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So time to regroup after the disappointment of saturday.

Can't see why we can't return to winning ways!

2-0 Town!

COYR.

2-0 defeat... Mini slump.

4-0

A very tough battle. 1-0

Really need to bounce straight back - 2-0 win, Benson and Connell

I hope we murder them 5-0

2-0 ease my pain of USA. Big white trainers are doing my head in.

Head says were going to fuck it up and lose 2-0  but my  im going for a 3-1 win tonight with a crowd of 6,577 ,i see they have signed abdullah on loan from westham tonight hope he doesnt come back to haunt us.

2-1.

This game is as difficult as it was before the Oxford defeat. No more no less.

It's a tough one tonight but we should have enough.

3-2

1-0 Ritchie 76

Won't be an easy night (hope I'm wrong). I used this sucker... :crash:....far too many times on Saturday and I don't want to be using it tonight.

Hope we win.

I'll be listening on STFC player in bed cos I have some zombie virus.

Connell,Kennedy,Smith etc will all want to show that they should play more often and those dropped to the bench will have something to prove when they come on so can't see pass 2-0 with DeVita and Connell scoring

0-1 defeat.

I think we might have a little blip. JJs prediction sounds ominous and I will echo it.

2-1 defeat.

Dull 0-0.

2 - 0 defeat followed  by mass hysteria on thisis with some calling for PDC to go

Sense of foreboding and a 2-1 defeat.

I see a lot are predicting a defeat, for those of us going tonight (and you are turning into a lightweight Ralphy!) get behind the team from the off and we will be ok, close but ok!  Don't let this sense of foreboding get to the players, "sing your hearts out for the lads"!

Think we'll show some bouncebackability tonight and tough out a 2-1 win.

If PdC re-shuffles the team as he said he will, there might be a few players with a point to prove. With that in mind and the fact we are licking our wounds from the Pox game, im going for a 2-0 town win. Connell with a brace.

I don't understand the negativity, is it because we lost to Oxford?

1-0 defeat.
Weve never beaten them in the league have we

Because we lost full stop?

Psychology plays a very important part in performances and results.

We did lose to 10 men with two terrible examples of defending in a game when the players should have been bang up for it.

This doesn't necessarily instill confidence in me but hopefully the players have bigger balls than mine.

2-0 Town

We have never beaten them in the League or any cup games 3 defeats and 2 draws.

Back to winning ways tonight, 2-0 and a very happy Paolo

I say it's negative but out of 23 predictions 15 are going for a win.

Time to put Saturday behind us and resume normal service.  2-0 Swindon COYR

http://www.daggersforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3671

Some Daggers fans not happy with our prices. However our ground is probably 10 times better than theirs so I assume we only had to pay £2.50 to stand in their shed of a ground?

We are at a crossroads tonight, a win for us and a loss for pox will exorcise the memory of the last few days and normal service will be resumed. However a reverse of these results and suddenly things start getting edgy and pyschology starts to play a big part....big game tonight...I agree with crowd comments as well...will play a big part tonight

2-1 Benson and Caddis. Need to really get behind the lads tonight and get another run together to help us to the finish line.

My work computer system blocks the daggers forum. Is there something more sinister afoot there?

We're at that point in the season now where a relatively short burst of wins could bring our promotion odds to within a near certainty fairly quickly.  As things stand, with 13 games left and a 6 point cushion above 4th place, the 4th placed team would need to average approx a ½ point/game better than us over the remainder of the season.  It would not take more than a few more wins for the ½ point/game to grow to 1 point/game...at which point the likelihood of the 4th placed team being able to catch us becomes very slim.

In short, get these wins under our belt now in order to avoid a nervy end to the season.  I'd like to think we'll have this in the bag - if not mathematically, but in all probability - by the end of March.  Anything less than 3 points tonight would be a disappointment, really.

Not really. Just having a moan at having to pay £25 to watch League 2 football. Standard really.

This could be one of the most important games of the season. Fail to win and the wheels may begin to fall off.

7-0, Paolo to rip his top off and swan dive in front of the Arkells packed full of 2,000 Daggers fans.

Our squad is amazing.  Any one of the first XI would have qualified as my favourite and our best player last season.  Saturday was a freak result against a freak team in a freak setting.  Forget it, move on, enjoy embarrassing the rest of the league.  Anyone feeling dizzy yet?

