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Cut out the silly mistakes at the back and I'm Confident  that we'll have too much up front for Crewe. 3-1 win Williams,Obika and Luongo.

I miss Shaw Rosso's opening posts.  And Jed giving it some RRROOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR at 5.30am on Twitter.

Come on you Spartans, let's do this.

Clem from FLS is at the game today, usually results in an away win. I'm going to go 3-0 convincing win from us with goals from: Toffolo (at last), Smith and Louis Thompson. COYR

I'm going so we won't win. That said my last away trip was Luton in the Carling Cup which we won, but today i fancy an entertaining draw 2-2

I don't. Cringeworthy, both of them.

Feeling confident after Tuesday.

Can see Branco on the bench, Stephens CB and Kasim back in midfield.

0-2

I liked SR's little write ups to be fair - I hope he's OK.

The usual from me -

2-0 scored by the Generic Duo.

Great bit of publicity from Radio Wiltshire this morning when the presenter interviewed a Crewe supporter and in his introduction said that Swindon need to arrest their wretched away form which has resulted in just TWO away wins all season!!  Said Crewe supporter expressed amazement at that which means that both interviewer and supporter were not aware of their facts!!  Will they be the next to be banned from the CG!!!

I just did a Baker & Kelly style toaster prediction. I pressed both handles down simultaneously, both slots were set on '4' and yet the right hand slot, representing the away team i.e. Swindon, popped up after about 5 seconds whilst the other stayed down for the normal 3 minutes. There can be no scientific explanation for this. It has to mean we're going to win.

The toaster has spoken  8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPktLkJz5eE

Clem is presenting the Conference game between Eastleigh and Macclesfield at the moment on BT Sport. He's going to have to go some to get there for 3.00pm!

Kind of match related. In recent games I've noticed when we have a goal kick on occasion NT stays on the edge of the area, and everyone else pushes on to half way. But usually there is a striker standing next to him so Wes can't give him the ball.

I wondered if any of the coaches/arm chair experts could enlighten me as to why. There has to be a reason, I just can't see what it is.
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Difficult one today, I guess a draw wouldn't be a bad result, but a win is needed to restore the belief we are over our blip.

When a goal kick is being taken, most of the players are stood in the middle of the pitch, by Thompson standing on the edge of the box and being marked, he's pulling one of their men out too, so it's creating just a little more space for our Midfield players should they receive the ball, and one less player able to tackle them.

I can't see the other top 4 sides dropping points today. If we play like we did in the 1st half v Bradford we'll win easily. Play like we did in the 2nd half and we'll lose. Crewe play it on the deck, which is a bonus.

Makes sense! I noticed we pushed Branco up onto the right hand side to win headers from goal kicks.

Most of the time even when marked Thompson will get the ball by which time Wes has moved further away and gets the ball straight back, meaning we can carry on with our game playing it out from the back.

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_ 5m5 minutes ago Ealing, London

Crewe vs TOWN: Foderingham Branco, Thompson N, Turnbull; Byrne, Stephens, Thompson L, Luongo, Gladwin; Williams, Smith

Same side then.

Like the look of the side, big fan of stephens in CM

I guess with Crewe being a passing side he could have dropped Branco, put Stephens in defence and brought in Kasim or Swift. Toffolo instead of Gladwin maybe. Oh well, we'll find out soon if it's the right side.

Just hope Gladwin decides he can run today!

Any idea why Kassim has been dropped since coming back?

subs: Belford, Barthram, Toffolo, Kasim, Swift, Hylton, Obika

I've only seen him up at Scunthorpe since then...but he was very poor that game.

Shame he played well before leaving for the Asia Cup, maybe just needs a rest or maybe he's had his head turned.

Preston winning.

Branco with an early fuck up.

Down to fourth, not good enough, Cooper out!

Not the best start, which with Swindon is usually how it stays.

MK losing

MK now two down.

We sound really shaky so far.

Plastics losing at Cov  :clap:

That's because MKD are losing.

 :)

shame, they are such a nice bunch

MKD are sooooooooo last season ;) more worried about Preston now!

Hockaday doing us a proper favour at the moment in that MK game. Need to take advantage!

can we call them club stealing cunts to avoid any confusion with Reading. ta.

