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6200 and taking the game in isolation would take a score draw.

Feel we need 3 to get the autos back on track though, sure there are plenty of games left but there are so many teams in it I can't see everyone being inconsistent until the end of the season. Therefore neither can we be.

However Kevin Friend is the ref...

Not sure he is worse than the utter garbage ref we had on Tuesday at Accrington though TBF.

That shit ref Tuesday night was local to Accrington neither penalties were penalties - missed a hand ball by an Accrington defender in his own box & no way did Gordon punch their player. The ref every game he has been in charge there has been controversy absolutely shockingly poor ref and a homer fucking disgrace.

...or the Lincoln match too. I'm thinking the weather conditions could work in our favour today.

I think for me thats currently our best line up other than I would play Woolery instead of Norris as I think his pace is a better attribute in the side.

Lancashire must have an injury as hes been an ever present, although he always looks likely to make a huge fuck up in each game at one point or another.

1-0 late goal for us me's going for.

No iFollow today due to the game being shown somewhere abroad live, thats an arse pain.

Someone say something about stream potential. It's only what i've heard  ;)

No iFollow today due to the game being shown somewhere abroad live, thats an arse pain.

Really? Pathetic

I would be interested if a stream was potentially found.

Its on ifollow apparently

Fucking shitty service, yes its up and running now.

Good stuff. The set up in principle is good but it really does need to be refining to become a top end, trusted service.

Nah. The principle of being able to watch video OR audio is laughably bad.

Norris poor header from a good cross from Taylor.

Went for glory, was a little tame in the end but he's got an eye for goal and for the benefit of RedBuck...yes I think for us Richards may well be going from possible goalscorer to goalscorer for us  ;)

I'm on about what provision was outlined before the season started. There was both available but they made a horrendous decision to limit it to just either or. So in principle, it is a good format, however the delivery has been absolutely shocking for a paid premium service. It's anything but.

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I find it amazing they cant link commentary to the stream

This is what they sent me.

Note the sentence underlined.

https://twitter.com/jiff1967/status/962351062660403200 (https://twitter.com/jiff1967/status/962351062660403200)

Here's the goal if you have twatter

Decent game of football.

They’ve come to play & try to win which I think helps us.

We deserve to be in front, but they’ve had a couple of decent chances too.

We have a PL ref and you have to say (so far) he is much better than the usual shite we get

Decent game of football.

They’ve come to play & try to win which I think helps us.

We deserve to be in front, but they’ve had a couple of decent chances too.

We have a PL ref and you have to say (so far) he is much better than the usual shite we get

Mayo does look a bit shaky though.

Knoyle great cross, headed in by Richards but the ref says it didn't go over the line ;)

Did it look over JJ?
We should have put this game to bed by now based on chances.

6031 att

Fucks sake Flitcroft the game's crying out for a fresh pair of legs.

Cheers JJ for the updates :)

Completely agree with the above statement. I've been rubbing the crystal ball and I can't see a massive victory for the town today. 1-0 late goal for us me's going for.

Ge in.

Town win.

Wycombe and Exeter Draw.

Luton Draw.

Notts County Lose.

Accy Win.

Great set of results for us, bar Accy. They say when it comes to the crunch, you win against the teams around you. What better time to win.

Mansfield didn't seem to offer an awful lot and we dealt with it.

Fatty apparently thinks they were by far the better team and dominated the 2nd half......

the problem with games like today and Tuesday is that they have a game in hand on us. lose and that is potentially a 6 point gap widening.

We were superb today. Let's hope our away form returns and we get something Tuesday.

Cheers JJ for the updates :)

+1  :)

Today keeps us just about still in the mix for autos. Once we get Tuesday out of the way, then the midweek fixtures which have caused us many problems are done and dusted.  Then the there are some tough looking games on paper, but not in a heap like the last couple of weeks.

Thought Norris had a good game today. He made a few mistakes but so did every other player, the difference is when he makes a mistake there's a vocal minority of fuckwits in the stands giving him shit. I personally don't think he's very good, but I don't see what's gained by giving one of your own players stick every time they make errors.
Good game which we thoroughly deserved to win. Seeing fatty Evans spitting out his dummymade it even sweeter.

he's not going to come good. he is what he is. useful at times, not at all composed in front of goal and other hit and miss things.

Do we have any better? Not sure really.

hehe, the ball boy that upset fatty was the boy in my son's class. Brilliant. I'll put a beer in the fridge for when he's 18..

let's say he got a bit of on pitch encouragement not to go get it :)

hehe, the ball boy that upset fatty was the boy in my son's class.

