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No wifi still and no mobile Internet left, back to the library to listen to this omorrow night!


Really hope we can beat the scum.

2-0 Rooney and Rooney.

COYR

3-1 to the mighty reds, Collins, Ferry and Duberry OG

Hope we absolutely thrash the bastards from pillar to post

Might be worth looking in to -

http://watch----live.com/watch-oxford-united-vs-swindon-town-johnstones-paint-trophy-live-streaming-september-05-2012/

After Sunday's performance I'm expecting great things.  8-0 Swindon  COYR

Think the players will be out to prove a point tomorrow, therefore I predict a 4-0 town win

Anti PDC murmurings when the diminutive Fods heads an injury time equaliser and then saves two pens as Town go through

Ive tried to get optimistic about this one, and am looking forward to it, but I just cant help but feel we've got a hiding coming to us  :badmood: went to both the games last season and they were well up for it. was at preston on sunday and we were no where to be seen. Hope im wrong and PDC boogies on their pitch, we laugh and :smugfu: at them, and we can all go home and  :zzz: easy!

It's about time we got something at their shithole. 2-1 us.

Think last time we went there a bit over confident and it did us no favours. Going to say a 3-1 win with Collins and Rooney-A getting our goals. Regardless of the result Paolo will be on their pitch scarf aloft !

...or SSWS is sacked from starting matchday threads  ;)

It's a difficult one to predict after Sunday, plus we've got no idea what sort of side he'll put out. I'll go for a tight 2-1 win.

about time we got a result against them : 2-1 Swindon

It probably won't be worth looking into

http://watch----live.com/watch-oxford-united-vs-swindon-town-johnstones-paint-trophy-live-streaming-september-05-2012/

As no one is broadcasting it

Saturday's game v Orient is a different matter though

http://liveonsat.com/ljs___foot_b_ex_E-P-L__.php

3-0

Benson hat-trick

Third time lucky for me at that shit tip.

2-0 with PDC completing a backspin in the centre circle at full time.

3-0 Adam Rooney and Miles Storey sharing the goals.

Now THAT kind of noise from PDC I like!

Going to penalties today. We will win 5-4 after Constable's is saved.

Don't do predictions, but my 4 year old & 2 year old were both convinced this morning that we're going to win.

Honestly have no idea myself.  We could go down to a messy one goal defeat, or we could dismantle them.  The latter scenario is probably now overdue.

2-0 Ritchie, Williams

Pepe Jeans to have a stormer

Fancy us to give them a bit of a thrashing.
4.0 Town

There's a little issue of bragging rights that needs addressing.

Really tough game ahead tonight, think we'll just edge it 6-0.

all Constable own goals

It'll be a novelty to just even see us score at Kassam. COYR

Surely a "belter"? I'll get me coat....

Perhaps we should buckle ourselves in.

2-1 defeat.

3 defeats against them and I'll start to question Paolo's motivational skills... think we'll sneak it 1-0.

Still reckon the Preston shenanigans were Paolo's motivational fillip ahead of tonite.

Expect a backlash

It would be ironic, wouldn't it.  He's pretty much the first manager I can remember to 'get' or demonstrate that he cares about a local derby.  But a defeat tonight would, almost certainly, give him the worst managerial record against them.  And I certainly don't aspire to playing them again any time soon.

Spot on.

So, we're taking 1286 fans to the game. Well it's more than the league game!

Don't care what the score is or how well we play tonight.

All i want is to beat those yellow cunts COYR

My thoughts entirely PlymRed

Watched/been to three derbies now and yet to see a Swindon win. Hopefully tonight is the night.

2-1 win.

 :nod:

I worked it out the other day that I have been to 24 Swindon vs Oxford games and never saw us lose, that includes 5 trips to the Manor that includes 16 wins.

I have never been to the Kebab stadium though.

Wish I was going tonight it has all the hallmarks of being a classic.

With that kind of record I bloody wish you were coming too!

When you say a classic, do you mean "a classic ding dong battle between two fairly evenly matched teams, the less talented of which is boosted by a desperate urge to win their cup final" or "A classic rodgering of the sort that will ensure Oxford's home kit features brown shorts next season" ?

I've been to 22 games but my record isn't as good:

10 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats!

The latter :)

8 defeats??

You can fuck off tonite

BTW

Discounting FA Cup and Leage Cup games (where we have a 0% success rate!!) our success rate in 'Other' competitions is an impressive 91.7%

My record is 2 defeats, both last season. Unfortunately can't make it tonight, or should that be fortunately.

I think my all time favourite trip to the Manor was this one, brilliant game with Shearer scoring a couple in a 4-2 victory.

Although I really enjoyed the game in 93 we won 1-0 at the Manor when England International Andy Gray was on loan to us from Spurs and seemed more interested in the Spurs score when it came up on the scoreboard during the game than he was in the actual game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2t5beCIGwfU

And the game in 93.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0Dm2XYVI9wU

As for home games none can beat the game in 97 when we stuffed them 4-1 and Joey Bumchum started crying and was substituted.....happy days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cBEPA3ObFfU

Amazing to think they've beaten us 8 times in the last 22 years. I'm still in the black though!

any videos of Turbos double ?

Those would be my favs too, but the 2-0 win there in 2001 stands out for me.

Unfortunately not, that was the last time I went to a Swindon vs Pox game as well and one of them was an absolute cracker IIRC.

Edit. actually both were long rangers weren't they?

I enjoyed that game

Edge of the box if I recall. My first Oxford away game, a couple of days before my 15th birthday.

Loved Walters doing Beauchamp in the centre circle when the ball was miles away

Happy days

Provoking his blubbing outburst!

Just fucking win please.

I have never, before or since, witnessed a more comprehensive and sustained battering of a player during a game of football.  The ref offered Beauchamp no protection at all.  It was open season.  Poor bastard couldn't work out what had hit him, or even where the next clatter was coming from.  I'm surprised he got to leave the field of play in one piece.

Are you sure we've even lost to them 8 times ?

We have only lost to the Pox 9 times since 1973.

Played 55 (all competitions)

Won 23

Draw 20

Lost 12

I can think of 5 (twice last season, FA Cup 2001, 5-3 at the Manor in 1992 and 3-0 at the Manor about 5 years later) off the top of my head.  So probably, yes.

Summed up perfectly

We did have a purple spell between 73 and 92 when we only lost only once (in 1982) encompassing 23 games. Since 92 we have 8 defeats 2 draws and 7 wins, pretty evenly spread.

Yup, that's the 8 defeats.

For me this was a belter for Beachbum getting stick especially 2:21


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Z9M7I7Ilk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Love the little toe poke in the head from Walters on Bumchum.

That was the game I was thinking of (not the 4-1 the following season.)  Just watch Walters 'follow through' with his studs at about 2:20.

Yeah I was mistaken about the abuse of Bumchum, that was the game I was thinking of too.

General order should be restored tonight with a confidence boosting victory. DiCanio unsurprising will not want to lose this one. So I am expecting 1-2.

Oxford mob seen preparing for the big game.........

Not going tonight, will be tough - on and off the field - if we turn up properly we will beat them 3-1.  Eric to do a runner after 85 mins with his hand-polished knuckle duster!! :gay:

I've got a ticket already for this eve but my bro has just become available for the game and needs a ticket. don't suppose anyone has a spare ticket I could buy off them this eve as they are not on sale anymore!?

3-0. Rooney, Williams and Bostock.


 

I'm setting off in a few minutes. We'll soon see whether Sunday has blown over or not. I have a bad feeling about tonight. Desperately want to beat them though. This will my daughter's first trip to Scumland. I think I've missed 3 games there since 76.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9912280.Police_close_Park_End_Street_as_they_deal_with_Swindon_Town_fans/

Looks like a few have arrived early!!

I'm more worried about how long it'll take to get out of that carpark tonight!

Who gives a fuck when you've won 3-0!!

Police at Swindon station already.

I did to one of them I think they have made a mistake ... The games at Oxford!

We've been given the Oxford Hotel Pub. Not far from the station. Plenty of Swindon fans in already for those who want a pint.

SSN interviewing Gene Wilder now.

All the presenter is doing is asking him about Swindon and Paolo Di Canio. He doesnt look/sound happy! Quite bitter about our backing.

Although I dont blame him - oh they've finally asked him a question about Oxford United...

Hope that means an organised trip to the ground. Arriving at the station at 1845 but might be too late to get in the pub.

