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A city where they'll remind you they have a cathedral to spare. A ring road that takes a little getting used to.  A leisure centre that's shaped like an elephant. According to their badge, they either have massive footballs or tiny castles.

A fixture we'll probably be playing again next year in League 2.

Enjoy.

3-1 Swindon

We created a bucket load of chances last week & still couldn't score.

Hopefully if we do the same we can manage to put the ball in the net this week.
Coventry will be on a bit of a high after getting to Wembley in the Dontgiveashit trophy so the players will either be on a high or in don't get injured mode.

Anyway, two poor teams play out a draw which doesn't really help either in the long term.

Its a real must win for us.
Its a real must win for them.
0-0 it is :)

Nah, I have no idea. We know Turnbull isn't infallible. I have no doubt Obika and Ajose will start to score again if we keep creating chances, it just a question of time. And its running out for us. It has to be today.

I'm going to this. Why, I don't know, f'k it.

We really need 9 points from the next 3 games.

I see this being a draw at best or a condemning defeat.

2-1 victory followed by a 10 match unbeaten run to see us safely finish 14th and a statue of Williams and Power to be erected outside the Winners Lounge.

Moving house today. Was thinking that my currently place was the reason behind our shittiness. Worth a try, right?

A rare weekend where I'll probably not know the score until full-time (that's the intention, I'll be looking throughout probably).

1-1 - No good to either.

I can see us winning the next 3,  a forerunner to the Great Escape - problem with that is Power will be vindicated over not sacking Williams and he'll stay in charge for the next season whereby we do it all again.

Summat to look forward to, eh.

1-2 Swindon, safe travels to the Town fans that can make it.

I'm going and taking the missus, cause I'm romantic like that.

Where can I get a beer before? Google suggests the casino is the best bet?

Eerily quiet in the city centre, place is becoming like a ghost town.

Pre match lack of candidates for a Lady Godiva re-enactment in The Earl of Mercia.
Plenty who look as if they could fill the Peeping Tom role though.

Crucial 6 pinter today.
Promising start with a Sadlers Mellow Yellow.

Storm Norris to strike in the second half.
Might not be enough.

The battle of the two shittest sides in a shit division. Lucky for me my knee is still a bit fucked so can't go. Nothings changed for us so a draw at best but probably a defeat.

I will be there. Optimistic we will bring the three points back. If we play like last week, surely at least one has gotta go in.


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This, at best I see a draw with few goals scored by either team, and a sending off probably Nathan.

1-0 to us with Ajose getting the goal!!

I'm en route.

2 bets today. Norris to score 2 or more (18/1) and 4-1 win (50/1)

Think I'll be looking for my marbles soon!

Got to win, probably lose. Draw this one and the next one and we've got the win.

 :)

If only the players and management could capture the essence of match day like WB.

I do enjoy wobbly bobs posts and commend his fortitude

Today is the day. 1-4 Obika and Ajose netting a brace each.

Because fuck logic and I'm fed up of predicting defeats. Believe in the power of positivity.

It will never catch on....

Have you been sectioned?

No idea why, but I'm on a both teams to score/Swindon win bet

I'll hand myself in if we lose again.

£2.50 a pint of kingmaker and £6.95 for 2 very decent meals in 'the Litten Tree' pre match have brightened my step. Few Swindon fans about, pleasant locals make for a 4-1 win today.

Going to head to the casino in a bit for some card antics, SY mentioned a big Tesco, not been tempted to find it so far!

Tesco is right next to the stadium

You would have trouble missing the Tesco! lots of food places there too like KFC Frankie and Bennys etc too.

Swindon unchanged today.

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Heading to the casino I reckon on that news!

16/11 for us to lose today. For a team with one point from eighteen is it? That's crazy odds whoever we're playing against

Yaser?

average game, two good chances to one in our favour.

not much else to say

Freekick on edge, Ajose time? :D

1-0 up! AJOSSEEEEE

What are the pies like?