The man's deluded

https://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/2018/february/evans-post-swindon/

Fat Twat.

Also their number 7 looked like James Corden which was quite distracting

There's no need for that, Arnold Corns was just stating his point of view

Sorry, meant Mr Evans.

Thats that twat that played for Oxford last season and got Vigouroux sent off in the game at the 3 sided shitpit

And he does carpool karaoke which is a pile of toss

Thought Norris had a good game today. He made a few mistakes but so did every other player, the difference is when he makes a mistake there's a vocal minority of fuckwits in the stands giving him shit. I personally don't think he's very good, but I don't see what's gained by giving one of your own players stick every time they make errors.
Good game which we thoroughly deserved to win. Seeing fatty Evans spitting out his dummymade it even sweeter.

On the goal, it's going down as a keeper error but did many people expect Taylor to shoot rather than cross?

He's hit it well, keeper set for cross.... didn't leave much time to readjust.

To be fair the keeper looked pretty good other than that.

Also their number 7 looked like James Corden which was quite distracting

Top lad, hope he doesn't have to put his hand in his pocket in the tuck shop all term (yes, I know they don't have tuck shops any more and yes I know I'm showing my age)

Back on topic?

Slightly disappointed that Woolery wasn't brought on for the last 10 or 15 minutes when we had several players with tired legs.  It does seem as if Flitcroft is making a point.  I wonder when we'll see him again

Norris scored 11 goals in all competitions from August till the end of December, which included time out with injury.
He has only scored once this year.
I don’t rate him, and think he’s a massive weak link. But I think it’s obvious to see he’s not fully fit and his shoulder is playing him up. Just makes you wonder why he’s still starting.

Just a quick thought about the attendance - or lack thereof.

Only a few weeks ago, against FGR, we had over 7000 with approx the same amount of away fans as Mansfield. So how come 1000 home fans have decided to stay away when since the FGR game we have played well and produced some great results with improved standard of play.

The home element yesterday was the same as the Crewe game. I just don’t get it.

I wondered if Crewe suffered because it was close to Christmas in a financial sense,  and it was 'only crewe'.

But that, clearly, wasn't the case. Most odd then that the attendances have started to go down just as we have started to win a few.

Mind you, there were a few games where the announced attendances looked higher than the actual one in the stands. can be hard to judge mind

Before Richards joined, it was fair enough. We had no alternative. Mullin is too small to be a target man, and Woolery doesn’t have the presence.

But now, we should clearly let Mullin or Woolery play off Richards, a quality lower league forward who has immediately shown Norris up. Richards is fitter, sharper, braver, more clinical, better in the air and better with the ball. So why the hell we aren’t just playing either Mullin or Woolery (who must both piss in Flitcroft’s coffee) off Richards is beyond me.

Aside from penalties (and I gave him credit for those in the previous post), Norris has scored twice since September. To put that into context, the likes of Preston, Linganzi, Gordon and Banks have all scored more in the meantime.

Richards mobility has pleasantly surprised me. Works hard, didn't notably tire, even has a little burst of pace.

We were on top until they scored . After that nothing . There keeper didn’t have nothing to do all day which is worrying. Thought the Stags fans were great throughout getting behind the team.

No one played well and the long ball didn’t work against them as they had tall players.

I agree about the long ball which was dealt with very well by my Swindon MOM, Matt Preston. The sponsors gave it to Matty Wilson.

You mean Matt Taylor, Tippy, who was the sponsor's MOM. I thought Taylor was the best player on the pitch by some distance, as he was in the game at Mansfield. The difference between the sides, and the only player to consistently provide quality balls into the box. The best left sided player in the division in my opinion and easy to see why he played in the Premier League.

We got what we deserved, insipid uninspired performance

Poor keeping yes but it should have never got that far, they broke at pace and someone should have brought their lad down.

The player shapes up like he's going to cross it. I believe he's shanked it.

We got pretty-much what we deserved this afternoon IMO.
Apart from the first half hour when we dominated play (during which time we didn’t trouble th keeper and they had two good opportunities).
We lost the ball clumsiliy in midfield, leaving our defence outnumbered and badly positioned when they scored.
After that, we harried and hustled, but Swindon rarely looked troubled.

Swindon are a good team, but despite our terrible record against them they were beatable today. Atkinsons chance looked like it had gone in, and Hemmings has two good chances to put us in front.

