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Just won in the second round on my football manager game so seemed a good moment to start this.


I don't know why but I have a funny feeling we'll win tomorrow.

Unlikely, but possible!

1-0 Town.

Where do you work in Plymouth Suggs?

I think we'll get done 2-0. Hope I'm proved wrong just like the Wigan game.

No job at the moment, "Full Time Student"
though I am in the process of applying in as many shops/bars etc for part time work, know of anyone in Plymouth taking on part time staff give me a shout!

Can't go to the game, but will be following closely.  Positive attitude as ever a 2-1 town win COYR

Going tomorrow.

2-1. This is possible!!

I will ask around my circles and see if there's anything, you go straight to the top in these parts, I need not explain.

Can't wait for the fun to begin. I'm honestly not that fussed if we lose, as long as its not a tanking. A win would be fantastic, of course. A draw would be a bit of a nightmare regarding the amount of games we have coming up. Darn you success!

2-1 defeat.

Hmmm. So it is true what they say about young lads in the Navy then. Get You !! :gay:

3-0 defeat, just can't see us doing them at there place. Mind you, I've said that about us beating Hudds, Colchester and Wigan too...

Town winning 2-1 and Leicester to score late on to force a draw......

 :)

Should expect a narrow defeat given the players we're coming up against, but I'm quite optimistic....and have a couple if quid on a 3-1 win at 80-1. Come on you Reds!

Will be very tough, they have just hit some form and I reckon they will win 3-1.

You never know with Swindon though  :)

Sorry guys, think this is the end of the FA Cup road. All I ask is for a reasonably close game and something to give the faithful something to cheer about.

Then in a fit of rage and frustration we can beat Southend 3-0

Head says we will lose but we have already proven we can beat premiership opponents, so who knows. As people have said, a good performance and a tight game and I'll be reasonably happy. A win of any kind and I'll be ecstatic.

Every time this season we've played higher league opposition, I've told myself it'll be damage limitation.

Not I just don't have a bastard clue.

At airport waiting to board.

No idea what's going to happen today but will try and enjoy it, win, lose or draw!

A good performance is all I'm hoping for, they have loads out injured and cup tied etc so it's possible we could sneak it, but I'm not confident for a change

2-1 Leicester

Remember a draw would probably net the club about half a million quid. TV companies would be fighting over it, and it would be a full house at the county ground. We used to have unlimited replays, that was the time to worry about them. A draw would be a fantastic result. We can handle the games. Come on Swindon.

We'll lose 3-0.

Another great read

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swindon-town/9045066/Leicester-City-v-Swindon-Town-Paolo-Di-Canio-adds-method-to-the-madness-as-passion-pays-dividends.html

It makes a change going to a game and just hoping for a good performance and not being too worried about the result.

I'm going to say 2-2 Benson, Connell and fixture back log mayhem to follow.

Good spot

♫ ♪ Que sera sera ♫ ♪ whatever will be will be ♫ ♪ a draw or a win preferably the latter COYR

Draw, 1-1 with Ritchie to get ours

really good article, love the bit about him cooking for the other italian staff.

A draw would be the worst possible result for me. I'd imagine the replay would be televised (Paolo Di Canio show) and would net us a few extra pounds, but it would add to the games we need to play, push back the arguably more winnable JPT tie and leave us chasing the top three (maybe four if Shrewsbury win today) even further.

After reading the article I can see why Jeremy Wray and the board took the gamble on him.  His passion & determination is very contagious and has been key to our winning mentality this season so far.

The thought of him as one day being England Manager is pretty realistic because I believe one day he will be a great manager who achieves many great things.  I hope I am alive to see that day.  He'ld soon sort out some of them work shy bastards that pull on the England shirt at the moment too  

Another positive article for PDC.

Onto the game, a close game would be good for those going and a draw at best I think.

The bit where he gatecrashes oppositions pitches to have a kick around with them made me chuckle too because that is just Paolo

oh no its crazy Paolo again, give us our bloody ball back!!!

narrow 1-2 defeat

lose 2-0

I think that Richie will really turn it on today so 3-1 Town with Mageera among the scorers

2-1 defeat

Leicester City 2-0 Swindon Town

No shame in that either

2-1 win. Got to get into them from the start though. Just setting off now. :)

I think it will be a tough game and a good measure of how far we have come. Don't really think we will win it as they have found their form now but a draw wouldn't be a shock. I'm going for 2-2 with us coming from behind twice! Nobody would want a replay given our fixture congestion but it keeps the magic alive for a bit longer :-)

Admire your optimism

A win would be special.  But if we lose - and we most likely will - I know I'm going to feel a little relieved that a major distraction to from the promotion drive will have been removed.

Just need to avoid a draw at all costs!  If we're one down in the 92nd minute and Connell is one on one with their keeper...tough one!   ;)

I think this is a game too far for us. No disgrace is a 2-0 defeat. Just about to set off.

Half a million? Genuinely?

True that. Difficult to know whether it would provide a distraction or motivation to keep their place in the team.

In may ways I think a JPT final would provide the perfect amount of reward/distraction payoff.

I thought winning itself today was around 100K. But IF we got a big team away + TV coverage I could see that.

Our STFC at Leicester City match preview - http://thewashbag.com/2012/01/27/fa-cup-4th-round-preview-leicester-city-vs-swindon-town/

And a couple of articles from the nationals to whet the appetite for destruction:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swindon-town/9045066/Leicester-City-v-Swindon-Town-Paolo-Di-Canio-adds-method-to-the-madness-as-passion-pays-dividends.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4092887/Paolo-Di-Canio-slams-top-clubs-for-fielding-weakened-teams-in-FA-Cup.html

In the paper version of the Telegraph the article is (largely) a double spread. Very prominent.

Gonna be off in about in about half an hour or so.

Head says 3-0 to Leicester heart says 4-3 to Swindon  :)

My boy thinks 1-0 to us

Don't know why, just fancy us to nick a draw today. 1-1 with us scoring 1st!

I love him.

I really want PDC to become our greatest ever manager!

3-0 defeat.

Billy Bodin off the bench to score the winning penalty?

If he wasn't cup tied what a story.

And the FA to enjoy taking us to the cleaners for fielding an ineligible player  :)

Not overly confident, just going along for the day out today. Let's create a great atmosphere in the stands, and anything less than a 3-0 defeat will be a credit to the club. If we can manage to nick it, all the better!

forgot that, what a twit I am

Would like us to win, but actually would rather we play well & lose than get a draw.
The one thing we don't need now is replay, we have enough games coming thick & fast.

Have a sneaky feeling that we will lose by the odd goal, probably a penalty  :wink:

I'm going & backing us to a win!  I'm not convinced that Leicester are 'in form' - they beat a very poor Forest side who couldn't score in a blind man's brothel & won at Southampton who have gone off the boil somewhat.  Trust me, this game will be a lot closer than you think.

Leaving Nottingham for the game in about half to three-quarters of an hour & hoping to see a famous FA Cup shock!

Currently sat in the cunting horse having a pint.

Its a nice pub actually.

It ain't bad. Rough area though. Parked at Leicester Tigers ground.

2-0 Leicester for me...

if only there was a pub called that!

Looks like Flint may be injured.

There goes my confidence in getting anything from this match.

Adver saying McCormack and Devera in as CBs..

Haha same. Devera has been decent when called upon in recent weeks, but the pace and height Nugent and Beckford possess upfront might just be too much for him.

Agree with you

Gutted not to be there. Can see us scoring first but losing 2-1.

Oh no

Gary Rose tweet...

Fancy us to nick a draw.

