But I've just tuned in to BBC Radio Swindon on the BBC iPlayer and listened to some of the pre-match build up.  Makes me realise how much I miss local Swindon radio (now live 60 miles away, so out of range.)

Maybe I need to stop being so tight and subscribe to the match feed.  What time do they cut the signal on the iPlayer?

im listening on the i player, im hoping they will forget.

That would be good.

They forgot to turn it off against Rovers so you might get lucky.

team line up

Smith
smith
aljofree
kanyuka
timlin (c)
pook
peacock
paynter
cox
macnamee
mcgovern

Quite a few changes I see.

Normally they cut it at about 2 or 3 mins to kick off but as stated on here sometimes they do forget to cut the feed, I do begrudge paying £35 a year for what in essence should be a free service, for licence fee payers anyway.

But I am unable to get to many games so I figure that for the cost of me going to one home game including travel to get there that its worth it.

Wheres Corr?

Corr is injured :)

 :(

Mr. Consistancy.

Luckily, I have been given some log on details.  I think it's a disgrace that BBC Radio Swindon isn't available in central London.

let alone in central america, as if they havent got a fucking aerial that powerful yet.

for fucks sake....i didn't know there was a game on tonight!!

If you hurry you might just make it!

axs rang me and offered me a spare season ticket but I was cooking my tea, and it's fucking cold.

not from here...its cold, i've got work to do and i'd get there 15-20 mins into the game!!

get in your car you lazy cunt, you would only miss the first 10 minutes

What the fuck is up with Corr now?!

Peterborough line-up

Joe Lewis, Russell Martin, Craig Morgan, Gabriel Zakuani, Tom Williams, Sergio Torres, Dean Keates, Andrew Crofts, George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron McLean.

With our defence' reputation, that's one scary attack.

got injured in training yesterday, full extent will be revealed after match.

That doesn't sound good!

Boyd, Mackail-Smith, McLean have to be just about the best attack in this division, so much potential on their day they will tear most sides apart, lets hope they arent up for it tonight.

That is why David Bowie is overrated-pure tosh!

I totally agree, Bowies best song he recorded was The Laughing Gnome!

heroes and life on mars is ace adje. shut it.

I like David Bowie.

I also like Bowie covers Seu Jorge did for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack.

ooh its getting exciting will we be cut off!!!!!!!!

who is this shit?

its a latin haircut 100

19:42, and the shit music is still playing...

that was the cunt david byrne

its still going.........

the tension is mounting

David "Mr Bright Sky" Byrne....what a stupid twat this bloke is!

fuck been cut off

How on earth can we not get a result against a team called 'Posh'?!

It's gone.  Time to log on them.

fucking wank

it's a radio castration

some cunt give me a log in :)

Was that an offer, or are you off for one?

me and a forum member are telephone wanking

Benny thinks we're going to lose so he's cuddling his teddy and put his fooball helmet on.

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your dog is gayer than you.

Yep-far superior to the originals!

That dog's just been to bloody Torchwood.....its scary!

As it stands-Orient have just gone above us!

Early goals... Hartlepool beating Bristol Rovers and Orient winning at Huddersfield.

shhh

Should pay for the licence then you bunch of tight gits.

Sometimes i wish i hadent bothered but as im out of the country its a small slice of home.

Loads cheaper than one of them there season tickets most of you lot have bought, and im nice and warm hahahahahahaha

Get in Smithy!

GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worth the money...Tight fuckers, you missed that hahahahahaha

Whaaaaaaaaa!?!

Our defenders score every fucking week!

Splendid.

Oh shut up......I don't miss it....really, I don't.

YAY SMIFFY

Good start.

Zakuani has gone off for Peterborough.

my dad just called says we are all over them :)

I knew I should have gone

My brother just called.  Quality goal, apparently.

come on then whats happening?

1-1

Bollocks

JPM O.G.

Boooooooooo.

Arse.

Handed to them on a plate

Off home now.  Should be there for full time, just about.  If we're not still winning when I get in, I'm going to blame all of you.

We sounded all over them to be fair, up till that cross that went in off JPM.

Hope it wasn't one of those "No danger! No danger!" own goals.

dad says we are still all over them and there was a blatant hand ball before own goal and the ref "is a blind cunt"

That's quality reportage!

That's a quality Dad.

A doth of the proverbial to your old man for keepin' it real :)

my dad has the worst language in the Don Rogers stand. I sometimes see people frowning at him. :)

I think Mex Dad should replace Juddie on the radio!