If we don't finish in the top 3 this season then i hope we avoid Swindon in the playoffs

I thought Matt Preston, Matty Taylor and Ollie Banks were Swindon's best players yesterday. They were the three who I would not have minded in our squad. I'd also still take Marc Richards even though I thought Bennett and Pearce dealt with him well yesterday.
Matty Taylor who is a great pro and has had a great career but still clearly loves playing pro football at the age of 36. Ollie Banks put some good crosses in from the right hand side in the 1st half and is always looking to pass the ball forward. I used to rate him when he played for the Spireites. Some Swindon fans I chatted too said that Preston and Taylor were usually their best two players.
I enjoyed the game yesterday. There was not much between the two teams yesterday and we lost the game due to getting caught out on a counter attack just like at Carlisle United although Conrad Logan should have saved Taylor's shot.

they gave away a lot of free tickets. and the rest were cheap

www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-accrington-tickets-crowd-14265292.amp

Just spent the weekend on Dartmoor with no signal so pleasantly surprised to see the result. Good breakaway goal too. Not read back yet to see how we played.
 :pint:

they gave away a lot of free tickets. and the rest were cheap

www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-accrington-tickets-crowd-14265292.amp

Went for glory, was a little tame in the end but he's got an eye for goal and for the benefit of RedBuck...yes I think for us Richards may well be going from possible goalscorer to goalscorer for us  ;)

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And after yesterday all round performance, he adds a lot more. Something Morris should be aiming for at.

:-)

Haha, I knew you'd find this in the comments  :D Yeah definitely, he's a hard working guy and just loves playing. I have similar feeling with Taylor; his enthusiasm when scoring or creating a goal is like a fan on the pitch.

Yet Norfamton fans said that both their legs have gone which was why they left them and joined us, I beg to differ as both can easily last 90 mins.

Players like Keshi and Woolery aside, I'd hazard a guess that Richards and Taylor probably come out near the top for stamina levels in training. They just don't give up.

Agree with most comments on this thread, probably as solid a performance as we have had at home this season.
Back 3 were immense, best game I've seen Purkiss have. Hope Flitcroft leaves them all in for Wycombe and puts Lancashire on the bench, wont hold my breath though as he clearly has his favourites. How Norris gets the nod ahead of Woolery or Mullin I don't know, particularly with Richards in the side. Great result though and with Scum getting beat and Slave traders squandering a 3 goal lead it's a decent weekend.

Yet Norfamton fans said that both their legs have gone which was why they left them and joined us, I beg to differ as both can easily last 90 mins.

Taylor's problem is clearly that he doesn't have the engine needed, or thought processes, to play central midfield.  That's where he started with us and he looks useless when he plays there, which is why the Landalo experiment is even more baffling.  He doesn't need to be an ever attacking option in our team because we don;t play it out of defence, so he can trot up when needed and deliver a cross, the thing he is good at.

Don't bother mate, we played well...thats all :)

Haha, I knew you'd find this in the comments  :D Yeah definitely, he's a hard working guy and just loves playing. I have similar feeling with Taylor; his enthusiasm when scoring or creating a goal is like a fan on the pitch.

Just spent the weekend on Dartmoor with no signal so pleasantly surprised to see the result. Good breakaway goal too. Not read back yet to see how we played.
 :pint:

Do you need an iFollow account to watch extended highlghts?

If that's the level of performance we can expect for the rest of the season we will go up automatically. This is Swindon though, so it won't be, but it was nice to see us actually play well.

Everyone bar Luton has been so inconsistent that it could really go any way. That being said, since Luton trounced our form has been pretty good, particularly at home where we have obviously struggled before. I think we're in a good position to really make a crack at the top 3. I'm not sure we'll make it to be honest, but we seem to have found a better balance in the squad. A win tomorrow and automatic will seem a very distinct possibly.

It would be typical Swindon to beat Wycombe tomorrow then lose at home to Vale on Saturday!

No, no, no Tails. We're as good as out of it. Lose tomorrow and we're done. Keep up!

Lose tomorrow and relegation beckons?

If we are actually beginning to play well, we've chosen about the best possible time to do so.

Our remaining home games all look extremely winnable - especially given our recent home improvements. Obviously we won’t win them all, but 5 wins plus a couple of draws should see a good return.

Win another 3 or 4 away and that should be enough for 3rd. Bring it on!

up until the Notts County win we virtually won 1 in every 2 games - 50%

From Notts County onwards we have won 6 from 9 - 66%.

If we can maintain that form for the final 14 games would get us to 82 points. A very slight improvement should guarantee an auto spot and given that we all agree we are much improved of late and the remaining opposition looking easier it certainly is within reach.

