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The real STFC at home to the Shrews, we will lose.

today we are going FOUR FOUR FUCKING TWO.

tl;dr

 :D

2 nil home win.

Real STFC 1-1 Fake STFC

Concerned he may pick Curran ahead of Odimayo which IMO would be a mistake.

I think he will probably go with

                  Travers
Hunt   Odimayo  Masterson   Thompson
Payne    Palmer    Lyden      Hope
             Tyler      Pitman

Might be worth trying Twine alongside/just behind Pitman in the 10 role as he played at Newport but I don't think we will.

I would also rather see Grant given game time ahead of Palmer who has been disappointing for me in the last 2 games, but I don't think Grant will start.

Hunt for Conroy should be the only change from Tuesday.

Sounds like Garrick will be played as a striker.

Hunt in for Conroy and pray our "back to basics" 44fucking2 approach shithouses another 1-0 through a combo of luck, shite opposition and opportunism.

The bits I've seen of the TotalSport summary of the pre-match press conference on twitter sounds like Sheridan's tearing into half the squad.

He said Anthony Grant needs to work hard

I’ve never met Anthony Grant, but from what little we can gauge as fans, I’d bet my mortgage that he is not the type of player that reacts well to being frozen out and told to “Work harder”, especially when he has hobbled through the first half of the season. Sheridan is clearly not a man manager. But public criticism of Grant just makes him plane dopey.

Well, yeah, we all know what a lazy sod Grant is, always slouching about on the pitch and never puts his body on the line for the team. FFS  ::)

Wait and see, new boy will be on the bench tomorrow and Grant wont be in the squad

 :french:

I'll knock Sheridan freely, he deserves it, and in this instance I am not sure what he hopes to achieve by airing any dirty washing in public.  But, Grant and Caddis both came back looking 50% fit for this season.  Grant may well have played with an injury but he didn't exactly look raring to go in game one either.  He's be sacked off by a few clubs at this level before.

Saying all that, I'd still play him in the midfield ahead of Palmer.

I'd like to settle down to watch the 6 Nations live all tomorrow afternoon.

Can I avoid the Townend and then watch the game on iplayer in the evening without knowing the score?

If not I guess I'd better record the 6 Nations and watch the real STFC live.

Unsurprising my wife thinks I'm a selfish prick  ;)

Palmer put a shift in on Tuesday - as did the others. Anything less than that again and we’ll lose.

How any sane person could put Curran ahead of anyone is beyond belief. If his name is in the starting XI we’re doomed - doomed I say!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NlFWh7Sz8

Need to start putting some results together, I'll take a win however it may come. Still not feeling confident in this side. We put in a shift on Tuesday with 10 men but still didn't play well against a terrible side. I have a feeling a draw is coming

He has been eager to drop Grant so this is him covering his steps before he actually does.

The new bloke Garrick will have to replace Omotoye or Tyler if he is going to be on the bench at least with the 5 man loan limit.

There is absolutely no point in Tyler Smith playing given our current approach is more akin to Rugby.

I thought Palmer was really poor on Tuesday TBH, easily our worst player for me.

Weird how we all see games differently at times.

The same could be said about Omotoye too with that same concern.

I'd be happy with any replacement for Conroy, as long as it ain't Curran.

If we need eight or nine more wins to have a good chance of staying up, tomorrow needs to be one of them.

Unfortunately, I have no faith that the win over Wigan will galvanise the team to another hard-fought win against the Shrews.

STFC 0-2 stfc

Another player that really doesn't have a proper home in the current team.  It makes the A Grant situation all the more perplexing because he would fit the Flitcroft type team even if he probably prefers the passing sides more.

Screwsbury have hit a bit of a resurgence since we played them when they were a really poor team with Ricketts in charge, they reminded me of where we are now with Sheridan in charge.

Since then they have had 4 draws, 2 defeats (Sunderland and Crewe at home on Tuesday) and 5 wins including away wins at Hull, Lincoln & Doncaster and home wins over Blackpool and Peterborough.

Their last 11 league games has finished DDDWWWDWLWL they will be a very different kettle of knobs than in the away game.