Yet his son is a stranger to profanities!

How odd :D

Anything happening? Mex, call your dad.

no, banbury red tells him off if i keep phoning him :)

I haven't heard McNamee's name mentioned yet

You can't argue with that. Fair enough.

Nothing happening in the penalty areas according to Phil King

What's the crowd like?  Verbally and how many?

CRowd very quiet

Quiet and not many

It's a shame. Cold and it's a Champions League night me thinks.

Very quiet but King said a fair crowd for an evening game, sounds like about 6,500ish by the quietness of them.

what colour is the grass?

Whoop-corner to Town

Smith with a good distance shot, saved by the keeper.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Is it Half Time yet?

For the record, I don't suscribe to the radio coverage because I cannot stand listening to STFC on the radio :)

It is now

Half Time 1-1 we seem to be just on top.

Heavens above.  Crewe are drawing away at Leicester!

Cheers folks.

I hope we can come out just as lively and don't let them get on top.

hahaha quick response from fitton there.

What did he say?

Ed: Byrne give his halftime talk now then, how long will he be doing that for?
Fitton: Dunno, 5 minutes maybe

Nice.

One surprise contender has applied...a dream appointment...possibly!

For someone who does not like to listen to Swindon on the radio you dont half want to know a lot. Buy the licence you tight northern monkey  :D

It's not the game though is it Johnny Foreigner ;)

Boothroyd and Cotterill have not applied, as hasn't Poyet.

Last I looked, Westbury was well south of the M4......

I've got one of those...might wear it Saturday...you going?

I haven't lived in Westbury since 2004.

Not really looking to appoint a recent player, too much of a risk. Want a track record.

He's awesomely open about the whole thing, pretty much saying as much as he can from the sounds of it.

Have a look again and see how far Italy is south of the M4. Its at least 40cm depending of the size of your map that is!

I fucking love AF, he is so open and honest about it all.

But that's where you're from. Isn't it?

He's been extremely vocal since Malpas disappeard... I reckon once the new guy will be appointed he'll disappear again.

Well, that's where I lived for 10 years. I lived all over West Wilts. Family still in the Metropolis of Westbury though.

About 10cm on my map. Tis but a small one.....

I have a feeling that the "surprise applicant" is Lawrie Sanchez.

Oh no!!! I hope its not Cilla Black  :doh:

You've ruined the suprise... I'd imagine it would be more significant than Lawrie Sanchez.

Fitton would do well not to build up the stature of the applicants too much,I get the feeling his idea of immense is a little different to mine.Could be wrong..


fitton out!

I think that looking at it from Fittons point of view......Sanchez is an ex international manager (big coup) proven(ish) track record, comes from Reading has been out of work for a year nearly...... but on the down side has a poor record of games/wins.

Probably would be willing to drop down to this divisions, wouldnt want huge wages (for an ex international manager anyway)

Just a feeling I have, I bear in mind that lasy year AF was sprouting about how good a track record MM had when he was appointed.

Well that's certainly a dream-a fucking nightmare ,in fact!

Mine too mate, I wouldnt like him here.

The only surprise to me would be bothering to interview Sanchez.  I don't particularly like him or his style of football

What's your idea of immense?

Fucking hell-just realised we could be in the bottom 4

Why put Joyce on the bench?

Its too far to call him on as sub if he is sat in the Don rogers stand  :D :D

6,616 so I was close!

haha, actually I've no idea.

I'm inclined to agree.

Wycombe G255 W87 L97 D71 - A high profile cup run.

Northern Ireland - Beat Spain, England, Sweden but made little progress in the grand scheme of things (perhaps I'm a little harsh)

Fulham - Awful.

We'd be shit in the league but enjoy a couple of "giant killings"

JPM goes close-at the right end!

Nalis on for Paynter.we're under the cosh

its hoddle.  thats all i will say

No, clearly Nalis.

Franchise are top of the league

Not anymore... Thanking you Leicester.

Hehe. Add your thanks to Tommy Smith too. Just equalised against the shitheads

Yep... The missus just celebrated and I delivered the good news of an equaliser.

Jack Smith's brother has just scored-their mum must be so proud!

LMFAO AF stated he had tried to speak to Hoddle but not about him getting the job but to ask him about the candidates that HAVE applied.

I'm back.  So what's happening?

I got bored and am watching survivors instead

Judging by the last couple of pages - very little.

1-1. Thats about it really.

pen shout-not given

Chance for Cox

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GET IN COXER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yesssssssssss!!

its 2-1 by the way

Get in Coxy!

