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A win tonight is badly needed.  We have given ourselves a pat on the back for the odd hard-won draw in recent games, but it's three points we need tonight, not one.

Walsall are above us but have lost 6 of the 13 games they have played away from home.  We need this one.  Looking forward to seeing the starting line up after yesterday's signings.

I feel that tonights game is mega important for the club.
With the new players on board a win will set us up nicely for the tough period ahead.
Come on you reds.

first game for a while for me, looking forward to it especially with the prospect of new players...

I'm cautiously optimistic. We've been here before haven't we? It's got 1-1 written all over it and such a result is not good enough.

We have to be on form because Clayton Ince is a good goalkeeper and has saved Walsall a number of times this season including against Hereford on Saturday.

I've predicted a win as Walsall are beatable but so are we!

i fucking hope we win. i shall cry profously if we dont :(

4-0. Razak hat-trick and Cox to grab one too.

(Maybe a tad over optimistic? You never know!)

Not at all r4 ... Cox has been known to grab a goal here and there (17 times) and the clincher is that Razak only scores in hatricks for Swindon ... so far. And I looked through the prediction thread and found that positivity is raging like an epidemic, there unless you're aka lucien who seems immune at the moment. Even our resident curmudgeon has been infected.

Well reasoned! Although my hopes of a clean sheet go way off the logarithmic scale of optimism!

Really up for this one tonight!

I just hope and pray that the town fans MAKE SOME NOISE!!!

Its been like a reserve game last couple of night matches! SO DON ROGERS STAND .. LETS MAKE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR ONCE >> COME ON YOUUUU REDSSSS

i'll be working but think we will win tonight.if we dont, i expect we will be relegated come may.

anyone goign to the merlin? i haven't been for ages.

Seeing as I'm off till Feb 9th I thought about coming back for this, but I decided going out on the lash down in Pompey with me mates would be considerably cheaper at £1 a drink, £2 a double, and  I thus opted for that instead.

Fuck you, football.

you are taking me back to my youth with your tales of late dmr.good work lad!

Yep. Fred's going too and I'm sure axs will make an appearance as well.

We just have to win tonight..........no more fucking draws..

we will win this.

however im off to the gym instead

A nice win I think.

In all the excitement I forgot we'll get chance to see someone diving and moaning all evening.....return of gloveboy!  Hope he plays.

Dont think Zaboub plays for them much

For what it's worth, the team I would like to see is:

..........Brezovan
Smith.Ifil.Greer.Kennedy
McGovern.Easton.Timlin.Kanu
.........Paynter.Cox

Thats true, but he started his first game for a while against Hereford at the weekend in Chris Hutchings first game in charge. He set up their goal as well

Didnt realise that.  I'm going to boo the moany tempramental cunt

Good shout STFC4LIFE - with Razak waiting in the wings (go on DW give him a go) if Billy doesn't perform !

That goes without saying. It won't stop him scoring against us though

Yeah I can just see him having one of his rare good games, where he'll look like a good championship player

Disapp
Disappointed you missed out 'French' there,CT

I don't know why but I'm quite optimistic about tonight. No doubt this will be put right after the first few minutes but I'm going for a 3-1 win.

Sorry Neville. You make a valid point.

Although you could argue that by describing someone as moany and tempramental many people would just assume they were French

Or scottish. ;)  (ducks for cover)

Oooh there seems to be a bit of a buzz.

We'll lose in a shit game, that'll put you happy clappers back in your place.

Are there any odds for Razak to score anywhere?

Ive decided to attend but am Taking my Heat magazine in case of emergencies

I'll be there from 5.45ish.

in cardiff tempted to jump on the next train...but dont know if its worth it to see a draw..

snap traffic dependent

I'm on my way there now. Go me.

Bet365 has 7/1 first or last scorer, Zaaboub 22/1 for same.

just noshing my fish pie then im off.......also been notified that im in tonights programme ...a photo of me in Moscow...being a tight arse i only have a scarf with the old logo so i had to bend it round at the edges!

Red Army!!!!

How exciting  :)

I'm going,feel ill,so the thought of sitting outside for 90 minutes hardly fills me with joy.Then it'll take a good hour to get warm when i get in,i'm like an old grannie.I should invest in a blanket. :cry:

And a thermos.

And make sure you sit in the Arkells.

And moan a lot.

And complain even more when the people in front of you get up when we score.

I am going to blow a wallet betting on us to win tonight, and I never do that so that gives you an idea of how confident I am :)

 The place for blanket wearing, thermos swigging, ladies of a certain age used to be the upper tier of the Shrivenham Road Stand.

 It was a completely different habitat up there....a self contained ecosystem...Larwood would have fitted right in :)

2-1 to town!

Team?

                               Brez
    Smith               Ifil         Greer        Kennedy
                                Allen 
 Kanu             Timlin            JP          Macca
                               Cox

my guess

Starting 11:

Peter Brezovan; Kevin Amankwaah, Jerel Ifil, Gordon Greer, Jamie Vincent; Jon-Paul McGovern, Lilian Nalis, Chris Allen, Hal Robson-Kanu; Simon Cox, Billy Paynter

Jamie Vincent! Chris Allen!

Razak on the bench.

I reserve judgement-but I have to say it looks shit in midfield.....and Amankwah instead of Smith???!!

Pook nowhere to be seen, Fatbury will be upset.

I'm happy with that. Anything better than what we have been seeing.

interesting selections? Bit harsh on Jack Smith i feel, dont rate awankbag at all.

Hope Allen plays well

Is Jack Smith injured? It certainly seems harsh.

Wilson obviously favours Awankbag, strange very strange

Aaah-one of Squeeze's best-pulling mussels

Not really. Amankwaah was probably most relieved when Danny Wilson got appointed.

All eyes on Greer and Vincent then-are they going to turn out to be what we've been missing?To be honest,neither have played any first team football for fucking ages!

I'm hoping that the Walsall attack are not pacey. They would have been scouted, here's hoping they've got it right.

Is anyone having trouble with "World"---again?

Easton dropped altogether? I'm not too sure on Nalis and Allen in the middle together, i hope I'm wrong but I can see us getting overrun in there, again

The opposition.

Walsall: Clayton Ince, Chris Palmer, Anthony Gerrard, Emmanuele Smith, Richard Taundry, Alex Nicholls, Dwayne Mattis, Mark Bradley, Sofi Zaaboub, Troy Deeney, Jabo Ibehre.

Subs: Rene Gilmartin, Paul Boertien, Marco Reich, Richard Davies, Netan Sensara.

An listening to this interview?the interviewer has a strange voice. A bit like when the BBc used to hide the IRA's voices with distortion.

would have preferred Timlin n Allen than Nalis

So here starts a vital period in our season. Two games per week (with one exception) for the next six weeks. Lets hope we start with a win.......

