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We'll win 2-0. Gills have got fuck all players

We'll draw/lose because you started the thread. 2-2.

I'll cut you up.

Were screwed.

Shits gonna go down.

Ban please...

3-1 and someone sent off.

0-3 (Frampton, Weston, Nouble)

Woke up expecting another matchday thread by SuggWillSugg to carry on his 100% record, but no.

Well Bogus Dave you're a braver man than me, if this game goes tits up there'll be a few horses wanting some new heads I suspect.

3-1 Ritchie to come good again.

Aggghhh Gypsys curse. Oh well dont believe in that hokum 2-0 win.

0-4 (+ toss bag Kuffour)

Seriously though 2-1 win

More cuntier than an Oxford fan. Then again, I still think we'll win  :D

Don't feel good about this!

I'm hoping this thread isn't going to mean an end to our winning ways.  Am going to remain positive and go for a 2-0 win! COYR

If we lose I hope Bogus Dave does get a ban  :smugfu:

2-1 defeat.

2-1 win

All we can hope is that SWS stayed round Dave's last night.

Can we delete and restart a new thread by Suggs? Gonna lose 5-0 now

I am in no way superstitious.

We will win 3-0 tonight.

Hang on, I say good morning to magpies, and always wear my "lucky" shirt to matches.

We are screwed and will lose 3-0.

We're fucked now.

We've got to start putting some runs together if we're going to join the promotion race.  Accrington and Plymouth were both great results, but won't mean much if we can keep it going against Gillingham and Bradford.  Tough game...Gills have also taken 7 points from the last 9 available, but I'm optimistic about our chances.

Tough game. Not overly confident.

Will go with a scrappy 1-1 draw. Late goal from Ridenhalgh to salvage a point.

2-0 defeat Kuffour getting both, wheres willsugg?

Would take 4 points from tonight and Saturday.

Tough one tonight but i'll go for an entertaining 2-2 with a red card and missed pen thrown in for fun.

We're decent at home, going for a 2-0 win.

5-0 defeat.

Sorry boys (and girls) majorly ill last night! went to bed at 4pm and have just woken up!


Even without my lucky thread, we'll win.

1-0

draw

2-3 last minute shinner from that little bastard Kuffour. I'd like a free flowing game full of incident; however I think the ref will be a control freak cunt that breaks the game down as soon as it builds up.

Flint and Jervis for our goals.

Draw.

And caravans to be pitched permanently in the car park after the game.

Dale farm mark 2

Bogus Dave is a cunt.  

This thread to close with SuggWillSugg opening another.  Prediction for that thread would be 2-1 with Jervis and Kerrouche on the scoresheet.

Prediction for this one is 1-2 with pitchforks being sharpened for the lynching of Bogus Dave.

Fucks sake who started this crazy notion of the person who starts the thread is key to the outcome of the game.  This is genuinely playing on my mind now...

There's no reason why we shouldn't win having won the last two away games, and three wins on the trot would get me very excited about our promotion prospects.  A defeat would put us potentially 12 points behind league leaders Crawley which would also be a devastating blow at this stage.

I fancy us to win as confidence should be high and there'll be an emotional will to win from Paolo tonight.  Things are seemingly starting to click and the consistency is coming together.  I see the fact we supposedly were a bit crap on Saturday but still won as a positive.  Tonight we can kick on, get the performance to match the result and hammer them 4-0 with anonymous unknown loanees getting three and Flint grabbing the first crucial goal.

Besides, the Pikeys are shit away from home.

I don't think people are genuinely this superstitious, just playing along for fun.

2-1 win. Ritchie and jervis. Gills score late and pile on the pressure but we hold on.

Well it's made me genuinely superstitious!  Maybe reading all those dirty jokes has given a warped sense of reality....

Going to win 8-7, All the Goals/Own goals by Kuffour.

Their away record isn't actually all that bad, although they do concede a lot

P7    W3    D1    L3    F16    A13    

11 of those 16 came in two games against Hereford and Torquay, which skews it massively. Other than those 2 games they've score 1 per game.

Hereford only scored 4 all season until they played us. I'm not worried about the stats as they are meaningless.

Not wishing to add to that but last time Bogus Dave started a matchday thread was 15th January 2011. Swindon vs Yeovil......we lost 0-1.

Just saying.

To some extent, yes. But if they said Gills had won all their home games and lost all their away games then you'd say they were quite meaningful. The fact that they've won 3 away games so far this year serves (imo) as an indicator that they're no pushovers away from home (or as much as a bunch of caravan-dwelling pikeys ever can be away from home...)

Forget the stats. If it keeps raining like this! There will be no game at all.

I had this same thought 20 minutes ago.  Fortunately the suns out now.

Na, it's not that bad here. At worst, they won't need to water the pitch robinettes before the game.

I reckon we might even have a half decent midweek crowd for this one - nervous, but looking forward to it. Wouldn’t be a proper Town game without new signings to view – today, it's Montano and Foderingham. COME ON YOU REDS

4.0 Swindon and another unchanged team.

Hope Montano is more up for it than he was at Plymouth on Saturday.

