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Right back on track, no drunken dave antics to ruin it this time. Bring them on.

2-0 defeat and panic time.

Well done Mex, that Dave cunt needs a kicking after the gasgate debacle.

8-0 town.

2-0 to MK. We'll lose for sure, and history (this season) indicates that if we lose, we won't score.

we'll nick it 1-0. austin to score

3-0 town, charlie with two and paynter with one

I feel undecided!

My heart says 2-0 Town but my head says 3-0 Town-either way Chazzer to score em all

1-4

And Dave to get a shoeing if he ever pulls a stunt like that again this season :)

Pardon?

I belive we will lose today

draw. I'll be on this thread tonight, sh*tting it.

You and me both!

I see cowshedphil has finally given up on trying to be everyone's favourite club stealer.

A hard fought 2-2 draw this evening.

he is probably back at the emirates by now

Same here! Not looking forward to tonight but you never know, we might bounce back in style!

You fucking heard fake thread starter.

Have no idea on this. either 0-3, 3,0 or 1-1

He's the fake thread starter-twisted fake thread starter!

The most important thing is that we dont let them make ground on us. A draw would be a good result, although obviously that will start some people off saying we've gone 3 games without a win and the downward slide has started.
So we'd better go all out for the win and just nick it 7-3 with 4 goals in injury time from Pericard

thing is, this crunch time was always going to come. No team goes throughout a season not losing games. But the key is how we react. We've done it before, but not under the kind of pressure we're under now. I think we'll do it, but this month is just going to be horrendous on the old fingernails!

this is what it's all about, though. Give me this over mid-table mediocrity. Bring it on.

see you on here tonight people.

Is juddie going to be on here tonight?

I'm not sure

A note from Franchise

"Franchise assistant manager Karl Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"They have some good functional players that do their jobs well. It's important that we do our jobs well.

"There isn't a team in this league that we fear. We just have to make sure that we get our bits right.

"Swindon have had a little bit of luck this year that their play has deserved."

Charming.

Think I'll stay in especially, just to check.

What does that even mean?

2-2, and I think I'd take that now.

Not being defeatest but I can't see us winning tonight.

2-0 defeat

He's right though. We've had a lot of luck compares to previous seasons and our level of perforance has justified that luck as we've been playing well.

I've just been checking the Franchise website and the report of their weekend win at home to
Orient.They've had some useful players on loan recently;currently Mark Randall (Arsenal) but
Andros Townsend has been recalled by Tottenham.It seems they changed their system and
played 4-3-3 against Orient.

I would have thought that our centre halves would be more comfortable with the Franchise
combination of Wilbraham and Easter,rather than strikers who run the channels.They will
however be a threat,but having lost Puncheon,perhaps the service from the flanks isn't
quite the same? They definately see tonight as a must win game.

Couldn't believe that Orient took 1500 fans to Franchise  :eek:

What luck? I haven't seen any at our home games.

Take Saturday, Sheehan's shot hits the post then practically bounces along the goal line and no one is there to follow up, then there's a goal mouth scramble and Austin's shot somehow gets blocked on the line and then Rovers score the first time they have a shot on goal. What was so fucking lucky about that?

If we'd had our fair share of luck we'd be in the top two now.

2-1 win austin and cuthbert to score

That was just the last game where we were unlucky. Take the Oldham game for example. We got a bit of luck there as we went 2-0 up after being awful. We've had a lot of penalties this season which is unsual for us. Things have gone on our way in general this season. The reason we aren't in the top isn't because of luck. It's because of late goals and lack of goals in the early part of the season.

Think we'll lose 2-0 tonight.

Greer and Austin dropped tonight - Bad move me thinks

1-0 Greer  Cuthbert

Cant see us loosing, maybe a draw.

Tough fixtures coming up with only one home game left this month and that being norwich. Need points from somewhere. Id love 4 points from this and Brighton

I thought Wilson might rest Charlie,but i'm surprised about Greer,perhaps he's carrying a knock?

I believe that Morrison had a very good game against Franchise, when on loan at Southend.

Should have dropped Paynter not Austin  :(

Greer I can understand as he was average at best against Rovers.

But Austin????

If its to give him a rest then fine, but otherwise what the fuck? He's a far bigger threat and has a far better scoring ratio than Paynter, so again, what the fuck?

Should have been Paynter.

Bit of an off one. Charlie has looked a bit tired of late but he's hardly had a chance to convert. Greer must be due to injury, there is no other explanation.

Paynter should have been dropped for his lack of commitment! I'd rather play Austin & Peri Peri Pericard and have Paynter warming the bench!

We're going to come out and beat them tonight. 2-0, 3-1, 4-1 sort of thing. I'm going 4-1 myself.

If we don't come out and beat them tonight then worry has got to start to set in.

Charlie could do with getting a goal, he hasn't had one since all the u-21 talk has he?

remember we have some big games coming up and those two definitely need a rest. MK shouldn't cause us too much problem tonight so good game to rest them and let pericard and Morrison have a run out. likewise for saturday before a big game against Southampton on Tuesday.

shut up

You are being a bit harsh on Paynter IMHO. Not many chances for either striker in the last 2 games.

But I don't like the look of Pericard and Paynter up front (cue hatrick each with luck :))

1-4 Paynter, Morrison, Pericard & Austin

??? A win tonight and they are in the playoff picture again.

remember Paynter hasn't scored in two either guys so it's not just Austin who needs a goal

Bouncebackability time - Swindon win to show we are play-off material. Bookies are being very generous with odds tonight with us at 5/2, still wont back them though never do.

In Wilson, I trust.

Could be a case of giving Charlie a rest or perhaps it's tactical. Either it's about time we had a proper look at Jean Luc Pericard

OHanlon on bench for franchise

Or we have a lot of games in the next couple of weeks and he must rotate now to ensure we have players fit for the end of the season, it hopefully will be more than just the basic 46 league games.

NO!!!  :smugfu:

You what?

well your a fucking stupid cunt with a throw away comment like that. no commitment? whatever

Yeah thats right i don't like players who aren't committed to Swindon Town F.C.

The others have signed, He hasn't doesn't that say something? Will end up being another Mooney or Grunt Smith.

If Pericard for Austin is tactical I can go with it.

But if its based on form then Wilson has lost the fucking plot.

Look at him on the pitch, seemed commited enough to me. I think you should be.

I thought you meant a lack of commitment on the pitch, rather than contractually. Either way I don't agree.

1-2 Paynter with both (1 pen)

So that must mean you want LJF playing instead of Sheehan?

No, that's just you. The only one. In the world. Ever.

I'd imagine LJF agrees with me which makes two.

That's completely different Sheehan is a loan player Paynter isn't, He had plenty of time to sign the contract but failed to do so, That to me seems like he doesn't want to stay here! McGovern, Morrison etc have shown their committment and intentions of wanting to stay, Paynter hasn't!

I'm undecided, not sold on Sheehan yet.

I agree with you at the moment J72. Sheehan may have come back too early.

Nope. Even he thinks Sheehan should start.


That's it, make me a liar :)

Who can blame a player in his prime not to sign until he knows what division and what offers might be around come the end of the season. In football terms he only has another 7 or 8 years to make his money.

You could say the same for McGovern he's older yet committed himself regardless of what division we are going to be in.

the comment could also be aimed at Cox or Parkin!

they never signed a contract either but both gave 100% every week. As is paynter.

