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Driunk,

03:16AM.

we're gonna win.


2-0
Rooney & Benson.

Bosh.

Ill go 2-1 town  benson and ferry :pint:

We owe them big style after that dreadful trip up to their gash in the autumn.

4-1 town

Frustrating game with us being over confident and Maccas nicking a goal 1-1

Comfortable 3-0

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just me then? thought so!

Early goal and easy win, or overconident struggle to a not so easy win, but it will and must be a WIN 2-0.

COYR

They beat us 2-0 earlier in the season, but we've obviously improved a fuck load since then and their away form is poor at best.

3-0 win.

5-0. They are shit away from home! Begging with the wife to try and get to the game :p

I'm hoping to witness my first Swindon win of the season, 4-0 please

Man up and go you big tart! Who wears the trousers in your house?

Wife is quite heavily pregnant and we have a 1 and a half year old! Already playing tomorrow which caused world war 3 in itself so she is putting her foot down for today! Im working on it :)

If we win this one there is a chance to make ground on one of the top 3, Shrews v Southend, Chelt v Rovers, surely there is a draw in one of those.

3-1 Town

I could just say fuck it im going and if you go in to labour, make your own way to the hospital? All i have to do is wait for the announcement over the loudspeaker to say "Mr Jackson, Your wife says get the fuck home now!" :)

That's the spirit.

Incidentally I'm off to the CG this morning to get thr Mrs Valentine's present. A Crawley ticket.

It's all sorted then :) I don't have any kids myself but rumour has it that they take hours to pop out. I think if she's not gone into labour by 12 then your laughing. If by chance littleness decides to slide out faster than a swedish bobsleigh team then you can buy the beers after the game and we can wet the babies head. As I see it = win win situation

I wish I could sleep

This has got home win written all over it, so it's probably going to be 1-1! If we play well, 4-0 Town.

Do Macclesfield play hoofball or football? It's pretty windy here today.

Is Rooney injured?

First or second? Our youngest game out like a bar of soap, before the midwife even had her gloves on. The first took 2 days!

Second one! Wife is 34 weeks but started getting contraction yesterday! To be fair it's unlikely to come any time soon but the wife is a bit nervous about it coming early! Might see if she fancies going round my mums while I go to the footie! I don't think she realises this is a big league 2 fixture.

 :D As long as she's not on her own.

Off to Everton vs Blackburn today but will be glued to my phone throughout for Twitter updates for this.

Think Macc will park the proverbial bus and we'll have to made fo with a draw. 0-0.

Tell her its only braxton hicks. Babies normally come at night when the mother is relaxed.

That sounds mind numbingly boring.

I will go for another 2-0  Benson, Connell

Haha my uni only ever give us cheap tickets for the shit games. Only going so my Everton-supporting friend has to make it up to me and come to Crewe away in March :D

Our STFC v Macclesfield match preview, including confirmation that Macclesfield have scored only 1 goal in the first half of their away matches in League Two this season and other stats and facts...

http://thewashbag.com/2012/01/20/match-preview-swindon-vs-macclesfield-town/

Yeah, how loose is your Mrs?

a right huff and puff but 2-0 and goals in the second half from smith/flint

Stat attack!! Makes heavy reading but well researched.

Another 2-0 prediction here.  Payback for the miserable Friday night in Mac.  COYR

My first game since Northampton, can't see it comparing somehow.

3-0 I reckon, quite confident (as usual these days :))

1-0 defeat.

3-0 win for Town.  I am going to stick my neck on the line and suggest that Magera might get on the scoresheet.

Disappointing draw, with Rooney looking lost. But it's only a blip, we'll win 5 on the bounce after.

I hope Macclesfield's trip to Bolton somehow works in our favour. I think they'll be tricky opponents.

We absolutely cannot accept anything other than a win.

2 second half goal, one for Ritchie and Caddis apiece. Rooney to come on for De Vita and have a hand in Ritchie's goal which will be a back post header.

I thought I read somewhere that Rooney won't play today?

Some website had a table of teams V top half opponents, and another v bottom half opponents. We were mid-table in the latter, which suggests it will not be straightforward.

Macclesfield's away record is:

P 11 W3 D 0 L8 F8 A18.


They don't score many goals. Like Hereford before they came to us..Oh.

We will win 3-1.

Thumping I reckon, 4-0. Not sure on the scorers but I hope Benson and Connell score.

This must be a home banker otherwise what`s the point of it all. So kiss of death time, 3-0. Benson plays a blinder and scores 2. No pressure on the man....

They will come and defend for 90 minutes, it is up to us to break them down.

Any win will do, but I fear a very frustrating 0-0.

Cant see us losing this so 4-0 Town Benson Smith Flint and Connell

What?

 :D  :zipped:

3 points

And hopefully gain some ground over the top 3

My childrens first visit this season.  If we lose its their fault and I will sell them into slavery.

3 - 0 win.

Amen, brother.  The gap has to start coming down at some point.  The table has moved in our favour recently, but it's been more about opening up a small gap between the teams below us (ie Jills, Oxford etc.)

I can see Rovers and Plymouth getting something today. Just gotta hope Shrews hold Southend and we keep our end of the bargain and win! Which I think we will. 3-0

Injured apparently - off to the Milan Misun School of Rehabilitation!!

Today would have been iris Higgs 71st birthday, raise a glass for her in legends, a Swindon legend herself.

Hear hear.

Oh its also the anniversary of my interring of my fathers ashes at the County Ground behind the Town End goal, RIP dad.

2-1 defeat.

Gary Rose reckons he'll make the bench.

Be good for Rooney to get some game time with us, remind us all of the player we ACTUALLY did sign this week.

I'm in sole charge of a 3 year old and a 2 year old today.  I'm also entertaining thoughts of getting to the game.  There must be a way.  Ideas please.

Old women love babies.  Just go in the North Stand, and get some old dears to look after them for 90 mins.

Isn't there a nursery type place at the ground now?

I've just googled Swindon Town Creche and Swindon Town Nursery.  Nothing.

Sit them in the corner of the CGH with some crisps, they'll be fine.

3-1

Not there today to see it.

Have a good day boys!

Texts will be flying in I hope......

www.olddearsnursery.com

The DRS has a sweet shop.  Thats the only way I can get through it with the 2 girls.

And a cheeky smile?

That did sound a bit gary glitter didnt it.

Have a good feeling about today. someone is going to get a shitting on soon. The strikers will be up for it, the wingers will be up for it knowing rooney is in the wings.

I'm going 4-0.

Appetising as it sounds, I think I'm going to have to wait a little longer.  Always the TEF match day thread, I suppose.

Where is the other half? Tell her to get her arse in gear and look after her kids and that you'll see them in a few hours when you've finished with the football, pub and curry. I think she'd probably be up for a good rodgering as well. Man up. 

Just off out the door so only time to say: 5-1 !  :D

She's a midwife...working a night shift tonight.  Needs a little sleep this afternoon.

