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Lets have another go at starting one of these.. After my last attempt ended in total failure, let's hope for something better today.  So, I'm going with a 2 - 1 win for the boys and a move up the table to within touching distance of the play offs.

Bye the way, the clock on this site is f****d!

Not even 11pm  :suicide:

Today is a massive indicator, could we really win and make a statement?  Got to be a chance, after all despite Newport being on the fringe of autos, they are realistically likely to lose FL soon, just because of problems with ground etc.

But that's for the future... right now we're playing a side better than us on paper, a draw would be acceptable.

Cardiff-lite

How do you think we will get on today Reg?

Basically, he thinks we could win but might lose. Then again it might be a draw.

He seems to have completely failed to consider the match abandoned possibility.

I'm looking forward to a few pints, a good game and 3 points for Swindon. 

3-1.

Probably not my finest hour on the prediction front.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: It's the hope that gets you.

We will win  this if our best team is selected, more likely than under PB.

Would take anything out of this game,  going to be a hard one but one of those games we need to win just to close the three point gap just above us.

Assuming that everyone is fully fit, here's how I'd like to see us go today... frustrating that the team was mixed up for the visit of Woking, back to full strength today.

Vigouroux

Knoyle
Iandolo
Nelson
Woolfenden
 
Dunne/McCourt (I'm easy - very similar standard of DM)
Doughty
Alzate

Anderson
Twine
Adebayo

That seems to be our first XI currently Dan. I'd go with that too.

No idea on the result but at least expecting us to be competitive, which is a nice feeling.

Newport are such a strange case... everyone else in the top 6 has a GD of at least 13+. They’re 4th and theirs is -1.

Exeter, Stevenage and Carlisle are all in very patchy form and also have top 5 opponents. As per the Stevenage game, it’s an important chance to make up a chunk of the ground that we’re chasing.

I’ll go for a 2-1 win.

Can see a win here - no reason why not. They’ve shipped more goals than us so we should at least score.

The back 4 looks pretty settled now and Doughty sure improves things going forward. I’ll chance a 3-1 in front of 6445, of which 698 hairy arsed Taffs.

At last some news on Dave - out until the New Year. Still something not right there - just a feeling.

Newport isn't even a county.  (Or Stockport, for that matter.)  What's going on there?

A win would be nice, but our opponents are doing well themselves so a point won't be a terrible result.

I think we will not be hearing from processed beats et al today.

Looking at my facsimile map of Monmouthshire dated 1837... it was considered a part of England, stating that up until the reign of Charles II, it was considered Wales, but since The Restoration has been considered English. Further it says that the people mainly speak Welsh, but that English is becoming more widely spoken.

Let`s be confident of a result based on nothing but sheer hope that new man in charge can inspire the current bunch to grinding out a win - realistically a draw is the more likely....1-1

Re Diagouraga I agree. Get the feeling he could leave in Jan. RW has said he would like to bring in a holding midfielder. TD is about as good as you'll get in that role at this level. When you add Dunne & McCourt into the mix we are well stocked in that position. Makes me feel as though an exit could be on the cards for TD. Hope I'm wrong as I think he could be crucial in the 2nd half of the season.

A better game to watch than the one last season would be good.

I'm assuming that they are still very direct and will have a few big lumps playing.
Better for us if they are open. Not so good if they are more cautious.
Regardless of how they play, we need to move it around a lot quicker than last Sunday.

Haven't lost consecutive home league games to this lot since 1955.  :eek:

Having a row almost to myself in the DRS is preferable to getting jostled by Christmas shoppers in town I guess.

1-0 home win today to make it three wins in a row in the league.

And i agreed with Wobbly Bob, the home game last season was awful (and freezing which made it even worse); should be a better game/performance today

This is the problem... Newport do look a bit higher than what they should be, so it gives us a chance, but they are as you describe, very old skool... a bit like Woking.  An early goal could work wonders, but the longer it goes without, the more inevitable, a scramble from a corner or similar will go against us.

Having a row to yourself in the DRS is OK... means you don't have to keep getting up and down to let people in, or get them to get up and down when going for pee.

Newport have a striker on loan from Bristol Shitty called Antoine Semenyo who is interesting Man Utd.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-united-transfers-antoine-semenyo-2303931

Newport are hard to call, sometimes they are very good sometimes awful, they have beaten Colchester and Oldham and put 4 past Cambridge (twice) but have also lost 6-0 at home to Yeovil and 4-1 at Crawley.

They have 3 more wins than us so far and sit 8 places higher in the league than us with 8 more points than us.

Their last 5 games have been DLWLW.

They have 2 strikers banging in most of their goals with Jamille Matt on 10 goals and Padraig Amond on 9 goals.

I genuinely don't know how this will pan out at all today.

2-1 defeat with Anderson scoring a crowd of 6,274 with 667 sheep shaggers there.

That would be my choice, looks strong on paper

Draw 1-1

Make that 668 with me!

The neighbour of the beast

Heavy police presence around the CG so expecting a fair few taffs.
Draw for me. 2 all

Can we score 2  :hmmm:

There's an explanation in their Wikipedia entry which I cannot see corrobated on their OS. Therefore it might be a wind up.

 :D

Woolery is back

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt5kuTCXgAU87tv.jpg:large)

No Anderson in the squad today.

Signed by City while playing college football at the Swindon Academy (the school in Pinehurst, not our youngsters) BTEC course, so developed in Swindon

Injured?

Thats interesting I didn't know that.

As for Anderson I have not listened to the pre match at all so I am unable to say, anyone else heard anything?