Looking forward to this. Should be a good game. Got a bad feeling about it though. Everyone seems to think it's a game we should be winning but they are above us and in decent form as well.

Medhi and Jervis for me

Kerrouche is suspended

Between 7,000 and 7,500 acording to the scottish bloke in ticket office. I think we might get a little more.

Ahh ok

I know...their form is almost identical to ours and the points difference is so small it's hardly worth worrying about.  It could go either way.

But I'm excited.  A win tonight and we'll have started to build a decent run and very possibly put ourselves in to the play off/promotion places for the first time as well.  (Being top after the Crewe game doesn't count.)

Any idea what time the turnstiles shut?

Can't get there in time for kick off, but I have a Season Ticket anyway so may pop down about half an hour in if they're still going to have the doors open.

Fingers crossed for this evening.

With no significant reasoning, I've got it into my head that these next two games will indicate (to me) if we can truly sustain a promotion chase. By beating Accrington and Plymouth we've done the tricky bit now let us make home "advantage" count.

YOU REDS.

It's fucking pissing down again. Still confident of a win.

They normally have 1 turnstyle in every stand open until half time, so should be fine with that.

Got a really bad feeling about tonight. Midweek games in the pissing rain often ask major questions of attitude and professionalism. Potentially, this could be a weakness - given the amount of loanees we've got in the starting line-up.

Can't see Montano being too interested tonight. Also, the slippery ball will be difficult for a young goalkeeper.

I can see us losing this :headhurts: . Please provide me wrong!!!

COYR

Unchanged again then..

Swindon Town: Wes Foderingham; Paul Caddis (capt), Alan McCormack, Aden Flint, Liam Ridehalgh; Matt Ritchie, Simon Ferry, Jonathan Smith, Raffaele De Vita; Cristian Montano, Jake Jervis

Substitutes: Oliver Risser, Alessandro Cibocchi, Ahmed Abdulla, Alan Connell, Lukas Magera

Comazzi must feel like a total dork if a converted centre midfielder has taken his place.

I'm more worried about Saturday because Bradford are shite.

The pikeys are a half decent team so hopefully we won't take them lightly.

I'm hopeful that we can win this, although I think it will be a close one.

Really hope Jervis gets amongst the goals tonight. Put in a real shift against Argyle, ran himself into the ground, just lacked a real clear cut chance.

Am off to do some painting. Will see if my radio will pick up the footie again.

We win or I have to stay in for a week!

Crawley one down

What freq is the footie on? Can find Hereford vs Nhampton and Heart FM, but am struggling with the footie

Bugger Crawley back level and playing against ten men

And Pox one up

Come on Town!!

Very slow on here tonight.  About 5 of us not at the game then.

My 3 year old went to sleep cuddling his Swindon Town teddy, which has to be a good omen...I hope.  (I may now have to burn it tomorrow if we don't win.)

Anyone with commentary have an update?  How are we doing?

Sounds like we're the better side.

I would love to keep you updated but the stop start of player is really testing my patience. I may cancel my subscription.

Love Julie

Sounding fairly dangerous going forward. But so are they

non event so far

gills have one off the line. foderignham saved

Thanks all.

Just to liven things up a little then, does anyone else agree that Hessenthaler looks a bit like a monkey?

A monkey:

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Andy Hessenthaler:

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You are on thin ice my son, thin ice

Andy Hessenthaler

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That picture of skeletor looks fuck all like a cartoon.

Gills fans before the game

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My hopes of this game being decided by midway through the second half are fading fast. I'm going to miss another nailbiting finish.

Blame bogey dave

Pretty even first half to be honest.

It's looking likely to be decided by the odd goal, and Ritchie's long range effort apart we haven't really looked like scoring. That said, other than the scramble when McCormack was injured neither have they.

Cibocchi on for McCormack, then.  Did the injury look bad?

tight game some good football from us at times. chances at premium.

Evening all. Just home. 6 pages says it all!

Oxford 1-1

reckon we may draw this

Can see us losing this. Really anxious, if we score one though then we will score two.

fuck a duck

Why?

Are we losing?

sounds like we are struggling now-Gillingscum hit post

gills hit post and it rolls across the goal

It's all your fault you ginger fuck.

How is your conscience?

Was Connell coming on for Montano a tactical sub?  Injured, tiring, not working out?

I believe so. I wish people wouldn't post confusing messages!

Hahahaha.

Only game in the division without a goal then.  Oxford look like winning theirs...and Plymouth well on the way to becoming the largest city in England without League representation.  (Future trivia question.)

Has Connell had a touch yet?

For fuck sake, i dont believe it

What?

I knocked my beer over  :cry:

i hate you

Karma.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaallll. Ritchie Stunner

GOAL!


RITCHIE! with a worldy apparently!

Get the fuck in! 

GET IN!

thank fuck for that COYRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ritchie screamer. One of the best goals you'll see at the county ground in a long time. Or not, because I'm not there.

I must be 30 seconds behind on stfc player but fucking get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now lets hang on

ginger dave - your life is on the line here...

So much more precise than me.

What a fucking strike!

Get in.

That's the stuff!

What a fucking strike from Ritchie.

HOWITZERRRRR!

