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It's  nearly 10.30 and nobody can be arsed to start one of these.
Surly a new level of apathy.
3 - 1 to Oldham.
With no expectations of a positive result of any kind, I'm looking forward to this.

We need to get some Power songs going. If he stays in charge for more than his 91 days:

"Taxed in the morning, you're getting taxed in the morning"

Could be a goer.

Do we actually have 18 players today or are we looking at a minimal bench?

I didn't even know we were playing today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ddPMZGMXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC2ZY2loo74

Or maybe this one for the conspiracy theorists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd-fpWqLG8

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRv9wGf5pk

That's the spirit!

I understand that in light of bringing everything under his control Power may be planning to start up front for us this evening!

BTW we are going to win 5-0. 'We are Powers tax efficient army'

2-1 Swindon

Oldham are pretty tough to beat... But they win even less than we do.

Depends who we've got back but I'd like to hope we'll get close to a draw at least.

Sound like its going to be an enthralling game....

2-2 after being 2-0 up

2-1 defeat

2 - 1 win Power to run down the line towards the Town end and slide on his knees celebrating a 90th minute winner

I think we'll sneak a 2-1 win tonight.

A 1-0 defeat with Power getting sent to the stands for trying to bribe the ref.

A 1-0 win,then Power disappears up his own backside

Me either!!  :-[ At least you have the excuse of not living in the country!!  :girlgiggle:

2-0 defeat, oldham were very good on the counter last year at the cg

2-0   both own goals

One of Oldham's twin towns in Landsberg in Bavaria, Germany. A certain Adolf Hitler was detained there and it is where he wrote Mein Kampf. I think STFC will struggle to a 1-0 win tonight.

Didn't know we were playing either until this morning. Cant see it improving unless magically we have half a dozen back. 1-0 defeat.

My brother in law is over from the US for a rare visit and has proposed taking my two lads to the game for a treat. Not sure how to explain this to him .... so we'll be there watching a resurgent Town dominate Oldham as we cruise to a magnificent 4-0 win. Or some such.

Oldham are 6/4. I'll be softening the inevitable blow by throwing a tenner at that.

Hard to see us scoring many. You don't tend to when you consistently only manage 1 or 2 shots on target over 90 minutes. Despite the bulk in the middle of Branco and El Abd our weakness at full back means we are always likely to concede.
Going to be a miniscule attendance tonight but if we can get the likes of Brophy and maybe Jordan Stewart and Jeremy Balmy running at people and taking people on then, maybe just maybe, as in the 2nd half against Peterboro we can get the crowd onside and generate a bit of excitement. 2-1 Oldham in front of 5794 with Branco netting for us

I've got 2/1!

I got 5/2. I don't win bets often. good news.

This is the best pre-match analysis I have ever read.

I'm going.

Supposed to be doing something with BBC Wilts Sound.

5-1 to Oldham

x - y to Swindon.

Where x = 2 and y = 1.

We will snatch it at the death after going 1 down in the opening 10.

Makes sense, as Churchill was MP for Oldham....

Please let it be the commentary  :)
I may actually bother listening tonight.

He's gonna watch from the stand, so it'll be even funnier to witness!

Occasionally you get a comedy result in a shit season.....I remember the demise from Div 2 campaign, when we beat Blackburn 2-1. They had a side stocked with players who'd racked up shed loads of Prem games, many of whom used to be walking answers to quiz questions like Ashley Ward and Nathan Blake.

Others like Jason Wilcox, had played in their Championship side....we had Frazer McHugh.

Lurking in the Rovers ranks though was Simon Grayson...who up until May must have dreaded the sight of STFC as both player and manager....Grayson obliged with a comedy OG, and Frazer sensibly just hoofed the ball up for George Ndah to chase to some effect.

Track record versus Oldham recently does not make for good reading. Will take a point with our depleted squad. Probably down to the bare bones with the crowd as well due to Champions League on TV and why the Football League arrange it so is beyond me.

 :no:

Something pre- and post-match with Hodgetts and Alan Mac, apparently.

Don't we always draw 2-2 with Oldham, or is that just a painful memory.

Probably wouldn't be a bad result tonight

Remember they scored a cracker last season - followed by an equally good one from Andy Williams

Roger Palmer *shudder*

I'd settle for a repeat of the game in 66, when we beat them 6-3 at the CG....the Don getting a hat-trick, the joint highest aggregate scoreline at the CG, I'd ever seen, until May.

