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Well nobody else has started one yet, and I suppose it's only right that I should start it for my (cough) Home (cough) fixture.

I'm praying for a positive result (would make next week much easier to bear), but have a feeling that we may just lose those one.

Posh score goals for Fun, but are just as prone to let them in so you'd think it might be a high scoring affair.
However I have the feeling we might just lose 1-0

2-0 defeat

That seems to be the logic of everyone on the Prediction League. We both score lots and concede lots, so it'll be 0-0.

3-2 Swindon, fuck it. I don't think I've predicted a loss all season.

Think a draw is the best we can hope for.

1-1.

A draw would be a fine result,today we will see how good Cuthbert and Morrison really are with the Posh strikeforce.

No, I think a win is the best we can hope for ::)

I would not be disappointed with a draw though.

I feel a hat-trick coming on.

3-1 swindon, rose freekick, ritchie and austin. come on town good solid performance!!

Would be great to get a win today but im going for 1-1

Peterborough currently on corssbar challenge on soccer am.

My brother in law moved back to Swindon area this week after decades in the wilderness in Peterborough. God it's so bloody flat up there!!

Now he's back with a proper team, he just needs educating!  Interestingly, he says that  no matter how well they do on the pitch they're always under fire from the fans and the local population in the area is as apathetic as it is around here.

By the way 2 - 1 to us.

Anyone going to this or just me and the miserable bald cunt

Oh and 1-1

We're going.

Only annoying thing is that I'd have preferred the fixtures the other way round as we're comic down for the speedway tomorrow.

2-2 for me, Ritchie and Pericard.

We will win 4-2

3-1 defeat.

To get a draw we'll have to score at least 2.

8-4 defeat

2-2 for me....that would be great! :D

Can I have some of your drugs please?

Going by the logic that I cannot predict anything right this season proved by deliberately predicting Rovers to win 2-1 last Monday it'll be 1-0 to Boro  :(

be careful what you wish for!

Nothing wrong with being confident!! its no good thinking there gunna lose!

Heart says we can win today if we put in a good performance, but head says we'll lose 2-1

If we play like we did in the first half against Rovers, we'll lose 4-1.

If we play like we did in the second half against Rovers, we'll draw 2-2.

I'm going to be honest on this one and admit that I don't know what the score will be.

I like an honest man

1-0 Swindon -  oooooosh Sean Morrison

I always think we're going to win although a draw would by no means be a bad result.

2-1 to us.

Ritchie and Pericard will get the other one in off his backside. Happy days 8)

Don't think we will win today but you can never say never. Think Johnson has given them a bollocking this week and they are pretty good at home so I expect it will be a long afternoon for us.

I think you mean "We're graphic novel down for the speedway"

I predicted 6-1 on Monday and we did OK out of that so same again - 6-1 to us

I'll go 2-1 Town with an udeserved unconvincing win

or maybe " we're Norman Wisdom/Bernard Manning down for the speedway"

Good point, well made

Or maybe it's fucking predictive text on the iPhone

Anyway, sat outside Charters having a pre match pint, and it's freezing

Positive:  Bristol City are coming down!

Will caddis start for amankwaah???

Doubt it-Wilson thinks he's too short to play there.1-1 today with Ball scoring.

No change.

(4-3-3): Lucas; Amankwaah, Cuthbert, Morrison, Rose; McGovern, Douglas (c), Ferry; Ball, Pericard, Ritchie

Subs: Smith, Thompson, Caddis, Sheehan, Prutton, O'Brien, Austin

Town unchanged, fair enough.

Lucas, Rose, Amankwaah, Morrison, Cuthbert, Ferry, Douglas, McGovern, Ball, Ritchie, Pericard

Bench looks a whole lot stronger.

....or 4-5-1..strong looking bench.

Fair play for keeping the same team

Peterborough look strong, no room for mucking around today!

You Reds!

no dossevi ?

Peterborough team anyone?

PETERBOROUGH UNITED (4-4-2): Joe Lewis; Mark Little, Gabriel Zakuani, Kelvin Langmead, Tommy Rowe; Arron Davies, Lee Frecklington, Grant McCann, George Boyd; Aaron Mclean, Craig Mackail-Smith

Subs: Steve Collis, Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi, Charlie Lee, Carl Piergianni, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Matthew Gill, David Hibbert

Bar the front 3 and Gavin McCann I really don't think it's that good, we are going to have a hard job on our hands at the back this afternoon though that's for sure.

Cheers

I think we will lose 2-0 but I would be happy with a draw up there TBH.

Checking in from sunny Florida. Would love to sneak a win today as one of my best mates is a posh fan and is convinced they are going to win. Think there may be goals. I'll go 2-2.

Haha you bunch of gaylords. Cheer the fuck up innit. 0 - 3 Swindon, £4 returns £316 at Befair :)

You reeeeeeeedddsssssssssssssss

Just tuned in to Wilson talking sense as always. I'm predicting goals today - which will probably mean a goalless draw - 3-2 Swindon. Also looking forward to some more classic VM...

fucks sake

Oh.

1-0 Craig Mackail-Smith

1-0 3 minutes - game over

You stupid cunt

OH SHIT :eek:

It's all John's fault.

alright, we'll call it 3 - 1 then :D

john out!

2-0.

fuck fuck fuck

2-0 Craig Mackail Smith

What are his odds to be top goalscorer? Get on it sharpish.

2-0

plymouth again

oh dear

Oh shit, if we carry on not bothering to mark anyone we could be in for a long afternoon

2-0 already

3 - 2 :-|

Going to be a long afternoon.

OH DEAR :badmood:

So glad I didn't go right now

We're going to have one of our crappy games again and lose 5-0 aren't we? Meh.

what the fuck.....

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This would never have hapenned if Austin had started.

Oh boy.

Pulled out of going to this last night as fancied a lie in instead......right decision made I think

im going out

are you fucking kidding me?

When was the last time we came back to win?

Arse.

Prutton warming up already. Sounds of stable doors being bolted and distant horses have been wildly overeported.

I'm on for 3-2 in the Prediction League though I think...it's still on!

December 1904

this gets asked every week

April 2009 in a competitive game, roughly.

Posh are fairly notorious at coming from behind whilst we are notorious for not being good at it. Therefore, by that logic we won't lose today. Or something.

Great start you cunts

No it wasn't it was December last season against Leyton Orient, not sure about away games though or from 2 goals down

Austin to come on, maybe?

We were never behind against Orient

Paynter put us 1-0 up.