C'mon Swindon - PLEASE.

Say we win today...and this new central midfield partnership works a dream...has Nalis got the legs to play 2 games in a week? he can barely play one!

Crewe 1-0 up at Peterborough

Of course not. We could just buy a greasy wig and plonk it on Easton's head and hope nobody notices.

Boo. BBC feed off. It was so much better when the incompetent twats forgot to turn the feed off......

boo radio has been cut off as has radio WM. Out of principal im not paying for stfc world.

cunts.

Anyone got a link for commentary?

Is your dad available for a half-time analysis this evening Mex?

Hope so. Enjoy those.

So, are we dominating and have we scored yet?

Kanu making an impression

1-0 amwanka

Goal!Amankwah

Whaaa!?!

Now for goodness sake Swindon, score more - please.

F*ck me! Decent!!

Dont you just love goalscoring right backs!

I was just typing that nothing much is happening

Anyway Chilli time..

Not sure about Vincent, Allen and Nalis all playing, especially when Vincent isn't meant to be ready for weeks yet...although it seems to be working so far!

And don't concede any. Pretty please..........

Let's not go mental.

always rated Amankwah

I've always said amankwah is awesome.

Oh for fuck sake NMH, type it properly........

hahaha ace.

Fuckity fuck fuck fuck cunt cunt cunt

The assist for the goal came from Gordon Greer. sign him up sign him up.

Southend 2-0 down at Leeds already.

So now I can't type an '*' nor the letters 'NMH'. Any other characters I'm banned from using?

For a second I thought they had equalised... But then I saw that it was FB that posted the comment and thought that there was no way in hell that Ben could get so animated about conceding a goal :)

my dad says robson kanu looks "fucking decent" and greer looks "gruesome"

Cheltenham 1-0 up at Bristol Rovers.

Lovely stuff.

 :D

This is like counseling. Let it out man.......

nah that's it for now.

If you're going to use a * you might as well not use the word at all. We all know what it means and replace the star anyway.

Town go close!

Grrr that's not enough.

...and again.Kanu causing problems

So,  ow does t at  ake you feel? A bit  u b?

Still not enough - Keep it up though Town.

Sounds promising, on both counts

Im cooking chicken stir fry, just thrown in the spring onions and garlic

Ha-"Gash" has scored for ebbsfleet

He's not very good though.

 ??? to be honest.......

hows the midfield pairing holding up?

...and rightly so.

Orient losing.

In goes the green pepper and mushrooms

ooh there goes the chicken

Walsall free kick central edge of the D

My chillis a tad to hot

mex, you're defying all male logic by multi-tasking. Please stop. You're making the rest of us look bad.

(Sounds nice though)

was wide

Phew.

great name tho'

Yes, yes it is. I was joking - he's ex-Cambridge City I believe, scored loads for them but failed to make an impact at Cambridge United before.

Lambert scores-sell him!

chillis, soy and plum sauce smells fucking skill

COXER 2-0!!!!!!!!!

Does any one have a link to a radio feed...Please...  :eatkf:

yay :)

volly over the keeper from 25-30 yards apperently

GET IN.

Don't rest on this... Keep going - PLEEEEEASE.

Que more bids for Coxy now!

dad says "fucking fantastic cracking goal from 30 yards over that cunt keepers head"

shame he didnt score this goal in feb...

Would be rather nice chaps ... suppose we'll have to settle for mex's forum feed instead.

Gissa link ... anyone?

Fraid not,nobody has anymore unless you pay for World.

If somebody wants to talk to me on msn then I'll put my microphone next to my radio. I don't think it will work very well though

mmm it tastes lush

GET IN!

Edit: For the goal, not mex's lush stir fry which he isn't sharing  >:(

Need to get Razak on ... give him time for his hat-trick. Cox out!

You can ring my mobile and and i'll leave it next to the radio if you want

I'll risk being brain damaged ... do we really have to talk though?

nah. I really doubt it will work though. my internet and microphone are a bit shit

Boo!

Surely mic + speaker on same PC = feedback anyway?

nah. I'm listening on my portable radio, and I'd mute the microphone coming out of my speakers anyway.

I'm using some fake msn thing anyway and not sure how I do voicey speak.

Lets have a nice boring second half please

Fuck the technobabble! Just do it! I've invited you on msn.

Oh ....please.

Can you do a text commentary a la BBC?

why dont you just looc at the bbc text commentry

It's halftime now. I'll have a play.

I thought I accepted you but you're not online in my contact list. how strange

msn seems to only want to let me send voiceclips, not do a live voice thingy. no luck I'm afraid.

Yeovil, Crewe both winning - Cheltenham, Hereford, Brighton drawing - Orient and Southend losing.

Animal based avatar time!

I'm on the BBC text but it is so slow.  What are we playing like?  Any of the new acquisitions catching they eye?

Im having a mare!! I cant get on to world live audio as my windows media player keeps asking me to verify its originality, i have done so but it still keeps asking. Can anyone help?

Cant believe ive missed the 1st half and weve scored 2

If I was the superstitious type I'd suggest you don't bother fixing it nochee.

I'm blind

Senor Mexico red seniors half time report....

"Nothing is getting past greer, he looks the business and Ifil is playing better because of it. The defence is the best its been this season by miles. McGovern playing really well MOM so far, Nalis and Allen working hard and playing well. robson Kanu looks a brilliant signing, all over the pitch one minute he is down the left the next down the right, a great player."

If someone can get a messenger link or skype or some VOIP thing and read it out to me that would be good.

We should try for the most convoluted way of overcoming the BBC censorship.

pump it up-long live elvis!

First home game I have missed this season due to food poisoning!! Triseros just called me to take the piss and tell me how good they are playing tonight!!

First home game I've missed due to work and we do this. I hate life.

Did you eat at mex's?

bloody hell dr. feelgood-this is THE music station!

Remember seeing Costello do a real wierd spaced out version at the Colston Hall on the Spike tour. Used to have a botleg of the gig, but someone broke into my car and stole it! Bastards!

no he didnt eat at mine, ooh there goes the door, my young visitor is here ;) bye  :D

Yeah I saw him on that tour-had a "request wheel" if I remember rightly,seen him so many times

BILLY PAYNTER!

Wha?

Is it Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz?

PAYNTER MAN!THREE UP

haha I'm fucking miles ahead of the lot of you

Don't stop now... Keep it going.

Fuckin get in!

I think I predicted 4-0 in the prediction thread

Well seeing as I'm not listening, its not bloody hard.

Paynter you useless lazy couldn't-score-in-a-brothel cunt, woot!

Walsall hit the bar-unlucky!

Yeah, I think we should stay away from now on :/

Triseros is pissing me off now

well looks like the signings are having the desired effect

I won't sit back until this game is over - Hartlepool still lingers in this boys mind.

"You only sign when you're winning ..."