Look forward to hearing 4k of you singing while watching Al-Jazeera's coverage of the game in a pub.

I'm on a draw.

Flint is just as prone to the occasional error (Wigan penalty for example) as anyone else.

He's a big, big loss as long as it's not that long term.

If anyone is planning on going to the counting house, don't bother. Waiting for half an hour to get served, with no prospect in the next half hour....

Radio Swindon are literally commentating on the arrival of a team bus.

Yep and Aden Flint has not travelled with the first team today so definately will not be playing.

As long as he's injured and not leaving!

That did pass my mind too!

...and now giving a blow by blow account of the escort being given to the supporters' coaches.  Including live commentary from coach #2.  I'm really not making this up.

Flint has a groin problem.  McCormack back in.

McCormack in for Flint the only change from the starting line up from last week, Flint could be out a while with a groin injury, subs not announced yet.

Leicester, nicked from their forum

only 6 subs? wow they are short of players. Shame Gallagher is fit.

Town (4-4-2): Wes Foderingham; Paul Caddis, Joe Devera, Alan McCormack, Alessandro Cibocchi; Matt Ritchie, Simon Ferry, Oliver Risser, Raffa De Vita; Paul Benson, Alan Connell.

Subs: Phil Smith, Jon Smith, Lukas Magera, Ronan Murray, Lander Gabilondo, Louis Thompson, Daniel Boateng

That Leicester side is very strong. We're going to want it much more than them.

RS have gone a bit mental.

Woke up confident today, 2-0 Town. Ferry with both.

We'll give it everything but I think they'll be too strong. 1-3 I think

cibocchi winner with 6 minutes to go

Hello fellow exiles, stayaways and unfortunates. How are we feeling?

I love cup games against more superior opposition. Zero pressure on us. Fingers crossed we give them a good go.

just got in and noticed flint isn't playing. WHY?!

Groin injury.

Exactly right, no pressure really today. Will be happy if we give a good account of ourselves and we avoid any injuries.

Here we go

ll you can hear is Town fans

Don't know what I'm watching, but it's in English and there's Arabic writing on the screen.  Wahaay!!

Watching with my boys...just gave it joint a 'Come on You Reds' at kick off.

Aljazeera Sports

You fucking beauty, live on tv in Cambodia! The internet is too slow here for any streaming malarky.

COYR!

Oh Fuck 0-1.

Boooo.

Fuckity fuck

we're gonna get fucking dicked here

Oh fuck

hmmm

Fucking Beckford

Epic defending

balls

Everyone ball watching

Shit... Come on boys!

Fuck sake

That was too easy for them.

Very much so. Ho hum....

COME ON YOOOOUUUUU REDS!

Comeon lads, good chance here!

Long way to go. We also went behind against Hudds and Wigan

Missing Flint at the back already

We ain't got going yet

We're missing Flint

deffinitely missing flint

Dont think Flint would make too much difference as Beckford would have him for pace and he would struggle also

Elsewhere Shrewsbury won today.

Accy Stanley beating Gillingham.

divera and risser should not be playing. but they are :(

Too much hoofball when we have it

ooooooh ferry

Playing well now, come on you reds!

Should have been 1-1

COME ON TOWN.

Unlucky Risser! Great effort. Come on Town!!

good football town

Getting better, got to be careful we don't concede again

Good move with no finish.  We're certainly starting to look brighter.

Caddis taking the piss :D

Why the fuck do we do short corners? We're fuking shite at them

That will teach Dyer - good work Caddis

Cheltenham losing !

DeVita isn't very good

What patronizing commentary on the TV feed !!
Who are the commentators?

The one with Gary O'Reilly is patronising and cliché riddled.

Come on Swindon - don't let them drag us down to their level

Fans sound awesome

Our fans are the fucking dogs bollocks! We sound imense

Cheltenham 1-1

your a dick

I think Gary O'Reilly's quite good. And decent enough performance so far 1-0 down or not.

Shiiiiiiiiiiit that was close

Oh my goodness!

How did we miss?

what a miss. shiiiiit

Stunning cross

As a corner was given we can assume he didint miss it!

Getting into good positions, but crossing letting him down

Cibocchi's ball was dying for a forward to put that in.

Cibocchi came in for some stick when he first joined but looking so improved of late.

We're the better team here, more of the same please Town!

'Leicester's trying to run the legs off of Swindon'

Good luck in that !!

Risser is playing really well.

Risser :D

we should be level

...apart from the shot

I assume that as they both have 'foreign' names they seem totakly unable to tell the difference between Cibocchi or De Vita on this Fox feed!

Currently there is only one team in this...and it's not the home side.

Been a good game so far

Konchesky, what an over-rated thug. He should be off

That was a red, right?

fucking hell kuntchesky (fnar) that was knee height you spastic

he should be off for that

Thats a fucking red all day long

Ouch... Konchesky resorting to GBH!

Konchesky lucky to just get a yellow

Hope Ferry's going to be ok

Oooooh, a Cibocchi special!

konchesky you dirty cunt, you should have walked

erroneous, he missed the wall!

How the hell did Konchesky ever play in the premiership

what a shot

Well done boys, keep it up second half

Cibocchi firing up the fans!

Well down Town, much the better team here. Not had the luck so far.

Great reaction from the Town after their goal.

Filthy Konchesky - what a wanker.

Proud of our team and our support after that half.  

Paul Koncheskey you dirty cunt.

Konchesky awful challenge he should of been off.

Great effort from Chibbochi. Only one team in this COYR!!!!

He's been getting closer, usually i expect them to go about 15 yards high and wide!

even on 5 live their saying it should have been a red......

Much the better team bar a couple of lapses early on.  Deserved a goal at least and should be up against 10 men now.  

Let's see what the second-half brings...

All over the shop first 20 but then settled and deserve to be drawing at HT, Konchesky is a filthy shitcunt.

Not a bad first half, conceding early on doesn't seem to have hurt us too badly. Lacking pace and a cutting edge up front at the moment though. Konchesky should be off of the pitch!

We are by no means being thrashed, if anything we are the better side overall, just missing out on the final ball and finish, otherwise we are better than Leicester.

They are a bunch of dirty cunts and should have had 2 reds, we can do this, just get the shots in, oh and a fantastic free kick from Cibbochi!

Great response, if we carry on like that only a matter of time until we score. Very impressed with Cibocchi.

Quality performance. If we can get a few more high quality crosses in we can do this. We look the better side but they have enough quality to hurt us if we switch off. Come on you Reds!

Can't believe we're not level - much the better side after the first 10 minutes. This Fox Sports commentary is getting on my tits (would switch it off but the pictures are 20 seconds behind the radio commentary).

Town fans singing loud & proud.  We've really rattled Leicester last 35 mins.

Konchesky dirty bastard should have been a straight red. Ciobochi could suprisingly turn out o be a half decent signing if he can maintain his performance.  Risser definitely improving too just don't let him shoot.

Hope Ferry's ok  

Proud to be a town fan today. Great singing great effort.

i have been really impressed with risser's first half. Hopefully if he keeps up this form he will get the boo boys off his back

Risser shots are either amazing goals or near going out for throw in's. No in-between it seems!

Glad to have Mccormack back, the guy makes such a difference. Shame De Vita cant produce the same quality as ritchie, reckon Rooney may be playing a lot in the run in.

Connell and Benson could be a reasonable partnership i think.

Risser has done ok, but still feel smith gives us more mobility, we can break quicker, and he's much better on the ball

We're definitely playing the better stuff. Need to keep Ritchie and Caddis pressing on Konchesky. He's ripe for another yellow.