Big roar from Ashton Gate.

(I heard from my living room)

fucking Jed gets everywhere

Cooper said after Tuesday's game he'd had a bit of a bug.

We really need to capitalise today if Franchise drop points.  Saying that, Preston look the most likely for autos on current form.

Shitty 1 up.

Me too!

More worried about meeting them in the play offs though...

Thanks for clearing that up.

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North Street, near The old Bookshop.

Smith misses our first chance.

British Road, near The old Bookshop.

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Let's hope it doesn't set the trend foe the match.

I can't help but wonder why Obika is so out of favour.  Smith has been pretty poor recently and is clearly struggling for confidence.  Personally I think a little rest might recharge him.

I agree jtr

Preston 2 up

Shall I have a bottle of Black IPA to give us a boost?

I would like to see Hylton given a game too see what he can do with his smaller build and tricky pace, gives us something we don't have.

Fuck offside

Attendance announced already?! 638 Town fans there.

638 Town fans

Attendance is 4,781 (638 from Swindon)

Can we take one of these chances please?

seem to be getting on top.bad sign!

HT 0-0

Crewe comms moaning like hell about us shirt-pulling, diving and a poor ref.

Yeah I listened to a fair bit, they are moaning about us, our tactics, going down too easily, shirt pulling and the ref being shit.

How/where are you listening to comms?

http://www.player.swindontownfc.co.uk/live-matches

Fair dos. Not something I'd pay for to be honest.

backing up what Phil Parkinson said the other night

FH doesn't have a lot of option being 6,000 miles away, bad enough for me being 100 miles away!

Worth every penny if your the other side of the planet for sure!

Come on Town we need this win.

Actually, what we get is not something that we paid for!

Not too bad today though.

Yet was their player Jones booked for pulling Mass's shirt  ::)

Me Julie

Need to cause some panic....sides like this always fuck up if you make them nervous.

Would like to see Hylton come on and piss it down the wings.

They have mentioned the irony in that...over and over and over.

Every team panic when we get the ball down and attack them and break them down, I would like Hylton given a bit longer than the normal 10-15 mins see what he can do with the ball played to his feet.

 :D

Thompson with his usual booking.  Sound poor at the moment .
A change sooner than later please before we go behind.

.  Wasn't it Branco ?

Both of them

Yep.  I often feel Cooper makes changes too late and very rarely uses all 3 subs.

Get the Beaka Man on !!

Dongs get one back

Storey scores for Newport

More yellow cards.

This is so frustrating.  Where's the flair & the urgency from earlier in the season?  We knew that this would be difficult to sustain through the winter, I suppose.  Come on, Town!  Take the chance while it's there.

Sheff U one down

0-0 written all over this

That's fucked it, then

It has until somebody scores ;)

In entertainment elsewhere news, the referee at Sunderland v Man U has just managed to confuse Wes Brown and John O'Shea.

Jamie Rekord scores for Ross County!

And we thought our refs were shit!

We're gonna lose this if we're not careful...

Could be worse, could be Cowdenbeath fans !!

L Thompson injured.

Sam is saying Louis has dislocated his shoulder

If so that could be 6 weeks

balls. Louis Thompson sound badly injured

double balls. season over if so

Timlin & Corr have scored for Southend. Can we have them back please..

Thompson sounds fucked....chuckles forced to change.

Not necessarily.  It depends on how far it comes out, and and how much ligament damage is done.  I have dislocated my shoulder before.

No thanks

Kasim on is a strange one with Stephens on the pitch. Thought Swift would be the better option there/

They've both done things today that are 'stars' have failed to do!

on one day, at a lower level

Sheff U given a penalty

encouraging.

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hearts 10, cowdenbeath 0. nailbiting

Are you pissed?

Who would you drop for Timlin and Corr?

Sheff U equalise

Sheff Utd level

All I'm saying is, that on today's performance, they have managed to score and we haven't.

Preston 4 up

Preston 4 up

Preston four up. They're coming good at exactly the right time

Idiot.

Douche

Fucking idiot.

Fuck me Stephens

Ideal.