I don't think Lee will settle for less.

Imagine if we win and inept and crass becomes the official thread starter and we win every game for the rest of the season.

Already looking forward to the lighthearted banter and anecdotes.

Town starting XI: Vigouroux, Barry, Branco, El-Abd, Ormonde-Ottewill, Brophy, Traore, Rodgers, Kasim (C), Gladwin, Ajose

Subs: Belford, Balmy, Bangoura, Ojamaa, Stewart, Iandolo, Audrey, Randall

pmsl

Audrey to score the winner then.

Yasser captain. Perhaps there was some truth to the disagreement with management rumours then, hence why Branco has been in charge.

You're not plump! Pleasant...?

Horse brass fitting?

Morshead denied entry.

WAR

Pissed?  :)

Wrong! So wrong.

Saw him in person for the first time at Millwall on Saturday.

He's fatter in real life.

It's a sorry looking gate this eve...

I'm usually there when the going gets tough but, alas, I couldn't make it tonight.

Moaning on Twitter that he can't afford £26, what a pathetic two bob bloke

Actually he was saying he can't afford to pay £26 to go to work, which I'd say is pretty fair.

Audrey you sounded nothing like I imagine you.

Working for who?

Triple save from vigorous

MY News Agency, whoever they are.

Some Hampshire/South of England based thingymajig.

Sounds like it's owned by Miles Storey.

My first thought was fair enough, he's not press any more and should pay like everyone else.
 But I understand he's working for a news agency now, in which case it's a bit naff of the club to deny entry like that.

Hopefully it's a simple case that someone didn't get the message re: new employment.

You think that's the most likely explanation?

Total/Morshead didn't have a press box ban though, did they? The Liverpool fan is up there tonight for Total.

Can't read Scouse, so I've been following ASD's typo-ridden updates since the Moose left.

Poor ol' ASD, he tries...

Shaun Derry there then

18 minutes in and we haven't conceded yet... Power in!

And his persistence has finally paid off in my case.

You either have press accreditation or you don't? Otherwise what's to stop us all rolling up at the next game asking to get in for nothing as we are working for TEF news agency?

I managed to attend games for free for couple of years by turning up at 2:55 and pressing some buttons on a keyboard, sometimes incorrectly.

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28 minutes and already had 3 shots... It must be like watching Brazil

Oh boy.

Losing again.

Power out.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Sack the fucking mana.......

Oh hang on.

good finish. didn't close him quick enough.

I can see we are trying to pass it quicker, but in all honesty we are still  limp up front and shit at the back. as expected really given its the same team

I can verify this.

Also, Power Out.

Oldham working harder and winning the second balls.  We really don't look like we've got a goal in us.  It's pretty dire considering Oldham are shit.

That would be the only thing to stop us losing power out. Turn off the flood lights someone

I'm glad I managed to get home in time to listen to this.

If this is getting our identity back then we are fucked backwards and sideways passing does not get you goals utterly depressing

gone into shadow boxing mode. no fight whatsoever

This is beginning to get really really tedious.

I cannot adequately express the futility & desperation that I'm feeling with words alone.  A picture will have to do.

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my hair double !

Nooo... is it that bad?  >:(

Have we had a shot on target yet?

It would be pitiful if we weren't so laughably bad this season. Thank Christ I'm working on Saturday and can't watch Coventry wallop us.

(Cue a stirring second half fight back)

Utterly depressing.  The booing at the half time whistle summed it up.  The departure of Cooper certainly hasn't rejuvenated anyone out there.  Special word for Kasim who has been shit, lazy and selfish in equal measure.

4-4-2. Direct, quick tempo, get it up to the big fella and we'll turn this around.

Have we equalised yet?

And there was me thinking we'd turn it all around in 1 game.....

At least we'll get some more southern teams in League Two

#silverlinings

But probably not Oxford.

#anothersilverlining

It actually feels like doing community service being a season ticket holder a chore you could do without . I am going to give it 10 minutes in the second half it does not improve then I am going home I am that dejected with it .

Corrected for you.

Shaun Derry, Shaun fucking Derry. marvellous.

was hoping for a bit more passion and commitment.

same players, same old shit. suppose it's no surprise.

still, not over yet.

So all this shit about losing the dressing room and not playing for the manger. Load of bollocks, they just are very poor with no fight led by cunt in chief Rogers.