No it isn't. A permanent move was agreed with Leeds and Sheehan turned it down and took the loan deal instead. One would presume this is for exactly the same reasons as Paynter turning down the contract. So its the same.

i couldnt care if he signed or not we have enough time to replace him and with our form so far this season we could attract a better player.

I bet Austin and Greer still haven't got over their injury niggles

Not in his prime then.
To be truthful I didn't rate either of them last season.

A billy paynter not scoring still offers the team much more than a not scoring charlie austin

POW, grow up

Except McGovern isn't one of the league's top goalscorers, which automatically puts you in line for consideration by teams in the league above. Also, you and I have no idea what terms Paynter was offered or why nothing has been agreed.

I'm off to the pub with my radio  :bye:

No but McGovern has one of the highest assists in the league.

Come on Swindon - here we go!

what radio is it on

I know that. But its not a stat that speaks in the same way as goals.

Can't even get a summariser there?

Who gives a shit. Let's drop Paynter and miss out on the playoffs, then lose him to a bigger team.

Some of you need to have a fucking reality check.

I'm using a Roberts ;)

BBC Radio wilts

BBC Radio Wilts. They've turned the online feed off though.

Come on Town 2-0      3 POINTS

May get slated for this - but some people only want Paynter dropped because Austin can do no wrong, being the new darling and all.

Anyway, 0-2 Swindon.

Pericard and Paynter.

Some people want paynter dropped because they are fucking retarded

Just told my girlfriend charlie austin's been rested for tonight,

she was like "no way!! he's your star player isn't he?"

I thought she was feigning a bit of an over interest in the situation, until she added shortly afterwards:

"Whats he been arrested for?"

I agree. Haven't seen many games lately so can't comment, but since neither of them are scoring a goal a game any more then they're both in line for a "rest"

Hmmmm

ffs cunts. no good for me in Brum

would a dab fetch it?

pah.

Oh shit.

haha. yeaaaahhhh, lets drop morrison now he's made a mistake

here we go

1-0 down. Morrison dispossessed as the last man.

not a good start for Morrison

I blame Billy's lack of commitment

Wow

OH SHIT FUCK PISS -2-1 THEN

We know we're not going to win then.

glad he never signed that contract now

Who the fuck is this commentating anyway?

Or score...

He's a good commentator as i recall

yeah what happened to ed hadwin did I hear it right he commentates for rovers now?

whats the matter with him??

remind me again if we've won a  game this season in which we have conceeded first in?

negative

He had a kid and wanted to work nearer to home in Bristol

Time to see if this team has any bollocks.

first corner

oooh its a corner, fuck me first time have heard crowd and its swindon

Millwall drawing
Leeds winning
Franchise winning

I think we should train morrison to do proper delap style throws.

Ask Morrison to develop a long flat bullet throw

thought as much.

Are they singing no one likes us we don't care?

Who did they used to support before a plastic league club turned up on their doorsteps?

Why don't they still support them?

Football fans they aint.

lids 1-0 up

free header missed by mk

Aye

Think it's a bit harsh to drop Austin.. If his small barren run didn't knacker his confidence this certainly will.

Close from Paynter who hits the crossbar,  but no cigar.

billy hit cross bar grrrrrrr

paynter hits the bar again

I think Im gonna hit the bar.

If only Billy was more committed, he'd have scored that.

Pericard sounds quiet.

Millwall 1-0 up

Millwall winning, Leeds 2-0 up

Leeds 2 up

1-2 now! Sounds like a good game!

Leeds pegged back to 2-1

peri peri wins a free kick

If results stay the same it's not looking too good. FFS.

Hayes and Yeading 1....





















Oxford United 0  :D

Does anyone have a radio link ...pleaseee

There isn't one to be had.

paynters hit the bar, milwall are winning, and leeds are 2-0 up

edit: leeds is 2-1 now

I don't think one exists - if they turn the feed off, it's off.

Pox 0 Hayes and Yeading (WHO?) 1  :D

Stevenage winning, Oxford losing. Brightest part of the evening so far.

C'mon stevenage!!

is ferry playing because i havnt heard nothing from him in this game

ex Pox player Basham with the goal for H and Y as well!

I'm Stevenage til half nine, I'm Stevenage til half nine
I know I am I'm sure I am I'm Stevenage til half nine

Perhaps it's good that I CAN'T hear whats going on....!!!!

We're shit, and it starts with those upfront... :bandwagon:

Max one point tonight then, or will we finally win a game from behind?

What a difference a (few) day(s) make.

Why is Morrison playing instead of Greer?

Good question.

great save Lucas

douglas post

douglas - bar - oooooooohhhh

FFS. Douglas hit inside of the post.

fucking metalwork again!

hit the woodwork twice now then

FFS Douglas hits post - its not going to be our day is it...

Leeds 3-1

Our luck has run out now.

Four times in one-and-a-half games! That's ridiculous.

2-0

cockchops

2-0 FFS

Shit shit shit. 2-0 Shit. Game over, goal difference suffering?

FFS

Why has our defence gone shit all of a sudden?..... Free header.

yep game over. season over aswell im thinking

IS IT GONNA BE 6?

Just switched my radio on as the second goal went in. Are we playing badly?

And who on earth is this commentating, it sounds like he's at the bottom of a well.

BOLLOCKS

Here comes our blip! :(

Game over. Fucking hell!

Bollocks, free header.


A bit hasty! I suspect there will be people slitting wrists though - a bit premature me thinks!

Why are we not scoring as well BR?

I think they've had 3/4 chances and got 2. We've had 3 chances and hit a bar and a post. Can still see us scoring in this, but also conceding at least one more.

Morrison & Perricard both dog shit

Why the fuck Wilson played these two is a fucking mystery

just got back, sounds bad. what's happening?

34 Caught by Kevin Amankwah (Swindon)
34 Shot by Mark Carringdon(Franchise) the keeper has it covered

from SKY SPORTS Score Centre

Have i missed something?

Oh, Austin's been dropped, that explains everything.

id take pericard off at half time bring on austin take ward off for ritchie aswell and ferry because hes not even been mentioned

So a goal from a flappy defensive error and then from a corner. What the fuck is up with our back 4?

I love it when people think they can manage via the radio. Actually, I don't. It pisses me off and make them look like twats.

Yeah because the commentary is so good its like you can see what's happening :)

edit: damn you r4e

We're choking/bottling it coming into the most crucial stage...

MK 6 shots all on target, us 6 with 3 off, doesn't sounds too one sided to me.

Still if we come back from this i'll be amazed. Least we are still in the playoffs at the end of the game. Must win at brighton sat i reckon, dont fancy getting anything at soton next week!

Austin must come on at half time. We have bugger all to lose now (apart from goal difference).

I thought Greer was ok on Saturday, certainly wouldn't have dropped him. Think we're going to rue that decision tonight.

Ward should be given a chance upfront. Sod it go 4-3-3 with Austin on for Pericard and Ritchie on for Ferry. Mcgovern in the middle.

its from my phone get with the technology ya old fart

I've just read 12 pages of this shit, only to discover we've let in a second..  so if I read correctly, we're shit, our defense is shit, Austin needs to be loaned back to Poole, and Paynter is a disloyal cunt....  Oh dear  :cry:

we need to go for this second half. might as well lose by  4 or 5 going for it.

Lets hear why he was dropped, a knock or tactical?

Why say ferry hasn't been 'mentioned'?