Their manager the Wurzel Cotterill is still in hospital so not fit enough to be back in the "driving seat" tomorrow.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2021/02/04/shrewsbury-boss-steve-cotterills-health-improving-in-hospital-as-he-battles-covid-19/

That said the fake STFC are only 4 points above the real STFC in the table albeit with 3 games in hand, yet we are the form team with 1 win in our last game and them having 1 defeats in the last game :)

They don't score many but also don't (normally) score many as during the lat 11 games I used for the form they have scored just 12 goals but conceded just 8.

In games between the 2 sides Swindon have won 30 drawn 17 and lost 16 with us scoring 96 times and conceding 80 goals.

We have only lost to them 4 times in the last 28 games with Town winning 17 times.

In games between the sides at the CG we have lost 6 times with us winning 18 of the 32 ties, scoring 54 times and conceding 29.

Shrewsbury have had 1 win at the CG since 1961 a run of 19 matches with us winning 13 of them, 5 ending in a draw.

A 15 game run at the CG of WWWWDWWLWWWWWWD

Funny how El Shezza (when defending Currant Boy/Ego Massager) said:

'I don't single out anyone...that's not my style...'

Yet here he is singling out players. Complete cockmunch.

Absolute hypocrite that he is, I expect nothing less from the Dinosaurus.

We all Know Curran will start. Should be Bauldry.
With the pitch cut up and heavy legged, Grant would be better suited in the middle for sure.

Lets be honest, Sherdian falling out with all the senior pros (leaders) will probably cost us. Just a silly situation and it's frustrating we all see it apart from Power.

(If Power wants to try and win some fans back, then change the manager asap)

The bloke is a fucking idiot and sadly we are stuck with him.

A Grant is plainly a very good div 4 player and served the club well last year. Not knowing much about his career, I seem to recall that it has been suggested on this forum that he has had issues with managers at other clubs.  If that is correct, why have a pop at JS if similar issues have arisen (those ITK may be able to clarify what is actually going on).

I reckon the team will be largely the same as last game. El Shezza is a fan of not changing a team after a victory but obviously has an enforced change... maybe two.

There could be surprise inclusions in the matchday squad for both Caddy and Grant.

Mississippi on the bench.

BBC staff at the ground?

Was about to say that he has pretty much changed things every game, then realised you said he doesn't like changing it after a win.

I thought that it was said at the press conference that Garrick and the fella signed from Northampton reserves would be involved

I have heard there may be some surprises

For home games yes they are allowed in the press box and allowed to do covid secure post match "pitch side" pressers. Away games they can't travel.

You really should take half an hour to listen to the most recent Monday Night Panel. All that was dismissed by some is covered by Mr Hawes (along with other guests), regarding current BBC Local commentary and press restrictions. Can't speak for independent or national media outlets.

Good to know and put that topic to bed

I have heard this to be completely untrue.

I hear that this may also be true

With a heavy ground frost this morning is there any chance the game will not go ahead after the awful surface we had to play on back on Tuesday night? I take it that Swindon is under icy/frosty conditions too this morning?

The Swindon way is to get a much needed win the hard way and then follow it up with disappointment.
Although it's only a very short drop to be brought back down to the earth.
Then again most Town fans probably didn't make it as far as the launch pad in the first place.

The taming of The Shrews is still possible and their new manager bounce has gone on for far too long.

I'd be tempted to put Jordon Garrick straight in. "Pace and skill", let's hope so.
Payne & Hope worked hard on Tuesday. Hope in particular, not everything works consistently, but he's a trier.
Not sure what type of midfielder Christopher Missilou is but he has played alongside Lyden before at Oldham.
Thought he was a youngster so surprised to find that he is 28.

Hopefully this matchday thread won't descend very quickly into a den of disillusioned, disapproving disgruntlement.
Not until the first 5 minutes are up anyway. :)

We had a hard -3 this morning so it's been really icy

Similar down here mate, if the temps don't rise much (4 degrees exected later) then the game must be in danger of not taking place.

Like a Spring day here.
I’m sure the ploughed field will be playable.

Thats good to hear :) it was in an awful state on Tuesday for a Swindon pitch, hopefully they have done some maintenance on it in the mean time.

All that water followed by a heavy frost can't do it much good.

+3 degrees now and surely they would have had a pitch inspection by now if they were concerned 😳

Shrews only 1 win in 11 against teams in the bottom half. We win 50% of home games against teams in the bottom half.

You can get us at 12/5. Objectively, that's good value.

Yes I would have thought the game will be played now.

I expect the pitch to be still in a bit of a state though.

A win on the cards ?.

