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Thought I may as well start it.

1-1

Austin to sign off with a goal.

Some kind of mess up for theirs in 90+6 minute.

With Sexism very relevant, It's time we grew some bollocks. Can't see it though, too much disruption going on. 0-2 defeat.

ill go 2-2 austin and flint with last minute equaliser

I dont have to go tonight - I'm working! Mwuhuhuhhhhu!!! :)

Heart: 2-0 (Austin 2, goodbye!) MOM: Aden Flint. A CLEAN SHEET!  :eek:

Head: 0-1 (Wilson, goodbye!) MOM: Phil Smith.  :zzz:

OK, here we go again, without any conviction....

2-0 Austin, Douglas

I'm pretty sure BS Radio Swindon reported that they didn't if Charlie would start tonight despite the Adver reporting he will.  It's so hard to call because you just don't know what team will turn up tonight.

Everytime i bet against the team we win so i'll go 2-0 win to Tranmere

Swindon Town 0 - 2 Tranmere

I'm going to do a Si Pie and start betting on us to lose. At least if we get relegated I'll be a little bit richer.

I've been doing that since Christmas - not doing badly at all !

Unfortunately I think morale is at an all time low for the season at the moment so until some fresh faces are in the squad I can't see things changing but we should have enough for a 1 -1 draw tonight to end the run of defeats.

1-1 draw with Cuthbert scoring and a crowd of 6,021.

It's beginning to have the feel of 2005-2006, when everytime I drove to the CG I expected us to be shit.

It's not as bad as that (yet) but it's getting there.

0-1 DW to Fall on his Sword and under the current climate Gabby Logan as caretaker manager until the end of the season

1-1 - We go down to an early goal - the first cries of 'we want Wilson out' are heard and 'you're not fit to wear the shirt'. We scramble an equallizer in the last 10 minutes through Prutton, who claps sarcastically at the town fans.

Only 6577 turn up on a rain soaked evening, including 85 Tranmere fans.

At least that's how I dreamt it!

I shall be there tonight. My first game since the 3-0 home defeat to Charlton, so it doesn't bode very well.

I wouldn't expect Charlie to play if he's under an offer - he's likely to be tiptoeing around the pitch in case he breaks his leg.

I'll say 1-1, because I'm feeling positive.

We can't lose tonight.

Haven't lost 4 on the spin in the league since September '05 in the season we went down.

2-1 (Austin, Ritchie)

Can't Austin starting tonight tbh if he has 2 bids in for him.  Radio said more or less  the club weren't sure if he would start tonight.  That could be what Douggie meant by interesting day yesterday

Not going tonight so a Swindon win (probably/maybe), and if they do somehow win, I will stay absent until they lose again, so see you for the next home game. Not at all confident

Tranmere to win 3-0

Has to be a win this evening...which, sadly, increases pressure on the team.  Everyone knows we're in a rut.  Just need to break the cycle.

I'm not going to speculate on on whether we'll win or what will happen if we don't.  Just need to focus on the 90 mins for now.

this has draw written all over it.

My prediction is 3-1

I'd take a draw right now.

I'm going and we'll win handsomely as a consequence  :)

Tranmere 7/2 at Ladbrokes. I'll be having some of that thanks.

Oh no... I seem to have lost my season ticket....





Ok but I actually have. What do I do about that? Count myself lucky? Or will I be able to get it replaced?

I am going tonight as we won hospitality at the Yeovil game...nice one Rockin Robin! so a 220 mile round trip on a school night and a very happy daughter who is taking a half day!

Not a prediction as much as a wish list:

A Clean sheet for Phil Smith
Charlie to leave on a high with at least one goal
Pericard to score in front of the home crowd to get some confidence....

0-0.

If you buy a ticket for today, keep your stub and then find the season ticket you'll get a full refund.

Great. Can't wait wait.

You going Harry?

How I wish this was true.

I normally look forward to going to the County Ground, especially on a midweek game and normally against a team like Tranmere who, no disrespect, we should be beating.  However tonight is different, as someone mentioned above it is getting like the 2005/06 season which was truely terrible to watch.

I just hope that Town play an attacking formation tonight, get at Tranmere in the opening 10-15 minutes and make a statement to the fans.  We defend like drains at the moment so we might as well go for goals.  Saying that, the fans also need to stand up tonight and give the players and Wilson their backing.

What I am not looking forward to is the inevitable Tranmere taking the lead through a sloppy goal in the opening 10 minutes and all hell breaking loose.

Is it not? It worked for me before (Admittedly this was two seasons ago, but still...)

Read the quote, you ginger cunt.

Yeah I roached mine so I think I've voided it anyway!

I'll probably find it when I get home from work and have a proper look. But if I've full on lost it, will I be able to get it replaced?

I think we'll win this, but those are some seriously good odds. Might even put a tenner on it to make sure we win.

What do the bookmakers know that we dont, they obviously haven't seen us play recently?

Swindon backed from Evens to 8/11 with a few firms, how bizaare.

I think it's because they dont have any experienced centre backs to select from. With the standard of ours, bang £100 on 9-8 to us then.

This is going to happen

Tranmere are 4.9 on Betfair (About 4-1). Madness.

Yeah. Merlin?

My first game since Charlton so expecting a scintillating display and a handsome victory with Austin getting his first hattrick and afterwards pledging his future to Swindon by withdrawing his transfer request live on RS.Or,another dismal defeat.

Based on our inability to get even a solitary point out of games against Yeovil & Brizzle Rovers I can't see anything other than a Tranmere win (probably 1-0).

However with this being the Town, we are just as likely to win 4-1 (obviously no chance of a clean sheet :D ).

I think i'd rather stay at home and watch that gypsy wedding programme tonight but no, i'm going.

Can't see us getting fuck all.

2-0 defeat.

Im going with my 7 year old today.

So no swearing you cunts.

I've got a cold and feel like shit so I don't know whether to go or not.

I probably will.

If you "cant see us getting fuck all" Ralphy,surely thats a good thing?

I've got an exam at half nine tomorrow morning, so It's a no from me. I didn't bring my radio back either, so have no means of listening.

I reckon we'll win a close scrappy game 2-1. We'll take the lead in the first half, they'll equalise after 55 minutes, and we'll score a second after 80 minutes. Austin to open the scoring and sheehan to get the second with a free kick

I'm trying to mess with fate. I'm normally optimistic so put a draw down for the Rovers game (that didn't work). I'll try again today by being completely pessimistic and see if that helps?

If we lose though, i'm guessing it will be entirely my fault?

Have a bet on tranmere

we will win tonight. brace from Charlie to sign off with.

What's your name?Brian Hillier?

This is a massive game given how the table looks, for both sides - which means we'll probably bottle it.

I predict a late defeat, the final nail in Wilson's coffin and the first one in confirming our relegation.

Happy thoughts...

having a bet dave?

Already have (the double chance bet I mentioned in t'other thread), c'mon the 'mere!

I bet on the Yeovil game, and won £50. We are shockingly rubbish at the moment, so even a point would do.

another roll over and die performance from Town as we lose our 4th game in a row.

I reckon we'll beat them well and suddenly the pressure will be eased off Wilson and we'll fall down in the next game (just like what happened at Charlton).

And we'll all be smug because JFW missed it.

Back to reality: Shit 1-1 draw.

Adje may have been pointing out the double negative there..

Yeah realised that!

What side would people go for tonight?
Smith;Amankwaah,Flint,Frampton,Kennedy
McGovern,Ferry,Douglas,Timlin
Austin,Pericard

Still no football league clearence for flint as yet acording to the adver on twitter.

                      Smith

Caddis - Cuthbert - Frampton - Sheehan

                  Douglas - Ferry

    Dossevi   -    Prutton   -   Ritchie

                       Austin

I was just about to post the exact same as Dave.

Show some intent, go three up top and give Tranmere something to think about. Stick Dougie on Jennings.

William Hill have good odds - Charlie score first, and Swindon win 2-1. Odds 28/1
Thats my fiver for tonight then.
Then again I have been betting that combination all season. Finally came up at the Sheff Wed game so that has covered the same stake for a few weeks yet
Time before that it came up, it was Sam Parkin scoring first......