Dead expensive last time I went in there

i'm starting to feel as if this game is a bit of an unnecessary distraction to be honest

the league is what is important, not a pointless cup game against some pub team.

Town: Foderingham; Devera, McCormack(Capt), Ward, Bessone; Rooney A, Ferry, Coke, De Vita; Benson, Williams

subs: Miller, Flint, Thompson N, Storey, Bostock

Very happy to see Wes in goal tonight

Good looking side.

Hw refreshing it is to see any 11 players down on the teamsheet and think

'That looks good'

no sub keeper? :)

Just seen no Bedwell on the bench, wierd one in a one off game.

Think he's only using a sub GK in the league because he has to

433?

Not sure about 433 or whether Williams will play wide right in a 442.

Shame Ritchie isn't fit again he would have torn them a new one.

In the league this year the numbers of subs increased from 5 to 7 so PDC has started using a sub goalie

PdC seems to only put a keeper on the bench when he's allowed 7 subs to choose from.

I think it's stipulated that one has to be a goalie. I may have dreamt that though.

Unless he pisses Paolo off again, which would be interesting as we don't have a sub keeper on the bench.

Paolo to rip off his suit and go in goal?

Agreed. I'd be very surprised if De  Vita played in a midfield 3 with Miller , Bostock and Navarro sat out.

That is true.

I am surprised that we don't have a sub keeper but some of that comes from when Digby got sent off in the previous incarnation of this cup against Aldershot in 87 when we were 2-0 at the time and lost 3-2.

I always thought the mystery outfield player who could also hold their own in goal was Caddis or Risser, but maybe it's someone who's still here.....  McCormack? Ferry? Flint?

is Rooney in midfield?!

my father-in-law told me Di Canio had made the news here in Norway, you can see the article here (http://fotball.aftenposten.no/england/article249284.ece).

Unlikely to be Ferry IMO as hes a little bit short, Flint might be a good call though.

Rowland and Quinn were both used well as stand in keepers for us in the past so its feasible.

Very attacking line up with Williams Benson and A Rooney starting...a bit random that you can have 7 subs in the league but not in the JPT.

With Ritchie not playing I will have to change by prediction to...

2-0 Williams, Rooney

Either Rooney or Williams wide right, I think it will be Williams, unless we do go for 433 or even 424 all out :) its not Adam Rooneys natural position though out wide right but then it wasn't De Vitas natural position to play wide left and he has taken well to that role.

Long shot but has anyone somehow managed to find a stream or, failing that, a radio feed that will work for the entire match?

Somebody ought to tell the bloke just interviewed that its 4 players making their debut not 6.

I would love us to win.

1. Because I always want Town to win.
2. So we take back the so called 'bragging rights' and hopefully not have to play them for a long time.

But, to me, this one stinks of a frustrating narrow/penalty shoot-out defeat.

HAHAHA! As many Town fans as Oxford fans in the ground at the moment 8)

Behave.

This pub team have drilled us the last 3 times we've played. We need to get a win on the board.

Or Williams wide left, where he has played before and probably use his pace to better effect, cutting in.

This. Even more so after the calamity on Sunday.

Giles Coke must have said 'you know' at least 55 times in that interview with Shaun Hodgetts ::)

Have I missed something? Why isn't Collins in the squad?

U21 duty again I think.

Just in. Has James Collins been called up for U21 duty already, or is he "rested"

edit: haha, asked and answered before I hit "submit". Doh!

He's fallen out with PdC don't you know

He's got a rib injury they said earlier.

One of those that heals up just in time for Saturday

Rib injury.

Edit. Saxondale beat me to it but they said they didn't know the extent of the injury yet.

Boateng starting for Pox, good news

In midfield apparently.  That'll be good.  His range of passing was second to, well, me.  Not brilliant from memory.  And no brain for football either. 

Guaranteed to score then.

piffle!

we need a win on the board in the league.

whether we win or lose tonight, we'll still be in a higher division than the pub team.

Nah, we need to put the yellow piss stained filthy scum firmly in their place. I did not enjoy their first win in our lifetime at the CG, even if we did have last laugh.

Any out of towners who can put up with scum commentators you can listen online jack fm

Any streams?

Yep.

No sign of any streams, wonder if any of those pubs who said they were showing it have actually got on.

Anyway, COYR

Although let me warn you again the blokes doing it are massive cunts

Anyone having probs with BBC Swindon reception on DAB

Anyone else's STFC player not working?

Nope working fine now, was a bit crackly just before KO though.

Clear, present and correct here

build a bonfire etc...

Commentary is loud and clear, but none of the features are working for me.

Yes, has settled down now though.

Mine's not not working

It can only improve Blackbird Leys!

could a kind soul pm me a log in?

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=46480.0

Chance there for Coke, blazed over the bar.

Done.

got nothing on the stfc player... wont load

Ah bollocks they seem to of turned the jackfm stream off

Probably for the best based on your last post WR5

I thought non-leagues games were broadcast on Radio Swindon?

live stream anyone?!

Only FA Cup and pre-season...

Loved this tweet from Sam Morshead ‏

@SamMorshead_SA

I lied earlier, Town attacking the home end first half not a Ford Fiesta and a moped!

Works on the missus laptop, not on mine. Still, got it on. COYR!

Sat in the library.

STFC Player loaded, snuck some beer in, in a orange juice carton. COYR.

Legend

[url width=350 height=270]http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/110/885/boss.jpg[/url]

Living the dream!

Not a lot going on at the moment.

shot from de vita goes wide.

[url width=499 height=399]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvflmqWyCB1qf5xkno1_500.jpg[/url]

de vita sounds much improved this year. he's taken his goals with great quality

The goal he got last year away at Plymouth was brilliant, he seems more consistant this term though.

Good work Benno, take the cunt out

Free header put over by Ward.

My radio stream is way behind my twitter feed

My radio stream is way behind too...havent heard the Ward header yet.

STFC player doesn't sound as far behind as it was Sunday.

Still behind though.

The crowd sound loud, but the action doesn't sound particularly impressive.

chance for rooney, saved.

Just heard it.

4 minute delay.

Standard derby then

the commentary is fucking hopeless though, talking about wearing shorts to games in august

[url width=424 height=320]http://i.imgur.com/N3ttX.gif`[/url]

Swapped commentary and back again I think its almost caught up, a tackle by Bessone just saved us.

I'm there too!!

Gun shot?

Fuck I'm well behind you.

smoke bomb.

Yellow flare.

What the fuck was that!? Kicking off. Flair?

Ah flare enough.

Sonic what's with all the gifs?

Twats

Scum chucking flares.

It's flaring up!

talk about the fucking game zzzzzzz

I swapped to their commentary for a few seconds (all I could cope with) and back again and it caught up.

Ha Ha Andy Rats with "Won't someone please think of the scarfers?" plea :)

TALK ABOUT THE FUCKING GAME

They're fucking ace.

MAYBE THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH HAPPENING

Coke sounds a handful.

I didn't say they weren't just wondered if he has been storing them away and thought it was time to use them.

shhhhhhhhhhh stop shouting, my cat is trying to sleep

At least his match rating won't be a zero

be quite high i suspect

won't be max either though

No he sure is the real thing.

Only if Charlie says

it explains why robbie fowler was at the county ground a few weeks back though

I love the verbal laying into the kebab stadium!

He haw, yellow for the yellows.

Shocking bias, the ref waving their colours about. Bet the lino set the smoke bomb off as well

true but last time he waved our colours at them and it didn't help!

Ha ha fair shout

yep, very good jj

HT 0-0

Sounds like we've had much the better of it with Bessone doing well.

Well, I hope that we come out meaning business in the 2nd half! I have a horrible feeling that tonight's not going to be a good night.

Well, it's progress. Hopefully those world famous fitness levels will make the difference.

And Coke who seems to be part of most of our best moves.

Our class and fitness will tell as the game goes on . . . . BELIEVE!

Our fans don't seem too loud tonight.

Any radio links,,,,Please ?

They did before the game when the microphone was on the other side of the pitch.

Sam Morshead saying that Oxford are playing very physical.  If their fitness levels are not up there with ours, they're going to struggle to maintain that in the 2nd half.

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=46480.0

Do I have to have a certain amount of posts to read this thread or is it an error?

Shows an error for me as well................ :badmood:

Can't veiw that any more, I used to be allowed in the Lounge :(

What's the lounge?

But then you had a hissy fit and left ;)

I did :)

Says same for me.

Let Barry know, he's been diddling about with the site latley.

Its like fight club.

you're all breaking the rule.

