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What the hell there's not one up yet so i'll start one.
Think we'll sneak a win tonight, still no clean sheet though!!

People are too scared. If you start a matchday thread and we don't win then the tongalese death rape squad come round and sort you out.

I'll have to take my chances... Fuck me we have to start winning soon!!!

Posssibly not the greatest choice of words.

Huma
Followed by a public forking in the centre circle...

You and Gabby couldn't keep up let alone catch me!

There will be goals. At least 6.

I read that as a pubic forking. Which is a term I will now use regularly.

2-1 defeat with Ritchie scoring, that is all.

CLEAN SHEET - you read it here first -  0-1
Back to the asylum  ::)

4-4 draw with us going 4-2 up and fucking it up late on.

this.but with austin netting

2 1 victory but with 11 injuries simultaneously occuring right on final whistle leaving us doomed to slip on fridays banana skin.

3-0 win with Michael Rose getting a perfect hat-trick

Michael Rose, Michael Rose
MIchael Rose has magic toes
Scores them here, Scores them there
Scores free kicks from everywhere

(Tune of spider pig :p)

I'm going for a 2-1 victory tonight.

Goals from Rose and Prutton.

You forget, I have the javelin fork to take you down with!

Also works with the tune of "this old man" (or O X F ...O ...R..D Joey Beauchamp...if you prefer).

Versatile.

Ha Ha sweet!

Spiderman*

3-0 win please

I'm going for 2-1 Town, Charlie and the Doss to score. Looks like Lee Hughes may not make it due to illness 

Totally forgot we had a game tonight.

2-2, double from Charlie

2-2 bah humbug

All that I can think is hmms and ahhs. I can't ask for a 9-0 defeat because that's stopped working. Prior to that all I've pretty much exclusively picked victories, so 5-5 draw is out there somewhere.

3-1 Town win

1-1, although if we play like we did first half at rochdale we'll lose 2-1

2-0 county

4.0 Town.

4-2 town

3-3 Douglas hat trick

2-1 town, cuthbert and austin

0-0

 :)

1-0 Douglas 25 yarder in the last 10 minutes.

Lets face it, he'll never score for Swindon. Nice thought though

When did we last win a league game away from home?Another heartbreaker 2-3

Walsall?

6th November

2-2 for me, although Im almost through predicting our results this term, I guess it depends on whether our defenders have their collective Jekyl or Hyde head on.

Shit-I thought that was FACup Si

Walsall is our only away league win this season.

1-1.

We'll win this.

1-3.

Its the only away game I've been to this season. Time to start clocking up the miles methinks.

Think we'll start are move up the table tonight with a 2-1 win. Being deliberately obscure I'll go with goals from Prutton and Dossevi

Havent we said that for the last few games?

Drab 0-0, with North Korean air-strikes disrupting play either side of half time.

2-0...Morrison to score first.

1-0 Town, Boring, Boring Swindon  :eek:

Yes please!

would be a good time to get a low key 3 points, would be a welcome boost.

But friday is a bigger game and I think some players might have one eye on that one.

To us maybe...not the management.

Id take 1 shot on target, a deflection off Timmay's shin  8)

If anything Id say the other way round?

Danny Wilson needs to keep his bosses on side. 3rd round/potential mega money.

I predict that both the Notts County and Crawley Town fixtures won't be pretty... That's not to say that I think we'll lose both but tonight will be hard for us.

1-1 draw, we score first.

However much they'd say otherwise, a televised cup game is always going to be a slight distraction to the players.

Tonight isn't an obvious season changer, partly because of Fridays game. It's an important 3 points to pick up though.

Can guarantee that DW sees this match as more important,,as i do.....Championship football will be worth millions to the club...a good cup run while highly desirable isn't.
Still a long season Spencer....and the play offs are well in our grasp.

Both games are important: Cup game win = Money from a potentially good third round draw; a win tonight = 3 valuable points.

Both are competitive games and should be treated with equal importance, they are to me!

Agree with Herthab.

Cant see it. We might flirt with the Play offs for a while, but I think we will fall short.

And thats assuming Austin isnt sold in january.

Nothing looks like changing in terms of stopping the goals at the back. We are fighting an uphill battle every game.

 Lose both and Wilson's record for this season will look very much like Maurice Malpas's, when he was sacked...

Any team news?

Agree Herthab....though i doubt Danny Wilson would,a league match is always more important to a manager than a cup game.
Both matches are winnable...COME ON TOWN.

5-5 with 2 own goals.

We will go 4-0 up only to spectacularly fuck up.

Unchanged

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Scott Cuthbert, Sean Morrison, Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Michael Rose; Matt Ritchie, Jonathan Douglas (C), David Prutton, Michael Timlin; Charlie Austin, Thomas Dossevi

Substitutes: Mark Scott (GK), Paul Caddis, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, David Ball, Alan O'Brien, Alan Sheehan

Yep.

We keep letting the lead slip.

29-26 town

No, quite the opposite.

We will go 4-0 down, fight back to lead 5-4 only to fuck it up by letting in a late goal

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Scott Cuthbert, Sean Morrison, Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Michael Rose; Matt Ritchie, Jonathan Douglas (C), David Prutton, Michael Timlin; Charlie Austin, Thomas Dossevi

Substitutes: Mark Scott (GK), Paul Caddis, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, David Ball, Alan O'Brien, Alan Sheehan

(Official site)

Apparently Notts County have named Stephen Darby in their line up.

Glad the team is unchanged, a consistant lineup can't be a bad thing for a few games in a row.

Here here, that was one of our strongest attributes last season, IF this line up can get a few results we might just might be able to reach some good and consistent form.

Everyone else has done it so I will too....

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Scott Cuthbert, Sean Morrison, Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Michael Rose; Matt Ritchie, Jonathan Douglas (C), David Prutton, Michael Timlin; Charlie Austin, Thomas Dossevi

Substitutes: Mark Scott (GK), Paul Caddis, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, David Ball, Alan O'Brien, Alan Sheehan

Is Lee Hughes playing?