What’s the deal with iFollow. Thought you could watch Sat games too now? I try and click to watch and get told I can’t due to restrictions. Any help appreciated.

Is that the bloke who won the women's 800m race at the 2009 world athletics championships?

Only on international weekends.

Or just use a VPN.

Anyone got anything on iFollow yet? I just have a black square.

Decent Newport presence - looks about 600.

iFollow not working for me either.

goooooooal #1 :)

cross from edge of box, controlled by doughty on edge of 6 years who turns and places post keeper

Fucking iFollow is so bloody frustrating.

great goal Doughty!

Wow

And the lovely XTC goal music!

iFollow fine for me.

Played there with my lad which was originally run by Dave Hockaday until he went to Bristol and Semenyo went with him at that's where City got him from

Great start from Swindon. Need to make this pressure count

Finally got iFollow, wouldnt work today in Firefox for the first time ever but does in the Edge.

Decent cross from the left and a poor header from their top scorer from 10 yards out.

Been all Newport since I started watching!

On the sauce Batch?

6 years? places the post?  Have you had a pint or two before the game Batch :D

Adebayo post, should have scored.

On the sauce Berni?  :)

Great dribble into the box from Iandolo who finds Bayo 15 yards out who hits the post and goes wide.

We have missed a striker with the pace of Woolery.

Doughty chips the keeper from 25 yards just over the bar.

town playing well. with the wind this half

Iandolo slices the ball out for a corner to them from 20 yards out.

Good claim by Vigs.

Vigs finds Woolery out wide beats his player but the defenders kicks it out for a corner to us.

what a ball from vigs.

Unbelievable 20 minutes.

Taylor tries a shot from 35 yards inches wide.

Nelson 35yds so close.

Playing well.  Could be 3 up really.

Need a second before half time. More than deserve it.

Good turn out of Newport fans but poor Town attendance today.

Just strong coffee :D

Iandolo clatters the defender both look hurt but Iandolo not as much.

Yellow for Iandolo.

Iandolo lucky to stay on there.

Newport bring on the Man Utd target Semenyo.

Town really pressing players hard when they don't have the ball. Look well up for it.

Nelson got away with a silly challenge in the box.

Great dribble by Woolery, hits a shot from 20 yards too close to the keeper.

Couple of nice bits of skill from Iandolo on the touchline.

Bayo nice dribble into the box Town get another corner.

Poor corner by Taylor, wins another corner at the end of it.

this wind is having a real influence. we are playing well on merit, but it's really inviting pressure straight back on Newport as long balls and  and drop kicks are coming back at them.

going to be under pressure in second half. second goal required

Love how direct we are when we have the ball. They just drive straight at the defender every time.

Taylors corner couldnt quite reach Iandolo at the far post.

The wind is a major factor, it will be backs to the wall in the 2nd half.

Better free kick from Taylor, good saving header by the defender.

We are much more direct than we have been, that could be key in the 2nd half if we keep the ball on the deck and run at them.

Bayo breaks into the box from a Dunne pass, Bayo ties a trick but the defender wins the ball...corner to Town.

The flip side of the the wind is we play on the ground, straight balls behind the back four. They should hold for Woolery and Bayo. Three or four times We've put a ball in behind and it just escapes the front men.

Semenyo does have a fair amount of skill TBH.

Another good delivery from Taylors free kick but Town can't win the header.

Yes we have had a few overhit passes to our strikers, hopefully they will be better weighted against the wind.

Good move by Bayo sets up Twine who shoots from 20 yards inches wide.

Knoyle has the beating of their LB all game so far.

Solid stop by Vigs from a 20 yard low shot.

release it twine ffs

Twine took far too long releasing Woolery there :(

Twine got that wrong. Woolery was begging for it.

If he passed to Woolery I think that would have been a goal.

3 mins added time.

Town free kick 35 yards outside central.

Great free kick with power inches wide.

Taylors free kicks have been back to his better standard today so far.

Newport unable to cope with the wind so far, Town, with the wind behind them are playing far better.

That could change 2nd half quite easily though.

Nobody has played badly at all this half.

Good solid first half by Town.

Superswindonareterrificnewportareattrocious.

Good 1st half, mostly dominant.

Could do with a 2nd, though.

Great half, but wind-assisted. Wellens has got them challenging and pressing hard. Particularly like Iandolo and Knoyle running at the f/bs, Dunne really strong in midfield with some great balls forward, Adebayo holding up the ball well and Woolery's pace very threatening.

Do we ever get more than 45 mins of quality from STFC?

Better hope so.  Wouldn't it be nice to put a game to bed after 55 mins again?  Come on, Town!

I know it’s very early days, but we seem transformed under Wellens. If we can win today our season really has turned around.

The players seem to be allowed to play an expressive and expansive style, everyone knows what role they are playing with no stupid playing of players out of position to fit a system rather than a system based upon the players available.

If Woolery becomes that striker we have missed (which I still feel he could) then we have the makings of a decent side. Actually hitting the back of the net has been our major problem, we are creating loads of chances just not converting them.

Could do with the wind dying down or reversing direction in second half.

Still, keep it tight and play it right on the break.
Might need a second one to win this.

2nd half about to start, lets see how we cope with the wind in our faces COYR!!!!

1-1 g good header. Vigs nearly got it but not much chance

Well there's your answer.

1-1 didnt take long :(

Bad mistake by Iandolo not winning the ball at LB, the rest was easy.

My fault.  Sorry.

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Iandolo should have just got rid instead he pissed about and lost us.  We had so many chances in the first half and they've basically scored from their first chance.  Now we're all over the place.