I'm hearing he's dedicated that one to Ray McHale.

Beautiful.  Love football.

Dont wish to tempt fate, but three clean sheets in a row would be impressive!

FUCKING YES

YESS!!!

Phew - apparently great celebrations by the rest of the team too!

gills miss an open goal

Jeez - that sounded close!!

When Greimink was in goal, the only hope of keeping a clean sheet was to wipe his cock on the curtain before he went to bed.

That miss sounded hilarious, too.

dickhead

Nervous

As things stand...up to 8th, and just behind Port Vale in 7th on goal difference.

Bristol Rovers 0 Port Vale 3

Feeling tense...... multiple corners for Gills

How many mins to go?

1.5 mins plus stoppage

1+ INJ

30 secs + inj

INJ

4 mins stoppage

Wooooo

2-0!


Smith!

Easy!

TWO!!!!!!!!!

2-0 in the playoff places.

Edit: Still embarassed by music being played after we score.

I LOVE MY SWINDON, I FUCKING LOVE THEM  :beers:

2 - 0 yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

YESSSSS!!!!  :pint:

Zwei, deux!!

Get in  :beers:

So we are...good spot!

We might be going up, say we might be going up!

Hooray!!!!

thank fuck for that.

Holding my head high around Kent!Fuck Off Gills!!

Game over.

Lovely!

Glad I was proved wrong, get in  :clap:

Job done.  Well done, Paolo.  Well done to the lads.

Tall order, but now we need to start reeling the top two in.  We don't want to lose touch with them.  We're in the play off places...and need to build from here.  Nine points from the last nine is a good start though!

Clean sheet again.

Fucking brilliant.

Back to dale farm for the sister fuckers

Great win.

Clean sheets as well!

Very happy tonight!

Oh hello play-offs. Nice to see you again. 

attendance 7,787 (400) FYI

Sweet, great result.

It's just a shame that the teams at the top are also in such good form.  Crawley and Southend need to start losing games..

Has anyone told them?  I think they are still trying to win matches.

Great result tonight.

Yes but that's what happens...teams at the top tend to win most of their games.

:D

Bogus Dave is not a cunt, I repeat not a cunt.

YES HE IS!

Very very happy with that result against the pikey fuckwits.

And a worldy by Ritchie as well.........sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Loving the fact the last two wins have come from goals in the closing stages of the games.  Love winning games late on, hate dropping points late (as it's felt we've done constantly for years).

They was robbed! But two super goals and a clean sheet against the best side we've played this season. Keep this up and we might be top three material.

On the down side, our crowd are embarrassingly quiet at times. We're the Arsenal of L2.

The six fingered Wovers cunts in 16th. Brilliant viewing that table. Never in doubt that result  :headhurts:

Loving the post match...


On Ritchie's goal…

He proved at the end that he has so much energy. I am happy to see him score but one day I would like to score a simple goal. At times we are too elegant, but it never happens that we score a simple goal! If we can keep scoring goals like Ritchie's then so be it. I couldn't score a goal like that as a player. My legs used to be like mozzarella cheese so late on in a game!

has Wes conceded a goal yet?

nope

Nope, but he was very lucky tonight (or so it sounded on the radio) They could have made it 1-1 if not for a complete fuck up.

Still, we are Swindon and i fucking loves it

Brilliant game of football between 2 good sides who pass the ball well. Great entertainment that. I thought we were superb in the first 30 minutes or so. Our passing play was brilliant and sometimes we either tried one pass too many or the final ball wasn't quite good enough.

After that though Gillingham really got into the game. They passed the ball really well and kept the game flowing at a great tempo. Kuffour really should have scored that rebound from all but 2 yards out but credit to Foderingham it was a great save to tip the initial header onto the bar and it was fantastic to see McCormack ensure that Kuffour failed to get the ball over the line. That's the sort of thing we haven't seen here for years.

2nd half Gillingham continued to press and produce good football. They hit the post where they really should have scored and we really couldn't get anything going. Then Paolo makes a great change and brings on Connell. I dont know what it is but he offers something that all of our other strikers don't and he's a real impact player.

It changed the game and that strike from Ritchie was pure class. Best goal i've seen at the CG for a fair few years in fact it's probably up there in my top 5 goals i've seen at the CG full stop. Sweet strike keeper had no chance and it went like a rocket. How Kedwell missed a sitter for them a few minutes later I will never know but Smith came up with a pearler of his own that was class. For once we didn't sit back and took advantage of Gills pushing forward.

Perhaps undeserved tonight but we'll take it. I sense a real team spirit, desire to win and our good fitness coming through now. Keeping it up will be tough but I think we have a chance this season. Both teams will be up there come May. Gills the best team i've seen play us so far.

Were we lucky  - yes
Do I give a fuck - nope!

Good team Gills. We looked a bit ragged in the second half. God knows how they missed their 3 chances. But we have the points, so who cares.

Great to put a run together, and its wonderful to see us in the play-off position - especially after that poor run at the start of the season.  I was really starting to worry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isBHwVJAtg

Someone was quick

By fuck we rode our luck tonight but 2 stunning goals. Despite their chances we still passed the ball well at times. The difference at the moment is the back 4 with Wes being the final piece of that puzzle. With the players we have in the attacking third we will always create chances.