Not sure where any of them learnt their football but it must have been at the "Agression not allowed as it hurts" school. Rogers refuses any ball that isn't in the right place to make him look good especially if he has to challenge for it or even head it.

fucking hopeless. Easy away win for Oldham unless we get lucky

I've more chance of getting lucky.

Give Audrey a full 45 minutes

No, but it would be nice to see a bit more fight and commitment.  There's none.

Oooh, a shot on target!

Balmy ran around a lot on Saturday, he's coming on again. Come on Jezza son!

On the plus side, Aden Flint own goal at Brighton.

Another non-leaguer coming on.

According to BBC website town fans were chanting "Sack yourself in the morning" to Power.

Highlight of the game so far?

think that was the Oldham fans after the goal

Sounds like Oldham are well on top.theyve not won since 2nd game of the season ffs

Sadly anyone can beat us at the moment, we're that poor.

Looking forward to Power saying how well we played.

We are bound to lose to non league oppos in the fa cup.its inevitable

Cheltenham again

This sounds awful

Never has anything been so certain.

I wish I'd lumped on us going down at the start of the season, it could have paid for a holiday next summer.

Fair play to those still prepared to pay money to watch this, but I can't see myself going to a game for a while.

Im so weary of this i think id be meh even if we score

It's getting worse.

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Somehow I don't think you're going to find out.

Who was the last town player to score for us?

Obika?

Wayne O'Sullivan in about 1996.

Oh well could be a new local rival to play next season. FGR obviously as Oxford are going up!

Maurice Owen

Obika.

at Doncaster away?

Think so.

ajose

Bugger me.

HAROLD FLEMING SCORES!!!!!!!!!

Nicky Ajose!

good finish, suspicions of offside

soapy tit wank. Nice one

Hang on someone scored at home against Peterborough that was after Doncaster.

T'was an own goal.

Yippee ki-yay mother fuckers!

Oh dear

oh dear

Well that was fun while it lasted.

Couldn't make it up could you. 2-1 Oldham.

For the love of...

Yay i think......oh,shit

oh dear oh dear

It's going to be 2-2, we just need to play another 270 mins for us to score again :)

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What? Was only out the room 2 mins!

Crowd singing 'Power Sort It Out'!

Why has only 1 sub been used?  Give the lads on the bench a chance ffs.  They can't be any worse than those on the pitch.  Fucking joke.

23rd  :badmood:

Down to 23rd then. Not good enough.

This is actually getting amusing now

Down to 2nd bottom in the league now BTW

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It could be worse!

Only just

Ft.

Hello darkness my old friend...

Meh, has anyone chanted 'sack the board' yet?

8 defeats in 9, how do we turn this around?

Useless clueless cunts.

utter utter shite: full report to follow

what's the lowest ever points total in league 1?

Maybe worth a few quid on it, unless Lee's done that already to pay for the new training ground :)

10 men behind the ball and grind one out.
We'd have to abandon our 'total football' philosophy mind you.

For the first time ever, I've started to not care. I never thought I'd say that.

Nobody mentioned the crowd tonight, wonder why, was probably only around 5k bothered. Fair play to them all.

Overpaid kids,non-leaguers and couldn't give a fuckers.

The draw being courtesy of a last minute equaliser.  Extraordinary.

I genuinely don't give a shit we lost, think that's just because I expected it.

Doesn't feel anywhere near as bad as losing a game when you are going for promotion.

Bet the defeat that relegates us will though.

How do fucking gillingham do it.down to ten and another late winner.fucks sake

Multiple losses numb the usual feelings post-defeat.

This is a very grim situation we find ourselves.

Completely preventable, yet again.

Talking of our board, is Sangita Shah still around?

Interview bingo:

We played ok I thought.

There was only one goal in it.

It's fine lines in football.

Oldham came here and did well.

They'd done their homework.

Dunny's a good lad isn't he.

On another day it could have been different.

The job now is to focus on Saturday.

They'll be in tomorrow, working hard.

Nicky took his goal well.

It will do him the world of good.

There are positives to take out of this.

You can't switch off just after you've conceded.

You're at your most vulnerable just after you've conceded.

There is nothing flawed about my model and my paranoid dictatorial reign over the club and surrounding media. I do not have trust issues.

Because they play well as a team and have a decent manager who appears to know what he's doing.