I feel your pain mate! Im really working hard to try and get to the game! The wife is not budging! I can see a big barney on the horizon! :)

You're too bloody soft.

As much as we have a few big games coming up in league and cups important not to take the eye of the ball today. Could be a tough slog the bradford game, we should have enough to break them down though.

2-0, Connell, Ferry

About to leave for the pub for a few bevvies and then on to the game. I think we will have a good win today. I would love to see Connell get a goal, that lad deserves a decent run in the team. If Macc are going to park the bus then I think we need to break them down and score early, as soon as we score we should batter them.

4-0 COYR

2-0 win, with some people scoring some goals at some point. Would be good to see another 8000+ crowd today too.

Cheaper tickets on offer today so hopefully will put a few more bums on seats. We should win today, I read Macc have a few injury problems.

I think we'll lose 1-0

Spoke to a couple of Macclesfield supporters earlier and they said only about 80 coming to the game, also said they think we'll hammer them.

Personally think a hard fought 2-1 town win

Its either gunna be a very frustrating game and we will draw 0-0 or we will batter them IMO.

3-0 town - Benson, Ritchie and Connell

Ok here it goes, im going to tell her im going to the game! Wish me luck!

More of a man than Ardiles. Hope your knackers remain intact once you get home.

Fucking pissed off!

You or her?

Right.  So I'm going to go upstairs, wake up the wife, tell her she's looking after the boys this afternoon and that I might be able to get back from Swindon later in time for her to leave for her night shift?

That'll work.

I know, I know...

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Me! I bet she will wait until its to late then tell me I can go just to piss me off even more! No fucking idea! Grrrr

Ask her if she'll look after my two as well, Fred.

I think I'd get permission if I wanted it. Shame I can't afford it at the moment.

Honestly, to be 19 again and do whatever the fuck I want! I swear that every available radio and tv in the house will have the football on nice and loud

Im going 3-0 with Benson, Connell and Ritchie

Foderingham; Caddis(capt), Devera, Flint, Cibocchi; Ritchie, Ferry, Risser, De Vita; Benson, Connell

PDC REALLY does rate Risser doesn't he?

Oh and Subs,

Subs: Kennedy, Smith J, Murray, Bodin, Rooney

Swindon Town: Wes Foderingham; Paul Caddis (Capt), Aden Flint, Joe Devera, Alessandro Cibocchi; Matt Ritchie, Simon Ferry, Oliver Risser, Raffaele De Vita; Alan Connell, Paul Benson

Substitutes: Callum Kennedy, Jonathan Smith, Luke Rooney, Ronan Murray, Billy Bodin

Very attacking bench.

Can't you use the tried and tested note on the fridge "just popped out for a pint of milk darling"?

Would like to see Kennedy given a run of games personally... especially against (supposedly) weak opposition. Good to see Connell and Benson starting together. Hope that does the trick!

This!

Surprised Boateng didn't make the bench. Is he injured / not fit?

Very strong bench if its required!

Plus my Scum supporting housemate has broken his foot which im gunna take as a good omen for Swindon to win today  :D

Just counted, 23 from Macclesfield do far

It's the partnership we've been waiting to see from the start!!

I would be shocked if they get anywhere near 100, probably much nearer 70.

Oh and is there anyway i can change my username? Seeing as Kerouche aint gunna be here much longer aha

You're Swindon - you CAN do what you want!

j

Kerrouche hopefully gone before the end of the window

Kidderminster's striker, Jamille Matt has been scouted but Town not persuing him

Gary Rose tweets that he thinks that Wycombe are interested in Kerrouche

Good chance, goes to waste after a poor ball by Benson

Atmosphere sounds a little flat -commentator says that possibly just over 7000 in today....

j

Sounds like we're on top.

Gillingham Beating Wimbledon 1-0.

Whats the count of Macclesfield fans then? any increase on the 23? aha

Pox one up

Sounds like a thrilling game...

 ::)

Oh, Ferry chance, corner

Over 10 minutes and no comments. Anything happening?

Not really, we still sound on top.

Macc defence occasionally goes to sleep, but we haven't used it to our advantage yet. Ritchie had a shot blocked from the edge of the area.

Duberry own goal for Pox! :)

...well, it's more for Hereford really, isn't it.   :D

Macc must have parked the bus

Sounds more like a case of us not getting out of 2nd gear to me - need to up our game

Only 6 goals in L2 so far. Weather playing its part across the country

De Vita not having the best of games by the sounds of it.

Rooney on second half then I guess?

Might be just the stage for Rooney to make an impact 2nd half then.

Come on town

Or Bodin

Performance seems flat.

None of our 7 corners have produced anything decent when we should be making the most of the opportunities

Sorry guys. Fell asleep at the 'puter!

60-40 possession and 1 shot on target according to Beeb

Got to win this.

Got to improve.

YOU REDS.

TheWashbag just informed me that we have only scored 2 goals from well over 100 set pieces this season.

Not good enough.

I reckon it's 36.

First half has been very flat, both on and off the pitch.

They have worked hard to close us down & stop us playing.
Have to hope that the work will takes its toll eventually & we can take advantage in the last 30 mins.

At game. Dull half but well on top, they look dire. 40 away fans at most.

Risser had a decent half breaking up their play, but not really out of second gear is a good description.

Let's hope attacking the Town End in the 2nd half might create a bit of atmosphere. If we get at them from the off then it could provide the spark we need.

We often do although today its against the wind.

Time to keep it on the deck then. It's when we play our best footy

Thats very true, we do need to keep it down anyway t get the best out of our players.

I am sure our quailty will show through this half.

Sounds like Rooney might be on soon

Caddis in to Connell who is offside

Come on then Rooney.

Show us what your made of...and a debut goal would be very nice!!

This sounds pretty dire!

10 man Shrews 1 Southend 0

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

C'mon Town ffs we need three points

Nice :)

Shrews winning! This becomes a huge game now! We need to take this

Liam Hearn of Grimsby can't stop scoring. Could be worth a look? Assume Connell played with him last season.

Ah, I see Peterborough have been sniffing around. Forget that happening!!

Benson very quiet today. Has he touched the ball yet?

Cheltenham 1-0 down

And Aden Flint as he was at Alfreton before Grimsby. Nice scoring record

MUST SCORE.

COME ON SWINDON.

We need to score! COME ON YOU REDSSSSS!!!

Lots of scores going our way at the moment. Need to get a goal.

Murray on for Connell.

Must score...TWICE!

Connell off Murray on

come on swindon, FFS

Cheltenham 2 down.

Cheltenham 2 down

Fucking hell Di Canio!

PDC sent off again!

Mad Paolo off again  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Is that 3 times this season? Whilst his passion is great to see. He needs to tone it down a little and calm down!!

PDC has much to learn.

Maybe he can read the Paolo Di Canio column in the Adver??

Still plenty of time to take this! COYR!

Lots of results going the right way...Except in this game!