Fucking hell, 1 defeat in 11 and suddenly we're on the verge of collapse. Have a word.

:fishing:

I can see a few plays being rested tonight. Connell to start alongside Bodin or Murray with DeVita coming in for Rooney or Ritchie & Kennedy back at left back.  Ferry may also get rested with Cox playing alongside Jonathan Smith or Risser.

I really can't see Caddis being rested tonight unless Devera is moved to right back & Boateng bought back in at CB with McCormack.

:fishing:

If Benson is rested then we might struggle to hold the ball up top. So I think it's going to be 1-1 or a very hard fought 2-1 win.

My GF (who knows bog all about football) claims that we lost on Saturday because O'Connell didn't play. If (O')Connell plays tonight, we'll win, apparently.

I think we will either come out very nervous and end up losing 1-0 to a scrappy goal

Or we will come out all guns blazing and be 3-0 up at half time.

I've got us to score 2+ in the 1st half so we better get off to a good one.

Please god no

After what happened at Oxford on Saturday this is a massive game.  Dagenham will come to the CG looking to make it difficult for us so it wont be easy.  The players need to bounce back with a win and the fans will have an important part to play tonight; we need to get behind the players right from the start.

In my humble opinion I would bring in Kennedy for Cibocchi, Cox for Risser, De Vita for Ritchie, Connell for Murray and Bodin for Benson.

Going to go for a 3-1 victory with an attendance of 7,152

Back to winning ways tonight....has to be. At least 2-0.

Standard 2-0 win (hopefully)

I'm going for 3-1 win as it is one of the only scores we haven't won by in the league this season. :D :D

I've just checked including cup wins this would be our 12th  on the trot if we win, anyone know what are record is?

And until Saturday pox hadn't won a game refereed by Graham Salisbury... Times are a changing!

Big 3-0er tonight, Benson x2 and a curling long ranger from Rooney.

Most consecutive home wins: 25, Bradford Park Avenue (Third Division North, 1926–27)


is that what you meant? I think that's just league though.

Doesn't the JPT against Wimbledon count as a draw or a win?

Surely it's still a win regardless of how it's done?

I think we'll go out and win comfortabily tonight, 4-0

Match drawn, Swindon progress on penalties.

Well I'm missing my first home game this season, as I'm still recovering from an operation.  My husband has decided he wants to go and is using my season ticket.  My main concern around this is that the last time he saw us win was against Notts Forest in the Maurice Malpas season.  He's probably seen us 5 or 6 times since which all resulted in defeats.  For that reason, we won't win tonight.

Hope you're back on your feet soon enough.  (And preferably in time to knee-cap that husband of yours as he tries to leave for the game tonight.)

I'm covering all angles on my Betfair account (just don't concede!!) and going for 1-0, 2-0 & 3-0.

6-0 win

That's what I said to a work colleague before the oxford game. Lose to Oxford then thump Dagenham 6-0. One bit was right.

MON TEH 6-0. I can feel it in me bones!

On Paddy Power, I've gone for 1-0, 2-0,3-0,2-1,3-1 and 4-1.

Only a £1 stake on each, just abit of fun.

I could be 20 quid up at best or at worse £6 down.

Doesn't that defeat the whole object of betting?

Cheers, I'll be back in my usual seat on Saturday.  I'm hoping tonight will see his poor viewing record come to an end, especially since he's also coming to Wembley!

About to make the same point!

I pick 3 or 4 teams and have £20 .... I win happy days ....... I lose then Mehhhhhh

I put £7 on those 3 score predictions. If one of them comes in, then I'm in profit.

An interesting quote or two from the Daggers forum about tonights game.....

PAHAHAHAHA

Presumably the "from what I saw" refers to highlights of the two goals?

Thats how I took that to be, I just watched the highlights and how we didn't get 5 or 6 is beyond me, just wasn't our day.

Wasn't it something like 20 shots for us against 4 for them. Yeah that really sounds like running rings round us doesnt it.

I'm in the union bar with a pint of tuborg in my Swindon shirt on..

Bring on tonight!

3-0, Benson Hat trick, 7689 attendance.

Think you're being a little optimistic on all three counts!

I'll take a win, however it comes.

6-0 Rooney 2 Ritchie and Benson 2

Bollocks, can't go tonight. My house is all ill and I have to stay in and be doctor, I don't see why I can't go I'm well enough.