Caddis is also outstanding at the moment and the partnerships are all over the pitch with the exception of the top 2

We got lucky with the clean sheet and we got lucky with the three points but this is the best football for ages. Love the players commitment, love their energy and desire. Please let the rest of the season be just like this.

Wasn't the best performance in the world tonight. We put some nice moves together in the first half but most came to nothing, probably through us trying to be a bit too clever. Then for quite a while we struggled to put moves together - we gave the ball away, we lumped it forward to nobody... Jervis and Montano were really struggling to hold the ball up. Meanwhile Gills were asking a lot of questions of our defence and almost found a way through. Goodness knows how McCormack kept that ball out in the first half - I'd have given him man of the match for that alone. Then in the second they had a good strike come back off the post followed by their bloke getting the ball stuck under his foot when the goal was gaping. We rode our luck, but then made the most of it! We began putting a few moves together going forward but still we weren't putting the finishing touches on them, until Ritchie took things into his own hands. How it dipped below the bar I still don't understand, but what a strike! Then Gills came forward in search of the equaliser and we looked dangerous on the break, with Ferry bursting forwards and Connell doign a good job of holding the ball up and letting the midfield make runs - something that had been lacking previously. Then of course Connell laid the ball off perfectly for Smith who had acres of space but decided to hit it first time, curling it into the corner of the net. You just knew it was a goal before the ball even left his boot.

Good win, and the table is looking much better now than 2 weeks ago. Let's not spoil it aganist Bradford - they are in dire form and we need to take advantage of that, rather than having a repeat of the Hereford debacle.

Well, we certainly rode our luck a few times and 15 minutes or so from the end, I couldn't see us scoring.  Enter Matt Ritchie with a superb strike.

Gillingham managed to someone mess up the opportunity to draw level after a slight defensive mix-up, but we pushed on and Smith scored a great goal.

It wasn't one of our best performances and our final ball at times was woeful.  Last season we would have lost that game without a shadow of a doubt.  The differences in the team spirit and mentality are immense.   We never gave up, won the game in the latter stages not looking at our best, got a bit lucky and kept a clean sheet.  That has all the signs of a team going places.

Was that goal the first thing Ritchie done all evening? Thr crowd certainly love him!

Winning is certainly becoming a good habit this season and long may it continue!!!

Great strikes, used a bit of overdue luck tonight and 3 more points, in the play offs now...lets keep building on it and top 3 by Xmas....COYR!

p.s- IMO i thought Ritchie was pretty poor again for 80 mins, but wow what a goal and what it did for his confidence last 10 mins and hopefully he will grow in leaps and bounds once more!

Not his best game by any means but he showed why he is a matchwinner, average performance and then a moment of magic.

Not sure how we won tonight, the Gills should have been a couple up before we scored but we dug a result out against a good team who will almost certainly be top 7 come the end of the season.

Good times

Really enjoyed the game tonight, two good footballing teams.

We rode our luck for a bit but we are vertically looking more solid at the back and Foderingham is class.

Two awesome goals, and I still don't know how they didn't score tonight, the miss near the end was brilliant!

Love how together the team look, so much desire. Great 3 points and I can enjoy my 2 hour journey home!

Agree with the comments about Ritchie - 79 minutes with very little creativity or end-product, then BOOM! What a strike. After that he was galvanised - hoepfully he'll carry that confidence into the game on Saturday and tear them a new one!

We must have put all their lucky heather around our goal tonight. We were very lucky not to concede but scored two outstanding goals. At last we've got a keeper who looks as though they're a keeper. Their keeper wasn't too shabby either.
Our final ball all evening was shite but in the end it didn't matter.
Nouble was interesting in his lime green boots - he spent the whole game either offside or on his arse, that latter within the first 10 seconds.
I'm happy tonight. A lucky win but when was the last time we said that.
Unfortunately I think the Pikeys will be up there at the end of the season.

Just back.  It was a great game of football.  We were good until Mcormack went off and that seemed to disrupt us.  Gills came back very well in the second half and we then couldn't find a pass.  Aimless football for a while.  

You sensed something was going to happen as we finally strung some passes together and Ferry, god bless him, is the new Micky Hazard.  He did that getting boxed in by players and then turning round in a circle and laying off a lovely pass thing that I always remember Hazard doing.

From that came Ritchies fantastic strike which really was a pearler.  Its up there with Hoddle against Sunderland in the promotion to the premiership season.  Gills were obviously going to come back at us but as they came forward they made a few mistakes.  Connell timed his run perfectly with Gills players looking for offside, pulled it back superbly and as people have said before, you just knew Smith was going to hit the back of the net.

All in all not the best performance but a great game, lit up by two stunning strikes.

Loving the team spirit, and loving the feeling of nicking points rather than giving them away.

My one nagging doubt is that the subs bench still looks unbalanced, and you struggle to see what options PDC has to change things in a match. Having said that, if Gabilondo had been on the bench Ritchie might not have been on the pitch to score.