Liar liar pants on fire

im listening on the internet from my phone you faggot

Good point. However he is on the bench so it can't be that bad an injury.

Oxford 2-0 down, they are trying to out-choke us!

Jesus, this place is gonna be :emo: central tonight!

You said it didn't SOUND like Ferry had done anything, implying you were LISTENING to the game. Don't blame me.

But we have Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday to consider.

ANOTHER FUCKING POST FROM PAYNTER

Fucking post again.

Fucking post again!!!!

Billy is showing his lack of commitment yet again.

CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE IT!!!

Woodwork again! We may aswell give up with this game now!

Sounded like our fans singing charlie charlie austin

Not a true fan...  should be concentrating on the game

Stop making good points!!

woodwork 3 times. When your luck is out, your luck is out!

next goal wins it I reckon. get one back and we'll smash em. 3-0 is too much though...

H/T.

The rub of he green is against us just now. I mean bad defending for 2-0 fair enough, But 3 more hits of the woodwork FFS. Could be so different.

Plan B: Keep hitting the post/crossbar until the goal collapses thereby causing the game to be abandoned with a rearranged fixture when everybody is committed.

yeah he implied that i was at the match texting from the game

HT. Sounds like we have defended poorly twice and been extremley unlucky.

 :cry:

This made me laugh quite a lot.

Same as Saturday then..... not good at all.

Oh dear, think I will go to bed

what you on about?

I've just put £20 on 2-2.

I'm eating curry with a guy who has a soft spot for Franchise.

He doesn't know the score yet.

WILSON OUT... :-[

Defeatist. I'd put all I have on us winning but I can't cos' gambling is illegal here.

I've been off the booze for a week, but now I'm back on it again. Being a Town fan is not good for your health.

WeaselBet will take your money...

One would assume he doesn't know a lot, being a Franchise fan

believe people. huge 45 coming up.

No matter if we've been unlucky to hit the woodwork 3 times,if we can't do the basics
of defending, then we deserve to be behind.

A centre half treading on the ball and then the defence not marking at a corner, isn't good enough  >:(

Come on Town,give it a go in the 2nd half.

Kick him hard, now.

The real fans are listening to BBC Wilts....

Come on Swindon sort it out, do a Port Vale....  Any changes at HT?

Agreed. That's why i'm pissed off. Our defence used to be the best part of our team and now it's quickly becoming the worst.

what about if you don't live in wilts?!

Yep.

We swapped ends.

I'm listening to STFC Player because my tuner deck  is disconnected

i am on my phone jeeeeesus you retard

you used to be able to listen live through calling team talk. cost about £5679 a game, but well worth it!

Fair point....  I can't listen either, which is bloody unfair way down in Sussex... sod paying for STFC World when it doesn't work half the time.

To be fair, look Town fans, we've been spoilt this season.  We've bought a striker for a bag of peanuts who's a better finisher than Ruud van Nistlerooy, we've turned a team of misfits and useless wankers into a team that can compete.  We'll finish in the playoffs, and probably lose in the semis, but who the fuck could have expected this at the start of the season?  We've got nothing to lose - we're surrounded by teams who've much bigger budgets than ourselves - and if we don't go up this season, things bode well for the next...

That said, we'll still win 3-2 tonight...

huge 15 for Pericard

No need, he'll have the shits all night

As I said before: WELL GET OFF AND WATCH THE BLOODY GAME YOU PART-TIMER!!  

What message is that sending to the players, as they try their little cotton socks off only to look up and see half the so-called supporters glued to their iGeek?

meh, pericard's rubbish IMO. Onibuje in disguise

Get Ahikodi back.

We are going to pull this back

jesus wept.

wtf you dont even live in swindon im working so i cant obviously go to the game i go to every home game every season since i was 6 year old haha you sat on ya laptop not watching. hahahahahaa twaaaaat

have we scored yet? :(

Lack of understanding between Pericard and our attacking players.

We need to concentrate on getting the ball to our wide players,without going long ball.

Have we hit the post/crossbar again yet?

Has anybody got a saw that could be smuggled on to the pitch?

greer on.

This is rivalling Stuwall.  ;D

Two changes reversing the ones made at the start of the match.

et charlie

Charlie Austin and Greer both on for Morrison and Pericard

sweet come on charlie.

'we're gonna win 3-2'

Too little too late?

Charlie will chase everything and won't give their back four an easy time.

Charlie's gonna get ya

still loads of time. come on carlisle, too

DON'T AIM FOR THE WOODWORK CHARLIE!

why bring a defender on when we are losing. Jesus-fucking-christ. Go 3 at the back 4 in the middle and 3 up top. That will shit them up.

don't know why you're arguing over who's the true fan, neither of you are at the game tonight, ipso facto you're both true football fans in my opinion.

Thought that was the cunning plan?

Dunno why everyone is taking Walrus seriously :D

Think I got a bite....

I think even Austin isn't going to turn this round :(

Me, BR and NZ Robin are truer.

True, true.

Come on Swindon.... :(

Plan C now. Lull them into a false sense of security by allowing 2 goals then bring on Charlie to get a hat trick. Keep up.

those who are listening, what the fuck is going on? you're supposed to be commentating!

fuck all.

Well I've got every Swindon manager that's ever lived tatooed to my chest and a Swindon Town bedspread....

Plan D is to petition the FA that the result should be anulled on the grounds that they're not a real football team.

MK playing 5 man midfield,playing on the break.Charlie's given us some options up front and
putting their back 4 under much more pressure.

I'm having a wank too you know!

Austin seems to be causing them problems but no shots to speak of.

Teams are starting to suss us out by playing on the break.

Cue: "Wilson's tactics were shit he should have started Charlie blah blah etc etc...."

I don't think so. How  do you tattoo a bedspread?

fouling twats

We're pushing forwards now it seems, Ward reasonably bright and MK picking up a yellow or two.

super tackle from ferry and swindon well forward ball breaking down the left ball fired across goal foul by sterling on ward a booking for sterling free kick to swindon. you can hear the boys from the town end roaring on the boys here.

Shit Sheehan free kick delivery again

send that dirty fucker off

leeds can fuck off as well.

not the best pass, driven long for carrington cuthberts there, throw in to franchise deep inside the swindon half

attendance 8,764.

Don't thank me stat fans.

cuthbert tries a killer ball but a bit too straight

swindon appeal for offside but they are not going to get it, could be dangerous lucas comes and punches well and gets the decision free kick to swindon.

Time to bring Easton on and get him supporting our front two.

They're playing on the break and look threatening.

off side you -unt

Stirling gets away with a blatant second yellow.

17 minutes to go stirling is in trouble here, freekick on edge of area, ward was heading towards goal but stirling just gets a warning. free kick

Paynter with a header just wide, danger hear from randall chadwick just caught offside but very good movement from swindon defence,

Long range hit from randall just over cross bar.

I hope you cunts are appreciating this.

Enraptured.

Great txt service KOT. Can you create an Iphone app in future for it?

Not really, you are well behind the radio.

Thank you Mex, though every time you post something I think you're sugar-coating it as I think we're about to score...  Surely we're out of time...

cracking tackle by cuthbert behind for the corner

this isn't my fault, i stayed at home

here comes ward to austin deliberate foul by carrington yellow card

Getting that way. But it only takes a second to score a goal, etc, etc,.

Another yellow for MK- Carrington, cynical foul on Austin. Dirty wankers.

I wish the producer would turn his mic down, we can hear everything he's telling the commentator!