Nope, sub.

Notts: Burch, Darby, Edwards (Capt), Ravenhill, Bishop, Davies, Chilvers, Westcarr, Judge, Harley, Miller.

Subs: Hughes, Pearce, Hawley, Nelson, Hunt, Ince, Spicer.

Cheers batch

got a quid on 3-3 at 50-1 :)

Wife out - check
Radio - check
Strongow x6 - check
Fags - check

Town victory - ...

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Scott Cuthbert, Sean Morrison, Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Michael Rose; Matt Ritchie, Jonathan Douglas (C), David Prutton, Michael Timlin; Charlie Austin, Thomas Dossevi

Substitutes: Mark Scott (GK), Paul Caddis, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, David Ball, Alan O'Brien, Alan Sheehan

Didnt realise you were a smoker mate? Its bad for your health.

*lights up 2 fags*

These are the things that dreams are made of, enjoy Mr. Gray.

I've bet on either side scoring more than three. 11-1.

Lucas on co-commentary? This could be fun.

Apart from the occasional social cigarette, I'd given up for about 6 years until last Saturday.

SMF connection problems can fuck right off.

Good lad

Don't start again then you dick.

Might be easier to understand than Ferry was.

Thanks for the kind words.

My pleasure, just don't put yourself through it.

COYR!!!!

And we're off....

Whos the main commentator?

he hasn't mentioned the game yet.

Batch by the sounds of it.

First matchday thread I've been in for this season, c'mon Town!

Chris Wise. Vic doesn't do midweek games usually.

Good start by the sounds of it..

Bad backpass from Lescinel puts Westcarr through and Smith forced into an excellent save- hopefully that's his one fuck up per game.

Save from Smithy!

jesus, lucas sounds a right miserable git

suicidal backpass by lecs.

I just hope hes changed his boots from saturday and will spend less time on his arse tonight.

Radio Dottingham's commentary is very 5 Live'esque (traditional and descriptive with no guest commentators)
  

Can you keep the text commentary coming for those of us stuck on a train? The official site only gives a sentence every ten minutes. Ta.

Hes fucking dreadful, hes more interested in bumming Lucas.

lee millers playing for Notts. Strachan, what were you thinking?!?

Fucking garbage striker.

This commentator has got a weird voice/accent

Timlin shot on target from a long throw, Swindon's best chance so far. Shot blocked.

Changed it for you

It's like listening to commentary from the 1950's!!

hes very loud and dave lukas is very quiet.

plymouth haha.

Notts County go close from Liam Chilvers after a free kick from Ben Davies, past the post.

Just wide from County following a free kick given away by Thomas D

He sounds half posh when he's commentating, then normal when just talking. Split personality I reckon

Cheers Nemo. You're my mate.

Westcarr's shot tipped wide by Phil Smith, Notts County distinctly on top. Corner.

County sound on top..

Jesus christ Lucas does not have the personality for live radio.

I think David Lucas = David Seaman

And their crowd sound up for it. Dissapointingly sounds like their fans can keep their chants to time unlike ours.

Pox heading towards nine defeats in a row?

That's just what I was thinking

Englands number one ;)

Oldham currently sit 4th in the table, where did they come from ?!

They've been up there all season to be fair. Or at least in the top 10.

Just outside of Manchester....is Speedie there manager?

Manchester area i believe

Zilina 1 up at Chelsea

Thought it was Dickov?

Somewhere near Manchester - been there for years. It looks as though i was a bit late with this comment

Apparently the Notts fans are pleased... the commentator can tell because they are singing the wheelbarrow song and they only sing that when they are happy... what do we sing when we are happy?!

Dickov is. Speed is Sheff U.

Another shot goes close from Westcarr, who seems the more dangerous of the County strikers.

Close enough...cheers.

Ha Lucas nearly said he had a foot fetish

David Lucas has a glove fetish...

Eyeliner, women's boots and gloves for applying make-up......commentary certainly getting the game across well!

I've changed my mind. Lucas is fucking brilliant

'designated touchline area'. nice.

Fucking hell, listening to Lucas is more depressing than Eastenders!

Notts commentator is randomly trying to pronounce Dossevi's name - so far we've had

Doss O'Vay
Dosseeeveee
Doss Ivy
Dosey V

LJF makes goal saving challenge!

What a tackle! Go on JLF!

Take that Lescs haters!

Long ball over the top, Westcarr through on goal but terrific tackle from Lescinel redeems his earlier mistake and stops the chance.

Herthab...thats not possible.

Both sides of Lecsy already been shown!

goal saving tackle from JFL.

Has there ever been a Swindon defender like him? He'll be booting it past Phil Smith into the net in a minute.

Lucas is so quiet! Turn his fuckin mic up!

On second thoughts don't...

Good point. I may have been slightly exaggerating.

Jeril Ifil ... Beeeeeeeeeast!

Ifil was surely quite a lot like him, capable of true brilliance and the occasional absolute howler?

Notts reckon town are coming back into it

Occasional :hmmm:

Is there anywhere where i can listen to it for free?

Any random website hiding somewhere?

You could try standing outside the ground ;)

Austin has a decent chance but fails to get a shot on target. Swindon fans chant Charlie Charlie Austin anyway.

Fuck off SMF!

Swindon's best move so far comes from a good team move, Prutton and Ritchie amongst those involved. Out for a corner which comes to nothing. Yellow card for Douglas for next to nothing.

haha. lucas hates refs

Lucas sounds like a fucking robot

Change the tone of your voice man!

Fuck me....if they dont get slagged on the pitch they get slagged in the studio........leave the bloke alone...........HE WAS BORN WITH THAT VOICE...HE CAN'T CHANGE IT FOR RADIO

This commentator is gash, 'let me tell you about all the other scores tonight', why dont you try telling me about whats happening in front you, you cunt!