Yellow filth doing us a favour two up at Chesterfield now 😟

it pains me to say it, but I can see them reaching the playoffs :suicide:

Take a look at @JayBox325's Tweet: https://twitter.com/JayBox325/status/835514391084863489?s=09

Oh my, 2-0....blimey.

Yipeeeeeee

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

:toocool:

WTF.

Anyone want to petition the FA to extend Sherwood's ban?

Whale oil beef hooked.

2 goal cushion (hopefully) to help compensate for Williams' half time team talk.

Just checked my 365 account, I didn't put a bet on 2-0 after all 😭

This feels like 3 draws all in 1!

Doesn't sound a good game but fucking hell thats a good scoreline so far, as FH says lets hope Williams doesnt do his normal half time teamtalk trick.

Was it pre Oldham that Williams regained control of the team? Or pre Northampton?

well, it was an average game when I posted.. then two good crosses later...

ajose nearly added more but for last ditch Turnbull tackles.

Coventry are poor at the back and offered little threat going forward so far.

😂

 :eek:

Happy days. Feel more comfortable if we get one more.


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So far so good.

To be fair it's as much a case of they're poor as it is us being good.

That said, at least we look threatening going forward again

Turned to Sky Sports to check the score with an impending sense of doom to find we're winning by 2 goals.  Bloody hell! For christ sake Town don't mess this up.

Who were the crosses from Batch?

No, Batch is watching not playing ;)

Or is he?

Gladwin and Colkett according to BBC

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Beeks goal

http://youtu.be/yrS9d2AR8-Q

Superb cross and finish

sitter missed from ajose there to kill it

I'm working in Coventry today and tuning in on the local BBC Radio station.

I was wondering if we'd signed a new player as the Commentator kept mentioning one of ours called Figaro.

Took me longer than it should to realise he was talking about Vigs.

Great first half from Town. The local comms have both agreed we've been the better side.

Let's hope we can keep it up

it was Gladwin first crosd.. thought it was boo second but could have been colkett #brain

Ajose misses open goal from 8 yards.

853 town there.
Good effort that

gone to sleep last 5, dropping too deep, too much time and space. still ripe for picking them off if we break

Very good all things considered.

3-0

Bloody Hell!!! 0-3 Ajose, Beeks, Ajose !!!

fuck yeah! boo cross,  goal!!!!

YEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!

Ajose!!!

0-3

bugger, Jones injured

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Ajose scores 2 in a game!

He's going to be the top scorer at this rate...

at least the 20000 Coventry fans can enjoy their day out at Wembley :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

'Away from Obika...Or was it Conroy? Difficult to tell.'

Yes, they look so similar don't they!! :-)

Great performance so far.

Sounds like we've done well on the whole, even if against a poor team. This won't lift us out of trouble but it's a pretty huge step. If we didn't get the win today we'd have been in serious trouble given results above us.

Oh shit! 1-3.

Please! No!!!

We need 1 more goal I have 4-1 in a bet!

1-3 great result even if the perfomance wasn't brilliant.

Game over...Kept our long unbeaten run at Cov going...

Ok maybe you don't need to be sectioned. Maybe I need a bit more positivity instead.

 :beers:

Its not over. Vale and Gills to come next.

I fucking knew it was the house. I fucking knew it!

Lets enjoy today.

Had a fiver on 3.1 at 25/1. Do it every week so was due one.
We can do this!

follow it up with a win against the gypos on Tuesday and it's starting to look better

Well well well!

Strange feeling tonight...Victories are rare.

Back to back wins...Let's all dream!

We won an absolute must win game.... relief rather than enjoyment. Much sterner tests ahead.