Is anyone else hearing a fuzzy shaun hodgets relaying scores to the commentator?

Ward is sounding our best bet

good work KOT

We haven't scored in bloody ages now.

Amankwah is fucked

KOT: Ferfexake why dont you tell us we have scored?

amankwah deep into the box, bounces awawradly ward tackled swindon throw , austin, douglas paynter out wide, amankwaah to ferry to sheehan cuts inside to douglas mcgovern to amankwaah who shoots way over and he goes down could be his hamstring

Amankwah isn't fucked.

Millwall go 2 up

Amankwaah up reasonably quickly and walks to side lines, wilson giving hand signals that no one understands.

nail in this evenings coffin.

Greer times interception well, swindon press and douglas wins ball well, quick ball to austin unlucky, richochet off dons throw

Arse.

(Not another goal non commentary bods, just a general statement)

Me neither cos I stayed up to support the lads. Truer supporter.

we are not going to score.

jean francois coming on shortly probably for amankwaah

Franchise about to make double substitution.

Lecs about to come on for Manky.

LFJ coming on

LJF coming on, presumably for Manks.

Goodness sakes, turn the producer down. We don't need a fuzzy pre-echo on all the score updates.

LJF to get a hat trick, us to win 3-2.

This time last week we looked odds on to be running away from Charlton. We're now 6 points behind them with only one game in hand.

i thought my radio was dying

You are now entering The Twilight Zone.

Is there a realistic amount of time left to score twice?

5 mins :(

5+ stoppage

I thought my ears had aids for a minute there

5+stoppage.

Ah well, all over now (they havnt scored) I fucking hate Milton Keynes

we look like we have run out of ideas

No goals in 3 games. Starting to look a little bit worrying now when you consider we're not even defending well anymore.

I now its down to the post/crossbar x5, but not scoring in 3 games is still worrying.

perhaps we should try hitting the post/bar again?

I think I'm going to log off and kill myself.

If I don't I'm going to boo Charlie Austin at the next game.

A win in gaytown is absolutley essential now, espescially with Millwall winning.

So this is our blip.  Statistically, it was always on the cards after a long, unbeaten run.  Need to stem the flow now and get points on the board at both Brighton and Southampton.

No need to panic just yet.  Leeds had their blip last month and they're flying again now.  Happens to the best of them.

penalty to arsenal to make it 5 -0

good i hate porto after cheating celtic out the uefa cup

I'm going to tell Sie Pie you've stolen his login DV.

I've not heard anyone pronounce it High-Eetee for years.

I'm going to join you.

No season ticket for me next season. Can't take this shit any more. For fuck sake Fitton! Wilson out!

Hopefully this is our blip.

What we need now is a nice run of winnable games to get us back on track...

....April?

Austin hasn't scored for aaaaaaaages. We should complain to him on his Facebook group.

It's a little bit worrying but I'm not going to get too down about it. Saturday sounded like a real freak result, seeing as we had more shots than Rovers and still managed to get dicked. Tonight could also have been very different - the guy on SSN says it's been a good game and Swindon were out of luck what with hitting the woodwork three times. A win on Saturday could set us back on track and would give us some confidence going to Southampton. If we don't get a win on Saturday I might start getting worried.

I was thinking more next season...

Spot on. Otherwise we could be starting to look over our shoulders...

we re still make the play offs

Yes, we are.

"They're new to football, bless them" :D

Starting? I never stopped.

appreciating the subtle mk digs

Ward goal

goooooooooal

Wardie scores! the goal drought is over.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal NUMBER ONE for Swindon Town!

Wahey!!!!

yay \:)/

Great finish by Danny Ward!

we're going up!

Unfortunatley too late.

yesssssss

That's a little consolation anyway

Time for another 2 then?

Wheah that's shut you all up least we bagged a goal!

ooooh just wide

douglas just wiiiiiide ft 2-1 @o(

FT

last second chance!

Just wide by Douglas after a great move.

Douglas just wide. Full time.

It's hard to explain how much I'd have loved a last minute equalizer.

Ah well, onwards and upwards.

Ward sounds like he's back to form which is another positive. Austin also caused them problems.

I'm slightly worried Pericard isn't very good.

Does this mean I have to take my lucky underpants off now?

We scored a goal and won the second half 1-0. straw clutching anyone?

Pox off the top spot.

I thought that after Orient

starting to look like wilson maybe shouldnt have made the changes. depending on what the reasons was though.

Two sloppy bits of defending have cost us tonight.

Sounds a decent performance overall.

I'm worried about Pericard too - he's made no impact at all.

Millwall 3-1 winners.

According to the BBC we had more shots than MK.

I can kind of see the Austin one, but I wouldn't have dropped him. Can't fathom the Greer one, which seems not to have been due to injury given he played the second half.

fuck my first loss as thread starter, sorry everyone.

Burn them!

A dissapointing result but it doesn't sound like our performance was that bad, we really need to concentrate on Brighton now, with other teams having difficult games at the weekend we need to take the chance to possibly take some points from them.

I've seen glimpses that he could be good. His debut off the bench he was a real handful.

I'm not going to write him off, he probably needs time to settle (I hope).

My dad's hot dog run came to an end on Saturday.

I'd have given Pericard a chance from the start. He's now had that and seemingly made no impact at all. We need a loan striker for a bit of competition I think.

I think the karma's still in toxic shock from Dave's fuckwittery on Saturday. Pitchforks out everyone!

Scum 1 - 2 Hayes and Yeading

Stevenage 4 - 0 Barrow

At least there is a silver lining!

I think Dons and maybe Rovers are in with a shout now?

A pacy striker please and probably cover at right back,with Manky having to go off again.

"That's it, no more playoff place for us"

We're still in the playoffs you massive twunt.

Yup.

Bart to the rescue :)

Has Wilson said anything interesting?

He hasn't said anything yet..

Ward can play upfront. We need another centre midfielder, preferably one with a bit of experience

And Si  ;D

One of them was me...one wasn't :o

The next five games are easier than Rovers and Dons!!! :eek:
BRIGHTON (a)
SOUTHAMPTON (a)
NORWICH (h)
HARTLEPOOL (a)
LEEDS (a)

7 points max

Crap, crap, crap and more cunting bollocks shit face cunting crap.

Morrison. Shocking 5 year old mistake, what a cunt. I'd have fancied any TEFer to clear it.

Pericard utter wank. Trevor fucking Benjamin II. Ok all he got was shit hoof ball but he was wank.

The team played hoof ball all game, was awful.

Our support. Total wank. One second we are chanting for our own player to be sent off. The next we're chanting you're support is shit to Franchise.

I was sat next to biggest fucking dick head of all time. He was twat.

7th

Crap, crap, crap and more cunting bollocks shit face cunting crap.

Morrison. Shocking 5 year old mistake, what a cunt. I'd have fancied any TEFer to clear it.

Pericard utter wank. Trevor fucking Benjamin II. Ok all he got was shit hoof ball but he was wank.

The team played hoof ball all game, was awful.

Our support. Total wank. One second we are chanting for our own player to be sent off. The next we're chanting you're support is shit to Franchise.

I was sat next to biggest fucking dick head of all time. He was twat.

7th

Think Wilson will face some legitimate questions about tonights team selection.

Crap, crap, crap and more cunting bollocks shit face cunting crap.

Morrison. Shocking 5 year old mistake, what a cunt. I'd have fancied any TEFer to clear it.