I think that this will be a home win with a clean sheet. I acknowledge that many do not share my optimism.

I admire your optimism even if I do not share it.

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Fog currently looking more of a threat to the game than the pitch.

Be interesting if they keep the same side that bear Wigan or if new guys will feature. Wouldn't be surprised to see Twine on bench again.


Think Curran will start in place of Conroy as well

The bank looks ok from a distance😀

Looks like Power has rented the corner out to the Gypsies for a bit of extra income!

I do wonder JJ if we will ever see a redeveloped County Ground or new stadium in our time!

Fog is gone, and the farmer has picked up the cows so it should be fine

That depends on the new owners......

Mooooving on out....as M people say.

What a dump.

There's no excuse for that; they could easily get some people in to clear it up.

It looks awful, neglected and shows how run down the place is becoming

Weather a little warmer and the fog cleared now so I hear at the CG.

If he starts with Curran the odds get stacked further against us.

The only chance that gets cleared up is with volunteers doing it for nothing.
Power not spending a penny.

This, unfortunately. Even down to something as trivial as an hour clearing it up he won't budget for that, yes finances are that tight so I hear.

I wonder if Steve Coterill has got over 2014 yet😂

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So like every other Club and Ground owner we've had in the last 20+ years.

Odimayo for Conroy and Garrick for the totally out of the squad Tyler.

Caddis back but Grant dropped on the bench.

Grant dropped from the squad to accommodate Curran this week, absolutely shameful!

Curran on the bench ahead of Grant. Enough is enough now.

I mean, Missilou is on the bench ahead of Grant as midfield cover. Curran is there to cover CB. Obviously Grant would be better at both jobs, but it's not as simple as one or the other really.

Well it is, even a half fit Grant is better CB than Curran will ever be. It’s just a joke how we are forced to accommodate Curran!

I think the reason Grant was dropped is even more basic than that.

This is Sheridan stamping his authority on the more experienced members of the team, play by Seridans rules or not even be included in the squad.

Combination of both I’d say, someone always has to miss out to accommodate the ball boy.

My way or the highway works when you’re a good tactician (Di Canio). Not when you are a John Sheridan. It will just alienate and waste a player.

Or to extend the Di Canio comparison, when you have money to burn on a replacement and paying the wages of an outcast. Whatever the truth of our financial situation, we don't have that.

Which is as it should be.

Yep, probably the only time I would say Curran’s inclusion on the bench makes sense given he is our only fit back up CB.

That photo is a few years old I think, dread to think what it looks like now!

Even taking Curran’s squad place out that’s still 17 other places.
We can only ever use 3 subs.

I’m not convinced that Curran being in the squad is that big of a deal.
Remember the days when you could only name 3 subs!?

Getting game time is a different matter obviously but ultimately I’m not sure it really matters if we give up one spot on the bench.

Even if you take Curran out and put Grant in, you’re still highly unlikely to use all your midfielder subs.

You’ve really lost track of football haven’t you. You can make 5 subs now!

Big fall out internally mate. Sheridan just being a twat.

Can, but not sure Sheridan ever has? Started looking at subs the other day and think he barely averages two most games.

Yeah but that’s just because he’s a crap manager. Most normal managers use the bench and can make 5 subs.

Charlton away was the first time Town had ever made 4 subs in any 1st team game, Plymouth game we also made 4 subs, but have never used the full set of 5 yet.

Trollololol

Point still stands.
That still leaves two spot that aren’t going to be used.
5 from 6 is still more than adequate options.

The real surprise of course is that Grant isn't on the bench ahead of Matthews as goalkeeper cover.

But hey, if the main argument with the team is who is and isn't on the bench that's serious progress.

Looking forward to see Garrick, Swansea fans seemed complimentary of him.

Hopefully we will play in a way that will showcase his talent...  :hmmm:

Very quick and direct from what I’ve heard. Fingers crossed he has something about him because we fucking well need it.

want he talking about playing up front, even though he's a winger?

10 minutes and we'll know

Watching today for the first time since we beat the Pox. Could be an omen (but I doubt it).

Win. 2-0

Believe so yes..

442 maybe with Hope/Payne on wing with Pitman and Garrick up top.

Two Shrewbury players collide heads in the first thirty seconds. A couple of concussed defenders might be our best chance...

Fairly even so far

I don't know, Shrewbury's defenders have far bigger headaches so far.