Bayo...shut the fuck up.

I don't like Iandolo up against Semenyo :(

especially while on a yellow

Fuck sake Doughty

Bad decision from Doughty then, should have released Woolery.

Nobody seems to be wanting to pass into space for Woolery at all today. Thats his strength so utilise it.

uuuurgh. going to be a long half I think

Doughty to Woolery in the box but his shot goes just wide but gently.

Iandolo played well first half, this half hes been really poor.

It would seem not.

Good run by Twine shot too close to the keeper though.

Crowd of 6204.

Woolery looks knackered.

I have a feeling we will lose this.

Woolery looks knackered. amazed he's taken off twine

McGlashan on for Twine

McGlashan on for Twine.

"All 5 goals Swindon have scored since Wellens joined have been in the first half."

I agree.

Great run by Dunne to McG who makes a lovely cross, Bayo couldnt quite get to it.

Boom

goooooooooial

2-1 Yesssssssssss!!!!  :pint:

Woolery !.

Oh, I don't know.  ;-)

2-1 Woolery great finish.

Woolery. So calm. Great finish. Super pass from Doughty.

Happy to be wrong ;)

Get in there. COYR

Celeryyyy, Celeryyy, Celeryyyy!!!*




*Woolery

GTFI!!!!!

Not any more :)

I would have taken him off 10mins ago :D a real strikers finish.

You don't have to keep adding to the 'be proven wrong' thing.  :-)

I would take Woolery off now. He's done his job for the day. Get Pryce on for 5mins.

 :)

he's down with cramp now,  needs to go off

Oh no Lancashire is on !

:D

Woolery off Lancashire on.

Woolery is the one.

The one what?

Wellens booked for timewasting!

 4 Minutes added time

Come on  :beers:

4 long long minutes.

Kin yessss. Beers tonight

FT 2-1,  we're going up as fucking champions !!.

2-1 another massive Town win.

Well played Swindon.

Excellent win. That's 3 wins in 4 in the league for Wellens. Looking like an inspired choice if he keeps it up.

Good win in the end. Woolery's coolness is promising if he can stay fit.

Great win.

We can start looking up not down Reg !

Apart from the shite cup result they do appear to be getting better. Shots from 30+ yards too. Keep going town.

Power in, Wellens in and wales out or some bollox

Excellent! Just shows how a managerial change can turn things round.

Tweak the squad in January and we’re in business.

And I got me acca up as well!

Can you imagine how good we’d be if Wellens hadn’t lost the dressing room after the Carlisle game?

 ;D

 :D Name and shame again for the record. Options:
Outlet           O
newmarket    O
Processed      O

That particular pearl came from SRK I think.

Just from the clips on Twitter, seems like Doughty was key to everything. Look forward to the reports. Bit of momentum into Christmas could really turn this season around.

The very same ‘legend’

Thanks I'm feeling the love.Amazing what a few wins in the league can do,

League Two as it stands. 4pts from play offs and only 8pts from automatic. Beat Grimsby and that Mansfield away fixture on Dec 29th looks a tasty affair! Also 14pts from the Football League black hole, so can the talk of relegation please be put to bed. Town are the form team in League Two, the only team with three wins on the spin. Vury & Mansfield are unbeaten on 5 though.

Also, another quality piece of writing from the BBC. Can't even get the match winners name right.

I was so wrapped up in my bet I didn't even realise I didn't know the Town score until 15 mins ago.

£207 profit and a Swindon win. Had worse Saturday's.

Better question is whether they will post at all tonight, but I think we all know the answer to that one.

I thought we played well in the first half, put them under pressure and could have had a couple more.  Second half for about 15-20 minutes we looked like we had left our brains in the dressing room.  It was as if nobody had understood we were playing against the wind.  I know I'm a broken record, but Taylor was awful in that period, beaten only by Iandolo who seemed to completely lose his positioning.  But, I have a suspicion Taylor triggered the move that got us the goal :-)

Nobody could figure out how to get Doughty in the game and he fucked up by not feeding Woollery when he did get released on a run - fortunately he didn't make that mistake the next time.  I thought we coped well in the final 20 minutes though - you know they will pump it long and apply pressure with the wind and useful big man.  Dunne played well.  Nelson and Woolfenden had a bit of a going over, but just about survived.  Knoyle was a threat first half, don't know why we didn't use that outlet on the floor in the 2nd but I guess he did get pushed back quite a bit.

Think we deserved it on balance - we looked the better team against the wind when you compare both halves.  Overall, it's nice to look like we are supposed to be the better team - that doesn't guarantee anything, but for 50-60 mins of that game it felt like we were the team you'd see higher up the league, similar to Stevenage.

Woollery looked a threat even if we managed to release him only a few times, similar to the impact Pryce had in the previous league game.  Hopefully the wind dies down and we can get back to Doughty feeding balls through.

Just back, really enjoyed that. We look a completely different side under Wellens, more positivity and purpose.
Apart from the football on show the other pleasing thing was how the crowd got behind the team, didn't hear much negativity at all round me; a nice change from the norm.

shamelessly quoting myself. but...would be interesting to see the win ratio of games that doughty has played. keep him fit and the team is completely different.

the 2nd bit highlighted was just to show how far we have come since the relegation battles of just 2 weeks ago!

Probably best if you just listen to it instead then :)

Even if Doughty scored one and made one, I thought Dunne was more influential in the middle today. He'd probably be my MoM.