Not bad, but McGovern's supply was one of the plus points of the 2nd half at Rovers, we looked far better with 2 up than with Austin alone, and if Amankwaah's fit (he played the WPS game) he should replace Caddis.

1-0 Tranmere down to a shitty refereering decision a la Hartlepool a couple of seasons back. The game will be fucking awful, the atmosphere will start turning toxic. I really ain't looking forward to this one. As my expectations are so low, I'm hoping it will be better than I think.

Smith
Amankwaah
Cuthbert
Flint
Sheehan
Mcgovern
Ferry
Douglas
Ritchie
Austin
Pericard

Summed up exactly everything I'm thinking cs. I'm actually dreading this evening

Just dealt with a customer from Swindon who happened to be a Reverend. Asked her to say a prayer for us as we really need a win tonight, she said she would so I'm going for a 3-1 win.

//Richard Keys// "Women Reverends, do me a favour love"

Having spent the last 2 days sat in my Bristol office with 2 Gasheads means any optimism has been driven out of me.  I’m envisioning a 1-1 with a nasty atmosphere towards the team right from the start and little sign of any encouragement.  Bet it will be bloody cold again as well.

Sort of hoping the M4 is closed so I cant get there.

What's the weather like in Swindon atm?

Cold and Grey but only the odd spot of rain.

perfect tuesday night weather :D

Thanks guys  ;)

I reckon it could get frosty after kick off...

What a difference a year makes, exactly a year to the day we smashed Leeds 3-0 in front of a full house which was probably the best performance of last season.

Fast forward a year and we are at the bottom of the table and Wilson is coming under pressure.

A narrow Town victory tonight. As long as we don't play the negative 4-5-1.

Only glimmer of hope is that that game turned our season around imo

I'm going to make TEF Prediction for tonight's game

WIN YOU CUNTS!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd be happy with a point. Dear god, happy with a point at home to Tranmere, it's really got that bad!

I got a feeling we will win 5-0 tonight.

I agree with you VV. I can feel it in my piss, we're gonna smash them.

Quite rightly so....what do we have in common with Bradford City? Answer only teams in FL to hav elost last 3 games. When you get on such a run, first thing is to stop the rot. Can we do it?

Only sides to play in the premiership go on to play in league two (If you don't count the Franchise/wimbledon fiasco)

It's going to be one of those Tuesday night games. Two teams playing dire long ball with no hope. Coupled with the weather and under 6000 town fans should make for a toxic reception for manager and players

1-1 Douglas screamer

A nervy a fortunate 2-1 win for the Town.

OK what else do we have in common with Bradford City, besides being the only 2 clubs to have played in the Prem and L2.

Chris Kamara?

we are both under performing

 Tonicht is Burn's Nicht....maybe one or two of our 4 Sweaties, might be inspired to put in some effort....or more likely wish they were eating haggis in some god awful place like the De Vere Hotel.

2-1......any win please.


For those of us going keep an eye on Tranmere's young player Jennings...big things ahead for him.

UP THE FUCKING TOWN...........COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

i'd take a draw in this game, but the fact we're playing against a shitter team than us suggests we'll lose comfortably

Really really fearing going a goal down.

I think desperate is a word used to often in football. But not tonight.

This thread is starting to sound as depressing as the one before the Charlton game.  Which is good.

I really, really hope we win, but I have money on us losing. I'll be royally fucked off if it's a 0-0 draw.

I'll be leaving if we go a goal down.

I dont want Wilson sacked, but I am at a loss to explain why our performances have been so bad.

we better fucking win. That is all.

I'm still clinging on to a little bit of confidence, so am going for a 3-1 win with Austin grabbing a hatrick for the first time on his farewell outing. However my head is saying we'll probably get dicked 2-0!

Disharmony in the squad....little cliques...Austin, Morrison wanting out, some favouring iPhone others Blackberry....we may have to write off this month results wise, clear out a few bodies, get in some new ones and just do enough to stay up in the rermaining 3 and bit.

town going 1 up in first 15 minutes is the key to a 4-1 demolition...no broomes for them I believe so if he has been an ever-present, then this could just be our night...please

Just walked into the pub and there was Lee Peacock and Coxy propping up the bar with a few other guys. Aceness!

Not a sweaty but I will be going to a friends house for haggis, neeps and tatties washed down with irn Bru. I'll be relying on The Townend for updates on my phone post dinner.

As long as Yeovil don't win. Or would people prefer if we end up in the relegation zone tonight? It might make the players actually realise they need to sort out some sort of way to play football.

Which pub?

1-0 defeat. Jennings to rip us a new arsehole.

gone out of my way to get to this one after i (luckily) missed the yeovil game due to revision, had to run to get a train tonight and its gonna be a pain in the ass to get back, the bastards better reward me with a gd performance! is frampton fit? read he was somewhere, if so him and cuthbert at the back, keeping the fullbacks, though caddis did ok in the 2nd half on sat. dont think it wud be fair to throw flint in, even more so if frampton isnt fit!

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Lecsinel Jean-Francois, Scott Cuthbert, Andy Frampton, Kevin Amankwaah; Matt Ritchie, Jonathan Douglas (c), Michael Timlin, Jon-Paul McGovern; Thomas Dossevi, Charlie Austin

Substitutes: TBC

Ha LJF Left back. Wheres ferry...

Thought leefer would have been in the CGH. Where is everyone?

Blunsdon Arms in um.. Blunsdon. There was a tarty White Land Rover and a Porsche in the car park which all makes sense now!

Every time Fezza doesn't play a little piece of me dies. I want his babies.

Lots of changes.  Genius or panic? Depends if we win I guess.

Timlin ahead of Ferry just should not be happening.

And I see we have no strikers on the bench. Excellent.

Oh the joys!  :doh:

Pleased we've made some changes, like the look of the side, hope it works :)

I'm having a nightmare vision of Alan O'Brien being brought on to play up front.

On the plus side, its good to see Big Kev back.

LJF still in the side  :doh:worth at least one goal to the opposition every time he plays!Simply awful.

Argh, missed my train. I'm gonna miss the first half. Bollocks. 

He's shit hot.

You're almost right...

It's difficult to know what's best.

Pick your best team & stick with it so at least the players can get used to playing together, or keep making changes to try and get a team that seems to play well together.

Have to say this team does look a bit like Panic stations.

Lecs couldn't get near the starting line-up for ages, and is now suddenly a better left back than Sheehan.  

Don't understand how Ferry and/or Prutton are behind Timlin (who we let go on loan as he wasn't going to get in the team until we had injuries).

That said, I hope that DW proves everyone (including me) wrong again like he did with the team selection at the valley.

He's hot ?

I dont even know if I can be fucked to listen to this.

I think that every match at the moment, but somehow I succumb

Guten Abend, meine Mitexilanten!

My, aren't we a grumpy bunch this evening.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOU REDS!

Had a few pints in the pub whilst watching the second half of Rocky IV, picked up a couple of bottle of red on the way home for the match.

Still don't really feel up for it.

That's exactly what I though when I saw the team. It's like he's just chucking together players with the blind hope that something will click.

Bright start from the town. JPM just wide.

Embrace the chaos fB, embrace the chaos!

Got Arsenal vs. Ipswich on... meh.

Although to make up for timlin>ferry,  kev jpm partnership is back on. Lot's of people have wanted that.

blackpool 1-0 man utd

LJF down. :(

I bet that warmed the fans up.

No doubt that will please a few  ::)

I think LJF is one of our most liked players. On the forums anyway.

All a bit quiet so far

I can't. That's the first time this season I can't even be fucked to put the commentary on ::)

We've started fairly brightly. You should.

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Haaaa

Didn't know they had Enoch Showumni, owner of one of the best terrace chant's I've seen

Enoch has got a massive cock, Enoch, Enoch,
He tucks it in his football sock, Enoch, Enoch,
He sh*gged a woman, now she's dead,
He swings his c*ck around his head,
Enoch Showunmi, United's 21.

nananananananana,
nananana,
nananananananana,
nananana,
nananananananana,
nananananananana,
Enoch Showunmi, United's 21...