(Hope both of them are fine, obviously etc. etc.)

soapy tit wank.

false start. Hope he's ok

The funny thing was that the injured player pushed Pitman in the back out of the way so he could get to the header before his teammate, ended up heading the ball and his teammate.

Not very often you can be 5 mins into a match and only about 3 players have kicked the ball so far.

Why exactly have the Prem been able to introduce concussion subsitutes and the league haven't? Is it a 5 subs thing or just inertia?

surely he's got to go off

I always think of Derek Smalls whenever I see a Shrewsbury shirt

The two of them now with headbands rocking a Kool & The Gang kind of look. (Hope they’re ok etc.)

high balls onto his head.coyr

I know Rugby has its own issues with player safety, but their system of taking the player off for ten minutes with a temporary replacement to assess them seems so much safer than what football does.

Pitman header just high and wide.

think Pitman should do better there

Good save by Travers with his feet at the near post.

good save Travers

Who thinks Kovar would have saved that at his near post?

Huge gap between Hunt and Odimayo at the back there for that chance.

We've survived the first 5 mins!

Not me.

Great ball into the box by the Shrews midfielder

3 mins of actual playing time.

It seems the plan is going to be loft the ball over Shrewsburys defence for Garrick to chase, Pitman has done that both times he's got the ball.

bit scrappy so far

It does, has Garrick actually kicked the ball yet or just chased it?

Probably more entertaining so far than Tuesday game was.

I know its not easy on this pitch but I would love to see us string maybe 3 passes together?

These hopeful punts seem to be our only real tactic going forward.

So far it looks to me that the defence have been told to just get rid of it, and the midfield and forwards have been given 2 completely different game plans.  The midfield and forwards are just not in sync.

Sheridan’s tactics just “boot” it upfront.

Pitman isn't exactly that strong in the air though...

Shrewsbury much better so far.

Garrick appears to have some pace, but the touch of a rapist.

Poor so far. There's no fluidity to our play whatsoever.   

The difference between the way we played at the start of the season and now is absolutely spectacular

Shrewsbury play in a pretty agricultural way, similar to a Flitcroft team, lots of long balls to a big man up front or hoofs down the wings and get balls into the box for the big man.

Pack the defence and launch it up field at the earliest chance.

They play a lower league style that Sheridan probably wishes we play as well as they seem to be trained.

All we are doing is booting it long. Dreadful to watch..

Is it me, or does Garrick look out of his depth?

We really are dire to watch, zero control over the game.

So night and day it's unfathomable..  quite impressive how our methods have switched so quickly and so serverely.

Fluid passing to hoof and hope (or hoof at Hope)

Not expecting anything else from this managers style of “play”. Professionals being told to just lump it and see what breaks goes totally against my love for football.

We look poor.

pitch is bobbly as fuck.

poor old Marcus, he's produced a snooker table for a fair few seasons, must have been given 50p budget

I don’t think that’s doing them enough credit. They’ve controlled the game pretty well.

Anyone that played under Wellens in this team must be utterly deflated and almost embarrased to play in the way we do now.

bit harsh

And much like Plymouth we make the opposition look half decent when they actually aren't, they are just well trained in their tactics.

We may as well just play 9 defenders and a lone striker, bypassing the midfield at every opportunity, awful to watch.

This is fucking atrocious.

This hoof ball ‘tactic’ is Sheridan’s method of meeting the brief to keep us up. Problem is that method may have worked 10 years ago but football has moved on, even in lge 1. I think we needed to be a bit more direct but fuck me there’s no need to go full John Beck.

Because we have been so poor we have allowed them.

But still 0 - 0

Luckily, that's only Hunt and Lyden from last season. Pitman, Payne and Odimayo a bit, but not much in most cases, this year. The turnover of players has been extreme.

Great tackle by Lyden

Kick and rush by us vs some quality moves by them

This is fucking shit to watch as a Town fan.

Maybe. Just doesn't seem to read the balls movement or bounce. Nor the way that the defenders might move.

This is absolutely shocking.

Great save by Travers again.

Really nice move from the fake STFC there stopped by Travers' legs.

Its like the 2nd half on Tuesday all over again.

John Beck had a method and it was well drilled down to the finer details.  This looks more like we've thrown together a formation then just said hit it.