Oh, and the game's restarted.

You've been told.  The first rule of the lounge.......etc etc.

oooooooooo im in with the cool kids. its very nice

Im not sure if it means your finally one of the cool kids or that you spend too much time twatting around on here.

:D

Attendance: 7,746(1,311)

1,311 Town fans aint bad for a Wednesday evening game.

[url width=340 height=347]http://images.wikia.com/disney/images/b/bf/Mickey-Mouse-Club.jpg[/url]

More flares. Morons.

Fola has spent a lot of time on here and has never heard of it. Must be a coolness thing.

You posted that about a minute ahead of me hearing it!

 ::) Trouble kicking off then.

I seem to have overtaken you again!

You're fucking nicked my beauty.

http://yellowsforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=10409

Think we need a bit of Bostock for Rooney.

Its wierd the various delays we are pretty much all experiencing on Player.

Being escorted out. Cheerio!

Arse, they are taking Boetang off.

Tehehehehehehehe He can join my club :D

:( He was doing ever so well.

Time to invite me don't you think?  :(

No.

Is it like the fellowship of the ring?

Yeah, we're all desperately trying to find a magic ring.

They seem to have started the 2nd half better than us.

cliquey cunts

Fola, do you have hairy feet?

Ha, you thinks yours is bad. On mine we're 2-0 down and the keeper's just been subbed

No but I have big feet.

:D

I'm not enjoying this.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Bostock coming on.

Bostock about to come on.

Bostock coming on for Foderingham

Gather up the bottles!

sounds like ward isn't having a great game.

Bostock On
Benson Off

Miller On
Ferry Off

Moorshead likes him though.

Eh? It said in the first half he was winning everything.

My beer has run out. Booooo

heard quite a few errors mentioned in the commentary, hard to tell not being there.

That's never stopped anybody moaning before :)

Have one of mine - I'll pm it

True.

Right.  Time to go for a fag.  That usually works.

That's also true.

If you have a dog, take it with you. Never fails.

This is boring. Think I might go and watch TV instead.

Wouldn't bother Dallas is on

You can't do that, you have got to summerise PDC's interview for us that can't listen!

Nah, it's Mathieson

And those that can

This is sounding more like its going to pens to me.

OK. I'll hang around for a bit longer.

I fear you may be right.

Doesn't it go straight to pens in the JPT these days?

it does.

Would we get to take ours in front of the fence?

yes.

Foderingham not had hardly anything to do according to the commentary. May as well take him off :)

or as the commentators said a bus and a moped :D

 Flint on, McCormack to central mid...Interesting.

Interesting, Macca into midfield

Alan Mac back into Midfield, interesting.

Doesn't want to overwork Coke on debut maybe?

Hope his passing is better than it was on Sunday

Macca to do a Northampon (maybe)

In to 'golden goal' territory now.

this is making me really sleepy listening to this

JUst got in - doesn't sound like I have missed much. Not even going to bother putting the radio on.

Will follow updates on here while listening to loud music.

Is this game boring, are we not playing well? Or is it just the commentary? (again)

Fucking shitcunts.

I think the word is tense. cock it. 1-0

Fuck sake. Cunty wank Contstable

Oh FFS!

We have the ball. It'l be fine.


Oh wait.

game over

CUNT

Clearly wiggy's fault. We were cruising to pens till he came in

 ::)

[url width=400 height=300]http://www.mattftw.com/wp-content/uploads/EndIsNear1.jpg[/url]

FFS Cuntstubble

Oh shit.

Stupid tinpot tournament anyway, the league is much more important!

Boo.

Meh.

Fuckity Fuck Fuck

Fuck it

poor mistake. ward and flint tripping each other over on sky sports

Same shit differnt game oh well.

We didn't want to be distracted by the JPT anyway.

Did we?

Potter got it apparently. The cunt.

JPT innit.  Never mind.   ;)

Embarrassing to be losing to Oxford.  Only positive is the fixture list won't get as congested

On a positive note, I'd rather we make the stupid errors today instead of Saturday.

Paolo out. 

There I said it.

How come I don't feel angry or bothered??

4 mins of stoppage time. We're gonna win 4-1

I agree.

It's official.  Oxford now our bogey team.

Im with you.

Its never "never mind" against these cunts

Wait. Are we going get Oxford, Preston and Crawley fans on here?

GOODNIGHT.

 :)

It's only the JPT, I'm not actually bothered. It mildly annoys me.

We never do well against recently promoted CONFERENCE teams.

Especially at that shit hole of a three sided ground.

We still haven't scored there !!!

Been there, almost done it so don't give a shit. Better of out of it.

It's a sign.  All this means is that we're going up and they're finishing 9th again.  ;D

im with you

Cunt

[url width=360 height=201]http://i.imgur.com/knLYN.gif[/url]

I'm most bothered that I don't really know how the match has gone, asides from us being a goal down

Exactly. Fuck Orient. I'd happily swap 3 pts on Saturday for a win tonight, then go out of this pub cup in the next round so we can concentrate on the League. But we should always want to beat them

I don't care that we're being knocked out of the competition. The result at Wembley last season swayed that for me.

It's losing to these yellow cunts. Again.

:doh:

Comical defending. Glad we won't be playing these cunts again (Hopefully) for a long, long time.

Cock.

Glad I don't live in Pox anymore - would never hear the fucking end of this.

Sometimes might be better if Paolo kept his mind-games to himself.

Marvellous.  Another 6 months of listening to them bleating on about beating us again.  It's shite, but I'd rather have 3 points on Saturday tbh   and on the plus side at least it rules out one option of getting to Wembley again.

i'm looking forward to the post game interview!

Balls, justify it how you like, they're now our bogey team - better than them in every measurable way except when we play each other :(  :suicide:

Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard.

Flint next to get the PDC treatment in the post-match?

Damn you and your blatent trashing of my coping strategy!

I'm off to have a little cry.

Twitter seems to be really hating on Ward tonight.

someone has described him as the "worst player to ever play for Swindon"

OK.  Back now.  I'm fine again.

Me too.

Yet another giant-killing cup tie.

Clearly someone who's been watching us for roughly 6 months

We need to strip SSWS of his knighthood and sack him from starting matchday threads. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Worse that Milan Misun, Mikolanda, Jamie Slabber, et al.?

I really don't understand.  Their players are shit, their ground is an embarassment and their fans are laughable yet they've done us 4 times on the bounce now.

Is it just that they want it more than us? 

Amen to that.  I was lucky enough to be there in the early 1990s.  Glad I got that piece of timing right.

Oxford fans singing "Can we play you every week?"

No you can't. We're a league above you. Cunts.

"Can we play you every week?" No, you can't. In fact, you can't play us again this season. Because you're a League below us.

EDIT: Great minds hertha or fools seldom differ?

I gotta work with the twats. Oh FFS!!

argh, any other (apart from franchise) team and i wouldn't really care much - i don't really care that much as it is given i've never been a local to swindon but the fact all those oxford fans that give a shit about us more than their own mothers will be cooing over yet another victory is very annoying

Personally, I think that is very, very disappointing. The JPT gave us a lot of joy last year. I would much rather have a long cup run than lose in the 1st round against local rivals.

Wish PDC hadn't bigged it up so much. Makes us look even worse.

Worried about the new signings not sounding that good.

When we eventually beat them victory will be all the sweeter because of the 4 consecutive defeats. There's some ancient proverb about fruit being all the sweeter or something.

Watch them slide down the league, their season is over for them now, they've won another of their cup finals.

Di Canio OUT!

I think they'll be producing another set of T-shirts, and DVD's...

Count yourself lucky! ive had texts already!

Fuck off you retard

(a) It's early days.
(b) It's been a very odd week.
(c) They sounded OK anyway.  Ward was not all bad.  Bessone sounded all right.

Def no need to panic.  It's a 2 game rough patch.  Big fucking deal.

 Cant wait till gary roberts is fit and ritchie is fireing on all cylinders again this will be a distant memory. :bye:

Give them a chance. Can take a bit of time to bed in and not an easy game to be chucked into

Don't feed the troll. 2 posts, both shite.

Any idea on how long Ritchie is out for?

We have a player called Gary Roberts?

Did Kerry Red put on his bet ??

Until he goes to brighton ;)

And me. Oh FFS!

I was there about 95-2001. Mostly happy times in the 'us v them' stakes.

Can even remember singing/shouting Swindon songs whilst drunk walking down Cornmarket at kicking out time - how and why I never got a punch in the chops I'll never know. Ah the folly of youth!