Keith Stroud has always been a jobsworth cunt.

Sky fella said PDC was livid about a blatant foul not given when Flint was fouled.

Is it going to be one those days isnt it.

I'm starting to think it's one of those days

Flint was fouled and they broke through on goal as a result. You can understand why he was angry. No need to get yourself sent to the stands AGAIN though.

I agree.

Rooney shoots, saved. Benson chance... free kick to Macc.

A bit of life, finally!

Rooney sounding good

Southend 1-1

Southend 1-1

We seem to be creating chances against what sounds like a poor side but just cannot convert the chances.....yet.

Just doesn't sound like the attacking threat we have been over the last few weeks

Id take a Southend Shrews draw right now

Couple more chances...One of those games? Think so unfortunately!

Might be me listening on STFC player, I'm going to log out

GOALLLLLLL

Benson! Rooney assist!

Thank fuck.

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

What a debut Mr. Rooney.

It's working!!

Thanks Dave :D

You might have to do that more often!!

1-0 Benson

Wahay!

YES!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!

Yep, one in which we score late on!

Get in there!!!

Jesus i need a stiff drink. :pint:

Get in!!!

At last.... Rooney sounding good!

j

We want 2!!

What was the goal like?
 i missed the goal!

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Lets get a couple more. Should be more space now I guess?

Thank fuck for that

Shall I log back in?

No keep away you ha ha

Not a chance!!

Rooney ball from the left in to Benson who beat the keeper to it and headed home

Will do  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Benson booked. Was that for over celebrating?

Lovely start by Rooney then :)

7,639 attendance.

Good stuff

 :clap: :clap:

Commentators reckon there's 150 in the away end. People at the ground and official twitter have said it's much less. They must have misheard.

Gary Rose saying 38!!

Yes. Climbing 9 rows into the DRS

7,639


150 apparently, not bad for them.

As mentioned, think the commentators have got that wrong!

Ha ace, was that to celebrate with PDC?

Surely he's in the Arkells!

Murray bursts into box, shot saved, corner. Let's have a second!

Wimble don equalise against Gills!

He is Swindon, he sits where he wants

Don't spoil the illusion  :D

FIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT!!!!!!

PENALTY!!!

Macc defender sent off, penalty to Town. Nobody knows what for.

Get in there! Red card and Pen!!! HAHA

:)

Penalty and Macc lad sent off

Who is our penalty taker?

Shrews 2-1 up!!

Missed

southend loosing

Ritchie blasts it over !!!!

hahahahah.

Duberrry has scored 2 own goals!!

Pox losing 2-1

Oh Yeah :) haha!

I knew he'd do that. Twat!

FFS

Pox losing

Please stay as it is

Duberry equalises!!

Duberry scored a hat-trick!!

oxford loosing

Pox not losing

what a twat hahahahaha

Shrews beating Southend

Table looking fantastic right now. Please hold on Town.

5 minutes added time

Sure is

Absolutely! Its looking great!

Cmon Plymouth

I know it's hindsight but was Ritchie the best choice of penalty taker?

A Plymouth equalizer would be sexy as fuck!

PLYMOUTH !!!!!!

Plymouth score!!

No - cos he missed !

Woo Hoo!!!

Wish granted, get in

PLYMOUTH HAVE EQUALISED!!!

YES GET IN!!!!!! GREEEEENNNN ARRMMMYYYYY!

that was some fucking sexy muff

GIlls behind!!

Gills losing!

Fuck me everything is going our way

 :ty: :fishing:

YESSSSS get in town!!!

Gillingham losing too

Wow what a great set of results

How long left?

Good good result, vital.

A Plymouth winner would be even Sexier!

A good day.

Performance is irrelevant. 3 points.

We are 3 points from top! Some absolute worldy results today!

yesssssssssssssssss FT

Couldn't have hand picked a much better set of scores really!! A good day again! Now onto Leicester!!

3 points seperate us from all the teams above us now. Crackin' stuff.

Unbelievable set of results - Get in Town!!!!

3 points off top!

massive, massive day. dropped points for crawley, southend, gills, oxford and cheltenham.

rooney sounded like a big threat reading gary rose's twitter

Started off as a rather crappy match thread, turned out pretty well in the end

Great result and results

Fantastic!

Well done STFC! Good on Plymuff and Shrews and even Gasheads!

 :clap:
j

Well done Sir SWS.

Our final position in the league is now in our own hands  :D  :D  :D

Great stuff. Top of the table is getting really interesting now! Credit to the boys for clawing it back.

 :clap: :clap: :pint:get in there great results all round "COME ON YOU REDS" ONWARDS AND UPWARDS  "LOOK OUT LEICESTER "THE RED ARMY ARE COMEING"

Plymouth out of the drop zone - who'd have predicted that 2 months ago?!

And for what it's worth, we're now 7 (seven) points ahead of Oxford, and have a game in hand. This gap was brought to you by Michael Duberry.

Gap closing very nicely. Knew it would if we kept picking up the points.

Top 3 losing form as well.

We look the strongest.

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip!

OS confirmed 38 paying customers from Macclesfield.

Just back from the soft play area with my boys.  I've been following the thread on the BlackBerry but unable to post...second half was awesome!!  It's happening, people...at last.  The other sides around us are starting to drop points.  There have been a few weekends like this recently, but today has to be the best (with a special mention to Michael Duberry).

Now we go for the jugular and take this division.

Paolo very angry - says he didn't blame or abuse anybody when he got sent to the stand

Had the Beeb Final Score on all afternoon, all they do is wank over the Premier League. Just had the run down of the tables and we didn't even get a mention. Wankers

Paolo just said that even if he gets sent off every game, we'll win the league, no problem!

Has talked about nothing but how he acts on the line for about 10 minutes. He ain't for changing by the sounds of it!

"They can send me off every week if they want, I don't care we will still win the league"

I love him.

PDC- "Send me off every game, we will still win this league" Brilliant

Paolo's going a bit mental at the moment - funny stuff

 Hes fucking superb ha ha :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

soccer saturday is much better - a reporter at the cg and jeff mentioning that 'swindon are hunting down the top 3'

i did'nt think i could love PDC any more but after that comment im over come :gay:

I can just imagine how angry the Torquay fans are going to get

"Bloody Di Canio, thinks that cos he's at a big club he can do what he wants blah blah blah"

Yep - it sometimes it seems that only the PL and Champions League are the only things that count.



 

No longer on Freeview tho, which is a shame

What's all this Torquay business about? I missed it.

Pretty forgettable game, but a win's a win and the other results couldn't have gone much better. Three points from top now, amazing.

Oh, and a special mention to Michael Duberry on his first career hattrick, well done son!

Come off it. We've had loads of tv-radio and press lately. Don't forget we are not massive stories compared to the prem-championship whether we like it or not.
For a league 2 side we do pretty well for coverage i think

Very much so. There's only one reason why but that's irrelevant.

