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They seem to have something going with Juventus, let's hope they don't play like them.

2-0 town. They leak goals and we score for fun  :)

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19700901

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19700901

Wtf is up with the clock on this forum? I posted this at 12.05 am and it is logged at 11.58 pm. Bag of shit.

Pre match conference in The Company Inn.

Well remember the end of term game here in 2014.
90th minute skirmish that saw 4 yellows and 2 reds dished out, both for us of course.
Spotted in the away following that day, a young teen busy with a colouring book and a group who were only "ere for the 'ooters".
Always advisable to have an alternative activity lined up when just the football isn't going to be enough.

Nottingham is a fine drinking city.
Ideal for prattin abaht in one of the many fooo-kin booza's.
Get to learn a whole new language as well.

Anything other than more of the same would be a surprise today.
PB and the team need to conjure up another Yeovil type performance from somewhere.
We are unbeaten against Harry Kewell this season.

Nottingham was originally called Snottingham, don't know if it is still the case but it used to be one of the few places in Britain which had more women in the population than men.

I hope you at least get an I was there moment, when we score a goal.

Going to Ye Olde trip to Jerusalem first then nearer the ground. A surprise 2-1 win to prolong the PB torture !

Fight back starts today, 2-1 win in the rain. Interesting to hear the Notts Co chairman say that they’re losing 2.5 million each season and this years losses will start with a 3. How is that a sensible way to run a football club?

Is it raining up there then? glorious day in sunny Somerset today, a wee bit chilly but not a cloud in the sky here.

Ssshhhhh.  Leave it to me to start next week's match day thread.

I have a wisteria growing neighbour and would like to pay him a visit at midnight next Friday night.  Before whipping back home to start the matchday thread at 12.07 am.  Something like "Town to bludgeon Us". 

TEF will be my perfect alibi.

it is raining, was sunny when we left too

having a cracking day. stopped at the Vulcan in wellesbourne and had a cockpit tour.

now I'm sat in Hooters acting every bit the letcherous old duffer that I am.

my lad is defective though, he said he wasn't taking in the sights, he only cares about WiFi and food

Sorry but I think PB has fucked up with that line up, happy to be proved wrong but its nothing like the side I would have picked.

Is that a 442 with McGlashan up front?

Obviously looking for a 0-0. No Toumani or Woolery presimably injured.

That's not far off from what Reg suggested the other day re a much more pragmatic approach to try and grind out a point at least.

Fine by me. If it works.

At least it's a change. That's something.

The turnaround start today, right? Right?

I really do hope so, I don't hate Brown - unlike many on here and would like him to change it and rack up a change of fortunes, but he seems to not be able to find his best line up and tactic, or he doesn't have the players here for his best tactic.

Then he should have recruited for the way he wants to play

It would be an extremely unbalanced 451

That gonna be a 451.

yay, Richards up front alone. marvelous

yay, Richards up front alone. marvelous

set up for a draw with the hope of nicking one on the break

not saying it won't work, b
sterner things have happened. not inspired at this point though

A defensive formation yet still we're fragile.

Jak McCourt hits the bar with a right footed shot. Then gets booked for a bad foul?

Taylor is getting roasted...again.

Taylor is getting roasted...again.

Bouldewijn is killing him.

Right now it's only a matter of time.

Classic PB to go with 3 defensive midfielders and get rid of Keshi, Woolery and Bayo.

Doughty down holding his balls.

I think he was pulling a Neymar. We've had too much of that from us lately.

Much better last 5. We're 10 yards further up the pitch.

What time will the processed beats post happen today?

This game is like watching Swindon under Paul Hart I am sorry to say.

Awaiting the posts from those who wait for said moments to post "Brown/Power out" but contribute nothing else

Wait no longer.

Same old rubbish unfortunately. Just have a feeling the players are just going through the motions and personally I think Brown has lost the dressing room as this team should be fighting for playoffs at least.

I take it back, don't think Vigs could have done much

Same old rubbish unfortunately. Just have a feeling the players are just going through the motions and personally I think Brown has lost the dressing room as this team should be fighting for playoffs at least.

I just played it back.

It's difficult to tell, but I think Vigs did come for it but their player got to it before he did.

Nothing about these players and team suggests they should be fighting for the play offs.

This game is like watching Swindon under Paul Hart I am sorry to say.