Williams:
- Both teams trying to win
- We made break though which made it more difficult for Cov to come back
- Goals: Two great deliveries into the box and two good finishes
- Majority of goals are scored by poachers in the box. Thats why we needed good deliveries
- Expected Coventry response. Talked about how they would do it at 1/2 time
- Hope we have learned a lesson and will be able to go forward and build on it
- Difficult to play against Obika due to the position we play him. Do the midfield or defence pick him up? Seems to work well. He comes deep and can take the ball to feet from our defence.
- Difficult for Coventry sharing with a rugby club.
- Know Coventry are down there with us. Teams around us have won, so we have kept up with them.
- Need to push on.
- Jones injury: Will assess over 48 hours
- Nice to be in a position to be able to afford to be able to take him off
- Kasim: Had a scan. Feeling pain in his ankle.
- Take a lot of encouragement from a good performance against Oldham. The only bad thing was we didnt score. Good performance to day and scored. Disappointed we conceded at the end. Hopefully these performances will build confidence
- We have fallen at too may hurdles. This was a banana skin today. The type of attitude shown today is what is needed. So many players are learning. He then talked about psychology of how to improve.
- Discussed how good Turnbull was for us.
- Hylton: No change. A club matter. There is a process taking place. Williams wants it sorted soon, but wants it done properly.

Ok, great result.

Thinking ahead to Tuesday and although I like him, hope Branco is on the bench and we stick with same starting lineup.

Possible signs of life since William's given full control of team selection.  :sherlock:

Fuck Hylton....Nobody ....Nobody needs to focus on what happening with him.

Release as soon as possible.

2 goals for a player in same game Reg....The worm has turned.

Yep. Nicky needs to go on a roll now and get up to double figures.  I think he might be the third player to score for us in 3 different spells.

I certainly feel more optimstic than I did 2 weeks ago. Ajose scoring is a massive plus, his goals could keep us up. Wins need to get rolling now.

Scoreline aside, does anybody know how well (or otherwise) we actually played?

Yes the fans that went.

Meow!

We weren't staggeringly brilliant today but it was one of those decent performances against a truly bad side that was more than enough for the 3 points. All 3 goals came from beautiful deliveries in the box by Gladwin, Colkett and BOO and expertly finished by Obijose on each occasion.

I was a bit worried at 60 minutes as we looked dead on our feet as Cov pressed us back but we got the all important 3rd goal at a great time. It was funny that Cov scored in the 1st minute of 5 injury time minutes but you still sensed we could fuck up and get a draw!

Not going to get carried away, Cov were abject and at times our defence looked shaky. But we got the win and if we follow that up on Tuesday, we can get out of this.

Man of the match for me was tough as nobody stood out, I thought Obika probably shades it, strong, great in the air and on the ground and a brave header for his goal. A few we want power out chants at 0-0 and 3-0 which I think are foolish bearing in mind we were in the huge white elephant of the Ricoh arena spanking a side who have had the heart and soul ripped out of their club, a real shame what has happened to Coventry as their fans are good people. We chatted to a couple who haven't been since Highfield Road got knocked down, which is pretty sad.

Onto Tuesday night!

Great result and some very impressive predictions beforehand.

...well those Coventry fans at the start of the season were right, we haven't been much cop this season.

Alas for those Coventry fans, their lot are worse. Poor beggars.

Good defensive performance although Vigs will be disappointed to let that shot in for his standards. Clinical finishing for the first time this season was great to see but will mean nothing without following that up with 2 good results in next 2 games. 4 points out of 6 a minimum but must look for all 6

Shame Millwall missed 2 pens in injury time against Oldham as would have been a great weekend with them losing

What have you got for the lottery numbers this evening?

Manager of the season ;)

How did we play? How did we play?

Short answer: Who cares.

Long answer:
The first 25 or so were fairly even, we looked to have a bit more of a cutting edge but neither team looked anything other than teams low on confidence an low in the league. We had the better of it, and first Brophy (straight at keeper) and Ajose tested Coventry. Coventry themselves had a decent chance before we scored, it looked to be a nervous afternoon.