:nod:

I ended up just listening and covering my eyes for the last 5 mins anyway ;)

I've been saying for months that Dunne is a decent player and gained a reputation as being poor because Flitcroft didn't know how to use him. Even under Brown he had more good games than he did bad.

Fixed it for you.  :lightsabre:

Didn't do a good job of it ;)

What's the name of the goal music??

have to say right now Wellens looks like the right man, stand by 'for the wrong reasons', but it doesn't much matter.

Good first half with the wind. should have had 2.

second half started in reverse, thought we were in for it, we held our nerve and came back into it.

brilliant win, long may it continue

Not worthy am I :notworthy:.

https://youtu.be/07Fp-omNXCw

Same here, except when Lancashire came on and some idiots thought it was a good idea to boo him. Yeah, cos that's going to fucking help isn't it?

Dunne is a strange one for sure. Looked totally inept under Flitcroft and was lining up to be the new Anton Rodgers.

Totally different player this season. Remarkable how different managers can make or break a player.

We’ve won the same number of games as Mansfield, don’t you know!

Really pleased for Dunny after his 'mare at full back (v Bury) and crass sending off at Crawley (and v Accrington in May).  He always holds his hand up.  Good lad.

As Robert T and before Venks ( Nobody seems to be wanting to pass into space for Woolery at all today. Thats his strength so utilise it) have suggested, we may have a significant new striking option available to us after Flitcroft's misuse and also injury.  It does rather seem that Doughty could be the player most likely to exploit Woolery's strengths.

Notts County losing today means we may get a little peace from the Conference fantasy posters - at least till Grimsby.  :pint:

He's has a good start. On the back of my mind is that he also started very well at Oldham, but I think that's me going a bit Reg and just looking for a reason to be negative.

There's a transfer window coming and a lot will depend on how well he does at recruitment. If he gets that right then we could be in for a very good final 3rd to the season.

I'd like to think the difference is he will get to January and not have to release his squad and play just the kids and has beens who aren't even getting paid this time around.

I like that he's found a system and is trying to get the players used to it, even if that meant the wrong approach to the Woking game.  Adebayo seems more clear in what is expected of him and we have more purpose in getting the ball forward, out wide and creating crossing opportunities. We also seem to have a few different corner routines which is nice to see.

Cheers Batch.

Adebayo looked much better today, he'd gone completely off the boil in recent weeks, but decent today

fuck sake give me time to get in  :crash:

Yeah it's obviously early days, and like you say he had a good start at Oldham.

but when Brown went I was genuinely worried about our league status. 9/12 points later and we are looking at a playoff push.

credit where its due.

you are right though, we are still in need of a couple of players at both ends of the pitch and add you say, that will be critical.

Fucking idiots, yes hes not great but he tries and no player deserves to come on to boos before he has even kicked a ball in anger. There could still be a player in there but his consistancy is very poor.

Think that's fair enough, now we've edged into the top half. Today was important... grind out 3 points at the CG in difficult conditions against a typical Div 4 rugged outfit.  However the challenges come thick and fast, and the next 2 are huge... come through these with say 4 points and we can start to get excited.  Grimsby away, a traditional graveyard one win since 67; then Numb.

They'd shut up if enough people gave them a proper bollocking. Gutless cretins.

That's what is called a "toxic element" to our fanbase. These kind of fans aren't really fans at all. Lancs was coming on to essentially sure up the defence and help see out the last 5 mins. Those types couldn't care less if Town were winning, losing or drawing. Pricks.

Fantastic win today and should start to show us where we truly lie in this division. Hopefully that will culminate with us being out of it. In an upward fashion.

Enjoyed the win, not sure about the whole game.
Should really have taken advantage of the wind assistance in the first half as knew they would in the 2nd.

Better team performance tho, Woolery made some decent runs without being played in. Adebayo even looked improved.

Would have taken a draw so  :pint:

Taffs seemed a bit miffed, around a dozen outside the DRS at half time giving it large. No police only stewards but never kicked off. Then the old bill arrived on mass. Stewards then all running off towards town end.

When was the last time we managed 3 on the spin

Thought we deserved the win today. I enjoy those grinded out wins against (relatively) strong opposition

Woolery looked a real threat all game. Any mention of why no Anderson? I presume injury?

Doughty was quiet but his class still showed through, agree with everything written about Dunne - I think I said a couple of weeks ago he has been one of our best players this season. He looks a lot more comfortable as part of the three

Hockaday was on the radio afterwards saying how Taylor struggled a lot once the pressure was on, and I’d have to agree - I’m not sure he’s a perfect solution in this team. Likewise Ian, who struggled a lot today

Minor negatives on the day though. Happiest I’ve felt leaving the county ground since the opening day

Hey Rob T , I’m now living abroad so wondered what the coverage is like on the live Games . Is it expensive and worth it?

Think Doughty is going to be crucial - if he can continue to regain his match fitness and get a run of games under his belt, then we have the key to success.  He creates chances, either for other or himself.  Also, Woolery showed some potential today, but he did that against Exeter at home last season I think.  If we can get him playing on the shoulder and Doughty picking passes, with the fullbacks offering a crossing threat and either Adebayo on for or a new forward in there, we have great options at this level.

Brown was nearly on to this, early in the season, but went down some blind alleys and squandered a chance for us to be further up the table by now.  Based on Wellens' four league games, the signs suggest to me the Play Offs are well within reach, maybe more if he can improve a few areas in January.  The only blip seems to have been him using the old system, since then  shape has developed which looks very promising.  And while out defence looks like a Div 4 defence at times, it doesn't look like we ready to ship three at a moments notice anymore.