I feel sorry for the current crop of young fans who are yet to celebrate a victory over the yellow fuckers...

Will be fucking sweet when it (eventually) comes though.

I got a strange feeling we're going to repeat last season, we lost to the pox, played at home the next saturday on sky won that game, and went on a fantastic run, hope that happens again.

Not sure if it was the commentary but that was so dull to listen to. All the hallmarks of typical JPT 1st round, not that of a fiercely contested local rivalry game?

And another plus point.  (I'm good at this.)  I now have a cast-iron reason to avoid all football related websites for the next week.

Dare I say it?too many players.

this is great

We are replicating last season down to a t

PdC major fall out (Clarke/Wes)

Lose to Pox

Onwards and upwards

Bet you a fiver you don't last till tomorrow lunchtime

Fair play to Oxford for beating us.

A bit embarrasing they beat us when you look at both respective squads, but i guess class goes out the window in a derby game.

Lets hope we can do the business on sat

What happened to collins tonight?

Rib injury.

Di Canio rabbit punched him after a row (not really)

One of my favourite past-times was striking up conversation with Oxford fans on the bus at 5.30pm on a Saturday.  Asking how they'd got on - knowing full well that they'd lost - and offering my commiserations.  Used to say I respected them for sticking with a side that was so obviously as shit as they were, and always got a smile back and an ironic roll of the eyes.

Meh - not good to lose to them but even at Wembly  there was a part of me feeling a bit underwhelmed of even being in the JPT, I'd much prefer 3 pts on Saturday of it helps get us into the play offs or better at the end of the season.

To be fair Milan Misun could've been fucking amazing.  

Ooh...now you've doubled my reasons for doing this!

To be fair Milan Misun could've been a woman for all we saw of him/her

You owe him a fiver.

Three games in a row against those shits, dominated all three games and fuck all gained from them.

I hate to single a player out but Ward was fucking dire.

who was gonna give you two pound fifty? the kids?

Ha ha superb. Nice one axs, you can have a cut!

Starts at midnight.

or the maths teacher?

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world Milan Misun didn't exist.

The fuck it does. Fiver on Saturday or it's chinese burns for you, me lad

I wouldn't normally do this but...

TAKE THAT YOU SCUMMY CUNTS!

I've bitten my tongue the last 3 times we've met and done you over, but the sheer arrogance and ignorance that I've read on here in the build up was just too much.

Huwwy, Chalkie, Kerry and most of all the pompous prick Ardilles, this one's for you.

Off to celebrate in San Diego.

ha, did a level maths me - i did notice my mistake as soon as i posted but you're way too sharp ax(e)s

Ha ha

YAWN !!!

Another stay away fan eh?

I hope you enjoy Whale's Vagina OF.

Does this help ?

Aside from losing to them, the fact that their goal came from another defensive mistake is a slight concern.  Our defence has been solid until recently, why are we suddenly making stupid errors?  McCormack was lucky to get away with one in the first half as well.

PDC on now.

Take that Ardiles, you pompous prick  ;D (I'm genuinely bemused as to why you get singled out)

Huh?  Is Mytical Goat and O_F one and the same?

Blimey.  Have you been drinking OF.  Not like you.  

Anyway, enjoy yourself.  

yah

To tell the truth, I don't know what it means. Scholars maintain...

Arghhhh i fucking hate losing to these cunts. Only slight crumb of comfort is that we can focus on the league

Gonna get some fucking abuse at uni, yellow fucking cunty cunts

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this annoyed me, how dare a football fan have other shit to do with their lives other than stay in england all their god forsaken lives just so they can go and see the club they support every week...

i gave up listening halfway through the second half as the commentary was doing my head in.

anyway, i'm done with STFC until the weekend

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PdC sounds very, very calm.

I don't like it..............................

Sonic, do you just have a library of GIFs at your disposal?

At least it was only the JPT. Yes I'm pissed off they've somehow turned us over again but the game isn't going to hinder our league campaign like it may have done last season.

Once again PDC chucked in the newbies tonight and in Ward's case it was a gamble that didn't pay off. I really hope we see Ritchie and Roberts back soon. Our lack of options out wide have probably shown in the last few games. De Vita has been quality at times but there's not a lot else when the above 2 are missing.

Williams needs a goal pretty soon. He has been quality from what I have seen but he strikes me as a possible confidence player who may feed off goals. Hopefully Rooney is played upfront and not on the wing.

Just a throw away comment  8) The irony being I wasn't at the game either - and am living in England!

PS OF enjoy San Diego! (no offense meant etc)

OF always struck me as a bit of a part time fan.

yeah i got it, i just needed to throw some angst around too.  that and i'm back off to france for the rest of the football season in a couple of months and it's the only thing i miss apart from ale about being in england

I had a quid on Oxford to win in normal time with 15 mins left. Every cloud..

PDC:
- This is what happened last year
- Made a mistake and gave them opportunity to score and finish the game
- Coke needs to understand that we play with a higher tempo
- Performance wasn't perfect one
- Mistake showed the limitation of Flint
- Ward is a good professional but he has to improve on that
- Ritchie and Gary Roberts are 'crucial' for Town's attacking intent, although Roberts hasnt played yet
- Rooney worked hard playing out of position
- We had 40 chance and should have scored and they had one from a goal kick! Only 1 team should have won
- With cup gone then players need to be more patient, especially the ones who caused the exit. They shouldn't get angry, but need to work hard to improve
- Collins couldn't go to U21s because of a slight injury. PDC didnt want to risk Ritchie

(Sorry, but there was a lot I didn't understand)

but they won with 2 minutes left...

no...

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I'm quite flattered!

Glad you're happy, Mystical G.  Always rated you as a poster on here, FWIW.

Flint will be a gonna then

Arse kisser! Damage limitation ;)

As in I bet on them to win in normal time, when the game was at 75 minutes.

Ease up with the gifs bro. less gifs, more gilfs.

Oooooh....they're playing the goal commentary again...whoohoo!

I am now going to leave the library. Hopefully never to return to listen to football.

... so ritchie is close to being back already then?  once him and roberts are in we'll be very tough to better

Am I really pompous, fellas?  It's all right.  You can be honest.  ;)

Don't seem to be from my perspective!

Nah you seem like a decent chap.

[Exhales]

Fucks sake is all I will say.

Last week we were the giant killers, this week we were the giant killed.

Oh well, gutted but the yellow cunts have done us again. If we stay above them for another 10 years then I'll be happy with that small crumb.

you are the worst man.


the worst.

PDC sounding quite reserved tonight. I'm shocked.

Poor old Aden seems to get blamed for quite a bit by Di Canio.  Other than Aldershot away last season, I can't recall him making a major mistake.  Was he anymore to blame than Ward?

So now it's Flint that's being hard done by?

Can we nip this one in the bud... please.

I'm off.  Night all.

Toodle doo Mr. Pompous

What a pompous departure.

now i feel bad.

night dear TEFers, it is late here and i must wake early!

Sounded (from the wireless) like we were as stale as a piece of malt loaf stuck down Les Dennis' sofa.  While Oxford came with a plan, stuck to their guns and nicked it at the finish.

May only be the JPT but a real pisser not to set the record straight.  Not afraid to admit I'm fucked off about the result.

A few days to forget but I can see us being up and running on Saturday.  Orient always a tricky one but definately one where we can get a result.

If there were a suggestion box at STFC mine would be that perhaps PDC could keep his critisms of individuals strictly to the dressing room, can't see that it helps the team in the long run, anyway had enough of these issues this week.......

I wasn't referring to comments from PDC.

He's having his hardest period in management to date. The last week has been piss poor on and off the pitch.

23 wins to 13. If my maths is correct and the rate of us playing them stays the same, it will take them another 25 years to equal that.. That's if they win every game too...

What a total nerd you are to work that out ;)

Every match so far has sounded like that, bar Stoke.

Taking into account reports from people that actually go to the games, it's the commentary that's stale.

Well this season is going to plan:

Beating Crawley 3-0, check.
Losing to the Scum, check.
Paolo having a bust up or two, check.
Fans questioning Paolo early on in the season, check.

Fear not, we're going up as fucking champions!

No you're digging at me.  Just stating that I've always thought Flint was quite solid.  What's the problem with that?  I thought this was a forum to discuss Swindon Town and their players?

I can't be bothered with getting shouted down by the same few people on here all the time.  It's crap.