The beginning of the next 10 match win streak starts tonight.

That's only 5.

Foderingham; Caddis, Devera, McCormack, Cibocchi; Ritchie, Ferry, Risser, De Vita; Benson, Bodin.

Subs: Cox, Smith J, Rooney, Connell, Murray.

Expected more changes to give players a rest. Still a strong team and should be enough for a win tonight.

No idea what Connell has to do to get a fair run in the side.

I agree.

expected to see Connell and Kennedy in there tonight.

He doesn't get a chance.

I'm surprised to see Cibocchi start and Kennedy not even make the bench?  I'm also becoming slightly irritated at Connell being overlooked again.

Given Cibo performance on Sat seems weird Kennedy hasn't got a chance

Very surprised that Kennedy isnt starting tonight after Cibocchi's performance at the weekend!

Connell does appear to be better coming off the bench but still think he deserves to start  :hmmm:

I'm 3 pints down despite not eating today and am now going to tesco to buy dinner!

Plan on being back for K/O!

COYR.

I don't think you're allowed to say that, bad joteddyred :no:

I know, how dare I question anything..........

I just find it completely bizarre and feel so sorry for Connell.  He now appears to be fourth in the pecking order.

Play better when he starts?

Most (not all admittedly) of his best performances have seemed to come when he has come off the bench.   That's another reason that it was odd that he wan't used Saturday when we need ed a goal.

That is true, apparently he is not the hardest of trainers as well and we all know that PdC likes players to train hard as well as play well.

Connell does seem to play better off the bench though, he has not played that well in many games he has started.

He's scored 5 from starts and 5 from the bench.

I was talking more about his performances rather than his goalscoring record TBH, I know I have only seen 6 games this season so cannot give a definative answer but the reports always seem to say he plays better when he has not started a game. The stats show that it is pretty even though as you say, having started about 15 and 15 off the bench in all competitions.

The mystery loan striker is at the game tonight :hmmm:

Has French background :sherlock:

And has a difficult to spell name and has "accents" in his name accoring to JW.

Thierry Henry, or his lower league equivalent ;)

Le fondre ?

Acute accents in his name   :hmmm:

I thought I remembered PDC saying that Connell worked hard in training and asked for extra sessions a couple of months ago?  Has that changed?

Jean-Claude darcheville?

It's fair enough Jeremy Wray not wanting to say who it is but it's pretty obvious someone will spot him in the crowd and it will be on here in minutes.

Oooh, that didn't take long....Jonathan Tahoe...or something....

How right you are - it's Jonathan Tehoue from Leyton Orient

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_T%C3%A9hou%C3%A9

It's Julio geordio. Geordie is an accent isn't it?

[url width=320 height=448]http://www.leytonorient.com/javaImages/d0/4e/0,,10439~9850576,00.jpg[/url]

Scored the equaliser against Arsenal last season in the cup. Bit of a 'super sub' type player.

Remember him scoring a beauty against Arsenal last season in the FA Cup. He had a blinder that game.

27 yrs old scored 3 in 17 this season for the Os but mainly off the bench by the sound of it.

Juddy in commentary box.

Shrews 0 Pox 1 already  ???

Sounds like a description of Alan Connell?!

Eric Sabin?

[url width=800 height=600]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/jamiethon/tehoue.jpg[/url]

We've got better strikers out on loan!

Like who??

Yes, I know there is more to it than talent but Medhi Kerrouche.

N'Hampton 2-0 against Rovers

Poxford 1-0 up agains Shrews.


Chelt'ham 1-0 Morecambe

Caddis off

20:02 and everything going against us already

He's dead to me - no I had genuinely forgotten him.

Do you remember Esajas?

I saw him on sunday, true story.

Who's the VC?

Caddis injured.....NO!

juddie

N'hampton 3 up against rovers now!

Who's come on?

Bodin hits the post!

Jonathan Smith

J Smith came on into midfield. Risser went to CB and Alan Mac to RB.

Bodin post

Bodin scores

bodiiiiiin!

1-0!

get the fork in........ :clap:

Smith came on for Caddis, Risser to CB and McCormack to RB.

 :D :D :D :D :D goalllllllllllll

GET IN BILLY!!!!

That should settle a few nerves!

Get in there Billy!

Woo hoo.  Well done Billy boy!

Oxford are one up, honestly though the Shrews would cruise that one.