Nah, don't want to jinx things now!

Yeovil 1 up at Wednesday.

He is a shocking defender.Hope he proves me wrong this evening but I doubt it.

pip pip, penalty

Penaltoo?

coyr stick this pen in

That's pretty fickle to brand someone 'shocking' and hope to be swayed in one match.

save :(

fucking missed it

i knew it

Ghey

Who missed it?

Shi'ite.

Austin

I blame the Haitian.

Tranmere hit the post

tranmere hit the post

Do penalty misses affect transfer valuations?

 :suicide:

Tranmere hit the post.

COME ON SWINDON!

*Please*

Don't think they can hear you. We could try some sort of group prayer telepathy?

Missed a Penalty!!!!

I assume youre listening to the radio, has the Flint transfer been confirmed, seems to be draaaaging and always worries me.

I did actually say I hope he proves me wrong 'this evening'. He is overall a shocking defender.

So it's come to this, breaking out our Plan B this early.

Nah. Plan B is Lesbians (nuns or otherwise). I thought we'd mix it up by going with plan C before plan B. It's Plan Ordering System B. This is the sort out of out of the box thinking that Wilson clearly lacks.

Sub the fucking Hod Carrier

Excuse me?

Lets all hold hands and pray to the divine being

[url width=390 height=460]http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~rrastogi/images/hand.png[/url]

What does that even mean?

e Hod carrier not hand holding.

"a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plasterer, bricklayer"

Yes, let's sub Austin.

oh. Back on hand holding then

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Live long and prosper.

Blackpool 2-0

What the fuck have Blackpool fans done to deserve this?

Whenever I read anything about Blackpool I still do a double take that they're not in division 4.

lovely haha

I'm much the same. Add Wigan and Fulham to that.

And Colchester and Scunthorpe

I'm gonna say it... not content with hindering our team by conceding penalties, Austin has now taken to deliberately missing them to force through a transfer. 





 ;)

More hand holding

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Haaaaaaa

Phil King says Douglas playing well.

Not a single shot on target yet. A disgrace

Does the penalty not count? keeper saved it I think.

Think Charlie just did another one.

We sound by far the better team for those not listening.

the keeper saved a penalty how you work that out then  :beers:

Oh my fucking God :suicide:

"How many goals do you score from corners?"

Didn't Ian Woan manage a couple direct from corner goals during his short time with us. FA Cup against Ilkeston and another one later on against someone shit like Bury if I'm remembering right.

Sorry futbol24.com just credited a goal to Tranmere then withdrew it  ;D

Let us provide positivity until at least 91st minute PLEASE.

Thank you.

I was thinking on my walk to the station this evening that, as a club, we have probably given more happiness to the fans of other clubs over the years than just about anyone.  Even Stevenage, Histon, Crawley.  We should be proud.

That would cheer me right up were we not playing fucking Tranmere.... and failing to create any decent chances....

i remember mark walters did it at home to huddersfield once

and Sunderland 89/90, free ticket to the top flight

BBC and the Swindon Player doesn't show any shots on target. Just going off FACTS

don't forget Woking

COME ON YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU REDS!

*Faith*

Have you refreshed it since the game started?

Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooou Reds

well the penalty save was on target so figure that out  :smugfu:

Brilliant ;D

It's been all Tranmere for the last 5 or so mins.

Inspiring image time...


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 :D

and they did a shit corner.

It is now showing one shot on target ....... by Tranmere!

Although the text shows Warner saving the pen.... BBC in logical inconsistency shock

o0o00o ritchie goes close

He'll be playing centre back come Saturday

He has been described as having an outstanding game tonight - if you're interested.

HT. Little Swindon flourish at the end and we sound much better over all.

Not getting any luck are we  :cry:

I saw Tony Warner's one appearance as a Swindon player at the County Ground. A 1-0 win over Bradford, Steve Cowe scoring a nice little effort.

Back in '97 mind.

We haven't been unlucky though. Tranmere hit the post. Could have sneaked in on another day.

Glass half full (of wine i presume)

Of course I'm interested,the fact remains he can look excellent for some of the game and then commits an horendous error which often leads to the opposition scoring! Remind you of someone currently playing in Scotland?

but of a dull game.  lecs having a good one at left back , which is  a surprise. other than that not much on it.  two teams trying not to lose it more than win it.

I'd take the dullest, ugliest, munter of a scrappy 1-0 win right now.

I've lived my life by that ethic :)

They don't include penalties as shots. Not just the BBC, none of the stat compilers do.

Apparently Phil King's positivity isn't justified from tef friends twitters.

Yet the Adver chap says 'Not too shabby'.

Those professionals can clearly see something that our amateur buddies can't

I don't know what to think!

I'm not anticipating a draw to be honest! A sigh of relief win or an auf wiedersehen Danny loss. A draw would be a bit of an anti-climax of my day.

Keep our first clean sheet in ages and not win would be a shame.

Imagine a clean sheet.... 

I've forgotten what they look like.

I'd take a draw now, as we all know they'll score the winner in the 94th minute.

coooner tranmere

Just had to check when the last league one was - 25th September against Huddersfield.  Only had 3 all season (league).

Something like 17 games since last one.

Carlisle and Soton the other two then. Bloody hell I've seen all three, which is amazing as those are the only two home games i've been to this season.

Dossevi offside

Quelle Suprise

Why did we let Claude Gnapka go?

Because he's non-league standard.

And revell 13 goals this year he's got

...had he done that while on loan here he would have been kept on.

Dont knock the Claude,

I saw him play against Cirencester in a friendly, absolutely superb 8)

Man utd have pulled it back. O'brien coming on I think

Most of the players we got now is non-league standard, so what's the difference?

Time to sub Dossevi for err......

No strikers on the bench then.  

Ferry and 4-5-1 the only real option then.

You really think so?

Well, he is ACTUALLY Non-League standard and our players are currently not playing too well.

McGovern off for speedy gonzalez

most of our players would make league 2 atleast

att 6,912

AOB owes us a goal.

What reaction has Austin had. Pre penalty miss!!

Aaaah, the memories


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dRgbBbIu3c

Oh well, League 2 then. Unfortunatly not up for it in League One, it looks like...

BRILLIANT!

Good memories!!

Go on NorwayRed, say something positive... I dare you.

JFL taken off, been MOTM according to vic and phil.

All swindon pressure. I feel a goal coming.

COME ON SWINDON!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE

O'BRIAN!!!

Somehow hasn't gone in and offside.

A lot of hoo-ha, still 0-0

Its not going to happen, is it?

 :D Like my uncle used to say when we were 10-0 up when 9 years old playing football. "We'll loose 10-11"... Got it in my blood. I'm negative! A Negative, that is.

Vic had an orgasm then I'm sure!

EEEEK.

Tranmere 1993!! What a day that was......I can see myself behind the goal going absolutely mad, I'm the nob waving the flourescent green jacket above my head like a mentalist!

Blackpool 2-3 Utd

Keep the pressure on town.

Nice one Jonah  :clap:

10 minutes added time at Bloomfield  :sherlock:

Show us your magic, Danny Wilson!

draw not good enough for me

Always a bit risky using your last sub with 15ish mins to go.

Austin! Vic Orgasm. Fizzed wide.

We can't do owt to go more attacking anyway

Here's a question...if you could get the floodlights to fail, meaning we would have another shot at 90 minutes for a win (or possibly a defeat), would you take it right now?

Yesh

A draw isn't good for anyone....

Come on Swindon keep plugging away.

Of course. Let's not do anything risky, Danny Boy!

If you really wanted to you could ring in a bomb threat.

It didn't work for Tranmere back in '93

"O' Brien trying to make space for a shot"

Stop having a laugh Vic!!

How long left?

O'Brian's sounded pretty lively since he came.

Paul Bodin's Red and White Army!!