Pericard utter wank. Trevor fucking Benjamin II. Ok all he got was shit hoof ball but he was wank.

The team played hoof ball all game, was awful.

Our support. Total wank. One second we are chanting for our own player to be sent off. The next we're chanting you're support is shit to Franchise.

I was sat next to biggest fucking dick head of all time. He was twat.

7th

Not a good night then?

Thanks for posting that 3 times Dave.

So you enjoyed the game then Dave?

Obviously an echo in Stadium:MK

Dave - could you run that one past us one more time, please?

Dave is being negative. I bet he boo'd at half time too..

Wilson should have got more bodies in ages ago like he said he would yet no-one has arrived apart from Ritchie, Amankwaah injured again, Need a right back asap, We need a couple more players too without doubt!

Very bizarre team selection from Wilson tonight!

And left early and missed the goal.

Surprise surprise, Wilson Out man reappears.

Sorry my blackberry is a bit Vincent Pericard - fucking shite

I don't know, if anything your blackberry seems over eager

Should have got an Iphone....

...didn't boo and Ward took his goal very well.

I'd definitely start him upfront Saturday.

Wilson post match (paraphrased):

I=interviewer
DW=DW
-------------------------
I DId we deserve to come away with something
DW: Not defending like the first half. Stupid goals given away. Doesn't know why we started sloppily. Better in second half but still not perfect defending.

The tape recorder ran out at this point so I made up the rest
-----------------

I: Why did you fuck with the team?
DW: Suck my balls. Its my team and if you don't like it go and support Oxford.

I: Why did we lose?
DW: Wanker Sean'O didn't play

I: Are you going to do the bummers on Saturday
DW :  You should be so lucky.

I: How will you approach the Norwich game?
DW: Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot.

Dave hit post as much as the team did

Wilson sounds pissed off with the slack defending.

Waited for the interview, it wasn't live and the tape machine fecks up! Unbelieveable.

So, listening to the texts on the radio it would seem that:

1) The manager who's got us to 6th and assembled a squad that's playing some of the best football we've seen in years is an idiot
2) Our season is over
3) We'll never ever win another game. Ever
4) The world is coming to an end
5) Some of the people who text into BBC WS are not entirely the full shilling

Pericard isn't much different from Paynter though.







te he he that'll tip him over the edge.

And they're all going to look like complete cunts at Wembley

A world of difference Batch.

If anyone thinks a Pericard/Austin partnership will get us goals next season...

It's a good job none of them are Lids fans, they'd have fucking imploded by now

Just seen the goals on SSN.Morrison was quite a way out when he messed up,schoolboy error.Chadwick still had to beat Cuthbert,Wilbraham with the follow up.

Second MK goal,totally unchallenged,everybody like statues.

Nice finish by Wardy,after Charlie battled for the bouncing ball.

I was joking you numpty.

3 things have disappointed me with Pericard so far. 1. Lack of pace. 2. Lack of vision. 3. Lack of effort.

But I'm not writing him off just yet. He needs to improve x10  though.

I know Batch.

I still thought I'd make the point as a lot of people in the Paynter thread still said they didn't mind if he left.

Of course its still early days but after that...

At Carlisle Pericard was in the last chance saloon with a 6 month contract.

Arrives at Swindon on an 18 month contract and he's drifted into his comfort zone.

For a player of his experience, you woud expect a modicom of effort and ability
to bring others into play.

FFs just read the report, hit the woodwork 3 times, what's that 5 in the last 2 games?

Sutton, we have been unlucky going forward,but sloppy defending is hurting us badly.

Still a pisser though.

Just got back.

To be fair we played well in the second half and were unlucky. Hit the woodwork god knows how many times?

Pericard was fucking shit and should never have started. Morrison didn't have a good game either. What was Wilson's reason for not starting Greer??

Charlie chased everything when he came on. You could see some of the players looked genuinely frustrated with other team members.

I remember hearing that text and you've completely butchered it.

I heard quite a few positive messages tonight.

Can we move his thrice comment into the whingy whingers thread?

I thought I'd gone into waccoe by mistake  :)

Shame about the result, I think we'll lose a few more in the next month, we are now in the mixer...hey ho!

Just back. A better 2nd half, but we really have lost all confidence. Brittle at the back and clueless up front, not helped by the centre backs hoofing it over the top all the time. I actually thought Pericard was just getting into the game when he was taken off. Perhaps he should have risked playing 3 up front.

Hello guys. I write as me rather than in an official BBC capacity. Can't apologise enough for the DW technical disaster. For the record he did go on to defend the team selection. I'm off to crawl under a rock.
 
AH

I still believe the best I have seen us play this season was against Leeds, we gave them virtually no time on the ball and just basically pushed them out of the game. To me the best form of defence is attack. When we sit back we get punished (how many draws have we had this season that could have been victories). We are sitting high in the fair play league.....maybe we just don't put enough challenges in? To be fair I have seen some great last ditch tackles from our players this season, i just wonder whether enough is being done to challenge for the "second" ball, especially in the middle of the park.

At last, something to moan about on the TEF,................ the woodwork.

sounds like we were unlucky then.we were due a defeat, but two on the bounce is a bit of a pisser.
i think we will be in for a tough game saturday too.

Just back what a shit game Morrison was dire out of position time and time again and as for Pericard just did not look interested never chased anything. We dont seem to be getting the rub of the green another shot hitting the woodwork and running across the line with no one following in. The ref bottled it and should have sent the right back off which was a clear yellow for bringing Ward down but as he had just booked him he let him off. When Charlie and Greer came on we definately improved and who knows how different it would have been if those two had started.
My first trip to MK and I wont be going again it had never really bothered me that much about the history of what happened to the Dons but tonight brought it home how wrong it is a plastic stadium full of plastic wanker fans that have no right be a league team and I feel dirty for lining that cunt Winklemans pockets.

Is it true that Morrison was wearing Rocking Robin's boots tonight?

It wasn't just the mistake for the goal he made several others and appeared to unsettle the rest of the defence. But at least he looked like he gave a shit, unlike Pericard who doesn't look bothered most of the time.

Also one of the most gutless refereeing decisions ever, having just booked Stirling he let him off with a warning after he dragged down Ward from behind when it just had to be another yellow card.

Poor performance and not sure what the reason was, maybe we look a bit jaded, but we seem to have lost our way. Changes before the game seemed a bit premature, surely you give the same players another go and that's what we resorted to in the 2nd half anyway. Maybe we were carrying knocks or Wilson saw something in training to make the changes.

Didn't really play our usual football tonight and the ball was bouncing around especially when it went up to Pericard. Goals we gave away were poor defending and we gave a couple of free headers that should have been more goals. Yes we hit the woodwork but Billy missed a good chance before HT which could have brought us back into it.

Bit more of a go 2nd half and we played it around more without really opening them up enough. Last 15 we went a bit longer and we can't seem to play that way. It's frustrating we can't do what other teams do to us, we'll give away a goal and we're under pressure, yet we couldn't pull one back until 93rd min. Then we do get a chance and Douglas should have just smashed it. How many teams have had last gasp shots against us go into the top corner especially last season.

