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3-1 win with Luke Williams side stronger than the weakened XI that Mellon goes for.

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Henry
N. Thompson
Barry
Turnbull
Branco
Brophy
Kasim
Doughty
Rodgers
Ajose
Obika

Subs:
Iandolo
Sendles-White
Cooke
Evans
Young
Twine
A ridiculously young goalkeeper

Strangely looking forward to a game in the sun. There'll be cricket next door, right?

Branco is injured i think, wasnt even at the sponsors dinner on tuesday

Then in comes Sendles-White... and another kiddy on the bench.

Despite there being no decent public transport routes to Paddington and me previously saying I wasn't going to go to this, I have decided to make the effort. The weather helps a bit!

Quite looking forward to our final game in the sun. Entertaining 3-2 win.

Got a spare ticket for the DRS if anybody needs one!

5-3 end of season goal-fest. No tackles as the players won't want to risk having to hobble around the Butlins snooker hall this summer.

0-0 end of season bore draw.

2-0 Town, Beeks & Ajose.

I'm hoping that the Irish Messi plays today.

Why is this being played today, is it on the box or something?

I think he's unable to due to the loan deal with Grimsby.

Doncaster V Burton is, and all final fixtures have to kick off at the same time.

Ah, I see.

Boooo.

Why do you say that Rich? Grimsby sent him packing back to the Town a few weeks ago I thought.

Henry, Thompson N (C), Sendles-White, Turnbull, Brophy, Kasim, Rodgers, Doughty, Iandolo, Ajose, Obika

Subs: Marshall, Calvin, Evans, Young, Twine, Hylton, Cooke

That could well be our youngest ever bench with Hylton being the oldest at 22, the average age of the subs is 18.

Happy to see the back of this season, would be nice to end it with a decent performance and a home win.

Forgot we were playing today! Decent lineup, going for a 4-2 win

Could be some goals in this game, 1 appearance between the two goalkeepers! Shrews having a 19 year old making his debut today.

Has he reached the limit for the number of clubs you can represent in a season?

I don't know because surely if he has played for us already then that wouldn't count?

Not a clue.

Ha. I've got a live stream from Ralphy's phone.  ;D

Its bloody good too isnt it!

A goal for Donny means that Walsall go up automatically... as it stands..

Penalty to Town.

Scored Ajose 1-0.

End of season dullness.

Shrewsbury are pretty dreadful.

Chalky trying to be very honest about the penalty (foul in the build up, apparently.)

Trying to make up for something? ;)

Ajose 2-0.

8k. Decent attendance.

3-0 Jordan Young.

3-0!

Young !

Jordan Young becomes the Towns 3rd youngest scorer after Paul Rideout and Andy Caton at 16 years 281 days.

All over 3-0, not bad.

That's that then.

Good to go out on a win and finally put an end to the season.
Shit season in a shit league.
Less of a northern bias next season so that's a bonus.

Power needs to get business done early this year to get a decent preseason into the squad but that's for later.

Well, without the 2 bad injury spells we'd have probably been up there or abouts. But every cloud etc, looks like we have a lot of promising youngsters, that probably wouldn't have got a chance in a "normal" season. As above I reckon the next 2 weeks are key, before everyone buggers off to vegas, magaluf etc.

So, Northampton, Oxford and Bristol Rovers... plus potentially Portsmouth coming up... Charlton & Franchise coming down... Not too bad in terms of 'shorter' distance to away games for next season.

A nothing game that we totally dominated from start to finish - but for the woodwork it would have been 5.  Shrewsbury offered very little but when they did get a one on one the keeper saved it well.  He looked fairly composed and did nothing wrong, really liked the look of Jordan Young when he came on - although really impossible to say too much when he only had 15 mins or so - one for the future no doubt.  JSW in the centre of what was really a back 2 did ok and allowed Nathan T. to get forward whenever he wanted which until the substitutions was with regularity.  That's another season done and dusted, perhaps best forgotten in the context of how things went for us.

Should be fun that, northern league 1 was fucking dull

Brophy deserved MoM.

easy win.

my boys are arguing over which one gets first weeks custody over Doughty's away shorts.

Not picking on you here wooly, but I've lost count of the amount of people who have said this recently and, in fact, do every year. It never happens, it's not us. We wait until the last possible moment to get the cheapest deal possible.

[Be thrilled to have this thrown back in my face, fwiw]

Power alluded in his last phone in that 2 players were as good as done and would be joining as soon as the window opened and 2 others he was very hopeful for, so all being well we could have 4 sorted at the start of the window. We shall see.

When does the window open?

