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Think we might score.

1-0

Embarrassing home defeat.

Maybe PB will put out what perceives to be a second string 1st XI and hit upon the starting XI that should be starting week in, week out. An attritional, dull and poor standard 1-0 with an Adebayo goal from a goal mouth scramble.

A York/FGR double looks pretty tasty at about 35/1.

I’m going today, I have absolutely no idea what to expect. It’s raining, York are struggling for form. Points to only one thing based on our recent feeble cup exploits doesn’t it?

Would not surprise me PV based on what I had the misfortune to witness last week...  :no:

Poor opposition. Kick on today. 5-1 to the Town !.

As it's already been said a second 11 starting and PB realising that he should stick with these players

We're playing a National League North side but it's funny how my mind works simply because of York's league history. To me, it won't feel as humiliating as losing to teams like Spennymoor or Curzon Ashton or even Histon who were the tier above when we lost to them.

Regardless, it'll get real emotion if Town don't win this and Brown will be hoping that Duffen can sort him out some kind of sporting director role at Hull City if/when that takeover is completed.

This has got the stench of a 1-0 defeat all over it. They'll up their game a bit and, if its possible, ours will drop.

Still reckon the Luke relegation side was worse - Conor Thomas and Anton Rodgers😱😱

I know they're non-league, but I can't help but think of us not even looking like scoring against a poor Mansfield that was a man down.

Islam Feruz 🙄

4-0, piece of piss

I went to Oldham and Mansfield at home and watched the Cambridge game on Ifollow and we barely looked like scoring in any of the games. Worrying.

I don't think Islam Feruz has played a single minute of football (including reserves) since he played for Town vs. Charlton in 2017.

His Chelsea mega-deal expires in the summer.

To think it looked like he was going to sign permanently at one point.

it is very worrying. but not unexpected.

Woolery has been here 3 years without scoring many. 5 in 39
Anderson 6 in 53

adebeyo 12 from 34 isn't bad. But it's a big ask.
Richards isn't firing at all.

But this is York, they are porous. we'll be fine.

it's the league those issues come to the fore

Fandaby Dozy or summit like that.

I wouldn't argue that his scoring record is utter shit but 3 years?? 18 months would be closer but it's not even that that long.

Fankaty Dabo?? 🤔

Well, it's that time of year again. Our cup final, but without the jesters hats and face paint.

Can't recall a build up to a game where both sets of supporters are, in the main, equally pessimistic about the outcome.

PB's recent record in the cup is also a worry.

Hoping that this won't be yet another humiliation. Defeat would not be a massive surprise, but would still be unbearable.

Not a bad deal for an afternoon out, £7 , and the guessing game as to what team PB will field. I've not guessed correctly all this season I believe.

soapy tit wank, going mad in old age. somehow getting him and hylton muddle.

senile old cunt that I am

Shall I go? Thinking of sitting in the South stand but I'll be on my own  :(

Be a few others in there surely  :hmmm:

Neither has Phil Brown if you take notice of everyone’s opinions.

I would imagine that it’s going to be a bleak turnout today. Bought my ticket this morning and it didn’t look good.

Not at all surprised!

We'll be there, but only two of us, the other two didn't fancy the journey up from South Devon hoping for a convincing win, but a defeat may well speed up the manager's demise!  Lesser of two evils?

If it was a conference team, I could understand some of the comments about expecting to lose/struggle, but FFS they're a Conference North team and not a good one at that. Anything less than a decent win is a genuine and unacceptable shock. 3-0

Well, that’s a different side. Not too bad.

Made a few changes today. Some quite unexpected. Still no Toums, dont know if hes injured?

Team?

Diagouraga out for a month with a thigh strain (Adver).

Limped off after 30 mins in the closed doors friendly

But is it any good?

Here

Cheers!  How many more chances will McGlashan get to make an impression?  If he cannot do it today he will never do it!!

Cheers.

Very offensive line up. Looks like a 4-0-6

Not on iFollow?