Today yes, but you have Conroy, Baudry, Caddis, Grant on top of those 2 that have played a significant part this season

Tend to agree

Wigan losing by 2 against the wombles so far

Why the fuck didn't Lyden at least have a pop.

Given a footballing lesson by Shrewsbury FFS

Lyden needed to shoot there, clear sight of goal five yards out but tries to be unselfish. Best moment for Town so far.

Why didn't Lyden shoot?

shoot man ffs

What a flick by Garrick there.

Should have taken the shot himself

Why the hell did Lyden not shoot?

0-1

fuck me

Well, that's deserved.

Shit

Was coming. They’ve been much better than us.

Honestly we are completely and utterly shite.

Painfully obviously to me this is the reason he is out on loan as shown precious little ability so far to be pushing for a place in a promotion chasing Championship side.

Game over

Fair play to Garrick, that was a top pass. Shit from Lyden. And now 1-0 down.

Pissed offer with this shit.

Not really sure what to say that could be in anyway constructive.

Give him a chance FFS.

Been coming all this half. We have been awful.

These tactics really are awful.

Tactics?

Corrected.

This has been absolutely atrocious. What is the game plan apart from fucking hoofing it forward. So so bad

Not impressed me at all.

I would love to be a fly on the wall for this twat’s team talks. What on earth is he telling them?

This is absolute shite

I don’t understand why people would be so dismissive of our new kid on the basis of half an hour, including some decent touches. You don’t just walk into a side with an understanding of what each of your team mates are going to do, especially when they don’t appear to be coached to a clear plan.

Hoof it at every opportunity.

Garrick has had a few balls shunted towards him. He's actually created our best chance so far so it's not really fair to be critical of him yet is it?

Palmer just doesn't have the same quality of delivery as a Matt Smith or a Michael Doughty, unfortunately

We look utterly dreadful against a bog average L1 side that are well trained and have a form of tactics that the players know, just as Plymouth did.

Sheridan must have just said to the players "get out there and do what the fuck you want".

Oh no, Masterson down injured

Masterson down. Curran?

Warm up Curran

no.

come on Masterson get up

No not Curran

Ffs no.
Looks a bad one.

Masterson's at least pulled something in his upper leg here, pretty sure he's coming off.

Definately this, Palmer looks more out of his depth than Garrick who has been given no service.

Yessss, the only way today could get worse!

Agreed and worryingly Sheriden couldn't find a place for Matty Smith

Bring on Grant at CB...oh wait...

Some players have an impact immediately others, you just know they're no better than we've already got.

GOOD JOB WE HAVE A CENTRE BACK ON THE BENCH

Please let him be okay. This shite does not need Curran added to it.

Imagine the uproar if we didn’t.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo curran.

Curran on

Curran on, we are saved.

Here comes the absolute boy.

Oh dear

Fuck this. Game over now he’s on.

Come on, Curran. Get us back in this game.

Now we’re truly fucked!

Unless you’re Pep Guardiola, you’re just embarrassing yourself. Stop it.

Thought Masterson was playing well too. Shame.

This is going to be carnage with Curran replacing him!

Curran and Odimayo at centre back  :suicide:

Yay, our best defender fucked..  We are well and truly fucked

Not sure I can watch any more of this.

Game over.
Grant should be on the bench.
Fuck off jurassic John.

Not sure I can take another 45 minutes of this dross, and now with Curran on to add to it, makes me embarrassed to be a Town fan.

Palmer loves a left arm in the air prior to delivering a set piece though which means absolutely nothing to the other 9 outfield players

Let's hope the ball boys Boo him

To be fair to Palmer, he is the complete opposite type of player you'd have in your midfield if you insist on playing this way.

I don't think so.

Does anyone remember Hallam Hope?

It means "I'm about to kick it over all of your heads out for a goal kick".

I do.

It’s Jack Payne who I think just touched the ball for the first time all game (listening on the radio)

Change of formation it looks like, Garrick to right wing and Payne in behind Pitman?

This x 10

Watching it I don't think Hope, Palmer and Payne have had more than 5 touches of the ball in open play today in total.

The ball is just sailing over their heads most of the time.

I think they mentioned Hope & Payne once each.

It is, I think in the last 3 mins Palmer and Payne have touched the ball more than they have in the other 40 mins of the game.

Hope is looking like hes been playing the last 10 mins almost at left back, and won a few tackles too, not exactly where he is going to cause the opposition problems.