As many as that? I only counted 33 of them :)

I'm going to treat myself to a look at the table after kids in bed later.  Looking forward to that one!

They basically think we're buying our way out of the division in an unsustainable way, and are getting arsey about our 'arrogance'. Most of them seem to think we'll be doing a Plymouth by 2015.

3 were in the bogs and 2 were eating chips when you counted!

PDC says he called off the constable deal after the player had second thoughts and wanted to delay their meeting.

Perhaps I got the wrong end of the stick but PdC seems to be saying Constable was originally keen to come to us!?

Di Canio stuck for words on "the striker search"!!

Not like him

- Need to use the ball better. Didn't use ball well in 1st half
- Should have scored 4 or 5
- Referee made a mistake when Flint was pushed in back. Referee sent PDC off for body language. He didn't curse or swear. PDC cant change his culture or mannerisms. Wasnt happy that he was punished for it.
- He will keep more calm if he can. But if they send him off every week then - 'So what! My team will still win the league!'
- He's really, really angry about it!!!!!!!
- Complaining that Macc play kick and rush! (Sounds if he did his homework on them as he talked about what he had said to the team in the week.) Was worried about this game because of Macc not being a footballing team.
- Sending off for Macc: Couldn't see what but could see that the lino spotted a foul on Flint.
- PDC wanted someone else to take penalty, but wouldnt say who.
- Rooney: Has no legs at the moment. Needs more strength and power in his legs. They will work with him.
- Boateng: Brings competition for centre half positions. (Sounds as if there is some complacency in the team)
- Constable: PDC wanted him. Deal was done. He wanted to come. Meeting arranged. PDC was on his way to office when Wray phoned to say there was a problem. PDC then decided he didn't want him anymore and they should look elsewhere.
- Other strikers: Been talking to another club. Doesnt know if player wants to come.

Official Twitter says an offer has been made for a striker.

PDC confirmed that, but said that they had made an offer to the club but hadnt talked to the striker about whether he wanted to come or not.

Rooney on BBC RS now, "obviously".

Count the number of 'obviously's' in Rooney's interview now!

Play well or play poorly as long as we keep winning then I don't care, great 1st anniversary for my dad to watch under the Town End goal, onwards and very much upwards.

The title is well within our sights.

Its good to be a Town fan, and in Paolo I do trust, fully, I love the bloke.

Definatly.. 2mins from paolo meeting contstable at a hotel wray phoned to say James wants more time to think things through...  Paolo says "I no want this player anymore"

Confirms James constable initially was set to come & had probably agreed terms financially but bottled after the "abuse on social network sites" (mr Wray)

Rooney:
- Pleased to set up winner. Pleased for Benson as he ran his socks off vs Rotherham
- Wasn't nervous but more excited
- Felt he should have scored on one on one
- Didn't see what happened for penalty. Saw Flint holding their player up and thought he'd better keep out of it!
- Disappointed he cant play at Leicester. No reason why we cant go therer and get a result
 

He also said he thinks we're good enough to win the league..

The winner was meant to be at The Town End.

Thank you!

Obviously!

The Beeb's Saturday afternoon coverage hardly even mentions the Championship, and that's on a day when the Premier League fixtures are hardly the most attractive in the world

The bias just winds me up arriba, it's like the three other leagues don't exist

Then you also have that AVB twat saying during the week how the Premier League sides should be allowed to play B sides in the Championship. Oh do fuck off, as if they are not doing enough to kill off the other three leagues already. Arrogant cunts the lot of em as far as I'm concerned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16659835.stm

That's a four syllable word, you know.  Can't accuse him of being slow!

Benson:
- Scrappy a fair word. Would have been different if Town had scored early. The longer it went the more Macc had to play for
- Hard fought 1-0. Take a win however it comes.
- Wants to score a goal that isn't lucky! Benson pleased though he was in the right place at right time.
- Massive that we won today. Thought there was a possibility that others may have dropped points, so it was important to win - especially as they have a gap due to the cup
- Thought that the goal wasn't going to come. Team weren't clinical enough and missed chance.
- Got a break in 2nd half although they didnt play well. Rooney gave the team an extra spark
- Nice to go into Leicester game with no pressure on. Will give it a good go, but its the 3rd priority.

That was hard to watch. We didn't play that badly but a few key players (Caddis, Ferry and Ritchie) had quieter days. Ref was a cunt. Crowd were quiet. But 3 points are 3 points so let's move on to the next game.

Obviously!

Most important thing today was getting 3 points so mission achieved there!

Rooney looks as though he's going to be a real bright spark for us 2nd half of the season, quick feet, a threat, a couple of good chances and a great ball in for Benson, who was in the right place at the right time.

Paolo sent off again, not sure why but from where I was seemed a bit harsh?

The gap to the top 3 is now 3 points, and with Southend next up in the league it's a crucial next run of games to try and continue this good form.

Lets enjoy the trip to Leicester next Saturday and hopefully this great season can continue C.O.Y.R

Forgive my language but Rooney reminded me of Joey Beauchamp in the way he runs and shoots.

I thought our first half performance was actually very good, aside from in front of goal. We pressed, passed well and fashioned a few good chances all of which went begging.

Second half was disjointed and more disappointing. But Rooney put the cross in for the goal and that is all that matters. Winning games like this win you promotion.

Reasonable début from Rooney. Looks like he has the skills to pay the bills. Was a little wasteful in his finishing. Set up the winner.

Other than that, god knows what the PDC sending off was about. Flint looked to have stuffed up trying to run the ball out of play. Caddis got booked for moaning about something and I have no idea what they were claiming. Didn't look a foul to me so ??

And the penalty, just saw legs going at each other while Flint was on the floor. Thought they were both going to be sent off, but couldn't see whose legs were whose. There must have been a foul leading into that as it looked like the sending off incident literally kicked off after the ball was dead.

Game On. We're going up as fucking champions.

Any idea on the mystery striker Paolo was on about today that we've bid for? (I guess this could be anyone!)

http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/teams/first-team/jamie-vardy/

I think its Vardy

beat me to it

Not a great performance at all, but we could have gone in at the break 2 or 3 up. Second half was very disjointed with more of our players seeming to have an off day than not.  Macclesfield seemed to have come for the 0-0 and nearly got it.  The sending off of Di. Canio seemed to galvanise the team and the support, as did the introduction of Rooney and finally we got the breakthrough.  3 points when we didn't play well and making ground on those above us is a good afternoon's work.

Special mention to the inconsistently poor referee ably assisted by the equally twatish fourth official.  The Di Canio sending off resulted from Flint being fouled near the goal line, which wasn't given.  It was only due to Macclesfield's inability to send a shot anywhere near the target, that it didn't cost us.  Di Canio wasn't happy the foul wasn't given and the fourth official called the ref over.  In the first half the fourth official had made one ofour coaches move away from the technical area and sit on the bench, even though the Macclesfield coach was doing exactly the same.  Pathetic.

