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I've never started one of these so why not.

Getting married in Galway on Wednesday so hopefully we'll win to start off the celebrations  :pint:

1-0 town.

Better performance, same result ; 1-3 defeat

1-1, 720 away fans

comfortable loss.

^ this

I've lost track of what day it is and didn't realise we were playing today.  I can't see us getting anything at Burton, but stranger things have happened.

Good luck tomorrow BO, hope you have a great day.

Edit:  Good luck on Wednesday, I really have lost track of the day  :)

I remember driving to Burton once, and meeting Hertha in a hotel car park. It was so romantic...

1-1 also forgot we were playing as I would have driven up for this.

In Burton, decent beer! Think we will lose 2-0 though

Kasim not in squad. Make of that what you will.

He's injured according to BBC Wilts

I thought Ling said he was going to introduce some fresh faces into the squad. Who's that then?

I think 6 of our lot would get into any other league1 side on ability however their attitude seems to be a bit rubbish.2-0 defeat today

Just saw the team...What does Rodgers have to do to get dropped?

And BOO instead of Brophy.

Good Luck Bob...You're getting married on my birthday..

I'd much rather see Traore than Rodgers.  He had a good couple of games before getting injured.

Who would you put in there instead today?

Oh wait, forgot about Traore

Looks like their keeper had his weetabix this morning.

At the risk of jinxing it, sounded encouraging.

Might be the last of Kassim...

For this season I would pack his bags for him.

Let's hope that's not our one good half.

910 away fans according to wiltspol football on twitter

Good effort

V good indeed

Not sounding great thus far..

Don't forget they had Saturday off so the 2nd half was always going to be a struggle as we tire!

bollocks. penalty.

nuts

How many pens have we had against us this season?
Must be pretty high number

Hairy arseholes,

Typical.

Ffs

FFS...

Shitty are getting a dicking though, 4-0 at Burnley, with Andre Gray scoring a hat-trick, who turned them down in August to go to Burnley

Cuntbollocks and arsegonads.we were looking good for a much needed point

Double substitution and Rodgers is still on the pitch :hmmm:

To be fair not being at the game I can't really comment, as he might (although unlikely) actually be playing OK ;)

Who cares about Bristol City? Seriously, who?
Still better off than us.

Sounds like we are at least pushing for an equaliser

 :yay:That really takes the edge off a defeat at Burton.

Me. I spend a lot of time in Bristol and I enjoy the schadenfreude.

Couldn't we swap the penalty save for Saturday? Balls.

Load of bollocks. Two tricky games, came up short in both. Surprising no, disappointing yes.

Were going to go on a 6 game losing streak.

At least we know who to blame....

Shame that today....I was just refreshing the BBC report page.

Seemed we did ok.

Losing to top sides doesn't wind me up as much.

We have to beat the bottom sides and get some results mid table...

See this normally would rile a response, but it wouldn't surprise me if you were right.

Especially when Thompson and Gladwin go back....

Munch munch.

Deserved a point out of that, turnbull knows he fucked up for the pen, put his hands up at the end. How the fuck Gladwin stayed on I do no know, bloody terrible today, lost the ball so many times. Rodgers did nothing wrong imo.

On to Port Vale, excellent support today from the 900+ that were there, great effort.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: someone text wilts sound, " sort it out Ling & Power, losing to teams like Gillingham & Burton aint good enough"

Sums up many of our fans.
Those teams are near the top for a reason, the same reason we arent

We've shown enough over Ling's tenure to suggest that we'll end up mid table come May, maybe even sneaking into the playoffs. Compared to where we looked like ending up before our 4 game winning run, I'm happy with that.

Did i imagine it, in the pre match interview Ling said Burton will be fresh because thier game was postponed on Boxing day but i will not use that as an excuse if we don"t get a result.
In the post match interview he said that Burton were a lot fresher because they did not have to play two games within 48 hrs. :headhurts:

Did he say we lost because Burton were fresher?