Can't see Notts going for more they'll easily see this game out.

We are shocking defensively, that should have been a goal if Hemmings wasn't so shit.

What's the longest we've ever gone without a goal?

Isn’t Hemmings a piss stain?

He was yes.

Brilliant from Martin Smith in the build up - one of the better players today.

why was he dropped anyway. :sherlock:

Shows how unsettled we are. Players going from not even in the 18 to starting.

I would take Richards off and get Anderson on now for the last 25 mins, County don't like players with pace they have a very slow defence.

I’m claiming this is my doing.

I put Notts County on my accumulator. Other 5 teams are winning!

Considering the amount County spent on fees and wages in the summer they are awful.

Wretched.

This could be a big win. Doesn't change my mind on Brown yet. We've been better after the changes but only because we were so bad with that starting 11.

If we hold on, we'll see what happens next week.

562 Town fans at Meadow Lane. Amazing really.

Does this show up what a Horlicks Brown made with his starting XI?

I still think he’s fucking clueless

Get in there.

A tactical masterclass from Phil.

 :pint:

Remember that. There’s no accounting for bollocks, though

Can't understand why it's so quiet on here.  Had we lost we'd have been on page 22 by now.
It's not often we've been able to do it this season,  so let's gloat and enjoy it.

Can't understand why it's so quiet on here.  Had we lost we'd have been on page 22 by now.
It's not often we've been able to do it this season,  so let's gloat and enjoy it.

Can't understand why it's so quiet on here.  Had we lost we'd have been on page 22 by now.
It's not often we've been able to do it this season,  so let's gloat and enjoy it.

Good win today, got no problem with a gritty performance at all. Hopefully they can kick on next week at a tricky Colchester side who beat Lincoln at home today.

Anyone got any ideas why Smith has barely played recently? I liked the look of him at the start of the year and then disappeared before doing ok again today. Got a good mix of passing/grit

562 Town fans at Meadow Lane. Amazing really.

and only 40 were singing Tommy Robinson songs

So is Brown an idiot for the starting line up or a genius for the subs?

So is Brown an idiot for the starting line up or a genius for the subs?

So is Brown an idiot for the starting line up or a genius for the subs?

So is Brown an idiot for the starting line up or a genius for the subs?

is it papering over the cracks?... probably... but for tonight, who cares

and only 40 were singing Tommy Robinson songs

Got home, had my dinner, was just about to mention this.  

When I thought Town fans couldn't get lower than the booing of Lancs on Tuesday some CUNT shouts a Tommy Robinson chant during the Remembrance minute silence.  That has to be the most disgusting way to honour those that fought for freedom I have ever witnessed.  Sickening.  Shameful.  Embarrassing.

Got home, had my dinner, was just about to mention this.  

When I thought Town fans couldn't get lower than the booing of Lancs on Tuesday some CUNT shouts a Tommy Robinson chant during the Remembrance minute silence.  That has to be the most disgusting way to honour those that fought for freedom I have ever witnessed.  Sickening.  Shameful.  Embarrassing.

As for the game, Doughty offered nothing really but played very out of position, probably would have taken McCourt off and moved MD to a more familiar CM position myself.  Rectified this somewhat by the second change soon after.  Maybe MD isn't 100% yet.

Last game for me, been everywhere but Morecambe and Exeter so at least I've signed off with a win.

Probably would start the 11 that finished the game next week but I doubt we'll see that happen.  Since his disaster at RB Dunne has probably been our best player, incredible.

Sadly the right is on the rise again in Britain as well as Europe. Fuelled by Brexiteers and Trump.

moron

Sadly the right is on the rise again in Britain as well as Europe. Fuelled by Brexiteers and Trump.


Oh dear Reg,, that attitude is somewhat stereotypical don't you think?
I don't have any love or affection for Trump I am not a right wing neo nazi.
I did however vote to leave, and using your criteria to round groups together, you are a typical communist left wing Corbynista who fails to grasp democracy and is in denial with the fact the.majority of those who voted voted to leave.
Nothing to do with right wing politics, more to determine our own laws and put our public services before an unelected unregulated bunch of clowns who don't give 2 hoots about Britain or the British.

Did PB mention where Diagouraga & Conroy were today?