SMF wank wank wank,
SMF wank, wank, wank

:D

Quite.

Town corner. Game's been very even so far and stats reflect that- BBC report 50/50 possession, 3 shots, 2 on target each.

WE are the visiting side. SWINDON. Say our name bitch.

Revell scores again.

As it stands the Scum are in the bottom 2. Could be a good night yet

For balance's sake, I'm not really getting the commentator hate. The volume differential between him and Lucas is a bit excessive but I've followed what's going on relatively easily.

Hodgetts passes back with "clean sheet so far"

That's us fucked then

I only listened to the last 10 minutes of the half, but from that I have to say I agree with you.

Surely they will sack their manager if they manage 10 defeats in a row.

God the scum are good for a laugh.

Do we think we missed out there?

Chill!

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Chelsea 0-1 MSK Zilina.

Hah.

Ok.

But vastly different in terms of their ability as actual footballers?

Beast was always a hoofer.

No. He runs like a spasticated Matt Hewlett

Dont knock the beast

No. Shit player. You can only afford 1 donkey forward and Id still rather have Pericard.

Not in my book. Both brilliant and liabilities in the blink of an eye.

LJF has time to make the improvement Ifil never managed.

Oh and the DRS mural is a good idea. But I'm not sure Cox or Austin should be on it.

hold on: They are explaining that 2 legends and 2 recent players. OK. Fair enough.

Why Sack King

"We need to score or it could be another loss of points"

Priceless.

No its not, DRS is a right ugly bastard, don't want a mural of him on the ground :)

or useless. One or the other.

Maybe some local tagger could show their creative side and give us a Sam Parkin on the DRS?

Could you imagine it?

Ouch

Quite. He's no oil painting (or graffiti mural)

The best bit of 'street art' I have ever seen.

No changes. Off we go.

Evening all, just got in. Looks like not missed much?

Parkin should be on the mural instead of Cox

Dont think you could get cans of paint big enough ;)

Nope. County sound the better team . Prutts had our best chance.

Douglas got booked. That's about all you need to know.

Uh oh, Austin down.

Austin down.......continuing.

Phil Smith makes smart save.

Westcarr's cross met by Ravenhill, shot on target well saved by Phil Smith.

Westcarr sounds handy.

Austin doesn't sound good.

Yep....our defence always struggles against players with pace.

Worse than Lucas?

Worse than Lucas and John Major combined.

He took a knock on Saturday as well.  Last thing we need is him being injured  >:(

Off the line from Austin.

Off the line from an Austin header.

Douglas off, possibly injured.

TEF being shit.

SMF 1-0 Gelbfüßler

haha love Lucas giving it the 'Come on!' as we looked like we were about to break forward

Douglas coming off for McGovern (Ferry must be upset?)

Ritchie goes to the left, McGovern the right, Timlin into the middle. Wingplay clearly the way forward.

Speculation from Lucas that Dougie has done his toe again

I hope not.  That will mean for a change of line up and unsettlement yet again!

I downgraded the hosting a week or 2 back. I'll push the spec back up now, because I've noticed it being a bit childish.

Dave Lucas - 'the crowd are exagerrating how good the chance was' ... Brilliant

JPM forces a corner.

Still 0-0? Unbelievable.

Doceiver

attn: 4644 (365 away)

365 Town fans. Fair play to those who went.

Gas winning at Charlton.

Ref confetti'ing cards around now- LJF goes in.

LJF booked.

"Ridiculous"  - Lucas.

Keep the updates coming. Been in a tunnel for the last 25 minutes then experienced Suce Mes Fesses problems and just caught up.

FATR R3Q: HT Grays Athletic 0-1 Cirencester

:)

Hmmmm! I have a bad feeling. Are we going to get someone sent off in a minute or are we just going to concede in the last few mins?

oh no. LJF.......

not booked again. phew.

Take him off before he gets a second yellow?

Hmm get LJF subbed off.

LJF almost off

LJF goes in late and is lucky to escape without a second yellow- by the sounds of it that one was actually worth one.

"we'll be playing basketball soon, wont be allowed to touch anyone"

:D

Uuuuuoooooohhhhhhhh.

Phew. LJF in trouble with a foul after booking. Fan led protests, ref ignores it.

take him off before he gets sent off

How's the TEF doing for fundage? There hasn't been a whip round for a while.

Davies goes very close from a free kick. Is there a CB on the bench?

County goes close again from resulting free kick.


Come on Town.

If we can keep a clean sheet I can't see us losing this.

1-2 good buddy.

Chesterfield 1-2 Oxford Utd : MacLean (69)

Booooooooooooo.

Lucas loves JPM

No, but there's one playing right back...

No but we can move Cuthbert to CB and put Caddis on at RB.

Caddis on for LJF, Cuthbert goes CB and Caddis to RB

Indeed- Sheehan and Caddis on the bench are the defensive options, no Will Evans. Another free kick to County, Davies is sounding like a threat from these...

Smith puts it behind

No, but there's a right back (Caddis) who could free up Cuthbert

Did someone say something about there being no CB on the bench?

This is sounding a bit ominous.

Notts County will score soon... Vic is getting excited.  ::)

stick Caddis at right back with Cuthbert/Morrison in the middle

Murderer on. Miller off.

Taxi driver is coming on

Lethal striker coming on.

Fuck off Hughes.

How do you know? Are you with him?

Its not Vic, its some cunt who is even worse.

I've heard he's deadly...

Que oafish dancing.

Caddis on for LJF, good sub TEF

told you

LJF off, Caddis on, Cuthbert to the middle.

TEF called it.

Vic's been good recently and this blokes been pretty good too, apart from one bit in the first half when he was busy telling us other results yet you could here Lucas oohing in the background.

Danny's obviously got his laptop in the dugout.