Good lawd.

Ace!

Well done chaps.

not sure we deserved it this half but who cares

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Buzzin  ;D  :D

Hold me.

Good news :)

Please, no 94th minute equalisers today

We just have to hold on now - would be great to beat Posh who are unbeaten in 13

We want 4, we want 4 ....

Please dont bring on a defender!

not again!!!

FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh god......

cunty cunty fuck fuck fuck bollocks wanker

Unbloodybelieveable!!

You've got to laugh.....

Then again......

Arse. Part 2. FFS.

Come on you fuckers!!

That's another place further down the league -when are we gonna fucking win? :cry:

When we learn how to defend

We're only 1 point off the bottom 4

Gutted. Four points dropped in the last minute is just heartbreaking and possibly significant comewhat May.

Sad thing is, a draw should be a good result but it isn't in these circumstances.

Im getting sick of all this"before the game we would have taken a point"bollocks!

Fuck off, you know we would have. I want to win every game, just the same as everyone, but you've got to be realistic.

We're unbeaten in 6 league games now, 2 wins - 4 draws.

That wasn't a reply to your post-so fuck off back!

Hahahaha. My apologies.

 :)

I'm gutted with that repeat conclusion.

Improvement is being made (and fair play to Byrne in that respect) but I hope we can get this new guy in ASAP.

Get Byrne out FFS, point per game is relegation form

 ::)

We'll be fine. I know it's disappointing conceding late equalizers, but its warm, I've got some cider. We've played some of the big hitters in the league over the last 6 games and I've got some posh crisps that were on offer in the supermarket. We've scored late goals that have given us a feeling of happiness and conceded late goals that have caused much frustration, but these crisps are f-f-fresh.  

Bart's great.

Hooray.

Cheers Bart.

Where can i get posh crisps?

Bloody right. 9 goals in 4 league games and we haven't won one of them. I'd be mightily pissed off if I was the third top scorer in the football league and in a relegation battle.

Please bring Craig Easton back to the side before I come over all Bart-like!

He's been injured though hasn't he?

I'd be well chuffed. It beats working for a living.

The crisps I am eating are made by a company called Tyrell's. I believe they're readily available in most supermarkets.

Yeah but he was on the bench tonight

Have to question Nalis putting the ball out for seemingly no reason out by the dugout which put us in the position to conceed when we would have been up the other end had he not cocked up.

Made in Hereford

We'll probably see Easton on Saturday then.

Cox has now scored the same amount of goals as he did last season, impressive considering he'd left for a little while.

The kiss of death for Byrne-he's blaming the fans!

I don't believe you! Really?

Oooh, what's he said?

I've checked and you are absolutely correct. They are made in Herefordshire by socialist zombies that work to the sounds of The 13th Floor elevators. That's good snacks!

pah, we played well and played better than p'boro who are fifth in the league and our fans are still moaning on the radio....

Fitton comments reference the pending managerial appointment has been put on the OS.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1466756,00.html

Good work. Think I keep the sandwich man at work in business buying those buggers. Not happy they've stopped making the jalapeno flavour.

did u think so? pretty even, didnt think we deserved to win

He didn't blame the fans, he said that it was like a morgue at times and that they (the team) need the crowd when they are down and not just after we score. He blamed the lack of possession in the main and not enough ground play. Some might blame the shite team selection which may have some merit.

I can't think why he would do such a thing! You only have to listen to the radio to realise what a highly intelligent fanbase we have.

How many shots on target did P'boro have, one?

Although it was a good game and we did play well, we did not play better than boro, sorry DV.  They control a lot of the first half and most of the 2nd half until we scored.  Having said that they didn't create too many chances.

1st goal was quality, last goal was ellovastrike and the own goal should have been pulled back for hand ball.

Good entertaining game though with both sides having a go.

they had more possesion but all they did was hoof it forward to Mackrel-Smith and they didnt create anything. I dont remember Smith having to make a save. He played more as sweeper than as a goal keeper.

Been back a few minutes. The game felt like a loss, so i'm a little bit angry at the moment. Peterborough absolutey bossed the game, and until Byrne put Nalis on, the game was very one sided. As one sided as the play may have been though, they far from peppered the goal. They merely owned the midfield.

The reality is that them scoring when they did sucks, but nothing could have been done about that strike, well, you could play 2 rows of 4 centre backs tightly marking and hard tackling all over the pitch, but then you'd never score. It was a wonder goal regardless and although we were starting to get more of a foothold on the game, prior to scoring, didn't often look like doing so and the goal we scored was dubious, judging by the Posh players' reactions anyway.