They are everything we aren't this season unfortunately.

We need an experienced manager or, go back to the tried and tested big time player in his first managerial post. I don't think we'll get either.

Had 3 draws at 42/1 including us. Hartlepool and Orient drew. Fuming.

Oh well it will have cheered Cooper up a bit.

Kind of Lee Power to spare Morshead from having to watch as well.

And I would imagine they were all season ticket holders.  Nobody's going to pay on the gate at the moment unless they've got a screw loose. The crowds will only get worse as Christmas approaches.

Absolutely awful.  Some of those players shouldn't be anywhere near a League 1 team.  It really seems like we're just going to have to wait for the injured players to return, but we could be well adrift by then.  We're in big trouble no question.  Very depressing.

I have thought of a positive though. We have yet to play any decent sides yet this season so we are bound to raise our game and go on a massive run beating all and sundry.

Huzzah!

That was shit but no surprise
BOO one of the worst fullbacks I've seen wear a  Town shirt. Leaves us exposed and puts pressure on the rest.
Hoping Power realises some his recruits are just plain shit and are just not cut out for league one football.
Going to probably end up eating humble pie at the end of the season but even when the regulars are back playing again I can't see it getting any better. The players bought in on paper should be good but they don't play together as team

https://sammorsheadjourno.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/no-entry-at-swindon-town-a-technicality-or-a-personal-vendetta/

A midfield of a half-arsed Kasim, Traore and Rodgers would not cut it in League One, League 2 or the Conference.

"The fans dont understand".Arrogant prick

The fans dont understand what it's like to put up with 8 losses in the last 9. Fuck off, we pay the money as fans to see that utter shite and he questions the fans.

Also apparently Power said "Luke Williams will now be on the training ground as he was last season." Where the fuck has he been then?!

Surely if he was half as bothered about either the football or his profession as he claims to be, he'd have got on with it and paid.

Free loading fuck.

Abysmal doesn't even begin to describe the Town performance tonight!  Kasim was a total wanker and eventually cost us the second goal - his performance tonight was absolutely awful and must be dropped if Robert is fit.  Too many triangles at walking pace and then giving the ball away, mostly by Kasim.  Why, oh why, was Gladwin playing far left, he should have been centre midfield and trying to influence the game but he was almost as guilty as Kasim for giving the ball away.  No engine room whatsoever, no bite, no tackles in midfield.  A poor, poor performance.

When Power said "like you say" during that interview for the 10th time, I wonder if Shaun Hodgetts was ever tempted to say "But..but..but I didn't say any of that crap"

He's probably right though to a degree. I bet he knows more about what's going  on at SN1 at moment but obviously has to keep stum.
Things haven't been right since the end of the season, the silence at the club, the will he or won't he go saga with Cooper and Wednesday and the club refusing to give any clarity on the matter.

I assume he thinks he is too big for us now, especially as all his contempories have got big money moves elsewhere which must be a bit of a pisser for him.

Look on the bright side he has paid considerably more to watch this shite than any of us have? That investment is looking somewhat shaky if this continues.

Kasim clearly doesnt give a fuck atm and he's really getting on my tits. gladwin must play just behind the striker and give the lad stewart a try on the wing.

Unfortunately this is getting to the laughable stage. Be amazed if there was more than 6k there today

I had an email this morning from the club promoting tonight's game for £23 in the side stands,  and 40% off hats. With the comments on here and the expected performance I don't even think I'd have gone if I received a complimentary ticket.
I went to two matches last season and I just don't like the way we play. It's boring. Tippy, tappy side to side and hardly anyone shoots. We need some rousing performances.

Cov might bring a fair few to be fair, that will boost it

I left at 65 mins cold and thoroughly dejected how Power can take any positives out of that is beyond me. We look very poor all over the pitch no cutting edge no creativity so depressing and Power seems to not want to change the tactics, you can play out of defence when you have decent players but when you are playing the reserves you have to change the style of play.

Well where to start....

Vig - kept us in the game with a couple of saves
Barry - pointless him being out there
El abd and Branco - didn't really do anthing wrong but then thats difficult when you just past sideways
Boo - least he sometimes ran at players but delivery was shit
Brophy - never seen a more one footed player in my life. Should never play on the right
Traore, kasim, rodgers - they should never play together again. Same type of player where the passes are all either backwards or sideways at a pedestrian pace
Gladwin - poor game but then is played out of position. Play him behind Ajose!
Ajose - excellent finish for the goal at the second attempt. Other than that no service what so ever

Why Stewart never came on I will never understand!