Then we scored, it was either a fantastic cross or a really shit shot from Gladwin, but the poacher that is Ajose nipped in and tapped to into the net. Assassin.

When Obika doubled the lead from a stooping header after a Colkett cross I though I had entered a parallel universe.

In truth we looked to be more dangerous than them after the first goal. Two last gasp tackles from Turnbull denied Ajose twice - he doesn't look fully sharp yet as he should have been quicker to shoot. This is a good thing, in that two goals and there is still more to come.

Second half Ajose missed a golden chance to put the game t bed when he stepped around the keeper after running on to a through ball, and hit it left footedly high and wide somehow. And then the game started to change and you wonder if that miss was going to be pivital.

On the hour mark Coventry stepped it up, they had to at some point. A 2-0 loss is useless to them. And we seemed to run out of steam and up the nerves as we dropped deeper and deeper. But there was always the chance to catch them on the break, the Coventry defense is more rickety than ours*.

And catch them we did as BOO ran down the left, had options but played a hard square pass that the assassin ran on to and buried. And that floored Coventry. AS they sill huffed and puffed but couldn't really do a lot, an initially well wide shot that was deflected just past Vigs post and the of corner aside. They even introduced Yakubu. "Feed the Yak and he will score" - my advice to Coventry - less pies more salad.

And so into stoppage time with Town fans pinching themselves. I tweet about winning "the must win game" and as I do so Coventry score. Totally missed it. Don't care. Saw the replay and it looked like VIgs could have had it..but given his form and the score who cares.

*actually we defended pretty well.

Now onto the negatives. Jones took a knock and hopefully his withdrawal was just precautionary. The defense have looked better of late IMO and Branco should be benched for now.

And while the win was good, we played OK and were clinical...it was against Coventry...who are absolute pants. Time will tell if we've turned the corner, or if we've just beaten a shit team.

Edit: I've slated Gladwin and Colkett in the past. But since Ince has come in there are signs they can be useful. Gladwin we know has skill but is still lazy. Colkett for me today was MoM.

Thanks Batch.

I read that in the voice of Stuart Hall.

:)

I'm just reading the Coventry thread. Obviously they ain't happy and I'm sure we can empathize.

http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/coventry-v-swindon-match-thread-saturday-25th-feb.73239/page-10

Not read much post match yet but this I think a lot of us can relate to this season:

I feel for the Cov fans (one of my mates is one), they have a rich history but been let down by greed by current & previous owners, we think we have it bad, they have it 10x worse as they are owned by what I call leeches who will suck every last penny out of a business and then dismantle it, then move onto the next. They are in the same vain of form of the companies that took over Littlewoods & Comet, ran them into the ground and left the businesses dead. Their future is in doubt but the current owners had offers to walk away with a nice pot of gold but turned it down because their leeching is supposedly working for them.

We have been here before this season though, a good result and some optimism about a good run of games so I am staying tight lipped until after the next 2 games which we have to win BUT we have been playing better recently but missed that clinical finishing which seems we had some of it today (but should have had a couple more).

It's for the best...

Thanks for the write up Batch.

It was a must win game and we won it. Hopefully that will raise the confidence levels and we can take the momentum into Tuesday.

We do seem to do better when Branco isn't playing. I hope Jones isn't injured for Tuesday meaning Branco will play in his place.

A bit unfair on branco who looks good in a 4 but crap in a 5. He's no worse at CB than Jones.

I haven't read any posts or heard any feedback, so sorry if all this has been covered already...
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Funnily enough, the point at which I accepted relegation as pretty much inevitable, was the point at which we'd been our most creative of the entire season.  At half time against Oldham, we'd had 16 shots, half a dozen of them extremely presentable opportunities, and scored none.  This wasn't just bad luck, or "one of those days" - for me it was symptomatic of our rancid 'developmental' approach to professional football: winning just doesn't matter enough.  Hey, we'll have more chances and score one eventually, and if not *shrugs shoulders* we go again.