At times i thought they'd give us a hiding, but we coped well with their constant pressure and i'll take a 2-2, because the levels of luck they had all over the pitch were always going to be difficult to battle against. Oh well, not the end of the world, an ok game of footy, which i did enjoy, thanks to 2 jackets 4 jumpers, 2 t-shirts, a vest and a balaclava.

they did lack that final ball, but id say a draw was pretty fair

They had two shots all game we created more. For 20 mins 2nd half we were fucking awful but they still did not create. 1st goal was blatant handball 2nd was a worldy you cant do fuckall about. Oh and peacock was wank

I dont think a 2-2 draw against a team that had 1 shot on target is a deserved result.

Could be worse Bart, we could have appointed Allen (one of the many you reckoned would fall into "got to be better than Malpas" envelope IIRC).

IN YOUR FACE!

Yuk!

 :smiliemaker:

Oh and according to alun rossitor its byrnes last game

For once I agree with DV in a way. Peterboro' kept the ball well, we didn't, but on the whole I though we looked more likely to score.

At least the  goals against us were of quality. Ye the possible hand ball was missed but the ball in was superb. McGovern didn't have much chance. And whilst Nalis shouldn't have given away the throw in the second goal was quality.

Our first goal was excellent too, but I though the second was offside. Maybe it went to Cox from a defender?

I was a little disappointed with our 3 P's tonight, Paynter, Pook and Peacock - though the latter did a little better up front.

Frustrating to have been close to a win again, but it's not a bad result. We need a few wins though!

How reliable is Swindon's finest Speedway chap though?

Draw seemed a fair result tonight for me.  We had a couple of good chances and they bossed the midfield.  Peacock and Pook were cumbersome, gave them too much room and generally looked frightened to get on the ball, probably a game for someone like Nalis to start on reflection because it wasn't really a battling midfield they had.

Paynter looked well off the pace as well.

Our 2nd goal will be worth watching again.  I can sympathise with their reaction because I failed to celebrate at first, assuming the linseman was about to put the flag up.

Thought J Smith had a blinder until he allowed himself to be easily turned for their 2nd goal, but even after that you still can't do an awful lot about the strike.  9 times out of 10 it goes wide or over or at the keeper.

Thought their front 2 looked good, which is no suprise, but they didn't release them enough.

...also our first goal was fucking ace, how many one touches passes?

I agree rich just trying to show how much bollocks gets spouted about

Fair enough. Fitton's comments suggest, to me, that he'll certainly be in charge for Walsall.

Dissapointed we resorted to hoofing. Had we kept up our passing game we would have won that, Peterborough were pretty terrible considering they're 5th in the league. Second half we were pretty crap as well so overall a point was pretty fair.

Paynter's worst performance so far this season as well.

An average game of football with the right result. I don't think we showed enough to win tonight but I didn't think Peterborough were that great if i'm being honest. They pressed well and we sat very deep especially in the second half. That was probably why the game seemed a bit lifeless at times.

Peacock and Paynter were poor tonight. Their first touches and passes were bog standard for them. I was very impressed with JPM. Probably our hardest working player tonight and my pick for MOTM. Maybe the OG (which he couldn't really help) spurred him on a little? He did look handu before that though. Back 4 was a lot more solid and Cox was OK abelt not amazing.

Thought we were going to nick it at the end but what can you do about a wonder goal? Typical of us at the moment really. Still, 2-2 for my prediction on Saturday me thinks.

really poor game for a 2 - 2 draw our midfield was non existent . I thought kanyuka and aljofree did well as did cox and timlin but apart from that the rest looked lethargic second to everything, it would have been harsh on them if they had lost.

Any news on Barry Corr? Thisis believes it's a slight knock. If there is such a thing with Corr.

Third 2-2 draw in a row, at least we get entertained I suppose.

Our defending still terrifies me.

Hhe got a knock on his calf saturday, so was rested tonight

Last 5 league games

2-0
3-3
2-2
2-2
2-2

We're consistant.

On their 1st the ref tapped his arm then waved play on. Wtf is that about

Agree with all the points - I thought i saw two stunning goals tonight in our well worked first goal and their second, no keeper could of stopped that!

I did think that Cox was offside and i wouldnt mind seeing it again.