How do you know, you said you were blind?

Cheltnum 2-1 up at Rovers

Twas where he had a backing track of Fluff Freeman introducing an 'oldie but goodie'. He;d done most of the set acoustically or on the piano, but came back on stage with an electric guitar and played the track slowly with mega amounts of feedback - Class!

Yeah, a draw would probably be a better result for us. Peterborough beating Crewe now.

Lets get Raziak on ! We want 6 !!

2-2 now

Not deaf though!

So you can hear people signing?  Do your ears really improve that much when you lose your sight?  Cool.

C'mon, what the fark is happening now?

Would have said 'what the frack', but wifey made me turn Battlestar Gallactica off!

(Useless info Corner)4 ex-Town players have just scored in the last 5 mins

Am I banned from saying that?

Edds, Shakes were two. Didn't catch the others

Timlin on for Vincent

Yeates and Monkhouse

We want Raziak!

Tactical? Hope it's just lack of match time.

thanks adje.....

Orient winning at MuckDons!

As it stands it's a bad day for Crewe.

gay
walsall scored

Ifil's fault.

Walsall score Ifil fucked up,i think

Oh shit! Here we go!!

surely no-one expected a clean sheet?!

Fucking dirty sheets!

Uh-Oh.

I did!

Oh bollocks.

Might be heading for my first correct prediction

4-3 wasall final score?

and again

Fuck me

sign someone, anyone, quick!

Vincent is off, we fuck up...

Is it 3-2 now then?

What the fuck :(

fraid so

fucking hell

Holy fuck. Surely.....we.....can't.....fuck.....this.....up.......

History is against us.

kitchen sink time at our goal for 10mins then...

Done it before, we'll do it again.

yes....we.....can...

McNamee coming on

I feel ill.

How true, and where have you been hiding?

as an outlet you'd imagine?

In a Swindon are rubbish-related hole.

Was the first time I've felt hopeful tonight in a looooong time.

come on you bastards HOLD OUT

Zaboub is a thorn in our side

Someone rip his gloves. That'll stop him.

But you know he's probably been rubbish in every other game this season. Sulky French dude that he is.

Is he wearing gloves?

He's hardly played for them I dont think

Sturrock on

Typical. Wheel him out for the game against his former club.

Can I keep the drivel up long enough for this game to end without another goal going in?

4 mins

4 fucking minutes!!

Rovers winning now

Rovers go from 1-2 to 3-2 in 2 minutes!

walsall corner

I'm scared.

Hold me.

another walsall corner

Brez has gone all trembly

:( Please no.

we won!

yes

ARGH! YEY!

adje in correct prediction shocker!

Really?

I must have aged 4 years in the last 7 minutes.

I'm off back into my hole until next season.

PS - YES!!!!!

Phhhhhhhew

GET IN!!!  :D

Really?

You BEAUTY

Ditto.

I can see!

I'm elated... Really wish we wouldn't make it so hard for ourselves though.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!1111111oneoneone1!1!!

We won, too. :) :) :) :) :)

SHAMONE MOTHER FUCKER EEEE HHEEEEEEE GET IN.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Fucking ace

Any win will do right now, but to leave ourselves in such a dangerous position having been 3-0 up was careless at best

I'm still happy though! A few more wins please!

Wilson got the line-up spot on though it would appear. Intrigued to hear the match reports.

Tis a night for miracles!

Haha I went to get some fags and chat to my mum, I take it we nearly fucked up big time?

You would be right Ben.

I'm sort of disappointed we didn't. Doesn't feel right.

did wilson just say jack smith's been ill thats why big kev got his opportunity?

Lets hear it for Billy Paynter-Town's unsung hero!

Yeah. He seems to be a bit of a fan of amankwy as well.

OK ... "You're not unsung any more"

that's nice-and clever!

Good night see you at Boundary Park

What can I say...

First 75 mins we actually looked quite good!  Greer was excellent I thought considering how long he hasn't played and Vincent deserved MOTM.  Shame we went to ABSOLUTE pieces when he went off.  Timlin was utterly awful and I'd rather see Kennedy as a back up.  Really disappointed with him.

Cox goal was sublime and Amankwah and Paynter took theirs well.  Thought Amankwah was the best I'd seen him play today.  Far more composure.

Not sure on Allen and Nalis in the middle but time will tell.

Robson Kanu definitely has potential - did very well also.

All in all, a good game with a lot of positives and progress.

The two goals were so disappointing but we got 3 points!  Woop.

Oh and to note - Zaaboub is a diving cheating twat!

Just got back. What a game! and what a fantastic goal by Simon Cox, sheer, sheer class. Greer was fantastic, as was Kanu, who was very effective in the first half, not so much so in the second. Vincent going off changed the game. Timlin was absolutely shocking, gave his man about 20 yards to run, never got anywhere near the winger, Ifil made a mistake for the first goal, Brezovan came out too late for the second goal. Last minute they had two corners I was shitting myself, literally. Then their player had a shot just outside the area and it just went wide. I was so fucking relieved to hear the final whistle. It was nail-biting stuff at the end, but it wouldn't be STFC without drama, would it?! We were so good up until Vincent went off, Wilson made a big mistake there IMO. But, we got the win, and I'm delighted, especially after hearing that Leyton Orient won. COME ON YOU REDS!

I believe Vincent went off because since injured, has only played 45 mins of football.  He couldn't be match fit already!

I think Wilson was playing it safe with Vincent and rightly so, the guy has been out injured for so long and you really would expect to win at home when 3-0 up and playing well.

EDIT: What Luci said  :)

Well, whatever the reason, Timlin was shocking. Surely Wilson now realises he isn't a left-back. Kennedy is far better.

Ooooh we won. First 75 we played well and were in complete control then one mistake and we did our best balls it up.

Geer was ace, Vincent was fantastic, Robson-Kanu looked good in the first half but faded.

Paynter comes back into the side and Cox starts scoring again.

Although im very happy with the win and the majority of the performance, lets not kid ourselves and go into super happy clappy we're ace mode because Walsall were fucking bollocks.

Just to save me typing!  Luci is spot on!

Though I would say that apart from the nervous start I would have given Greer MOTM!

Oh, and best header of the day (again) was mine from the front row of the DRS stand!

I thank you! :notworthy:

the last part of what DV said i agree with because Walsall were fucking awful. very impressed with the 1st 75 mins and then Jerel makes a mistake and they are back in the game. Robson-Kanu looks like he has potential, Greer is just a no nonsence defender and was very solid.

I wonder who did that!  I heard the cheers!

I saw that Berniman, not a bad header

Why thank you!

Just awaiting the call from Danny boy!

 ;D

Even got a mention on the radio!

Greer MOM.
Vincent did well, didn't look to ring rusty.

Didn't think the central midfield would cope but they did well for 75, then under pressure didn't.