Add beating Premier League team by 1 goal in a cup competition

Captain being changed, spoooooky.

And the food in The Town End is equally as shite

If you keep hearing the same message then perhaps you should start listening?

Tbf Flasheart Jo is right. PDC does single him out a fair bit

Its the girlie headband

Little man syndrome?

I think you're right. Maybe PDC is having an influence on the fans as well.

i can see his point though - flint is a little limited.  should still be an important member of the squad while we're in L1 but i can't really see him an important part of a championship squad.

i still like flint and i'm sure pdc still does too but as has been said before - if you can praise the team and individuals then you should also be able to criticize too.

It's always somebody though mate.

What a great big pile of wank this evening has been.

I am never ever EVER going to that shit hole again. Ward's performance was up there with the worst I've seen in a red shirt. Another half arsed performance, particularly in the 2nd half.

Being kept behind for an hour was the icing on the cake!

Fuck you STFC.

Sounds like a carbon copy of last season. Glad I decided to stay at home this time.

Just got back. That was two crap sides playing each other. To our credit we tried to play football at times. The Scum were a bunch of clogging hoofball merchants who got lucky. The ref wa a complete and utter cunt who gave us jack shirt all night. Should have a penalty for handball in the 2nd half and how the fuck did the bloke who took Williams out on the edge of the box in the 1st half escape yellow.
Bessone looks a good addition. Coke was half good, half shit. Ward was utter crap and made Ifill look like Messi. We managed to fuck up every chance we had and should have had the game out of sight before our keystone kops moment at the back.
I'd also like to thank the Thames Valley Police for total fucking ineptutude in keeping us in until 10:25.
Somehoew I've managed to find another notch of hatred to go up. 

Some advantage tonight getting texts from the wife while enjoying the hospitality in the Jameson distillery in Dublin. Back in the hotel now reading your worthwhile comments folks. Remember we're in div1 and will be in the championship this time next year.

See you all Saturday.

Hahahahaha.

Aw bless, you boys have a bit of rivalry with the might of Oxford United, don't you.

How can Dickanio survive this? He's spent all that money but his aggregate this week is 5-1 against. An absolute disaster. Really quite embarrassing.

But well done Oxford, eh. Joining the proper, quality clubs in the next round.

Hahahahahahahaha

Coke good.
Bassone good.
Ferry good.

Ward bad.
Rooney bad.

Hotdog abysmal.

Police a joke.

You really do take this JPT lark seriously don't you? Beats the FA Trophy I guess..

Dickanio. Oh, how we admire the originality of such witty names.

Come back when you've won the League Two title. Can't see that happening myself, but all the best and that!

Darren Ward was fucking abysmal tonight. Looked nervous everytime the ball came near him, and when it did, he just hoofed it either out of play or up to Williams.

Should have stuck with Flint and McCormack.

just back, again we were dragged down to there level, thought we hoofed it to much, ward :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:, overkill of old bill, the ones on our train were drafted in from birmingham, burgers were dryer than a nuns vag,  :bye:

I'm looking forward to seeing Ward play. Are the Jerel Ifil comparisons accurate?

This sums it all up nicely.

I cannot say it was a pen in the first half but no booking....cynical foul and nothing.....and the black lad miscontrolling the ball into his own arms and juggling with it...fuck me!!! Mind you we would of missed that if a pen had been given.

Goals win games not knocking it back and fourth for two minutes in midfield before passing it back to the keeper for him to bang it long straight back to them. We could still be out there now and not score.

Too many changes and too many debuts.....If PDC goes on about crappy players being taken off how the fuck did Ward stay on?? utter dog shit from the whistle til the last and still stayed on. He should be sent back and fucking quick , i saw nothing about him at all......it just shows how Paynter tip toed around Wembley that day as Ward took the piss.

The hour wait was a fucking joke and im surprised it was as calm as it was.....i was pissed off and hungry and sat waiting for......well...no reason at all as the Pox mongs had all fucked off after half an hour.

Tonight was a big shit sandwich and we all had to take a big bite...i cannot wait to see who PDC will blame for this.....anyway back to the league on Saturday.

Oh ffs......not again

Think Jerel Ifil, but white, without pace and that will sum up Darren Ward tonight.
He also had lime green boots on.
Shit night, just got back to Melksham, I don't want to go their again

An oxford fan on facebook:

"The Swindon fans on here r never ending... If they were German they would be saying 'who cares if u won world war 1 and 2, 65 years ago my grandad beat your grandad 5 times in a row at table tennis!"

Comparing beating us, to winning world war 1 and 2.

Says it all really chaps.

You can't blame either player we had a good CB pairing flint and McCormack the manager put two players together who don't know each other and expected it it work just like that.....

  I thought the players had to be match fit to play.  :cry: :cry:

Rooney played on the wing last night with Williams up top, I thought they'd be better suited if they swapped positions. Wasn't Wiliams a winger at Shrewsbury Yeovil?

yeovil, collins came from shrews

Fods - 7 - had one real save of note to make and did it well, also a great save from a deflection but it was offside anyway. Could do nothing for the goal.

Devera - 5 - couldn't really beat his man and just had an average game.
Macca - 6 - Did fine, not much if anything got past him. Solid.
Ward - 4 - Started off well enough but seemed to get worse and then ran into Flint for the goal.
Bessone - 8 - Solid in the tackle, great anticipation, good heading, good pace and was always offering going forward.

A. Rooney - 5 - Not a right midfielder.
Ferry - 7 - Tenacious and bang up for it.
Coke - 7 - Touch of class about this guy, strong in the air and classy with the ball at his feet. Seemed to have a slight groin strain when he went off I think.
RDV - 6 - Did fine, better first half than in the second.

Williams - 6.5 - Worked hard as per usual, really should have got a shot away after that great run from the halfway line.
Benson 6.5 - New partnership seemed link up quite well, don't think he had much opportunity in front of goal.

Flint - 5 - wasn't really on for very long, very very harsh to blame him for the goal.
Bostock - 6 - We started to get some joy on the right, finally started running with the ball, couple of half chances.
Miller - 6 - Solid and kept it calm.

When I saw the line up, I figured Williams would play out wide seeing as he has previous experience at Yeovil, it really didn't work with Rooney out there to be honest.
We had plenty of chances to be out of sight by half time. Coke and Rooney with probably the best two. In the second half neither team really created anything clear cut and Wes only had one real save to make from a long range free kick, which he tipped over the bar. Solid game for Wes, no messing about when kicking, no fluffing his lines, back to good old Wes.
Says it all that their goal came from us handing it to them on a plate. They were after penalties and not much else.

We'll be fine for Saturday. I think Coke and Bessone warrant starts out of the new guys and if Ritchie isn't fit, I'd seriously consider giving Luke Rooney a try, we can't afford to play without 2 natural wingers.

It's a Kick in the teeth but don't worry we'll have another chance, we've beaten them enough times over the years and remember, nobody ever really wins the football

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

Good post Benzel, decent update for those of us who couldn't make it last night, without banging on about the Oxford/Swindon thing..

Apparently Ritchie should be fit for Orient.. Some winnable games coming up and a chance for us to put last night behind us.

I've only just realised that it was Adam Rooney on the right wing and not Luke Rooney. That doesn't sound on paper (of course I wasn't there) like a very good idea at all.

I'm just hoping that we put this right and PDC doesn't become the new Tinkerman

Oh yeah, always get those mixed up.

Would have thought that when Roberts, Archie, Ritchie etc are back we'll have very little to worry about.

The similarities to the start of last season are spooky - let's hope the remainder follows the same script

It wasn't. Rooney is built like an out house with no pace but a good touch and Williams has loads of pace and good control so I would have swapped them over. I think Williams could probably do with a game not up front to get his confidence up because up top it's not working for him at the moment.

Wes' kicking was superb last night (and there was loads to do). Wilder played his front 2 with a pushing midfield in the same was as he did the last 2 times. We were passing accross at the back but only 10/15 yards from outside our box and then we were limited to long balls to Benson or putting it wide. Without any wingers or full backs on the right hand side we were restricted to the halfway line and midfield was the only outlet with Ferry running well with Coke also playing it simple (although he looked nervous).

We didn't really have any decent chances of note but we kept the ball well but played too deep trying to deal with their hoofball which was fairly noticable throughout the whole game.

Bessone played well although never overlapped really and left De Vita to do all the work.

We did ok but a lot of huff and puff but just lacked a bit of class, not helped by too many changes to the team.

I really hoped this was going to be Coke-zero.