Feel like we can definitely do this if we can keep it tight at the back.

No idea who the cunts are commentating but I have neve rever heard such a biased commentary in my life, I thought I had the stream for LCFC, very little credit to us in their commentary at all.

Crowd are like the 12th man today. Great support, all I can hear on my feed is the Swindon fans. Credit to all those that made the trip today. Coyr

McCormack has been immense. He looks like he's played there all his life.

I've turned the volume down, patronising fuckers

From Leicester's forum


http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/79464-swindon-fa-cup-matchday-thread/page__st__80

stop shouting in bold. ssshhhhhhhhh

Apart from the first 5-10 mins we have been by far the better team.

We can still win this.

I'm developing a liking for adverts in Arabic.  Reminds me of airport waiting lounges and being on holiday.

grr

No, our cup final will be the cup final.

I think everyone's having a good game. Even De Vita and Risser, though people have had different opinions.
Think Benson just lacks a bit of pace though. Nice to see Connell working hard as usual.

Cibocchi and McCormack, as well as Caddis and Ritchie are making impressions though.

We are treating it a little bit like a Cup Final though.

I don't think Ritchie likes scoring from inside the 6-yard box.

Also a definite red...

we clearly aren't in that we're at home having a cuppa :)

Also agree about the commentary. So biased, but I think they now realise that Swindon are actually rather good.

Konchesky is a fvcking w@nker.

No, I missed Millwall (a lucky escape).

Knocking the ball around nicely again, good start.

Ref has just taken out Risser

I am getting a certain pride from seeing that 'dirty cheating Swindon' are being kicked off the park by a Championship team.

Can someone repost the best quality stream please? I'm watching one thats a bit blurred

Fucking flucky cunts

Crap

fucking shit defending

eurgh

Crawley 1-0 Hull.  :doh:

Back has just gone to shit on crosses.

Cock

Wank defending again.  I guess thats the difference between league 2 and championship strikers

crawley are 1-0 at hull

Did Caddis duck under the ball? Gotta take your chances, that's the difference.

i imagine that'll be murray on for benson

Nnnnggghhh, poor from Caddis.

Louis Thompson coming on.

Got to get one back quick

Cheltenham 2-1 up

First time we've conceded more than once since October

Looking at this Leicester 11, how much bloody money have they spent!

connell has looked good, i can't remember benson being in the game. strange!

we need some fucking shooting practice

Not our day today.

A fair few quid, lots of Premier League player.

Didn't they spend £5m on Matt Mills

These things happen.

Picking ourselves up (today or at Southend) is of utmost importance.

Is it the first time Foderingham has had 2 go past him?

That man Tubbs with another goal.

Yes

WE need a red card to get back into this.

Textbook straw clutching ;)

NO. we need a goal

Can't see us scoring

Dirty bastard going off

From this game alone, we can see we are championship quality.

We should not be 2-0 down.

The shooting has been woeful

it's a one off game though isn't it? on the basis we beat wigan we could say we're premiership quality, but things don't work like that

Like a Cup Final ;)

we've played brilliantly at times but we couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

not quite, we can't finish to save our lives.

on a positive note, 69er can blame Risser for the result today

Well fine.. We have been consistently good against higher opposition. That speaks volumes for itself.
Our passing football DOES show that we are a high league one or championship quality. In my opinion, there's no denying that.

There's the silver lining I was looking for.

We have matched them all over the pitch except for our finishing which has been pretty shite, otherwise we are as good as them.

http://unofficialtarjas.blogspot.com/p/blinertv.html

Agreed.

We've actually played well - but just missing a cutting edge.

Still - I'm happy with the performance itself and hope Ferry doesn't have any injury repercussions with that bad tackle...

j

I knew we should have brought in a loanee for the match day thread start.

Would be good if we could score a goal for a confidence boost...Cant see it happening though.

Hope this doesnt kill confidence for Tuesday.

Glad to see Ferry going off, save him for Tuesday.

Good chance for Thompson to impress.

erm, I appear to now be watching something Spanish

ritchies run his bollox off today

Gabilondo?

Wellens taken out, lovely stuff.

and risser has been fucking awful today imo

Ferry's had a quiet game.

i don't know if you're fishing, but i would be inclined to agree. Smith continues to offer more, but not on the bench

2-0 down yet I can only hear Town fans - marvellous support

not fishing. just an opinion on watching the game. touch has been awful and reactions in passing have been slow. which has resulted in him being caught in possesion too often

that's just what he does innit

I don't think Risser's had that bad a game. If Ferry had done exactly the same thing, people wouldn't be saying anything. Cos he's the 'fan's favourite'.

Gabilondo on the other hand.. Jesus christ.

We've dropped to 6th with games in hand obviously.

2 games in hand over Torquay as well. A win Tuesday and I will be mighty happy.

Great effort from the lads but Gabilondo was a passenger once he came on.  Not sure why De Vita was taken off but Gabilondo gave us less creativity when he came on.

Risser should have gone off too played well but tires and we lost our shape in midfield don't know what Jon Smith has done wrong.

Great support from Town fans too

Interesting as whilst we didn't play badly, I thought that few of our players had fantastic games - they played well, but its pleasing that even not on top form we didn't get played off the park - and if we could finich who knows.

Leicester really are a 'couldn't cut it in the Premier League 11' how many of that team have played a few premier games and not been good enough and been sold back to Championship.

All in all - not bad

Six points ahead of 7th too.

You can't get a tougher prospect at this moment than Southend away though.

Hopefully we can shrug this off. I doubt Crawley's progress will harm their run.

Makes me wish I was there even more.

Great game, a red instead of a yellow and the score line would have been different, but roll with the punches and be proud of the town.

Looking forward to Tuesday and the Barnet game.

Yes. Thought the same. Gabilondo doesnt seem to have what it takes.

Cibocchi played very well, some of his crosses and long passes were brilliant, though Gabilondo was shit

Shame Rooney was cup tied

Gaibilondo was piss poor from the moment he came on.  

Definitely i think his impact could have turned the heat up a bit more on Leicester and i could have seen a get a goal back

A valiant effort but today just wasn't our day.

A day of what could have been for me; had we converted one of a few decent chances, had the referee sent Konchesky off like he should have, had we marked Beckford properly for his first, then today might've gone very, very differently.

We lacked a cutting edge up front and weren't clinical enough in our finishing. Beckford's goals were both 'in the right place at the right time' finishes - something we lacked today. Very professional performance on their part; nothing special but doing enough, pretty much dominating possession and, of course, keeping us out with a sturdy defence and an exception Schmeichel.

Caddis and McCormack were the stand-out performers for me, both very consistent throughout with some brilliant tackles on Mac's part and some quite fantastic forward play from Caddis. Quiet game from Ferry and Benson and Connell were never given a chance by Mills and St Ledger. Gabilondo was poor when he came on, though Risser impressed me.

Overall, proud to be a Swindon fan after that performance. We didn't roll over for them, though the second goal killed anything we had to offer this afternoon. Means we can now concentrate on the league and the JPT which, in my opinion, are much, much more important! Onwards and upwards!

They never let us down.

I dont mind being knocked out of the FA cup, the league and the JPT are much bigger prizes than the 5th round of the cup.

My thoughts exactly. Tuesday is all that matters, we can't lose that one.

Can't believe they have accidentally turned the feed off the official site!

Played well. Unfortunately Leicester more clinical in front of goal on the day. Couldn't say there was much between the two teams in open play - certainly not a gulf of two divisions. Shows what a good squad PDC is developing. Thought McCormack was outstanding. Richie and Caddis bright and inventive as ever.