Chatting shite, you are...

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20090142

11/04/09

Sounds like we're getting a lot of the ball.

Yes we were, Sean Thornton put them in the lead

He equalised.

No he didnt.

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20100118

no, he might get injured
 

I assume Dossevi is injured?

fuck this.

Hmph.

3-0

fucking hell.

Bit of a 'mare.

This is crazy....

awesome?

7? 8? maybe even 10? players might as well go home now

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  got to laugh i suppose

4-3. We're gonna win 4-3

FFS

"We've turned the corner"
"2 points off the play-offs"
"We can push on from here"

0-3.

I feel sorry for the supporters who have gone from Swindon, awful.

Not sure I can listen any longer

3-1 david ball.

3-1! yeah

1-3 David Ball.

THE COMEBACK IS ON

3-1 WTF is going on today?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

yess

OH FUCK I THINK I,LL TAKE THE DRAW

David Ball!! :D

Shame it leaves us 3-1 down... this is a crazy score already... :badmood:

the come back is on....


....as if.

Ah well I might hang on a bit longer

Brace yourselves chaps. 3-1 looks better.

HERE WE GO COME ON SWINDON :smugfu:

This is just bizarre. If I hadn't heard it on R5 i might think this was just an elaborate hoax.

I suddenly have some faith.

oooh pericard off side.

This is the team that played the first 25 mins against Rovers.

Difference is that Peterboro have strikers that know how to score.

It could by five by half time.

And it doesn't help that Lucas is arguing with the Town fans.

And now we've got one back.

Trouble is were going timbres to score a hatfull to get a point

...now I've got red ring of death :(

Austin coming on....

Austin coming on after half an hour.

Erm, that's interesting.

Charlie Charlie Austin

one of the funniest away days ever was at london road, the game was pretty uneventful think it was 1-1 (about six years ago or something) really hot summers day and town faithful in good spirits in the sunshine ended up taking the piss out of the peterborough fans by singing are you peterborough in disguise. Fuck off cambridge fuck off cambridge etc, you're even worse than peterborough :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

We were in stitches I tell you. Seem to remember big malc the town fan got his glasses broken and his teeth punched out that day too anyone remember this?

Leeds vs Preston springs to mind, though I'm certainly not suggesting anything like that will happen!!  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

pericard!???

Vinny off.

Pericard making way for Charlie. Interesting.

Austin on for Pericard

...Can't image Vince will be that chuffed, I'm sure it's not his fault we've conceded three.

what the fuck?

bloody 'ell sub already

Pericard off?

Still 4-5-1

wtf

Austin on for Pericard. Odd one.

Peri off charlie on were gunna win deffo!!!! come on town!!!! :D

goal!

3-2 this is fucking mental

ritchie?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick Vic Morgan, calls it wide when it's in. Sounds like an odd moment.

COME ON TOWN!

3-2 WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?

This is CRAZY!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS :smugfu: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

come on town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking hell!

WTF?

GOAL!

This could be a Basketball score.

I turned the radio off after the first. This is all more than a little bemusing.

Pericard for Austin? He has to be injured, surely?

Fucking get in....Austin on and 3-2 now let's do this Town.

Fucking come on

I think Vic Morgan's really lost it this week...3-2 in less than 30 minutes..a joke.

Game on...

What a game,.................... so far!!

We are Vic Morgan's barmy army

It's actually 0-0, he's just taking the piss to wind up everyone who was horrible about him.

Oh they are teases.

Sexy football.

i didint really go out, just said it to add effect.  :-)
come on town

I'm calling it now. 5 goals in 25 minutes. No more goals for the rest of the game.

"Disappointing scenes at Palace where the BBC's Jacqui Oatley reports that Millwall's fans interrupted the minute's applause for former Eagles boss Malcolm Allison, who passed away yesterday. Police were involved as Millwall fans ripped away the canvas across the seats separating the two sets of supporters."

Lovely bunch.

I was about to post the same.

CBA to sign up for free STFCplayer. The game sounds fun from this thread though.

Blues beating Arsenal at Emirates hahaha.

SWINDON FANS IN GOOD VOICE-COME ON SWINDON 3-6

This commentary is sooo shit. Swindon score 2nd goal 30 mins...BBC commentary 4 hours and 13 minutes later; "oh I think it's gone in".

I put the radio on to find we were 3-0 down.  Switched it straight off in disgust, got sidetracked for a few minutes before coming on here to have a good old moan and suddenly it's 3-2 and we've only played half an hour.  WTF?  What a glorious time this would be to banish this god awful record of not being able to go on and win when we go behind.

Why do we always make it so difficult for ourselves though?

In terms of the Pericard/Austin substitution, I would have thought it was quite obvious as to the reason's behind it.  3-0 down and Wilson recognises that Pericard hasn't got it in him to be doing anything to change things.  Charlie has and will be raring to go after being sidelined!

This is possibly the most bizarre game of football I have ever listened to on BBC Wiltshire.

First 3-0 down after 20 minutes, then a getting a goal back, then Pericard off for Austin, then 3-2.  And it sounds like we are not playing too badly.

Come on Town!  Geteratem!

YES

If Wilson truly believed Pericard had nothing about him, he wouldn't have (a) signed him or (b) started with him. I think everybody was expecting 4-4-2 but in fairness to Wilson we've got two back and sound like we're doing ok

I still can't get over this, from 3-0 down to 3-2, lets do a Preston!!  :beers:

boring side note, Dave Syrett used to be our games/football teacher at my school a few years back!

Well if you're going to get the whole not winning from behind monkey off your back, you may as well do it in style.

2-0. Pissed off. Go into asda for 3 mins. Come out 3-1. Park up and into the house. Turn on Radio 3-2 and Austin is on. WTF is going on ?!
------------
As a team defensively when we are good we are very very good but when we are bad we are awful.

Still, credit where credit is due. Now come on and get the equaliser.

Attack! Attack!

Good band

Playing very well-would like to think we can get something out of this :clap:

Random observation, one goal for us would move us from 17th to 13th on the live table right now.

goal

David Ball beauty! 3-3

GET THE FUCK IN

Balll GET IN!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

FUCKING MENTAL!

david ball you reds fucking hell woooooot

wooo!

He gets the Ball he's David Ball, David David Ball!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

WHEN HE GETS THE BALL HE'S DAVID BALL
DAVID DAVID BALL

Fuckiung get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOWWWW :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

fuck me sideways

this is what happens when you take Pericard off!