Midfield for town seemed weak tonight and as much as i love him Peacks was shit and constantly gave the ball away and was followed by Pook who despite his recent games looked like his old self, i hope they start playing better again.

Paynter was poor and his usual game of holding the ball up was missing and he didnt seem able to put his foot on the ball.

Cox ran around but went to ground far too easily tonight and i feel the ref got pissed off in the end and gave him nothing.

Defence was the usual panic stations especially when we were 2-1 up.

Timlin played well and seems to be making the position his own.

Smith didnt flap too much and made a couple of brave saves but didnt get near that super strike from Batt (who could).

I thought you could see how Peterborough are near the top as they played quick slick football but without much penetration.  They didnt deserve to win it and we didnt deserve to lose!

Roll on Walsall - i have a good feeling about it!!

Was anyone else baffled by Timlin getting MOTM? Thought he was dire 2nd half.

Cox was offside, but the deflection came off a Peterborough player, no?

One good goal and one dodgy goal apiece tonight.

Looked defo handball to me...the whole fucking county ground screamed handball!

I thought Smith was very slow off his line when their winger managed to take it round him. He recovered because the winger decided to cross rather than shoot, but Smith still doesn't fill me with confidence

I couple of winters ago I went to Ashton Gate with the missus and at least 5 times everyone around me screamed handball when it clearly wasn't.

In our case it definately was handball :)

Another blatant hanball at the start when the boro defender hit the ball down with his arm when it flicked up off his foot.

I have no idea about the game, all I will say is I'm SO FUCKED OFF with our wanky defence, it's driving me up the wall. Thank god for Cox's goals and our half-decent forwards or we'd be halfway to L2 by now. FFS sort these goals out we're conceding so so so so so so so so many costly goals at bad times.

Rob's words of wisdom sum it up for me. We looked disinterested, central midfield two not as commanding in recent weeks and continually looking for a long ball that wasn't there. Pook was utter tripe tonight compared to his last few performances, but Nalis looked equally as poor when he came on.

Paynter looked shattered, would have liked to have seen joyce really.

Back four looked ok - kanyuka keeps letting the ball drop , which makes me nervous. Stong in the air though, Hasney likewise. Smith played well, bit slow to react for their second but a great strike. Brez might have reached it but like Rich P said, 9 times out of 10 they hit the stratton bank. Still, feel slightly miffed that they scored with pretty much the two shots they had.

no Ifil baffled me, given their quick attack. And why no easton?

I thought tonight highlighted byrne's limitations. Passion is one thing, tactical nous is another and Posh were there for the taking...



Quote from: RobertT on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 23:31:50

Draw seemed a fair result tonight for me.  We had a couple of good chances and they bossed the midfield.  Peacock and Pook were cumbersome, gave them too much room and generally looked frightened to get on the ball, probably a game for someone like Nalis to start on reflection because it wasn't really a battling midfield they had.

Paynter looked well off the pace as well.

Our 2nd goal will be worth watching again.  I can sympathise with their reaction because I failed to celebrate at first, assuming the linseman was about to put the flag up.

Thought J Smith had a blinder until he allowed himself to be easily turned for their 2nd goal, but even after that you still can't do an awful lot about the strike.  9 times out of 10 it goes wide or over or at the keeper.

Thought their front 2 looked good, which is no suprise, but they didn't release them enough.

Yeah these wonder strikes are really down to bad defending.

I agree Bhaji but we seemed to jog back from attack on the build up?

We were nackered by the looks of things. I would have used another sub if I was Bryne. Probably Easton. But that's just me.

I left five minutes early so in my eyes that was a good 2-1 win 8)

Peacock was shit. Pook was ok, not as good as he has been recently. would like to see him and easton line up together, especially if easton can re-discover his form from last season.

MC Govern had his best game i've seen from him for a long long time. heres hoping he can keep it up, as my mate said he was ace saturday too. Phil smith looked a little dodgy at times, never look totally confident with him in t'nets.

Our first goal was pure skill. One of the best team goals i have ever ever seen. After that though we were second best if anything. They always looked dangerous going forward, and when we got the ball we were clueless most of the time. Paynter was wank, but i think peterbrough figured out both our strikers fairly early on, and we didnt really adapt to it.

On the face of it another point against a play-off pushing team isnt the end of the world, but i would rather see a new manager in a lot sooner rather than later. ANd through sheer laziness on my part, could someone tell me why morrison and corr were both left out. Ta xx

injured & knackered

Was corr the injured one? Makes sense for both i guess

Yeah Corr was injured.