Me and the boys have decided that the bloke who sits about 5 rows behind us in the family enclosure and yells advice to Paolo and the players is our favourite fan ever.

And also, I liked the tactic of the keeper sending it out to Ritchie from long kicks as their left back was a midget.  Ferry looked gigantic against him.  I checked on their website as I couldn't believe he was a grown up.  His height is stated as 5 foot 4.  We always claim a couple of extra inches though don't we.

Really enjoyed the match...good team were Gills and the defence were outstanding.
Thought Jervis did well with his interplay and the game was a credit to both teams.
But what really caught my eye tonight was the keeper Fotheringham....he shows how important it is to have a good one,when the defence was under pressure he was there.
Flint is a great player in the making and Smith is looking a bargain..........happy days.

Also anyone hear PDCs radio interview afterwards on BBC Swindon...was he saying he'd like to see us score a 'crappy goal' or a 'scrappy goal'...the part about cheese was funny...Roll on Saturday...STFC!

That was fucking good that was, an excellent game of football with both sides really up for it.

Mind you, the coffee I had at halftime in the DRS was fucking awful. Should have stuck to lager.

First game I've been to in a while, two things stood out for me....

Our fitness level made a massive difference and ultimately was what won the game. For the last 30 minutes Gillingham just weren't in the game, they may have had some chances but didn't take them where as we did. Over the last couple of seasons we've lost a lot of points in the last 10 minutes, where as this season we are winning points at the end. This is solely down to the increased fitness levels we have this season.

The team spirit is off the scale. You'd be forgiven for thinking we'd just won the World Cup given the way the entire team and every single person on the bench celebrated the first goal. Same at the final whistle, with the physio / assistant manager literally skipping off the pitch punching the air in joy. It's obvious they're in it together, working as a team and I don't remember ever seeing a Swindon Town team like it.

All of which is down to PDC. Never understood why the West Ham fans viewed him so highly, but I'm getting it now.

Won £92 on a £25 free bet. Happy days!

Tried it once or twice on Saturday too. On the first occasion, the defender knew Ritchie was going to get past him if his touch was good so he just went in with his foot up on Ritchie's ankle... yellow card! Could well prove fruitful if teams aren't alert to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isBHwVJAtg

Oi Coca look at page 12.

It's ok. I don't think I'll ever get bored of watching that!

Haha you're right.

Goals coming up on SSN

This Richards bloke sounds quite handy...

http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10416~2492520,00.html

Sign him up, whoever he is!

Illiterate Pikeys!

Except when they play us...

their number 15 looked like they've signed him from a sunday league team. his footballing ability would have made jerel ifil seem godly

Last night I witnessed the strangest thing I've seen for a while. Throughout the game the lino insisted on coaching the players and giving them advice. I can't believe an official is allowed to try and influence a game in that manner.

He was saying things like, watch it, be careful, don't be stupid, watch the ball, good pass, well done, keep your head up, well played, excellent ball...

Our match report and reactions - http://thewashbag.com/2011/10/26/swindon-2-gillingham-0-three-is-a-magic-number/

That is just beautiful

Cibo was awesome.

I also thought he was very good. No aimless hoofs, competent, calm and controlled. When Ridehalgh goes back, he must be our left back, if not centre half.

Yep, I was impressed when he played left back the other week (until he got injured) too.

Early days but he looks useful.

Agree. Some of his interceptions were brilliant, he was reading everything they tried.

He seemed to be a second ahead of everyone else, with his interceptions, positioning, and lone offside-trap playing (that one could go wrong...). A good defensive mind and strong with it.

Have to say I was more impressed with him at centre back than left back, but to be fair he is missing match sharpness.

Not sure he is a free kick taker though. If you want someone to hit a piledriver at the wall just let Flint do it.

Well that was a fantastic result against what would appear to be a good side in the Jills.

Listening on the radio I couldnt make out if it was a good game or not, and reading back through this thread half the people say it was a good game and we played well and half say we were not very good and rode our luck hugely, I guess it does show that football is often a matter of opinion.

There does appear to be a great team spirit now with all at the club on and off the pitch, I have always had faith in PdC, even after the Saints debacle when a lot of fans were calling for him to go. I think he will become a legend at the CG.

I feel that this could possibly emulate the season under Macari in 85-86, its panning out in a very similar way as that season did way back 25 years ago.....

We started off very poorly only 2 wins and 1 draw in the first 8 games compared to 3 wins and 0 draws in the first 8 games this season.

After 15 games that season we were in 8th place and had won 8, drew 1 and lost 6 games compared to being in 7th place and won 8, drew 1 and lost 6.......coincidence? :)

The only difference is that we have scored more and conceded less than that famous season, that season we had scored 18 and let in 19 compared to this season when we have scored 25 and conceded 15 goals at the same stage.

Yes its the ramblings of a deluded old git but it does bear a striking resemblance to that season when we went on and recorded 102 points.

Also that season we scraped out a lot of 1 and 2 goal wins, sometimes against the run of play and rode our luck like at Plymouth at the weekend and there was a great team spirit as we have now and the level of fitness of the team was very high as it is now.

I think it all bodes welll for the future.