AHAHAHAHAHA!!! 3-3

AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCKINNNNNGGGG GETTTT INNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A comeback started and finished by the TEF 8)

FUCKING YES DAVID

FUCKING GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss :smugfu: :smugfu: :smugfu: :smugfu: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: I fucking love you Swindon Town

3-3............. Craziest game in AGES!!!

7-9, we're gonna win 7-9, we're gonna win 7-9 lalala... :D  :beers:

Seriously though, wtf??  :beers:

Fucking have it!!!!!!!!!

Fuckingf beautiful fucking stuff

I wouldn't have minded going to this one..

fuck yes!! :sherlock:

Not any more! Lets all delete the first five pages or so we don't all look like complete muppets!

come on AUSTIN you got to score!!!

Erm, if there is a break can someone tell me if Big Vince injured?

Amankwaah going for it

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

No mate

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D :D :D :D :D

All credit to Wilson for changing it.

I was just reading & watching Skullduggery. A soon as Sir Geoff mentioned Peterboro' i thought he was about to say 4-2.

Fucking brilliant.

If we win this it will be one of the greats!

Remember folks:

Austin on the bench: 3-0 Peterborough

Austin in the team: 3-0 Swindon

He's that damn good.

Ta. Bloody odd to risk Austin then.....But...3-3 says the right gamble :)

He gets the ruddy ball, He is David bloody Ball.

I bloody love football and I bloody love Swindon Town!

Now why am I not at London Road?

Unbelievable Jeff.

Hear the Town fans singing, good lads!

Mental. Now let's keep plugging away!

They're rattled, GET AT EM

Fuck a duck

Danny Wilson is going mental

Went down the shop at 3 down............am i dreaming this score :no: :no:

I wonder if anyone left at 3-0?

DANNY WILSON'S HAVING PAAAAARTY!

Lets start again for the second half then, what a game. we gota win this. come on you reds!!!!  :clap: :clap:

HT 3-3

this is fucking bizzare

Half time.

I need a wank and a coffee after that.

What a fucking half :eek:

It'll be a case of two managers going mental at their players!

Looking down, I appear to have had five cups of Coffee in that first half. If I die, I will blame Danny Wilson.

I think he's just shit...

...nothing confirmed though.

What's this about Lucas arguing with the fans I heard a few pages back?

From the Adver:

32 mins: We're hearing that Pericard may have been withdrawn due to a groin problem that he was struggling with during the week.

Possible injury.

Here's some half-time entertainment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ou0H2C0HpA

FUCK ME.....WE'RE 3-0 DOWN, I'M SLASHING MY WRISTS, I GO OUT, COME BACK IN 20 MINUTES LATER AND IT'S 3 FUCKING 3......FUCK ME!!!!

Just when you think you've seen it all ::)

id like to think you are at the game

rule 1: Anyone at the game singing "3-0 and you fucked it up" shall be shot unless we are 7-3 up at the time and there is 1 minute to go.

Haha awesome

Was it Port Vale a few seasons ago where we managed to come back from 3-0 to 3-3 last? Seem to remember Fallon scoring a hatrick?

That Heathrow thing is sensational.

he scored by cheating the ball in from about a yard I think Hewlett scored in that game

I think I'm going to go out again :hmmm:

Love the Heathrow thing. Excellent.

Smith on for Lucas

Lucas off Smith in.

Strange

Smith for Lucas. Odd one again. Injured I assume.

WTF?

Bring on Sheehan?

Injury or related to the arguments that were mentioned?

Going to be an interesting post-match press conference!

Not sure what to do about the second half?  Shall I disappear for the next 45 minutes away from tv, radio and pc keeping everything crossed or do I remain glued?  Not sure I can take the strain of it all.  Would have taken a point before the game as I'm sure all of us would, but even more so now.  To go on and take all 3 would be immense, but surely not possible?   On the other hand I can't contemplate the thought of us now losing, it would be devastating!

I BLAME PHIL SMITH

I confirm this is probably the case.  :)

If he was struggling with a groin injury prior to the game, surely he wouldn't have started?

Get Sheehan on I can feel a Rose mistake coming....

Charlie Lee on for Posh. Wasn't he their player of the year when they got promoted?

next goal wins the game.

Indeed he was.

I think I can hear strains of "Cheer up Gary Johnson"

oooooooohh jpm  :(

Should have been 4-3 by thr sound of it, JPM hit it straight at Lewis.

You can.

JPM 'should' of scored apprently.

Decent chance by the sounds of it.  Damn :(

Unlucky JP :eek:

Can we make this pressure count?

wha?

a chance that didnt go in?

fuck

FFS

4-3 Peterborough

Back to slitty wrists.

FUCK

FUCK

OH FUCK :badmood:

oh dear

Sounds like Amankwaah was all over the place.

:(

There's still time

climax-anti

Gay

What a fucking shame

Still we don't appear to learn!  FFS.  Can't see us coming back again tbh.

Anything can happen yet. We should know that by now.

SHould of scored chaz.

Good save from Lewis denies Austin. A long way from done.

fat lady has not sung yet!

In other news, the sun is 'sort of brightly shining'. Thanks Vic.

And to think that it seems that we have dominated most of this half so far. Frustrating.

Uh oh...

Unlucky Kev.

We've just come back from 3-0 down and yet at 4-3 down we're dead and buried :hmmm:

Lewis saves well again from Kevin, really putting pressure.

too excited there vic - i thought that was 4-4!

keveader

Their keeper has now made two 'fantastic' saves.  Bloody typical!

KEV!!NO!!!

Unlucky Kev!!

Come on Swindon we can still do this

Such an open game. I get the impression this is far from over.

Peterborough have had some crazy games at their place, this seems no exception. I wouldn't mind betting there's more goals in this.

Don't mean to be negative, but surely it's too much to ask?  Will eat my words if proved wrong  :)

The spirit of St Andrews 1993 lives on ;)

i bet morgan has spunked himself dry by now.his bollocks will be like walnuts

maybe a david ball hat trick or shorly we can count on charlie charlie austin!!?

I know mine are ?

Prutts coming on.

Prutton coming on, guess for McGovern.

Off!

Late challenge on Dougie. Sounded a bit naughty.

Yellow card for Frecklington, Jesus on for Douglas who was tackled.

Prutts on for Douglas

I bloody hope so that would be superb! :D

Macclesfield come back from 2-0 down to 2-2 v Oxford

PENALTY TOWN

penalty!