Nice one Jnr.

Well done, William.

Morecambe 1-1 with Cheltenham! :D

Let's hope there are more to come!  (Get it?)

Daggers down to ten men!

Nope.  :P

Daggers striker sent off - hope Saturday doesnt repeat

Dagenham down to 10? Lets get that monkey off our back today then! too much to hope that we push that goal difference some more!

Come on the Shrimpers (the other club in this division with a strange 3 sided ground)

Another goal please before HT

Poxford 2-0 against Shrews. :(

So has the midfielder McCormack played right accross the back 4 in the last 2 games - really is class, signing of the season!

Arsenal giving Milan a good go.

Irrelevant to us but fatbury will be happy.

Arsenal 3-0 up against Milan too.

Jesus they're turning it round!

In a way it's a good thing.  They're odds on for a play off spot now...even more so now Port Vale are having points docked.

Only if they lose the final - at wembley thanks to a bobble.

What was the Dagger sent off for, and how have they reorganised?

That is what dreams are made of.

Kicking Risser on the shinny shin shin.

Gary Rose said on twitter it was more clear cut than saturdays red.

H/T

doesnt take much

2-1 to Morecombe!

YES! :D

That is good news

Yippee!!

6 points clear with a game in hand at the moment...

Come on Town.

3-1 Morecambe :D

Just got in, very glad to see the scoreline. Let's ram the advantage home.

Haha! Get in.

Shrews got one back...

Lets get another please!

Shrews 1 - Poxford 2.

Rooney on for De Vita.

Rooney on, might see some action now.

Roooonnneyyyy

Come on you Shrews.

If we don't win now, I'm coming to Wales to hunt you down.

Anybody know anything about the Caddis injury? Was it serious?

I did say "at the moment"!

Devera goal from a corner

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-0!

Devera!

DeverAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Order is restored.

Happy Days!!!!!

ba-da-bing,ba-da-boom!!!  :beers: :clap:

Welshred can breath again!   :)

Yes!!

Get in - would like to see us notch a few more now. Get that confidence flowing through the team.
j

Devera is looking a real good player these days,seems to have loads of time on the ball...and grabs the odd goal as well.

Yeah another 2 would be beautiful. We don't ask for much...  :wink:

Back of the net!

3-0 prediction very much on now :)

ROONEYYYY

Roooonneeeeey!

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY

Haha Winamp just perfectly shuffled onto D Is For Dangerous. And also for Devera.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY!

normal order has been resumed.. :pint:

Woo Hoo!! 3 zip.

Just hope Morecambe can hold on now and we are looking sweet!

 :pint:

Sounds a bit too easy. Let's crank the goal difference up a few more notches!!

Just saw the shrews have pulled one back.

EDIT: SWS beat me to it.... 15 minutes ago

I feel so much more relaxed now.

Looking forward to Saturday.

Casually 14 more than anyone else in the league now...

One more and we'll top the league with most points, best goal difference, fewest goals conceded and most goals scored.

In off the red!

Daggers are currently bottom too..

As things stand, Oxford will open up a 5 point gap with Gillingham in 8th place.  Promotion race in danger of becoming a closed shop very early this season...with loads of teams in mid table with little to play for in the closing stages.

Excellent stuff and my husband's Swindon voodoo seems to have been broken as well.

We are sitting very pretty currently.

Glad he shook that one off before Wembley!

The Table right at this second looks amazing!


Connell on for Bodin

At this rate, they're going to have to promote us straight through to the Championship.

4-0 Benson, Rooney with another assist!

Wooo 4-0

4-0!


BENSONNNNNN!

Rooney Made it.
two amazing signings!

BENSONIO!

Cashback!

We want 5.

Benson is a fucking machine

No we fucking don't.

Goal difference is now 15 better than second place and everyone else in the league.. :D

Att: 6, 839 (89 away fans)

And just think, we finished below Dagenham last season.

Great to see goals from all areas.

Shhhhhhh. We don't talk about last season!

Way to eradicate the weekend chaps.

Just goes to show that these traditionally Non-League sides can only hack it for a few seasons before heading back out of the League and returning to their natural level.

Cheltenham and Oxford should watch out.