Well the midfield is going to look a bit different next game..

cock

FFS.

Come on town

Stephens you fuckwit.

yasser back in on Tuesday then.  shame Louis is buggered though.

8 minutes remain.

Stephens wins the dick of the day award.

How fucking stupid.

Millwall fans kicking off at Rotherham

Not getting on anyone's back but maybe time to try Obika/Hilton up front...we can't seem to score at the moment

Least the red card has opened things up a bit.

Fool!

What a twat, hope Power fines Stephens for that.

Inexcusable

agree with you on this one, smith works very hard during the games but it seems he has lost his scoring touch at the mo

Hope Evans gets a mouthful of Cygnet rings

Jesus Christ. close to conceding there

:D

Dongs have lost

smith maybe, I think it would be nuts to drop will though

this is torture for me -  having to follow this on twitter and the forum!  not a clue what's going on until someone posts something

Very card happy ref

10 men each. second left..

Last chance saloon - Corner to us

This game really hasn't been a dirty game yet there's been 2 reds and 10 yellows!

Need to nick a winner

What's wrong with the ref has his wife/husband just left him

FT 0-0

full time. 0-0.

could have done with 3 points and a good performance , not to be,  but 4 from 6 points and a point gained on mk is a better way of thinking of things.

Well, he won't be swanning around on the touchline taking a gander at any trouble, that's for sure.

..... 0-0 not sure what to make of it

I'm fumbling for the panic button

We seem more scared of losing than going for a win

1 point more than we had and stopped the run of defeats away from home.

Need to do better, don't understand bringing kasim on when stephens is playing cm. Swift would have been the more attacking option

2 very winnable home games this week.

Let's see where we are next Saturday

We seemed to be getting on top when Stephens got sent off. 15 more minutes of pressure like that and we probably would have won it. Feels like 2 points dropped rather than one gained.

What's our midfield going to be against gillingham ??

Well that's pretty shit. We seem to have lost all composure now things aren't going out way. Suspensions and injuries catching up with us.  Thompson will be a big miss. Down to fourth.

Concerned somewhat to say the least.

Kasim for Stephens, Swift/Gladwin for Thompson. Probably the later with Toffolo starting.

Time for Harry Agombar to step up.

 Probably the least likely scoreline for a game between us and Crewe....still another point towards getting a PO spot.

nothing from coops on Thompson other than in  a lot of pain. will wait for scan before commenting.

A slightly tetchy Cooper on the radio....

One point off second place isn't terrible. City are starting to run away with it, the games between the top four are massive

Par for the course when things get a little tricky.

mk v Preston (or vice versa) Saturday

So a draw there please..

Even first half. Dominated second half, fancied us to nick one if we'd kept 10 on the field however the ref seemed intent on dishing out bookings.

Feels like two points dropped but couldn't fault the side's effort today and they looked disappointed too. Would've taken 4 points from these two games this time last week and with Gillingham and Notts County at home next week I'd expect us to get another 4, if not 6.

Got to keep the faith, still a long way to go.

 Just read the player ratings on the Adver site where they mention Stephens being denied his first goal in a Swindon shirt,what shirt did they think he was wearing when he scored against Chesterfield ffs.Still very tight for 2nd,3rd and 4th so will have to hope for something on tuesday

City are looking good, but they aren't promoted yet. Could still have an unexpected blip.

0-0 away from home doesn't suggest a loss of composure to me. And when you think about, it 4 points from the last two games isn't bad either with a couple of home games to come and Franchise and/or PNE guaranteed to drop points next week.

MAN UP!

Funnily enough, on another note, it occurred to me earlier that it had been eons since we had last drawn 0-0 so whether you see it as a point gained or two dropped, that was probably down to me  :hmmm:

Stop trolling, Reg.  It's fucking tedious.

A point away from home is rarely a bad result and it's certainly not one when you have lost 3 of them on the bounce

Just back. Don't know whether that was 2 dropped or 1 gained really. We were the better side as shown by the possession stats, the shot count, and the amount of defending Crewe had to do. They weren't hoofball merchants by any stretch but their attacks were limited to counters and set pieces into the box.