Penalty to Town

Yes penalty.

penalty? who to take it, austin?

Penalty to town!

 :zipped:

PLEASE COME ON!!!

ahh I hate pens come on Charlie

I can't bear it!  Come on Charlie!

Penalty - Charlie.

4-4 Yeeeees.

Have we had a penalty yet this year? Austin to take it...

IN!

 :beers:

Get the fuck in Charlie

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :smugfu: :clap: :clap: :clap:

YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAHEY

CHARLIE CHARLIE AUSTIN

WELCOME BACK YOU FUCKING HERO

4-4. mental.

Yes Charlie. YES!

Yeeeessss!!!!

You had that ready to post before he took it, you risk taking bastard!

Bloody Charlin Austin, I bloody love him.

Woo fucking hoo!

GET THE FUCK IN! Sir Charles of Austin!!!!!!!

This is very exciting.

Now I'm hoping we don't let in 4 late goals!

I had to delete the "oooh no he's missed" bit first ;)

For one horrible nanno-second I thought he'd missed..thanks again Vic :crash:

Still..who gives a fuck :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers:

come on town we can do it!!!!
 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

O ye of little faith :)

With the exception of our second, when he didn't realise it had gone in, Vic hasn't been too bad.

Macclesfield 3 Oxford 2. And City lost earlier. Come on town.

GET THE FUCK IN!!!!

Macclesfield 3 Pox 2...

Peterborough putting in a few battle tackles now...oh no, that one was Austin on McCann, not the other way round.

"Prutton, a wonderful tackle"

Possibly the most amazing thing I've heard all day

Good to hear rendition of wise men say.

Scum were 2-0 up, now 3-2 down.

Currently eating words.  :D

Come on Town, no silly mistakes now please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LETS GO FUCKING MENTAL!!!

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers:

fuck me. this is mental

Get it away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God how I hate those words: "it goes into the Swindon penalty area".

Prutton foul on the edge of the box. Peterborough fans not convinced it was outside...

Both teams deserve three points for this surely.

Would it be such a difficult thing to ask if our defence can stay strong for the remaining 15 minutes?

Come on Town!  I bloody love football and bloody Charlin Austin!

Bloody Prutton!  Free kick, for fucks sake Town.

Oh god. my poor heart can't take this

Come on Charlie.........its set up for ya!

Pox now losing 3-2 at Macc.............and Hereford come from 3 down to be winning 4-3 at Northampton.

Fucking hell-Pruttons a dirty bastard!

Phew! Missed it.

fuck me that was close

WISE MEN SAY....

"We want 5!"

What happened to Lucas BTW?

I felt physically sick as that free kick was taken.  I don't know what to do with myself, this is horrible.

This is terrifying.

Dunno

Dunno

Hereford 3 down at Northampton half time, they're now 4-3 up. Wannabes!

Which is not entirely a bad thing

Just got elbowed did our gippo!

So did I!! It was horrible...

This sounds totally fucking nuts ::)

Ref getting some constructive criticism from Peterborough fans.

I have a heart attack every time boro come forward

Who's on the commentary?

Syrett

Dave Syrett.

Bah, there's not been a goal for ages. This is rubbish

Thought that was in!

Who the fuck is Dave Syrett?

Bloody hell-I used to play with him for Dorset schoolboys.He sounds a lot older than me!

Come on town!

Ben Tozer just been sent off for Northampton

Only scored the first ever Swindon goal I saw..that's who.. 8)

knowing that the ball is on the near side or far side is fair enough but what fucking  half is it in Vic?

Anyone else pacing?

Sounds like we should be counting ourselves lucky with not giving away a penalty.

It feels like I am playing, I am shattered.

Same. This is a good workout for the heart!

I'm taking the radio out for a much needed cigarette.

Heart palpatations and  hyperventialtion.  Ah, the joys of following Swindon Town!

How long left?

Good striker.........remember him scoring a hat trick v Spurs on debut after leaving us....live on TV also.

How much longer?

last mintue of normal time

Last minute of normal time.

too long...

4 minutes added

4 mins stoppage time.

I hate added time

So do I - unless we score!!

4th official enjoying this.

It's fair to say nobody will be getting this in the Prediction League.

Please hold on Swindon :headhurts:

fucking hell! get it out!!!

FUCK MY LIFE

No!

My nerves can't cope with this
Oh no

Kevin Amankwaah OG

Fucking Hell :badmood: :cry:

oh for fuck sake.

i fucking hate football and swindon town fc - fuck off and die.

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Madness. Pure, simple, madness. Full time.

Totally gutted.

shit oh shit-94th minute again!

Heart fucking Broken.

FFS. shit shit shit.

gutted

Gutted.

gutting

How bloody depressing  :badmood:

I'm fucking off out---------------bye :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Only Swindon...............great game though.

Fuckity-fuck-fuck.  I hate football sometimes.

As exciting as it is, letting in 5 goals is inexcusable, even away from home.

Our defence has gone from being the best in the league to the worst in 4 weeks.What is the problem?

Jack Wilshere sent off for a horror tackle- I wonder if Wenger will see that?

Oh who am I kidding, who gives a shit about anything else.

At least we didn't cave in and lose 5 or 6 nil. But agree with Lucien 5 goals is poor.

I think we may well see a centre back brought in before next weekend.

Haha. Amankwaah has been shit this season. Fucking shitty arse. If he's injured just get a fucking loanee in - anybody!

Cunts.

Got to love these last minute goals though..again.

We should be revelling on what was an amazing game of football, but overriding feelings of despair instead..Oh Kev deary deary me..

4.58pm: 11 minutes' stoppage time at Huddersfield after an injury to one of the linesmen, which forced them to locate a new fourth official from the stands.

I think the game of football has officially gone a bit mad.

Well don't I feel a twat  :(

Gut wrenching.

Absolutely devastated.  All that hard work completely wasted.  Plymouth all over again, but this time it feels 100 time worse!  :cry:

Why can Swindon only seem to play for the middle period of the game?! Fucking annoying. To score 4 away and lose is very disappointing. :(

I cant believe it, well i can but i cant  :( :(

Quite. We shouldn't be losing games we score 4 in, especially away from home

Gutted.

 :(

if you go 3-0 down you can't really expect to get anything from the game.
 the positive is that we made a fight of it.

Lets not get into this again.

We lost, in heart breaking fashion, ergo it wasnt an amazing game in the slightest. It was a shitty wanky bollocks bastard cunting game.

I fucking hate stoppage time...