Caddis on for LJF.

especially when he's driving into the box

Caddis doesn't talk much

sent him a cheeky text ;)

MK losing 4-1. Beautiful.

Lucas saying that Billy Connoly played ahead of Caddis for Scotland. He's pretty funny if you get past the monotone.

Oh fair enough. It sounds like him.

Doubt he needs some internet bods to state the obvious Sam.

are MK playing AFC this weekend or did i dream that.

dreamt it. Stevanage beat them

Sheffield Wednesdsay are playing in Poland against Warsaw tonight apparently.

No, they lost their replay (MK, AFC aren't batty boy bottlers)

Is it time for O'Brien?

would have been tasty too.

that reminds me i need to sort my free trial of ESPN to watch Swindon this friday

Lucas doesn't understand.

Are Oxford going to be sharing a train home with our fans? Whoops. We need results to change to make that a happy trip.

Half past never?

If not why is he on the bench.

Keep it warm

Ball on for Dossevi

Not exactly under siege but still a bit nervy.

Only looks like this is going to go one way at the moment, but, well, maybe notts county are more like Swindon than Swindon. (octomismpus)

Annoying because I thought we might win tonight.

Oh dear - did he really just call Franchise the "current Wimbledon"? Shambolic.

Will be good if we can manage to keep a clean sheet, but obviously better if we could do that and manage to score as well!  Why does the scoring always seem to go hand in hand with the conceding?  A cheeky little last minute winner for us will make a nice change  :)

Shirley it has to be our turn to get a late goal.

Yep, he did. That won't go down well.

FUCKS SAKE

fucking cunts

Fucking murderer cunt.

FUCK OFF HUGHES YOU CUNT!

fuck off langers

Shit.

Oldham's just lost a 3 goal lead...

FFS!

cock it.

Fucking knew the cunt would score when he came on.

Woops.

It had been coming as well sadly.

Fuck off Hughes you murdering cunt

Prutton heads wide

David Lucas makes me want to slit my wrists.

Cock.

I dont know how much more of this i can take..i know its only footy.....FUCK OFF.

Prutton just wide.

FFS this season is such a damp squib

5 mins stoppage time

20th place as it stands, one place above relegation, two points above 21st (County)

I know it's still November but fucking fuckity fuck.

5 mins added on

Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid Town.

I fucking hate this fucking team.

if we get to Jan in this position i think Wilson will go sadly

20th?!

Fucking hell.

Just got sacked on CM and all.

brb suicide.

Rose over the bar...

Fuck sake! 20th? Fucking 20th?

Once a goal scorer always a goal scorer according to the Sky Commentator - FUCK OFF!!

Yet another team on a losing streak manages to break it against it.  I've had a gutsful of it now.

this team needs a good fucking slap

Angry

fuck off swindon

I may join him.....those fans up there watching this...i would be pissed off big time.

This is a fucking joke.

If we lose on Friday then Wilson will be in exactly the same situation as Malpas...

Lee Hughes you are a cunt.

Wanker

Well i'm not going to throw the toys out of the pram but it's certainly frustrating and damn right fucking annoying.

1    Brighton    18    17    36
2    Charlton    18    7    32
3    Bournemouth    18    16    30
4    Sheff Wed    18    14    30
5    Huddersfield    18    9    29
6    Colchester    18    2    29
7    Southampton    18    10    28
8    Oldham    17    6    28
9    Carlisle    18    8    27
10    Peterborough    18    -3    26
11    Exeter    18    -4    26
12    Franchise    18    -5    26
13    Brentford    18    0    25
14    Hartlepool    17    -4    23
15    Plymouth    18    -6    22
16    Bristol R    18    -7    22
17    Tranmere    18    -7    22
18    Rochdale    17    2    21
19    Leyton Orient    18    0    21
20    Swindon    18    -4    21
21    Notts County    17    -7    19
22    Dag & Red    18    -13    15
23    Yeovil    18    -16    15
24    Walsall    18    -15    14

There's only so long we can keep the faith in Wilson turning this around.

Buggeration  :badmood:

shit shit shit shit.

Wilson Out.

Ben, get some lesbians. Bit late but it might lighten the mood.

Fuck off Lee Hughes, once a cunt always a cunt.  Please lets not have either of those commentators again.  

Fookin hell !!

This is easily becoming one of the shitest most anticlimatic seasons ever! The first time in a long time that I can feel myself losing the love!

We've made all the shit sides look good this season. 6 defeats in a row...don't worry, we're playing Swindon next.

Sort it out Wilson before we're made a laughing stock on Friday.

:D

Very true. He turned this club around on the pitch and took us to Wembley, and has brought in plenty of decent players who should have us in mid-table at least. We're not doing well enough and he has to take the blame. But at the same time, I'm not sure there's anybody out there who would do a better job...

I'm sure that every team that have a losing streak must look forward to playing against us, because we just don't seem capable of beating a struggling team.

Really pissed off with our inability to beat poor sides.

8 points off the play offs. Mountain to climb now.

1 win in 8 in the league. That's very poor form  :(

I feel sorry for all those that have treked up to Notthingham on a cold Tuesday night to see us blow it yet again.

Only Notts County's second win in eight.  Says it all really.  Completely fucked off with it all.  Friday will be a real struggle and Mr Wilson could well be gone by Saturday morning!  

If you're just keeping hold of a manager because there's nobody else out their then it's fucking over already.

e:Christmassyspellung

i'm so fucked off. we are so shit.

after last season's high it just goes to show it was a fluke

Crawley haven't lost since October 16th, so we'll be fine.

Hudds,Gas,Saints and Colchester...beat them all.
Where is the same motivation and passion against the lesser teams,,,,,,,,,,,these got beat at home by Tranmere on Saturday.

Shall we play predict the Danny interview?

Played for a point by the sounds of it - absolute rubbish.

Cunt should resign.

I hope Danny Wilson does not go I really like him!!! :(

i don't want him to go either but something needs changing

But Ben, what about the Oort cloud.