It was about $150 for the entire year, which I think is pretty good value.  The past few weeks it has been pretty good in terms of quality.  They do have some issues with linking audio, but seem to have improved that now.  The video quality has been much better this season.  If we didn't support Swindon it would be excellent value for money!

Good to see Dunne getting credit on here.  I liked the way he talked to, and encouraged, the younger players today.
 
The game was good to watch, and the crowd round me seemed very appreciative of our attacking play.

Can we start to say we are over our mediocre-disastrous home form now (in the league), as Wellens has 2 home wins from 3 (all league) in his tenure so far?

He is a limited footballer, not too smart with the ball and a bit of headless chicken at times, but he has energy and can be very direct.  Brown had managed to turn him around, and Wellens seems to be able to exert the best out of his talents - he acts as the driver and the wheels for Doughty.  He gets beat by decent turns quite easily, but he'll run back and get a tackle in still.  He'll still be likely to pass a throw in he receives back into touch, but he'll get the drop downs when we are attacking and win back possession, something very few others can achieve.  He's a point and direct player, and we seem to be pointing and directing him well right now.  he is also providing consistency in performance, so you can rely on him doing the things you want him to be doing.  

Lancashire got a few customary boos

Iandolo? He did struggle at times but showed he has talent at others. Could be an exciting player if he can fix his flaws, most of which seem to be down to decision making and positioning.

I can see him going out on loan once we get some replacements in the window. There's a player in there, hopefully he'll come good with more experience.

What kind of name is Iandolo anyway? Is it Welsh or something?

Iandolo looks good when we are in control, on the front foot and he has a wicked cross on him.  He looks a bit at sea when the pressure comes on and loses his starting position quite frequently.  You'd say he would improve with a run of games, so we should probably stick with him, but that is exactly where you want either a central defender or the holding midfielder to talk him through it more often.  I don;t see that happening much.  Hopefully we continue to press on other teams and we get more of the good than the bad.

Rest assured, the few behind me got a mouthful

2 very well taken goals here

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11575462/swindon-2-1-newport

Well done. You need backup to make them feel isolated though.

I think with Ian is that we've been led to believe that he's an out and out FB. It's clear to anyone with limited knowledge that - he isn't. His position is suited to higher up the field, more as a LWB or even more advanced as a LW. It's just at present we don't quite have the luxury to play him where properly suited. This is why it is important we buy/loan an out and out LB and Ian will, I believe flourish in an advanced role (where he doesn't have to worry about doing as much defending). I would say likewise for Knoyle (except he is a much better player than Ian), he enjoys playing the high pressing, overlapping role. Much like Nathan Byrne used to when here.

Would like to see us make both Sid & the Woolf permanent in Jan. They will only get better. Woolf the slightly more technical CB and Sid the never say die old fashioned one. They compliment well. Tough call but if Dunne stays consistent on a run of games and with Doughty looking back to fitness, this could be the door for Diagorouga in Jan. His wages alone would likely free up for the said LB needed. We simply have too many CMs on the books.

Finally, of course we do need a striker still. Even if Woolery stays fit and goes on a run we will still need competition. Richards I think also needs to be shown the door, it just isn't happening for him this season. It's likely his final season, unless he's willing to drop down to National League (that won't be with us). Imagine bringing in a player who just loves to pick up threaded balls (from Doughty), feast off scraps and nod in those crosses. The chances are being created so I can see some out of favour strikers wanting to come here. They could easily get 10 in the 2nd half of the season. All that being said, so could Woolery but I do think he'll need competition. Complacency can destroy a team.

Woolley looked a threat regardless of how many times we released him down the channels. The positive start was down to him picking the ball up in general play  and attacking the defence. Got us on the front foot early. Beats the previous pass around at the back and work our way into the game slowly.

I think your whole  record collection is broken where Taylor is concerned. Taylors "awful" 20 minutes was probably 3 or 4 miscued or misplaced first time passes when trying to get the ball forward to counter Newport increased tempo. He wasn't the only one. As for Landolo, he isn't a full back and seems to tuck in alot to cover his lack of pace. He struggled against a skillful out and out winger.

Couldn't they find the way in? Thickos

tbf, they're not bad blokes, they've been going for years and despite bamboo's blanket characterisation that "they're not fans",they are loyal fans. Just chose to express their opinion in an unhelpful (IMO) way today. Wouldn't want to make them feel isolated, just maybe have a think about when/how to express an opinion they're quite entitled to hold

AMARANTH STAG - A heads up. His surname is Iandolo not Landolo.

It's known as a 'No true Scotsman fallacy'.

HTH

Taylor did exactly this when Landolo threw a poor throw-in back towards Nelson which put us under pressure. Dunne did it but in a more bad cop way.

I wouldn't expect our two CH's to be able to do it when they are still learning the game as well, especially when they apparently are giving a going over.

I don’t think the old “entitled to their opinion” defence should apply to anyone booing their own player before he’s come on. Some things are indefensible. 

That old chestnut. I guess that makes it all ok then? I'm not averse to booing but booing a player coming on for a 5min cameo, to sure up the defence is fucking odd. Couldn't care less if it was their first game or their 1000th. In fact it would be even worse behaviour from those who should know better. Too many scoops of piss water pre-match, likely.



"We've been fucking these young boys in the church for years!"

"Yes but it's not acceptable any more."

"Well i'm going to do it anyway - I've been a loyal servant to the church for years!"



As you were  :soapy tit wank:

And that's a strawman fallacy.

He didn't say it makes it OK.

No true Town fan would do such a thing...