Oh my. An own goal too. What a shame.

Not a good day.

wilson out

FFS! Just got back in. Had a quick look in when we were 3-2 down and felt a bit fed up. In the car heard us get back to 4-4 and felt good. Logged on here and now have a feeling of despair!

 :badmood:

One of those games really. I don't think you can complain too much about the defensive side. Ok, going 3 down in the first 25 minutes was a joke and should never have happened, but we came back from it and even fought back after going 4-3 down. The late goal is a gutting blow but he we held on for 4-4 it would have been a great result

Yep. Disappointing to drop a point but you're right.

I fucking hate football. You cruel mistress.

And for the third game out of the last 4, we've conceded a goal in the last minute or so.  Cost us last season and will do again this one.  

Irrelevant if it was an exciting game, as is the case more often than not, we're the team who have come away with nothing!  

It could be worse. We could be a bunch of South Londoners who just lost 4-0 to a bunch of gays.

I think you can. We conceded 5 (five) goals.

Not a great game for our defence and Morrison in particular. But he's too young and inexperienced to be relied on week in week out.

4 points from the play-offs and 3 from relegation - we're playing like a mid-table team and I think that's where we'll finish this season.

In some ways I would actually have preferred to lose 4-0, than fight back (twice), score 4 goals but still come away with nothing.  We need to learn not to switch off until the final whistle, there is no excuse for that, they're bloody professionals!  Pissed off with it tbh.

"Vincent Pericard, What A Shambles"  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Some muppets text in to Radio Swindon.

04/05 season written all over it.

he got subbed off after half an hour, so he didnt exactly cover himself in glory today!

There are some epic retards who should have their voice taken away from them. Texts and facebook page is full of incredibly dense people.

Personally I'd rather the team showed some fight and maintained a respectable goal difference, but each to their own

But hardly a fucking Shambles Dave. 3 nil down suggests the problem was elsewhere

Did the Swindon fans sing "3-0 and you fucked it up" ?

if they did its completely and utterly their fault

devastated

 I was so excited by the prospect of a 4-4 draw....only ever known one v Chester in the 80's.

 However can never recall a 5-4 defeat so that's something new  :)

He might have been injured, I dont know - no one has confirmed yet but anyone who gets subbed off after half an hour who isnt injured (or goes off for the sub keeper) is pretty much a fucking shambles by default.

Wilson is sounding very pissed off with the way we threw it away.

he is injured.
that said i think he's rubbish anyway

Wilson has just confirmed he was injured.

Regardless, he's shit.

Dunno why everyones so devasted,it was a great listen.The forum had 72 people online and 70 guests when I logged in.

Go forum!

16th-think thats where we deserve to be. Prob didnt deserve to lose but at 4-4 posh were the only team that tried to win it

Agree with you Reeves 4E.
Had we let in 4 or 5 and scored none I think that would give much more cause for concern.

I wish the bloke interviewing him would ask when he is going to start thinking about replacing Greer.

Ok, he went off injured, again.

4-4-2 with Austin and Ball upfront please.

Leyton Orient (H)        
Yeovil Town (A)               
Charlton (H)                   
Colchester (H)

Massive 4 games coming up, could define our season.

Really need to take advantage of those home games.

Quite right, the three good saves Lewis pulled off from Austin, Amankwaah and Austin were clear examples of us trying our best not to win it.

Didn't expect anything from today's game, gutted the way it pans out, but those next four games look like the kind of runs we need to get 10-12 points on to be up the top of the table.

I think the original point was, it would have been less heart breaking for us to have just lost 4-0 than to have pulled it back to 4-4 with 3 seconds left to go....

Yes, that was the point made, but I'd rather lose a hard-fought game than become a national laughing stock for the week

Glad that he didn't make any excuses and said the defence was poor, but he as manager is the one who fundamently needs to sort this out and quickly.

3 defeats in the last 4 games with 11 goals conceded is clearly a massive issue.

Haven't read the complete thread or listened to the commentary, but we really do start games so slowly, a la Brighton andPlymouth and Bristol Rovers should have been comfortably in front in the first half.  Perhaps DW needs to wind them up a bit more just before kick-off.

Does this now mean 400 grand is a good price for Morrison?

it always has been.

Still don't agree with original point though

However you look at it, it has to be 'better' to lose 5-4 than 4-0.

Not compared to what we have got for youngsters recently it's not

Just got home, really fucking angry.

Not one of Morrisons better days to be fair, and last goal was his fault but the whole defense were pretty poor. Did piss me off that after fucking up & giving away the fifth goal he didn't bother coming over to the fans and instead headed down the tunnel as soon as he could.

To fight back from 3-0 & not get anything from the game is just so annoying and avoidable.

not according to the Morrison to Newcastle thread

He's known we needed a centre back since July.

It's what will cost us at the end of the season. Shipping 5 just isn't good enough.

At least we scored four, a front three of Ball-Austin-Ritchie will cause teams alot of trouble but thats no good if we keep shipping goals at the back.

Oh God, you do get some muppets texting in...some one's just questioned Shirtliff's cone gathering skills ::)

That was exactly the point I was trying to make Dave.  Everyone would have been completely pissed off, but the circumstances as they were have left the majority of us feeling genuinely distraught.

Prompt action needs to be taken.....a step too far.

At one point, I noticed there were 109 guests!   

This game was a freak. We won't defend like that again this season.

 I do think Pboro away is a bit of a one off this season....had we gone there sneaked a 1-0, or even a 0-0 I'd quite expect us to finish there or thereabouts.

 There are a number of positives to take from this game.....

I would take 400k for Morrison right now if someone offered it. He's either fantastic or terrible, no in between. We need some consistency in defence and I don't think he provides that. How did Cuthbert get on today?

Maybe it's time for LJF to come into the side?

P.S - That Romain guy off the adver site is a fucking idiot. If somebody knows him could you please give him a slap.
        Thanks in advance Coca Fola x

With regards to the game.  :suicide:

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF, BUT IVE JUST HAD A TEXT OFF DANNY  ,he reminded me of his masterplan ,and now that the price of THE TOWN is big enough for a tidy profit now is the time to get your bets on.WE WILL BE TOP BY CHRISTMAS,and run away with it after that. 5- 4 wank but 4 goals away from home, lets be positive ONWARDS AND UPWARDS "COME ON THE TOWN"

Just looked at the match stats on the Town (& BBC) site.

How the fuck did we only have four shots on target. Lewis made three very good saves that were all going in & we scored four. That makes at least seven.