Cox back to near best with loads of running and a superb goal.

Amankwha OK but Jack Smith unlucky to lose place in squad and perhaps team (bust up?) .

Ifil OK until mistake.

Brez poop but couldn't do much about goals

Bernimans bald spot shines in the floodlights..

Paynter well struck goal and seems to make Cox play better despite being ropey himself.

All in all a good game that we nearly threw away despite being uber comfortable for 75. I thought we started to lose shape before Vincent went off but were sort of coping, but Timlin exasperated the problem when he came on.

 3 points is 3 points.

hmmm where to start really. First 70-75 mins we absolutely controlled the game. After Ifil's fuck up at the back the confidence seemed to drop right off. Took my uncle for the first time in over a year today after he slagged the team off without watching them.

Brezovan - Didn't have much to do, but what he did do, he fucked about a bit, Would have killed him (not really) if the goal went in right at the end. Do we bring Smith back or just get another Keeper? Great shot stopper but collecting the ball he is pants.

Amankwaah - Wilson clearly knows how to get the best out of him, Was well chuffed for the bloke

Ifil – Gutted for him, at fault for first goal but up until that stage looked like the Ifil of old.

Greer – First 5-10 minutes I though “oh shit” but this was just rust and was a very good player indeed, Be great if we can keep him perm. Wonder how he will fit in the team when Aljofree comes back if he stays?

Vincent – How we missed him, absolutely superb. We fell apart when he came off.

McGovern – Hit and miss really.

Nalis  - His passing was ok at times, not a long term solution in midfield

Allen – Tried to get a bit more physical than he was previously I think but ended up on the ground quite a bit, not as much as Zaaboub mind. Was surprised to see him in the starting XI but he didn’t do too bad.

Robson-Kanu – Absolute quality first half getting balls into the box,  Walsall sussed him second half and was largely absent, exciting player.

Paynter  - Scored which will do his confidence well and got stuck in. Looked lethargic at times but did well

Cox - Cracking goal add another zero to the transfer fee please. Great to see him scoring again.

75 mins we were good. Work still needs to be done but it’s starting to come together, a draw at Oldham would be a good result.

Jack Smith has been ill according to Wilson on the radio.

Smith was ill, no bust up.

Thought Nalis should have been replaced mid 2nd half as he seemed to tire quite severely, would have rather seen Timlin replace him and have Kennedy on as left back to replace Vincent, who was ace.  (I know Kennedy wasn't on the bench - or at least i don't think he was - but he should have been).

Enjoyed the match though, but I couldn't believe we nearly let them back in.  Some very nice footie at times.

Thanks! Amankwha did OK in his absence.
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Forgot to say Though JPM was superb in the first half and hard working but ineffective in second.

Walsall were bollocks, had one game plan and reminded me of ourselves in recent games. Only reason they got back into the game is because we sat too deep and fell asleep.

I thought the loanees were magnificent, I hope whoever was moaning at Wilson for bringing these lads are eating their words.

Our central midfield were passengers for most of the game, which is why it was good the front duo were back on the same page and the wide men had a good game. Whilst Greer impressed me, so did Cox - he looked back to his 'usual' self and not just because of the goal. Just looked more eager. He was literally begging Sturrock (when he came on) to play him through every time.

Paynter I thought looked far more up for it too actually (forgot to mention him earlier) Perhaps with Razak now on the bench, bit more competition will do him good.

Disagree about the midfield, first hour they played well, they did start to become a little more ineffective as Nalis began to tire though.

I think Cox's goal was better than anything Le Tissier ever scored, and I'm a huge fan of Matthew so if you are reading this then you should know that isn't the kind of compliment that I throw around lightly.

It is a shame that Aidy Williams has told the players not to go on the internet because I'm sure that Simon would like to see what I have to say about his work tonight :)

Luci i was also impressed with Paynter, took his goal well and held up well but he also pussyed out of a challenge before he got subed off

I imagine if had we had maintained the 3 goal lead to 80 minutes Razak would have come on.

I wasnt over the moon when I heard the midfield pairing, they did ok but I think a major part was played by the fact Walsall had no midfield and just lumped.

Our middle two didnt alright, but the minute Walsall got the ball down in midfield and passed it we were chasing shadows.

If anything it was all a bit 'Tranmere'

My best moments of the evening ..............

1. STFC Dave's random mate in the chippy

2. The Polish bird sat next to me in the first half

My worst moments of the evening

1. Escorting JFW to get some frigging milk at half time

2. The Polish bird's boyfriend who decided to sit next to me in the second half (fuck knows why  :D)

Apart from the result, very similar in feedback indeed.

The middle two were no worse, actually were better, than the previous two or three central midfielders have been recently, those three being Easton, Peacock and Frank Queudrue, I mean Michael Pook.

How random was he?

as random as a four metre skip of big fucking random things

I am happy with the 3 points but Walsall were absolute shite and their defence resembled ours. A good shank from Amankwanah for the 1st. Superb goal by Cox for the 2nd but I thuoght he was off. the 3rd goal was a fuck up by their keeper - Paynter shot right at him.
The 2 we gave away again were Keystone Kops stuff.
Greer looked pretty good apart from one salmon like leap under the ball. Vincent was very good apart from one skinning in the 1st half. One of those 2 for MOM. Robson Kanu looks very good.
I wasn't quite sure what Wilson was doing with the subs. Timlin was absolute dog shit. At the moment he's a complete liability. Not sure why Macca came on - and what a bottle job at the end on their keeper.
Overall its 3 points won but against a decent side we'd have got dicked and all our frailties were still there.  

That's pretty random!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Cops

"The Keystone Cops was a series of silent film comedies featuring a totally incompetent group of policemen produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917."

i can confirm this is accurate.
on the plus side dave's got a date for friday

"I wasn't quite sure what Wilson was doing with the subs. Timlin was absolute dog shit. At the moment he's a complete liability. Not sure why Macca came on"

Eh?  Vincent had to come off, as he's played zero first team football for the last x months.  And Macca came on to freshen it up a bit, as JPM had quite a quiet 2nd half.  Don't think Wilson could have done much else, given the bench he selected. 

I though Cox was offside too. Also for the third I can't believe he wasn't flagged. Sure he didn't try and play the ball, but he was certainly 'active' in my opinion being right in line with the shot.

That said we deserved to score 3 on the number of chances created.

shouldn't he have selected a stronger bench?

Sign of a good striker = shooting straight at the keeper and scoring.
Sign of a Blair Sturrock = shooting straight at the keeper and not scoring.
Sign of a Trevor Benjamin = shooting straight at the keeper and hitting it wide.

Cox wasnt even close to being offside for his goal

I thought he was going to get flagged for Paynters goal

That win doesnt even move us in the table!

Hahahaha :D

Too true.

 :D :nod:

Nope. We've got two away days against Oldham and Northampton next - tough games, it's good to go to Oldham with a win.