5 + injury time

Craig Maskell's Red and White Army

Luc Nijholts red and white army

Now we're talking!  :clap:

Me thinks the focus of this game has drifted on here.

Yeah, I think we had our bit of pressure and failed to score.

Yeovil down to 9 men and Wednesday equalise

O'Brian doing something shoutworthy (good) again.

Shaun Close's red and white army!

This is worrying when AOB sounds likes the player most likely to score.

Come on.  Let's nick this!

That's the third time Vic's let me think we have scored

Danny Wilson's red and white army.

COME ON SWINDON I BEG THEE!

 nice one  :D

Austin hits the bar!

I think I'm going to have an internet free day tomorrow if we don't win.

 :(

Deliberately missed a pen and hit the woodwork FFS

I'm going to get pissed tonight and embrace the forum with a hangover, a cup of tea, and a bacon sandwich.

Wish we had Kim Heiselberg up front the last few minutes...

4mins added

Fuck me we needed that to go in.

Timlin mom

In that case, I may take a peek.

ARGH! COME ON!

Timlin man of the match. "Nobody would argue with that" - Vic.

Come on Swindon!

 I echo that sentiment

Dossevi! Good save by Warner.

Dosevi chance well saved

Fecking Warner.

FFS what more can we do (score, obviously)

That's probably it now

Our last 1-0 was an injury time winner.... keep the faith

Phil Smith forced to make a great save. Corner Tranmere

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ nice one Smithy.

Last gasp effort pleeeeeeeeeeez

Shit, tranmere get a corner...

Surely not.

Phil Smith comes out and claims the cross!

the proverbial dice are being thrown.

Charlie Austin! Over the bar.

Well done, Phil King!

FT. 0-0. Not good enough.

You didnt get away with that!

points a point

clean sheet and an improved performance altogether  :clap:

Wilson out

Best of luck at your new jobs, Charlie and Danny!

Thanks for everything!

Yeah I did.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Hopeless

Clean sheet, decent performance :) it's a good first step

Not enough
Positive note - a clean sheet!!

not going to happen now

Give us some confidence, now we can kick on saturday , hopefully with some fucker who can stick the ball in the net.

Desperately unlucky. A missed penalty too.

Alas not good enough. What was the Full-Time reaction at the ground?

Let me cover in for Rockin' Robin. My positive energy will spark the players for sure!

Woo!  Clean sheet!  Let's have 20 more of those please.

hahahahahaha that bloke said framptons played well all season hahahahahahahaha

Keep the faith.

We need new players!  Fuck me look how far we've slipped in a year, and all because we haven't replaced key players.

Dossevi could play all night long and not score.

Exeter City is going to be tough.

Urgh this season.

Didn't sound as if there was much booing tbf on the radio

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So the post match interview with DW will go like his:

Clean sheet, positive response from the defence.
Austin probably played his last game
We will sign 5 new players before saturday
I will book a flight to Dubai tomorrow and take a well deserved holiday

now DW can come out and say we have signed some players please

My worry is that this is a tranmere side who are utterly dreadfull on the road. Barr Walsall, this should have been the only home gimme of the season. Yet we've not won

Good. Probably exhausted.

I forgot to predict the score in the prediction league, do i get the points for 0-0?

I think there's a few fans out there who'd have preferred us to lose if it would have meant Wilson going.

It's been like that for a while.

I wouldn't expect any if we have played as well as it sounded and we've put some effort in.

You're probably right. It's not a situation which has really come up for a few weeks though.

Good good.

I agree. You could argue that the reason Wilson hasn't made any 'senior' signings is due to the fact that the writing could be on the wall for him.

Saying that, they would have axed him by now.

0-0 versus a tiresome bunch of long ball luddites who are definitely in the worst six sides in this mediocre division.

My apathy is overwhelming to the point where I am stunned I wrote this post.

 :suicide:

"why doesn't AOB start? He's a football god"

 :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

Will be interesting to hear from people who actually went, how encouraging performance is etc.

However, on paper a draw doesn't take us out of relegation form, which isn't something you can really look too far past.

 :(had better entertainment under messers king & malpas,wot a load of shit, no shape no game plan, all in all a fucking shambles :zzz:, looked to me about 5k in tonight, where has it gone wrong :hmmm: :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

5,000? That is worrying  :(

6,912 according to BBC site and you expect entertainment at the moment considering the position we're in?

Attendance was read out as 6,888 or something.

Hmmmm...not sure what to say about that really. We weren't all that great. Tranmere were very poor. Resorted to time wasting and getting booked in the last 10 minutes.

Still looked a bit shaky at the back. Amankwaah wasn't great, looked a bit nervous towards the end. Cuthbert also had a few moments. Frampton was pretty solid as was Lecsinel and Sheehan.

Douglas was the same old solid head. Had one shot he should have put on target but we all know he'll never score. McGovern tried hard but didn't do much at the right end of the pitch. Timlin was ok, but lacks a bit of pace at times. O'Brien was amusing! He had a few decent runs and almost scored with a header! But he seems to like going inside when he should be hugging the touchline. Not sure whether he's been told to do that or just doesn't want the ball.

Dossevi worked hard but sometimes maybe too hard. Charlie was just Charlie. Had a few moments including a crazy mental shot which hit the bar from a really tight angle.

My biggest worry is that we looked pretty toothless up front. We don't just need a replacement for Charlie, we need another forward too.

Oh well, home to Wales!

another f*****g draw we are shite !!!!!!! and we are going down

sing along !!!!!!!!!!! wilson out !!!!!!!!!!!!! >:(

Yeah, just under 7,000 tonight, not surprising really.
Didn't play too badly, were the better side but lacked any attacking ability.
Austin didn't look interested, missed a penalty, but did have a couple of good efforts in the 2nd half.
O'Brien looked good when he came on, getting stuck in and making good runs.
I reckon Wilson fired him up before he came on by whispering in his ear "I fucked your Mum you Irish cunt"

Timlin played well and Dossevi worked hard but we were lacking any real creativity.

Missed the bloody bus by a minute.

I thought we played fairly well albeit with no real cutting edge. Lecs was excellent, aob bright when he came on but we really needed the three points today, a clean sheet is no longer enough. Another day, better luck and the pen goes in but the club needed a win tonight.

Oh, and I made myself the DRS throw in specialist.

sooner austin goes the better, well thats if anyone still wants him he cant score penalties now

We were ok. Nothing special really. We were shocking first half but looked a little better 2nd and passed the ball around a bit. We had a few chances and if Austin had been bothered maybe we would have got the win. A clean sheet is good at last but lets not deny that Tranmere were pretty poor.

didnt get anything, entertainment nor result, this we had to win, i believe we are going down

If he does come here there's aleast 30 odd town fans who would like a chat with him !! might have a word with the customs guys and make sure his stay is a little longer.!!! clearing the way for a new manager!!

i though timlin did well, enough to keep his place i think, also though lesc did well at lb, better than in previous times.    i though a'ob did well when he camew on, if we can keep playing the ball in behind the fullback he'll beat them to it everytime, just needs better delivery!

perhaps we should put alan o brien up front he has got pace, playing football is getting us nowhere at the moment, lets play the old fashonied way of long ball hit and hope.

we might get a result

We defended very very well and had to

Had to compete with the physical side which we did well especially in the second half

difficult to recover from missing the penalty but we kept at it well

over all I think that the clean sheet is the biggest positive we've had

Phil's concentration levels to pull off last minute save top drawer. Bit of a surprise they had their shot

He had to make changes to be seen to be doing something and shake stuff up. He has a squad of players for a reason. Today the back four did very well. whoever thought they're in the team no matter what - they're not. It has to be the squad which turns this round.

Timlin had a fantastic game, gave the team a good balance. He's been a bit unlucky to be out the side but he's come back and made a statment.

One thing you ask for is hardwork and we got that today, maybe a bit more quality but a good shift.

Charlie steps up you expect it to hit the back of the net, but that's how things go sometimes. Not sure if it was a good save. Got around today. Took a chance and unfortunate to hit the bar.

and my radio just cut out. You'll have to sum up the rest of the interview yourselves.