And yes, I'm still angry

Yeah sure you have mate.  ::)

soapy tit wank he wasnt being serious

He's always been inconsistent. I though he was sorting it out, but looks like he's not there yet. Its always been known,Wilson mentions the age/experience/consistency link every week.


I guess after costing us a point he wanted to get the hell out of it. Can't blame him.

Looking on the bright side, you are home already :)

I think I know who he is, and he ain't the sharpest tool in the box. But he is a tool.

Spot on arriba.

Yeah you can.

Think i know him, Matt Romain.

OK. I will. Bloody hell Morrison.

That's the spirit

Tell Matt Romain he's a cunt. Even if it's not him. Just tell him anyway.

Neither was I.  ;) :fishing:

Stat of the day to piss you all off :

We've now conceded in the last minute of our last THREE games against Peterborough, as we did it in both games against them in 08/09.

Why do we try to hold on? We're shite at it.

In training the players should play 95 minute matches with time added on too. Then the goals would be conceded after 95 minutes and we all know you rarely get more than 5 mins of added time in a match. Good bit of psychology there would work wonders on the team.  :nod:

You can expect to get something out of it if you bring it back to 3-3 though. Or 4-4. We should have got a point. Simple as.

Unless we happen to know two different Matt Romains, it's not him. Will have to do as Batch commands though.

Agreed, not being able to see out a game again is not good enough.  Sadly my negativity when we went 4-3 down essentially ended up being correct, although I wish to god it hadn't been.  I'm still distraught over it all.

It's a game of football....not worth getting het up over. I'm going to go and find out the last time we scored 4 away and lost.

Answer Dec 34, lost 4-7 at Watford.

Can't be arsed to read through this lot, obviously I'm disappointed with result especially after levelling twice, so I'm going to concentrate on the positives

1. We scored Four
2. We scored Four away from home
3. Charlie's back
4. Charlie scored
5. stfcinbmth has still not seen Sir Charles miss a penalty

That'll do it for me

Oh and must have been a great game tho

Not really, it was a case of two teams that don't know how to defend properly.

Only positive that I can see, they are up at the top end of the league (2nd now I think), and there really wasn't an awful lot to choose between the two sides.

how did we line up today?
was manks poor or just the scapegoat for mindless cretins?

Like everyone i am pissed that we lost after pulling 3 goals back, the issue as the Plymufff game seems to be the first 10 minutes and the last couple of minutes
I agree with Reg there are some positives to be taken from this game

Line up & formation was the same as Monday.

None of the defense played particularly well (especially in the first 25-30 mins), but I wouldn't say Manks was any worse than the others.

Think it was just easy to point the finger because he scored the OG, but in all fairness had Morrison taken one of his opportunities to clear the ball it wouldn't have happened.

I think it's just a trait that a lot of fans have, every season they have someone who takes the blame, it's almost as if by doing that the others can be let off for making mistakes & poor games.

Also Rose could have quite easily taken a yellow for the team by taking the guy down just outside the box before the og.

Some positives today but in general against any sort of pace up front we look awful in defence, against any sort of strength in midfield we can't cope.

Fortunately there are goals in the side but a lot of that will depend on whether we can keep Ritchie any longer than the initial month.

As has been said both teams were very poor defensively but you have to question what they were training toward during the week, we know boro are going to try and attack with pace and in numbers so why did we allow them to so much until 3-0?

The positives to take are that Austin is back and came out of the game well and that we have found a source for more goals with Ritchie and Ball getting goals today, ball has 3 in 3'now, could be a very key player, we're
Having a gang bang, we're having a ball, we're having a gangbang with David Ball

Not sure where to start with that game!  Neither side could defend and could easily have been 7-7!  Disappointed to lose a 9-goal game in that way but was just a crazy, crazy game!

Our defence was very poor but have to give credit to Peterborough - they looked very good going forward with some slick one touch passing and movement at times, and they pour forward in numbers when they attack.  They've already put 5 past Huddersfield at London Road this season, and I dare say some other teams will concede a lot of goals there before the season is out.

Going forward we looked dangerous as well and could have had more than the 4 - even though 2 of the 4 goals were gifted to us (one by their keeper, and one by their no 14).  Austin coming back linked up really well with Ball & Ritchie and look forward to seeing him playing there more often in this new formation (if we stick with it).

Defence though struggled - but i think today was the hardest test we'll have away from home this season.  Big Kev looked good going forward today, but poor at times at the back - 4th goal looked as though he may have been at fault - not much he could do about the og though, was reminiscent of Greer's at Millwall last season.  Morrison should have got rid of the ball miles before the cross came in though in the first place - someone else who had a poor game.

Overall disappointing to lose such an exciting game in that manner - but if we can continue to attack like that with Charlie leading the attack now then we will score goals, but we do need to get that defence shored up ASAP!

BBC once more prove their worth.

"The Bees levelled again when Charlie Lee handballed to allow Austin to score from the spot"

To be fair, our own website says "Both sides had chances in the time remaining with Swindon defending resolutely to secure a share of the spoils after a topsy-turvy clash at London Road."

Not back long.

Fucking gutted to lose that after we did so well to get back into it.

Basically, if it wasnt for the defence we would have won that.

We looked great going forward. Ball, Ritchie and Charlie when he came on were great.

If we can sort our defence out and continue to attack like we did today then there is no reason why we cant make play offs, otherwise we are in for a fairly average mid table season.

That's what happens if you have a report ready to go before the final whistle!

I've long thought that one of the reasons we concede so many is that we don't commit enough fouls. Other teams will commit a foul and take a yellow card if necessary to stop an attack and break up the play, this tactic doesn't seem to be in our game plan and it needs to be. I don't like that kind of play but if you can't beat them, join them.

Yes, but one of the main sticks used to beat a certain ex defender of ours was that he gave away too many silly free kicks - which we never conceded from.

Not saying you did personally Jonny but plenty of people have done.

Got back about 7.45, haven't felt like posting and haven't read back through the read, but my 2p.

The first 20 minutes was truley shocking, defensively at least. Cuthbert got beat in the air too easily for the first, Morrison was at fault for the second and Lucas' poor kick led to the third. All easily avoidable. Then we get back in the game, with two gifts from their back four and a bizarre second goal. Still not sure how it went in, so will be interesting to watch on the FLS.