Amankwaah was well good today. Vincent was mega, we were great untill ifil fucked up. Cox's goal was amazing, paynter was good, kanu looked decent, nalis and allen were anonymous, mcgovern ran around a lot but did little, greer was awesome. Hopefully this is the sign of an upturn in fortunes, we need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot though.

The random man talking at me in the chip shop was quit sad really, he was telling me about how the chip shop isn't the same anymore, and that his dad (or brother, i wasnt really listening) was really ill. poor bloke

Ever thought of a job with The Samaritan's Dave ?

Coxs goal was the best goal I have seen live at the County Ground that I can remember (with the exception of Fallons goal against City).
Taking the ball out of the sky with a touch that tees it up for him to lob it over the keeper from that distance......i'm looking forwards to someone sticking that on Youtube.

All i wanted was some chips!

I would have thought Dave would be a job for the Samaritans.

Kenny Stroud

Swindon v Everton for me

Nah

Daves quite together in a special kind of way

went out at 3-0,back of my mind was thinking it was going to be hartlepool take 2!

3points is 3points,sounds like the team have got their heads in gear,glad to see coxy scoring again and by the sounds of it his touch isnt that of a rapist anymore...

lets get at least a point from oldham and get on a good run!

greer at the back was awsome and i can confirm i saw jfw's lovely black muffs :)

We won. Thank fuck.

Cox, great finish.

Kanu, good first half.

Ifil, good first half and half the second.

Greer, not bad, like to see more, had a good effect on the rest.

Amankwaah, looked like he can actually play at this level for the first time.

Midfield, hmmm, was calling for a change after 60 mins, Nalis looked knackered.

Vincent, welcome back, hope you put in that kind of performance every week.

Agree with that axs also thought paynter played well and that we played with a disciplined two banks of 4 with good width.

Paynter yes, as for the rest, hard to tell from the TE, but our back 4 looked a lot more communicative, all of them were pointing and shouting.

Apart from a mad two mins i saw alot of positives tonight more than i have seen all season in fact. Amankwa grew in confidence,jpm played as a winger and every player wanted the ball. First home win since oct i think and for reg it did not look like a team who have accepted league 2

I'd say the biggest positive was that we looked to move the ball a lot quicker than we have done.

Walsall were really nothing though. The real test will be if we can do this consistently.

Walsall were poor but we have played worse teams and got poorer results

It was a good win, don't get me wrong, but I was optimistic after Orient and were were bollocks after that.

I think the point is that there a 12 pretty average-crap teams in this division. The consistency has to be found in our crucial run of games which are upcoming.

Ifil made a mistake for the goal. No argument. But where the fuck was Greer? Ifil had no back up whatsoever when they broke away as his fellow center half was in nosebleed territory near the town end, gave the cunting ball away cheaply, then couldn't get back quick enough to cover Ifils mistake.

I'm picking holes, I know. Greer and Ifil both had a fucking good game apart from that mistake and it was brilliant to see Greer constantly encouraging the players around him. He was a bit rusty to start with but settled down very well. A very good player, no doubt.

I think DW's decision to make Ifil captain was a masterstroke which paid off. I can't remember the last time I saw Ifil make so many right decisions, clearances and connective passes in one match. He's gone from being almost transfer listed and thrown on the scrap heap by cunty Morrice Malpas a few months ago, to being a competent, quick thinking and reliable defender again. I hope for his and our sake that he can keep that going regardless of whether he remains captain or not.

Vincent was fucking awesome considering how long he's been out of the game. So good to see him back in the side.

DW made some brave decisions in his team selection tonight. He's probably pissed off a few senior pro's along the way, which is tough shit on them as we've been spoon-fed a massive diet of shit football and mediocre performances for too fucking long. Something had to give.

Wilson doesn't seem to give a fuck about pecking orders amongst the players, their ego's or their bullshit excuses for under performing.

He's drawn a line, been brave and picked a team to win on the night. It's up to those who were left out to get their act together or fuck off somewhere else.

I'm not getting too excited after one half-decent performance and three very welcome points, but it's nice to know we have a manager who knows what he wants, how he's going to get it and does things his way.

It was ok and well taken, but far from the best I've seen. A couple from Fjortoft come to mind, one where he ran on to the keepers clearance and lobbed their keeper with his first touch and the other where he curled it in to the top right hand corner from the edge of the penalty box. A few Mark Walters goals as well, the ones where he somehow (seemed to) lob the keeper whilst he was stood on the goal line.

As for the rest of tonights performance it was the same old story. They played some decent football and got the lead and then turned to shit for the last half hour and did their best to throw the game away.

On the plus side, I reckon we've got a decent squad especially with the new additions (especially Kanu who looked quality) and they just need to get some confidence and improve their discipline. At least half the goals conceded at home have come from simple, basic mistakes that shouldn't have happened.

Finally, how the hell did the ref come up with 4 minutes of injury time and then go on to play 4 1/2 minutes?

Lets not forget another Newbie tonight Allen...thaught he played really well.

Difference being johny is that walters and fjortoft were international players who made a name by doing things like that. I would say cox goal was as good a goal you are likely to see at this level and was more than just ok

Great goal..my mate Boo was smiling....the last time he smiled was when he had wind as a baby.

Sure they were international players (though Walters had long since retired from that level) but they were playing for Swindon at the Country Ground when they scored the goals I'm referring to.

I wasn't trying to put Cox down either, I still can't understand what the fuck someone with his quality and work rate is doing here. He's easily Championship material and I'd love to see him given a go in the Premiership, he's definitely got a chance of making it big time.

He seems to be getting better as well, he's improved a lot since the first time I saw him play. As regards the goal, on reflection I'd maybe improve my rating to above average but I can't go any higher than that.

Thats fair enough all opinion at thd end of the day

People calling the Cox goal the best goal ever at the CG need to get a fucking grip unless you've only been watching for 6 weeks. Very well taken but come on. Fallon vs City? Parkin vs City in the LDV, best move ever with that super cross from Nicholas? Walters' chip agsinst Bolton? Ty Gooden's belter against Barnsley/Huddersfield? Brownlie against Barnet? Fjortoft backwards header against Norwich? FFS I love Cox but that goal's not even in the top 10.

Vincent is a god and now he's back we'll stay up.

Of those ones you said, I have only actually seen Fallons (which i mentioned as an exception) and Brownlies (which I agree was brilliant, but made better by the timing - and Coxs was better anyway). I've been a Town suppoter for since a small child, but have only been able to afford to go regulary with a season ticket over the last 6-7 years (not 6 weeks) I think it was one of the best i've seen.

Only limited mention in this thread, but Saint Brez was awful.

Nearly cost us at the end with those corners and can't remember him making one good catch from a cross all night. If Smith had perfomed like this we'd never had heard the end of it.