If I could get my hands on the cunt with the laser pen.......

Pikey dicks. I wonder if they're there every game.

I remember the old Wycombe ground (before they built the big stand) with people sat on the hill with a great view.

I think we should draw a line under this one.

Didn't go as I couldn't get time off. Anyway, without being there can't help but think the numerous changes and giving debuts might not have helped.might be wrong though. Sick of losing to them cunts now.

These coke puns are really getting up my nose now.

They shouldn't be sniffed at

and we should live in perfect harmony

Loved the way those 'on the hill' all celebrated the goal giving it the big 'un to us. Left one thinking 'so why the fuck aren't you in the stadium?' There were plenty of empty seats in home stands

I also laughed my cock off at the cunt in the scum top, shorts and glasses shortly before kick off. Looks like he and some Town fans had had 'words' as they passed in the car park directly behind the fence. He was literally shaking and hopping with rage :D

did it go off between fans?

Nothing near the ground, couple of Pox fans got chucked out by the coppers for releasing smoke bombs and another one of those thunder flash things. Anyone would think they were Lazio Ultras the way they go on....

We parked down a street over from the hotel car park end and walked around half the ground, one of us in a Swindon shirt with not so much as a "cunt" or "scum" uttered towards us.

Awful night - Lost to "them" again.

Nice to get home for once before 10.30.
Mrs not happy me taking my lad to the game but no trouble.
We walked out through the Police lines without any bother.

Poor turnout from Pox in their Cup Final.......but.....they beat us again.
1300 away not a bad following in JPT with a crowd of less than 8,000.
Thought they always sold out against us.  :)

Start Bostock Saturday and back to winning ways.
No sadness being out of the JPT but getting beat by the Scum hurts.

Move on.................

I don't know, once again we give to OUFC charity and they are still ungrateful. Just like someone who looks up to an idol, wishing they could be as good as us we have tried help them. Last year we gave them six points in the league and they threw it back in our faces by completely ballsing their campaign up. Last year they watched us reach wembley and once again we could feel there adoring eyes upon us just wishing it was them, so this year we have extended our charity to them. No doubt they will balls it up again but we can only do so much. Eventually by their own choice they will have to leave the comfort of our shadow but before they can they will have to learn to survive without charity and realise it is talent and only talent that will get them to where there idols tread.

Ha ha ha ha

Oh well, at least we aren't £30Million in debt.

Nice try but that kind of thinking is exactly why you've had it served up on a plate to you 4 TIMES IN A ROW.

Should have been 7.5 points with Gift Aid

Someone ought to start an Orient Matchday thread and close this fucker down

Only just woke up and had chance to comment!

Again, I'm absolutely gutted at losing to those cunts up the road...we didn't offer a lot and the game was poor. I couldn't watch the last 4 minutes after they scored and yet again thanks to TVP, who couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. Not putting enough coaches on to get back to the station and ended up getting in after midnight. I'd be happy to never go back there after this and last season.

Onwards to Saturday..!

Well my crap record continues. Four derbies in my time of supporting Town and four heartbreaking defeats. Last night was awful though. Losing late on is never nice but to lose so late against Oxford?! That hurt. A lot.

Pretty awful match in all. Oxford were effective in thwarting us from playing the way we like to play and it got very frustrating towards the end; our players just didn't seem to want to get it into the box and instead were content with passing it sideways and, worst of all, backwards all the time. We were the better of two poor sides but if you can't finish your chances, you're never going to win.

Of the debutants, only Bessone and Coke came out of that with any credit. Bessone looks like he'll be a very useful addition: he was competent going forward and defensively and his relationship with De Vita/Roberts will only improve. Coke also grew into the game as the match went on and clearly has a lot of skill, though at times he was too slow to release the ball and needs to play at the pace Swindon play at. Rooney was completely ineffective for most of the game, but he was played out of the position on the wing. When moved up front, he had a little more about him, but did waste a pretty good opportunity and could've passed instead of shot. Ward was the worst of the bunch and has to have had one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. He seemed to contradict all that I'd heard about him: he was pretty crap in the air (admittedly against a very tall hoofball team), was constantly hoofing it and was at fault for the goal. It's interesting that a defence that has been so solid over the past year is now making mistakes (Preston & Oxford) - think we'll improve when Archibald-Henville is back and Roberts and Ritchie on the wings can only improve our team.

Not going to use the 'it's only the JPT' excuse some of our fans were using on Twitter. JPT or not, Oxford are our fiercest rivals and I really wanted to win that one. We move onto Leyton Orient on Saturday now, though, where a win is an absolute necessity for me.

Forgot about that. soapy tit wank

I'm embarrassed by those that are using the 'It's only the JPT!' line. If it's so pointless, then why did they go to the game?!

I still can't get over the fact that Oxford were fucking awful and the one time we knocked it about with a good through ball, we were in on goal (Giles Coke's hurried spooned effort in the first half!), just a shame that was only one of the two times that we managed to do so.

Oxford being camped on their 18 yard line whilst we knocked it about was a repeat of last seasons game.

I bet they were the first in the queue for final ticekts last season though.

There was no queue.  Tickets were sold online!

You get the point though.

only good thing from last night was some lad on our coach from the train station pissing himself

Paolo Di Canio blames Aden Flint for Swindon Town exit...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19506410

I'm really not comfortable with this keep publicly blaming players stuff...

It's wearing a bit thin

Why make so many changes in the first place, bring the new players in gradually

JPT Final springs to mind

Paolo clearly hasn't played FM Flint will have a big 'unh' next to his name now.

Getting on my tits now - win together, lose together

Expected better things from our new boys...not entirely surpised as Oxford seem to have a hold over us at the moment. We need time for all these new players and combinations to settle in. I suspect that might take a little longer than we were originally thinking. It took a while last season and all came good, so not particular concerned at the moment. Only DiCanio `one stop short of Upton Park` behaviour is the most troublesome thing at the moment.

I used to work for a company who`s policy was based on blame culture and it doesn`t work, needless to say.....

Who needs the JPT anyway...play off final will do instead.

Roll on Saturday

I'm going to be the first to say it, I've had enough of this bollocks, SSWS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shut the fuck up Paolo.

Nothing good comes from having a go at him in public, if he wants to tear Flint a new arse hole then do it in private.

I'm appalled at Paolo's approach to management, I'd have thought he would have learned from last season that it doesn't work. 

I think a large bout of 'he's here, he's there, he's every fucking where, Aden Flint' is needed.

EDIT: When he's on the pitch, or we'll look a bit oxford.

Can we at least do it when he's on the pitch though?

I wonder how Aiden flint, for example, feels about being at a successful club winning medals and being bathed in glory.

I wonder which he would prefer, working under Paolo and his perceived faults, or mulling about at a mid-table team not really doing much.

It doesn't have to be all or nothing though does it? Di Canio did well last season, he's largely done well so far this season. That doesn't mean he can't improve. And one way some people think he might be able to improve is by not tearing a strip off individual players in public every time we lose. They may be wrong, but you don't need to jump down their throats every time someone suggests that maybe there's ways Di Canio could do things differently which might be better (even if, granted, he's not very likely to)

Was my question not a fair one?

Perhaps going 'all or nothing' is having a positive effect on performances overall. Why are people making the assumption that their way is the better way?

And how the fuck is me making a comment jumping down anybody's throat? Am I to just keep my opinions to myself, is that how it works?

Perhaps he has looked at his players and decided that they are strong enough characters to take being hauled across the coals in front of the public.  Perhaps he has decided that it does them good and motivates them.  Perhaps I dont know the fucking players and dont spend 30 hours a week with them but I still know better than anyone else.

Perhaps today Im tired and grumpy.

So why did single out Flint for his mistake, and not one of our strikers who didn't score, they're as just to blame for our loss yesterday.

What are you doing Paul?

Why are you jumping down my throat because I don't share the same view? Or perhaps it only works one way?

I think thats a fair argument, rather than just stating his way is always right because he won the league last season.

FWIW, I think PDC DOES need to reign it in, and publicly lambasting individual players will do more harm than good in the long run. But I don't know Aden Flint - maybe he responds well to this kind of stuff.

Everybody knows better than the manager. We'd win every game if the fans were in charge,

And it's statements like that which are fucking stupid.

No it isn't fucking stupid because that's how fans act at times. Perhaps Paolo does these things because he actually knows what he is doing and is very well qualified, yet still people with zero experience decide that PDC should do things their way.