Williams said they hope to have one signed soon. Will have to wait and see i guess

window opens July 1st

Shrewsbury were in holiday mode and offered little but thankfully our lads wanted to win and played like it. Nice to go away with a win, a good performance and knowing I won't be back until August  :)

Well Shrewsbury join Chesterfield in the worst team I have seen this season award. However it was a nothing game so they can be excused.

We dominated possession as we normally do but created so much more today. Blatant penalty smashed in by Ajose broke the brittle resistance and second half we completely dominated.
A great finish by Ajose after dithering defence by the Shrews and then we hit the woodwork twice before young Young scored neatly after superb work by Brophy.

Overall a good end to what has been a bit of a stagnant season.

Brophy was my man of the match today but thought the team played well as a unit against pretty feeble opposition. Kasim was back to his best today, hopefully we see him again in a Swindon shirt. Young looked tricky and Obika was imperious as always and should have scored after a good move.

Now for a break and to see what recruitment we make in the summer. Would love to sign Doughty on a permanent.

Final comment on Obika giving his shirt to the fella in the wheelchair and Doughty for giving his boots to the little kid with Down syndrome. His little face was priceless.

You're talking about what has happened and Wooly is talking about what needs to happen and to be fair, he's right. You can't be just getting your squad sorted out at the end of August, you need to be doing that a month earlier. Power's no mug and hopefully he will do his best to rectify that.

Our passing football was lovely to watch and the whole team kept going well on a warm day.  Brophy had a terrific game, my MOM.

Strangely enjoyed that - especially the 2nd half. Shrews were total shite, mind and their GK was dreadful with his kicking.

2 things stood out for me - Nathan and Brophy must be first choice wingbacks. Very impressed with Brophy although he is easily outmuscled. The other thing is how important Ajose and Obika are - be almost impossible to find a better front 2 at this level.

What more is there to say about Rodgers. Overhit every corner and apart from the short passes gave the ball away every time.

Good to see less fannying about at the back and no short corners - see Rodgers above.

As  for next season it's more about who stays then who comes.

The call of what needs to happen occurs every year though and is popping up a fair bit now. I gather we've got "players lined up" but even then, I am sceptical. And based on history I think I'm right to be sceptical.

Nice to be debating a more trivial matter!

Surely, any players we've got lined up are ones already at the club on loan. Plus that Goddard from Woking.

JSW will be here, Turnbull most probably, Doughty hopefully.

Yeah it gets called every year and not happened but I think playing the way we do players need more time than previously had.
Hopefully when Power said he had a couple lined up that wasn't just to keep fans happy but a reality.

 :pint: here's to moaning about the England team not town for a while.

We got business done early in 2010/2011...

Highlights


http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/10274717/swindon-3-0-shrewsbury

Evans had nothing to do but made an amazing save from a one on one.

Does that clean sheet mean we haven't broke the rubbish home clean sheet record Reg is always banging on about??

Think you mean Henry ;) Dunno about the clean sheet thing think we equalled it.

Equalled it...with three different goalkeepers having one clean sheet each.

So, and I can't remember who started the rumour, but does the lack of Robert, Balmy, Traore show that at someone was right about them having gone back already?

The fact they are in france wasn't a rumour, I think it was the all 3 injured bit raised suspicions.

don't think Balmy is in france!

Yes, the last 2 games have salvaged a bit of pride....still unbeaten at Spotland in the league.

And today equalling, but not beating the fewest home clean sheets in Div 3 with 3.

Further we avoided joining the likes of Div 3 sides 10/11 and 55/56, generally regarded as being two of our worse in not having more home defeats than home wins and not having a negative home goal difference.

Those 2 share the hall of shame with 00/01 for Div 3, for at home crapness. It's something we didn't manage in 59 other Div 3 seasons, whereby it's been a positive goal difference with mostly more home wins than defeats, maybe one season with same home wins and defeats.

Blimey only 5 pages on a mtd .No wonder I have defected totally to melksham town .A new stadium all youth teams to play on the same site ,you can have a beer whilst watching the game and we have a total community club with local people running it for no financial gain.There is no playing budget at present and won the league last year and beat Salisbury ( Billy big bollocks ) at this level in the county cup .Carry on Lee power but one day everyone will see the light and stop supporting your financial puppy .

People will/may/have stop supporting Lee Power but not the club.

The 2 are different, you know

And, apparently, we have no budget either!

You sound like that christian bloke on the fans group on facebook

But how many pages are their match day threads?

People such as yourself really need to grow up and stop acting like spoilt little kids!
This season has been no different to 90% of our history! In our whole existence we've only ever spent 19 seasons above this level so I continue to find it perplexing why people think we have some god given right to be challenging every season!