I am still undecided about DW but have to admire his team selection, lots of surprises that in general seemed to work.
Brez is still a bit dodgy though.
The defence was much better , until Timlin came on.
The midfield still needs a hard man.
Cox & Paynter did ok (what can you say about "that" goal). How Cox was not offside for the third goal is beyond me.
We seemed to lose the plot late on and bottled out of a few challenges (Paynter & McNamee)
Good 3 points, now we need more from the next 2 away games.

PS  thought Greer could well be the answer to our fragile defence.

  Different eyes eh! I thought Brez was solid, made one very good save 1st five mins from their guy 2 yards out. Agree he was shaky last 10, but when you have your defenders making bad errors that leave you exposed, i guess most keepers would.Once the defence firms up, we'll see less shaky periods.

Spoke to Nick Watkins before the game... we are definately looking to get one more player coming on board, they ad hoped for 2 but that seems unlikely now (unless of course Salisbury can now take some of our young'uns now the have their rich benefactor back in place)...

With Keepers its a confidence thing. He could've and should've come and collected more really. But I put that down to the keeper coach? What do they actually do in training? Maybe it was nerves?

Kick, catch, roll, catch, throw, kick, catch, kick, pick ball out of back of net, kick, catch, point, shout, jump, dive... pretty much sums up what I've seen...

Phew.....i reckon my ass is still twitching!!

Why do we always make it so hard for ourselves?

Cox goal was a beaut but Paynters was the most important....my mate was telling me how good Ince was just as he dived over the ball!!   Get in!

20 games left.... i reckon thats enough to get us out of trouble....

New signings looked ok....A defender that doesnt panic is a real asset.


Brez looked dodgy.

McNamee coming on????  What was that all about......sticking on a luxtury player when we need to scrap was a poor decision IMO. Even Ince wrong footed him near the death......

3 POINTS IS 3 POINTS....so no more moaning from me....

Think the macca decision worked tbh. If we had sat back any further we would have been off the pitch by bringing him on we had another option and they ended up with players marking him

i thoroughly enjoyed the game, despite the last 15 minutes or so.

greer and robson-kanu look like excellent acquisitions and that new bloke at left-back was immense...who was he again?

despite saying "oh, i doubt i'll bother again this season" i think i'll be at the sarfend game. have we turned a corner? perhaps so.

nalis was the only player on the pitch last night who didn't look good enough. it's sad really, he was a quality player with decent pedigree and he looked like an old man next to chris allen.

i'm optimistic...cautiously :)

the norwegian report: "good game"

I do understand why (Outlet down the wing, knock balls to chase etc etc) but i just felt it didnt happen, IMO.

BUT We won...so....it worked.

Are you fucking insane? He tire towards the end, but was Nallis was solid, his passing was spot on and he won nearly every header.

Still, why let that get in the way of your predjudice, eh?

I too thought Nalis had one of his better games last night? I still wanna cut off his greasy lank mane though

What was with all the litter on the pitch in the 2nd half?

Batch, it's a centre parting, you of all people should know that!

 :smugfu:

Nothing new there as we are have been used to having a load of rubbish on the pitch!

Nalis was terrible, if we had good centre mid's last night we would have won by 5-6.  The most encouraging thing was we had no one stamping there authority on the game in the centre of the park but still went into a comfortable lead.  Thankfully our wide players and strikers were creative enough to give us a big enough threat.

In response to your earlier comment regarding Greer should of been covering Ifil I disagree, if Jerel just did the simple things like Vincent and Greer do he would be better for it.  As that ball came to him when he fucked up he should of just put it in the stand but he tried to do a clever touch and he cost the team a goal.  FWIW I thought Ifil had a good game up to that point.

I just thought Nalis was ok but faded badly at the end.

townenda is right...Ifil just needed to hit row z when that ball came to him.

Nalis did ok, put in some good tackles, and was always an outlet, saying that, on his movement his brain works faster than his legs. good ball for Cox's goal also, which we wouldn't have had with Peacock or pook in the middle, so even a slow nalis is better than those two i'm afraid.

Nalis is an anogram of snail.

I'd forgotten that watching Swindon win makes me happy.   :D

25th October was the last time I saw us win  >:(

didnt someone say Nails was quitting soon anyway? or was that all lies?

prejudice? i've always rated him.

i thought the game passed him by for most of the time. early on he got stuck on but he faded quickly.

Haven't trawled through everything as didnt get back until late. But was anyone else sat up town end of Arkells where the stewards were getting stroppy at about 15-20 people stood up at the back? I saw one rather sturdy guy who appeared to be frothing at the mouth being ejected which was surreal, but wondered if there was any background to it?

Last season for me you lucky begger!

I'm with Sonic Youth on this one... Nalis did the easy things well, but never took command and as soon as Walsall stepped it up a notch he lost complete control of the game.

In summary, we were good in the first half (not brilliant, but good) and poor in the second half. The players look to have a bit more fight about them and a bit more confidence.

I thought Brez was poor compared to his last few games, but it probably didn't help that he had an unfamiliar back four in front of him. It was so good to have Vincent back in the team, a good steady-eddie who talked through the whole time he was on the pitch. I thought Greer was excellent and will prove a good signing. The main thing I like about him is that he'll stick his head in where it hurts. I think he's a similar player to Aljofree but braver and has a bit more technical ability.

Robson-Kanu was fucking brilliant first half but faded badly. Walsall's right back constantly stood off him and he basically just took the piss.

I thought central midfield was better than it had been, but still nowhere near good enough. Nalis was two yards off the pace all night and Allen was just a bit too lightweight for my liking. Between the two of them they just didn't get their foot on the ball enough and we spent most of the night just going long ball into the channels. We desperately need a commanding central midfielder who pick a telling pass when we're in posession but also just get a foot on the ball and keep it calm when we're under pressure.

And lastly, it's nice to see Zaaboub is still the same old petulent wanker, but now instead of cheering him for it we can boo him and call him a cunt instead.

Agree with all that SG. I actually thought in the second half Zabooub played very well...

I thought Nalis did well for about 60 minutes before losing his legs.

Robson Kanu showed McNamee exactly how to play the wide role.  He didn't seem to have as much of a problem of getting involved, and when he did it was mostly simple direct running only using tricks when needed.  Seemed to tire a little at the end but that's not a worry if he gets a few games I would guess.

Liked Greer, it's a shame he has to put up with Ifil next to him who I continue to maintain has showed he will never live up to his potential.  It's a shame, but his inability to concentrate and grow a footballing brain causes us problems.  Better to have a consistent if not brilliant defender than one who looks like a beast for 88 minutes but continually defies the laws of logic with the other couple of minutes.