Hes not give a fuck since february tbf

OK, well, the first 20 minutes were OKish, we sort of tried to pass with a bit more pace than previously, but had there not been a double wonder save from Vigs we'd have been 1 down. In fact, the defence looks as shit as ever.

However slowly but surely we returned to type, and after Oldham scored it was dire up to half time. I said earlier in the thread it was like shadow boxing, not being arsed to make a tackle and devoid of any quality.

The relief of half time was over far too quickly.

The second half was even worse than the first, Ajose's goal aside. We were fucking awful. I'd rate this current 11 worse than Jimmy's and Iffy's and anything else I can remember over the last 25 years. At least those fuckers tried. This team can't even be arsed to do that.

Kassim is a fucking waste of a shirt. International my arse. He doesn't currently deserve a move. Though I'd happily drive him there.

Traore is just plain shit. Talk about flattering to deceive.

Brophy at least looked half bothered. Thought he tried hard despite his limitations.

Balmy is a joke player. Shockingly poor tonight. Can only think Power was on a bet to proclaim his sub performance good.

Which twat thought it would be a good idea to stick Gladwin on the wing? Wasted.

Ajose looks lazy, but he scored a good goal and isn't a loan striker.

The defence is absolutely shocking. Piss poor.

Vigs had a good game,
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Totally pissed off and disillusioned. Then I had to listen to Power's bollocks on the radio. He's wrong. It was 70 minutes of pure shit. End of.

Cunts.

Stevie Wonder could see it - take off Rodgers or Traore,  push Gladwin there, bring on Stewart.

Instead we got sideshow Balmy, whose performance showed us why he didn't cut it at Oxford U or Oxford City for that matter,

Summary of game - We were shit.

I'm a little concerned/bemused by the post match interview. What I took from it, was that Cooper had abandoned the 'Brand' of football that Power demands, and the players need to be reintroduced to it. I'm not sure what Cooper had introduced in it's place, it's not like he'd gone long ball and it looked suspiciously like last season's football with worse players.

Also that, as JFW had said on here, Williams hasn't been coaching (not allowed to?)

So, if Cooper had basically turned into Colonel Kurtz, how the hell did Power not know and why had he not done something about it earlier?

What the fucks going on?

 

Yup, basically agree with Batch's points, although El-Abd had a good game and only him and Vigouroux can come out of the game with any credit.

Rodgers, Traore & Kasim were all absolute dogshit.
I don't mind losing, but losing like that, with no desire, passion or urgency is a real kick in the teeth for the fans.

I usually look for the positives in a defeat, but there weren't any tonight, just can't believe how bad we are currently and 11/10 on Coventry at the weekend is buying money.

I think before the game started anyone could have told them that kasim/traore/rodgers midfield 3 is a horrific trio to play together.

Gladwin is our best player currently fit and his best position is behind the striker. Fucking play him there!!

Ajose needs someone to create chances for him and no one will be able to do that in the 11 we had other than gladwin so he needs to see the ball and he won't do that on the wing.

It's difficult to even get angry about it.

It wasn't awful it was just nothingness.

Barry was God-awful, but my it was Kasim that got my dander up. Half-arsed doesn't come close to describing his performance, culminating in the cock-up that handed them the winner.

Make no mistake, even with our 'better' players back we will struggle as something has infested our club that will be difficult to shake off.

Disappointed not to see Jordan Stewart

Actually Abd and Branco individually weren't shocking or anything. But as a combined defensive unit we look woeful.

And one of them should have cleared it before the second goal though (edit: or was it Kassim).

Kasim is the new David Prutton 😱

I think that's more down to the the defensive shitness of the rest of the team tbh, think those 2 as a duo are actually playing quite well but the rb/lb and the midfield are not supporting them.

God we were awful tonight against a very poor Oldham team. Not looking good for anyone coming in.

I thought Branco and El Abd did OK considering the shit support they had from the fullbacks and non existent midfield

Jonathan Douglas - good one season, gives up the next.

Totally agree - Boo and Barry, shudder. And no, the midfield don't offer any protection.

Wow, that was bad. Players out of their depth, putting zero effort in.

Stayed overnight in Exeter......thought I would remove myself from it all

Epic fail....