9 conceded in the last 4 league games isn't it, something along those lines, plus cup games... they can't all be screamers.

1 clean sheet this year? Again, not all screamers?

Very poor game tonight, just makes we wonder why teams like Peterboro are so far up the league, not sure if they were sucked into our level or not, but they were definitely hoof ball.
I'm very worried about our caretakers managers decisions at present - Paynter was not having the greatest game this season but why take him off, we are at home ffs, go out and win the fucker, not try to protect a slender league, memories of Bristol come straight to to mind?
To me it was obvious that Peacock was not fit, totally unable to even challenge for the ball, not only that he was total shyte.
Pook had a great first half and along with Timlin I thought they stood out.
Cox seemed to lose complete interest with the game until he scored.
Smith in goal, he scares the life out of me - is he scared of crosses, maybe a vampire.
I wasn't that good when I played but I'm sure I could keep Kanyuka out of any side, he seems to have a five second delay before he acts.

Well off to Walsall on Saturday and looking forward to only my second away game of the season, 2-2 seems a fair bet.

What has happened to Corr?
Why didn't we put another forward on?
We are 1 point off relegation ....

Time for bed methinks.

Because last night he was even less effective than Peacock was up front. The midfield was struggling so Nalis could have replace Peacock or Pook - but I think it was the right call as Paynter was having one of those games and was a passenger.

Corr has a slight calf strain - not worth risking,

We could have gone for it, but we were 2-1 up and looking like we would hold on. With hindsight maybe we could have had another striker, but I don't think the situation warranted it at the time.

1 point off relagation - the price for 4 draws in a row. The worry is that this is a good unbeaten spell for us but we aren't climbing the league. If we now lose a couple we are really in it. That said I am quite calm at this stage.

Can't see any criticism of McNamee. I thought he contributed very little all night, and wouldn't have agrued if he had been subbed for Joyce.

He's failed to kick on from the start of the season for me, definitely a luxury player. On last nght's performance I'd pick JP as our wide man instead, how times change !

We've got an important run of games against sides not so high in the table - vital that we pick up some wins against those around us.

Yes he was shit. Actually Byrne mentioned he was a frustrating player, but one that can win you games in the blink of an eye. #Which is why he was left on I suppose.

Has he lost his pre season form, is he being marked too well, or are we not getting the ball to him?

I haven't read most of this thread so forgive me if it's already been discussed, but I'm not having any of this "oh well, it was a last-minute wondergoal" stuff.

1. J. Smith should've closed the player down and never let him get a shot away from such a ridiculous position.
2. P. Smith shouldn't have been caught so far off his line...again.

Both points are true, but come on - how many shots are attempted from that position and how many of those hit the target? I think you are being a bit harsh on the Smiths.

Think I was at a different game from a lot of you...

Cox was pants all night. He was blowing out of his arse after 5 minutes and spent more time arguing with the officials than running back on side, most disappointing game I've seen him play.

Jack Smith- Looked like he was playing in slow motion for most of the game.

Peacock - absolute shite.

Aljorfree & Kanyuka - Shit me up everytime someone ran at them (Although, tbf, it's the same whoever we play in central defence).

Nalis - If we're losing the game in midfield, why bring the bloke on? We needed a ball winner, not a luxury central midfielder.

Macca - when he was given the ball, to his feet, he did ok. He relies on service.

P.Smith - Why he gets the amount of critiscism he does baffles me. I defy anyone who saw Brez flap around at Histon convince me he should be in goal.

Paynter - Needs a rest. Looked fucked from the start.

Pook - The best centre midfielder we had on the pitch. How scary is that?

Timlin - Did his best. Full of running and commitment. Deserved MOTM and should be captain.

JP - One of the only good things in an otherwise very lacklustre game.
 

True, but 9 times out of 10 shots like that don't even get close to the back of the net. It was a complete fluke.

felt like 2 points dropped.... posh fans are the most backward, inbred and weird people i have ever seen, even the stewards were taking the piss out of them

the vicky pollard lookalike was a beast

I wouldn't blame P.Smith for their 2nd, but i do think J.Smith should have got to his man and snuffed out the danger.

MacNamee was very poor. Even when he did get the ball he failed to pass his man or get a cross in of any quality. And it's becoming a regular occurrence...

I never thought Id hear the day that Herthab says Pook is the best central midfielder we had ... but It was of course true ..

My overall opinion was that the sooner we get a new manager in the better - 3 points out of 9 under Byrne (2 of the games at home!) is going to get us relegated!