Could've been better. How the ball stayed out when it hit their player from a yard out just before half time, I do not know.

Jennings should have been sent off for a two footed lunge on Frampton (it reminded me of when Sheehan was sent off earlier in the season) in the first half, and was then booed throughout the match. We didn't even get a free-kick !!

At least we kept our first clean sheet in the league since September.

Just back. Difficult to be too angry with the players as this was an improvement, but we really are shit at the moment. Tranmere were terrible and a better side would have taken them apart.

I thought Cuthbert and Doughlas were fucking useless in the first half but improved after the break. Big Kev looked rusty and Austin tried but it's just not going for him at the moment. O'Brien (Forrest Gump) had is best 15 minutes for us and I wouldn't mind him starting against Exeter.

The attendence sounded dodgy to me as there couldn't have been more than 5500 there.

To add to the above, no strikers on the bench. Is Pericard off? Is Bodin injured? did they explain on the radio?

Think they mentioned that pericard is injured.

Blackpool getting close to the figure that is wanted for Charlie, according to Wilson.

Oh, and Dale Jennings is a little twat.

Hard to disagree with most of the posts. Can only add that Dossevi never looks like scoring, he's too busy closing down the centre back to know how to.
 

dale jennings and tranmere are cunts
what a soft ref as well. he only remembered them cunting the ball away was a yellow after 80 minutes

we should have won but considering our form i'd have taken a point

i thought he looked sharp and got into some good positions. their keeper had to make saves from him, which is a start...

Defended well. Lecs and Timlin pick of the players. No real attacking edge though. Austin outshone by Dossevi for 75 minutes!

Still, a clean sheet is a clean sheet.

Except tonight when he was pretty good. And a similar yah boo sucks to whoever it was who moaned about Timlin starting, cos he also played well. Not sure about MOtM but first half he and Dossevi were our liveliest players. (Dossevi was a bit headless chicken, but he was lively).

Crap result, much improved performance. Solid at the back, not too bright up front, quite impressed with LJF, Mancs and Timlin. And, bizarrely, O'Brien who really put a creative spark in the side when he came on. If he played like that every week, I think we'd all be able to see what the management apparently see in him.

Think we got a glimpse tonight of "life after Charlie" because for the majority of the game, he may as well not have been there. He did liven up in the last 5 mins or so and that was a cracking shot that hit the bar, if only because he managed to dig it out from a very tight angle. I refuse to think about the penalty.

Yeah, but I'd love him to be our little twat, wouldn't you?

i don't think we need another left footed winger

I'd happily sacrifice one of ours for him.

None of Austins penalties have been good, it was always going to happen sooner or later

He was always going to miss that penalty. Twas written in the stars.

Seriously though, it was at a nice height for the keeper, and lacked power and placement.

I'd sacrifice one of ours as a cheap alternative to beef.

He looked handy on one or two occasions. Certainly isn't as tall as O'Brien, that's for sure.

Sounds like it a matter of when not if now..

That's because all of you internet warriors were not there!

I wouldn't expect Austin to be here by the weekend. I just hope we're left with enough time to get players in.

Everyone around me was clapping the team off the pitch

Well, you'd hope they've got 2 or 3 lined up ready to come in. I use the word hope advisedly here

Agree with this entirely

Tranmere were absolute shite and we were marginally better. They were there for the taking but we couldn't do it. The 1st half was dreadful and the midfield were an absolute shambles. The 2nd half was better but we could have played all night and not scored. Both JPM and Ritchie were shit. Cuthberts distribution is getting as bad as Ifills.
Despite the fact it was a 6 pointer and we were at home, it felt like we were the away team. We didn't commit people forward and the movement in the 1st half was non existent.
We really are very poor. 1 point against 3 piles of shite is relegation form.

:clap:

Like I said, chalkie, what we saw tonight was "life after Charlie". And it worries me

Timlin deserved his MOM just on his 2nd half performance alone, great energy and looks like he is playing for the shirt which is great to see. For me, JPM is, and has been all season a shadow of the player he was last season - his attempt to tackle Jennings after he ghosted past Cuthbert was embarassing.Although not at his best tonight, Douglas for me would be our next biggest loss when Austin moves on so we need some decent signings to keep Douglas onboard and interested.
Great pace from Andy-No-Brain, but please lets not kid ourselves that he is a footballer. If as its been rumoured there were 20 odd scouts in the stand tonight, lets hope they include someone from the Irish Olympic sprint coaching team as they would snap him up.
Ironic dont you think that Austin's last game in a town shirt will be remembered for a penalty miss - no hard feelings from me mind tbh.

Yep, were clapped off the pitch. I suppose at least a bit more effort was shown tonight.

I was impressed with the general attitude of the crowd. Got behind the team for the most part which is pretty good considering the stare we're in.

Also loved the "you're not going anywhere!" chant to Austin  ;D

Better 2nd half but i have seriously lost the will now. Yeah it was better but based on what? yeovil. We have some very very good players lookin piss poor at the moment. Obrien Timlin and jfl played well yet key players from last year like jpm douglas amakawaah and cuthbert looked poor at best.

Just back.
Should have won...Charlie...missed pen,one off the line,hit the bar.
Timlin played well,so did Lescinal....Douglas was awfull.
Jennings looks a good prospect for them......no strikers on the bench....shocking state of affairs really.

Good on the fans tonight,in the main got behind the team...good to see and hear,
A match we could off/should have won 3-0.

I think it's just a confidence thing. We look like a team low on confidence. Players not wanting the ball, making hurried passes, a lack of movement, and some of our boys resorting to hoofball.

I don't know what the answer is, but let's get some new faces in and take it from there.

Just back.  To be honest, we should have mullered them.  It really didn't run for us.  As the cliche goes when you're down the bottom you don't get the rub of the green.  Reading the thread back is confusing as it seemed to me that we were in control for all but a small portion of the first half.

Tranmere were shit, ref missed a lot, fans were great considering the situation.

I honestly think alot of us have been fooled into thinking that was a good performance because of what we have seen recently. Be interesting to see the actual stats on that game because i think they had there fair amount of chances aswell and apart from the pen i can't remember the keeper making a save.

Anyone who thinks we should of mullered them needs there head checking.As for life after charlie we are fucked because say what you like he basically created his own chances tonight.

Check the live update thing on The BBC text update. There was some ongoing joke about whether we had scored yet, we got quite a few mentions.

I'd say it was largely two teams not wanting to lose the game rather than two teams trying to win it. We did get better as the game went on and looked by far the most likely, but never really create much.
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Just remembered, Wilson said the Flint deal isn't actually quite finalised yet - he ain't registered with us, but he has been training with us. Seems a couple of points to iron out with between the Chairman.

whereas our chairman is in the states the turd

Jesus Wept. We can't even sign a non-league centre half, we've got fucking no chance of replacing Charlie

I think we were just as bad, seemed to play it too long most of the time.  AOB was looking good on the wing but went missing time and time again - and he was only for the last 20 minutes.  His pace frightens defenders, he should stay on the left wing and get into the box, not wander inside.

 ??? That is the way we are playing at the moment and it doesn't work for us! We get bullied by physical sides and have no countermeasure, when we do get the ball on the floor there are glimpses (very small ones  :)) that we can outpass teams and create chances.

There have been a lot of comments on the radio that this was a much improved performance over the last few games,  :hmmm: maybe, but I think Tranmere being equally as poor might have had something to do with that.

He had three or four chances Dean.....should have scored the penalty.
Not saying we should have mullered them.....but the defence take shit when we play bad...........the attack should have won us the game tonight.

I didn't say it was a good performance.

We should have mullered them as they are really really shit and we had a huge amount of the second half in control of the ball attacking.

Anyway

Here's the stats according to the bbc

 Possession
Swindon55% Tranmere45%

Attempts on target
Swindon3 Tranmere3

Attempts off target
Swindon9 Tranmere5

Corners
Swindon6 Tranmere5

Fouls
Swindon8 Tranmere9

Thing is lee he created those chances bar the penalty there was not one clear cut chance. Agree about about the defence that was the one positive tonight i just looked at the stats we had the same amount on target as them and only 3 more off target and hardly any more posssesion.