Seems like we gave a really good account of ourselves, so all credit to the lads and the supporters who were superb, as  always on the road.

It was a good run, which had to come to an end at sometime.  To be honest, as nice it would have been to progress, I think we'd all prefer us to concentrate 100% on the league, with the JPT thrown in for good measure.  The positive of Crawley winning could be that it distracts them and causes them to wobble further in the league.

We move on to Southend on Tuesday night, which is a real 6 pointer.  It will be interesting to see who Di Canio starts with.  Is Flint likely to be injured still?  Those who've watched the game today seem to have differing views on Risser, which was much the same as last Saturday.  Seems like he's going to be the player that causes the most division on opinion.  For the record, I'd pick Smith in front of him, as the midfield seems to work far better when he's there instead of Risser, but it's Di Canio who picks the team not me!

My biggest concern about today's loss is that Sir Suggs Will Suggs has also lost his unbeaten matchday thread starting.  Hopefully this will be exclusive to the FA Cup?!

Sir suggswillsuggs did not get hammered last night, which is the reason we lost.

It's in the bible.

Haha there is two threads on the yellowbelly forum regarding todays gake.

Apparently we were silent all game and PDC was sent to the stands :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Anyhow, a good performance, just need a clinical striker.

Has DiCanio been on yet?

Yeah, nothing too surprising in the interview. Proud of efforts, real cup final is Tuesday.

Was fat bobby davro sent to the stands today?  I think I heard that.

Positive that Crawley have gone though as hopefully will draw their minds away from the league.

Negative as the pay day will delay their financial destruction for a little longer.

Anyway onwards and upwards Swindon

They are so obsessed with us.

Wray talked about:
- Impressed with Leicester experience
- Hope that we can build the same sort of experience at Swindon.
- Not far off having a side that could compete in Championship. Would like players to share ambition and stay with Town
- Hoping to buy Cox on Monday. Need to juggle with wage cap
- Not much more coming in at this stage
- Flint picked up knock in week
- Kerrouche. Wray spoke to him. Needs to play football. Kerroosh wants to play for Swindon. Wray wants him out on loan to score goals and get back in PDC's plans

From Simon Ferry Twitter, awful challenge from Konchesky.

They're being very positive about us on the Leicester forum. Nice.

Didn't listen or watch the game today but by the sounds of it(from the post match interviews)it went how i expected it to. A plucky dispaly with a great following from us but the inevitable defeat. Nice to hear Louis Thompson got on. He is a tough little bugger and it won't faze him. Hope he did ok

All seem to agree Konchesky was lucky not to be sent off.

I was asked to keep it down by the flat next to me after the challenge.. Apparently my language wasn't appropriate for young children..  :girlgiggle:

From what I saw from my jerky t'internet feed:

- there wasn't a gulf of 2 divs between up and IMO Leicester are a team on the up - pretty solid all round.
- Nobody was oustanding, but as a team we looked good and played the ball nicely and at a good tempo.
- Should have been a sending off
- Was pleasantly surprised with Cibbochi
- Shame we couldn't finish
- fans were amazing - very proud.

All in all not to fussed we are out - we have more important targets.  

Konchesky's challenge was despicable. Could have ended Ferry's career.

What makes it worse is that there was no need for it. Had Ferry been a player breaking through for an equaliser with minutes to go, it might be 'understandable' (for want of a better word). There was no need for that challenge whatsoever. That he got away with it pisses me off. That he even thought off that challenge dwarfs the fact he was not sent off.

What an utter tosser.

 

after such an early goal I feared a mauling. credit the team for getting back into it. Leicester always looked dangerous coming forward though.

Alan mcc' was immense. afraid ciocbocci was out his depth but this was a big jump in quality of opposition. is Smith injured? not sure why he isn't staring right now.

but all in all a great effort.

I thought ciocbocci was second best Town player after McCormack

I'm guessing Risser was used for his size, strength and defensive qualities.

Wouldn't be surprised to see him used again away at Southend next week.

I thought Cibocchi was poor today too. Defensively all over the place, crosses weren't beating the first man and, free-kick before half time aside, generally one of the weaker players today.

Thought we were the better team in the first half.
In the second half Leicester coped with us much better & looked the better team to be fair.

The lads never gave up, and I wouldn't want to point the finger at anyone today as they all put in plenty of effort. It is obvious that the step up in class was probably too much for one or two.

The fans were great today, and never gave up on the team.

I did have words with two silly old buggers behind me who pronounced that it was a waste of a trip when the team was announced without Flint.

They also commented every time that Risser, Cibocchi & Devera mis placed a pass that they were shit & shouldn't be playing. :doh:

Anyone know if anything else was said about players coming in di canio interview ?

You needed a second look to see how bad it was, ref must have had a similar view, hence just a yellow

from BBC:
Jack Harrison on Twitter praises Crawley Town's boss after their 1-0 win at Hull: "Is it me or is Steve Evans living out every man's football manager dream and taking unknowns to the big time! Good on him"."

obviously Jack Harrison is a thick twat

@Posh I'd imagine that Flint was pretty gutted about being injured too, surely the old boys thought of that

I thought cio struggled positionally and with the pace if the game. but as I said, Leicester are a class above anything we have played except Southampton.

really wasn't having a go at risser, just felt we missed a bit of bite that May have upset them. against Southend out makes more sense to play risser given their more direct play.

absolutely right the players didn't give up. fantastic.

Cibbochi but is a beast of a cross in the first half when Ritchie put the loose ball over. I also told that Jack whatshisface on twitter he was wrong about Evans. Where's that 'Someone is wrong on the internet' image?

It was more that they had decided before a ball was kicked that we had no chance as Devera was useless.

The funny thing is that the two players that polarize opinion so much, were the two that came closest to scoring (Two great saves from Schmeichel).

Yep

Don't blame the ref in this case.

Claridge is a cock...

BBC football pundit Steve Claridge on the fourth round's biggest shock: "They've got money, Crawley, and they'll be hoping for a big match in the fifth-round draw. Crawley are not going to let a Championship side like Hull get away with not playing their best."

I hate Crawley, but perhaps only because of their Pat Butcher drag act

...and doesnt he look like his brother to! I saw them both the other day and had to do a double take to work out which one was which.


Nope, nothing wrong with Smith. We all know Di Canio is some what of a perfectionist and isnt afraid to take players off or drop them after mistakes. Smith gave away the free kick that lead to the goal at Barnet and then got dropped (his words give or take a few) and Risser has come in and done well and kept his place.

top lad though Smith, very humble, very genuine and very hungry to succeed 'when york told me Swindon were interested I would have run to Swindon to sign right away'

Reject interest from Morcombe, AFC Wimbledon and Crawley.

Well, back from the game & will share a few thoughts. We conceded the first goal far too early & struggled to get our rhythm back for a while afterwards. As the ball came over from the left the defenders didn't go to claim it & make it their own. Beckford did little but given a half chance like that he buried it. However, all credit to the team because they kept their cool & by half time were the team going forward & making the best moves & making Schmeichal earn his corn.

Second half was a much more even game although it wasn't until the final 20 minutes that Wes had a real shot to save. Credit Leicester City though, they were content to retain the ball, pass it back & wait for opportunities to arise. I had expected much more creativity from them although their injury list may have had something to do with it.