Brezovan tried his best to cause problems as well.  I'm worried about him now, thought it was just a case of getting a few games on the bounce that was needed but he seems to have a bunjee rope which keeps pulling him back in whenever he starts to move out to the ball.  The new defence is not excuse for his complete indecision at every cross.  He has the size and should be able to make a decision to come or stay.  If he comes, he keeps coming and clears everyone out, simple.

Overall, good game to watch.  Shame Vincent had to go off, but can fully appreciate why it was needed.  While Timlin had a shocker, it was straight though Ifil's channel where the problems occured.

Greer and Vincent don't half talk well in a game as well.  So much better to see, and given lack of atmosphere these days, hear!

I didn't see any improvement in the defence, it was exactly the same type of performance that has cost us repeatedly this season - solid and capable until they go crazy, lose the plot and lose the game.

Vincent was ok, but it was far from the best performance at left back I've seen this season. Yet another major mistake from Ifil, hopefully he has now run out of second chances and gets dropped. Greer was ok but made far too many mistakes, but I think you can put this down to a lack of matches and there will be an improvement. Amankwaah had a good game, at least I can't remember him fucking up as much as the other three.

No improvement to the defence?  I think you'll be on your own there pal

I thought we looked solid until Ifill's bollock dropping moment, I didnt feel like we were going to concede every time the opposition attacked or had a set piece which i have done for most of this season.

Defence looked decent until timlin came on! Greer looked proper solid all game with plenty of talking. Vincent and Amanankwa looked very good at full back! I thought Nalis did well but tired towards the end and chis allen looked a little inexperienced at times but he battled well! Kanu did a classic wingers job by keeping it simple nothing too fancy with jp on the other wing working hard but no getting foward enough for me! Paynter won lots of balls which was nice to see and coxy goal showed us his value-a class act! Brez looked very nervous and for me his communication is very poor!

All in all a decent game to watch and it was a much better performance and enough for me to think we wont be relegated.

Liked the Muffs aswell JFW! :)

how come everyone saw my muffs??? I feel popular! I did see quite alot of other girls with Ear muffs too!! including one hurrendously fat thing so Im hoping people dont think Im her????

Well it was weird because i saw you with fred by the drinks stand under the tv and you looked right at me but it was one of those weird 'i kinda know the face moments'!

i saw no muffs are they nice :cry:

he he, that emans Dan has been checking you out on stalkbook. :D

I think our defence looked very good considering Greer hadn;t played for a while or probably even got to know his team-mates, it was only down to Ifil's mistake that we had to endure a nervouis finish, and he doesn;t need to be told it was a shocker. I still think Ifil and Greer is the way forward, with vincent and amankwaah or smith alongisde them.

Thought criticism of allen a bit unfair. Bit leightweight yes, but he did ok. Nalis just looked old and knackered.

anybody got a link for this goal?

sky sports news not shoing it, sadly.

Rah Ha that was me!! I was stressing due to lack of milk available!

As I said in my post, they looked solid and then lost the plot which is exactly what they've done in plenty of other games. In that regard I don't think there has been any improvement. Walsall weren't a threat until we gifted them a goal and then collapsed, letting them back in to the game. Again, the same thing has happened in plenty of other games so again, no improvement.

Our defence has been pretty decent all season, except for the stupid mistakes which cost us dearly. Its not like they're a complete crock of shit for entire games, they just keep making mistakes they shouldn't be making.

I thought that Allen's movement made thing easier for much else. People seem to get fixated on midfield bite without seeing the other side. With Allen making space cleverly we moved the ball more swiftly and effectively. We kept the ball, we worked the angles, we actually played some triangles - like a proper football team and everything. Like Stockport were.

He also made one superb run between JP and Amnakwaaaaah which pulled the midfielder right in and promised to create a great opening or a great pass. Yes he faded but Wilson clearly sees that he as a football brain and can follow instructions - and perhaps Pook and the rest can't.

You did look rather stressed, i was gonna say hello but thought better of it and you might not of known who the hell i was ! :)

As I said in my post in many games this season I dont think we've looked solid at the back at all, we did go through the period (as you describe) of individual errors under malpas but that stopped months ago and just started to look generally shambolic instead as any confidence they had drained out of them.

Yes we panicked like fuck when we conceded the 1st goal, which to an extend is understandable given recent results and our inability to hold on to leads over the season. But until that point there had been a major improvement in my eyes which is probablly due to the inclusion of 2 experienced defeders who have played at a higher level.

I think the important thing to take from tonight is that Walsall were a poor side, but the amount of times we've given away 2 or 3 points to crap teams does't bear thinking about. Three points is the biggest thing, even if we did make it hard on ourselves.

The important thing to take from last night is 3 points.

Let's just keep on doing that this season and then worry about sexy football next season innit, DW doesn't exactly have an easy job ahead of him innit.

*Disclaimer*

It was ridiculous O'clock here and so I was sleeping through the match.

Ha ha,ace  ;D

I take a thermos - well except last night when I didnt have time

I often contemplate taking a blanket but wonder if its a step too far?? the two old ladies that used to sit in front of me in the Townend used to have a big red and white one they had kniited themselves - perhaps its OK if its your own needlework?

I too saw your muffs last night!  Looked very toasty!

Just seen the goals on Points West. Cox's was a real minter. I thought when I saw it last night that it bounced before he hit it, but it didn't. He took one touch to control the high looping ball then lashed it in. Absolute wonder strike. Tick-a-boo son.

I think everyone's being a bit OTT at how much we imploded. Even after Walsall had the second goal we saw a lot of the ball and apart from a few corners at the end had no other efforts on goal? I can't see how anyone can think that wasn't a vast improvement!

Any links so us "foreigners" can see the goal?  STFC world take ages to put the latest highlights online.

Nope. It'll probably be on the Virgin Media site tomorrow.

It looks better on TV...i didnt see the control from the Town End.

because then some people wouldnt have anything to moan about...

Not sure if this has been posted if not...   http://www.walsall-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=429457

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwyci0mwbWU

Cox goal.

well that does look pretty fucking good

Looked a cracker last night, but even better than i thought, if that isn't in the league one goal of the season frame i would be astounded

Definitely the best goal ever scored at the County Ground. For Swindon, at least.

Well done Coxy.

It's up there, not sure about the best, I'd still go for Stroud, or Charlie Henry's volley against the pikeys, but that might be due to the context of the games.

No chance!

My favourite was Fjortofts curler v Millwall in the lge cup...but it was a cracker last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2DW0rysXpg

Kenny stroud goal.

Andy king playing for Everton.

Having just watched that, Kenny Stroud's goal is miles better. Not knocking Coxy's last night, but nowhere near as good.

Don Rogers scored quite a few unbelievable goals, and made teams like Liverpool look like donkeys.  MoTD goal of the the season used to be laughable, for example after seeing Rogers receive the ball rolled out by Downsborough and then setting off and dribbling it past every opposition player in his way including the opposition goal keeper to tap the ball in the net, with the whole place going nuts before he even got to the penalty area.  