TLDR - you don't get to judge whether they're "proper fans" or not. And it's "shore up".

Of course but his writing manner was in a defensive tone, countering my response. Maybe we can say he implied that they are good blokes purely because "they've been going for years" when this doesn't necessarily mean that they are.

Agree which is why I gave them a mouthful. I phrased that badly, tbf, just trying to explain why I wouldn't want them to feel isolated. Isolated in thinking that was acceptable maybe

No, they're alright blokes because they are. And they have been going for years, because they have no more sense than I have. That doesn't entitle them to be arseholes but it does mean I'll cut them quite a lot of slack.

*Devil's Advocate

They are alright blokes, in your opinion. Which of course I respect. Totally understand the no more sense and going for years part - it is something many of us are/will be guilty of doing. It's one of the mysteries of life!

As for shore up or sure up;

I was sure that I could use either. Pretty certain one is to support and the other is to secure?

Just add my tuppence worth.

Assuming he will become fit again before season's virtualy over, I would think 'toums should be kept on.  For a foot in, holding player he has that touch of class that I feel could be a vital option at season's end, especially if we were in the play offs.

And Woolery.  His finish today (and running off the ball for Doughty after setting Doughty up for a driving run forward and return) reminded me of the Don.  Like his goal against Exeter last season.

Do that half a dozen times again this season and I'll be feeling a manlove inappropriate fpor my age.  He does need players to spot his runs and Doughty could be that man.  As a lovely thread for Price's second showed against Stevenage.

Can we keep those two fit though?

Wellens said something about looking for a holding midfielder in January, which surprised me.

Woolery....What a welcome return.We've missed him

Nope

https://kris-spisak.com/writing-tip-shore-up-vs-sure-up/

Although it's a bit of an evolving language topic really. "Sure up" has started to appear more and more, initially as a malapropism, then as a claimed neologism. I guess as more and more people use it, it will become an accepted part of the language in its own right.

replacement for Dave, assuming he's off then?

There was a hint of the Don about the goal.... probably the drop of the shouder to sit the keeper down. The difference is the Don had scored a hundred league goals by 23, whereas Kaiyne has about 8.

Did cross my mind, which would be a shame. Dave's clearly a class player.

Evening :D

Should have parked at the Merlin!

Haven't read back yet.

A win is a win...earlier in the season we would of lost today.

Better the first half but struggled in the second.

Abeybayo was awful....like an extra player for Newport  at times.

I don't think you'll find many that will agree with you on that.

Fair-ish. I suppose this is the beauty of language. Always evolving. The adventure of English being one of the most interesting and evolving languages. Essentially it is accepted and thus can be used. I think this term is much more acceptable than some of the tripe that gets accepted into the OED, like "staycation" or "yarnbomb".

He has since deleted that, the delicate flower. Imagine having to pay to park a car in a cR park, whatever next!

Such a nice feeling to win a game that could have gone either way. Reckon we deserved it for our endeavour. Nice to relax back at home with a winning pint after a more satisfying long round trip than most this term!

It is a nice feeling.

I like your username, it's clever. I wish I'd thought of that.

WE ARE STAYING UP
SAY WE ARE STAYING UP

Would you behave! We've barely made 30pts and you're over there celebrating. The state of you! You know we have to get to 51pts ASAP to put the lid over the Football League trapdoor. ;)

DV Canio shit Reg is more amusing than Chang shit reg.

Total Sport Swindon gave him 9/10!!

Fanks Flash! It was a toss up between Sir Windon, Esther Effsee, Rod Bourne, Wally Cott or Penny Hill...

Well I might be more amusing, or less amusing. Or possibly equally as amusing.
I wouldnt like to say anything decisive on the matter, just in case.

Although Reg was more amusing in the winter of ‘62 but then he also had an outside toilet which has no relevance to the modern day at all.
It also stayed at -2° for 4 days straight

We had an outside toilet up until '89 but I doubt many on here will believe that statement, or the next. Being a total bullsgitter and all that jazz!

Didn't it pretty much do that in about Winter of 2010?

Fixed it for you

Another strong performance in which we overcame a bit of adversity to beat what is, apparently, a better team than us. Well, let’s see how it looks in 25 games’ time I suppose.

I expect there will be the odd self-obsessed fool crying into the pillow on the basis that relegation looks a tad unlikely, and the comments made 2-3 weeks ago look a little bit silly. But, that aside, it’s been a good day.

Is he the coach driver?

I don't recall it, but you live on the Midlands/North boundary, so who knows. A mate who lives that way came over in the week and reckoned it was parky relative to Swindon

Isn't "labadie" part of female genitalia?

Good game. Good win.

One game at a time.

Was sat there inwardly grumbling about selfish play after Twine and Doughty both ignored Woolery.
And Woolery himself who might have squared it to Dunne.
Then comes a sublime pass from Doughty and a calm finish.
It's that extra bit of quality that could still see us have a very good season.
Looks a much better balance to the team now as well.

Note to Bayo, if you want to discuss hair cuts with an opposition player, ask him after the game or in such way that the game doesn't have to be stopped when we have good possession.

So, now we’re 11th and looking upwards. There are, I reckon, 4 clubs above us who are heading downwards - Exeter, Stevenage, FGR and Newport andTranmere have been wobbly lately.

POs are there for the taking.

Good reply BO :D

Me too, more than inwardly though with me sat at home :D

I have to eat humble pie there then... thought he was awful..