Why so fucking arsey anyway? It's funny how people that promote people's right to an opinion the loudest seem to forget that when they don't agree with another's opinion.

It was perfectly reasonable

Not at all, and it wasn't so much the one comment, more the tendency as soon as anyone says anything critical about or even questioning of Di Canio's methods for the instant rebuttal team to be straight in there. Sorry, "jumping down people's throat" was a bit strong. More a case that there's a tendency (and not just from you) to meet any questioning of Di Canio's methods with a zero-sum "Well, it's working isn't it?". And you do seem to be very sensitive to even the mildest criticism of the great man.

I think joteddy was making a similar complaint last night.

joteddy makes similar comments all the time. It's not the comments themselves, it's just that the record needs changing and I am not the first to notice it.

I can feel another Flashheart melt down coming on. Wonder what your next username will be? :)

I've been thinking along the lines of Lord Melchett

Huh? Literally two posts up from that I said pretty much what you did in that first paragraph. But I'm not going to dismiss those who question PDC. Firstly because a lot of his methods are unorthadox, and to be wary of them is understandable. But more importantly, and a point you tend to just ignore, is that nobody is saying they are more qualified to do what PDC does, and the way he does it is wrong. Not on here anyway.

I used to get a bit upset about Flashheart's kneejerks too, but now I know it's just down to hunger pangs.
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Come on BD, I know that when King Zog was ousted the Albanian throne was offered to C.B. Fry who played a few games for Soton, as well as cricket for England.

Perhaps you mean rein it in?

Maybe so. Hadn't especially noticed that myself, but maybe it is the case. Maybe it's just the same situations keep occurring, which is likely to lead to the same responses. Both of which observations (about the record needing changing and the same situations eliciting the same responses) can be made as criticising/defending your reactions to PDC critics. Ho hum.

So why are people constantly assuming the PDC 'reigning it in' would be beneficial. You yourself have agreed that perhaps he is doing it because it works.

You reacted in an arsey manner to my post and it wasn't even directed at you. For what reason?

Because there'd be less risk of high wage and high fee players pissing off, and the club wouldn't have the negative press that becomes associated with it. Although you'd assume he'd need to keep some of the edge to maintain his success.

The earlier comment wasn't directed solely at you but, as pauld says,  more towards those who refuse to accept any discussion on his methods purely becuase it's worked so far. . No offence was intended on my part.

I'm not refusing to accept discussion, I'm just voicing an opinion. The same opinion as saxondale's which you just happen to agree 'may' be the case. What's more is that I share the same concerns about our best players leaving, I made that very clear when the Wes saga was happening.

Fair enough.

coolio

In before SY

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Please stop.

Manager, Players and Supporters have to stick together, blame culture not good out in the media.

On a lighter note and the only thing making me smile from last night are those pricks from up the road saying "how loud it was last night" only heard them when they scored.......7,000 crowd and they are excited. Tin pot but sadly beat us again.

Of course you only ever hear your own fans when you are in the middle of them but if they think they are loud there is hope for us at Swindon.

Lets get back to winning ways Saturday.

no

What have I missed?  I was having a life for a minute.

Let's not hav another meltdown. I think we are in a decent position. Pdc has come and he will go. Let's just look at all the positives. It's gonna be another good year

"During a battle there will be many casualties"

Feel free to add you own suitable cliche.

Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.

If 'ifs' and 'buts' were candy and nuts,
something, something something.

Surely the problem is pointlessly pissing about with the centre backs.  You don't change the defence unless you really need to.

Red sky at night, shepherds delight

Red sky in the morning, farmer's warning?

The strong shall live,the weak shall die...

I think, therefore I am.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

In our case changing the formation to three central defenders in the 85 minute!

Vengeance is a dish best served cold

"You miss 90% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott

to be is to do...Sartre

to do is to be...Rousseau

doobeedoobeedo.....Sinatra

Jesus fucking christ, it's more hormonal on here these days than I imagine it is in a 16 year old girls hockey team changing room after 6-0 defeat and the entire rooms shoes and bags being stolen.

FWIW, I'm enjoying every minute of the show at STFC these days.  PLayers feelings can go an do a running jump, fuck em all I say, it's about my team winning.  I have no moral compass mind.  One day, they'll all train to be train drivers like Phil Smith and be thankfull of every minute they had in football, whether they were being lauded or lambasted.

There speaks the voice of reason

My favourite post of the week.

Welcome back (albeit maybe temporarily RobertT).

Who were you before you changed name?

JJE.

Do or do not, there is no try - Yoda

'And if you see your mom this weekend, tell her...

Satan! Satan! Satan!...'

Minced beef and potatoes, Shepherds Pie

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Ill take that as a compliment.

You forgot the grilled cheese topping

Isn't that cottage pie? Shepards pie with minced lamb.

Flint to blame? I asked in a post last night who PDC would blame and I have the answer...

Of course....if only he had been as good as Ward......fuck off!

I'm pink therefore I'm spam

I don't intend to bore people.  I'm just used to having to say things over and over again for anyone to listen in my household.  I obviously don't have to do the same on here and will refrain from doing so moving forward.

Post what you want, people can ignore it if they don't like it. Just watch out for Ardiles, he's very pompous.

take no notice. You've done nowt wrong. Carry on as normal on here

Right, I've had a shit day at work. I work in Swindon and the number of fucking people giving me shit has got right on my fucking tits. I'm still in a fucking strop from last night. Don't give a fuck it was only the JPT.
The selection was bizarre and I don't think the players gave too much of a fuck. We lost the battle. They were up for it more than us, I'm getting a bit fed up of the bollocks about understanding what it means to us. If you know that then why the fuck put out 4 debutants, one out of position when you had a winger with the same fucking surname sat with us or one of the strikers being an ex winger. Ward was fucking useless and devera couldn't beat his own pudding last night so why not bring on Thompson and move Devera alongside Macca - who incidentally had a pretty crap game. What is the fucking point of having Thompson there if you're not going to give him a game.
I could go on and fucking on but PdC fucked it up last night. Wrong selection, wrong subs, players not fired up and then publicly blaming flint when he'd only been on the pitch a few minutes and had to play alongside someone who had an absolute fucking shocker.
I'm still with Pdc but my patience is wearing fucking thin now. I'm fucking tired of the public bollickings - just shut the fuck up for five minutes.

I too have had a shit day.

In at half 12 thanks to those pox plod.

Posted a rant on here.....went to bed and up at 5 for meetings in Leicester to beat the traffic.....did that and back to MK hq.....

Had a load of stuff dumped on my shoulders and then left late to arrive late to play squash against victor Mildew (who still pissed off about last night too) got dicked at squash, had a quick beer and then home......all for Mrs flash to start her usual bollocks.....tea was lobbed by me into the sink and I fucked off to the bedroom to avoid escalation.

I am now sat down stairs in stoney silence.....fuck last night and today.

That's a complete contradiction in terms, given that the players are the team.

You talk about 'hormonal' but you're sounding pretty hormonal yourself Rob.

Correct. You do not do that in any walk of life.

I'm just ok with the whole approach - I accept at some point it may go a bit Steve McMahon but he wasn't fun to boot - and if it means we don't have any players sticking around for more than a year or two at a time (and it is sustainable financially, which thus far seems ok), then who cares.  Get em in, make em play, ship em out.  Harry Redknapp without the transfer fees and over the top wages and bit more bite.

I gave up my season ticket to avoid getting into verbal fights with other fans who seem to insist on being excessively negative these days.

It's football, sit back and enjoy the ride we are on.  Some days we'll scrape the shit out of our legs like they do in that crazy french bike ride, other days we'll be king of the mountains.  Or something like that....

You're all just getting a little carried away - both ways.

At last, an achievement in life. Mentioned in the same sentence as my esteemed friends Chalkie, Kerry and Ardiles.

Can you not see the irony in you coming on to our forum and accusing Ardiles of being pompous, OF? Who the fuck are you to complain about too much arrogance and ignorance on a Swindon forum? We were playing a lower league club after beating a Premier league team and so had every right to be confident and to post about our hopes for the game. I'm sure the posts on the Oxford site were hardly a rigourous intellectual debate on the likely outcome. If you don't like to read what we post then don't log on. Glad to see we got to you though and keep scrolling up to get to our league scores on a Saturday afternoon. :bye:

I think that's probably true Rob. I guess that's the effect Di Canio has on people -always has done and always will.

Oxford Fan

Let's get some facts straight.