Crawley at 3 on Betfair looks depressingly decent value.

I'm not sure I should listen to the Danny interview. The chances of it not really fucking annoying me are pretty slim.

At leasts kings excuses were disastrously entertaining.

"We all know what Lee Hughes can do"

Yeah, he kills people.

Fuck off

Stayed optimist and positive all season, but drawing to Rochdale when they lost 6 in 7, and now bleeding Notts County's 2nd win in 8, whats going on! have the players, need a formula, but got a feeling Wilson doesnt have the formula, think this may be a season of change, then a rebuild in the summer, only a few players off a promotion team: a FIT experienced CB, look at Norwich, they have MIchael Nelson, Zak Whitbread, Jens berthal Askou not playing for them, any of those 3 will do, need to sort it out fast, with or without wilson

All too predictable. As a side we have no great presence on the pitch and are too easy to rollover. We knew this last season when playing the physical sides and it's just not been addressed. We may well have some championship standard players, but we're in league one and need stronger 100% committed players who'll fight for every point.

we need to sort out a decent CB. it still hasn't been sorted

Against top-half teams: P8, W4, D1, L3, Pts13

Against bottom-half teams: P10, W1, D5, L4, Pts 8

I just don't get it.

Wilson will give it the same old rubbish -"we lost concentration at the wrong time", same old crap.

Grow a fucking pair BBC crew. "Not criticising Danny Wilson..." You fucking should be.

Friday is must win.

our league position is totally unacceptable,this team with the personnel we have should be 12th as a bare minimum.

Ben speaks sense.

I will take a draw.

Although the commentator is not wanting to directly criticise Danny Wilson, he's talking quite a lot of sense.  

We may only still be 8 points from the play offs, but we're nearer to relegation and the gap to the top is widening after each game.  

If you include the back end of last season, we're nothing short of relegation material.  Hardly surprising people are pissed off and saying it's time for Wilson to go.  It's not working out there and he unfortunately doesn't seem able to change things.

Failing to replace Greer and Paynter properly keeps being levelled at Fitton, but the fact is there was money to spend and it went on Caddis and Ferry when Prutton had already signed, as well as a whole raft of left backs. Full backs do not make teams.

Dont think you got the sarcasm there

We go on a nice little run and we are right back in the mix.  Now is not the time to overreact lads.   Buckle up and get behind the lads.  This team just needs consistency and a solid veteran CB.  Don't throw the baby out with the bath water ffs!

Whilst I admire this and see exactly where you're coming from. Without meaning to sound too doom and gloom and Dave like haven't we been saying this for 3 months now?

Not exactly.

Whooosh

Ben never speaks sense.

Wilson on the radio.

On the goal- fell asleep, poor goal to concede. Know what Hughes can do, not a surprise.

Result- did enough to earn a point, 0-0 would have been "a great clean sheet"

On clean sheets- said it's a concern since start of season, need stability at the back, need to stop turning off.

Playoff ambitions/League position- looking over our shoulder all season, doesn't know why people think we will automatically been up there. No divine right, have to work hard, get an organised team. No use moaning about it. Most of the season we have player very well

Defensive errors- not much I can do. Manager can't do anything. Have to persevere and back our players, hope and pray for improvement.

On Douglas- groin injury, not sure how bad it is. Will take a look in the morning, hope he'll be able to play v Crawley but too early to tell

Things are not looking great right now, but the team is only a couple of players off the team that did so well last year. Question is will Wilson be able to get those players in?

Same old same old

I fucking missed the shop closing because I was waiting for wilson to come out. Now I have to walk further to get cigarettes. I really hate the cunt now.

Am I the only person still backing Wilson, bad result yes. End of the world? No. I still think we will make the playoffs!

Agreed

he sounds massively fucked off...first time in a while, hes not come across in his normal calm manner....hopefully he shoves a rocket up their arse

Can i have some of what youre having Gaz? Im still backing Wilson, but the playoffs? No fucking chance

Cheers

Gazza's imagining a shiny new wall around the outside of the team.

Creating the illusion of the play offs

blah blah blah 'didn't concentrate' ...blah blah blah

I don't think we should get rid of Wilson. He'll come good. However his season is close to a write off and dead (unless we get sucked into the relegation mire long term). I can see why others aren't satisfied.
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Dougie has groin injury. Too early to say for Friday.

What is wrong with being positive?  On our day nobody gets the ball down and passes it on the floor like Swindon does.  I will go ou ona limb and predict a 10 match unbeaten run early in the new year that gets us right back in the playoff places.  I promised myself to never be negative again after the Charlton playoff match away last season and I am sticking to it.  Wilson is the man for this job and I back him 100%.  Up the Town!

Been biting my tongue for most of tonight, but for Danny Wilson to turn around and say that if we're going to persist with young defenders then we have to accept mistakes is just twisted and has fucked me off big time.

Don't fucking persist with them then you stupid bastard, fucking do something about it.

Danny Wilson (sounding very agitated)...

 - We think we've done the hard work and fell asleep
 - It's a poor goal to concede
 - We did enough to deserve a point but lost concentration
 - You have to have stability at the back and we don't have it
 - We have no divine right to do well this season, we have to work hard and be organised
 - This season we've given "miles too many" goals away because of bad decision making
 - If we're going to persevere with these defenders we have to keep backing them and hope they can rise to the occasion
 - We need to be more resilient as a team
 - The bottom line is you have to get results away from home
 - Dougie has a groin injury, too early to know if he'll miss Friday
 - We've got to be professional on Friday to make sure we don't lose

The interviewer didn't push him anywhere near hard enough on how he expects to turn this round.

A fucking men

Went to the game on way back from a long meeting now gotta drive home.... Great. That's me done with away games this season, I'll just run my season ticket down i think this team are an embarrassment!

wilson out same old shit  :suicide: :badmood:

The interviewer fucking made the excuses for him in the questions. "There's not much you can do as a manager once there on the pitch but it must have hurt conceding blah blah blah"

Unless his budget limit has been reached. No idea, just guessing.

we've lost so the site has gone into meltdown i see.