I agree to some extent JJ, but a lot of our current success is due to loan signings. If we want to keep it up, then we need to be extending these loans until the end of the season.

When I saw the attendance last night, I've got to say that's one hell of a turn up for a Tuesday night!!

Roll on the Bantams on Saturday. Should be another good crowd

I think we badly need to keep Foderingham, Jervis shows bags of promise and scored a couple of good goals so could do with keeping him, Montano was poor at Plymouth but obviously has potential, Ridehalgh the jury is out on but does seem to offer more defensively than Kennedy but has pretty poor distribution and Abdulla seems to have something about him, I know we can extend the loans to full season ones, but only 4 of them and one of those is Abdulla so its 3 from the other 4....if PdC rates them worthy of longer loan deals and if their clubs want them to stay.

It's interesting to compare this season to our last in Div 4.....then after a flying start we were 3rd with 31 points, behind leaders Walsall and Lincoln.  Wise and Poyet were just about to walk.  However despite the lack of continuity, we managed to scrape 3rd.

HPool under Wilson were back on 18 points, yet took 2nd.

Poor old Lincoln now look like heading to Conference North.   All of which shows, although some things will stay the same between now and the end of the season, a lot will change.

PDC may well come to regret making Abdulla a season long loan, he wont be breaking up the Smith/Ferry partnership for a while it seems.

Foderingham would be a no-brainer if opportunity to keep him for longer arises.

I would also tie down Ridehalgh for longer as well, stronger defensively and is no mug going forward either.  Put in a few nice balls into the box last night.

Keeping Jervis and Foderingham is a must if it's possible and maybe Ridehalgh but not really worried about Montano,He seems to have talent but from what i've seen but you only see flashes of it now and again and I'm not 100% he's willing to bust a gut and get on the end of things.

I think had connell been on from the start he may of been in the box for some of those balls whipped into the box last night.

I would start Jervis and Connell against the bantams

I think they are deep in the shit after appointing David Holdsworth as manager, sounds like desperation to me.

 :beers: Bit of a late one at work last night, only found out the score by reading through this lot from the start. Get in Town and roll on Saturday. Play offs um :pint:

I often do that as well, rather than going to get the score straight away from somewhere else.

Have it on good authority that McCormack is going to be fit for Saturday just a slight knock to the knee last night when making his unbelievable block on the line , that was as good as scoring a goal the other end.

Oooo arrr Alan Mac, say ooo arrr Alan Mac.

I bet Gills fans felt as bad as i did when i left Bmuff last season.

They did deserve something and last season we would of lost 3 or 4 nil.

I have seen some corkers in my years following the town but Ritchies was up there...he was as good last night as he was poor at Plymouth.

Roll on Bradford..

Couldn't agree more. McCormack took one for the team and at 0 0 a very brave and very important block.  I'll admit I didn't see much in him when he first arrived but lately, well, he's a giant of a player.

The last time we played Bradford at the CG...was 05/06 we got beat 3-2. Bradford's goals were scored by Windass and Claridge  :(

Their 3 rd was scored after Christiano Roberto came on as a sub, went on a mazy dribble towards our goal, seemed to realise what he had done, gave the ball away and Claridge stuck it in.  At the time I remember thinking if I didn't know better I'd say he was pissed  :doh:

Conceded the difference between the two teams was all about finishing

http://tinyurl.com/659rvs5

Now looking forward to our next meeting on Saturday 21 April :bye:

That YouTube Clip on Ritchie's strike has been doing the rounds this Morning.

Watched it a few times now and looking forward to seeing again tonight on the local news.

Jonathan Smiths goal was also special and a special mention to McCormack for keeping us in the game.

My eldest lad's first game under floodlights just loved it...........I think he has the bug.

That is him and his little Bruv on page 36 of the programme last night.
Great having the next generation of Supporters.

What a most enjoyable Evening.

From what I've seen of Montano, he offers nothing that Connell doesn't.  I'd rather see Connell start than a loanee.

I've read comments on TEF this week wishing for Matt Ritchie to be dropped and the stating Jonathan Smith is rubbish.

I say let's take it one game at a time.

Connell, for example, clearly huffs and puffs. Based on the two appearences I've seen Connell in a Town shirt plus the games I've seen him play elsewhere, he doesn't stop working but rarely looks like scoring. His Rotherham appearance was great fun though.

We're winning... Let's keep it as it is (injuries aside).

Montano wasnt with the program regards his work ethic. Should have been subbed earlier. De Vita also had a poor game, seemed to spend far too much time in field out of position. Dont know if Di Canio's praise from the Plymouth game has gone to his head a bit?

That first half was as good a standard of football that you will get in L2. Very fast pace, with loads of 1 touch passes from both teams. It was pretty equal until McCormack went off and then I thought they shaded it. Their midfield looked excellent to me, but their forwards are probably not as good as Gills fans think they are. It was probably the best Ive ever seen Nouble play, but still not that great, and Kuffour is looking a bit past it. If they get some decent strikers and some more composure in front of goal then they should be top 3.

Positives for us, Flint, Ferry, J Smith and Foderingham. Poor noise from our crowd, we got outsung by 400 Gills fans, which is dire. Our fans were also getting on players backs at 0-0, which was stupid considering Jills were clearly the best team weve played in the league so far at the CG.