Fleetwood have been looking at £1mil for Vardy - can't see it being him.

Cant see our club bidding a million pounds can you.

Yep, we've bid 1.5m for Vardy and are expected to see off Blackpool for his signature.

Why do you both think Vardy?

I made it up, I'm in a jolly mood  :D

I saw both very well. Ref was a blind idiot. Flint had 2 hands in the back and was shoved over. It seemed so obvious I was shocked neither lino saw it.

The penalty I didn't understand, but new it was a red. Flint had brown's feet in his face and while they were down brown kicked him in his face and chest. Filthy fuck deserved to go, decent player though.

38 away fans seriously?  Gotta be some sort of record surely?

Lets derail crawley next and try get a player off them

I'm hoping we've bid for Tubbs or Barnett

Thanks. Really looked like Flint just stuffed up from my seat. Good to get confirmation this was not the case.

The ref (Stroud) is and always has been a complete tit. When you remember a refs name its never for good reasons.

It's official!  Michael Duberry now in joint 4th place in Hereford's Top Scorer table for this season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Hereford_United_F.C._season

Well done, Sir.

Tubbs for me

Shit game. Macclesfield defended really well, our players weren't firing.

Rooney looked good when he came on.

Thought risser had a decent enough game at doing what he does. Not pretty, not glamourous, but effective

SuggwillSugg makes my weekends.

Legend.

I'm inclined to think that PDC is rested Jonathan Smith ahead of a busy final half of the season. Risser is ideal to fill in and even though he's not as popular in the centre of midfield, he's a part of a winning team and wants to play for the club.

I can't argue with that.

Sorted it for you

I think overall one of our poorer performances of the season but we still managed to come away with the 3 points which is really gratifying.  Good job that Macc were so poor.

Caddis and Ferry were both way down on their usual high standards, with Caddis's final balls being well below normal service.  Ritchie also had one of his quieter games.  Its a measure of how much we come to take it for granted that these 3 will perform well week-in week-out when we comment on their quieter games like this.

I can't recall Wes having to do anything except catch the ball a couple of times.  The back 4 were never under any real threat and mostly dealt with it well, though there were one or two occasions where Macc's woeful finishing took the danger away.  I thought Cibocchi looked assured and would have no qualms about him playing regularly if that is the way PdC goes.

Risser played the best I've seen from him and would have been a MOTM contender for me.

Raffa was fairly quiet and wasn't surprising to see him replaced by Rooney when it happened.  Rooney looks very skillful and was a class cross for the goal; I'm sure will be a useful acquisition.  Hopefully he will be less selfish when he gets settled as there were a few occasions when he should have played the ball across rather than gone for a run and shot himself.

Benson plays his socks off and definitely adds something that we don't have with any of our other strikers currently.  I wasn't impressed with either of the other forwards today.  Connell huffed and puffed but for whatever reason didn't get a grip on the game, though to be fair the distribution feeding him was generally poor. Murray seems to offer little extra and I'd have liked to see Bodin given another chance in preference.

As mentioned by many others the ref was particularly awful today and totally inconsistent in his decisions.

I counted the Macc fans and only made it 35, so perhaps the other 3 stayed in the bar all game. But I don't think I'd bother travelling the sort of distance they came if I had to watch performances like theirs every week.

How a player who is 25 and hasn't played a single game, let alone season, in the football league, can be valued at £1,000,000 is completely beyond me.

Yep Tubbs.He's a Swindon fan and it could have the same effect as the Constable offer.

Not a good game to watch but the league table more than makes up for it. Macclesfield were pure shite. Their goalkeeper, for a time wasting wanker, wasn't too shabby, neither was the guy who got sent off.
We were incomplete and toal command of the game but our decision making and final ball were bollocks. I also felt that if we needed to raise our game we would have done so.
MOM for me was Risser - nothing fancy but he won the ball, was physical and played it simple. I think he set the record for the number of chest passes by a midfielder.
Rooney looked a bloody good player when he came on - very direct.
As for the penalty, there was a very clear hand ball before Flint and their nobhead danced. Whether the incompetent buffoon who masqueraded as a ref or his equally inept lino saw it, I doubt it.
Not a great game, but a great result followed by other great results.
The circus now moves on to Leicester. I like this circus.

Time to stop talking about this match now.

It's in the past, time to move on.

Just seen the Pox goals on SSN. The second one was a clinical header, which most strikers would've been proud of.

The Macc player who got sent off was a dirty cunt.  He backed into Flint then scraped his studs into Flint that's when it all kicked off.  Lino saw the whole incident called ref over & Nat Brown was sent off

This is a great way to get your post count rising.

Yeah

It's something I picked up from other people.

they are loaded and can afford to put ridiculous price tags on players in the press - a bit like us with ritchie and 2 mill. both will do well to get a quarter of the amount said in the press

I see the Pox board has started another thread up about Paolo Di Canio. They really are obsessed by him and all things Swindon. Understandable really when they've lived in our shadow for so long  8)

Next Saturday whilst we're knocking out the Foxes in the Fourth Round our match with Southend (A) has been re-arranged for Tuesday 31st, Crawley v Morecambe is also a re-arranged fixture. However, 'nam are away to today's stubborn opponents Macclesfield, The Gas are at home v Bradford, Scum are away v Burton & Pikey's are away to Accrington.

The following Saturday February 4th sees these important fixtures. Shots v The Gas, Nam v Wombles, Bradford v Creepy, Shrews v Vale, Scum v Barnet, Argyle v Sarfend, STFC V Burton, Gills v Hereford as being the one's to watch.

We are now at the business end of the season with admittedly still much to play for but oh boy does it start to get interesting.

Alternatively you can pick someone who posts all the time & just post agreeing with them all the time.

:D

You could always start a Chris Wilder thread on here, I suppose, in the interests of parity.  I couldn't see it being quite as vitriolic, though.  Either full of 'keep up the good work' bonhomie or...

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(PS  I know it must be a harrowing existence having to support Oxford, but I'm so glad we're not them.  Miserable fuckers.)

This. :)

Yarrrrrp

Is it just me, or does it seem Ferry never has a particularly good game when Smith isn't alongside him?


You would have expected a few more for a Saturday game.  Although I did chuckle when they were singing 'We're crap and we're proud out of it' at one point!

Not a great game, but delighted with the 3 points. I didn't think we were going to score for most of the game.

I thought Rooney looked very good when he came on and it was a great ball in for our goal. No idea what happened with the penalty and red card, but an awful pen from Ritchie. I'll let him off this time.

Risser had a decent game, was very efficient and didn't give the ball away as much as he usually would. Cibbochi had a decent game as well.

Macclesfield were massively shite. Offered nothing going forward, although to be fair, they defended stubbornly. Shocking support though, I cant remember a smaller following at the CG?

The table is starting to look a lot nicer.  :)

I thought Macclesfied were shocking. The worse team this season at Swindon. Sure we were not at our best and the strong wind was not helping the football first half but we ground out a deserved win and are in touching distance of the promotion pack.