So here we are, dilly dallying about whether to go or not all week, but unable to resist one of our more local trips to visit a club so hopeless, that they never ever beat us.  And whilst the afternoon doesn't have the big day out feel of our recent visits to the Ricoh, or even the heady Premier League trip to Highfield Road, there are plenty enough of us here, bringing a confused sense of desperation, pathos and well, whatever, we're here.  I'm slightly confuddled by the Power Outers starting at 0-0 - we're not even losing yet and they demand we get our £350m per week back (stay with me)...meanwhile 20,000 sky blue seats silently scream be careful what you wish for.  To be fair, they were both consistent and innovative, continuing when we were ahead and with a medley of new numbers too.  There was nothing quite as catchy as 'We want Power out' though, and I found myself wondering if some people joined in just because, and whether they'd similarly start imploring the banning of 4G or something, if only a few others started up first.  Or maybe I'm totally unfair, and everyone knows exactly what their chanting for, just as I mustn't patronise those Brexit types either.

Somewhere out there, a football game was going on - and any comments about the quality must also be tempered by acknowledging the absolutely dreadful pitch.  It was clearly a hindrance to our preferred style of keeping the ball in our own half for seventeen hours at a time, so we were forced to occasionally go a bit longer, and even make the league's worst team defend and for us to pick up second balls.  And knock me down with a feather, but this more mixed approach had us look pretty damn threatening at times.  I do recognise that our opponents were comfortably in the atrocious category, but there was a creeping sense of optimism and blimey, even expectation allied with encouragement around me.  Obika was so puzzling - playing once more in a more withdrawn role, which Coventry had no idea how to manage - at one point he won six headers on the trot, simultaneously with giving it away five consecutive times on the deck.  However, it was only right that we went ahead, although from high up behind the goal Ajose looked miles offside, or maybe that was just my instinct, expecting hope and celebration to be cruelly curtailed.  But no, as we pondered that, and loudly asked how poor that Coventry might be, seeing as they were losing to us, we only went and did it again.  My two twins of lethargic one-paced doom, Gladwin and Colkett, delivered quality balls into the box, and our hitherto forlorn strike twins had, er, delivered.

Half time came and went in a fuzzy haze as we perused the record books and internet search engines in vain to check when we were last two goals to the good at the break.  If ever there was a time, that even Swindon couldn't cock this up, it was now.  Whilst we didn't, the second half was a cacophonous disappointment, a reality check so vivid, that my mind wandered to the Division 4 relegation scrap, and the likelihood of both Cheltenham and Newport providing local excitement next season. Here's why, and it's a mindset thing again, and an absolutely damning indictment of our predicament.  Any half decent team would have grabbed our terrible hosts round the neck and not given them a sniff. We, on the other hand, sat deep, stopped winning loose balls, overplayed, relaxed - and relied on Coventry's simple hopelessness to ensure that any number of balls into the box would go unpunished.  It's a mentality that can't be switched on or off, and which most other opponents in this facile division would have (and indeed over the last seven despairing months have) exploited.  Nothing exemplified that more than BOOs pathetic effort to stop their injury time consolation.  My hero Nathan was so furious I thought for a second that he'd deck him, and for another second, I thought, could they really score three in injury time?

Still, looking for optimism, it was in the post match huddle, including all players and coaches.  To be clear, I like this sort of stuff, and it was a genuine display of togetherness, desire and delight.  There was a hearty roar of approval from the 850, and for a moment at least, a feeling that all things may be possible...Gillingham...Chesterfield...Port Vale...This, in a barely vintage season (so far), was my favourite moment (so far).  I will keep trying to believe, and keep supporting.

Sorry to bring politics back into it, but this week I read a great piece suggesting that despite Brexit, Trump and the rise of nationalism, the direction of travel is incessantly, indubitably towards globalisation, moderation and a digital world bringing us closer together.  It was an optimistic read, giving hope that once, say, the French and Germans have elected sensible, progressive leaders, then we might look back on the horrors of 2016 as the death rattle of insular 'old world' views as globalisation, technology and positivity prevail.