Fair comment but I think you are wrong 60% of fans live outside Swindon power has no relationship locally with press or community at all but as a fan that's a huge starting point .I hope you all wake up to smell the coffee soon

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Power's a twat. I don't like him or the way he runs certain aspects of the club.

Didn't stop me or 8000 others going to watch a game today

Thats like me protesting against cars by buying a scooter.

Fuck off and dont come back.

Match Thread Day

Henry looks a decent prospect on limited viewing. Seems to know when to come and when to stay. Also has good positional sense. I think he's earned the bench next season and maybe we could do worse than start him. Sendles White looked decent but Shrews were shit. Brophy had a really good game and couldn't believe it when the two footed lunge through the back of him left their fat fuck no 38 on the pitch. Kasim though makes such a difference when hes on his game, which he was today. Rogers was fucking shite and I hope and pray when Kasim goes that we dont see Rogers as his replacement. Though Iandolo looked good as well but most players should look good against a team that were on their hols already. It was good to see less fucking around at the back today as well.  Also good to see Thompson as rwb. 

Tails ... You are the twat as I am not coming back as I posted earlier .Enjoy the demise under power . I am sure you are as passionate as I was once .

Will Henry certainly wasn't the MOTM in my eyes. However, his one-on-one impressed me mostly because he didn't have that much to do before that.

He's taken his opportunity of first team football brilliantly and given them something to think about.

I think he was awarded it for last week's performance but in front of home fans.

Nice gesture for the young fella

I thought Brophy was probably my MOM.  Definitely a decent player in there.

Not a great season but loads of positives today

Pitch looked very good for an end of season pitch, good healthy crowd, the goalie Henry looks a very good prospect, Nathan looked good in that right side position, Kasim although im not a big fan played well give him his due and great to see the young boys come on and Young score a good goal

Didnt see Power in the stands, maybe he was busy recruiting for next season  :( :D :hmmm: :eek: as he needs to get it right over the coming months as i would hope we dont go through a similar season next time round as it hasnt been that enjoyable give or take the odd game or two

Looking forward to some local derbies though after missing them for a few years

Certainly be some spicy games next season. Not as exciting as Melksham v Calne Casuals though obviously.

Yawn each to their own .Thought this was a 80% bollocks forum

And you still felt the need to up it?

Proper enjoyed today. Decent crowd, good performance, good result, beautiful day.
I also thought Brophy was very good today, though no one was particularly bad bar Rodgers. I don't berate him even half as much as some do on here but he was so bad I laughed a few times. Loved seeing bits of the old Kasim!

Shrewsbury survived the drop though.. Fucking hell, shows how grim the teams that went down were

I watched Fulham v Bolton yesterday and I can't imagine they're likely to do a Wigan, they were dreadful and Heskey started up front for them. Their squad is ancient.

My advice to everyone is to enjoy the summer and expect little next season, you might be pleasantly surprised.

I'm not renewing my season ticket, I've no faith in "No Power" or "Luke Warm", a couple of London spivs and not giving my hard earnt cash to a couple of wide boys.
Today proved two things to me.
One, the system works a treat if you are up against garbage or a team on their holidays and
second, the attendance really does prove "eat shit a billion flies can't be wrong.
Next season, away games only for me plus the piss stains and gas at home, cant miss them even if the cash goes straight to Power.

So youve become exactly what you were 'moaining' about.... One average season and you're done!

I thought the first half was shite.

Town replicating Man City in midweek, lots of play and passing and getting no where.

Pen was a gift and dispatched perfectly by Ajose.

Second half was a different story and we should and could of got 5 or 6.

Youngins looked good, which is worrying as Power probably thinks the squad is fit for purpose.

That's said Shrews were shite and disinterested unlike a fair number of their fans that made the trip down.

Season binned and it can well and truly fuck off.

Lingy and Ajose saved us from a dogfight this season and for that I'm grateful.

No doubt Ajose and Kasim won't kick another ball for us.

Very few highlights indeed as I only went away three times and the home stuff hasn't been great.

Doughty v Millwall I will never forget....

No ST for me next season after 8 years (I think) on the bounce.

I will match Powers commitment... Going to games deciding as and when I put my hand in my pocket.

Had a chat at half time with the lads and less home games and a few more away day piss ups is on the cards for next season.

All a bit meh from me and concerned about next season.

Hope I'm proved wrong and this post is shoved up my arse this time next season.

See ya mate.