Throw in to the mix that after our match with Wycombe, our only truly "tough" games are against Exeter 24/03 and Accy 05/05 (should be decided by then hopefully). All the other top eight contenders play games against each other so points will be dropped from either or both sides.

We have an opportunity to keep our heads, (similarly like Accrington have) when all about us are losing, and blaming it on others. We have a real chance to take the upper hand.

All games are very difficult, when it comes to squeaky bum time... take 09/10 as a classic example, we hit 2nd spot after a nice little run of games against our top end rivals, with 6 games to go... nice looking fixtures v Exeter at the CG, who are just above the drop zone a trip to Wycombe, who go down, mid table Walsall and ColU. We don't win a game.

I'm calling  'jinx' early on Venks!
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The league is just like an individual match, such narrow margins between success and failure.

Don't fancy the playoffs much, but we could finish anywhere from 2nd to 13th! we'd all take them if we lose Tuesday I'm sure.

I don't think we can catch Luton myself unless they implode.

I accept the jinx, I thought the same as I typed it!

The league is totally open, more than almost any one I have seen in our history, Luton slip up just a few games and we carry on winning then anything is possible although a little improbable.

2nd is well within our grasp.

Flitters, who despite the majority wanting gone

There he goes again, it's mystic Reg with his unique ability to read everyone's minds. Who needs the NSA and GCHQ?

Poll
Question:   Do you think David Flitcroft should be dismissed before the January transfer window if the poor run continues? (Voting closed: Monday, January 1, 2018, 09:27:14)
Yes   - 71 (62.8%)
No   - 42 (37.2%)
Total Voters: 113

I voted yes, and have since changed my mind.

Well done for knowing that they've all changed their mind... on 2nd Jan

Here's a sample from a couple of weeks

Game over now.  Utterly pathetic. Flitcroft needs to go, but I fear we're stuck with him.

I'd get rid of him, as I would have done since about 10 games in to be honest.

Fcuk off Flitcroft

The manager has to go ffs

What about the posts praising him since 2nd Jan?

Yeah let’s ignore those

Well done for knowing that they've all changed their mind... on 2nd Jan

Here's a sample from a couple of weeks

Game over now.  Utterly pathetic. Flitcroft needs to go, but I fear we're stuck with him.

I'd get rid of him, as I would have done since about 10 games in to be honest.

Fcuk off Flitcroft

The manager has to go ffs

I can’t be arsed to look back but I know there are plenty because I seen them with my own eyes in the past month or so

Silly bastards. Fancy overreacting after a couple of defeats.

On a totally unrelated note here’s a quote from you, also inside the last 2 months:

we need to start paying a bit of heed to what is happening below us, rather than worrying too much about those above.

Absolutely... going into the Crewe game on the back of a poor trot, a win for them would have seen them 6 behind us... now given they've been a struggler for the last couple of seasons, and are now 3 points off the drop zone, not the sort of company you want to keep. Happily we did pay heed, beat Crewe and so halted the slide.

Well done for knowing that they've all changed their mind... on 2nd Jan

In mid-December, you were implying that we might be relegated.

By mid-February, without having torn up any trees (in the meantime our results have included our heaviest home defeat of the century) we are in a position whereby we could lose all of our remaining 14 games and comfortably stay up.

Right, if we had lost to Crewe, then lost again to Crewe, etc etc, we might be near the bottom of the table. But instead, to give your example, we were 3 up in 20 minutes at Gresty Road. Why’s that then? Because, even without our new signings, we were a substantially better team than them.

Which is why any rational person could always take it as a given that we were going to finish much, much higher up the table.

Paying heed to below us doesn't imply relegation but rather a need to avoid a season of struggle... so for example around that time we'd just lost to Grimsby which brought them up to a couple of points below us.  They've struggled since... sacked Slade and are 9 points off the drop zone... but played 2 more games then others.

Ah right, ok then. I’m glad to hear that relegation never crossed your mind in mid-December...

The Tranny game in the PdC part season has been mentioned and how their thrashing seemed to send them into a downward spiral bound for non league football, and for me it feels like we're on the cusp of something like that

A definite call is usually best done after the Jan window. keep the quotes coming, but at least get them right...

 The Tranny game in the PdC part season has been mentioned and how their thrashing seemed to send them into a downward spiral bound for non league football, and for me it feels like we're on the cusp of something like that, unless Flitters can stop the rot.

Paying heed to below us doesn't imply relegation but rather a need to avoid a season of struggle... so for example around that time we'd just lost to Grimsby which brought them up to a couple of points below us.  They've struggled since... sacked Slade and are 9 points off the drop zone... but played 2 more games then others.