Second half we could have gone ahead through JPM, and their keeper has pulled off 3 worldies. Didn't get a great view of their fourth, but the winner was so avoidable it makes me sick. Morrison just had to put his fucking foot through the ball. The last seconds of the game and he tries to beat their attacker?

I can't remember our 2 keepers making a save of note. It seemed like everytime they had a meaningful effort on target they scored, mostly because the errors gifted them such simple opportunities.

Back 4 were gash. Rose was the pick of the bunch (never thought I'd day that 6 weeks ago). Amankwaah is just not good enough at the moment, for whatever reason. Looked really dodgy against pace, and I would like to see Caddis get a run there now, or if he's not a right back, bring one in. Cuthbert was the better of the 2 CBs but at fault for their first, Morrison had a bit of a mare.

Ferry and Dougie were standard. The beauty of these two is that they're so consistent. JPM isn't doing it for me in the hole. The 2 wide boys were awesome again going forward. Pericard done fuck all until going off. Austin was awesome until the 80th minute and then stopped. He was clearly absolutely knackered.

Because Austin couldn't pressure their back four any more, we began to sit back, which is why they finished the game so strongly, but the goal was sickingly avoidable.

They are a bloody good side at this level. We know all about the front three but Lewis in goal was superb second half, as was their right back. If we could have got a point it would have been an incredible result, but still there are some real positives to take from the game - mostly the 2 wide boys getting better and better and Austin looking so good on his come back.

The negatives - the three injuries, well certainly Lucas and Dougie, could really hurt us just as we were starting to get some strength in depth back. The defence is still very shaky, and the hunt for an experienced CB should still go on, and I'll say it again, if Caddis is not a RB, we need to bring one in.

All in all, a mental game which was thoroughly enjoyable between the 24th and the 93rd minute, but felt absolutely gutted when we conceded the late goal.

I was leading the charge in slagging off Greer for all the stupid free kicks round the area, and we did concede from at least one of them and maybe more. But they were stupid free kicks, little pushes and fouls when our defence was back and organised which isn't what I'm talking about.

You just have to look at the way other teams play against us, or even the England game midweek, to see the sort of fouls I'm referring to - away from the area, on the break etc.

greer was consistant all last season and a major factor in last seasons success.flogged for £250,000 and seen as good business by many.
morrison has about as many good games as awful ones and fans think he's worth big money.
the formation doesn't help,but the personel is the biggest factor imo of why we are where we are.

Morrison is a much better player than Greer. I thought we already established this.

dont be fucking stupid.

hahaha hillarious how one result can sway people's opinions

Do you not think age and potential may be contributing factors to the differences in valuations?

not mine.

Hi sean

Morrison on the top of his game will give you 8 out of 10.
Greer at the top of his game will only give you a 7 out of 10.

However, when Morrison has a poor game, he's poor and will give you a 4 out of 10. Greer on a bad day will only go as low as a 6 out of 10. Much less variation between his best and worst. Much more consistent

Morrison and Cuthbert as a partnership probably only give you a 6 out of 10, where as a Greer and Cuthbert partnership gives you 8 out of 10

...if any of that made sense.

Fair point

spine of team last season.
lucas
greer
douglas
paynter

this season.
lucas
douglas

add to that the changed shape with those like jpm who were superb last year in different roles and there you have it.in my opinion why we are miles off last seasons form.

greer had games where he was an 8 rating at least too.

Just read through the whole thread and I've got to say that some posts made me more pissed off than game did! Lots of slagging off of the people who text in, but quite a few retarded comments right here on the tef.

Most open game I've been to in a long time, both teams appeared to be operating their defences using an on/off switch (We didn't even plug ours in at the start!)

Amazing comeback at 3-0 down and in the 2nd half it was only down to Lewis in the peterboro goal that stopped us from scoring another 3. No exaggeration, those saves were top-drawer.

Neither side sat back at 4-4 and despite the gut wrenching disappointment of conceding at the death, it was good to see Town carrying the fight to them.

I think I went through every emotion yesterday, just a shame the last one was despair!

Usual muppets HB, who like to comment on everything but don't seem to go to many, if any games. Ignore them .

I think we can win the next 5 games on the spin. But the players, particularly the defence need to wake up, we cannot keep starting games so slowly. They need to get out of bed half an hour earlier or something.

Orient is now a pressure game, they need to correct the woeful performance of the League Cup 1st round and really go at them from the off.

I hope with Charlie now back, we will go 4-4-2 with JPM on the right wing and Ritchie on the left. Either Ball or Pericard will have to sit on the bench. Caddis and Sheehan to come back in. But if Wilson doesnt do that Im not going to cry about it, like some people seem to.

We have missed certain players badly, and not just Charlie. Sheehan ran the game up at Walsall, he was absolutely superb.

Dropping Ball would be riduculous, Mcgovern needs to be dropped..

Next week I want to see:

Smith

Caddis  Cuthbert  Morrison  Rose/Sheehan

JPM  Ferry  Douglas  Ritchie

Ball  Austin

I'd just make 2 changes - Lucas for Smith unless Lucas is injured. I'd also have a look at Nathan Thompson instead of Caddis - oh and Sheehan ahead of Rose. I think we need to go back to 4-4-2. 

Sheehan's the better player without doubt, but Rose hasn't done much wrong. He's probably been one of our best players last few weeks.

                        Smith

Caddis    Morrison   Cuthbert   Rose

             Prutton    Douglas  Ferry


Ball                                            Ritchie
                      Austin


In my opinion the attack does not need to altered if we can score 4 away from home.

Slightly off topic, but has anybody else noticed what bollocks the game stats on the BBC, O/S etc are. Says we only had 4 on target. But 4 goals 2 blinding saves, and the one from JPM = 7 on target. Who actually reports those as they are way off.

It kind of does and I think you're right but the attempt to put numbers on it makes it look like it's a statistical fact of some form. Whereas clearly it's not demonstrable in quite that way. It's a bit more paranormal than that

I think 442 is the formation we need to be playing.

For me there are questions as to personal in the fullback areas, think Caddis could work really well with JP down the right and if Sheehan is fit I'd bring him back in as I think him and Ritchie down the left could well be the most important area of the pitch for us.

I'd go the same midfield as last season with Ritchie in for Ward obviously and Ball up front with Austin - they're both capable of working the channels and moving with the ball themselves.  I quite like Vince but he is limited - the type of player he is always will be as even the averagely good ones are in the Prem - look at Kenwy Jones - he does his best and tries to bring other people into the game but I think our game would imrove with better movement up front.