Have to say I thought the same. As for those predicting the play-offs, I am far from a pessimist, but realistically I think if I was offered 12th place right now I'd take it, as this season could get so much worse if we keep failing to win against sides in the bottom half.

I'll nail my colours to the mast - if Wilson had it in him to rescue this dogshit start of the season, he'd have done it already, or at least taken great strides in the right direction. We'll be lucky to stay up if he lasts the whole season.

Feel sorry for you having to sit through that shite for 90 minutes, in the cold.  >:(

And when is that going to happen? We've been waiting 4 months now!

According to Wilson on the radio - what can the manager do?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Apologise to the 364 Town fans who trekked up there for a fucking start!

I know a lot of you are still backing him, but I've just about lost patience with him now and some of his repetitive comments.  This season is probably dead in the water as mentioned, but can somebody explain why the next one will be any better?  We'll lose the decent players we've got and have to start again from scratch!

A loss that leaves us hovering just above the relegation zone. Too early to panic but its hardly uprising there is unrest is it.

I think writing us off for next season is a little, erm, stupid. We don't know who the manager will be, or which players will still be here, or which division we'll be in (although I'd say it'll almost certainly be this one)

not the way were playing

It doesn't get any easier in the league - up next Sheffield Wednesday who are in form at the minute. Knowing the way this season has gone we will beat them!

Fair enough but in the summer, when we signed 2 very good CMs in Ferry and Prutton, both on big wages, and one of them after Greer had left, why did he not think about using the money to fill the gap we could all see was there.

Take tonight's hosts for example. They have both Liam Chilvers and Sam Sodje in the ranks, both signed this summer. Hardly world beaters, but Chilvers in particular would be more than a solid CB at this level, having played nearly 100 times for PNE over the last 3 or four season.

Very much doubt they're going to be out of our budget.

Sorry, I wasn't clear in what I meant.  Somebody mentioned this season is dead in the water, but they thought Wilson will still come good?  I was wondering what they thought would be different next season for that to happen?

I don't disagree. We now have last years reserve centre backs playing in the spine of our defence. He either wrongly thought they were up to it or...well I don't believe it...but maybe he was forced to play them. no I don't think Fitton is that kind of guy. Danny just got it wrong.

Frampton was the attempt to put it right. Can't do much about it not working out I suppose.

Me.

I don't think we are as far from being a half decent side as we think. My thinking is clear out some 'surpless' and get in some quality in defenders.

I realise that next years squad will lose some first teamers from this year. I still think he can replace them (replacing Charlie will be a big ask mind).

When is Dougie out of contract?

Won 1 drew 1 lost 1 in the last three........not a disaster but maybe this team isn't as good as i thought.
Seen it all before mind you so i should have known better.

You, me and a shitload of others. Its bloody difficult to remove those rose tinted glasses.

:hmmm:
when exactly do you think this nice little run will commence

Sorry Batch I couldn't remember who had said it and couldn't be bothered to trawl back through the posts!

I agree with what you've said above, but we come back to the age old question of why hasn't it been sorted this season.  Wilson clearly stated in the interview after the game that the defence has been a problem since the beginning of the season!

On a side note, my dad had a conversation with Kevin Amankwaah in the gym today and asked him about his fitness.  Manks told him that he's now fully fit, but is not being picked?  

Well my glass is half empty tonight the scary side is our next few matches all teams on a roll Crawley, Sheffield Wednesday and then Oldham we could be in the bottom 4 for Christmas and out of the cup

Just got home after the game and I have to say we were very disappointing. Against a team that was clearly lacking in confidence and ability we should have imposed ourselves much more and offered more of a threat.  The first ten minutes we were under pressure with Notts County having more play in & around the Town penalty area.  For the remainder of the first half we were at least their equal and in the closing minutes of the first half were the dominant force with Notts just pleased to keep us out.

But oh, the second half - what happened?  We were happy to knock the ball around but seemed disinclined to concentrate & attack.  The arrival of Lee Hughes was always going to be a key factor & so it proved.  He was a more active & threatening presence & he took the chance well.  Morrison should have stayed closer to him to prevent him making space for the shot & Phil Smith should have anticipated where the ball was going to be played. It seemed as if the team had settled for a point that perhaps they merited.

Difficult to select a man of the match - no-one was woeful but neither was anyone outstanding.  Prutton probably shaded it but we offered little and came away with nothing. A big improvement is needed if we are to beat Crawley Town on Friday & to compound my misery I've just heard Oxford won!  What a horrible evening!

Interesting...If he is 100% fit he should be in contention for right back with Sheehan/Rose.

As for why the defence hasn't been sorted, who knows. Have you asked Dave why we didn't replace Greer :)

Good on you for going.....deserve better.

if like for like replacements had been made,and improving a bit in areas we may have started better this season and carried on where we left it last year.that is what should have happend and was not unreasonable to expect that either.
not doing that has us where we are.wilson has tinkered with the side loads, both with formations and personel.that has not helped at all.

we wont go down,but we wont be anywhere near the play offs either

just got back. that was the definition of shit.

see you at tranmere.

Totally agree. Except we did carry on where we left off last season. We were shit in the last month (Charlton aside).

I think Wilson needs to start getting some consistency in his selections and the formation he adopts. Too often he seems to want to accommodate players in the team especially midfield and defence (and his summer signings) rather than stick to a formation and structure. Cuthbert has been retained in the team at right back when we have a right back in Caddis who we paid money for. We need a decision on the centre back pairing (or get an experienced centre back in), right back and get some balance and width to the midfield. We desperately need a consistent scoring partner for Charlie.

Personally I think we will pick up results soon and that we may go on a run in the New Year. At the start of the season I thought we finish about 8th with a late charge but fall short.