Regarding the Town players, they all played reasonably well.  Whilst Devera doesn't dominate to the extent Flint does he certainly didn't let the side down. The midfield was certainly a match for Leicester & were probably the more creative unit.  Benson & Connell worked their socks off but the Leicester defenders were a step up from what they normally face & so they made little impact. Despite a generally solid game, I did think Cibbocci was at fault for the second goal though.  Having got the ball to break up a Leicester attack he somehow conspired to lose it again, the ball was crossed & Leicester scored their second - game over!  However, McCormack was hugely impressive.  He was reading passes that even the Leicester players were not anticipating - for me head & shoulders above anyone else on the field today.

The withdrawal of Ferry was clearly done in anticipation of Tuesday's game & young Louis Thompson came on. He certainly didn't look overawed & always found a red shirt with his passing.  Definitely one for the future. The town fans were superb, singing & chanting for the whole ninety minutes but especially after the goals had been conceded, trying to lift the team's spirits. We have gone out of the cup but we matched our Championship opposition and leave with heads held high.

It was a poor start from us, really sloppy and you wondered if we might crumble. But thankfully we showed the spirit that PDC has brought to the club and started to get a foothold. Couldn't believe how much pressure we put on them in certain periods, shots coming in, corners beign won, if it wasn't for Schmeichel we could well have gone level.

Didn't actually see Konchesky's challenge on Ferry too well but it looked wild. If reports that it was knee height are true, it could be yet more evidence for PDC to present before the FA to suggest he's being picked on! ;)

Second half we never really got going in the same way. Gabilondo had a tough job since Cibocchi doesn't do that much attacking, and a number of players wasted chances with wild snap shots. Fair play to Leicester, they were quite strong at the back, and we should take heart in that we were able to create the chances we did.

Stand out players for me would be Caddis, McCormack, Cibocchi, and Ritchie. We had a fair bit of joy down the right hand side, despite their left winger easily beating Ritchie and Caddis on pace. Good to see!


One more thing... Fill your boots everyone... https://twitter.com/konch3

the one moment of pure quality today was cibo's cross but otherwise a good display on the whole. don't understand the risser hate either. 

whatever else we look very strong.  COYR

Just back, stopped for a TGI Friday's in Coventry. nomnomnom.

The nightmare start happened as Leicester went ahead inside 4 minutes. Poor defending on our left side left them too much space to cross to the far post. The ball was knocked back across and Beckford stabbed home. For the next 10 minutes is looked like we were in for a torrid time, but slowly but surely we got back into the game and fashioned some chances of our own.

Second half Leicester scored again, didn't really see what happened clearly but Beckford scored again. We still did OK after that but to be honest Leicester were never seriously troubled.  We never gave up and worked hard, but Leicester had enough about them to see out the game.

So disappointing but also encouraging from us. Decent day out. Found the traffic after a pain in the arse. That bit of Leicester IS a shithole, then again County Road and Manchester Road ain't much to shout about. Talking of which there were a couple of good sustained "we are Paolo's red and white army" and other Town hits not available in record stores. Good last 10 minutes and we leave with our heads held high.

Stand out players for me were McCormack and Caddis, thought De Vita was reasonable too. Everyone else was fairly steady but didn't hit top gear. Oh actually Gabby was poor.

And Swindon Town mentioned on Casualty as I type.

COYR, lets fuck over Southend next.

I don't hate him, I just think we look stronger with Smith in the team.

There really are some thick cunts that post on the adver site. This is either some kind of sad wind up, or the poster is a stupid cunt.

"Disappointing performance all round really. Our strikers were anonymous today.

Starting with Risser is like starting with 10 men............hopefully smith gets picked instead on tuesday"

cunt

Loud and Proud today everyone. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Still have some total wankers having a pop at Risser during the game so I am told.

When you come out of the ground with Leicester fans coming over and saying how impressed they were with Swindon then that is saying something.
Going behind in 5 minutes was a bad start but if our shooting would have been more accurate then you never know.

Anyway the league is priority.

COYR's.

Excellent performance for 41 minutes of the first half, I was confident we could turn it around at half time.

The second goal killed us and the heads dropped a little, but the first two changes didn't help either. Gabi and Murray offered very little.

The commentators were dreadful.  


@tombrooks88 @konch3 loving that tackle #crunch

I thought Murray's movement offered something.

Bugger, we have slipped down 2 places in the league. Torquay are well in the race for the autos now. Though we do have 2 games in hand on them.

Today was a bloody good day overall.
We more than matched and outplayed a very strong championship team for most of the game. McCormack outshined everyone on the pitch today, nothing is getting past him that is for sure. Risser had another quality performance IMO, he blocked alot of good bals and shots and always seemed to be in the right place when on defending and blocking duties, also laid off some good passes.
Cibo also impressed me today, I do rate him and today confirmed why, very steady defensively and offered some great crosses.
Ritchie, Caddis and Ferry were their normal selves and were superb!
Fans were tremendous today, we, and the players did our team proud! COYR!

"Agreed with this, but that Swindon support was deafening in the first half. Loudest I've heard here in years."

from a Leicester forum, great day out shame about the result not the performance though . The buzz is back like the good old days.

Well done to the 4,000 who went today.  Leeds took just over 3,000 to Leicester earlier this season.

Watching online, you made a right bloody racket.  I'm sure the Middle east was impressed too.

They have also played 3 more home games than us.

Very proud to be a town fan today ! wanted to go today but couldn't cos of work,congrats to everyone that did sounded a great atmosphere, made it to the swiss chalet for 2nd half where they had it on live - could only hear our fans so well supported to those that did ! Now lets come down from the fairytale win jpt & league COYR !!  :clap:

Swindon and Leicester forum love in.

I disapprove.

Thought there was one difference between the two teams today ..... Beckford , thats it ! If only we had him or someone like him........  :hmmm: thought we we're the better team otherwise

I'd say the gap was bigger - we didn't have great service into the box today, particularly from the left. It was only set pieces where we really troubled them. Having Rooney might have made a difference though.

One or two on their forum have suggested they didn't get out of 2nd gear, which personally I think is a load of crap. We put them under a lot of pressure in the first half, and if they could have upped their game then they would have done. Below par? Perhaps. But certainly not in 2nd gear.

Their defenders were better than our strikers. That for me was more or less the difference between the sides. If I was Paolo I think I would have them in for shooting practice tomorrow morning or whenever the next training session. There must have been 4 or 5 attempts on goal in the second half alone (from different players) which were, frankly, embarassing.

Overall though, pretty satisfactory day out. Particularly enjoyed the performances of Caddis and Cibocci (that was a thundering free kick just before half time)

And a very turn out and good support from our lot. Some extremely complimentary comments on this here forum (look away Yeo..)

http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/79467-swindon-post-match-thread/page__st__40

for example: Swindon looked excellent at times and if they had played us a few weeks back it would have been a very different outcome
and
Swindon support was deafening in the first half. Loudest I've heard here in years.

Put 2nd half shooting down to trying too hard / snatching at shots & maybe things could have been different had konchesky seen red as he should have

Leicester took it pretty seriously, pretty much the full first team out.  Pity they didnt do what Hull did and make 6 changes.  Never mind, just have to make do with the double!

Well they had lots of injuries/ineligible players.

I watched the game at the Royal Ak in Old Town. Very enjoyable apart from the fucking commentary, whoever it was it was fuckiing shite, if you were listening on the radio you would of thought we never touched the ball.

Ref was piss for key incidents - beckford 'premiership you're having a laff!' Deliberate handball was a yellow and Konchesky tackle was instant red.

Saying that I don't think we would of won even against 9 men as our forwards were off today.

Onwards and hopefully upwards!

In Paolo's interview on the OS he says the Leicester management were arguing about Danns' yellow card with the 4th official for 25 minutes. I guess it's ok as long as you don't wave your arms about?