I really don't think we were  much better than them as some are saying.

They come for the point...were well organised.
Whats happened to Ritchie............he was dire.

Much better than I was expecting and if we'd have anything like a break in the 2nd half we would have won it.  Some totally random thoughts - Crowd were very quiet to start with but got into it about 5 minutes before the penalty.  Charlie missing ensured it stayed flat as a pancake until half time but I thought we got behind the lads in the 2nd half.  We definately upped the pace and there were a couple of build ups that were pretty slick although ended in sod all or really shit balls into the box.  Defensively we were better but still had our moments with Phil Smith not anticipating a Cuthbert back header which ended with a Tranmere corner and Phil having a pop at Cuthbert. Good to see Frampton directing things at the back and hopefully he'll stay fit.   Charlie didn't seem at the races in the first half but had a fairly large Tranmerian lump stood on him for most of the match.  Halfway through the second half he was back to his usual self winning headers and getting into decent shooting positions.  It was a bit sad noone sang "Charlie Charlie Austin" when he hit the bar but I guess that's what putting in a transfer request gets you.  He still is the only striker we have that has any poise and awareness and we will struggle like shit if he goes.  Dossevi put in a great shift but is too easily shoved off the ball.  He had a couple of great chances but never looked like converting them.  Alan O Brien needs to be told to stay glued to the touchline because he made a difference when he skinned their left back.  Anywhere else on the pitch he's a bloody useless liability with no football brain - he shot when he should have crossed, crossed when he should have shot and towards the end was fannying around in the inside left channel when Douglas and Sheehan were looking for the pass out wide. Timlin was a worthy MoM as he got stuck in and didn't give the ball away as much as the rest of them.  Douglas - mostly passed backwards or sideways and only sprang to life in the last 20 minutes.  Still can't shoot sadly.  Big Kev was OK going forward but very ropey in defence as Jennings seemed to play most of the game unmarked.  That said he did a brilliant block from a Jennings attempt in the first half.  Lecs was fine although gave me the shits with some fancy dan passing across our penalty area at times.  Ritchie was OK and JPM the same but you'd want a a lot more from these players.  Tranmere had definately come for the point and were lucky the ref didn't think desperate sliding lunges worthy of bookings, or they would have ended with 9 men on the pitch.  At the end of it, I'm feeling more positive about Exeter and hope if it has to be Charlie's last game, he goes out in style with a hat trick.  I think tonight's game shows he needs to stay with us until the summer.COYR

just back from game - not much to add to whats been said except I thought Lecs played a brilliant game and looked disappointed to be taken off - Sheehan never really got into it.

Manks looked rusty but good to see him back - i think he's better than Caddis. More active and commited going forward, even though he never quite got it under control tonight

Dossevi will, I am sure, one day disappear up his own arse with his constant 360 degree turning - he is obviously a good player at some level but looks still totally out of his depth trying to cope with the long ball shit we hit to him when he is man marked by a bloke twice as big as him - but his effort cannot be faulted and with better service he will shine some time.

One day I will see O Brien actually find a team mate with a cross. But I fear I may be old and grey by the time he does. His pace is staggering but his inability to deliver a decent final ball must be whats kept him at this level. he just seems to hit crosses without ever looking up - maybe at that speed there is no point in looking up as everything is a blur.

Interesting to see Charlie applauding crowd in all four corners on his way off, and as he disappeared down the tunnel he made eye contact with a lot of people in Arkells enclosure and waved a wave that definitely said "bye bye"

another interesting aside was at half time - their subs came out and went through pre-arranged drills passing and sprinting, whereas ours, led by Ferry, just seemed content to try to hit the pitch announcer on the back of the head and giggle like kids
. Also WIll Evans conducted the whole half time warm up with his hands in his pockets......... OK he knows its unlikely he will get on anytime soon but the difference between our subs and theirs was noticebale

Like most things STFC and TEF, the reaction is extreme one way or the other. I'm firmly in the DRS camp - that was shit, just slightly less shit than last week.

And for all the love the defence are getting, they were denied a stonewall penalty and created just as many clear cut chances we did.

Their fans should be far happier than ours tonight.

Buying a non-league defender is a bit like buying a house...

I remember earlier in the season when Ferry was injured and not involved he was running along the front of the Arkells stand back and forth with what looked like 14/15 year olds. It looked like he was playing hide and seek or tig or something.

Well that was certainly better, far from brilliant but far from awful.

I guess the main positive was the clean sheet and the effort from the players. They all put their shift in last night, even if the skill wasnt there.

I thought Frampton was good, as was Timlin and Dossevi impressed - his work rate was top notch and his play with his back to goal wasnt bad, shame he never looked threatening. It reminded me in a way of Lee Peacock, cant fault the work ethic even if the rest leaves alot to be desired.

LJF looked accomplished, dunno why he was taken off. Amankwaah looked like a guy who hasnt played first team football in mouth which is exactly what we was, some good bad.

Douglas passing was well off last night, Ritchie went missing. JPM hard work not alot else. Charlie meh, the effort was there, mind was else where, shit penalty.

O'Brien looked good when he came on. I think the main reason is the fact we actually seemed to play the ball infront of him. Play to his bloody strengths its not rocket science. Previous when he's played with Rose behind him all Rose did was knock it into his feet, which is pretty pointless.

It was better. The people texting in after the game were embarrassing though. Alot of 'guess that will shut the boo boys up' and 'hope that proves the wilson doubters wrong' hang about we just drew 0-0 with fucking Tranmere - thats still not good enough is it? even with the better display 1 point from Yeovil, Rovers and Tranmere isnt good enough. A 0-0 fucking draw with Tranmere is nothing for the happy clappers to take the moral high ground with.

Even a win on saturday and a points return of 4 from Yeovil, Rovers, Tranmere and Exeter isnt good enough.

O'Brien, would you mind awfully not fucking off into midfield when you are winger. If you could pay particular attention to this when your left back is looking to put into the channels I would be grateful.

I personally thought it was a piss poor display. If we were playing anyone other than a team shitter than us (And there isn't many) We would have been hammered.

Yes it's a clean sheen. Woohoo!

What does that even mean?! I think a lot of our fans are deluding themselves into thinking CA isn't trying to soften the blow when he leaves. From what i've seen recently he hasn't been doing anything different to what he always does, other than scoring of course

lecs got injured

i think that shows your not as quick as you thought you are!!!!

Austin was shit, clearly mind not in it. The sooner he goes the better.

Timlin was mom. Did the simple things well. Cuthbert kept hoofing it. We've missed Frampton and his leadership skills.

Same starting eleven for Sat, but Pericard in for Austin. I would say new signing but is that actually going to happen??!

yeah it wasn't great but it was an improvement on Yeovil and may install a bit more confidence in the players given the fact they weren't booed off. No-one is kidding themselves that it was great by any stretch and it isn't a performance that has papered over the cracks. We still know we need around 5 new signings. Some people seem intent on focusing on the negatives (and probably even wish that we would have lost) in the hope that Wilson gets sacked and we'll get someone in who performs miracles and we end up in the play-offs. I got news for you, it aint happening.

My thoughts, fwiw

On the radio after they were talking about the most one sided 2nd half they have ever seen...fuck me we werent that good? Lots of huffing and puffing but dont think we were really that threatening.
If a 0-0 draw against them is considered as progress, fuck me we are shite.

Dossevi - sure hes a nice guy an' all that, puts in a shift an' all that, but lets face it, he aint gonna score in a million years, and to be honest he link up play isnt that great. Is he just a mate of a mate or something thats been given a game for a crack?

As for the AoB, agree with Donzo, drfited inside way too much, his main, no, only asset is pace...he should be glued to that touch line. Saying that, much to my surprise, caused quite a threat when he came on....