These are all the things that Wilson as manager should be addressing, yet he doesn't seem to have a clue and possibly doesn't even think he can do something about it. Our defenders aren't shit, they've all put in near perfect performances at some point this season so we know they are capable of playing well. So why aren't they playing well each week?

I don't want to see Wilson go as he's done a lot of good, especially some (most) of the players he's signed. But the results just aren't good enough and if he doesn't turn it around soon I can see Fitton losing patience in the near future. A loss to Crawley and still being near (or in) the drop zone come the end of the year might see him gone.

just got back, highlight of the night was seeing Chris Read et al with the county championship trophy.
Definately not the football

a 3 nil win at least fri night is required :no:

I think that's twice now Wilson has dropped a very big hint in post-match interviews that he's being pressured into playing youngsters at the back. Why else would he trot out the (paraphrased) line about 'If we are going to persist with the policy of playing youngsters at the back, they are going to make mistakes'?

Surpised no one else has picked up on it tbh.

Also, Wilson rightly identified Frampton as a possible short/long term solution to our leaky defence. After he got injured in his first game for us, why the fuck has Wilson not brought someone else in? The problem at the back hasn't suddenly gone away, FFS!

I cant make up my mind whether Wilson is risking his job by gambling on the likes of Morrison coming good, or is maybe being pressured by Fitton into playing younger players who can be moved on for a profit in January, with little regard to results.

Results and form aside, looking at the side he assembled last season, he clearly knows what he's doing. He brought players in rapidly when he identified problem areas and very rarely left himself vulnerable to criticism.

This season, so far, has been the complete opposite.

I dont think Wilson has turned into a complete cunt over the summer. Maybe something else has changed that we dont know about, yet?

We have for to stop panicking.  We have a talented if a little unbalanced side.  We do NOT need a major overhaul, just a few minor tweaks.  The wheels have not come off the apple cart, just a case of a young team finding it's way.  I think our run will start soon, probably against an ambitious Crawley Town on a Friday night at the County Ground.  I am happy we have some good teams coming up in the schedule, we always play to the level of our competitions we will be fine.  We have an issue with concentration, not talent and skill.  We should bring ina sports psychologist and do some visualization training.  I am off to the bookies to put some bread on our promotion odds.  BELIEVE!!!!!

I guarantee we won't lose or even concede a goal at the County Ground to Crawley on Friday.

Unfortunately we are playing them in Crawley, which is not so good.

Can someone who went post individual player reports?

Was Morrison as shit as he sounded on the radio?

Well, I have to say that was a massive disappointment, not happy  :badmood:  but trying hard not to be overly pessimistic.  Not surprised to hear that Wilson came out with the same old stuff, but we do need to stop hearing it and start keeping clean sheets.  To be honest the writing was on the wall when Hughes came on and the ...hmm... 'idiots' at the back spent quarter of an hour singing 'Lee Hughes is a murderer' when they should have been singing something positive to support the side.  If there was going to be a scorer (and that was looking less and less likely as the game went on) it was always going to be him that scored.

Here is a list of the things I can't stand after a wasted trip yesterday:
Paul Ince
multi-ball
diversions taking me 20 miles out of my way on the way back

I am looking at things through glass half empty at the mo, not many positives for me out of that rubbish.  But I do believe we have the players to do it, we need to find a consistent formation and the right picks and stop chopping and changing just to accommodate people.   I can't honestly see when we're going to go on 'that little run' and yes the season is becoming a ' dead 'un '

Probably Prutton motm for me yesterday, though not many had good games, didn't create anywhere near the chances we had Sat, County shaded it on the basis of more clear-cut shots at goal.

Cheer me up someone!

Player scores herthab!

probably all 5s, except:
L FJ - 6
Prutton 6

can't honestly say anyone else deserved more. 

Thanks Anna. It was a toss up for me whether to go last night or Friday (Couldn't get the time off for both) Hope Friday is better!

Good to see Prutton is still performing. It sounded like LJF was covering Morrison a lot of the game.

maybe a few fours in there come to think of it:
Morrison , sorry never rated him
Timlin - awful, overweight, I have his shirt from Charlton and it's big on me
Caddis, just for not being close enough to Hughes as the ball dropped onto his boot in the 88th minute

if you dont want to get too depressed dont read this link

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?188524-Gordon-Greer-that-s-why-we-paid-the-money

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. That makes me mad.

Hulk Smash.

You know it occurs to me that perhaps one of the reasons why things haven't panned out the way we hoped they would is because we haven't really replaced Greer. Has this been mentioned at all?

Don't think so. It certainly is very disappointing, the longer it stayed at 0-0 you had a feeling that there was only going to be one winner with a late goal. I'm getting a bit down hearted about my Sheff Wed trip now

Just thought I'd post it in here, as kept trying last night and couldn't, for obvious reasons. The server should be sorted now. I spent quite a bit of time a week or 2 back and cleaned up loads of rubbish, including reducing the database by nearly 1GB. I felt I may as well also cut back on the resources this site has. Seems that failed. :D

I'm also disappointed with the lack of bandwidth on here on matchdays ;)

I've been seeing a few people saying that we're one of the lesser sides and are a poor team, which proves true when you look at our position in the table.

We've had a very, very poor run of results of late which before that saw us most weeks lying in mid table. Whilst not getting results lately we've been on top in alot of games against the so called bigger teams. Charlton away we dominated, missed a penalty, only to lose 1-0 to a sucker punch at the death. We were looking like winning to Southampton after leading for 2/3 of the game only to get a player sent off, capitulate and lose 1-3.


Anyway i just wanted to point out that losing to us wasn't as bad as it looked on paper, although im sure it wont do much for your lots' spirits as it seems the problems go further than just last night.

Good luck for the rest of the season chaps.

: - )

Prutton to get four goals in a 5-4 defeat...

You would be happy then!