MOM - The 38 from Macc. :clap:
Seriously pleased for Risser after the crap he has had to put up with. Probably had his best game today whilst not a world beating performance but a good one.
Rooney - Was told he was not featuring yesterday but so glad he was. Ritchie and him on fire are going to cause havoc.
Paolo - Brightens up my days. Loved his interview and said that Benson was older than himself.
Can't get some of our fans who have a serious go at players when they make a mistake. FFS give them encouragement not verbal crap. They are at least giving it a go unlike the wasters from last season.

Happy Days - Pox not happy.

A day out next Saturday and one to enjoy at Leicester.

Macclesfield were poor to be honest, we deserved to win - though thought when we missed the penalty it was going to be a 'classic draw' we didn't deserve with a last minute Macc equaliser.

Still, only 3 points off top now, fantastic...

38 away fans? On a Saturday - that's fucking crap

Really don't think it was Ferry's type of game. And, yes: Huddersfield.

Rooney was excellent, as were Benson and Flint. Ferry suffered for playing alongside Risser yet again, who was good in the air, but wasteful or too conservative on the ground (he and their #12 seemed to cancel eachother out with matching ineptitude). A decent enough win, the type you need if you want to keep momentum. Oh, and a terrible pen from Ritchie.

Thats prettty unfair on Risser. He fucked up 2 consecurtive passes in the 2nd half but that was about it. He won it and played it short. if he'd tried to be hoddle he'd have got fucking hammered.

Agree Chalkie bit harsh that when he plays well he is still gettig the blame for someone else being poor

I thought Risser was our best player save maybe Rooney. Not exceptional, just tidy. He seems very keen on those pec passes though, strange one.

I also thought Risser had a decent game.

However some of our fans do make you wonder sometimes. After a misplaced pass from him in the second half (probably one of the two Chalkie mentioned), some twat decided to shout out "get him off Di Cano, he's a liability".

I fear that unless he turns into Lionel Messi overnight there are some who will never accept him.
In fact, there are probably some amongst us that would slag off Messi if he played for us.

Do you not think that we're already at that point?

Yes, that was the point.

It doesn't matter how he plays, there are some that will never be satisfied.
The best he can hope for from them, is silence.

The problem I guess is that as a player if you play not to make mistakes, you will never try anything other than the 100% safe, and then you get accused of being negative.

I guess he will just have to take comfort in the fact that Paolo thinks he can play, and to be honest it's his opinion that really matters.

Don't worry, the person in front of me accused Ritchie of being a "selfish twat" for shooting (albeit badly) from a penalty. Perhaps he should have passed?

Meh, I honestly think he's poor. He never deserves to be in ahead of Smith for me, he doesn't do enough. Having said that, I'd never abuse him or anything, I'm not one of those and he (and any town player) doesn't deserve such treatment.

Very happy with the 3 points and relieved when we scored because whist we had a lot of the ball we didn't have much quality. Whilst Risser frustrated me when he tired, I was more frustrated with Ritchie today as he had a shocker. Just one of those games for him as he was certainly trying. Ritchie and Rooney on either win looks like a great combination. I would also like to see Kennedy back in the side.

I'm glad Rooney got a decent reception, I'm sure he's already happy of his decision to sign for us. The only good cross of the game came from him too.

Not one of Ritchie's better games, but if that bloke hadn't blocked his shot with his face he would have scored another screamer.

He probably meant selfish as in taking the penalty himself.

Although not being a huge fan I can see why Risser gets the nod in games like today, he is a strong player and wins most things in the air. Which is perfect against a team like Macclesfield who had a team of giants playing lump ball.
 But his passing and mobility are weak points, he misplaces a lot of passes and lumps alot of hopefull balls out of play.
I personally thought he was average today, he just offers us something Ferry and Smith dont. As a pairing Smith and Risser don't seem to work at all, but I do agree Ferry does seem to lose something of his game next to Risser.

I think if we could have scored early today we could have put 4 or 5 past them - they were that dire.

Risser had an OK game - he covers the defence against a certain type of team. My only real concern with him is that he doesn't seem too mobile - if the play goes past him it seems to take a long time for him to stop and turn.

Cibocci seems a bit of a steady eddie - for me Kennedy is better.

Highlight of the day was seeing Notts Red trying to have a drink from a hip flask without being seen by stewards - or as my sons put it "Hey dad, why is that man getting his friends to stand in front of him?"

sorry if someone else has mentioned it but am I alone in thinking that we're not very good at starting games this season? I've not been to as many games as most but in the games I have seen it seems to be a recurring theme that we look a bit out of sorts in the first half, particularly early on, before improving in the second half? If we get an early goal we usually settle down, I just think we look very nervous - reminds me of Pietersen when he's on 0. Anyway, it doesn't seem to be doing us much harm.

Not a great performance and nobody stood out for me. I will stick up for Risser who despite his limitations had a decent game. Rooney looked a lot like Gabilondo did on his debut.

I'm still baffled by the sending off and penalty but up until that point I had the distinct impression that the referee was making everything up as he went along.

I thought the 3 points were deserved, Macclesfield set up looking for a point, every time we attacked the ball just got hoofed straight back to the back 4.
Can see why Di Canio started Risser today, a lot of long balls that Smith wouldn't have won in the air. I thought Risser was out best player today, he might not be as good as Smith technically but he protects the back 4 very well.
Connell huffed and puffed, but it wasn't one of his better games, although I don't think Murray was much better when we came on.
Benson was superb, if he was here at the start of the season I think we would already be top the league.
Rooney, looked the part, if he plays like that every week with him on the left and Ritchie on the right we will tear this division a new arsehole.

I love risser.

My old chap said Rooney reminds him of Lee Holmes.

The final decision was poor yesterday but the build up play was great. What has been severely lacking is the attack down the left hand side, everything comes down our right, so what is great is Rooney looks a cracking signing who would be better suited with Kennedy. Cibo was ok but not attacking at all which will leave Rooney isolated.

De Vita offers strength and cover, plus a bit of goalscoring threat. Rooney offers a lot more trickery and attack.

We have good options down the left. Just need to offload Esejas and Gabby now. Not given a chance so no hard feelings, but no point in keeping them.

The only thing that worries me about that is the views of Gills supporters (incl a friend of mine who made exactly this point last week) who say that while he can be outstanding on his day, he does have others where he goes AWOL.  I have a suspicion that Rooney may need to be subbed from time to time.  Agree that Esajas has no future with us, but I still hope there will be room to retain Gabilondo.

I quite like gabilondo but as you say, do we need 3 people to cover for 1 position?

keep gabilondo, and we've got 4 wingers. worst comes to worst we end up playing them on their natural side

Do we have cover for Ritchie?

Can Gabby or De Vita play there?

Ritchie, De Vita, Gabi, Rooney, Bodin, Easyjet. I think that's the wingers?