Great to see people drawing comparisons to Ritchie's goal with Hoddle's against Sunderland. Top class that only top players can produce. I suspect any team comming down will double up on him now and he wont be allowed that much time on that left foot.

De Vita was shocking yesterday, but he has been good the last few games I've seen him.

Simon Ferry bossed the midfield for 35 minutes.

I can only presume that these are coming from armchair "fans" with few functioning braincells.

Ritchie hasn't been at his best for a few games but I think he has been just about our best player over the season so far; he's always going to be a bit up and down but he has the quality to win matches which is rare at this level.  Also, any team doing a bit of homework mark him out as the dangerman, freeing space for others.

I think Smith is the most improved since the start of the season.  At first I thought he'd be no more than a back-up player but now I'd want him in every week.  I thought he was one of our best players at Plymouth.

He had
Can remember us leading Bradford 4-0 at half time with a Quinn hat trick years back.........and then the fog came.

Sorry to go off topic, but does anyone know the song that was Played pre math before Kasmir. Think the chorus had the lyrics " your attack " .

I was there too! Under the clock on the Stratton Bank. Remember it well.

Also went to Bradford a couple of years later when the only highlight of the game, was when all of the sparse crowd giggled at one of the Town fans shouting 'No wonder you are only an f'ing assistant' to a linesman that kept flagging offside irrespective of the positioning of players!

I've just seen the highlights on the OS - brilliant strikes from Richards and Smith. I was very critical of Smith early this season but will very gladly eat humble pie :)

Not seen us since Barnet game due to shitty hours at work, perhaps my absence has been the catalyst for this run of form

Hoddle  had about three hours to pick the shot in comparison.

Not sure about that score....I'm thinking more 3-0...think Phil King got a goal maybe his first for Town, but then it was wiped off.

Ref was David Elleray....tried to see it out , but you couldn't see the end of your arm.  Never known such a dense fog before or since.

Dunno who scored - Couldn't see! Remember we were winning easily. Iirc the rearranged game was a very different story.

Ended up 2-2, when they scored in about the 7th minute of added on time.  Pre, having to tell you how long was being added on, days.  Elleray again....subsequently I came to like the balding Harrovian school master  :)

Did anyone notice late in the 2nd half, just before we scored, a shot came in from Gills around the 18 yeard box and Cibocchi stepped out and appealed for offside, as the shot was coming in. I've never seen that before by a player.  ;D

Arriba slagged them right off before he quit the forum.

http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,45015.0.html

God he was a moany bastard.

I liked arriba - didn't agree with him much but he was alright

As a long time reader, very new contributor, my opinion means nothing - but I liked arriba.

Yeah I'm not criticising him as a person but even now we're only 15 games in and he'd already thrown a wobbly. I just wish people would chill out a bit more!

Or maybe some people are just plain thick

People having a wobbly is what puts the Great into Britain...  If we all sat on here marvelling over how wonderful every player was it'd be pretty dull.  I'd like to Jimmy and Mickey Hazard Was God back while we're at it!

Yes it does...everybody's opinion means alot.

Or, at least, it seemed that way.  Other players ran through treacle when Hoddle had the ball.

That goal remains my all time #1 goal.  (I wasn't there for the Fallon overhead kick.)  Remember quite literally struggling for breath after it went in.

Some of you oldies will have to help me out: My Dad says his all time favourite was someone scoring an absolute pile driver vs Everton in the cup?

Ring any bells?

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

Mr Kenny Stroud...was in the Townend and saw it fly in.

Speaking of the cup...FA Cup 1st Round draw this sunday! Love a good cup draw I do

Cheers leefer.

Ha ha you old fucker - I was also in the Townend and got crushed....they stuck me on the side of the North Stand.....with my green parker.........Remember that so well. My Brother at the time was a Reading fan and came to the game, ever since he has had a season ticket at the CG.
This week is his 50th Birthday Party at the Club..........

Where did all the time go Mate.

PS - Andy King was also playing for Everton that day.

Yes, he did indeed have ages (to pick his spot from 30 yards and pop it in the top corner with his wrong foot....) genius creates time and space in a way which ensures we remember it so vividly 20 odd years later.  The treacle analogy is spot on: Hoddle made time stand still.

Incidentally, I've just rewatched that goal as I was searching for Glenda's England debut goal v Bulgaria....which I was reminded of by Jonathan Smith's beaut the other night.

And I do remember the 8 year old strop I had as I couldn't go to that Everton game, and then listening to the replay...weren't we winning until lateish on before losing?

My intention wasn't to post but i can't have this bollocks in my absence.

Who is them then? Richie is mentioned above and he wasn't playing centre mid so that's him out for a start. It was our centre midfield area which at the time was a problem imo.
What i had to say in august has fuck all to do with what idiots have to say now slaggin off players when the team has settled and much better. I don't share their view.
Ridiculous to put my name into a debate about here and now and drag up a 2 month old thread.(i stand by what i said by the way)
No-one more happy then me that things have got better.