Is it crazy and stupid to say...........lets get ready for league one,gutted to miss tonight late back from Sheffield....oh well i am hoping Coventry, Forest and Leeds go down :D

Lowest league gate of the season?

you got your wish :)

Not quite, we had less for Rotherham (although that was live on Sky)

Only Rotherham was lower. To be fair, we're in shocking form lately...

I'd like to see Bristol City come down.

Shews 2 Oxford 2

Pompey would be fun.

think shrews have scored again?

Cheltenham have lost.

Shrews just equalised

Just want a last minute equaliser for Shrewsbury & the evening would be pretty much perfect!

And my wish is granted it would seem

Kerrouche OG ?

Shrews pox game has finished 2-2.

Oh yeah!

Shrews make it 2-2 :D

Apparently Kerrouche gave the ball away :D

That is fucking funny!  Following this and a couple of late goals from the Gills, I had better amend my earlier comment to...

Commentators mentioning Oxford's auto chances, not realising it's 2-2. Funnily enough, that goal means Oxford are now as near to Rotherham (12th) as they are to 3rd place.

Gutted :D

Looks like it Shrews and Torquay gunning for the autos behind us.

kerooooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhh....is on fire!!!!

Gills and Vale both won, the filth will be looking nervousely over their shoulders !!

F.T. 4-0



6 points clear of second. 8 clear of 4th.
Game in hand and a goal difference 15 better than anyone else in the entire league.
It could be worse....

For your viewing pleasure...

Shrews vs Oxford Matchday Thread - Page 13 (http://yellowsforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=8192&page=13)

Following on from Southend & Crawley drawing last night, now Cheltenham lose, Oxford blow a 2 goal lead but take points off Shrewsbury.

I think it's safe to say it's been a good night  :D

Vale could be completely out of it though because of points deduction.

You can forget PV though.  Their imminent points deduction will send them down to lower mid-table.

Priceless !!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Oxfordshire friends were in a really good looking situation until the 94th minute. It's amazing what 2 points dropped can do.

Bounced back brilliantly. Well done the Town.

It's barely March and I can't believe we've opened up a lead this big, from being 9pts off the pace at Xmas.. Great stuff. Great response to Saturday's game tonight.

Somebody tell him Shrewsbury haven't lost. Please.

Always looking for negatives !

Agent Kerrouche seems to be working pretty well...

You Reds!!!! :beers:

Agent Kerrouche, your work is done.

Think Kerrouche may now appreciate soon on what side his bread is buttered on.

Why is this tosser reading out texts from scummers?

That's beautiful, Ardiles.  We're over it!

Who's the knob reading the texts out ?

SWS on the twatter!

Can someone who has access please go on the yellows site and tell them how pleased we are that they stopped Shrewsbury getting 3 points ?

well done town. cheered me right up that has.

Delightful reading on the Oxford forum... if they hadn't beaten us on the weekend and then went 2-0 up tonight, they wouldn't be feeling the pain of failure as bad as 2pts dropped must be hurting them tonight :-)

Caddis has left the ground in a "space boot" and will have a scan. I'd imagine he'll be out until atleast the end of the month, which would obviously mean missing Wembley

If he missed Wembley then that would be, for me, the biggest disappointment of the season so far.

@Macphlea whoring himself.

Indeed - I wonder who would have the arm band and hopefully lift the trophy.

Although I had a dream I was at Wembley and Caddis scored (via a deflection) after 7 minutes and put us 1-0 up - although we were in white (!!!) and Chesterfield orange....

Mcplea/Triceratops is on the radio...

No just stating a fact actually!

I'll have the last word on this

Another good win. Now the circus of the Pox game is out of the way it's great to see us back to winning ways. Cheltenham is massive now- we will be almost out of sight if we beat them. Roll on Saturday!

What's the last word then?!  ;) :D

Predictable

Fingers crossed for Caddis, Not even sure how he did it. Hope its a sprain and not worse.

Not a great first half but good enough. Sending off looked two footed but couldn't tell if it was harsh or not from the DRS.

Second half much better. Worked out how to use the extra man. Brave of Daggers to go 4-3-2. Or was that stupid.

Bring on the Cheltnumb.

Reading what was posted on twitter it seems that Caddis may have been carrying the injury into the game. If that's the case hopefully it's not a serious as we think.

Would be a real shame for him to miss Wembley.

Sir Wesley of Foderingham speaks...


:D

A great reaction. Massive win.