I suppose a short summary would be that Wes did what he had to, the defence were fairly solid throughout bar one or two moments, and we had plenty of the ball around and inside the Crewe box, yet didn't test the keeper often enough. Stephens was a prat for getting sent off like that, and whilst Cooper has bemoaned the refs approach, when both teams keep cynically halting the play there are going to be yellow cards.

Well what the fuck is it then? If you think it's something different then argue your case.

Just got back as well.
After the game a point gained. Amazing when we went down to 10 we were still pushing to win the game. Gruf made a difference and Smith maybe should have been taken off earlier.
That drive was agony with a prolapsed disc in my back. The things you do following your club.
Reckon an operation may loom and then will be a case of can I still go to football.

Don't know what happened above....need the painkillers.

Agree that it was great to see us still going for the win with 10 men. You could see how frustrated the players were not to have got the goal come the final whistle.

Also agree about Toffolo - bringing him on for Gladwin made a real difference down the left and he played well.

I take Stephens is only banned for the Pikeys game

Get a hobby you silly old git.

Sorry I don't do personal abuse....if you want to argue why you think this isn't a point towards a PO place, then I'm all ears.

Would have been good to get 3 points today, but at least it stops the run of away defeats and we also didn't concede.

What was Stephens' second yellow for?

Cooper will be forced into changes on Tuesday by that and Louis' injury, but if I were him I'd start Obika or Hylton alongside Williams instead of Smith (I'm not him though and he probably won't!)

Preston are definitely the in form team, but I wonder whether they can sustain it.  Franchise are as wobbly as us.

Don't act disingenuous Reg, you know exactly what you're doing.

As ever I'm expressing my opinion...I know there are some cunts on here, who don't think that's what a message board is for....but tough shit.

 ::)

You're having a bit of a 'mare tonight Duke  8)

Measured post with us an absolute country mile (1 point) off 2nd and just about clinging on (by 16 points) to a play off spot.

Happy with an away point, 3 points against Gillingham on Tuesday and it'll have been a very good week.

Yeah but the table is his opinion and that's what forums are for innit. Nothing factual about league tables.

To be fair, the first aim for any team has to be 'avoid relegation' which by any stretch of even the most negative imaginations, we've done.

The next aim has to be securing a place in the the Play Offs (which is where we are at now) and once that has been achieved, you look at Auto's.

Also, in the interests of fairness, it should be pointed out that Reg is a WUM  ;)

Tis a great season. If we cannot attain 2nd it is imperative we get 3rd - the also ran that will get 6th should be a pushover.

Not a bad result. Stops a run of 3 away defeats and given the Keystone Kop defending recently a very welcome clean sheet. Pikeys 7 game unbeaten run came to an end today so looking forward to their Cup Final. Would be good if McHale could come back to be introduced to the crowd. 

I expect STFC catering are busy baking a few hedgehogs for our visitors on Tuesday

Think hedgehogs are endangered nowadays....but we're getting a few packs of these.

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Back home after an enjoyable day out in Crewe with the London Reds.

Quite how the ref gave 11 yellows and 2 reds is beyond me.

Fairly even game, Wes didn't have a save to make and Crewe blocked a lot of our shots meaning we had few clear cut opportunities.

Stephens second yellow retarded.

Not a bad performance, luongo probably shaded it for man of the match. Things not happening for Williams and smith currently

Looking forward to Gills at home, hoping we click and another 3 points on the board.

It's a very negative way of looking at things. Quite simply if you're 2 points off 2nd going into today's game and you're worrying about how many points clear you are of seventh then your mentality is totally wrong in the first place.

Not really, see my previous post.

Ha ha. If Cooper's team talk consisted of telling the players to worry about what's behind them in the table I'd be extremely surprised.

I'm a Swindon fan....my mentality has been formed by years of practice, 7 games ago we were top with a 6 point gap to 3rd, now we're 4th.  OK, nothing is set in stone and history doesn't necessarily repeat itself, but I see little realistic point in thinking any of this indicating we can sustain an auto push, so PO's seem a more realistic prospect...and as we know get there and anything can happen.

Not necessarily. If 6th spot is secured by a team with a late surge then they will have impetus and confidence. Play offs are 3 cup ties and as we all know, anything can (and does) happen in cup games.