A nice sunny day, 3 points, promising display from 3 local lads, a fair crowd, quality finish from Ajose, class from Kasim, quality and commitment from Nathan T and Obika, finally some end product from Brophy. Sure Shrewsbury were half hearted but had Henry not made such an outstanding save at 2 nil they could have been right back in it. So whats not to like? Some will get sold? Sure they will just like Rogers, Parkin, Mayes, Shearer, Luongo, Horlock, Austin, Eastoe, McLoughlin, Byrne et al. As long as replacements consist of Premier League promise rather than Oxford City cast offs then next season with some decent local fiixtures promises to be much better than this one.

Williams said one of the French boys will be back next year, here's hoping it's Robert.

Lets hope its not Balmy

There is something pathetically insecure about people who post pieces like this.  I stopped watching speedway years ago but I've never felt the need to post on their forum justifying my decision, urging others to do the same, or hoping that the club folds.  This sad desire to get public endorsement of one's own actions usually says more about the poster than the audience.

Spot on.

Yes I too will not go because Power doesn't spend any money.

Except on debt.

And Luongo, Smith, Byrne, Obika, Gladwin.

You'll be back as soon as we start winning you fickle cunts. Until then, yes, starving the club (that runs at a loss) of income makes absolute perfect sense.

Balmy signed a one year contract in September 2015, the other two signed one year deals in June 2015, so don't get your hopes up.

That's fair comment, but there are also posters who berate the likes of ekarot who themselves choose not to go when they could easily do so if they so wish.

Hypocrites.

And the training ground. But that doesn't matter to some as long as their sense of self importance is shared to all and sundry, who in the main don't give a fuck. To be fair it has polarised a few, and is a subject we wont know much about until we look back. The naysayers may be right, but to keep on banging out every unsubstantiated thought as a fact is very very tedious, as is having to keep responding to them. I'm glad the seasons over and I can avoid logging on for a couple of months, it's drained me far more than an average season has all this saucepan banging.

You're going to underwrite a 6 figure operating loss (caused in part by declining revenue from fans choosing to stay away), spend futher 6 figure sums on players and commit to building a training ground? Superb, good on you! Wish I could afford to match your commitment

That is pretty funny!!

I would guess Balmy's contract will still expire at the end of June. Doubt he'll be given a deal that runs out 2 months into a season but this is STFC I guess.

Yeah but what has Power ever done for us?

The second-hand quotes used by the Adver state...


Williams is fence sitting. I guess we'll have to wait for the retained list, which won't be far away.

Traore would be my guess although we have a 1 year option on Robert which we may take up I would have thought. I thought Robert looked good at the start of the season. Certainly very creative.

Well, there's the aqueducts ...

Just guessing here, but has Robert been in the cold because he's one appearance away from triggering that option? Or is the option for us only...

Either way, none of them have done enough to stick around for me - average low-end League 1 players with zero resale value. Much rather we went after a couple of exciting players from L2/Conference level...

Called drainage these days, and they will be using special, I say special sand for it. Special to some will be COD from the local traveller camp i'm sure.

Recent weeks Williams has kept mentioning about Robert and niggling injuries and his lack of fitness - I'd be inclined to keep Traore I think he has shown in patches he can be decent so another season for him may be benficial

Traore seems to have a very high opinion of his own playing abilities.

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Thanks for all your valuable comments on my post over a year ago.Tipping point is the training ground set up and blatant money making by power(loans with interest and selling players to pay himself back .Absolutely nothing illegal  about any of that as Lee p can do whatever he wants with this business I just don't feel there is any progress plan that a fan can get excited about as its all about power getting his money back (in my insecure opinion anyway ).I hope I am wrong and will never change my opinion ever again.Hypocrite?Turncoat?Disloyal? Minds made up already but the whole match day experience for me has gone so won't miss much anyway.Oh and thanks for reading this and feel free to fire the bullets while you still have the passion to do so

More comebacks than Sinatra.

Absolutely nothing in your post is factual based on any evidence. Loans with interest hey? seen the full accounts then have you as never seen interest mentioned anywhere! The training ground a tipping point, our own facility on peppercorn rent is really bad news isn't it?!

As others have said if next season we are successful many of moaners will be back. Far too many attention seekers who want to be able to say 'told you so' on the off chance they are right.

Anyway goodbye then!

You cherry picked and missed the point.

I don't like or dislike Power but thankful the club is run better than before. But that's got fuck all to do with my view of the pitch and that's what I'm alluding too.

It's just that since the Wembley no show,the buzz hasn't returned for me and Cooper telling me we played well when you could see from space that we were shit didn't help...at least that prick has gone.

Last minute.com deals don't inspire me as a great plan. Away at Newport in the JPT we struggled to get a team..... If people think that's ok...ok... I disagree.