Thompson is having a decent game considering

Garrick unlucky to not get a foot to that Thompson cross.

Payne and Palmer have been rotating from right to centre mid. Payne has tried a couple of crosses from the right that have been wayward. Palmer has played a few hospital balls across filed to the middle. Hope has had 3 touches that I have counted that have all gone into touch.

Palmers corner was attrocious.

Palmer’s delivery has been consistently awful.

He reminds me of Rambo.

This is awful watching for any Town fan.

HT Dog and Duck XI 0 1 Shrewsbury Town

HT 0-1

Stallone or Chris? :D

Dire.

We're getting worse game by game.

Unbelievable this.
Absolute garbage from a fucking Dinosaur Manager.
Just wish Power would fuck off.

fucking awful

What can we do to change the game.
Literally nothing on that bench apart from Twine who let’s be honest is going to be useless if we can’t (won’t) get the ball into his feet.

Absolutely shit. 

but we can still get something while it's only 1-0

That’s not fair on The Dog and Duck. What have they done to you to be compared to this lot?

It will be the players fault, unlucky with injury, unlucky with chances - won't be anything to do with the method or tactics

Only one nil

STFC central defensive partnerships 2021:

Odimayo - Fryers (Rochdale H)
Baudry - Fryers (Blackpool A, Burton H, Peterborough A, Doncaster A, MK H sub)
Fryers - Grounds (Burton H sub)
Baudry - Grounds (Peterborough A sub, Wimbledon H, Northampton A, Rovers H, Oxford A)
Grounds - Baudry - Odimayo (Sunderland H)
Grounds - Odimayo (Hull H, Plymouth A, Shrewbury H, Accrington H, Oxford A sub, Crewe A)
Broadbent - Baudry (Lincoln H)
Curran - Baudry - Grounds (Gillingham A)
Curran - Baudry - Conroy (Gillingham A sub)
Grounds - Conroy - Baudry (Fleetwood H)
Grounds - Fryers - Baudry (Charlton H, MK H)
Conroy - Fryers (Ipswich A, Doncaster H)
Curran - Conroy (Doncaster H sub)
Masterson - Conroy (Charlton A, Plymouth H, Hull H, Wigan H)
Odimayo - Masterson (Wigan H sub, Shrewsbury H)
Odimayo - Curran (Shrewbury H sub)

Christ on a bike this explains a lot about how we defend. This is league games only!

Well this was not one of my better decisions. Fucking awful

Sheridan wished to be judged on his team, well, it's fucking shit and you are a fucking cunt, now fuck off.

Was hoping we would kick on from Tuesday,  don't think there's much chance of that now. Looking like a side with very little idea's.

Every week Sheridan fucks up the tactics and has to change midgame. When the hell will the moron will realise he needs three in midfield from the start.

Just get the new midfielder on (as the twat dropped Grant). Take Payne off. Go 4-3-3 and let hope and the swansea lad play outside Pitman.

That could be said of 80% of our games this season and look what that has got us so far

hey, we left it late against pox...

If they try and just defend the lead in the second half (like last time) that might allow our midfield to huff and puff away with a bit more possession.

Still in the game.

Don't hold back, you say what you mean..

No-one should have been deceived by Tuesday's minimal success. This is what we've got to look forward to till the end of the season, or till Power decides to make a change, which doesn't seem like a priority for him right now. Dire, dire stuff.

No hope, only pain.  :crash:

Well, I thought that was awful! Tuesday was bad, but that was worse. The reason being that Wigan were dire, while Shrewsbury are just poor.

Having said that Shrewsbury have been the better team in this game. They have dominated the midfield (because we have Lyden and 2 lightweights in Payne and Palmer). Garrick is strutting like a Usain Bolt, but doing little. Hope isn't in the game.

Thought Masterson was having a good game before injury. Odimayo was having a better one!. Hunt has been a bit inconsistent as has Thompson. The latter has earned his wages as everything has gone through him in both defence and attack. But, his passing hasn't been great and his crossing poor.

Pitman ran around less as the half went on. Think he was probably annoyed he's got noone with him in midfield or up front!

Changes for the second half? Replace any of Payne, Palmer, Hope and Garrick. Prob not in that order though!

Need another midfielder in there. So sacrifice Hope or Garrick.

33% possession at home.  Not good.

true, but while it is a set piece or a defiant bit of passing and you never know.

especially given the first game, and the way they sat back.