Texts came through for updates and the lads and I'm just as fucked off.....quit the boozer and back to hotel.

Sorry lads but it's down by Xmas...

Fucked off, pissed off, fuck off!

What his happening to my Town!

Night x

And take off BOO and put Brophy in his position. Saying that Barry couldn't be arsed going pass the half way line. He is totally out of his depth.

I'd like to know how you can 'reward' Kasim with the captaincy, after his alleged 'strop' on Saturday. Doesn't do much for team morale.

Full backs are centre midfield are massive problem areas for us. At least we scored. That is about as much as i can say about tonight.

I'm not sure barry couldn't be arsed, he's come across to me as very committed, just very limited at this time. Think he'd be the first to admit he didn't expect to be playing ad much as he had had too. Same with Brophy

I just can't get over how shit some of these players are. It's an embarrassment at the moment.

He's not that good !!

Ha I was thinking that too

What happened Saturday?  I thought he was injured?

Certainly led by example tonight - how to be shit and lazy!

Cannot be arsed after no-one came in for him in the last transfer window...and you can quite easily see why.

I distinctly heard Lee Power say that we play "Irish" football in his post match interview. If that is the case, why didn't he bring on the boy from Glentoran?

This is getting so depressing. 

The only thing our opposition need is to need to score a goal, once they have one they are comfortable and can coast through the game so easily they can use the time to consider such things like whether they should finally stop taking their tea with sugar or if they should repaint that spot on the wall where their toddler decided to draw a cow or keep it because they kind of like it and it reminds them of simpler times.

As soon as, like tonight, we somehow find ourselves back in the game it is so so easy to get their noses in front again, they didn't even have to work for it.

We're the easiest 3 points in football at the moment and every team in the draw for the FA cup is desperate to get us.

We have so many players out and have way too many players playing more minutes than they expected to all season already but if there's one thing football fans cannot abide is a lack of effort.  We can forgive all manner of things but to not give a shit is unacceptable.

Not necessarily because A: it can't get any worse than this and B: if anyone can turn this around they'll get a statue in the middle of the Magic Roundabout...

Every team we've played recently has been shit, it just doesn't matter.  Barnsley were one of the worst sides I've seen in ages and they put four past us.

By winning promotion back to League 1 next season?..  :wink:

85' Swindon equalise
87' Oldham score..

I remember Iffys first three games in charge, we lost of all of them. Then away at Brentford we basically changed formation/tactics and shut up shop from the word go.
We got a boring 0-0 but it was our first point in 9 games (the last being that 4-2 win over Yeovil with tea towel chants and people climbing stands) but it was exactly what we needed.

We only lost two of the next 15, ok we got alot of draws in that period but it at least stopped the slide and steadied the ship.

Sometimes you need to do what you need to do in this divison. If that means grind out a result then grind out a result

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That brentford away game was a good day out, scorchio that day. Rory fallon missed an absolute sitter

Excellent!

Sorry just checked it's actually "high risk"!

oh ffs.

I put an insurance bet on last night. convinced I'd claimed 25 off bet365 was a crumb of comfort after yesterday's cluster fuck.

go to transfer the money, and id somehow fat fingered the selection to a draw. ffs.

Robert claiming he will be fit for Saturday, Turnbull will be back, Obika probably (he was touch and go for last night apparently).  A bit of hope, would love to know what has been going on at Calne with Williams apparently being removed from coaching.  Kasim did not play on Saturday claiming injury yet was given the captain's armband after an MRI scan showed that he didn't have an injury.  Snub for Branco in removing the captain's job from him yet he - despite his limitations - is not one who should have the finger pointed at him as letting the side down.  Kasim certainly let the side down last night!!

Kasim should just fuck off

Corrected for you.

So this Frankenstein experiment on my football club continues. Where are the crowd with the pitch forks to stop it?
It truly is like watching a car crash in slow motion. Coventry will rip us a new arse on Saturday, better start praying for snow.

Coventry haven't scored in 3 matches.
That is sure to change dramatically on Saturday against our no-hopers, unfit and overrated prima donnas.
Kasim should be ashamed of himself.
Power is deluded.

Are we still playing the newton's cradle formation?

There was a slight improvement last night.... Until their first goal. Then heads dropped. The biggest issue we have isn't the style of play, it's the personnel available. Of those on the pitch only the central defenders and goalkeeper earned their money. Inexperience from many showed, but Kasim's 'couldn't give a fuck' attitude was the biggest disappointment. The sooner we get players back the better.