I am not able to watch today but I know last season the FA cup games were not shown live on ifollow.

Doesn't seem to be. Maybe something to do with it being a cup match? Or perhaps something to do with them being fucking useless?

I can listen to it on the Beeb, that'd be why it's not in ifollow.

Wait, no. I can't listen to it on the beeb

This particular game has been selected for international broadcast and as a result will not be available on iFollow.

Greater blackout rules can be found on: efl.com/broadcast-schedule/ or for greater blackout details we suggest you contact the club at the ‘Contact Us’ link at the bottom of the club’s site.

I have no way of even listening to the match. Unless I go faffing about with proxies but fuck that. It'd be half time by the time I get that sorted.

Anybody got a stream?

It’s on the iPlayer radio app.

It allows Listen live on ifollow

Not for me.

1-0

Twine

Twine scores a ropey goal

Glad for the boy let's hope it one of many.

Nice backheel

Twine looks very up for it. As does Iandolo.

Reg mentioned it would be important that the younger lads step up and show that they can handle it. Well a three or four goal win would give them confidence. The question is - Would PB then pick any (that played well today) in the league?

Twine hits the post

Did they play the new XTC goal music?

Do the players just have numbers 1 to 11 on their shirts without any names?

Yes

The squad have numbers 1-18 today as a nod towards 1918.

yes ... so said the comms, not very clear on audio.

Yes nice to hear it at last but they have managed to butcher it completely in trying to to make the the “1,2,3,4,5” loop back round again sooner than it actually does in the song. The edt wasn’t even on the beat, let alone at the end of a bar. Bit of homework for them there.

1-1

Here we go

first 15 good.
took foot off gas. no flow to game.
this is the result.
fuck off

This does not surprise me unfortunately

Might as well be a League game, same patten really. Play for a bit, stop playing and allow opponents back in. No real clear cut chances, good goal and an Anderson header about it.

Teams even after first 10 mins, think this maybe our level.

We’re poor, York are worse, yet are still level with us. All the makings of a cracking second half.

If we can't turrn this around then its got to be a Taxi for Brown. STFC will be sending a message to all those around us in div2 that we are in free fall.

I've only been once this season and it's probably the worst Swindon side I've witnessed since 1989, and we've had some shit seasons in that time.

It’s strange.

I’d say Brown is a better manager than Flitcroft. I’d say our squad looks marginally better than last season

Yet, we are worse...

Just checked some stats, York have had one shot...... Off target..... How did they score?  ???

2-1Alzate

One word ... Turgid

I've got

6 - 3 on target.

17 - 4 off target.

However the only stat that matters is;

STFC 2 - 1 YCFC  :pint:

phew

looks like the town are just going to see this one over the line.

It’s only the middle of November and, at last, we’ve scored the first goal in a game at the CG!

We are very poor. Honestly don’t know how much is Brown’s fault and how much is just down to poor players. It’s such a fog of mediocrity at the moment it’s impossible to know where the blame lays.

Massive. Give Brown his due - today had all the ingredients for an early exit...terrible conditions, non-league opposition but we’ve performed excellently.

Huge win.

trolling or not at the game?

that was proper shit for 70 of the 90. walking to car but I'll expand my thoughts later.

so disappointed with that. but at least we are in round 2

I’m assuming Chang has moved on from his ‘ITK’ gimmick to an ‘over exaggerated Reg’ gimmick

Absolutely cracking win, in what could've been an FA Cup 1st Rnd banana skin. As we have seen in the past and today these can be difficult fixtures as is the nature of the FA Cup.

Football League teams not going through or having to play a replay;

Bradford draw with Aldershot
Cheltenham draw with Ebbsfleet
Gillingham draw with Hartlepool
Macclesfield lose to Maidstone
Morecambe draw with Halifax
Tranmere draw with Oxford City
Yeovil lose to Stockport

Quite a few of you will moan regardless. Can only beat the team in front of you.

Indeed.

Whereas I think Bamboonoshoe is genuine.