Both right footed, so i'd assume they can go out there in a crisis

Can't see Bodin getting a game.

Just watch the League 2 highlights on the FL Show. PDC was not a happy chappy in the press conference was he!

Also some good/comedy moments in this weeks show:

- PDC kicking Ritchie up the arse a he left the field of play.
- Plymouth's centre back scoring an overhead kick to equalise against Crawley (not quite Fallonesque)
- Dewburry's "imperfect hatrick"
- AFC Wombles getting a penalty for ??? against the pikeys
- A keeper airshot from a tame backpass leading to a Crew goal.
- Torquay somehow not conceding a penalty when their player caught the ball while laying down in their box.

That's an interesting point made about Rooney going AWOL. You need to consider that he now plays for us. By that I mean he has a new set of team mates, manager, fitness and technical coach, style of play, expectations etc. Any short comings will be sorted out PDQ by Paolo, don't you think?

Also the kerfuffle surrounding Bury's penalty, about four players were arguing over who was going to take it, I think atleast one player got booked also.
They eventually scored it and it looked like the opposing keeper celebrated it slightly, very odd.

(I know this isn't strictly League Two, but  it was on the Football League show)

Matt Ritchie goes missing in games but it's what he does when he is performing that matters.If yesterday was a sign of what to come then i will take that from rooney.What i notice with ritchie is when he is having a quiet day he still bloody works hard and i think we will see the same from rooney

...and that's all anyone really wants. You can't always expect influential performances every week at this level.

the thing with Ritchie is out doesn't matter how badly he is playing even then he can still win you a game

Thought Risser had his best game for us yesterday, got through a lot of work and was reasonably tidy in most things he did.  Seems that certain people have got their poison in and nothing will change their minds - especially a guy who sits in the DRS who shouted "Risser you are fucking shit" on at least 20 ocasions yesterday.  Somebody eventually told him to shut up or fuck off!!!
Didn't think Macclesfield were as bad as some people have said, they were a bit limited by ability but they came with a game plan and it could easily have worked!  Seen worse sides at the CG this season, Barnet amongst them!

Interesting Torquay fans think we are spending too much.

Fotheringham, Kennedy, Flint, McCormack, Caddis, Ritchie, Ferry, J Smith, Rooney, Benson, Connell.

For me, that is the most exciting young Swindon line up Ive ever seen. With the exception of the 3 older players mentioned, everyone of those players is potentially worth over £300k, some a lot more. Just got to worry about them not signing contracts now.

Wowzers PDC's interview was interesting.

We are the bad guys to most and it's great fun. Needless to say, we'll get an onslaught of 'banter' if we don't go up.

...in which event I will almost certainly take an internet holiday.

Keneddy, Flint, J Smith, Connell worth over £300k

Hmmmmmm.....

Pretty sure Connell is in his three older players. And I wouldn't sell Smith or Flint for that amount, only really Kennedy where I think that's a bit excessive.

Its interersting to see the perceived size of our squad. A quick look at the back of yesterday's program is a bit enlightening.

He did say potentially

Some teams might be willing to pay 300k+ for Flint and Smith in the future, yes. Not sure about Kennedy. Perhaps not Connell

Agreed! :D

Thank you.

With Kennedy and J Smith, yes they need games. Weve got a fantastic team in place, with very few weak links. Dont underestimate how much that can progress young players if they are used in the right way. Especially if they get a promotion under their belts.

Would be typical of Swindon fans to talk down their own team though (only to watch these players go on and flourish elsewhere)

For me Flint is worth more now than we got for Tozer and Morrisson combined and with come coaxing (like Hoddle did with Shaun Taylor) and improving his passing then this guy can be a good good player in the future, one of the best defensive prospects I have seen at Swindon in decades.

Smith does have a lot of potential and could well get a lot better than he is by not lunging into tackles and passing the easy ball.

Kennedy I think has found his level now and is a good left back in this division but much higher and he will struggle......defensively anyway.

Sean Morrison... I remember him.

Not just Torquay fans.

I have registered on the Crawley forums, just to see if there is any speculation about their players leaving. But saw a couple of comments about "moneybags Swindon" and our "50 man squad".

I guess their fans, who I don't have a problem with, have had a fair bit of that directed at them over recent seasons and are glad of someone else stealing that limelight. That and their fat twat Bobby Davro manager making similar comments about us and (I think) Southend and Cheltenham - which is just stupid..
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On our squad my opinion (it is just an opinion) is that Fods, Richie, Caddis and Ferry would already be comfortable at a top league 1 side. I think De Vita has a chance and we haven't seen enough of Rooney but he has skill and at 21 a bit of time.

Smith I'm not sure about. I think physically he's well up to it, not sure about speed of thought though. He seems to keep improving so why not.

'Elder' statesman McCormack and Benson could cut it. The jury is out on Connell, but I like him as a player.

With Kennedy, I swear that kid has a lot more to offer. People who used to watch him for the youths and reserves say his free kicks are superb. If I had to pick 1 player at the club to deliver a perfect classical cross into the box, it would be him.

Yes Cibocchi is more solid (and has turned into the best foreign player signed by Paolo). But he hangs back a lot. Games like yesterday, I would love to see a speedy full back overlapping and sending fizzing crosses into the box. Attacking full backs are the secret to keeping teams at the top of the league. If a team has come to 'park the bus', then they are vital.

Callum Kennedy has been sniffing around the senior squad for close to five years.

I would imagine that this half of the season is pretty big for his own career.

Hes out of contract at the end of the season isnt he?

I rate Kennedy, and i think him and Rooney on the left would be a brilliant attacking pairing. The odd occasion he looks slightly vulnerable at the back, but he's a young, L2 full back... that'll happen. He can be exciting with his crossing and passes down the channel, and hasn't cost us many goals directly in his career. Possibly even less than Caddis?

Spot on in my view,i rate Kennedy also and really cannot remember him making a mistake in his short career for us.

He was dire at Yeovil away a couple of seasons back...
Then again, the rest of the team were pretty shite that day too.

That is true, he was the worst player on the pitch that day but they were all bad that day TBH.

IIRC the squad lists on the back of yesterdays matchday programme had our squad as smaller than Macclesfield.

We've got 29 players registered at the moment, five of which are fringe/youngsters (Storey, Scott, Bedwell, Thompson and Thompson) and two players almost certainly on their way out (Kerrouche and Lanzano) then a squad size of 22 senior players doesn't seem terribly excessive...particularly when a few have made only a handful of appearances.

That's actually good to hear. People tend to forget (and others like to re-write history) that Beauchamp was a very, very good player.

for us?

It doesn't matter. He had a hell of a lot of ability regardless of the colour of the shirt he happened to be wearing. He was good enough to play in the Prem which is why West Ham signed him. Unfortunately for him though, he totally fucked up his career.

Only when he wore the shitstain - he was consistently shit for us

It was a genuine question as I never saw him play.