Great game in prospect for saturday. Will Cheltenham manage to get on the bank, probably the only time they will ever have a chance of managing it? We need to get some extra fans on saturday. Ask your mates to come. Yes its expensive, but its 1st vs 2nd. We need to make it an occasion.

Agree with other posters, would love to play league games against Bristol City and Portsmouth next season.

Definitely stupid. I've never seen so much space on the field for our players to run in to. A Swindon firing on all cylinders would have won 10-0 tonight, they were that bad. I think Caddis going off really distracted our players (particularly Ritchie), but as soon as Rooney came on and switched play to the left, they couldn't handle us.

Terrible effort from the crowd tonight, especially the DRS who didn't make a peep.

All rather dull wasn't it? Oh well.

T'was an easy win made easier by the ref. Bit of a thumping challenge but not sure if it was a red card or not. Lovely goal from Rooney.

Well done Agent Kerrouche! O*ford fans are really getting their monies worth.

I thought the Town End were decent. Its exactly the sort of game you need fans on their feet. After a bad result they can get behind the team, instead of sitting and moping about.

The Arkells is often applauding the players and apprieciating good play more often than the DRS now. Wake up.

We looked quite nervy early doors and D&R started off quite brightly. After about 20 we started playing football and went 1 up. Then the sending off, which to me looked the clearest red card you will ever see - two footed, studs up.  After that we romped it. Cibbochi had a very poor first half and no way was Macca MOM - his passing was way off tonight. MOM for me was either Bodin or Devera, the latter playing just like Macca, sweeping up all the crap. Rooney put in a great display and looks a real prospect.
All in all a good nights work.

Thought some in the Town End did their best to get it going. And the Arkells did start a song.

20th clean sheet of the season tonight (all comps) - 15 for Foderingham.

Brilliant.

Great stuff, looking forward to Saturday.

We are pissing this tin pot league.

Careful, you're starting to sound like a Leeds/Wednesday/Forest fan  :hmmm:

Perhaps, but we are top of the league, and looking comfortable.  Not sure the above mentioned were comfortably top of any league they got all Billy Big Bollocks in.

So, I say we have grande cojonas, and will win the league.

I'm not a fan of the 'shit division' comments.

It's Division Four! It's never been pretty and as long as you're winning, who cares? League One is hardly the Promised Land of footballing quality.

Let's enjoy the form without the superiority complex.

Devera did well. My MOM.

Ritchie did ok considering he was wearing a tag and out on day release.

Mccormack was ok, but i wish he would put his bloody blackberry away instead of tweeting all bloody game.

Sending off was the most blatant ive ever seen i think, i thought it was a leg breaker.

Was in the Arkells and the Town end were coming across loud and clear.  :clap: the red card was right in front of us and although the ball was there to be won it looked like a definite two footed studs up challenge, even their manager and bench seemed to accept it was a straight red. Three points in third gear so got to be very happy.

Easy in the end tonight, win Saturday and beat Torquay and couple of other wins will do the job nicely.

 :beers:

Good effort from the boys tonight, played some great football at times.

Devera was solid as a rock, Risser looked good alongside him. McCormack looked assured at right back, is there a position he can't play?

Bodin really has some skills with the ball at his feet, so unlucky when he hit the post.

Benson won nearly everything in the end, deserved his goal - good to see the D&R fans give him a round of applause.

Saturday is going to be massive, bring it on!

Easy win although it helped that they were down to 10 men for half the game. We created a lot of chances thouh and would have won it regardless. Roll on Saturday. Thats a big game.

The people who say the crowd was shit...where do you sit? Do you bother to try and start songs or join in?

Town end was good I thought, better than many Tuesday night games. Not saying amazing by any stretch though.

How did Oxford get on tonight? Last time I looked they were flying at 2-0.

Judging by the link someone posted all was well till agent Kerrouche did his job..

Fucking hell. Can't think of one player (other than devera) who played particularly well tonight, and we still won 4-0.

Can't wait to get out of this shitter of a division and have some entertaining games again

Thought the Town End was decent tonight, although hardly befitting of a team that is walking this league, as mentioned earlier, try and get a friend down for the Cheltenham game, did we not manage around 11'000 for Mansfield at home a few years back?

Foderingham had nothing to do, McCormacks verstility could prove to be vital for the run in, Devera edged it for me as MOM today, Rooney was fantastic at times, he does need to pass the ball a bit more at times, but what a prospect.