Saying that I went to every home match on my ST bar four through work commitments. I'm just not prepared to do it again and pick and choose.

I will be there this coming season more often than not.

I'm not encouraging anybody to follow what I'm doing or insulting those that have signed up for a new ST. It's just the way I feel.

Say what you want....my loyalty and commitment previously was at a high level....I completed the 92 in December and did over 75 following the Town and I can assure you that some of those seasons I went knowing we would get dicked but still felt excited...this season has just left me feeling underwhelmed and only three away showings for me...

I hope my attitude changes.

So you've not done the 92 with Town then?

No.... 75 with the Town.

Then various on my travels.

Reading was my least favourite!!!

To be fair that would be impossible as there are 6 grounds in the 92 that didn't exist last time we last played them:

Man City
Arsenal
Brighton
Cardiff
Derby
Barnet

It was a tongue in check pisstake tbf. But thanks for the huuuuggge bite. FWIW, not for me to judge whether people want to go to games or not, each to their own.

Power just isn't exciting enough for the fans. What we need is a Brady/Blatchley/Donegan type consortium who can promise loads of stuff but leave us in the shit 4 months later when everyone has realised it was another false dawn.

Maybe Cliff Puffett could publicly declare we're a sleeping giant waiting to be unleashed.

Its a fair summary of probably how 90% feel, then you have the mainly massive negative 10% that shout all the time about vague stuff. No one should ever be shouted down about not getting a season ticket, or even missing a year or few due to work/family. But get winning and everyone will go at some point, which is the key for most, then the rest of the squabbling will cease. Gonna be interesting this summer for sure. Will only take one iffy signing to set people off :)

People really don't choose to stay away because of the owner. It's always been if the product on the pitch is shite.

Always has been.

Obviously some do though according to some posts. Wonder what would have happened years ago if there was the internet, and our 8k crowds when the ground was full were analysed?

But you had some 'fans' saying they wouldn't go because of PdC.

Why not just come out and say 'I can't be arsed anymore'.

I've been fed up enough this season to swerve quite a few games, but for me it all starts afresh in August.

Plenty of people had perfectly valid reasons for not going due to PdC and of those I knew, all have since returned

Ditto as above, the loveable old mental right winger. Or was he a left winger when he played.

How many would that be ?

Anton Rodgers couldn't even shine playing on an almost perfect playing surface, with the sun shining, and against a team that couldn't be arsed. Get rid.

He did alright first half (Rodgers) to be fair, 2nd half he did absolutely nothing.

I'd agree and most of the things that he did try, basic things, went wrong.

Honestly, I've never seen him have an even half decent game. What Lukey sees in him I'll never know.

Me for one. Suspect there weren't that many. Why?

On the basis that you have declared Iffy is coming back...I have renewed!

PaulD is another. Maybe Mex too.

He changed the game at Gigg Lane early in the season. That said, they were terrible and we were even worse until that point. I'd be happy to see him replaced this summer.

You're all missing the point which is that I fancy him.

From memory, and I apologise if I have got this wrong - both ended up attending matches under Di Canio anyway! Some exile eh...success on the pitch nearly always leads to fans returning, regardless of the reason they stopped.

Was that the first half where he punted the ball out near the corner flag & then waved his arms at Obika as if to say "why didn't you chase that". It was so bad nobody gave him abuse they just laughed.

He can take a good free kick, but for a midfield player lacks the ability to get up and down the field & shirks a tackle.

he can spot a pass.

shame his feet are uncooperative.

He cannot pass for shit. Usually he hits a lovely 30 yard cross field ball and follows it up by giving away a three yard pass.

I think he's under contract for another year?

At least means we may get some Swansea loans next season?

Admittedly I judged his game based on his low standard performances, but he was better than usual first half, put in a couple of tackles and three really good corners.
Still would love that to be his last game for us though as I hate the little cunt with a passion.

I thought he massively overhit every corner

Nope, three corners I witnessed all delivered in to the edge of the 6 yard box, if we had anyone with any height or heading ability we could've capitalised.

Nope never saw a pdc game. Been back but not much since due to work and now having no family in Swindon, been to a few away games but pdc killed it for me

Went back second season. Nothing to do with "success", my youngest wanted me to start taking him to games again so put his wishes first. Fucking hated it, tbh, relieved when the bastard left. But feel free to make your own judgement on something you know fuck all about, you clearly have already.

I take it that you did not get on  with your youngest.

:D He has his moments

Watching the highlights on the club's player site and the generic Football League commentator (that is his real name) refered to us as 'the Shrimps'.

I like it. Swindon Shrimps.