Just countering the extremely negative elements of our fan base. Not genuine gripes. You know the ones. Processed Meats, StefTroll. The ones who generally post when we have been defeated. Haven't seen them today.

It’s all relative...in the circumstances, that was exactly the type of performance I was hoping for hence my praise. I know a few expect a sort of Guardiola’s Barcelona style of play, but the realists amongst us recognise where we are at and have adjusted expectations accordingly.

The list of results above shows how easily we could have slipped up today.

meh. shit watching but for an stfc side round 2 is an achievement. first time since di canio 2011/12.

I love the cups. don't care how we played.

I bet bamboo is a lovely fella, but I always imagine him to be that bloke you try and avoid in the street because once he starts talking you can’t get rid of him.

except for last year?

First time in round 2 since.....last year.

Conditions were good. As expected not much between us and a Conference N side. Further good to see a few more in than v FGR in the LC... nearly made 4000. A win is a win  :pint:

Take the positives out of the game if we can - 1st round win against a non league banana skin. Twine had a decent first half but faded in the 2nd, Alzate showed lots of neat touches and got the winner, Iandolo put some decent crosses in to no-one in the box and Dunne put in a whole hearted display and probably deserved man of the match. But let’s not fool ourselves, the opposition were very very poor, but I’m pleased we got through it for all concerned!

How long have you been following STFC Bam Bam?

When's the draw?

BBC1 7pm Monday

Ok the game wasn't a classic but a wins a win and credit to the players for not giving up. 1st half we should have been home and dry but as we all know this is Swindon and we do things the hard way.

Not a big fan of Dunne but he did alright today.  Alzate had a decentish game too.

I don't know why people are moaning it was hardly going to be a pushover as our home form has been piss poor all season so happy to see a win for a change.

Corrected for you

Into round 2, with a changed team, at first attempt. You'd normally be happy with that.

Except I'm not.

For once I was extremely confident of a very comfortable victory. And while the stats will probably point to getting one, I don't think they tell the true story.

In the first 10-15 minutes everything was going to plan. We looked sharp, dangerous got a few shots on target which the  not too good York keeper parried out, but we didn't capitalise. Then McGlashen fed Twine and a delightful flick put us 1-0 up.

Everything was going as well as expected and while I didn't expect York to lie down and die it was surely a matter of how many we got.

Except it wasn't .

While we restricted York to creating not much, we tailed off, the tempo dropped and the game became scrappy. Madness at 1-0. Then York started to put together 1 or 2 chances. They forced a corner and very nearly got an equaliser. They started to match us, our early superiority fading fast.

The equaliser came from open play, a good pass down the left and a shot parried out to by Vigs. The rebound duly dispatched. Something we could learn from - gambling on second balls from shots.

Second half I think York looked the most likely to score from 45-65 minutes. Then suddenly we upped the tempo, and pushed York back for 10 minutes. Alzate scored the winner and I thought that was that. It was, but the disappointing thing was off dropped the tempo and while we sort of kept York mostly at arms length a set piece and a corner is all it would have taken... and it nearly did.

Still we saw out the game and are in the hat for round 2.

What I expected was to come out with a bit of confidence, looking forward to the Carlisle game..I've come out feeling more depressed than I went in.

Oh, and 3700 fans, York must have had a couple of hundred. Was surprised at hearing a fair few comments on people not knowing it was only any Ayrton to get in.

Even at a tenner Batch the "entertainment" isn't value for money in my opinion, not suprised by the very low (for STFC) attendance.

 Don't take it so seriously Batch.... we know we're not very good, and will likely be in a fight to stay up this season, so the cup is always a welcome distraction. We can now enjoy the rest of the weekend and hope to avoid a Conference side in the draw.

thought as there was only 3700 odd there that a longer assessment was in order :)

tldr: much better than losing, no real positives that could feed into league form (maybe twine)

😂🤣

Good win. Hopefully get a good home draw or conference team away from home which maybe on TV. I doubt Town budgeted to get into the third round so would be some extra money which can only be good.