Wouldn't have thought they would have been too tired after Saturdays pathetic performance.
Giving a penalty away in both games isn't too clever either.
Lets hope we end up with less loanees after the transfer window.
Having Wes Thomas sitting on his arse at a club this size is unforgiveable.

not exactly herthab, but not far off:

Two games in a couple of days makes a huge difference to results.
http://www.fifpro.org/en/news/study-only-two-recovery-days-is-unfair-play

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Swindon are not really a club of above average size imo.

If only everyone on here had the same philosophy.

clearly bollocks, unless you really think only 909 people are entitled to an opinion

I assumed he meant that as a small club having someone like Thomas sitting in the stands is unforgivable.

certainly agree with that, but can see hands are tied.

My point exactly.
Wes Thomas should have been playing.

Depends what they say really

if you're making a general point about the defeat them fair enough, but it's a bit laughable to discuss the intricacies of the performance if you weren't there.

There's always at least one on BBC Wilts saying stuff like "we're not putting enough pressure on their midfield" or some rubbish you clearly can't tell from listening to whatshisface describe the player's shoes/repeating the score line every 5 seconds

On the individual performances today, then yes.

Even from a few minutes of highlights I don't see how anyone can form a valid opinion on a players performance. If you are basing it on the radio commentary then surely you are just regurgitating someone else's opinion

Sam Parkin says it how it is.

Maybe so, but it's still HIS opinion

but only 1 person criticised a player, and I assume they were there.

I rely on second hand information to form an opinion. You'd rarely, if ever, find me challenging somebody on how they saw an individual's performance or individual team performance. That would be a silly thing to do.

I still think I'm better informed overall than some who do attend matches though, some are just fucking thick.

Feel very hard done by not getting a point today. Thought we defended very well against a team top of the table and made one mistake, we were punished for it. Turnbull was fantastic up until he didn't put the ball out let Beavon in and made a mistake by giving away the penalty.

First half we played some really good football and would have gone in 1-0 if it wasn't for a fantastic save by their keeper from Obika sliding in at back post.
Second half they limited us and we didn't really create much.

Individually, Vigouroux played his best game in a town shirt. El Abd and Turnbull worked well together. Gladwin was awful and couldn't put a foot right all game.

 That's our 2 free shots out the way and no bonus points.  A pity but not yet terminal....the defining games are the forthcoming matches against relegation rivals in Jan and Feb. It's a shame that these key games happen around the window, so squad uncertainty,but I don't suppose the likes of Blackpool, ColU, Barnsley, Blackpool, are in a whole lot better shape.

Classic STFC visit to newly arrived from non league club today.....that's the likes of Fleetwood, Oxford, Cheltnum and now Burton where we've yet to win.  :(

Played ok today but no cutting edge in final third (again).First half they won every second ball but we passed better than them which annoyed their fans(I was sat with them).Second half they kept the ball better without any real threat .A few observations though -boo when those crossfield passes come towards your player --head the ball away rather than let them control it.Gladwin - that extra touch you sometimes take ( and sometimes it's 2 or 3 or 4 too many) put us in big trouble again ( losing possession in the final 3rd is better than in front of back 4 .Also am amazed at some adver ratings as ajose and Robert were really poor at times . Also Luke Williams does the organising and shouting from the bench as the manager sits or leans at the dugout which I find strange.All in all a bit disappointing really it felt a bit like we wanted a point only when we are more than capable of trying for 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6VXVDzoPIY

Highlights, the save from Obika looks even better than it did in the stadium, amazing save.

This pretty much sums it up for me. Their keeper made an incredible stop in the first half and got MOM.

Coming out empty handed felt rough.

I noticed that as well, think we've now got the answer  :(

Blimey reg and I are in agreement then ! Wishing lingy and his family all the best and if the story is completely true at least he had the sense and admission that he had to make the right decision for his health . Lots of people would just take the money or carry on in denial . Absolute legend more than ever before

We played fairly well from my point of view- deffo looked good value for a point.

Obika should have put us infront for sure. Sloppy from Turnbull; fucking about with it in the box.. Just clear your lines lad.

910 is impressive and we made some good noise in the second half especially.