Don't be silly Flash.

I felt suicidal this morning at work. Didn't help that a bloody O*ford fan was gloating about their 'giant slaying' act of defeating the mighty Chesterfield.

We're shit aren't we. :(

No. They're shit!

We're not shit, we're big boned.

Only the 2nd time we've failed to score this season iirc. I'll reserve judgement until end of January.

It was turgid, crap.  It needs sorting.

Just looked back......apologies..

Hughes goal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7GgkiM4txU

F*ck me Morrison's running was that of a 80 year old granny

Thanks for that


CUNT

Smith - Made some decent saves when one on one, kicks like a rubgy player - straight to touch. 5

Rose - Shit defensively, theres was always the other three in a line and then him out of position when defending. Corners were the worst ive ever seen. Always plays the same ball up the line, or runs across field = again out of position. 4

Cuthbert -Not a right back. 5

Morrison - Hahahahahahahahaahahahahaha.0

LJF - dodgy and class. Some shit decisions, some awful touches. Some fucking ace last ditch tackles saving morrisons backside. 5.5

Ritchie - What's the fuss about? None existant first half, bit more into it second half. But not amazing. 4

Timlin - Short fat, ran about without trioubling anybody. 3

Douglas - cant really remember noticing anything about him.

Prutton - don't like all the passing backwards but he won the ball well broke up play. did a lot of work ok. 5

Austin - Didn't look bothered. Got a knock and didn't recover. they always had two men on im for the throws and ball down the line, didn't really get much service.  didn't really win an awful lot, or win it and it came to something other than possesion for them.4

Dosevvi - runs runs runs looks at their player and lets him win the ball in the air. Trys hard but now i see why wilson chooses pericard - cause at least he tries to win the ball in the air. 4

Subs: JPM - 4
Caddis - 3
Ball - 4

All scores out of 100, it was that shit.

No wonder we lost though when out fans were chanting their players names for the enitre second half. Congratufucking lations.

Let's all do the hughesy.

Prutton should of had 10

Lets all do the Hughesy!

Lets kill some old duffer!

La la la la la!

Shit goal to concede!! bah!

Right, after 24 hours to ponder & consider last night's game I offer the following.
Firstly we were in contention for most of the first half (dominating the closing stages of the half) and contrary to what some have said I though Ritchie played OK seeming to be the main source of our attacking options. Austin was very tightly shackled with 2 sometimes 3 defenders in close proximity to him and at virtually every dead ball situation he was hustled & prevented from getting any contact.  Dossevi ran but offered little threat and was quickly neutralised.  I was not surprised when he was replaced.  I thought Timlin was solid, hardworking but unspectacular although I do think he has been a positive for the team since his return from the seaside. Douglas looked OK and he and Prutton were the most creative midfield players on the pitch.  Prutton endeavoured to create chances for most of the game and was, for me, the MOM.  In defence Smith was solid although I'd ask, like others, what is all this kicking to one side of the pitch all about?  It was routinely used again last night and on at least two occasions the ball went straight out giving Notts County the throw-in. Please vary it - it wasn't working & was very predictable.  In terms of his shot stopping & taking crosses there were no obvious scares or concerns.  Cuthbert was solid although he's undoubtedly a better central defender than a full back.  Having said that didn't he play full back whilst on loan from Celtic at St Mirren (?) or wherever?  Caddis, despite all the concerns about being too short, looked competent when he came on and I think deserves a run in the team.  JP also improved the shape of the team when he was on although this season he's yet (in my opinion) to reach the dazzling form he showed last season. Still an acceptable display on balance from him. Rose was adequate defensively, no better or worse than anyone else in the defence although I had hoped for a free kick 'special' towards the end but alas he missed the goal with his effort.
And so to the central defensive pairing!  Morrison & Jean Francois didn't lose too many in the air last night and we weren't obviously greatly threatened by Westcarr or Miller. Jean Francois is something of a ball playing defender and can be a liability. His booking last night was harsh - the player he was alleged to have 'fouled' had run across the face of the town defence, Jean Francois went to tackle him & he went down. According to my Notts County supporting friends, this is a feature of his play, inviting a tackle, spectacularly falling and winning a free kick.  My major complaint with Jean Francois is why can't he stay upright & on his feet?  He seems to get turned, becomes unbalanced & falls far too easily and we concede goals as a consequence. His substitution was because of this booking as a few minutes later he committed what for me was a worse & more obvious foul and the referee seemed loathe to book him again & get a red card out - referee's creating their own problems because a sending off would have been farcical. Morrison was not as dominant as I've seen him or as I'd have liked to have seen him.  I did fear the worst when Hughes came on as he's an experienced streetwise striker and I'm sure Morrison's inexperience in giving him too much room was the main reason for the goal.  I also wondered if Hughes didn't use his arm to help control the ball before shooting although that could be my red & white bias coming through.
So, in conclusion we were in contention for most of the match, little to choose between the teams until the introduction of Hughes. We seemed to be far too passive, not enough imposing ourselves on the game and I was surprised to see the BBC match stats afterwards that suggested how little there was between the teams.
As a Town fan living in Nottingham I've had to take some good natured banter today but I'd rather have been the one in the driving seat.  Not the best game I've seen at Meadow Lane but reports that our season has imploded are exaggerated

Fortunately for us that seems to be very often the case, teams' supporters spend more time abusing Lee hughes than supporting their own team, and when he plays, often replies in the way he did last night.

This is better then reading the match report in the adver you could make a career out of this

Tis good. I liked my mate's post match text after the final whistle. Shit game, played by two shit teams. Summed it up almost as well for me.

Yes, but he is steaming festering pile of human excrement who most teams would be embarassed to have disgrace their shirt. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9225601.stm

Morrison at fault. You can't give a striker that much room or space.

Where is Dave, I don't think he's posted all week?  Not like him, I hope he's okay?   :(

I hope he's dead.

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