Like Crawley, Crewe and Scunthorpe were?

Around this time last year we were top half and he was seriously trying to tell us that we could go down. We finished 8th.

And then there's the lottery of the penalty shoot-out.

Reg is a more pessimistic poster. So the fuck what?

7 points cover 12 teams to 6th place....3rd place team could be a case of disappointment at just missing autos, coming up against a team on a late run of form.

Too early yet to see how this is going to pan out....but it is interesting.

unlike this arguing/bickering

Coincidentally I'm a Town fan too!!! My point is that if, from a managers perspective, at this stage of the season you are comfortably clear of seventh and in with a very realistic chance of automatic promotion, then worrying about securing a play off place will appear very negative to the players. It will filter through to them that the manager maybe doesn't realistically believe that they would be capable of a top 2 finish and possibly thinks that the play offs proves to be the best chance of securing promotion. Such negativity would only carry into the play offs anyway. With the players we've got automatic promtion is still a very realistic aim and if they are thinking any differently themselves at this stage of the season then mentally their nowhere near the level required to push on and make it happen. History means fuck all to Cooper and the current set of players and so it shouldn't. Hopefully we'll kick on again soon and go on another run, we're certainly capable of it.

 Preston have won 5 in a row. Before that, 3 draws and 2 losses. It doesn't take much of a run to turn things back in your favour at the moment.

Exactly. We're more than capable of doing something similar.

We've done well this season during tough periods and not so well when things are supposed to be relatively easier. So, using my infallible logic, we'll have a 'meh' month in March but have a blinding April to cement an auto spot.

But I'm not the manager.....maybe the fact we've so little experience either in the players or management, might work to our advantage, despite conventional wisdom pointing to the opposite view....being unscarred by previous failure, lack of fear etc.

I was interested in Lumpy's point about Bormuff t'other day, losing 5 in a row then winning 8 of the last 9.  I wonder what Howe did, to turn it around.....Cooper reckons 87 points needed for auto....so we would need something like 8 wins 2 draws from 13 games

We are, and it sounds odd but I agree with both sides of the argument to an extent.

Its probably impossible, but hopefully they are doing as much as humanly possible to only concentrate on Tuesday's game. One game at a time, win as many as you can, then see where you are.

That's not natural for us fans though. Its a boring assistance no to look past your nose.

Incidentally, wasn't today the 82ers Smith last game?

I actually believe that. Never had a problem with April, Preston away is tricky. Its still being in the mix when it comes that's the main issue.

It's happening in all 3 leagues - Mboro, Derby and Muff not a win between them, Shrews, Burton both beaten.

It's going to ebb and flow for a while yet.

I'm still not convinced by the 82ers

I think they will go up, much as it pains me. But its not impossible they will stutter right at the worst time. It would be lovely to hammer a nail into their faltering campaign  at Easter

City will win the title with games to spare I think. Although we've hit a poor run of form just as Preston have hit a good run of form, it'll take a monumental fuck up to not finish at least in the play-offs and I don't care about momentum, I seriously can't stomach it again.

:) I am mate......a real stinker.
iPad pills and no glasses my excuse.

Had a couple of 'special' fans behind us today.

First they were moaning about how long it was taking to get Louis Thompson off the field and then when a few of is were applauding Ajose going off we got some stick as 'he doesn't play for us anymore'

I am still optimistic and happy with the season.
Only concern we have is our Strikers form.
We don't have the 25 goal a season striker. Whilst all 3 will score a few they are not prolific.
However I continue to hang my hat on the fact that we create so many chances both home and away and as long as we continue to do that we always have a chance.
Keeping the faith.

Two home games that we can win.

Some bits and bobs. Jeez it was cold 2nd half, Crewe have the gayest drummer I've ever had the misfortune to hear, we didn't quite click today, we played some nice stuff on occasion thogh, and should really have  won that. I actually thought the ref got the decisions right in the main, bar he showed about 8 more cards that was the reality. Nate and Mass probably about joint MOM for me.

Forgot about the drummer! Surrounded by about a dozen teenagers. Stupid.

Um we have the leagues top scorer or am I mistaken?!!