Also want to clear up the why i left bollocks that was debated on here for a bit. I wanted to leave for a few reasons, it wasn't attention seeking,in a huff,too sensitive,clique(there i've said it again ;)  )bollocks some posted.
I couldn't win.if i said goodbye i would have been accused of attention seeking,but my reason for deleting was to stop the temptation to post,nothing more.

I don't intend on posting for a while but am going to keep my account open as in hindsight i should have just stopped posting and left it at that.

  Thanks to all those who had kind words to say about me by the way.

Hello old chap

 :D.......you dont need to explain yourself arriba,hope you are back on soon.

Went to the replay as well...1-0 up with six to go,lost 2-1........nothing much changes.

I was actually thinking ffs don't shout Stroud, I've been wrong about everything STFC ever since, what a goal and what a curse that goal was. Still behind charlie henry though.

Oh yeah welcome back Arriba you old Meldrew you.

My favourite was Fjortoft's v Millwall in the Littlewoods quarter final.......sublime.

Can't remember that leefer. What I can remember slightly on topic, is that I've only met Arriba once, at Southend a couple of years back, and we were both moaning to each other about a bloke moaning, karma man.

Great goal, hardly suprising it is still remembered today. But, the support looked immense. It's just not the same anymore.

is there a video of that goal anywhere, would love to see it again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YvUXFEsy_A

Fjortofts at around 5 mins on here.

Absolute fucking quality from the greatest Norwegian ever.

Apart from Norwegian red obviously! You going saturday Donks?

Norway Red, it's Norway Red.

Still yet to find that thunderbolt Shearer scored at the Hawthornes.

Oh do shut up you pendant.

I disagree ;)

If Richards' form does drop at least it makes it less likely that we'll lose him in January. I honestly can't see him being a Town player by the 1st Feb...

Pedant, its pedant

It's, it's it's.

You may be the only Town fan I would happily accept that disagreement from.

Oh shut up you peado.

Were you fishing with that one? Must... not... bite...

Me fish? smelly little fuckers ;)

Good to see you back arriba.......miserable cunt

Bit harsh!

When you have inside information, use it!


Pm me your brothers number, he sent me it when i was, er a bit tired and I forgot to save it, want to see if he's on the train or kipping on the M25 saturday.

Stupid cunt is taking his mrs i think

Well I'm impressed if he can manage that one in the first instance. I'll be even more impressed if I ever see him at a game again if he introduces her to anyone on here.

You on the train or want a lift?

Paedo, it's paedo.

That is bloody depressing!!  I can't believe it's been almost that long.  If he really can make time stand still, I could do with getting hold of him.

Fantastic goal in a bloody good period for Town fans.

That goal... plus all the other ones mentioned are on these YouTube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOPr9uoZPI

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

Shearer's two goals at WBA start at 8:22 on the first one.  Ross MacLaren's at Birmingham is pretty special too (7:08 on the first one).

Best goal ever for me is Colin Calderwood free kick March 1990 Vs Port Vale.

The first game my Dad took me to and we score from the half way line. Hooked on the town ever since  :nod:

On the train, picking up ciderman at reading.

BBC net highlights were shit.
Our goals were good but...

Where was that Gills shot that nearly broke the post in two?   If thats not a highlight what is?

Crap.

It was a better save by Foderingham for the blocked on the line shot than I thought.

Rory Fallon vs. Brizzle...

Welcome back Arriba...  Surely not posting but still reading defeats the purpose?!

That isn't the one which had Mick mcCarthy moaning about a fluke in the post match interview was it?

Stunning intended shot IMHO :clap:

THANK-YOU!

In central midfield for us at Shrewsbury August 27th, Simon Ferry and Jonathon Smith.

I did rate your posts overrall. Just not in that thread.

I believe he said he'd show his arse in Burton's window if Fjortoft meant it.  The good folk at Burton are still waiting, scared for McCarthy's arse.

Anyone else notice that our good run has coincided with DRS buggering off?

(which was a shame as I like his posts in general)

Cox v Walsall is technically the best Town goal ever in my book

Was talking to him a few days back...he wishes you all the best.

Have always had a liking for Deadly's goal at Watford.
If I recall he had scored his first goal for Town in the midweek before (although that was largely because the keeper threw it in), and there were a few Town fans starting to get on his back for the lack of goals. So that one at Watford was even more out of the blue.

In fact I liked it so much I bought the match video from Watford. Tom Jones' goal in the same game wasn't too shabby either.

Are you at home or what? Just rung you  :bye:

Eddie Murray.

My favourite not on there (probably because it was FA Cup ?) A flowing one touch move and a full length diving header by Dave Mitchell.  Against Watford if I remember correctly.

Henry, Hoddle and Cox apart from that.

That goal by Mich is my favourite also. Strouds v Everton is class but he did a few like that. I also enjoyed the Fridge running from his own half away to Notts County one tuesday night and his free kick v Port Vale.

That's mine as well. The move involved McLaren, Ling, Shearer and Mitchell and started off about half way inside our own half. Amazing goal. Rory's effort against the slave traders pushes it close though.

Kenny Stroud's goal in the FA Cup against Everton (Late 70s / early 80s) was a cracker