Anyway, that's a rather long winded analogy to reflect that although we won today, I still think we'll go down, that the direction of travel is set.

Agreed

Christy, that is a terrific piece of writing, the kind of thing you used to get in fanzines and which I fear the Internet has largely swept aside in favour of pointless spiral arguments, echo chamber chest beating and "bantz".

These two quotes alone are sufficient to merit a weekly column in one of the better Sundays:

And the wankers at the back singing we want power out at 2-0  should fuck right off. Average age about 12.

Branco is the fall guy for poor formations used by Williams previously

Dont reckon they even saw Diamandis years :D

I dont mind him, at least he gives a shit

Gotta love them eh, think they know it all  :D

He is an ok player at this level but needs protection as he isn't fast and isn't smart, with 4 at the back it suits him as he we don't leave him open to counter attacks as much, that's when he does stupid shit.

I said it all season, we don't have a bad team but poor tactics and low confidence has been the main reason we are where we are..... hopefully Ajose is hitting form along with Obika and they can rescue the season

Disagree. We have a lot of shit players. Allied to fucking ridiculous recruitment and a total fuck up of a management team = relegation. We are lucky this is a shit division. If somehow we stay up this season then we're still fucked next season. These players are fucking shit, mentally and physically.

Footage of Yakubu yesterday.
https://twitter.com/Football_Fours/status/835619580634673152

I totally agree, but for some reason it feels like we've picked up more points this season when he hasn't been playing. I might be wrong?

Brilliant write up Christy. I listened to most of the second half and it definitely sounded like a better team would have punished us in the second half. I just understand why they seemed to change tactics. It must have been Williams at half time telling them to?

Williams may have hit on a starting 11 with a formala that will be enough to keep us up. Keys for me are (a) playing with a back 4 as we dont have suitable players to play the wing back role. (b) ince in holding midfield role gives us protection which we haven't had before (c) Brophy wide left midfield is a real threat and far more effective than as a wing back (c) Obika playing in a deeper role has worked well as his hold up play is generally very good and linked up well with Ajose yesterday (d) Ajose scoring goals again - 2 typical close range finishes yesterday, we haven't had that all season. Finally both Barry and Boo had decent games linking well with Gladwin and Brophy - yes I know Coventry and Oldham weren't great but neither are Gillingham, Chesterfield and Port Vale and based on our last 2 performances I think we should get a minimum of 7 points from these games and then we are likely to be just above rather than below the line, with confidence high going in to 4 much tougher games.

He really is worse.

Really enjoyed the game yesterday.

We need to get behind the team and rally round.

That should have given us back to back wins. Still cant believe we didn't beat Oldham.

Tuesday is a must win game. Then we have a chance.

Really?? Underperformed yes but fucking shit no. Try and post something balanced and sensible not this nonsense - that puts you in the same category as those individuals shouting power out during the game.

still don't see how anyone could argue the team until Ince and ajose arrived, and obika got playing was anything other than sub standard..

don't see where you are coming from at all kirky, sorry.

"underperforming" is the lazy optimist view to me.

soapy tit wank  They were bad times alright, we have been through the ringer in many seasons which we tend to forget when we talk about the glory years, PDC and all that!!  Power Out is a ridiculous chant and may well have a negative effect on the players, he will go when he is ready to sell up - if anybody is mad enough to take us on!!!  Be very careful what you wish for . . . . and Christy a career in journalism awaits you, well done!

Totally agree batch that ince and ajose have made a huge difference. But Obika, Vigs, Thompson, Gladwin, Brophy to  name 5 are all very good players in my opinion and the likes of Barry and Jones are not to use Chalkies phase "fucking shit" either.  Agree recruitment was poor in that Murray and Delfonso didnt work out and Goddard, Thomas and Norris have not been good enough. However the nucleus of the squad is certainly good enough for mid table position.

see your point, guess we'll find out in future seasons

well Ronnie, much as I thought 'power out' at 0-0 and even when winning was stupid... they did still win...