Still onwards and upwards and let's hope we get a reaction on Saturday, I'm sure we are not going to go 3 or 4 games with straight defeats. Annoyingly we have let Rovers and Franchise within a sniff of the play offs when 2 weeks ago they were out of sight

To be fair it was much worse than was shown on SSN, it didn't show the fact that he had the ball at his feet facing away from our goal before he seemed to stand on the ball. In an effort to get it back he then knocked it into the path of the Dongs player.
It caught the rest of the defence of balance as they were expecting him to play the ball forward

 
Some Bollocks, below,.....Morrison and Pericard won't be given the benefit of the doubt on Saturday.  Charlie and Billy up front with Greer at the back to start.
 


Wilson: 'We've got to get back to basics'
Posted on: Tue 09 Mar 2010


Danny Wilson spoke to media shortly after watching his Town side go down 2-1 to Franchise at stadiumMK.

The manager was frustrated to have seen his side gift the hosts two first half goals - a start from which they struggled to recover.

"We haven't started the game as I know we can, and that's what's annoying," he said.

"The players have let themselves down in certain areas tonight which is the disappointing thing.

"But they wouldn't be at the club if they were making mistakes every week so we've got to give them the benefit of the doubt and move on from it."

Two defensive lapses contributed heavily to Town's two goals conceded, with Sean Morrison being caught in possession shortly before The Dons' first, and James Tunnicliffe being given space to head home the second inside the box, and Wilson admitted there is work to be done to eradicate such fatal errors.
Kevin Amankwaah

He said: "Now we've got to get back to the basic rudiments of defending which we didn't do tonight.

"We drill it into them again, we drill it into them again and then we drill it into them again from now on because we've got some massive games coming up."

To the surprise of some, Gordon Greer and Charlie Austin were replaced by Sean Morrison and Vincent Pericard in the starting line up, and Wilson outlined his reasons for the changes in selection, saying: "We've got a squad of players who are chomping at the bit to play, and both Sean and Vincent were ready for a game."

"We thought both of the lads who didn't play tonight could do with a bit of a breather because there is a lot of pressure on them all the time as captain and centre forward.

"We've got a squad that we have to utilise as best we can, and we know with the games we've got coming up in the next few weeks we're going to need everyone at their best."


"Maybe it was right or wrong to do it, and many people will see the result and turn round and say it was wrong.

"But at the same time it wouldn't bother me to take the risk again because I think it was the right thing to do."

And the manager concluded that, while disappointed that his side could not illustrate their strength in depth as he would have liked, he is confident they will respond positively before the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion this weekend.

"We thought that this was a game where we could really show what we were made of but unfortunately it hasn't worked out that way," he said.

"But we will pick ourselves up for another big game at Brighton this weekend and hopefully give an improved performance and get back on track."

Luck didn't play a part tonight. We were shit.

Despite the score lines telling a different story I though we were unlucky against Rovers and awful tonight.

We dominated between all of rovers goals and we continued to play football and create chances plus rovers first 3 were all good finshes.

Tonight we were sloppy at the back and all over the shop. Franchise didn't have to pull out anything special for their goals. Worst of all we stopped playing football and went total HOOF! we created bugger all.

Franchise didn't even have to work hard to keep their lead tonights. Rovers on the other hand did....

Probably the worst thing about the two defeats

Observations of MKDongs game:
> Team selection bizarre: warning signs about Morrison level of performance were clear in the Orient game & tonite just before the goal he nearly got caught with a similiar fuckup.
> Cuthbert failed to talk to Morrison - numerous occasions they went for same ball
> we played too narrow & as a result the midfield was crowded / they closed us down
> manky didnt looked fully fit before his injury & Wilson left him on for 10 minutes when he clearly was limping, which will have worsened it.
> mkdongs were cynical time wasting from the start on throw-ins / goal kicks
> we need a pacy striker / right back cover

Amen brother.

They had over 14K against Orient last saturday.Last night,in a must win game 8K.
Complete bunch of plastics confirmed yet again!

Yeah, our crowd never fluctuates at all ever.

People don't just turn up for Leeds.

I got there at 7-15 and had to park and walk from The Beacon.

Arrived just on kick off at the ground where Ajokefree ended his Swindon career (in my eyes) :nod:.

What a shit start....and that was just the team sheet!  What the fuck was DW thinking?  Give players a breather?  Fuck off.....we havent got a squad of 40 odd players....play your strongest team.  His decisions came back to haunt him. >:(
If he needed to change it - Ward pushed right up for Austin and the Pompey winger on. Pericard for the last 20 to batter em if needed.

Morrison had a terrible match and i felt for the lad...two chances to rescue his mistake in the first goal build up and blew it. ROW Z please!!


Pericard huffed and puffed but didnt win any headers and couldnt seem to hold the ball up. I still couldnt understand the half wits booing him when he got subbed....what utter cunts.

Ward played well as did Billy - we hit the post twice and the bar without playing well. Improved in the second half but strangely did not create the chances.

Gave the ball away cheap all night.

Ward took his goal well and if Douglas could strike a ball as well as he can pass it we might of snatched a point.

Ref was poor as the left back should of gone for a booking that you would of received in the centre circle rather than through on goal, the lad himself thought that he was going then just wandered away from the ref without even talking to...utter bollocks.

NB - I have only managed football teams at a junior level but even i could see that the only way to get at Dongs was down the flanks...knocking balls forward to giant defenders was never going to pay off....why didnt DW change it?

Looking at all the fixtures March is going to be a long month!

Family do for Brighton so see you all at Saints next week.

Absolutely spot on Dave.

Morrison's performance was a mirror image of the game against Walsall at the Bescot earlier in the season. Just not switched on at the start of the game. Had hoped the loan spell at Southend had improved him, but I would have serious doubts about his long term potential now, and if someone were to come in with a bid I think we should take it? We were far far more solid when Greer came on.

There is a massive difference in our team in terms of the number of games played this season between the defensive players and the attacking players. Defense wise Lukas, Greer, Cuthbert, Amankwaah and Douglas have played pretty much the entire season, only Sheehan has had a break. Its starting to show now. Amankwaah was below par on saturday and he deteriorated last night, Wilson didnt take him off until he was totally crocked. Lescinel looked hungry when he came on and surely he will have to come in saturday?

Got to moan about Pericard as well. The bloke looked like he was pacing himself in the first half. The effort was minimal, which I wouldnt mind, if he had made a difference with some quality. But his was slow, lazy and his first touch was shit. Wilson must have given him a right rocket at half time and told him if he didnt improve he was comming off, and he did improve. But Austin's touch, link up play and effort was infinately better as soon as he came on.

Overall not good enough, especially defensively. No reaction from the Rovers game. A fair score would have been about 5-2 to the Franchise.

As a side note did anyone else see the half time entertainment? Ive got no problem with young girls doing a routine. But they were 11 year olds grinding away to Rhiana's 'come on boy' and to be honest it made me feel a bit sick. The only people who could have enjoyed that were the paedophiles in the crowd, of which Franchise probably have many.

And to be honest, if we dropped our prices to a 5er for an average game, would we get 13,000 home fans showing up?

Doubtful.

It was £5 to get in and kids free last Saturday for them, I still can not believe there was 8k there last night it looked more like 5k and sounded like 3k. I felt embarrased for them when they started singing "no one likes us" the whole evening was completely depressing on and off the field not a footballing experience I will be sharing with them cunts again.

Just for flash.

I would have perfered Aljofree in defence last night!!

No Greer = no leader.

They have even stolen their song!! What complete arseholes. ???

I will chat to 'home' fans at away matches but not at MK.  