1. The game didn't matter - only the result did

2. I agree we do have a bit of a superiority complex - rightly earned I believe - at the moment. Mind you, your club seems to have an ingrained inferiority complex when it comes to this fixture.

When you won at our place early last season when we weren't at our best, to be fair you played some decent football.

Yet, when it came to the return fixture and again Wednesday your inferiority complex came to the fore with 10 men behind the ball, no attacking threat and a reasonable imitation of the old Wimbledon.

Yes, that has now worked twice and fair play for that, but if you harbour ambitions of promotion this year, that sort of shit-scared hoofball against teams of a higher division will soon see you back in the basement.

Your annual implosion last season was I believe in no small part due to the build up the fixture at the Kassam - and in hindsight I'm sure most fans on here would welcome defeat if it scuppered your season.

On a personal note, I am so happy Mr Wilder seems set to stay as captain of the SS Pisspot - you'll get nowhere with that twat.

I hope the 1-0 win in the tinpot cup keeps you warm on your trip to Accrington later in the season.

Mugs

Chirpsing

I had to google that word. not the case

Perhaps they will, on Matchday.

Can't be bothered to google it, but why are Leyton Orient called Leyton Orient? Did loads of chinese people live in that area when the club was formed?

Apparently one of their original players was employed by the Orient Shipping Line - later to become P&O.

Named the club after 1 player? Let's be Swindon Archibald-Henville FC.

Now there's a theme that needs its own thread.

Swindon Hazard

No need,we've already been renamed by all television stations as 'Paolo Di Canio's Swindon Town'

If only Stefan Kuntz had signed for Oxford.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Indeed.

Perhaps Goodwillie will join Brighton.

 :clap:

Dear oh dear kerry, you're only making it worse.

1. Obviously, I couldn't give 2 shits about the JPT.

It's not poosible to feel inferior when you've been superior in the last 4 meetings. You know what they say, "you're only as good as your last (4) result(s)."

I too am glad Wilder is staying. He talks pure sense and is adept at assembling a solid squad capable of a title challenge, on a budget, unlike some other managers. His sides play good football.

We don't play hoofball and injuries did us in last season.

Anyway, that's my last post on this. I'm not normally on a wind up and the result speaks for itself.

But what you dont understand is that it's NOT just the last 4 results against Swindon - for you it's all the OTHER results that has you becalmed in the bargain basement.

Long may it continue

I care more about my team and it's place in the scheme of things than any result against Oxford.

Short term pissed off-edness against long term advancement

As that was your last post I'll post as I know you won't be able to respond  :)


Absolute horseshit, he's had one promotion in 10 years of management, via the playoffs.  This is your third year in the bottom tier with both having mid table finishes and you say he builds squads capable of a title challenge, you've not even made the playoffs with him in charge in that division.


Christ, I needed sunglasses on Wednesday following the ball from your lot, the floodlights kept blinding me from looking up at the ball. The grass was up to players ankles and you have rugby played on it. Not conducive to having conditions suitable for free flowing passing football.

Anyway whilst we're on excuses and injuries you say he builds a good squad, well injuries to your team shouldn't really be an excuse then, it's a squad game.

Am i pissed off - Yes
Do you have braging rights - Yes
Would you swap positions- Yes

If only Wilder could get the team as motivated when you play the other teams in the league. Well I'm delighted he can't to be honest.

Can't argue with most of what you say, but having been to the three recent games I am sorry to confirm that you do play hoofball.

I was quite happy for OF to have his moment. I thought his post was fair play. The bit about pompous Ardiles was class.

As a Scot, I feel the need to take at least mild offence at this. Although I will admit a worrying amount of people (who tend to be nationalists) have a massive inferiority complex.

To be fair to OF, I'd have probably done the same if I was in his position.

But then again, I wouldn't register on a rivals forum in the first place. Each to their own and all that.

Apparently its wrong i live in Oxon and support Swindon and i should watch my back.

Fuck off you cavemen cunts.

Hahaha! Who's said that?

Just when you thought that they couldn't get any lower. They seem to pride themselves on acting like a Danny Dyer documentary. NAWTY!

Its only a complex if it is unfounded ;)

Someone who felt the need to facebook message me and tell me that

Fair play to the Oxford bloke giving it some. I think a fair number of Town fans can be a bit hypocritical at times, find that approach quite boring to be honest, Suddenly the JPT is back to being a 'pisspot cup' just because we've been knocked out. Bit pathetic really.

Fair play to Oxford and I agree there is a slight similarity between the Oxford and Scotland approach, not because they 'only' care about beating their bigger neighbour (as I disagree with that comment) but because they always seem to put in more in derbies, they have a better mental approach to derby matches. I hate watching Swindon v Oxford matches as more often than not the opposition lads seem to raise their game, it seems to mean more to them than us.

Being honest a fair few Swindon fans do seem to have illusions of grandeur at times, we could do with knocking ourselves down a peg or two, the arrogance of some is not a welcome trait of a Town fan.  On one hand people bang on about hating it when Premier League teams belittle supporters of teams in lower divisions, yet we do exactly the same with clubs that are deemed to be inferior to us.

Perhaps it's an age thing, but with every passing year my approach to being a football supporter changes.

I don't think we're belittling Oxford because they're in a lower league, but just because they're Oxford - the lower league thing is simply another stick to beat them with. That's different...

I see Jim Rosenthal has resigned as director of Oxford with immediate effect. " I will continue to support home and away but will make no further comment at this stage"

That 37m debt must have been too much for him.

The club are also refusing to comment so looks like it was out of the blue.

Jeremy Wray's been taking the piss out of him on BBM and it's all got too much for him so he's quit. His actual resignation speech was "It so is NOT a tinpot fucking cup and anyway it's only 35m and we don't even want a fourth fucking stand so just FUCK OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE"

Close the forum. Won't ever get more sense than this.

As I keep saying, all the cunts on here who profess to not care that Oxford keep beating us are lying, or missing the point completely.

Fuck sake DMR you can't half be a sanctimonious up yourself twat at times. You know what, not everyone has to feel the same way as you. I'm pissed of if we lose to anyone 4 times in a row. Not happy that it's Oxford but may be as pissed off if it was orient or Hartlepool or anyone else. What point exactly am I or anyone else missing?

Oh dear.

If you read my post, it is levelled at those who profess NOT to care.

You have just said you do.

Move along and perhaps get your eyes tested.

There’s a difference about not caring about defeat against them in this match compared to the previous 3 that were in meaningful competitions

I wouldn’t care if we lost against them in a friendly and the JPT 1st round is about the same significance to some people, the previous games hurt bad, this didn’t. 

As it goes I wear pretty thick spectacles anyway and the eye tests are up to date.

I perhaps misread the intention of your comment and worded my reply incorrectly.  My actual reply should have been that I personally don't care that it was Oxford who have beaten us 4 times anymore than were it either of the other teams I mentioned. 

I took it that you were implying that every fan should follow what you think is right and they should be really pissed off because its them.  This is a viewpoint which has rankled me due to a tweet from a town fan saying 'anyone who says they are not angry about losing to the scum last night is not a true town fan'. 

People use of absolutes proclaiming what they believe is the truth, is the truth is rife over internet forums and something we fall into.  Peoples use of the phrases 'end of', 'fact' and the previous tweet are prime examples.

I am rambling a bit here.  Mind you I will say, DMR, that I have always found your internet persona is a that of a bumptious devils advocate.  I therefore presumed that was what you meant.  If its not then I apologise.     

Mind you it was fun changing my internet persona for 5 minutes and abusing you.  Maybe Ill do it again some other time. 

You're not wrong there. Although bumptious is a bit much, it's not my fault everyone else is a moron.

Said persona will continue as long as it continues to wind the likes of Herthab and Ardiles up to the point of pulmonary embolism.

I can confirm that Sax has rather thick spectacles.

Tee hee

I couldnt possibly comment.  Mainly because Ive never checked against anyone else.  Not even whilst in Bangkok.

So you're not 80% bollocks then?

Is that normal.  Then no, Im not.  Im a freak.

97%.

Haha. You don't wind me up, I just think you're a boring cunt who is always trying to get a rise out of someone.
Now where did I put my heart pills?

 I agree with Saxondale...you don't want to be losing to anybody 4 games in a row, whether it's Oxford, or any other club.

Personally, I find losing or failing to win at Whaddon Road, much more annoying.

Life is too short.  Group hug?

If you'd really like me to, I could close it for you. Just let me know.

Whilst i suspect you are angling at a ban, the idea that I control the forum's destiny is most exciting