Don't misquote me.

I said Pook was the best central midfielder on the pitch last night.

Given that the other two were Peacock (Shite) and Nalis (Slow and shite) it's pretty faint praise.






(That said, he has been quite good in the last few games)

Another way to look at it is 3 games unbeaten and something to build on.

I'm not sure what the answer is for whoever is ultimately manager. Obviously conceded less goals. But how. I don't know what else is left to try in that department.

Thought it was a shit game, where the biggest surprise was there was 4 goals from very few chances.

McGovern, whillst hardly being ace, at least contributed some decent balls last night.  his ball to J smith was probably the best pass i've seen from a town player this season.

Our central mid was terrible last night. pook seems to be slipping back to his old ways, and peacock was no better.

I'm was straight in line with the second goal.

When the original shot came in Cox was level, therefore onside.

When the shot was blocked and deflected to Cox, yes he was ahead of the Boro defender but CANNOT be offside because the final touch was by the Peterborough player.

So therefore the Peterborough players just do not know the rules of the game they play !!!

Listened to the game on the Radio.

First time I have heard Fitton speak - What an eloquent intelligent guy with a good sense of humour (his joke about Byrne's teamtalk made me laugh).

And Jamie Vincent, please get fit soon, sorry fella but you are probably the most boring person I have ever heard on a radio!!

Good ol' Aunty Beeb...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7741674.stm

the second half was so boring - Im so glad I took my Heat magazine!

I was also dissapointed with
a) selfish oafs in the winners hogging all the tables so we couldnt sit down to eat our curry chips and pint!
b) Nicolas boyfriend is a scrawn bag - her boobs must be bigger than him

I must have missed this. I thought He took it from a throw in after Nallis cocked up and ran the ball out of play.


Damn it, we didn't get the "shag Timmy Mallet, she's going to shag Timmy Mallet"  chant going. Grrr.

I thought it was a crap game.
To be honest we only just deserved a draw.
Peacock and Pook were wank imo, Timlin had a good game i thought.

were you with Ralphy? if it was you dont wave then rude oaf!

haha yes i was.

rude oaf??

if i waved youd probably think i was a weirdo or something!

The curry deal was good but i had a nice hot beef roll....mmmmmmm

£3-50 and all meat....better than that shitty burger at Brighton for £3.....they need locking up.

I wasnt being selfish, i just had one seat for my coat and my feet up on the other.... :D

that curry looked rank to me.

hence the fish and chips at home beforehand at 430.
hotdog before the game
and pasty at half time.

i like food me! not fat though, perhaps im ill

sausage and chips at the chippy opposite the fire station. £2. Lush

It wasn't a great game but I can see why Boro are up there. It really is a crap division this year but Boro have pace aplenty up front. Their keeper absolutely dominated his box and showed Smith / Brez how it should be done.
I didn't think I'd say this but thought JPM was MOM. Put in some great balls and his free kick in the 2nd nearly caught their keeper out. Macnamee is really lacking confidence. Peacock and Pook didn't work but it has so far.
Has Kanyuka actually headed the ball so far with his forehead. It seems to come off everwhere else on his head - just not his forehead.

Me too. Put in "a shift" and delivered some good balls. Timlin was good too, apart from a 5 minute wobble.

I think that by the standard he's set himself recently, Timlin had a poor game. That's still quite harsh. Thought Jack Smith was decent, dying to see his goal again as it looked good from the TE, so probably looks even better when you can see it properly! Will be interesting to see their second too, if he could've done more.

And Nalis is a donkey (no offence, Donkey!). I don't tend to single players out for criticism but the bloke is a waste of space. Terrible piece of control, putting th ball out on the halway line, and then they scored :|.

They used to do a "Football special" there before home games for £1.80 a few years ago. It was probably the same thing but 20p more. Used to be quite nice as well but haven't had one for a while now.

As I sit right by you JFW, did you hear the idiot shout out "Cox you fooking Chicken" when he pulled out of a challenge with one of their defenders?

That bloke really wound me up.  It was obviously a challenge that we wasn't going to win, so why injure yourself.  Nice way to encourage our biggest asset.

umm maybe - I had my hat over my ears!!

Are you on about that bloke that knocked himself out at the start?

Aye, it be that. Fooking lovely

I go most games, think it was taken over a couple of weeks ago as the Chinese family seem to have gone.

that fool that knocked himself out is their new signing from fulham.

bloody premiership...

he only hit the wall/board at about 2mph anyway

the one on york road is better and worth the 2 min walk

No, it was toward the end of the 1st half when Cox sort of sliced a ball back to Smith which made it look like he pulled out of a tackle (Which he didn't).  As Cox was running past us he shouted out "Cox your a fooking Chicken".