Oh dear Reg,, that attitude is somewhat stereotypical don't you think?
I don't have any love or affection for Trump I am not a right wing neo nazi.

Left out for tactical reasons

That isn't what he said. Read it again

he dropped Dave for McCourt in a battling lineup? Seriously?

The blokes a fucking clown if that's true. I've not been particularly anti brown, just disappointed. But he's starting to convince me he's got no idea.

which is a bloody weird thing to say after a win

Which makes you wonder why, if Dave, Conroy and Woolery get binned from the entire matchday squad for what may have just been an off day, why Taylor, Lancashire and Richards are undroppable after numerous consecutive games where they haven’t performed.

It makes no sense.

Bloody annoying result because over the 90 minutes we were the better team. Being the better team doesn't give you points though, making the most of your chances usually does.

Played some lovely football today but we didn't carve out enough clear chances and wasted too many of the ones we did.

Kewell can fuck off, frankly. Played a stupid, arrogant, over attacking team at Bury last week and then spent his entire post-match digging out the players for not trying hard enough. This week he made an inexplicable substitution when we were 1-0 up, playing well and looking pretty comfortable, moving our one vaguely combative midfielder to right back two minutes before a man just walked through the space where he'd been mopping things up all afternoon. To blame the players for not working hard enough is some absolute sub-Mourinho bullshit, he needs to take some responsibility.

HK seemed surprisingly happy to hang the players out to dry for the second half performance, but you could argue that Phil Brown’s changes improved Swindon (not by much, we still should have won easily), whereas HK failed to react when the momentum switched a little in their favour.

Most frustrating thing is that if we’d taken our chances, we’d now be looking back on another improved performance, some lovely football in patches and a five-point gap to the bottom two.

TBH, we should have strolled a 2-0 or 2-1 victory today....we were dominant for two-thirds of the match? but we couldn't get that important 2nd goal, poor subs and subsequent re-shuffling....plus a fragile confidence when under pressure.

For 60 minutes today we were by far the better team, against the worst opposition I've seen at Meadow Lane this season. But we blew it.

Kewell is completely out of his depth - publicly blaming the players for two defeats where you’ve clearly got things massively wrong yourself (will excuse MK) is only going to lead one way.

Swindon introduced a couple of subs who had pace we introduced a sub with no pace and as a result they were able to control the midfield.

For 60 minutes we were totally dominant apart from one bobbling ball that Swindon almost connected with inside the box, before Ward hurled himself in front of the ball, partially clearing and the superb Aless finally got out of danger.

The niggling, horrid, play-acting, time-wasting Robins gave us the one-two sucker punch (aided by an own goal from the warrior-like, bandaged Turley) ....and it was Good-Night Vienna. Sad really, because apart from the result, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this game, but IMO we should have won this game comfortably from all the chances we created.....but that's football.

HK delivered a scathing verdict, saying Swindon just worked harder in that second half.

Stall was commentating on how you couldn't quite tell what formation Swindon were playing, because we had them penned in so tight at times that they were all standing on one another's toes....BUT, that's what happens when you don't "kill off" teams.

I thought the ref was pretty decent today....he certainly wasn't fooled by any of the Swindon play-acting.......one Swindon player hurled himself out of play writhing around in fake agony, Turley just shook his head in mystery and walked away, the Stead tackle that looked like studs had 8 Swindon players screaming for a red, but the ref already had the yellow in his hand....and the Swindon player on 85ish minutes that pretended our guy had thrown the ball at his cojones, then went "oops, the ref ain't buying it"

The only criticism I would have of the ref was that he should have booked at least 2 of their players for acting - the acting was so bad and so obvious it deserved some sort of punishment. The theatricals in front of the main stand by their number three was laughable. The ref may have been unsighted but the lino and fourth official had a perfect view.

I'd drop Doughty for the acting. Anyone who's had a kick in the bollocks knows you dont roll around like that. A slump to the ground groaning yeah. Pretty pathetic really.

I have not heard any interviews with PB as yet after the game but PB has to admit he got the team selection wrong.

I'd drop Doughty for the acting. Anyone who's had a kick in the bollocks knows you dont roll around like that. A slump to the ground groaning yeah. Pretty pathetic really.

Nope. He's actually done quite the opposite:

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2018/october/brown-the-substitutes-made-a-massive-difference/

This Taylor, Lancashire, Richards thing is beginning to grind.