6 points clear, +35 goal difference, Wembley 2 and a bit weeks away, being a fan of STFC aint been this much fun in years  :clap:

What did he do?

either gave the ball away resulting in Shrews equaliser of gave away a free kick resulting in shrews equaliser.


Either way, whatever he did seemed to result in shrew equaliser...

Agree with most comments on the game.  First twenty minutes were the worst football I've seen - then we suddenly lit up for a few minutes and Bodin scored.  Really missed Caddis, even though Alan Mac did very well in defence - just doesn't have the electric link-up with Ritchie and Ferry.  Cibocchi very mixed - looked poor at times and then did a few things well as well.  Risser played extraordinarily well despite the crunching tackle - a less tough player would have given in.  de Vita....just doesn't have the zing which Rooney brings.  He sometimes succeeded, but it always looked almost accidental.  ferry played some commanding passes and benson was his usual self, at work the whole game. The problem for me with Connell, certainly tonight, is that he gets knocked off the ball too easily by close marking defenders.  Where Benson stands his ground, Connell loses it more often than not.

Overall poor 1st half, better 2nd, especially once rooney came on.... and, like everyone else, just hope Caddis is not too seriously hurt.  As it stands, he is my player of the season so far..

I thought the Town End were in good voice - kept up Red & White Army for a record length of time early on, and yes a group  up behind me in the Arkells got one song going towards the end....

Hero!

Just got in from work, good read, thanks all

Well, happy with four, table looks half decent

Did I read somewhere that if we won last night then we would be safe from relegation?

Woo, WE ARE STAYING UP, SAY WE ARE STAYING UP!

Pull your fingers out town, at this point in 85/86 we were 4 points better off!

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/LeagueTable.asp?Date=1986-3-23

Sounded like a couple of new songs were sung last night, I was too high to sing last night.

Given that we were pretty pedestrian for large periods against a team with just about zero footballing ability, I thought the Town End did a fantastic job.

The singing in the Arkells is getting less unusual - there is a very vocal crowd of teenagers just behind me and Notts Red, whose enthusiasm is starting to rub off on people around them - its very refreshing.

Devera MOM last night by a mile.

Ritchie annoyed me a bit last night as he failed to change his style of play to accomodate McCormack - you could see Alan Mac was waiting for Ritchie to progress up the wing on a number of occasions, but Ritchie was static.

Cibocci is a bit of an enigma. On the whole I would rather see Kennedy play.

An almost Danny Wilsonesque subs bench last night - playing a right back with a virus with no defender on the bench.

and gratuitous whoring it was too - predicted the 4-0 win at the start of the game, got grabbed for the interview & milked my 2 minutes of 'fame' to the nth degree...  now trying to get a regular pre-match/post-match spot ;)

if felt more like 10...

Was just going to say the same.  We get a fair bit of noise around by us in the Arkells every game now and more people seem to join in as the game goes on.

Can somebody also clarify whether Caddis went off due to injury or illness?

Caddis went of injured was seen leaving the ground in a space boot scan booked for Thursday, let's hope it is not serious and only out for a couple of weeks, not sure who we would put at RB if he's out for anything other than 1 game though

Thanks.  Was he ill as well?  I'm sure they said on the radio he had a virus?  Bit daft to play if so.....

Chuck in the Samsung contract winner. He's almost certainly ready.

Thompson has always done well for us in the few chances he has had.

Yes heard that too, would of been a good opportunity to rest Caddis if he had a bug ready to face Cheltenham fully fit. If we win Saturday it might still be a blessing that he has got the weekend off anyway. Hope it's not going to keep him out of more than a game or two though.

I had to laugh at this...

http://blueandamber.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=77989

Shrews fans having a good laugh at our friends down the road.

Good to see Benson applauding the travelling daggers fans at the end and they him, top bloke.

Oli Risser to the tune of Macarena:

He is from Namibia and his name is Oli Risser,
Getting better in the air and on the deck is Oli Risser,
Used to be club captain, now he's not, Oli Risser...
HHEEEEEYYYY OLI RISSER, AIIIGHT!

He is from Namibia and his name is Oli Risser,
Getting better in the air and on the deck is Oli Risser,
His name is rhyming slang for "I need to use the pisser"
POW! Right in the Risser!