Your comment about rewriting history made me wonder if you were referring to the fact he was a good player for us that was largely ignored because of who he was

I only showed very brief flashes of what he could do for us. His best football was without a doubt played at Oxford.

The 're-writing' history bit refers to the fact that, as I recall, 99% of Town fans were absolutely delighted that we signed him but when he left it was "Oooh, I never thought he was any good any way" a bit like you get when some people talk about Mooney.

He wasn't very good for us.  Had occaisional moments, but no heart or desire.  We got royally screwed over that deal.

I was happy too...then I saw him play, not start great and get worse.

Joey Bumchump had bags of skill, a great cross and a good shot but it was his unwillingness to track back when he lost the ball, his "looked like he was not bothered" attitude, apparent lack of desire and his laziness also didnt go down well with the fans.

Yet he was pretty much comparable to Bobby Barnes in skill level and attitude but because he came from the scum he could never wash that off and people were more eager to get on his back, something that Bobby Barnes didnt get even though he was probably as lazy at tracking back as Bumchump.

Also Bumchump looked a good 2 stone overweight all the time which didnt help him.

He was given less chance than most players that sign for us.

Almost as soon as he signed his quotes from an Oxford fanzine about how much he hated Swindon & loved scoring against us was published. After that I don't think he was ever really going to be accepted by the crowd.

But as you say he did have the ability to be a top class footballer, however being an obnoxious scum supporting little cunt was always going to make it hard for that to happen at Swindon.

I am one of the 1% then

This is what I assume someone means when they say that Rooney reminds them of Beauchamp. At least that's what I hope they meant and they didn't actually mean he was a lazy disinterested bastard. I'm pretty sure it was the former.

and me. i've been consistent in my 40 years of watching town that we should be Scum free zone. Mark Jones though nearly won me over in that he got his head down and stayed out of the tribal thing. Bumchum really was a cunt and still in my eyes is the biggest one ever to wear the red.

Having not seen Rooney play with my own eyes I have to say that I hope thats what people mean too.

I wasnt against Beauchamp when we signed him although he was a scummer. He was clearly talented which I think makes it even worse because he certainly didnt show the same level of talent for us as he did for them.

Then there was the whole leaving, us losing a shit load of money on the deal and him scoring against us which just cement the fact he was always a scummer even when he wore red.

Lesson learnt - no more scum at the CG.

It was the former.

Eric Sabin on a piece of string

Yep, thought as much :sherlock:

Fed up of the Risser-bashing at matches. I think a majority of people realise what he offers us and his strengths and limitations, but there is still quite a large (and vocal) proportion of idiots who slag him off before he has even touched the ball, let alone made a "mistake". I thought one lad next to us yesterday was going bust a blood vessel, he was that angry when Risser faield to close somebody down quick enough. Was the same last week at Rotherham (Devera got a pasting from some fucking idiot as well).

Ritchie's penalty was horrendous and I like the look of Rooney. Wish he's put his arms down though.

Rooney sure runs weird.

Devera had a good game yesterday. Will PDC put McCormack straight back in? I think his reading of the game is superior to Devera, but its a tough call.

Thought Risser was quality yesterday, he was in there for a reason, and that was because Macclesfield had two 6 foot plus Big sturdy defensive midfielders that would cause problems with high balls, Risser won most of the balls in the air, won alot of good tackles, played the occasional misplaced pass, but thats to be expected of league two standard, just wish the boo boys would lay off him.

Totally agree, the poison that some people have put in as regards Risser is just plain daft, as others decided to get on the bandwagon!  See my post earlier in the thread regarding the guy who kept on giving Risser abuse yesterday.

I'd put him back in. Been quality for us at centre back.

Id save him for the Southed game

Rooney sure runs weird. So did Austin when he first joined, ran like a girl in fact. Luckily he could not stop scoring otherwise the pink rooms brigade would have descended upon SN1 in their droves.

Id love to see half of you lot run 100 metres at top speed. What a freak show that would be.

Bizarre...

I'd play him vs Leicester too. Was different class vs Wigan

I think McCormack should go straight back in. Such an important player for us.

Can someone remind me if Rooney is cup tied in the JPT. I'd assume he is?

I think I'd put McCormack in too. Devera has proven himself capable despite his dodgy start to the season. Good to have strength in depth.

Yes.

thanks. Well, at least he'll be fresh for the Southend and Barnet away games then.

What a month we have coming up Shrews, Crawley, Burton, Southend. Then the Pox and Cheltenham a bit later. This big squad may start paying dividends.

My thoughts entirely. I was a bit surprised they re-scheduled the Southend game so soon after the Leicester game. Then again I suppose you could argue that it's better to get the games played when you can rather than risk a fixture pile up. I dare say there will be several changes between the two games and PDC certainly has a few options in that respect.

We have to start with Flint and McCormack in as many games as possible, they are by far our best pairing... McCormack will be nicely rested and raring to go i imagine.

Agree McCormack should slot straight back in. Not a slight on how Devera has played though, having him as your 3rd best centre back is a good indication of the strength of the squad.

Earlier in the season there were so many people (noticeably Vic Morgan) constantly blabbing on about the size of our squad. (which was not that big)

It seem a different tune is now being sung.

Players like Devera and Risser are now really beginning to show their value. That's what having a squad is all about.

Totally agree. I watched MOTD last night and Wolves put over a few decent crosses from the left wing by a left foot. Commentator was creaming over the deliveries. Ritchie can deliver those types of crosses.
I like players, even when not playing well to have a go on goal. We get this from Ritchie.
That bullet yesterday was going in. The lad done well apart from getting a headache stopping it.

 wiggy, I only took the flask for emergency sake. After the first half I was in need of a drink. Next time you see me get the whiskey out come and join me. :pint:

Di Canio's sending off and subsequent rant has made it into the daily papers in Norway:

http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/01/24/sport/fotball/league_two/swindon/paolo_di_canio/19922658/

One of the comments at the bottom is great, it translates as "to ask an Italian not to wave his arms when he is engaged is like asking a helicopter to fly without using the rotors"  :)

Haha, ace. All the publicity we are getting at the moment is great.

It takes the spot light away from the players as well.

Another Norwegian news outlet, another Di Canio story...except this time, he's violently assaulting his own players IN THE ARSE!

http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3320268.ece

Torquay winning tonight means they will overtake us if they beat Northampton at home on Saturday (and let's face it they will!)

Looks like they won't be getting Bodin back then!

Torquay have quietly gone about their business and are sitting in a good position to keep the pressure on those above them. I thought Billy would be going back to them but maybe we will leave it until the last day if he does.

I see Macclesfield had their appeal against the red card rejected.

Has PDC been charged yet, how long do they get to charge him?

Is it mandatory for a manager to be charged after being sent off?

Or could they just let it go?

I don't think he has to be charged.. I reckon he will though.

In fact, here we go..

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/9486319.Di_Canio_will_appeal_any_ban/?ref=mr