I'm looking forward do seeing us at full stength because I genuinly believe we have what it takes once we're there and think we will take somebody to the cleaners very soon.

I did try and write it about 3 or 4 times - this way made the most sense but as you said its not perfect. Its a hard opinion to put directly into words or equations.

Good Morrison > Good Greer > Bad Greer > Bad Morrison

I think you've pretty much got that right, Dave/DV.

I don't think everything's all rosey. Not by any stretch. But I still don't think things are as bad as is being made out. It's been said countless time that we haven't replaced what we lost and that is still correct! There's still plenty of time left this season and having seen how desperate other teams than just ourselves are to chuck away points, I don't think we'll at any point be out of the running for where we want to be this season. Some intelligent buys in January and we could all be looking back on this and thinking what were we getting so stressed out for.

Things are not great, but they aren't as bad as some people seem to be making out. The formations have been hit and miss, but the ones employed yesterday and vs Rovers seem to allow us to attack quite well. This may have hampered a couple of star performers from last season, but over all it seems to work. We just need to sort the defence out and we all know what we need there...

The 4-5-1 looks good I think.

I'd go:

Lucas (if fit)

Caddis
Cuthbert
Morrison
Sheehan

Douglas
Ferry

Ball
Prutton
Ritchie

Austin

Spot on. Keep the formation thats scoring us goals

But its also conceding for us too! Its not just the back 4 that is the problem (in my opinion obviously).

I don't the answer mind, I don't know what our best formation/starting 11 is right now.

Havent looked back through the thread..iwill do that tomorrow..but....went to see my old village team play as i had a family commitment in the evening.

Fucking mobile was bleeping non stop with updates.

Watched the highlights last night...woeful defending al round.

Last season we let in last minute goals, this season we give the oppo 15 minutes of fill yer boots 'free time' (Plymuff, Gas and PBoro).

Wilson has to slam the brakes on.

Mankys own goal sums up his form...gutted for him as i rate him.

Hi All,
Posh fan in peace.
Firstly commiserations for yesterday, you must be totally gutted coming away with nothing.

What a bloody crazy game, we've come to accept that sort of thing at London Road, bloody good entertainment but not good for the old ticker.

Both sides couldn't defend to save their lives, thankfully we had a bit more up front.
Thought that we were awesome in the first twenty minutes and our first 3 goals were class, good movement, so dont be too harsh on your defence,  but I have to say your keeper looked really dodgy, not surprised he was substituted at half time.
God knows what happened after 25mins, I think our lads thought they were bloody Real Madrid and pissed about with it around our box.
As for your goals we gifted you all of them really, the first we just let Ball waltz through, for the second our skipper McCann (who is a class act normally) pissed about near the edge of our box for Ritchie to pounce, and the third Rowe decided to do the same near the halfway line when one on one, terrible mistake but to be fair a decent finish by Ball.
At least Rowe redeemed himself to set up our fourth.
If we hadn't pissed around enough, Charlie Lee then decided to handball the fooking thing to give you a penalty and your fourth.
Our fifth and the winner was a result of fresh legs and Mendez-Laing skinning your left back 3 times in the space of as many minutes, I did feel for Amankwaah as he looked decent for the rest of the game.

So overall, based on the quality of our goals and the fact that we gifted you yours, I think we deserved to win.
Having said that I had Lewis (our keeper) down as joint man of the match for 3 great saves.
Oh and how did McGovern miss that one on one, as that could have turned the game your way?

Biggest question for me was:- God knows why Austin didn't start for you he looked good?

Also it was nice to see a team not resort too much to cheating tactics like we have see many teams do at London Road this season.
Keep positve guys, you do look pretty decent going forward, but have the same problem as us, you cant defend, sort that out and you'll be fine.
And thanks for an entertaining, albeit mental game.
Looking forward to coming to your place.

p.s. Does anyone know that lad with a sliver BMW with something like SWIINDON as his plate? top guy!

first three goals were class? our keeper kicked one of them to you ffs.

Austin's been out all month injured after dislocating his shoulder.

Thanks....good post.
Really strange in a way because there seems to be a lot of doom and gloom on here (including me).
If we had won i should imagine the outlook today by a lot of us would be different..a 1-0 win and a scrappy goal would have sufficed!

I dont think DW will ever play Caddis at RB after MKD.If anything he will replace JP.

Cheers leefer.   Same on our forum mate, always get the doom merchants, we are second in the league and you wouldn't believe the negativity. Joe Lewis constantly gets slagged off, I know which keeper I'd prefer yesterday.
1-0 scrappy win, no way at London Road. All the best for the rest of the season (apart from 28 Dec ;) )

I  know you can only judge him on what you see, but in fairness Lucas (our keeper) has been pretty good for us since we got him. Has made the odd howler or two, but most (all) keepers do at some point.

Wilson claimed he was subbed at half time after feeling groggy after having the out earlier in the week.

Anywho, all the best and all that. Go for that second place as obviously we'll be top :)

Lucas is a terrific keeper. Certainly one of our better ones since Fraser Digby (Who is the Gold Standard of Swindon keepers as far as I'm concerned)

And a bloody good bloke to boot :nod:

Ball took both his goals very well. That's the only positive I can think of after dwelling on it for a while and having seen the highlights :)

Austin looked very sharp when he came on and Prutton slotted in well also.

To answer part of the initial question, Austin didn't start as he has been out for a month with a dislocated shoulder.

That was answered in the second post. Is Dave on your ignore list :)

the TEF has an ignore list?

Why didnt I know about this sooner?

Because 92% of all forum posters don't even realise you exist

It's a secret. Dont tell Batch. He's on mine..

That can't be true. At least 67% of all forum posters post about me on a regular basis.

You only think it's about you ...

I've only just been able to bring myself to watching Saturday's highlights. Apart from the defending, which doesn't need any more comment - the one thing that stands out is that David Ball's finishing and composure for both of his goals.

Be interesting to see how he'd work in a 2 with Austin now he's got his feet under the table here. Be interesting to see whether we go 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 on Saturday. If we go 4-4-2, it would indicate to me that Wilson's philosophy hasn't changed, and that the other 2 formations used this year have only been used due to lack of personnel.

Agreed. We have the players for 4-4-2 now. I think it's a goer. That said 4-3-3 stroke 4-5-1 has served us quite well going forward in the last 3 games.

Depends on injuries though, and Austin is not fully fit either so 4-5-1 may still be required, it has worked the last few games  so why abandon it if you ignore the P'Boro result which hopefully was only a freak result