And also a nice team based song to the tune of Agadoo:

YOU. KNOW. Who, who, who, Simon Ferry, Matt Ritchie,
You know who, who, who, Jonny Smith and Luke Rooney,
On the left, on the right, get the ball up and down the wings,
And we'll dance all night long to our Paolo's melodies.

Liam Nolan is a certified genius.

Haha thats brilliant!

Loved the comments.....

Oh and Joe Devera to the tune of There's No Limits by 2 Unlimited.

That works a treat,good work.
 joe joe, joe joe joe joe,joe joe joe joe,joe joe joe devera!

Another comfortable victory yesterday, and great to get back on track.

I thought Dagenham did alright until they went down to 10 men, and their decision to go 4-3-2 at the break was stupid. Devera was quality, as was McCormack, who is continuing to prove he can play anywhere. I liked the new song for Foderingham as well.

The other results were great for us as well, massive game Saturday.

The sha la la laaaaa song for Fodders is one of ours too.

It's ace, good work.

All our songs are ace. We've got a Venga Boys tune on the way and currently working on a song to the tune of The Specials, A Message to You, Ruby.

A message to you Rooney?

Close, needs a verse really.

Oh and "More than a winger, more than a winger, Ritchie!!"

hahahah

I join in with most of them but you lost me with those two, you'd need rehearsals to get that going.

Rehearsals take place on the way to the ground from the pub.

how about to the tune of the shamen's - ebeneezer goode

risssers goode
rissssers goode
oliver risssssers goode

gonna get the town promoted

sorted

hahahahahahahaha

Risser to Macarena is excellent :D

Must remember that.....

Excuse me, I need the Oli

I could hear you lot in the distance. Gave me a smile walking through a dark deserted subway on my own.

Great dramatic pic of Devera scoring in the Adver today. He really smacked that ball into the net with his head, one of his legs was about 6 ft in the air to give him leverage.

Joe Devera has looked a lot better for us since Boateng came and went. Maybe he looked at Boateng and thought, I can do better than that? Certainly found some confidence.

Devera started doing well some time ago. He was only kept out because McCormack and Flint were doing so well.

Doing well, but not well enough to avoid being dropped in favour of Boateng against Hereford and Shrewsbury. There was still a doubt, but he looks like he belongs in this team now.

He was injured for those 2 games wasnt he?

He was injured Spence

yeah you got me there you cunt. Missed that one.

Still rekon he's found a confidence on the ball he didnt have before.

Devera has been quality the last few games. Really won me over. At the start of the season he was fucking crap and i thought we had been sold a dud.

Glad to have been proved wrong.

Hate to be a pedantic cock, but he was a freebie anyway.

He's been brilliant every since flint got injured. Wouldn't have flint in the side when he returns to fitness

You know what i mean though. Was he one of agent darrens?

Pretty sure he was

Its all worked out anyhow

He's got one of the best songs

Devera was hopeless in the first month, but he didn't win player of the year twice at Barnet playing like that.

Quality now, more comfortable on the ball than Flint. But Flint has other qualities Devera doesn't. Nice problem to have.

Can Devera play right back?

Yes he can

Heard on the daggers commentary that the Samsung lad (Smith) was called on standby because Caddis was sick.

Don't know how much to read into that, but my first thought was Devera can play RB. I think he played a lot of games as RB at Barnet?

How about you sort out the sunken corner between the DRS n Town End - every time Rooney puts the ball down it rolls backwards! You media shlag.

Talking of Rooney, he has a very strange run, like he's got two invisible rolls of carpet under his arms.

He follows in the footsteps of another winger with a strange run.  Remember Nicky Summerbee?  He used to run like a caged animal.

I think they both have little legs and long bodies.  Low centre of gravity.  Both look weird though.

I thought he was doing an F-14 swingwing impression.

Still it works.

Head like a lego man aswell

Very 'Norman Wisdom'- Mr Grimsdale! Mr Grimsdale!

Mind you, Storey runs like Norman Wisdom as well :D

Just trying to brush up on my Risser Maccarena before tomorrow. Excellent.

Another brilliant terrace tune you guys have made up is that one that ends, 'Our Man-a-ger is Di-Can-Io'. Could get copied and go nationwide that chant, its good enough. Does anyone know what the original dance track is called so I can tell a few mates?

J-lo on the floor or something like that

Yeah that's the one.

Played for West Ham once, now he works down the County Ground, OUR MANAGER IS DI CANIO!