Nggghhhhhh.

This has irritated me and wasn't even there

Bristol City will win the league, and to be fair, they deserve to. 2nd place is wide open.

Misses far too many "easy" chances.
Not moaning thoughand Works very hard.

How do you score 19 goals if you can't convert your chances?

He's going through a rough patch of form like all our strikers. And I'm with Cooper, a lucky bounce (perhaps on a better pitch..) and no one will be criticising him.

Edit: he'll be less criticised. I forgot some of our more 'special' fans like the ones mentioned above..

I like Williams but he does miss some piss easy chances at times. There can't be any argument about that, surely?

18 goals in 33 appearances, 12 of which as a sub... I'd say that's a pretty good rate.

No but you can't complain about having the leagues top scorer. You can't be more prolific than that.

Yes, but he's not saying he's got a poor strike rate is he? He's saying he misses too many. 18 goals in 33 appearances doesn't disprove that does it?

Jebus  ::)

Well actually, yes you can. He could easily have 25 by now.

but he's still our best striker by some distance

I've lost track of whether people are taking the piss in this thread anymore, so fuck it.

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Stats don't lie but he has missed quite a few sitters.
As said not moaning and having a decent season.
If we had a "natural" goalscorer sure they would hit 25 plus goals by now.
A Parkin, Cox, Austin type.

It's quite simple. I admit that I didn't put that last point over very well however.

All Duke is saying - and I agree - is that whilst Williams's strike rate and goals total is very good, it could and should be better. He misses some piss easy chances and some of those that he puts away are actually harder chances than the ones he misses (I think I said that right).

OK, so the response to that is..."Well if he was more consistent, he wouldn't be playing for us"

To which I will reply, "Yeah, well, whatever" and perhaps insert an amusing gif (although yours are always better...you bitch)...

Edit: Did I mention that I like Williams?

Exactly. Willo is not a natural or prolific striker.
If we had one I am sure with the chances we create he would have 25 by now.
All relative though. Like Willo and not complaining.
Take that header for an example on Tuesday night should have been in the net.

Everything to play for still. Next week MK play Preston whilst both also have tricky fixtures on Tuesday night. If we can win these next 2 games at home we may even be back in 2nd this time next week.

It does feel as though the top 2 is slipping away from us a little bit though. I think that is mainly due to recent form and a loss of momentum. Imagine if we had beaten Crawley and got a point at Scunny. The picture would be a lot different today. It just shows how close it is at the moment.

If Williams scored them all he wouldn't be in League One would he?

I think it will be play offs ...thought auto would be a big ask due to budget contraints, young side and Chuckles inability to change play once he sets his stall out (4th place at this stage is non too shabby though)....,hope I'm proved wrong and get this post shoved up my arse.

Our last 3 play off semis have all gone to a shootout as well. And if we do get through that we have the Wembley hoodoo to contend with.  I'm not sure I can face them again either so im still more than hoping we can finish 2nd.

Correct. I had already pre-empted that response to save you from typing it out but that's cool...

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IF we end up in the play offs and IF we end up in the final, I hope to God we don't treat it like we did the last time i.e. getting to the final in itself is an achievment.

Bollocks. It means nothing.

We need, if it should happen, to approach it in a business like fashion. Go in, get the result and get out, like Millwall did.

There's no such thing as 'a big day out at Wembley' in play off finals, the result is all that matters.

And in any case, 'Wembley' as a concept of the Mecca of football has gone. It went with the Twin Towers - but that's another issue.

Yes I know we still have a very realistic shot at the top two and that is what we should be aiming for and that's what I want and I believe we are capable of achieving it and I hope to God that we do. Just pre-empting a few responses there...

You bitch.

I'm jealous. I would love to get my hands on your gifs. It's in HD and everything  8)

Duke...you can count on your fingers the number of players who've scored 25 or more Div 3 goals for us in a season post war, and that's for a whole season. None have got to 30.  Willo is doing just fine. If he gets up to 25 by season's end he'll be in some very exalted company....like Bill Stephens, Morris Jones and Bob Edwards......Don Rogers, Peter Eastoe, SSP, Simon Cox and Billy Paynter.

Apology accepted.