Cant be arsed to talk about the others...but, though Frampton did well, lecs good etc etc

Just a word on the atmos as well (which is currently dire, and has been mentioned previously)...unless you are super fans, I think atmos is generated in one of two scenarios, a good team, with a string of results, good team spirit on the up...OR....a shit team, with shit players in a relegation battle BUT with good team spirit and the crowd on their side, all in it together and all that...

But what we have is a reasonable team, seriously underachieiving, and the crowd are pretty much in a depressed form of shock = shit atmos.

What a fucking boring post eh.

Well heres my penneth...

First half was a big pile of woeful nervousness....

Only highlight for me was the Team sheet and Prutton being dropped....at fucking last!!

Missed the pen......shame....i cannot believe there were numpties around me saying he meant to miss!!  FFS!!!  Idiots!

Second half we threw the lot at em........and it didnt happen....

We could still be out there now.....

AND...if anybody didnt have that sinking feeling before last nights game, then have it now, cos when you are a poor side and play well, try hard and get nowt....you are doomed.

I felt for the fuckers last night...

Lets hope we can kick on....i do not believe a new manager would make a difference at this point. But maybe some new faces would...trouble is, when you are shit and teetering on the brink....whos going to come here???

Keep the faith.......Cmon you reds...

See you Saturday and Tuesday night...chin up Flash...

was Vince injured last night, or just not considered good enough for the bench? Good job we didnt have an injury to Charlie or Dosser, or we might have had no striker to bring on.
If he isnt injured, then it was a  risk by DW.

Still dont think he should start Sat if CA is still with us. Dosser beginning to show some form last night and Charlie hasnt stopped trying, he is just out of form, which may or may not be because his head is at the Blackpool illuminations.

Growing to like Frampton more every time I see him. Would be nice if he stayed beyond end of season, but if we take the drop I can see players like him heading for the hills real fast.

I'm not of the opinion of others on here that Ritchie had a mare - in first half he worked really hard tracking back and the move he had to make to other wing to accomodate O Brien seemed to put him off his game, and he drifted out of the action too much in second half trying too hard to get back in

I just wanted to say watching the game while listening to music and not listening to the groans and what not of the crowd makes the game a lot more fun. I found I was able to be more objective and enjoyed the game for the first time in quite some time. We didn't play badly and it was a shame we only drew.

I hope we can shift Austin asap. He didn't play badly and still worked hard, but his mind is clearly elsewhere. (I also can't wait to see the back of that turncoat cunt. :D)

Pericard dropped to make way for Prutton on the bench...

I thought he was injured?

The players who we have in the team to create are not doing the biz.
JPM and Ritchie were poor last night.....it was left to Obrien to create a spark.
Fair play to him he battled well.

I think the main thing is the defence looked a lot more assured. Lecs looked good at LB and Manks did well down the right. I didn't think Timlin was MOM last night, but thinking about it this morning, I've changed my mind. He worked tirelessly and played some neat passes.
AOB did well when he came on, I just wish he would stay wide!! What is that about?!
Charlie was unlucky on a couple of occasions and bar that instance when he seemed to have a little panic about an injury I don't think he can come under too much criticism.
Thought the chants of you're not going anywhere were a bit odd.. Way to try and alienate a player we may still have next week.

Oh and if you were sat in The Town End, Row N in the 30's with your missus. You are a twat.

Bunny....if he stayed wide....and didnt recieve the ball for ten mins you would be calling him lazy....the modern wing man has to cut infield or track back....the day of a wide man staying wide hugging the wing is long gone.
Of course he plays better when he gets the ball wide....but if he isn't getting the ball wide.....what does he do.

Looked good defensively, but showed fuck all attacking intent.

I didnt go with the missus, but still a twat....do i win £10?

Is that right? Because I'm known for my constant slating of players. How often did he recieve the ball when he cut inside and ended up behind Sheehan? Please, tell me.

Nah no cash prizes sorry! It's ok. I've actually just found him having a caps lock rant over on the facebook group.

He did cut inside more than he should have done and for no apparent reason. But credit where it's due, he looked lively and presented a threat down the left. One of his best games in a Town shirt IMO. Admittedly, that's not a high bar, but I'd rather encourage for what he did well when he does it

Oooh, do share. I could do with some foaming ranting to brighten my morning

Fuck me, I said he did well. Made one minor observation and that is what gets picked out of the entire post. Lick my Arse Orifice. He was massively unlucky in that goal line scramble. Or maybe I mean he should've learned to head the ball harder that way it wouldn't have been saved. Oh and his cut backs were shit. Yeah.

I WENT TONIGHT AND I STILL STAND BY MY WORD WILSON OUT NOW THE TEAM WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE TONIGHT SUM WANTED TO PLAY OTHERS JUST DIDNT GIVE A SHIT!

you should've heard the crap he was coming out with last night too. Oh and booing Wilsons decision to take off an injure LJF. Retard. "Oh look he's going straight down the tunnel, I don't blame him, shit decision"

Man I'm in a bad mood this morning.

Erm, unless I've missed something completely, I don't think anyone was particularly having a go at you were they? You seem a bit touchy about it? Now, where's the link to that CAPS LOCK ranting bloke?

EDIT: You put it in above. Ta. Good ranting, made me chuckle

Some fat prick did the same down the front of the town end, and started shouting Wilson Out. There are some fucking clueless cretinous fans about.

Check this beauty out:

Ive supported this club since the 80's, NEVER in all of my years of followin Swindon have I remembered seenin such a pathetic uninterested side play in such a pathetic uninterested way, Sack Wilson and sack the squad b4 we end up in the non-leagues, I truely believe that this could well b the beginning of the end if we arnt careful


Now, I'm not saying last night was great by any stretch. But to come out with that?!!? What goes on in peoples heads??!?

The more I read of the Adver comments section, the less I believe in democracy.

About twice?......but how many times did he get in the box and create..a lot more than any other player.....you choose to look at the negative in him.......he played well last night.
I get your point but dont think it matters ware he runs....wide or infield....as long as he gets in the box.

Some of the spelling leaves a lot to be desired

Had a bit of a spur of the moment thing going on. Caught up with leefer and Boo in the Town End eventually. First half a bit shit, but improved in the 2nd. Some nice play going on at the back and a clean sheet, so an improvement in that. LJF had a good game, disappointed he went off. AoB did reasonably well when he came on, if only he could dig out some decent crosses
We should have won the game, but when your luck's out...................

So which part of AOB did well when he came on did you not understand?

Woah woah woah. What did you just say about AOB?!!?! Shame on you.

I think LJF was injured wasn't he? But yeah he had a great game back at LB. I remember seeing him going over to the bench during when stoppage and then shortly after he was subbed off.

if people who want wilson out are cretins-idiots-mongs etc,what are people who want him to stay?
i'm starting to think the longer he stays, the bigger our chances of relegation.
now i dont really want a change of manager for the sake of it,but i'm not seeing signs of wilson turning it around.
we should just about stay up,but then again i wouldn't be surprised if we were relegated.

for me, its not about WANTING him to stay-its about accepting the fact that he is going to be here until the end of the season whether we like it or not. 

Don't know what everyone's moaning about. Fitton said he'd get us out of this Division in 3 years

This is pretty much how I feel.

Stupid us, eh? We all thought he meant upwards  :doh:

What do you think it means?

It clearly means I saw a pink elephant in the stand watching and he was waving to a blue moose who happened to have the same glasses as sonic youth wears.

He put the effort in but was only half hearted? Thats what I got out of your sentence, hence the confusion

The clean sheet is a start. Even though we should be beating teams like tranmere at home and as ppl have said 1 point from brizzle yeovil and tranmere is dire but a win against exeter turns into 4 from 6 points which is more than i would of expected us to get in our current form.

Dw is a very lucky man to still have his job and last night result even though not the right one was still more than we've got from them in the last 2 games.

Agree with the general consensus about last night performance being a clear improvement.

When confidence is so low we were never going to come out and issue out a 3 or 4 goal spanking.  Its about small steps when the situation is so fragile, last night was an improvement and on Saturday if we see the same increase on tonight’s performance then I’m confident we can win.