We have been saying all season that we have no strength in depth and now it is costing us. I have no doubt that our first 11 is good enough for the playoffs- but we do not have anyone on the bench who can come on and change a game when things are going wrong. This may go a long way to explain why we have never won a game this season when we have gone behind.

Thought Saturday we were unlucky and did not deserve to lose 4-0, buty last night we were awful. Wilson's team selection was all wrong and had we started with Greer and Austin i do not think we would have lost the game. MK looked very ordinary but we made them look good.

 

Douglas and Lukas are our two extra captains on the pitch.

Truth is Morrison just didnt have his brain in gear and Amankwaah was half crocked.

Cuthbert did have strong words with Morrison on the pitch, but there was a lot of chat going back the other way from Morrison when he should have been listening to his senior partner. Something I also noticed in the game at Walsall.

Ref was a disgrace not to send off that fella for hauling down Ward when he was nearly through on goal. Not even a yellow (would have been a second yellow). Absolute disgrace.

Neither Douglas or Lucas play in the actual 4 more defensive line.

Captain or not, evert defence needs a senior leader. We dropped ours and have no replacement in the same mould.

I also agree that Jude Stirling should have been sent off. How that wasn't a second yellow I don't know.

fuck it, what's gone is gone. You can complain about team selections/referee's decisions, but you can't change anything. The fact is we've lost and we need to deal with it. Hopefully lessons will be learned from this week. I expect us to at least draw 0-0 saturday. Keeping a clean sheet is the first step to recovery. If we can pick up a point at Saints as well then we rally again for Leeds/Norwich. Anything can happen in those games. We're still sixth and cleat of Hudds regardless of whwther we win our game in hand, and all the top teams have to play each other, so lets not start panicking just yet, eh.

Some twat told me to 'get behind the team' when I slated Pericard and Morrison! Well i'm sorry Mr Super Fan but they were shit last night! Did Pericard jump for one ball??

seems that we always perform against the bigger teams. hopefully our form will return at the brighton match so when we face southampton we will have abit more confidence. hearing DW on the radio last night he didnt sound very happy at all. you cant blame morrison yet as he is still young he will learn from his mistakes hes got alot of potential.

at some stage though carbon, he has to start taking responsibility. Morrison has pplayed enough games to know you can't afford to dwell on the ball.

Pericard is utter tripe IMO. I'd never boo him, but if I was wilson I'd be looking into finding a Heffernan as cover.

didint even realise we scored untill i saw the adver this morning

Decent post Flash agree with pretty much all of that particularly the above. Seems a fair amount of Town fans have got their next scapegoat which has taken all of 3 or 4 sub appearances, and whilst I too would rather have Charlie starting I think that was shameful.

Comments about the MK Donuts ground/fans/set up etc which too made me feel bad that my hard earned dosh was helping those fuckers carry on, and about the Swindon fan making a twat of himself basically slagging off anything and everything that moved were spot on.

DW may not admit it but leaving Greer out was the biggest mistake. Greer and Cuthbert remain easily our best central pairing at the back (even taking Rovers into account)and whilst I hope that Morrison develops into the monster defender for the Town that we want, right now injuries aside he cannot do the job that Greer does particularly with the ball at his feet. When Greer came on the distribution from the back improved massively and we started to play a bit more on the deck.

Also a mention for Ferry who probably covered the most ground out of any of our players last night both going forward and defensively, the radio twats may not have mentioned him but his efforts didn't go unnoticed by all, and for Danny Ward whose efforts deserved a goal.

Hope DW starts at Brighton with the team that finished last night. A win and we're back on track and even with the hard month coming up we've still got a great shout for the play offs.

I didn't boo him, just slated him for being genuinely shit.

Disappointed with the back to back defeats, and dont expect much from the next 3 games tbh. does appear we need to freshen things up a bit. Manks hasn't been the same since he got clogged at Southend. Nothing like a couple of defeats to get the mongs out though.

No, you have
I've heard more people saying that our bench this season has looked better than large chunks of our first team for the last couple.

NOTE

I stood at the back and had my picture taken......what was all that about?

FWIW, I think we'll win Saturday and lose Tuesday. Then Leeds/Norwich, who knows. Either way, we won't be the only team dropping points between now and the end of the season.

Wilson and the lads have got us this far, and you don't become a shit team overnight.

It's going to be ups and downs until the ed of the season, with hopefully more ups than downs.

You have to be pragmatic in defeat and learn from them. Hopefully wilson will have learned that resting greer is a risk, and won't do it again. He can rest in june when we're in the Championship.

Flash probably because Thames Valley Police (oxford, reading) hate us.

What did Pericard do to deserve praise then? His first touch was bad, his running was bad and his link up play was bad.

Austins first touch was a one two with Ward which almost had him through on goal. I didnt boo Pericard off, and I didnt sing Austins name while he was on the bench. But scapegoat? Pericard, Morrison, their keeper Gueret (who hardly had to make a save) and the injured Amankwaah were the worst players on the pitch last night.

These results may make DW push the loan market that little bit harder now.

it's one thing booing players, another discussing them on here. If they're shit and playing shit, that's not making them a scapegoat, that's merely discussing things that have happened.

Calling Pericard a goat is offensive to goats...

Ha ha ha!!! is pericard the new hutchinson?

A fair few of our fans were on Pericards back right from his first touch, like I said after a few sub appearances only this was ridiculous, they had already made their minds up. He did not cover himself in glory by any stretch but with the long ball ('Hoofball') service he and Billy were getting it is no wonder they struggled (yes including Billy). Charlie has been a revelation since joining us he deserves the plaudits and in my opinion should have started but Pericard did instead. If he gets half the success that Charlie has managed then I expect we'll all be happy, if he carries on making zero impact then hopefully DW will not pick him. He doesn't deserve praise that's true but equally getting on his back already won't help him or us.

Mistakes in defence cost us last night and frankly saying we deserved to get beat easily with the chances and luck we had in my opinion is bollocks, thought we deserved a point.

No, it's physically impossible to be as bad as Hutchinson was.

I'll back him on a matchday, but I think he's pap. we can do better than that.

time to bring ritchie in and use ward up front perhaps? only if paynter or austin are injured of course.

ritchie was one of our better players on saturday from what i saw

I think Pericard is very much a confidence player.  He looked like he hadn't played for months last night but i still don't think he's a shit player.  

He's only had 4 or 5 sub appearances for us, hardly a long run out in a team to warrant fans judging him as a bad player. I just don't understand fans booing a player, it certainly doesn't do the players confidence any good.

Whilst he hasn't made the impact Austin has give him a chance before writing him off  

I'll happily eat my words if he turns it on, and I understand it must be difficult coming on and not starting. Even so, he just looks gangly and, well, just shit!

Still, a goal could sort him out, here's hoping. I'd love nothing more than to be proved wrong. Wilson must know something we don't.

agree

I don't think Pericard is anywhere near as bad as Hutchinson. He's shown he's got something and I reckon its just a matter of him needing some time to get going, a goal normally works wonders.

I don't think you can underestimate the importance of charlie's first goal. Must have been such a confidence boost, to be able to do it at this level.

It may seem harsh to judge him on the limited football he has played for us, but thats all most of us have to go on.

It was discussed on the way up whether he might start and how did we think he would do if given more than 10/15 minutes.

Big dissapointment all round. He didnt look threatening at all and Franchise didnt have to do much to stop him. I dont think he had a shot all game.

The team didnt help him playing crappy hoofball but Paynter had the same service and hit the woodwork twice, Austin managed to get in a couple of times. At least they had the application to at least try.