We will not go down this season.

Kasim worst game ever for us. Summed up by his piss poor half arsed free kick in first half. Even my 9 year old knew it was certain to end up in the seats half way up the Stratton Bank. He may offer virtually nothing else but as he can occasionally muster a half decent effort surely Rodgers should be taking them

Desperately looking for any sort of positives I was more impressed with Ajose than any other time I've seen him this season. He received the usual zero support or service but did keep his head up and keep working away and deserved his goal for that at least. Other than that Vigoroux being voted man of match for home game v a very ordinary Oldham team surely says it all

Last night showed that a basic 442 of average players willing to work hard both when in possession and when the opposition has possession gives you a good chance of getting 3 points.

Town's (Power's) set up showed that you'd be lucky to get 1 point at best.

I'm struggling to understand how our style of play is supposed to achieve the best chance of winning game. Pundits Hockaday and Alan Mac can see the failings, the fans can see the failings, so why can't Power?

Power had better let the new manager set the type of play, or we'll be in a relegation dog fight from now until Easter.

What was the official attendance in the end?

(Not at the end.)

I thought El Abd and Branco coped quite well with their attack considering the lack of support they received from the rest of the team.

A midfield trio of Rodgers, Kasim & Traore just doesn't work, all too similar, none of them get stuck in or create enough.
Traore was the best of bunch but still did not have enough influence on the game.
Kasim was truly shocking, his decision making at times was beyond belief and I lost count with the amount of times he gave the ball away cheaply.
Rodgers was just Rodgers, nothing else to say on him really.

Brad Barry and Boo look like they are out of their depth and could do with a season or two at Conference\League two level.

Vig's made some important saves but again I think a season at League 2 level would help him.

I was pleased for Ajose, he took his goal very well...It was the first decent ball we put forward to him in 4 or 5 games..It shows what he can do if you give him a bit of service.

Overall a bad performance (no surprise really) & with the attitude of some & the quality of others I fear and feel we are going down this season.

I wish I shared your optimism. You're right though the problem is the personnel available. The Power strategy is high risk, and this season a dodgy recruitment summer and some misfortune has found us out.

What is quite scary, is that we've only played 4 top 10 teams, and we've yet to hit any inclement weather or a dodgy pitch. We need 40 points from 32 games, so something like 12 wins and 4 draws would do it.

Sounds easy enough doesn't it, but to set a context, we won 16 from this stage last season.

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not sure if I've mentioned it, but the one thing that me mad with rage yesterday was our total reluctance to put in a tackle when losing.

it was crying out for someone to lead by example, even if that someone got a yellow card for their troubles. kasim should be that man, but if not then I hope to fuck LT is back soon.

in fact the only positive response I saw was for a few minutes after the sarcastic cheering after we had a shot.

Rain looking good. Could do with Saturday called off, hopefully see more players return and give it a proper go at Wigan. Would potentially give a new manager a week or so to try and make adjustments. Of course this won't happen and we'll get a Cov sized dicking at this rate.

Perhaps Jay could do a banner?

Side pass
Concede
Defeat
Repeat

Amongst all the doom and gloom one thing made me smile last night, ball ends up on the Stratton Bank, two ball boys sat up there together, neither makes any attempt to retrieve and return the ball so our goalkeeper has to go 15 rows up the bank to get it for himself!!  Perhaps said ball boys were asleep or just thought "Fuck you lot, you want the ball, you go get the fucking thing yourself!"

Whilst Power has employed ball boys their job is to just look the part whilst he fetches the balls.

What you didn't see was Power was just on his way over from the dugout  but Vigs got fed up of waiting.

Powers got the power

Feel like Ajose could be our saving grace, if given the chances he will score and can go on a streak.

I'm not sure that it's meant to. I think it's meant to win just enough games to keep us going, but the main motivation is to act as a development factory for young talent we either sell on or are nurturing for proper football clubs.

He'll have to put in more bloody effort than he did last night then. Lost count of the number of times he just didn't react as a ball sailed past him. They weren't even half chances, much less good chances, but I'd like to at least see him feign an attempt to win the ball.

He's well out of sorts. To be fair he's got very little chance when he's up top on his own (no choice I guess). But at least loo like you give a stuff.