(Sorry, not wanting to deflect attention from a generally positive day!)

In the long run though, Creepy going through and us going out could have done us a pretty big favour.

sorry wrong side of quote but yeh no brainer anyway !

A good day out. A beer in the Counting House which took about 30 minutes to arrive. Then a mate took a trip to Morrisons across the way for a few tins. Fair play to the police around there who took a really light touch. Then to the main event.
Before the game even started there were 2 cunts behind me who fucking moaned abuot Risser and Cibocchi. All through the game they moaned about Risser and Ciboochi. They're probably moaning about them now.
McCormack is pure absolute class. Risser did Ok today. Cibocchi either does thnigs very well or very shit but he's not had a good run and he's new to English football - he's this years JFL.
As someone else said their 2 defenders were better than our 2 attackers.
As I was stood outside the ground a Leicester fan came up and said if we had someone who could finish it would have been a different game and he was right.
Althuogh we lost, we were not disgraced on or off the pitch. Good support and fair play to the Leicester fans, stewards and police who kept in the background.
On the negative side we parked at the Rugby ground and it took us untli 6 to get out of Leicester.
Not a bad day out though and onwards and upwards. 

Was great day. As others have said, all that we needed was someone to put the ball in the back of the net.  Brillant support too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkrDcG1yBs

and Beckford is still a cheating horrible little cunt

Highlights about to be on ITV in a minute. If anyone is interested.

I reckon it's cause Paolo didn't have his lucky bobble hat on today.

Still had a great day out regardless of the result. Once we had finaly got out of Leicester ! Stopped off at Morton on the marsh for Fish and chips, a few mini buses full of Swindon pulled up so we all carried on the singing, just seemed the right thing to do. ;D forgot to say, just seen that foul on Ferry on the highlights, what a shocker  :eek:

I think this is spot on. Leicester had better quality in the key areas.

If they didn't get out of second gear fair enough. I know we have better quality than we showed today too, particularly in the final third/shooting. So maybe both things were down to how hard each team had to work against the other, making them look worse than they are.

I bet there are loads of accidents on that road. People trying to take the roundabouts too fast.

On to the game. The ball broke to Beckford twice in the box, and he put them both away. Ball broke to Ritchie and he skyed it. Game over. Shame, but a great cup run. Id forgotten what they were like.

I didn't follow the game yesterday (a bit difficult out at sea) but wasn't too surprised to see we'd lost. The cup run was nice whilst it lasted, but let's face it the league is the biggest priority.

Just watched the highlights and it didn't look like we created much, but from skim reading the thread it seems that we did have quite a lot of the game that didn't get shown. Konchesky's tackle was absolutely horrendous and he should've seen a straight red.

Thought the highlights would of shown Kaspers Point blank save from I think Bensons header in the first half. Crawley having to play the next round the week after we play them may help us especially if they get a big draw

Watched the whole game in the Swiss Chalet. Had a chukkle to the "Your grounds to big for you" chant, and the "We are Paolo's Red and White army" was awesome. Great game, shame about the result. Richie's miss was actually a good block by their defender that's why we got a corner out of it. Why do we take so long to get out of the starting blocks sometimes.
Anyway, a satisfying performance and onwards an upwards. Lets take it out on Southend.

I watched the game thanks to Berniman online on Fox with a fantastic feed quality.

The commentators where the worst I have ever heard, you would have thought Swindon werent even playing and that we had tapped into the LCFC World feed, nothing complimentary to say about Swindon, no idea who they were but one was an ex pro cos he said he didnt like going to the County Ground when he was playing, he also said that when we had 11 shots to their 4...his comment was...well that proves the quality of Leicesters finishing (that was when it was 1-0).

As for the game, I thought the back 4 did well against much better quality players that they normally have to play against, I don't think we missed Flint as such, but him not playing is always a loss to the team, but I feel he probably wouldnt have done any better with either of the goals had he been playing.

Fodders did well and had no chance with either goal.

Nobody let the team down, even Risser, who ran around and made a few good tackles/interceptions, Ferry ran his socks off too.

Both Ritchie and De Vita did quite well, getting a few crosses in, poor miss from Ritchie though near half time but they can easily go either way and it was a pretty good challenge on him to stop the shot. Loved the way he kept taking on Konchesky and beating him.

Connell and Benson didnt have their best games for the Town, lots of running and a few good passes but most of the killer balls in the box werent of a good quality and both looked a bit off the pace.

McCormack was fantastic and easily the MoM for me, great tackling, passing and interceptions, hardly put a foot wrong all game and reminded me of Calderwood.

Devera did ok didnt do much wrong but lacks a bit of pace at the back, Caddis made a few mistakes but was fairly solid and good going forwards, and Cibocchi I though was excellent, solid defensively and much better going forward that he has been, lacks a little pace and fitness but did well, and that free kick was awesome right on half time.

The biggest well done though has to go to the near 4,000 Town fans that travelled up, hardly stopped singing all game right from KO and totally outsing the locals and on TV we could hear you loud and clear, well done to every one of you.

Very proud of the team yesterday. The only difference between the two teams was the final third.

The players gave everything and we can't ask for more than that. Town fans were ace, the reception we gave the team at the end was brilliant.

Roll on Tuesday, absolutely massive game.

"We are Paolo's red and white army"  That was very impressive, I did have to stop a few of my mates from doing the clap though.

Only the second game I have seen this season (via dodgy internet feed).  McCormack was the best player on the pitch by far, his reading of the game was excellent.  Felt we lacked some creativity up front and bite in midfield but that we pass it around excellently and make good use of space.

Just bloody hope now that we can regain focus for the game at Southend on Tuesday and aren't too knackered.

Really enjoyed the day yesterday and the support was fantastic from our fans yet again...Leicester only decided to sing after their second goal and even then we still outsung them!

As some have said they had that extra bit of quality in key areas, but we didn't disgrace ourselves at all...onwards to the league and hopefully to Wembley...if you'd said competing for the title, 1 game away from wembley and a premier scalp in the fa cup then most would bite their hand off for that...Keep the faith C.O.Y.R!

Great day yesterday. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Result aside, a stirling performance. All were a real credit to the Swindon shirt.

Loved it when Paolo came over at the end. You could see in his expressions the boys had done everything asked of them and he had done 

On a bit of a negative...I was in the stand surrounded by decent, proper Swindon fans. Fans old and young all enjoying the game singing and encouraging throughout the whole 90.

There was though, a few rows behind me, the scummiest and most horrible fans I have ever witnessed. I can only describe the Dad or Uncle, in his appearance, as Worzel Gummidge and his 3 cretins that were with him were a disgrace. They were aged probably between 10-14 with the youngest spouting expletives the whole game. When you hear a ten year old screaming "Wanker", "Fucking crap" and "Use you're fucking head"...it's just not on. The older of the three thought he was Billy Big Bollox also spouting crap. All 4 of you were a disgrace, whoever you are.

Those around them were undoubtedly uncomfortable and couldn't move seat as there weren't any to move to.

Sorry but rant over.

There were mongs out in force yesterday.

Some prat had a go at me cos people were telling him to sit down cos they couldn't see. He was so intoxicated he thought I said it.

He then kept telling the Leicester fans they were 'gonna their fucking heads kicked in'.

This was with a little girl of about 6 years old sat in front of him. Lovely fella.

Agree Ralphy. We all know there's those kind of fans at every game but when these so called younger "fans" have adults with them, then surely the adult in this scenario should have at least some sort of an inkling of common decency and tell them to stop the abuse. If you tell them, you would get lamped!