I think what pissed me off most about him was the way he slowly walked off like we were 2-0 up....

As for Morrison, young player of course and he isnt going to be perfect and he will make certain mistakes you can put down to age and experience. Last night wasnt one of them. I dont care if you are 9, 19,  29 or 59  you clear your lines and dont fuck about with it.

If Big Kev isnt fit for Brighton then we need to go with wing backs. I dont want to see Cuthbert taken out of the middle at all and I dont really want Morrison in there either.

Lucas

Cuthbert
Greer
LJF

JPM
Sheehan

Ferry
Douglas
Easton

Paynter
Ward

as for Pericard Vs Hutchinson - Hutch is 1 up in goals scored!


.....and we didnt deserve anything from that game. Franchise had another 3 gears they could have used in the second half if it ever looked like we might come back into it.

anyone for Brighton?

Get in

it was 2-1 daffyd

Close but no cigar. We scored in injury time.

lolllllllllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Gay!

Franchise cunts.

when we dont win the players who come in are the ones singled out for stick.
morrison,smith,ljf,pericard have all had this.
smith at southend unfairly,morrison at orient unfairly,ljf nearly every game he plays.

morrison fucked up from the footage of the goal last night,but he got punished because he's a centre back.other players get away with giving the ball away because it doesn't get immediately punished.i would never have dropped greer, but i think people are too quick to jump on morrison.from where he was on the park it wasn't a case of clearing his lines.if he had, he would be getting stick for being a hoofer.he dwelled on the ball and got robbed of it,it happens to every centre back.

I have no problem with him having time on the ball when he has got it, when he's under pressure he shouldnt be trying drag backs and passes. Just put your fucking foot through it.

It was inexcusable

Most people are selective when they're handing out the stick.

Greer fucked up for the first Rovers goal, Morrison fucked up for the first MK goal. Yet its only Morrison getting the stick and people calling for him to be dropped. Sheehan fucked up against Rovers as many times as LJF did in the away game at Rovers. Yet its only LJF that gets the stick and people calling for him to be dropped.

Which is all pretty stupid anyway as most of the goals we concede are team efforts rather than down solely to an individual. Lets not forget all the wasted chances that if scored would lessen the impact of goals conceded - Douglas has been one of our best players this season but he should have scored a good few goals by now.

I think thats unfair as Sheehan and Greer have been consistently better than Lescincel and Morrision overall with there performances this season.  I also think giving Morrision stick was stupid last night, hes a young guy who made a howler, he knew exactly how bad a mistake it was and didn't need the fans on his back every time for the rest of the game making him more nervous than he was already.  Last night was one of the worst away atmospheres I remember for sometime, so negative and only ended up making the team more nervous than it was.

Greers 'fuck up' (is not having pace a fuck up?) wasn't even a quarter as bad as Morrison last night.

I am a huge Greer fan but the lack of pace wasn't the issue on the fuck up, he should of been marking Kuffour tightly and not trying to play offside against a very fast player.  Would still play Greer in the back 4 every game as we really lack leadership in there without him.

I agree with some of this.Greer was at fault for more than one goal on saturday and desrved to be dropped/rested considering he has also been injured lately.Morrison has played well when relied upon and made one mistake yet people are all over the poor fucker. If anything i would start questioning why when we are losing Wilson is reluctant to play 3 out and out strikers when chasing a game instead of replacing amankawaah with another fullback and morrsion with another centre half he may aswell go for it.

Don't get me wrong Wilson has done a great job this year but just seem to be lacking when we are chasing the game.

the next twelve games will define our season

Nah the next 14....

In you opinion. He had a good game v Stockport. I think we did my opinions on his Orient performance to death.

The point isn't to crucify Morrison, he is young and learning. Its about playing our best 11, or not.


He did. But LJF cost us goals, up to Rovers Sheehan was solid.

  ;) its time 2 put on a united front lads - if we want 2 go up lets support the team & stop getting on their backs - cut out the booing etc -COME ON U REDS !

Wait until after the game to tell them they were shite.

  :) EXACTLY RIGHT AXS ! talk about who was shite in the pub

OMG i cannot effing believe what i am reading on here about Pericard & Morrison are some of you for real? why dont we just drag them outside the CG & flog them? bloody hell Pericard has only had 1 start and some of you all on his back and i honestly cant understand what is being said (by some) about Morrison, the 4 goals that were conceeded on Saturday whos bloody fault were they? oh not saint Gordon obviously because he can do no bloody wrong, but a defender (who by the way has not had regular games) makes a mistake and lets hold a kangaroo court and sell him coz hes shit, boo him, or call him a effing c**t (dave) you bunch of idiots. are you actually STFC supporters??????// YOU MAKE ME SICK

Shut up and go do the ironing  :)

Hi Sean.

Fucking hoof it clear next time

Lots of Love,
Dave


p.s. dont you fucking dare question my support for this team.

Ha ha made my evening.

Got the Paynters (sic) in girlyred.

Its a match day thread, where we discuss match day performance, not a fucking hippy commune of peace and love. Opinions are just that, and its a bit different from jumping on the players backs at the game.

Greer was getting a bit of stick up until a few matches ago. So his shit does stink

Missed this post. I actually agree with this.

 ??? easy people remember we need 2 keep the faith during this blip - it will come right in the end - we gotta stick together

Couldn't agree more Mr Cuthbert :-D

I dont do the ironing i have a man to do thay for me  :)

A man doing ironing. Surely a contradiction in terms :)

Got to go, the Mrs is making me do the washing up!

Whats with all these new posters all of a sudden.

It's a good thing, we're not shit anymore, people are getting back into the groove.

I don't like it, it's not cliquey enough.

I only crawl out of the woodwork when there's something to moan about.  Back to back defeats against despised and lesser opposition is something to moan about. 

In true Swindon Town style getting a play-off position will be a nail biter, unless we truly mess up, which I cannot see Wilson and Shirtliff putting up with.   

Thats made my evening. Can I marry you?

I often find Wilson's substitutions and to a lesser degree tactics bewildering. On the rare occasions we're chasing a game he doesn't seem to have a fucking clue what to do, which is kind of weird given the number of times he's seen our opponents come from behind - he should have learnt a trick or two from them.

But I can't be too critical as he has turned the club round in a pretty short period, taking us from fighting relegation to chasing promotion. A lot of it is just frustration as we could easily be chasing 2nd and virtually guaranteed the playoffs if certain things had gone in our favour and with a bit more luck.

Thank you so much for asking Chalkies shorts, can you iron? :-[

Oi! Leave dick alone

Yeah, what's Dick ever done to you?

DICK OUT!!

Unfortunately not - is the marriage off?

Nothing like steam in your appliance to go after the creases.

Going back to this game, Wilson sounds well pissed off in his interviews today.

He's an angry man. He gave Morrison and Pericard a massive chance and they both let him down big time.

But singing the name of a player on the bench is only going to result in massively pissing off the manager. Hopefully the fans can respect Danny Wilson's decisions today.

It's ok, he won't be able to hear them anyway since they'll be sat in the next postcode.

Shouldn't have left him on the bench.

Problem solved.

see  :D

I agree with you 100%, and I know what you are saying is tongue in cheek.

BUT smart arse fans are guaranteed to piss off a good manager. I thought Austin was a bit restricted in his running at MK and fans have to remmember we dont know everything.

I would be very interested to know how Pericard played before he was subbed today.