I know what you mean, but I don't think a one off cup game has any real bearing on next Saturday's big game.  Then we return to reality.... we badly need that win at the CG to break this historic Div 4 record of shitness and that will require a significant improvement all around the side picked. The odd little 5 minutes of decent play, here and there won't be enough.

Next Saturday is arguably our biggest match since the Leicester play off in 93...I just hope Brown manages to get the importance through to the players.

Perhaps our biggest match since last Feb at Wycombe when a win there would have seen us replace them in the auto slots.

It was losing that whcih deflated the season.

Brown clearly knows the importance, but won't want to load pressure onto the players, as so far we've seen they don't react well.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Our approach play was good through most of the game, but finishing was atrocious, several sitters were missed.  "If"  they'd been scored, perhaps we'd reflect on quite a good display.  I would anyway.

I bet that Quagmire is a lovely fella, but I always imagine him to be that bloke that's always itching to get home for a wank because with a name like Quagmire, he just can't help himself.  :soapy tit wank:

All my life 4D. Do I have to follow a negative rhetoric or please may I have my own opinion?  :pint:

Just trying to gauge where your expectation levels are likely to be based on experience. If you have only followed the town for the last 18 years then I could understand  :)

Christ, there’s some terrible misses here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/46163859

The commentator seemed excited when York equalised  ;D

We're through & that's what matters but there were some poor individual performances. McGlashan, aside from the assist for the goal (which may have been his first of the season) was poor. His crossing is largely very hit & hope & if he didn't have that extra yard of pace then Conference North/South would probably be his level.
   Adebayo is incredibly weak for a big lad. Gets knocked off the ball far too easily & just doesn't possess the natural instinct that is going to get you 15-20 goals a season. Twine on the other hand impressed me. Took his goal well & could have had another one at least. His goal would be enough to keep him in the X1 for me. He deserves a run on the account that Richards & Adebayo haven't been coming up with the goods lately.

Decent finishes from Twine and Alzate, but Jesus, that one from Anderson is a masterpiece of how not to play football! How can you practice football every day and do that?

Is that Twine's first goal for us?

Yep

I thought it was adequate. We’re not doing well so I can’t expect us to look like world beaters regardless of opposition.

Town could have easily lost that but they remained calm throughout. Have to take those chances though.

 

See also, Colchester last week.

For some reason, I can't help but think he's had a few already. My synapses must be crossed somewhere.

He did score preseason, v supermarine

Wow those highlights are rubbish.

On a separate note, I want to take the kids to a game but don’t want to pay. Suggestions?

Don't be tight?

Thirty years of going to matches (I'm told I was 3yrs old when I went to my first). The first I remember though, I was 5 and it was in the Leppings Lane stand at Sheffield Wednesday in 1990 (not that long after the Hillsborough disaster, although the importance of I was unaware). I think we lost 2-1.

Not the longest running fan but long enough to have seen plenty of ups and downs from late 80s onwards. Missed out on the record points year. Was spoilt by the late Macari/Ardiles/Hoddle football and our highest league position to date. Quickly suffered the slump that followed and the subsequent years of so close and nearly men (as we all have). Think we all know supporting Town is full of many peaks and troughs (can't have one without the other really) and in the last 4 years only the play off no show v PNE has been our "high"of sorts. Since then it's largely gone to shit. However, length of time supporting (while taking its toll) I don't think is massively important. It's down to the individual and if we have a positive or negative outlook.

Having Swindon as one of my middle names, it means I can't exactly stop supporting the Town. Cheers Dad!  :pint:

Are they any good at acting?

yeah, take them to a Sunday morning league game , if not put your hand in your pocket and give STFC some support

today was £10 adult £1 kid...best hope for another home draw if you don't want to pay out

Can either of them play upfront?

We need managers, not players.

Are your kids any good at FM, Sippo?

2 kids go free next weekend with every full paying adult.