And don't get me started on Gladwin shooting into a defender when he had two runners ahead of him in great positions,

That second goal was horrifically bad from us. Why couldn't someone just smash the fucking ball away, game management is absolutely non-existant

That wasn't sarcasm. It was genuine celebration at making their keeper do something...

Didn't that sum up the evening?! Ball boys who make the keeper go into the stands... At least Vig got applause for fetching it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRGIusqWZNo

2nd goal is horrific. Barry needlessly gives ball straight to Oldham player, and follows that up with a too short hospital pass to Branco which he just about clears to Kasim who then carelessly returns it far too far in front of Branco. Balmy doesn't bother to track back allowing Oldham full back all the time he needs to cross which Rodgers caught wrong footed stretches for but rather than clear presents Oldham with winner on a plate. Only Branco and clearly pissed off Vigoroux look in anyway bothered by fact that 2 minutes after Ajose goal gave us unexpected glimmer of hope we completely gift them a winning goal.

Thanks for the description, is the video any different.

Jesus what an awful goal. I count six mistakes from us in the build up.

Been a critic of our insistence on short pass outs from Vig, but our goal came from just that - Vig, then 2 passes later Ajose scores.

Reminded me a bit of one of our goals at Orient last season.

Ajose wont create his own chances but he will score when chances are made for him. Is it any surprise we have struggled to create with a midfield of Traore, Kasim and Rodgers.

The reverse of that, of course, should be a tighter defence.

Therein lies our major problem.

A scum supporting work colleague said as much after our Derby defeat.
He said we played alright, they played well - but their play matched the occasion. They were committed and wanted it more. They werent afraid to put tackles in but we were.
Even a shit player just to kick people would be an improvement.

Where is Lee Collins nowadays?

Lee Collins, Darren bullock, even Edwin fucking Murray. Just someone to shoe the opposition and breathe some life back into the crowd and team..


ok not Edwin Murray

Even someone like Andy Gurney who was at best a terrible footballer

It's interesting how similar this season is looking to 00/01.  At that stage we had 12 from 14 and were in the relegation zone. We managed to get the magic 52, just enough with Rovers' last week implosion. The extra 40 were made of 10 wins and 10 draws. Kingy more or less went into grinding mode when getting the job about this time....kicking provided by Sol Davis.

Good luck to Power if he thinks we can play our way of this....it's brave.

as if Saturday wasn't difficult enough, now this

http://mobile.football-league.co.uk//news/article/2015/coventry-citys-reice-charles-cook-making-history-between-the-sticks-2756027.aspx (http://mobile.football-league.co.uk//news/article/2015/coventry-citys-reice-charles-cook-making-history-between-the-sticks-2756027.aspx)

All true but should add that Branco also had a good chance to clear at the start of the move and Kasim did look upset about the goal with his hands over his face and a bit of an argument with Ajose as they went back to the centre spot.

Coventry haven't won a league game at the CG since 1960, of course not that many played in the intervening years.

Our goal shows how simple it can be. 4 passes to set up Ajose.

And a lovely composed finish

Roberto Carlos free kick at Leeds....just after I told my mate it would end up in the stand...

Cracking game. Local TV highlights pundit Neil Warnock said a lot of good stuff about us that night - probably the only time I quite liked him.

Sol Davis was fucking ace. Went on to have an ok Championship career didn't he? Luton? Can't remember.

Solid left back who isn't scared to be a bit dirty is a bit of a rarity at our level. Seems a long time ago now, but he was alright with the ball at his feet too?

It can't have been a huge gap until his replacement was David Duke.

John 11:35

BOO is so bad, I found myself yearning for Callum Kennedy. Likewise with Anton Rogers/Bobby Howe... and I hated Bobby Howe.

that last one is odd, because "bobby Howe's sexy football" was going around my head after the pdc chant went up.

I think you've misunderstood the Williams way. There is no such thing as a defender, they are all ball players full of flicks and tricks and one touch football judged on pass completion stats. Rogers being a prime example of this.

Its all zonal defending marking the space, no actual tacking or first time clearances, no nudge in the back, no clipping of ankles, nothing.

exactly. shadow boxing :(

Another thing worth mentioing is the fact that Ojamaa didn't even get off the bench when we were crying out for a bit of creativity. He's been a massive disappointment so far. It wouldn't surprise me to see a mutual parting of ways within a couple of weeks if he doesn't manage to turn things round!!