Taylor, not as consistent as last season, yes, but still drives this team.
He'd be missed if dropped.

Lancashire, a very shaky start to the season following return from injury, but has been performing with a decent level of consistency in the last few games.

Richards, needs a lot more help from the other two in a front three, but still the best option, from what I've seen, in that particular role. By all means give Bayo a go there, but won't be too long before the griping starts about certain aspects of his game.
Switching to a front two would provide a lot more options though. Bayo and Richards might work.
Woolery, if fully fit, is the one not really getting a look in, for whatever reason, in the Friday team selection bingo session.

Which makes you wonder why, if Dave, Conroy and Woolery get binned from the entire matchday squad for what may have just been an off day, why Taylor, Lancashire and Richards are undroppable after numerous consecutive games where they haven’t performed.

It makes no sense.

I respect your opinion WB, I really do, but I don't personally see that they offer that much to the side at all, with the exception of Taylor currently, we have better options, but thats just my opinion.

Just noticed, no back to back league wins under PB yet.
Pressure is still on.

Hmmm thats concerning, one win doesn't paper over his cracks for me, a few more wins and I may support him fully again but its going to take some convincing.

Also as mentioned before, PB has said that no player is immune from being dropped.

I call outright lie on that.

Richards, Taylor and Lancashire have proved that you are a hypocrite and now have to win my support back.

Found your dummy yet

Hmmm thats concerning, one win doesn't paper over his cracks for me, a few more wins and I may support him fully again but its going to take some convincing.

Also as mentioned before, PB has said that no player is immune from being dropped.

I call outright lie on that.

Richards, Taylor and Lancashire have proved that you are a hypocrite and now have to win my support back.

Been away and that result made the weekend.

Such a relief.  Great win.  Pleased for the players and even more for the 562 that travelled, that is great loyalty.

Amazing what a branch of Hooters can do to up the following.. Long may it stay in business.

 

Say what you want about Taylor - but he was still the player who put in a cracking cross, a long way up field for a 30 something "left back" that brought about our winning goal on Saturday. He is definitely being targeted at left back due to his lack of pace (he's never really been a great defender anyway!), but you can't question a bloke's fitness and commitment to the cause, when he's in the final third in the 80th minute effectively winning us the game. It was a quality cross with pace, don't seem to recall anyone mentioning it. I'd bring in a left back in the window and player Taylor on the left side of midfield - he's still our most creative player - which doesn't say much for the rest of the team. Alzate has the potential, but that's what it is at the moment.

As you said, a LB to rotate with him and then take over next summer is the biggest priority in January. Weren't we linked with someone from the LOI?

Say what you want about Taylor - but he was still the player who put in a cracking cross, a long way up field for a 30 something "left back" that brought about our winning goal on Saturday. He is definitely being targeted at left back due to his lack of pace (he's never really been a great defender anyway!), but you can't question a bloke's fitness and commitment to the cause, when he's in the final third in the 80th minute effectively winning us the game. It was a quality cross with pace, don't seem to recall anyone mentioning it. I'd bring in a left back in the window and player Taylor on the left side of midfield - he's still our most creative player - which doesn't say much for the rest of the team. Alzate has the potential, but that's what it is at the moment.

If we persist in playing him at left back with nobody supporting him in defence or in front of him, the poor sold will be dead by the end of the season.

I think plenty of people have mentioned he has one key attribute, his ability to deliver a ball.  The question is how to get that out of him.  This season it has become clear that playing left back is ruining him.

His cross was mentioned.  He has the ability to do that more often but I think the demand on his mental and physical abilities is too much this season - having to defend when having little support and having to run up and down the pitch is detrimental to his game, so his crossing is less accurate and less often.  There was one attack where he tried to chase the player back and was fucked by the half way line.  He kept going, but he looked like he'd have taken a bench if it had been available for lay down.  So, his commitment is not at question , nor what he can do well.  I just think he doesn't have the legs for left back anymore and it does reduce his better qualities due to fatigue in the game.

It was obvious after his first game last season that asking him to have legs was going to be an issue - he was awful in central midfield.  He was better at left back when we had work horses upfront and in midfield and Lancashire hadn't lost his spine (literal, not questioning his effort), or whatever it is that is wrong with his body.