Heard this yesterday too, apparently knocked some guys drink over then refused to apologise...

However I also heard that he's going to West Ham for £750,000 and they didn't want him injured.
I stuck that on twitter and was shot down as apparently JW say's no one has bid for our players..

Drink was spilt on him and was a small amount. He then got lairy and was sparked out

Who did Flint piss off ? Stone Cold Steve Austin ?!

Must have been a massive bloke to knock him out.

...and (if true) that stops him playing football how?

This

Concussion? The wrath of PDC?

Concussion maybe - depends when it was though doesnt it? When did the players travel up friday night?

The wrath of PDC maybe - but can he really blame Flint because someone punched him? really...

Yes they did travel up Fiday. I did wonder when it happened because being out in the week with the game coming up seems stupid.  And to that point PDC may well have thought the same regardless of "fault".

Concussion could see a weeks rest.

Similar thoughts as yourself Batch.

The other thought being its complete and utter bullshit.

Bringing in Boetang? Makes me worry more now about the Flint being sold rumour. I know he can play anywhere at the back but centre half is his favoured position. Would seem a daft move to let Aiden go now we are really on track for promotion.

You don't accept anything other than your own posts so hey ho and all that.

Bit random, did anyone see the two foxes sat in the middle of the field without a care in the workd between Coventry and Leicester on the way up, twas an omen I'm telling you >:(

The Flint rumour does seem to be like some Poxford spread bollocks, and the same with people saying hes leaving, no club has enough power to stop a player from playing just because hes about to sign for them, not like it matters if he was cup tied or not.

And who is to say he wouldnt get injured in training before he signed for West Ham or Middlesboro.

I will believe it when it is confirmed by the club, on both counts. Until then...next dodgy rumour please.

And I also think that we brought Coateng in as cover knowing full well that Flint was already carrying an injury.

Not true.

I just find the rumour highly unlikely - like the whole Austin stuff when he was here.

Crawley get Stoke at home and Leicester play Norwich away in round five.

Crawley v Stoke.  God thats one ugly game of football.  Should be a cracking atmosphere, jam packed stadium of 4000.  Im supporting Stoke!

we avoided a long trip to Norwich which I don't think is a bad thing at all.

And their gate receipts have to be split 50/50. No big gate windfall to fund last minute additions to "project promotion".

Bit of a shit draw for Crawley to be honest except they will fancy their chances of getting something off Stoke at home.

Good trip on the train from Swindon though, with a Morrison's next door for the return journey!

Few quid from TV though, bound to be on the box

Morrisons came in handy yesterday, the Counting house was heaving and a wasn't going to queue at he bar for ages for a pint. :pint:

The incident happend. That i know 100% is true. Whether he was concussed or dropped i do not know. He was sparko for ages though

That means they'll have 2 cup finals within a few days, with us playing them at the CG on the 14th and them playing Stoke on the 18th.

Flint could well be out of action for a couple of weeks if he has got concussion,depends on how bad it is but it's not something that goes over night. Fingers crossed.

Flint was at the gym today according to Twitter.

Can't be that bad.

I'm with Arriba on this one. The guy who punched Flint is a friend of someone I work with. It happened....

He must be fucking huge to knock Flint out.

You'd be surprised. He isn't.

Yeah my mate told me about it, although I swear he said it happened in Wroughton. Told it exactly like you have other than that detail.

Great post from the Leicester forum...

Reading the Swindon fans comments here is a refreshing change from the normal opposition shit we normally get. Think Swindon will be my 2nd club now!!!

So was the bloke who hit flint a town fan?

yeah, obviously ::)

TBF the majority of comments on there have been hugely complimentary, praising our team and our following.

I know, its' amazing. It also helps that the posts from our lot on there are actually all quite sensible for once.

Fair question i thought, what with the stuff about risser being threatened in town.

Obviously no-one from Thisis has been on there then !!!

We've been well behaved, besides they're a nice lot

Anyone know why I can't log in to Foxestalk on tapatalk on my phone ?

Keeps saying the username/password is wrong when it isn't ??

works ok for me ralphy

It's doing my nut !

I don't follow how Flint getting punched rules him out of a game.

Do we actually know if he was genuinely injured or if Di Canio made him sit out? If the latter it's not the first time he's fallen foul of Paolo this season

what's the chance of Crawley having the game switched to playing at Stoke or somewhere in London to give them a bigger purse?

I'm sure that the FA would not allow it.

not a lot, the FA put a stop to that didn't they? And it was only allowed if the ground wasn't up to league safety regulations if I recall.

That's good then, although as mentioned this game will almost certainly be on tv so they will still do ok out of it. >:(

what time was it me old china?

I've written the Leicester match report for the washbag, give it a read if you want:

http://thewashbag.com/2012/01/30/leicester-city-2-swindon-0/

See you at Roots Hall!

I enjoyed the game on Saturday. I thought we looked dangerous but without a cutting edge. Mills and St Ledger dealt with everything we through at them sadly. McCormack, Ritchie and Caddis shone for me. I know people thought Risser played ok, but I thought he was shocking, he just seems so slow and lethargic sometimes and I am not convinced about his passing, he had one or two good balls but on the flip side made a couple of shocking passes.

Agreed. Impressed with how competitive we looked overall. Difficult to lay too much criticism on Benson or Connell for the lack of a cutting edge, at the end of the day they are strikers whose ceiling is probably L1/L2, up against two pretty good Championship standard centre halves. Always going to be tough.

Should be plenty of positives to take out of Leicester and every other game we've played against higher league opposition this season. Never seemed out of our depth bar maybe against Southampton.

I'm surprised at the love for Cibbochi - I thought he started poorly, and although he got better for the 15-20 minutes before half time when the whole team dominated overall I wasn't impressed. From what I've seen of Kennedy this year, he has got better and better while Cibbochi has been distinctly average.
And while I can see why Risser is in the team, and the job that he does, our game seems to flow better with J Smith. Yesterday maybe wasn't the time for a free flowing game, but at 2-0 down, I would have gambled a bit and brought Smith on. Nothing to lose then.

Have to mention McCormack though, what a game he had, I thought he was head and shoulders above all other Swindon players. His reading of the game was just sensational and a couple of great last ditch tackles too.

THe Leicester centre backs were just too strong for our forwards, and I think we realised this, hence the number of long range shots. On another day, we would have tested the keeper more and maybe got one back, but despite the stats suggesting otherwise, cant really complain about the result.

The people in our row - including kids - couldn't see a thing cost of arseholes standing up in front of us all match. Several people complained to the stewards at half time and they said they couldn't intervene and we could "sit in another seat if we could find one".

 All it takes is for them to sit people down from the front backwards - elementary stewarding lesson one!

I understand all off that, and totally agree but what annoyed me on Saturday was the people behind constantly telling us to sit down, despite the fact that if we sat down, we wouldn't see a thing as about 5 rows of people in front of us were all stood up.

the fans wouldnt have created hardly any atmosphere at all if we had all been sat down.

I think the sitters will eventually lose the sit down/stand up argument. Virtually no away fans sit down in the Premier League/Championship anymore, and thats where we are going!

The argument gets boring to me, what the sitters can't seem to understand is that is that people who stand make a concious effort to stay out of the way of boring cunts like them and actually see them as the pains in the arse....against modern football.

I see both points of view.

My personal choice would be stand at away games, usually why I try and head for the back. Which is usually feasible most of the time, probably wasnt at Leicester due to the amount of fans.

I remember a few years back being about 2/3/4 rows from the back at Bournemouth and an old couple in the back row asking us to sit down - bit of a stupid place to sit really isnt it?