:)

If you look at a 30 second spell then all our players look decent but over 90 minutes a lot of them are shite. The table doesn't lie and this lot would have got their arses kicked by all other stfc sides bar one in recent history and there are some that would argue that.

That footage is scandalous

Is it just me or does Goddard at least look likely to improve quite a bit? Thomas, Barry et al have all plateaued and probably won't kick on in their development but JG has something about him.

was injured, had asked to be taken off prior to that footage

See poor nathan thompsons house was burgled yesterday horrible thing to happen knowing someones been in your house go through your stuff ,hope they find the people responsible.

Agree the table doesn't lie but in my opinion is more about under performing players along with questionable tactics/formations at times, injuries and confidence as opposed to shit players, in the main. The squad we have now is more than capable.

:)
[But why sing it in the first place? Hardly gonna help is it! Gotta sing something I suppose and when you have one brain cell between the wholey group maybe it's the best they can come up with. The kids I can put up with as they can still develop those brains, its the adults that join in that concern me, because their brains are likely fully developed.

I think you completely ignore confidence & momentum.

Look at Leicester, most of that team were Champions of England last year, and are now in the relegation zone.

Are they all fucking shit, or just a team that have got used to losing & lacking confidence.

The best judge will be the teams they next go to. Vigs is destined for bigger things. Thompson and obika will be decent div 3 players. The rest will have to drop to div 4 like Murray or to non league. I don't include the loan players.
You're right posh about confidence but situations like this bring out leaders and some step up and none have.

12 games or whatever it is to save our season so I suppose we'll see if anyone will step up now. I like to go into this period believing that some will. I have to otherwise what's the point in going?
If I didn't believe they can do it, it'd make me one of those wankers that sings we're fucking shit. Fuck those guys, every single one of them.

It means I've got further to fall if we lose vs Gills but fuck it. Bring it on. The great escape continues. No point dwelling on how gash we've been until Oldham (THE PERFORMANCE, why can't people differentiate between being happy with that and not the result?).
I think they're all bang up for it. As am I.

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(THE PERFORMANCE, why can't people differentiate between being happy with that and not the result?).

Are you Luke Williams?

Mate. Phenomenal bants. Well in.

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How did Ince do on Sat for those that went? Did match fitness still look an issue?

Ince was great. Got stuck in and did all the dirty work that allowed Gladwin and Colkett to actually do the stuff that they are good at. Fitness didn't look an issue but we will see on tuesday how he copes with 2 games in 4 days

this. after spending weeks slating Gladwin and colkett they've had a couple of far more effective games.

Ince is big and strong, he gets the ball and gives it again. simples

This reminded me of the home game vs Coventry.

Some interesting points there, some true but glad we beat them again could be a very important 3 points come the end of the season.

Certainly improved our chances of not finishing 24th.

Your most positive post for months ;)

Am I Ross Embleton because i agree with Benzel? It would be handy to know...

do you want a fight Paolo69?
  a.yes
  b. no, that's stupid
  c. I remember an eastern European bird that offered me a fight, a martini and a smile later and she was back at my place ready for action.

if you answered a. you are Ross Embleton
if you answered b. you are normal
if you answered c. you are a young Reg

Kind of depends on age.... my Bulgarian friend, was brought up under the enlightened regime of Uncle Zhivkov, and hence had undertaken compulsory military service...here you learned useful things like how to slaughter a pig and take a man down. Think it was my knowledge of the assassination of Georgi Markov, which endeared.

:) 👌

If we were to win 6 more games i wouldn't give a fuck if we played shit in every game remaining.

Haha. Bloody hell Batch. I think I might be "normal". Not sure that can be true, :-)