What a Muppet!

Disappointed at the end result, but a point gained and I thought we got lucky a few times.

Central defence looked a lot sturdier than it has done. Kanyuka miscontrolled a few times but Aljofree had a decent game imo.

Central midfield was outclassed. In fact the whole midfield struggled, Posh seemed to close down their man very well. McGovern had a good game - didn't drift inside that often and chased down a lot. Also put in some good tackle. An unfortunate own goal meant he didn't get man of the match in my opinion.

Paynter really had a bad game which surprised me. Cox did his job and managed to score, you could tell he was shattered towards the end.

What I'd say about the goal - we sat back far too deep for the entire second half. We invited the pressure on to ourselves and that cracking goal was not the only shot they managed to get from distance. Posh also seemed to win every second ball, much to my annoyance.

I was equally annoyed to see the return of the Strictly Come corner routine. Dancing on the penalty spot is not only ridiculous, but putting the corner to the far post where nobody is, is even more criminal.

Overall I'm happy with the point, but I think we need a new manager who will make us more solid and difficult to break down, especially at home.

ahhh I was having a wee and getting a drink at the end of the first half!

Are these two events mutually exclusive?

:D

....awaits an answer.

what does mutally exclusive mean?

They don't occur at the same time.

My first game in ages so i enjoyed it inspite of it being a bit of a nothing event really :) Thought a point was a fair enough reflection of the match.Nothing has changed from the last time i saw usplay though,we look good up front but the defence is about as much use as chocolate fireguard.
Still makes it all interesting.

On another note,the hot chocolate is vile.The horrid powder they use just won't stir away and you end up with loads of it clogging up the spout on the lid.If it was clumped chocolate i wouldn't mind but its salty nastiness  :cry:

Sounds like JFW was making drinks for everyone.

AMEN!!!!! I didnt take my flask last night so brought this instead - it was MING!!

Si Pig are you suggesting I drink wee?????

I'd never suggest that JFW.

Christ, were you joking?

NO! why do you think I asked!!  >:(

Whilst we are on this topic, Bovril not Oxo please.

I agree with that. Last night was my Oxo debut, and it wasn't half as nice as Bovril...

I think we we should ask Uncle Alan to start a beverage protest

He doesn't go after Gazza hurt his feelings

Mr Hayward returns to the COunty Ground tomorrow evening!

Why doesnt alan go any more?

all this talk of drinks reminds me of the other week, two guys stood behind me were talking about licking rims and how they tasted!
i had to get a look at them after hearing this... not so exciting they were discussing thier hot drinks... v strnage though, it really sounded quiet sexual!

 Were you thinking of them licking each other's rim ?  Or rims in general?

each other's! they looked quite embarresed when i looked at them realising must have sounded, we laughed about it. Then i turned back to watch the game n one said to the other "but i bet she would have joined in" how bloody rude!

I reckon my rim will be spicilicious tomorrow if anybody wants ago?

  :puke:

having just watched the highlights cox looks well offside to me.

Its hard to tell as he is out of picture when pook shoots but both him and the last man look stationary when the ball arrives at his feet seemingly 2 yards off side.

Good work lino

I agree - makes up for the obvious handball for their first goal.

superbly weighted pass for the first by mcgovern,and the second does look offside from the vid.
smiths postitioning for the late equalizer is piss poor

These highlights are becoming increasingly shite-some bloke crashing into the advertising hoardings ffs-really wanted to see that.Also you get no idea of the build up for any of the goals.People who were there say there was a handball leading up to their goal and that the build up for our first was excellent-you get no idea watching that,its crap!

the ball took a ricochet off a posh defender before falling to cox, hence he was not offside.

i couldn't tell from the highlights but they were adamant that was the case on RS

Pass of the season from McGovern for the first.

At the time I didnt think there was much Smiffy could have done about their 2nd, but his positioning does seem a bit poor given how low the ball actually is by the time it cosses the line

Thanks, I know the rules ;)

Like I said its hard to judge from the footage, but neither cox or the defender nearest him appear to have moved by the time they come into shot - i think he was offside when pook shot. the fact it riccochets of their defender does not make any difference in this case.

ah sorry, i misunderstood

Anyone seen the match analysis that David Byrne does with the players on the OS? Very interesting.