We're one point off of second and we've yet to play Preston and Franchise.

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WRT Williams strike rate, goal tally, chances missed, chances taken etc.

Where would we be without him?, would Smith, Obika and the rest of the team have made up for his goal tally? Would we have managed to get in another striker from anywhere with our finances?

As said about the appearances from the subs bench, that makes a difference as does and for me this is crucial, our style of play. If we were more direct I feel he could have had more of an impact. Not forgetting the bloke spent most of last season recovering from knee ligament damage.

I'm sure Yeovil would have loved the goals he's scored this season so far.

No one is saying Williams is crap or that he isn't a vital player for us, just that he's missed a few sitters - which he has.

I know, I know, if he scored every chance he got he'd be paying for Barcelona etc... it would just have been nice if a couple of those sitters had gone in. That is all.

Strikers miss chances, they all do, even those for Barca. Willo can be a little frustrating as sometimes he misses the easier ones. He also scored some chances that others wouldn't have though - and yes I including Parkin and Austin. He's a different type of "striker" but he's had a bloody good season so far.

Oh and Louis has just tweeted saying He can assure everyone that wasn't his last game for town. Sounds promising, didn't look good yesterday.

That's good news. Certainly seemed like it could be a season ender at the time. Anyway what time did you reprobates leave the Flyer?

Bet you didn't get 4 pints for £11:40 in the flyer SR?

I only had one mate, was back in Sutton for 8.30, the wife was amazed I was back that time, and more amazed I was utterly sober.

She did intimate however there was the potential of a madras, so I didn't hang around, which got cancelled en route, so I bought some fried chicken at Sutton station which I promptly dropped in a puddle, I ended up eating doritos and a double decker for dinner.

soapy tit wank! Sorry to laugh at your misfortune.

My missus had a pot of chilli made for my return, I didn't drop any of it! Hope that's some consolation for you!

Exactly this. Willo has done fantastic this year and for sure we would miss his overall play.
As an example if Charlie Austin in his time at Swindon was playing in this team I am certain his goal tally would be mid 20's by now. All assumptions of course.
Need Smiffy and Obika to find their form rather than Willo.

Great news that. Appreciate the post.

Having seen the highlights,still not sure if Turnbull was offside and Crewes keeper made a couple of good saves but that's how it seems to be going for us at the moment. At least we're still creating chances so hopefully when the strikers get their eye back in,we'll get back on a decent run.

I went in for one and stayed for three. There was still 4 of them standing when I left with the Reading contingent. Old school Big Mac meal at Paddington completed the day for me and got home at 11:45pm in a relatively fit state. Managed to not fall asleep on the bus which was a major plus based on recent experience.

A win at home and an away draw is a decent run.
Smash the Pikeys on Tuesday and all will be well....

Duke, if we rolled back time and had the STFC Austin, he would be over 30 goals already and on course for a club record. Any decent striker would fill their boots with the number of chances we create.

Personally thought we were good value for the win yesterday but away from home I'd always take a point (if you can win your home games).

Thought Gladwin was poor yesterday and think we'll see him back in the centre of midfiled, with Toffolo back on the wing.

That hoof out the ground from Stephens apparently landed on the 16:40 train back to London Euston.  :D

It was certainly travelling. A few feet to the right if would have hit that tower and likely come back onto the pitch. It was travelling some distance though and could have well reached the station :)

Err that stand it got kicked out of is further away from the line than the stand we were in, so unless there was a 400 mph wind that blew it back, I call that as rubbish.

Wasn't his best game, it must be said. Gladwin will almost certainly be central against Gills given the loss of Thompson and Stephens. I'd expect a midfield (left to right) of Toffolo, Gladwin, Kasim, Luongo, Byrne. There's always the chance he'll play Luongo in the holding role with Swift attacking though. Kasim looked well off the pace on Saturday.

To be fair to Gladwyn, he's been shifted around a bit this season including playing left wing back when he's right footed. I rate him and a run in the same position wouldn't do him any harm.

Couldn't agree more. He's come on leaps and bounds from last season, where he had a nice touch but rarely seemed to influence a game.

Dare I say it ....Ranger would of got a bucket load.... What a waste...