Match report from a Newport fan, pretty decent summing up other than getting a couple of players names wrong, such as Woolery crossing for Woolery to score the first goal and calling Iandolo as Landolo.

https://medium.com/@MarkVickery4/stuttering-away-form-problem-for-county-96e164a4278

A couple of comments about the game on the Exiles forum'

People on this forum do it with Iandolo! :)

I always, probably wrongly, pressume they do it ironically to deliberately annoy :)

Wrexham seemed to have joined in the game as well during the first half.

Looking upwards is certainly preferable to looking downwards but WB has got it right, take it each match as it comes.  So onto Grimsby, at least it's not a Tuesday night, but our record there is one win in 51 years.

I think it's something to do with playing on the east side of the country, especially if it's near the North Sea.  I'm inclined to think that our record against sides like HPool, Darlo, MBoro, Sunderland, Newcastle, Hull, Norwich, Ipswich, Sarfend, Gills isn't too clever on their dungheaps.

Next three games are all against teams below us. Grimsby A, Nam H, Northampton A. All winnable and should we manage to do that will catapult us well up into the P.O. zone. The one after these three is A @ Mr. Loyalties cesspit on 29/12 NY day sees us up against The Grecians at home so come 5.00 PM, fingers crossed we could start the new year on a massive roll. Then again it is Swindon i’m talking about.

GO TO MANSFIELD

Old skool graffito.... County Road bridge.

LL will be better off going there rather than Notts on Boxing Day, if he wants to watch Town.

Your attempt at humour/sarcasm is as good as your match day predictions. For those who are thinking WTF. I have amended N. County to Northampton.  

FYI P l o w m a n I probably won’t be going to any of them, same goes for your doppelgänger Smeeton.

Hopefully the Notts Constabulary aren’t quite so free and easy with their truncheons.

That second goal was straight out of FutSal match. Tight threaded pass, quick drop to the side with equally synchronised quick feet and then a calmness to still lift it past the defender. Really was a thing of beauty.

Had their forward controlled better near the end though, he would've put it away for an undeserved 2-2.

Yet again, despite the conditions it felt like another game of football. Nice that Wellens seems to have brought the football back and more importantly, when Town have lost, they've responded with a win. Also when we win, he's still looking for improvements.

Maybe, just maybe this could be the start of something decent. January is massive.

Umm if that's a euphemism then no, they aren't.

If it's a direct query then yes, however 29th December is a more limbo time of year, most have let off steam with too much family time at a Boxing Day fixture and many are taking a breather ready for NYE.

Whilst it may be a fruity affair inside the OneCall Arena/Field Mill. I doubt it will be much else anywhere after. Stags have a lot of younger fans (late teens - mid twenties) that are mostly bark and no bite. In fact Mansfield now is generally on the whole not too bad for a nondescript north midlands town. They are after all, just a very small team in Nottingham.

I notice that Mr. Flitcroft says his team "destroyed Notts County". Beating a team in a relegation battle (which they indeed are) 2-0 at home is hardly destroying. It shows the difference in manager between Wellens and the former. One believes he is better than he is, while the other just constantly wants improvement, even after we could rightly attribute "destroyed" to the win v Stevenage. As time goes on - I'm beginning to like this Wellens fellas attitude and approach. I hope it stays fresh for a while longer :)

No, what TAFKAA means is that in April 86 when we went to Mansfield and won promotion with about 4,000 odd Town fans there the Notts old bill were very generous with their batoning of innocent Town fans, many of the police were full of anger after the miners strike and vented a lot of that anger at Town fans. A great day out spoiled for a lot of Swindon fans by the police heavy handed policing. I was nearly belted on the head by one of them that day myself but ducked and my mate got hit!

‘Maggie Thatcher’s Blue and White Army’

Fucking thugs

The town fans didn't really help themselves that day. That was one hell of a mob up there winding up the police.

Enjoyed the game.  Great result.  Draw would probably have been fair but will take it.

Went in CGH before game for first time in ages.  Quite an improvement.

Someone asked after match if we've ever had a game with strong wind blowing towards the town end.  Between 5 of us we couldn't remember one.

Cheers PV and I like the acronym used for Aud there - TAFKAA! Fantastic! Yes, it's likely that it wouldn't have mattered who the fans were that day, the old bill around that time (as I understand it from relatives and older friends alike) were up for giving a shoeing to anyone who merely made eye contact with them, unfortunately in that area it happened to be Town fans. They wouldn't be able to get away with it today, in the manner that they did then. Much was the culture of football during the 80s though, it was easy enough for the bacon to fob it off as gangs, thus "justifiable".

Hope you're well mate? :)

I’d certainly never ever claim a match against Cheltenham as winnable.

You are very welcome mate, yep all good ta :)

:D :clap:

No seriously. Not a Regism this time.

Our record against them is diabolical.

at least it's at home, our record is slightly better at home

For whatever reason it is awful, they really are a bogey team with just 2 wins against them and 2 draws in 12 games since they entered the league in 2002. Both of those coming at home.

Er, but I may attend  :footinmouth:

previous results really should be irrelevant each new season though. 

in derby games it sometimes adds more to the result if its a winless record but against everyone else in these leagues it obviously really doesn't matter and has no influence.

high player turnover in the lower leagues and different managers. we should be looking at cheltenham as exactly what they are. just a team in 21st place playing away from home with a terrible away record.

Eisa dicked us at the CG last season. A similar player to Woolery so hopefully we have the advantage this time round!

The OB didn't help things by pulling over dozens of STFC coaches & trannies a few miles outside of Mansfield before the game & insisting on throwing away any booze on board unless it was drunk NOW!

That meant the usually mild-mannered Town fans turned into a tanked-up threat to what the OB saw as law & order.