A striker wouldn’t go amiss

...as for managers would anyone rather we lost today & Brown got axed rather than we won?

It's a horrible thought, wishing your own team would lose, but...

Even then I think Power would still dither. His inaction when things need to be fixed is my biggest gripe with him.

Memory recall a bit cloudy judging by the highlights.

No. We won a game that is always a reason to celebrate... I guess when you don't go any longer, you lose sight of that.

So excited he gets the whole description wrong.

Job done and a relief.

Positives. Twine and a nice finish to get off the mark.
Mention in despatches for Iandolo and Dunne.
An interesting choice of captain as well.
Would be surprised to see that same formation or a similar line up on Saturday, but refreshing to see a youngish side minus the grandads.

Letting them back into the game was an irritant.

Not heard an effort on goal booed before, even if it was a very poor one and the long range shooting was rubbish throughout.
Are these the same people who moan about not having any shots or a different group who prefer to see a couple of square passes before The Better Town End sign is disturbed.
We live in a boo culture I guess. Boooooooooooo.

So, do we just need one of those brick shithouse No 9s with Twine playing off. We are very lightweight up front, no aerial threat and a Stevie Wonder approach to shooting.

Given we were down to the estimated 3000 hardcore fans, you'd expect most there to be supportive, but there will always be some who have a pathological need for a boo, and because it is so quiet, they're heard. In this case as Lancashire wasn't playing Conroy will do.

Getting a just about 2-1 win, over a team 2 divisions below us, in a cup competition we will not get close to winning whilst having our worst league campaign in what 30 years? Is no reason to celebrate...

...but...that’s the issue with STFC as s collective Power down to fans. No ambition & piss poor standards. No wonder we’re going backwards and no one really cares.

I'm honestly starting to worry about myself

oh and Sippo and support, u11 are usually £2, so not too bad

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2017/apr-2017/home-tickets/ (https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2017/apr-2017/home-tickets/)

two answers to that, though I can see where you are coming from.

On Brown - if he is as bad as he appears then he's gone at Christmas I reckon. if we pick up fair enough. I agree with FH that I doubt power would sack him yet, even had we lost.

on losing - need the cash from a lucrative round 3 tie. we fans need a lift. so no. I have the same issue with those that stay away to force power out. I think he will simply ride it out and reduce budgets accordingly. so I don't see not getting fa cup cash as in any way influencing his exit.

Trying to find some oppo views:





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And a familiar theme on their majority shareholder:

Awful. Vigouroux didn't cover himself in glory either with the pat-a-cake parry to gift them a goal.

On the bright side, I watched the EFL highlights earlier and I reckon I've found some potential defenders for next season from Hull. They'd slot neatly into our team:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpgg5rypwKQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpgg5rypwKQ)

Given the rate of decline under Power, three years should probably be about how long it takes for us to catch them up.

Was at the game yesterday and must say either of their strkers (Nos. 9 &10) would certainly be an asset to our side. Both  moved well off the ball and certainly read the game.   This is probably the only level we will acquire players from,  but,  shows to me that there are decent players below league level - Whether they would come here or whether they would fit in here is another thing .....

was impressed with their #9.

but knowing our luck, we'd end up with Jon 'all you can eat' Parkin

You've lost sight of being able to sustain a viable league club is a worthy ambition.... there is now a world below us that didn't exist say 30 odd years ago, when we previously occupied 17th spot in Div 4. There's not a whole lot of difference between clubs in Conference N and S and us in playing standards, and really there is no reason other than some sort of stubborn pride in our club, that will stop us finding out.

During my self imposed McCormick excile, I've been watching supermarine who are div 7 equivalent. I've seen very little difference in quality to the shit served up by town the last few seasons. In fact, I've enjoyed the games a lot more.
Supermarine are a great little club and I'll continue to watch them when back at town.
Town have seen year on year decline. The Power years  have sucked all enjoyment and hope out of the club. Yes there's a club to support but at what cost. I can very easily see us in the conference, unthinkable a couple of years ago. A little bit of distance from the club helps to see things a  bit more clearly. Unless something radical happens this club is fucked for the foreseeable future.