I have never seen a crowd respond like they used to when Rogers got possession, it was like an million volt electric charge running through the ground.  

I was at the Everton game when Stroud scored that great goal, it's a pity that very few of Don Roger's goals are on video.  The Town played great for the replay at Goodison, unlucky to lose 2:1.

bloody hell look at the pitch!

On another note, good goal by Cox and still we havent even got a bloody song for him.

Maybe Reg can help with this, is that pitch a result of us whacking on tonnes of sand to get a game on that season because of frost? my dad was telling me about a game vs QPR which they tried to get abandoned because it was compacted before the game and their boots wouldn't take.  Our guys had been prepped and wore basketball boots, or something like that.  The good old days eh!

stroud's goal was immense, but think cox wins it for his first touch alone... certianly best goal in my lifetime at the CG.

The goal is on virgin media now.

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/Football/League1/VideoIndex/0,,12555,00.html

Also DW want us to play like arsenal according to an article in the wdp.  That'd be nice.

just watched the highlights. I'm sure some people in this thread have given Greer credit with setting up Simon Cox goal when its actually Nalis.

Assists from Greer, Nalis and Ifil!!

Swindon vs. Arsenal, F.A. Cup Tie, 1970, Record Attendance 34,000

A national newspaper described the pitch as "sewage".  


Incidentally, the conditions didn't bother Alan ball, who may have been making his debut for Arsenal.

They dumped a lot of sand on that pitch in the seventies.  The pitch used to be longer and wider.

The pitch in the 70's had a lot of drainage problems and in the 74/75 season they had to dig up
the pitch and replace a lot in the autumn.It was in the shape of a large diamond and took up
almost the entire centre between the two penalty areas.Unfortunately,the turf didn't compact
and wasn't laid very well.In no time at all it turned to mud and sand was added on top.

This problem lasted until the summer of 77 hence the video of the Everton cuptie.During this
period our strikers - Eastoe,Anderson,Moss and Syrett managed pretty well,but it must have
been energy sapping to a lot of players.

I was lucky enough to be almost exactly in line with Kenny Stroud when he scored and it's one
of the best i've seen.Stroudy won quite a few awards that season for his goal.A few months
earlier he scored a screamer with a volley, from the left hand corner of the box against Brighton.

We went 4 - 0 up against Brighton that day,who were the league leaders and the ref abandoned
it with 20 mins to go.They couldn't believe their luck,but fortune smiled on us in the rearranged
match near the end of the season,when we beat them and deprived them of the championship.

Strouds goal was good, but Cox's was better!! A long range effort that fires into the top corner vs the touch, the vision and the finish of Cox's....no contest.

Best goal I've ever seen was Mitchell v Watford. First time flowing movement from one side to the other, followed by a full length diving header.

Cox's wasn't bad mind.

I'll also go with Charlie Henry's Gillingham effort. Didn't Marlon Broomes hit a screamer for us as well ?

Yeah Broomess goal was from about 40 yards dead straight into the top corner at the town end, out of nothing

150 travelling fans? Really?

It really was the poorest away support I've ever seen at the County Ground. They just sat there in stoney silence for the first 60 minutes.

I have to agree....Walsall isnt that far away is it?

I commented on that during the game.  there cant have been more than about 50 of them which is pathetic given that even allowing for rush hour traffic you could do bescott to the CG in 1.5 hours.

I've done it in an hour on a saturday with a clean run.

Walsall fans: you're pathetic.

They only had about 3000 at the game at the bescott. Considering at least 800 of them were Swindon fans... says it all really.

Only if 100 of them were in the home end.

It must be tough for Walsall to attract fans, what with Wolves, Brum, West Brom and Villa on the doorstep. But there is no excusing that piss poor turnout.

if i lived in walsall i'd be saving all my money to move away from the shit hole.that shitty team would be last thing on my agenda

How bleedin' weird, I was at that game when Stroud scored (only a youngster I hasten to add) but all these years I've recalled it as being at the Stratton Bank end! Everything about it was exactly as I recall except wrong end....did my old chap make me watch it with a mirror or something?
God, I wonder what other memories I have that are just plain wrong??

Quite. We were commenting on the poor showing on Tues and my brother-in-law said "Huh, they've still brought more here than they got in the home game". Slight exaggeration, but I've been surprised by their poor turnout in both games, both in terms of numbers and "quality". Mind, we don't have much to shout about on that front either, despite playing some markedly better football on Tuesday, the atmosphere was lunar-like for the most part.

Cox's goal nearly made me soil myself in delight

  I remember that, snowstorm, and if i remember right a Mchale hattrick wiped from the records.

The reason we've always had a soggy pitch is that it's set on a base of solid clay..a clue can be found more or less diagonally opposite the CG, back of Shrivenham Road....Marsh Farm.

 The whole area at the foot of Old Town has always been susceptible to turning boggy during high rainfall then baking hard in the summer, or at times of high wind.

 So the simple solution to a wet autumn and winter, was to chuck tons of Weston's finest on the pitch to soak up some of the water.  It always killed off the grass save for a few bits in the corners....come March, April the ground was often dried solid by winds, so you'd get the classic Div 3 game of, wind blowing the ball around and it bouncing around like a superball....recipe for a crap game.

It'd get seeded in the summer, and so the cycle would start again.

The QPR game referred to was in the last severe winter to hit Britain...1963.

The match was played on rolled snow...with blue lines...some of our players even wore gloves.

The crowd was down about 3,000 down average...probably out of towners not able to get in through snow 3 or 4 foot deep.

The Council eventually cleared roads using diggers and piled up the blocks of by then ice/snow on the bit of park by the Civic Offices....it was ace for building igloos.

I watched a bit of 'The Big Match Revisited' today, and saw Nottm Forest play York on rolled snow with an orange ball, it looked fucking treacherous :D Fair play though, Forest played some good football. Last game I can remember seeing played in snow was a Chelsea european match in Norway, pre-Abramovic, just not the sort of thing you see anymore.

I was at the Brighton game right under the Shrivenham Road stand just by the fence separating the Brighton supporters who were locted part way underneath the stand and on the Stratton Bank.  It was cramped under there.  Every time the Town scored, a rather large gentleman loudly yelled in the direction of the fence "Let's Have a Look at the Old Scoreboard" per Bruce Forsyth from the Generation Game.    Every time, an immediate violent reaction occurred, they were totally pissed off and tried to rip down the fence.  It was a good laugh.  Didn't make the rearranged fixture but justice was served.


Wasn't there something in the Life of Brian about drains?

I was stood on the shrivvy for that game, all i remember bar the score was i was feckin cold. Wish i'd heard Brucie ala west country style! Saying that maybe i did for a bit, but these days i cant remember fuck all about most games and that includes Walsall this week.