I personally had a great day & enjoyed the celebrations.

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Yep it’s a statistically anomaly and nothing more.

History will have no effect on what happens in the game at all, the manager and most of the players have had no part in said bad run.

Oddly, I couldn’t agree more with what you said.

Yet also oddly, I don’t expect us to beat them because they are a bogey side.

Totally illogical yet also fairly logical at the same time.

Of course when I say I can’t see us winning, we might win if we don’t lose or draw  :hmmm:

I think winning might be achieved if we manage to score more goals than they do.

There are mystic forces involved when playing Cheltenham. First and foremost lets not concede more than them

(https://www.mysticmeg.com/images/meg.png)

Intriguing.

What about own goals?
That would mess up your theory

Place some dead animals in their changing room,a couple of smelly rats and a pidgeon should do it.
Get someone to piss in the corner so the whole room has that pungent smell.

might work, might just make them angry...like Brighton's poogate under Poyet

You mean Pooyet? :)

if someone number 2s that pun, I'll turd it

Mate thats a shit pun ;)

Back to the drawing board I go.

The conditions were difficult but don't think it played too much of a part in how we played (bar Taylor having a go from distance a few times) we played our game throughout and thoroughly deserved the win. Newport tried to use it to their advantage (either that or they are just generally hoofy bastards) and failed really. Defence held strong, bar a few panicky moments early on.

Hard to believe they are top 7... Makes it even more depressing how far down the table we are. At least there are signs now that it could change.

The comment that we built the ground deliberately to have a wind advantage made me chuckle. Yep, once every 10 years when we have wind like Saturday we always win and it makes it well worth it. Jesus.

Given the historic beginnings of the club, it's much more likely to have been sited on religious grounds, being East to west an all

 As to why the pitch is orientated the west/ east way is interesting as I've no idea... and not sure we could ever find out.

 RedBuck's theory as good as anything.   Originally the pitch was more on the cricket ground, although I'm not sure we know where exactly.

 My best guess, would be it was simply in order to fit it in and give the cricket outfield it's best shape, and avoid poking into what was originally called Stratton Road, it made sense.

 Something whcih has fascinated me for a while on which I've never really seen any info, is that in the 20's, there was no CG Extension as a park, but rather a number of railway sidings used to abutt the back of the Bank.

The only game I have seen with a similar wind was the FA cup game at home to Stevenage in 98 when Digby couldn't clear the box with his kicks let alone reach the half way line.

Check out the kick 2mins into the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=IwGIUuZTfxs

Going off thread a bit, IIRC correctly Stevenage got Newcastle in the next round and as I was living up there we went to the game, the Stevenage manager Fairclough had made a complete bellend of himself in the intervening period and most neutrals strangely anted Newcastle to win.

I blame the coriolis effect of the town centre

Huge win against the odds, although it is important we don’t get too carried away - it was only recently that the majority on here considered we were mired in a relegation dogfight. To be afforded some breathing space is welcome considering who our next two opponents are....Grimsby, the sort of norvern outpost where even our decent sides have struggled and ‘Num....enough said.

Do you not bore yourself?

TBF, I think the most recent concern was losing to a sub Conference outfit at the CG in the Cup. That being the first time we'd lost to an outfit at that level since Tooting and Mitcham in 76.  That was a funny old thing... we'd won at Hendon in the 2nd Round, gone 2 up at the CG in 10 minutes, and rather than the expected avalanche, sat back and conceded 2 in the last 2 mins, before losing the replay. in Tooting.

Still a decent win v Newport has put such Cup nightmares to bed for another year. 

Grimsby will be very difficult they stuck 5 on Tranny in their last home league game, and beat Crawley and ColU in the 2 previous.  The salt air and cold winds blowing in off the North Sea or associated estuaries, seem to play havoc with our boys.

Are you being Chang, or shit Reg  now? It's hard to tell

To be fair to Chang it's pretty obvious he's on a massive wind-up Reg campaign and he's pretty much got him to a T there.

Reg has two log ins  ???

Do we reckon Wellens may have decided that Doughty and Alzate can’t both start/play?

Considering our best performance of the season had them both starting, I’d be surprised if that was the case. I think Saturday was more down to the conditions, someone like Dunne is better suited to a scrappy game with the wind etc, than Alzate would be.

You shouldn't call it shit Reg, it's a brilliant impersonation, topped off with Reg replying to try & insinuate that it's gone over his head & he isn't having the piss taken out of him.

Agreed. We ripped Stevenage a new one in the first half with both of them on the pitch, and I expect that to be repeated against some other teams. But Saturday clearly wasn't a day to pass Newport off the park.

Alzate was well off the boil against Woking (not alone, I know), which might also have influenced things.

Wellens obviously did his research on both and realised that Stevenage like to pass the ball about so it would be better to have the two decent ball players in midfield whereas Newport are a kick and chase type of team where someone like Dunne would be better suited.

I'm not sure if I'm being too kind to him but it is refreshing to actually see some kind of obvious tactical decisions being made rather than whatever the hell it was Brown was doing.

 Further to the piece about the elements perhaps being an issue when our boys get near the North Sea.... forecast for Scotland and the north tomorrow is ice and snow.  Although Humberside may just be on the southern edge, I wonder if the match is in doubt  :hmmm:

 Hopefully not.... but I'd  imagine a few of ours might be in gloves, if it is played.

Strong winds and sleet, above freezing though so should just be a mess, like last weekend.

Well we'll win then, going by what the Newts said was our strategic advantage.  ::)

Typical Blundell Park then  :(