Which is why seeing a bit of fight for the future of our club, from the fans, players and management, to at least halt the decline is a worthy ambition.... now I'm not altogether sure the will is there, but I'd like to think it is.

I think you’ve pretty much hit the nail squarely on the head there.

And by something radical, that, essentially, means Lee Power being completely removed from the football club.

You’ve lost sight of the fact Football is still a competitive sport and object is still to win.

Get rich or die trying...

oddly enough yesterday I had a near identical conversation with one of thel ST holders that sits near me that does still go to Town. Nearly word for word in fact.

personally I think there probably is a difference in standard, but that it doesn't make a difference to enjoying a game.

Quite the opposite.... I've said a win is a win at any level and represents success... your post suggested a win v lowly York is no reason to celebrate.

We've seen today Cambridge get turned over by Guiseley... who sit on the same points as York, well down Conference N.  Cambridge easily beat us a few weeks back... however much we might not want to believe it, this is the sort of small club level at which we operate. I understand why it isn't something for everyone, but there are still, albeit dwindling numbers, who enjoy the rituals.

A small point... if we lose in R2 we still have a game on R3 day, because Macclesfield are out. That’s always a good thing.

Macclesfield Town P-P Swindon Town
Frozen pitch

 :)

Let us hope we do. The last thing we need is Smeetons doppelgänger pontificating over the merits plus or minus of a fixture pile up.

Oh please look at me everybody what a martyr I am

I think you’ll find real hero’s and ‘martyrs’ were honoured at 11.00 am today....

Tell me about it. I unfollowed / ignored him yesterday, first time I’ve ever done so to anyone, and can highly recommend it.

It is. We've a 100% losing record at Moss Rose, so possibly avoiding a Tuesday night game is a bonus.

Not had a chance to post my thoughts on Saturday's game yet, and another story has really taken precedence so here goes.

We got to the ground about 2.35 to try and hunt a programme (my dad picks one up for a friend who can't get to games anymore but loves to read the programme) which ended up fruitless. We went into the club shop where they told us they had sold out. This was quite irritating, bearing in mind the much smaller crowd.

Onto the game and we lined up with Iandolo LB, wolf RB and Twine, Adebayo and McGlashan as a front 3. We started the game quite well and the front 3 combined for a neat goal finished brilliantly by Twine. This seemed to pep the youngster up and static York defending saw Twine fashion a chance for himself which he hit the outside of the post.

Our 'dominance' faded a little and York scored just before the half time break with a poor goal from a Swindon perspective. York started the second half brightly and had a bit of a spell, spurred on by their fans. They didn't really manage to create any clear cut chances and I think, personally, they ran out of steam and we took control.

During the final half hour we created more then enough chances to win 2 games. I thought Iandolo was putting in some cracking deliveries with his left foot which York struggled to deal with. Adebayo should have done better with a free header, McGlashan missed a header coming in at the back post and Adebayo should have scored when Dunne put him through but the keeper made a good save. Finally Anderson pathetically missed the target 6 yards out when presented with the ball after a mix-up at the back between 2 York defenders. It looked like it wasn't going to be but another well worked move saw the classy Alzate finish off from a McGlashan pull back. That was basically game over and 2-1 flattered York somewhat.

As for the players, I thought Dunne was excellent throughout and showed great character. Iandolo put in some beautiful deliveries with his left foot. Almost Matt Tayloresque! Wolf was a bit chaotic and made some mistakes. The front 3 looked quite good, Twine was great for the first 20 minutes but faded after. Hopefully the gametime will do him good. Adebayo worked hard but just kept losing his footing time after time. His chance that the keeper saved summed up his game, not terrible but frustrating. Same could be said of McGlashan, got in good positions and got 2 assists but weirdly I was disappointed with him. Alzate oozes class as always and worked well with Dunne.