Most of the time we have enough room in the away ends for the standers to stand and the sitters to sit, bit of common sense.

At Crewe once there were abotu 200 of us, and loads of seats. We were in the back row, and stood up. Then a bunch of old folks sat next to us and complained to a steward that they couldn't see because of us. Thankfully he took our side!

I stood up in the back row at Scunny a few seasons ago. The stewards were desperate for me and a few others to sit down despite us causing no obstructions or any hint of a safety problem. They totally ignored the Scunny fans standing in the adjacent seating area. Unsurprisingly it contributed to an increasingly negative atmosphere (also partly due to the Scunny 'keeper) and eventually a bit of fisticuffs with some Town lads behind the goal.

Simple answer is to bring back terracing (introduce safe standing) and give the choice back to the fans.

Dunno where you get that from - behind the goal, everyone was sitting down and making plenty of noise. The people who were standing down the side weren't any louder than anyone else, in fact the ones in front of me were a pretty quiet middle-aged bunch as far as I could tell.

Standing behind the goal, and at the back, is brilliant. Yay to terraces and all that, and as you say, you get it everywhere - but what pissed most people off around us was that the sightlines were so bad they couldn't see anything whether they were standing or not.

Well I'm a 'boring cunt' because if I've got a seat I want to sit in it (If I'm on a terrace I'm happy to stand.) I don't know where you get "people who stand make a concious effort to stay out of the way" from...in my experience the attitude of most people who stand is, "I'm going to stand up, fuck everyone else". How is standing up right in front of someone making an effort to stay out of the way? You say the sitters are 'boring cunts' but I would say that the standers are 'selfish cunts'. Two ways of looking at the same thing.

And you're talking bollocks Spencer because as ReadingRed said, plenty of people were actually sat down and the atmosphere was brilliant.

What I don't get is, this is never an issue at home games  :hmmm:

The answer is of course, as has been said, to have separate sitting and standing areas. Rock science it is not.

Course not,the Town End all stand up :D

The reason it dosnt happen at home games is obvious,if i want to sit the whole match without someone stood up in front of me i would sit in the Arkells,i have a choice,you have no choice in the Townend.....and you have no choice at away matches because everyone is sat together rather than in the areas they would prefer ala home matches :sherlock:

I never take any notice of the Town End but like I say, it's not rocket science. You just need to divide it into standing at the back and sitting further forwards. It can't be that hard.

What the fuck has geology got to do with anything ?

I also see both points of view and conclude that the sitter downers are cunts!

Geometry would be more appropriate.
Standing behind the goals, the pitch in front of you = Great.
Standing at the sides, having to crane your neck around the bloke in front to see the near touchline = Annoying.

Its the standing fans that get the chants going 90% of the time. Sitting fans dont start songs. If no one starts chants then you get no atmosphere. Just the other week at Northampton, the fans pretty much all sat down and the atmosphere was abysmal.

I hate sitting at football.

If you want to sit at an away game, get there early. Otherwise fuck off.

Yes, and then prepare for pissed up twats to arrive two minutes before kick off and stand in front of you.

The point was if you want to sit down, sit somewhere where no one can stand in front of you. IE, The fucking front you boring old cunt.

You do realise that tickets have numbers and letters, denoting a specific place to sit don't you ? or does that only apply to 'anyone else but me' ?

unless its a sell out then the letters and numbers have no significants do they?

Hahahaha!

The simple equation I use is to look at what everyone else is doing:

Row Behind Sat Down + Row in Front Sat Down = Sit Down
Row Behind Sat Down + Row in Front Stood Up = Stand Up
Row Behind Stood Up + Row in Front Stood Up = Stand Up
Row Behind Stood Up + Row in Front Sat Down = Whatever you fancy


What was more annoying for me on Saturday was some drunken old boys who were in our seats when we arrived. We pointed them out, and the just shuffled up a little bit - and it ended up with them stood pretty much in front of us, even though they didnt have a seat. Looking down the the row, there were a bunch of wankers doing the same thing (presumably because the atmopshere was better where we were than their own seats).
We got them to move eventually (after about 15 mins of the match) but people like that are pure selfish twats

Brilliant.

It's not hard you can tell by just looking at someone if they're going to be a 'boring old cunt' or a 'pissed up twat'...we don't like you and you don't like us, that's why at home the 'boring old cunts' are in the arkells stand, sat on their hands with a blanket and a not uttering a word to anyone, while the 'pissed up twats' are in the Town End standing in seating areas.

At away games, we're stuck with each other and from my perspective us 'pissed up twats' do our best to stay out of the way of the 'boring old cunts' it's not always that easy when we take a big following. I like how some have said that their experience of standers is that they have a 'fuck everyone else' mentality...because that's exactly how I see sitters.

God bless the 'pissed up twats' because if it wasn't for them singing/chanting at football and generally any atmosphere whatsoever would be dead.

It makes me wonder if many of these cunts that do nothing but moan (even when fans aren't blocking their view and it doesn't effect them in anyway, which I have seen happy many many times) were actually about watching football through the 70s and 80s, because it beggars belief that some of them would have been the way they act.

If you're dealing in those stereotypes you must have been a bit confused on Saturday!
The people standing at the sides seemd to fit all of your Arkells stereotypes. Not pissed up, not lairy, not even very noisy, just annoying middle aged people like you and me.

Yea, well I was there in the 60s man...the terraces... scarves round our wrists... bovver boots piled up outside the Town End... I was there man! It was hell! You wouldn't understand!

Don't you realise that he's Swindon, so he can do wot he wants.  ;)

I don't think I've ever sat in "my seat" either home or away. Grow up, it's not the fucking theatre.

Thats all well and good when its Southend away on a Tuesday night. But when its a sell out in a limited area, with hardly anywhere else to stand, i'll come and stand right in front of you, inbetween two rows of seats, and see how you like a 6' 5 bloke obscuring your view and nearly elbowing your face when clapping. And ill turn around and say "grow up mate, its not the fucking theatre" as you eloquently put it.

A model which I usually follow, however, you've missed the scenario that we had on Saturday, i.e

Rows in front stood up, row behind containing several (small) youngsters.

I don't get why people want to stand up at grounds like leicester's? When my boy was small i often had to pick him up at games so he could see. Didn't bother me to much at the time to be honest. Should be no need for it in modern stadia though

I'm sure that a few days ago, all these people were waxing lyrical over youtube videos of crowd scenes in Europe.

You know, jumping up and down together, chucking smoke bombs, singing, clapping etc.

Lots of quotes along the lines of "you get a much better atmosphere abroad"

Well, maybe they don't have boring bastards sat in the middle of them, complaining to stewards about the noise

As long as you don't mind me jumping on you and kissing your face when we score xx

At which point did I say I wasn't singing or clapping? I was stood up the whole match (and pleased to be), singing and getting involved the whole match.

Complaining about the noise? Thats a new one in this discussion!

The fact is, I like to be part of the atmosphere, watch the match and enjoy the experience - and I have a few pints to enhance that.
But if idiots like you class a "boring bastard" as someone who doesn't enjoy having a jostle for their space that they have paid for in the stand because smashed up "fans" want to cram themselves in together and have no respect for the others (even those who UNLIKE me don't like to sing and just go to watch the match), then fair enough, I'm a boring bastard.

No problem babes, lets meet x

FWIW, I completely agree with you, I just hate people who fucking moan about this shit on the internet. They want an atmosphere but they don't want it right by them. Fucking go in VIP or something.

PS, If you're a town end boy, I'm T2, M60 (ish)

But are you? ;)

issshhhh :D