I actually thought we got some lucky breaks last night.  The penalty decision (not even close to be a penalty so I guess justice was done) and the Tranmere shot which hit the post and thankfully the rebound was kind for us.

Fuck me your worse than he is....getting yourself all tied up :D

Not said you were having a go;just wondering why you feel him cutting inside now and again is so wrong?........was just explaining facts....fact is you get very touchy bunny ;D

I'll just add my thoughts.That was my first game since Charlton and the obvious lack of confidence in some players was truly shocking.Im soory to say that Cuthbert looks completely shot to pieces.Frampton was the pick of the back four and,dare I say,looked something like the nearest we've had to a Greer-like leader if he can stay fit.LJF had a half decent game,Timlin was a deserved MOTM who I thought showed what Prutton seems to lack-motivation,determination and passion.Austin looked half-arsed to me and everyone else apart from Smithy was awful.Worst game I've seen Douglas have,he also seemed to be one of the worst sufferers of a lack of confidence.By the way,how shit were Sheehan's free kicks?OB's was an entertaining cameo but not having seen Yeovil,Oldham or Rovers,the decline in performance was worrying.Tranmere were terrible but having beaten Soton on saturday,they must have something about them.Cheating little prick 21(was it Jennings?)who was laying prostrate in the 6 yard box pretending to be injured then sprang to life when the ball arrived was a diving little shit.However it seemed like 2 dropped rather than 1 gained although maybe some green shoots of recovery?

Just a few tho

AoB is my new favourite player

Sensible realists....very few managers, are always successful, look at the examples. Just a couple off the top of the head...Ancelotti, double last season, flying start this, then it all goes pear shaped. Why?

Look at the fella down the road....they've twice had completely shit spells when their mongs have called for his head, but he's been allowed to manage, and they're in their highest spot for years.

Quite simply Wilson because of his previous work has earned the opportunity to sort this window, he's lost a centre half but brought in Flint, he will lose Austin but deserves the chance to bring in a couple of players with some of the funds. If at the end of the season, which is relatively close, we see no progress or get relegated he should not be given a new contract. Then a new man or woman can be brought in.

You always like the underdog.

Ref adje......good post.

The happy clappers coming out of the woodwork on BBC Radio Swindon last night were laughable. The way they were going on you would have thought we had beat top of the league 5-0, not drawn at home to Tranmere.

If Austin is not replaced, I think we will go down. In 08/09 we had the goals of Simon Cox to save us, along with a decent input from Paynter. This year we look like going into the second half of the season with a Dossevi-Pericard partnership. Dossevi tried last night but was out of his depth. I really don't know where the goals are going to come from.

Worrying that Wilson thinks it will only be 'someone' coming in instead of 2/3 players that are needed. His lack of activity in the transfer market is going to cost us.

I don't think a new man will see much improvement at this stage in the season, the current squad isn't up to it, but I think Wilson has to go at the end of the season. 3 targets, none met = gone.

I thought the most positive thing about last night was that it was actually a decent game. First time Ive seen some entertainment at a ground for weeks. Although the crowd was quiet, the fans did stay with the team, which is also positive.

Amankwaah does a lot more running off the ball than Caddis. Caddis is good on the ball, and he's a skillful player, but he's far too happy to stand about on the half way line when we are attacking. You need the full backs rampaging up the field to get real pressure on.

I cant believe Lescinel backheeled the ball towards his own 18 yard box. That is defender suicide, and he was lucky to get away with it. Lescinel is a very skilful player, and 90% of the stuff he does is very good. But he's always likely to do something crazy. We cant afford the risks he takes at the moment, we are very fragile.

Dossevi works extremely hard. But he needs more shooting practice. Can you imagine him on his own up front? We must sign 2 strikers this transfer window.

O'Brien did alright. But he's not a footballer and he doesnt have a clue what he's doing.

Rubbish, he's brilliant. Hope he starts against B'mth. That will be two games in a week for me, can't wait

Hi Dave.....good and shocking to see you last night!

To be fair you caught him on a goodish day :D

Only decided around 3pm that I needed to do something interesting, by four ish I was in the car and on my way

There's more to come from AoB Lee, I'm sure of it

Good to see you and Boo too, can't believe I missed you in the CGH. It's not quite the same coming up and not having a skinful. Hopefully I can manage to make a night of one before the end of the season

Well done you on showing up!

So how comes you ended up at the CG?

Christ, not another Dave. Can't we have some sort of quota?

Says the man really spicing things up by being called Davis.

It's a novelty for me, apart from the live thread, I don't have to suffer it every week. Nah I'd do it more often if I could, keeps my granddad alive for me. Sentimental I know, sweet shop on the Shrivenham Road and all that

Dave, the name of cunts.

Well done Reg. Glad to see you're not going down the Keys/Gray route. I'd hate to see you thrown off the forum 8)

i dont think fitton can risk us getting relegated.if results dont improve the league position will force his hand.
i hope wilson can sort us out.
i dont want to see him sacked.

Just as long as she knows the offside rule.

Surely results would force his hand to sign a striker rather than to sack a good manager?

we've signed players.the wrong ones it seems.either that or they aint being managed properly

we've signed the wrong strikers since Austin, yes.

But they were both on a free. We need the board to pay for a bit of quality up front.

when austin fucks off we'll need 2 forwards.we've needed 1 all season

pericard should never had been offered a 1 n a half year contract, 6 months would have done and we would of been shot of him at the start of the season

He was under contract at Carlisle, who offered him a new contract as he'd scored 4 in 8 or similar. They were genuinely gutted to lose him at the time...sadly the best thing we've got from him was that video some Carlisle fan made...

At the time he was scoring some goals, was being offered a deal by Carlisle and we needed someone to provide cover in the run up to crunch time of a promotion push.  It didn't work out, he'll leave on a free eventually and we'll all get on with our lives.  Offering what we did was the right decision at that time, it looks wrong now, but so does the idea of invading Poland.

Any excuse:

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5988485/ (http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5988485/)

Genius.

"It's just the way these fuckers are"

"Smash that cunting magic roundabout into outer space"

This is the main reason I still like Pericard I think.

What was wrong was entering the new season believing that Pericard could replace Paynter.

Quite a lot by the time we got there.

I never tire of watching that :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

And even when "Peri-Peri is gone", we'll still have this.

It just about sums up how dire things are when there's a level of excitement about a 0-0 home draw with Tranmere.  yes, it may have been a slightly better performance than the last few games, but let's be honest Tranmere were fairly awful.  A better team would have walked away with 3 points at ease.

Not going to go over the match in any detail, as everything has been covered.  Nobody stood out as being awful last night, although there were some shocking passes at times.  The main issue lies with the fact that we don't seem capable of playing as a unit or having any real spark about us.

I honestly can't see where we go from here.  It appears that last night's result has given Wilson a stay of execution, but quite frankly at the moment the only place I can see him taking us is League 2.

It seems certain that Austin will be gone by Saturday and it's looking less and less likely we'll have somebody in to replace him, let alone the other 3 or 4 players we need.  Pericard has appareantly injured his knee, so that would leave us with Dossevi and Billy Bodin.  

We never do any better than a draw against Exeter, so assuming that happens it will give us 5 points out of the last 21.  How anybody can think that is remotely acceptable is beyond me? As you may have noticed I've slightly lost the will  :(

We all have' to some degree.....just feel that its all best to wait untill the seasons end and go from there.

On another night Charlie would have scored four.....missed pen,hit the bar,one of the line and a couple of other half chances...bottom line is if the penalty had gone in we would be sitting two points better off and a little happier most probably.

That all came from Charlies full debut, where  Vince was probably the best player on the pich, caused us problems all game.

Yes, and you famously went on a 5-hour bender with Donkey and almost missed the train home. Don't tell me you actually remember anything about that game.

Fact is though that his first touch is poor, his passing is pretty crap and the only thing he's good for is sprinting. He should hug the touch line and look for balls to run on to. It'll be far more affective and every time he cut inside he was never in a decent position to recieve the ball.

Thems the facts buddy. :D