So Brown's last game is to lead us into Round 2. York were pretty crap but we didn't exactly look head and shoulders above them, until about 70 minutes when they tired. Hopefully the new manager can get this squad of players up the league and into Round 3 with the big boys.

Looking at the results from the weekend and it is going to be very difficult to get a favourable draw.  Most clubs left seem to be norvern, so a long road trip, but worse the likes of Rochdale, Accy, Blackpool, Bury, Carlisle, Fleetwood, Southport only get tiny crowds.  Stockport away or probably Wrexham away would be terrible, and Salford still lurk, and I'm sure then Beeb would fancy doing a job on us with that.

The plum draw would be Sunderland, up there.  A good road trip for the committed, and we haven't played them for a while, plus a tidy gate. Pompey would be OK.

Oxford/FGR?

We play FGR twice and have had them in the LC.... wouldn't want another, as for Oxford, not for me, but I guess it would make some happy.

Personally I'd hate to draw Oxford. We're at the worst we've been for... fuck knows how long, ever?... And I can't deal with that feckin song... 8 in a row would it be? I can't remember, Oxford fans seem to change the rules on what counts as a win or not.

I wonder why we didn't take advantage of the 19 in a row.... Maybe we're just not that tinpot.

We could always be drawn at home again, so on the positive flip many of those wouldn't fancy travelling all this way to a lowly southern L2 club. A potential banana skin for them.

That's it. We're going to get to Rnd 3 by beating Fleetwood at home. Of course it will be shown on the Beeb too as we'll be underdogs and they have a "character" of a manager in Joseph Barton.  :)

Any league club at home would be the best of a bad bunch.... I doubt we've enough to see off a Conference club and if Stockport and Oxford City can score 3 at Tranny and Yeovil they could do so here.

There are only a couple of draws in there that you'd really want.... and lots which range from merely horrible to terrible.

Well away at Maidstone would suit

get a fucking grip and have a word with yourself

I'll get back to you after 7:00 ish.

I mean would you want Solihull Moors.... about 11 places between us and them, seemingly heading for terminal basket casery with Jed at the helm and taking Jermaine Hylton off of us.

Jermaine is on fire 5 in his last 8 :o

"i doubt we have enough to see off a conference side"  :zzz: im disappointed iv let you destroy me this early in the week. you would think you were chief poster on the macclesfield forum the way you chat on. then again i reckon they are probably more enthusiastic than you

As was discussed yesterday, we've lost our last 4 times to Conference sides.... with better teams than this one. It really has nothing to do with being "negative" rather just observing what goes on in the football world.

The gaps between non leagues and Div 3 and 4 really have closed up in recent years.... obviously a lot of factors like more teams in non-league being full time, but I also think the top two tiers being composed of so many foreign players means a concentration of British players, who've been through academies and dropped out, aggregate in large numbers of fairly similar standard, in the lower reaches.

To be fair to Reg, football fans are a negative bunch by and large - some studies show that reaction to losing comes with a significant order of magnitude vs. the impact of a win.  So a team could win half it's games and lose the others, and fans would generally see the season as being poor rather than good, or average.  We therefore find it is easy to look for fear factors, like pulling out stats about teams we haven't beaten in forever, like the 1927 team has any bearing on current performance.  I'd imagine more fans finish each season believing their team has under performed against those who believe it to have been a success.

Given our season so far, you'd probably suggest a win was as likely as a loss against any League Two opposition.  The evidence of the season so far also suggests we have a 100% win record against teams below our level. BUT, remember Grazzioli's Ghost is much more important in all this.

Has there been a highlights show? I’m struggling to find anything on catch up.

How would you regard Chelsea U 21, above or below our level.  :hmmm:

BBC iPlayer -> Categories - > Sport -> The FA Cup

Friendly game, impossible to compare.

The way they ripped us a new arsehole without breaking sweat, i’d Say top championship at least.

you say that, but they lost 3-0 to Newport.

I’didnt waych that game to comment on it. I know what I saw at the CG and my opinion is based on that.