32.9 you exaggerating B'Stard

47% pass accuracy 🤣

Fans used to moan about Williams 65-70% possession! I know which I preferred watching😀

Sorry.

47% passing accuracy.

We are managing to make a very poor, relegation threatened team look competent.

I have absolutely no idea what they work on at the training ground because no pattern exists whatsoever.  We are simply hitting the ball long and trying to remember where to position ourselves when they get it back.  It's not even looking like we've worked on how to make a long ball game effective.

Payne must have the highest % of shots and crosses blocked in the league.

Odimayo has been OK, as has Thompson.  Masterson was 99% OK but was partly at fault for standing off on the goal.  Hunt has been ruined, not sure what has happened to him but he's half the player he was last season.

Hope - completely useless in that position, utter waste of what he is good at.

Palmer is a waste of space in a central midfield that is doing nothing on the ball and just watching the game fly past them.

Lyden has looked busy in defence

Pitman continues to play in quick sand, wasted in the 10 role as he can't get on the ball.  The lack of mobility gives the midfield nothing to play to either.  He's done alright in the air.

Garrick - harsh to judge a player in his first appearance in this team, especially as in the wrong position.  Certainly not added much of benefit in that role, but he may look a very different player in a different team.

Overall, we've been awful.  Much like midweek.  We are relying entirely on luck to avoid conceding and luck that players manage to figure out a way to goal by themselves.

There's so much wrong it's hard to work out where to start, but good effort to those trying.

Fucking hell.

If Wellens was here now I would get that team playing it's simply down to the manager

I am surprised that 47% of our passes have hit their target TBH.

Absolutely fucking horrendous.

Odimayo wins ball, short pass to Curran...hooooooffffffff........straight to their defender and we lose possession yet again.

 :)

Utter gash Palmer.

palmer has been very poor

Palmer tries hard, but that really does appear to be the extent of his merits.

Can’t we just pass the ball !!!

 This will finish 3-1
 :pint: :pint: :pint:

Give Twine a chance. Palmer has been gash.

Looks like my decision to start packing up the garage and shed ahead of the move, instead of paying to watch us lose, was a good idea.

Been saying this since Sheridan came, under Wellens we outpassed every side pretty much, under Sheridan the players treat the ball like a hot potato and just get it hoofed as quick as they can without even trying to find another Town player.

Can't see Shrewsbury scoring three.

I can't see us scoring that single goal :D

5 more minutes then changes required

What are you drinking currently?  I need to try some of that stuff :D

Hunt is having a mare.

scratch that. palmer is having a mare

shite

Palmer is where balls go to die.

And with a punt clear Curran will gain an assist :D

Please get Palmer off now

Fuck me! Palmers passing is woeful!

Shows how bad the first half was that I've watched the opening 7 mins of this half thinking that we have improved.

Professional football :)

Cannot do that, Twine might attempt to keep the ball on the deck and try and play football.

did we just have a shot?!!!!!

And with that, a decent fk from Palmer.

Curran booked. one more in the 92nd please

Curran booked, absolute brain dead!

Palmer is Sheridan's love child, he won't take him off

Curran gets in a challenge.

Curran Sunday League assault tackle from behind

Well I thought for all the world that was Curran taking an early bath, but actually a decent bit of defending as Lyden sells him up the river.

Can I say good defending by Curran there after Lydens awful pass...

Curtains all over the place !!.

Hospital pass from Lyden - Well defended from Curran!

Curran can do it on occasions!

good foot in from Curran there 😮

His Brontosaurus

A corner :pint:and another

3-4 weeks ago we were playing OK but with no cutting edge.

Now we're just fucking atrocious all over the pitch.

Pitman just over the bar, good effort, should have hit the target though.

OOOOH

Great cross Thompson, decent header from Pitman. Better.

Great cross from Thompson. Just headed over by Pitman.

More please!

improvement this half.

pitman should have scored, nearly did

That’s two that you’d expect Pitman to bury today.

Thought that was in !!.

That is a proper cross from Thompson, we should put him on the free kicks on the edge of the box instead of Palmer, much better delivery

Annnnd Lyden is now fucked

Why the fuck are we still hoofing it long and high to a winger all the time.

Lyden injured - Gave armband to Pitman.

Lyden fucked again?

Twine on for Lyden.

Twine on. Get ready for some howitzers.

Lyden, injured, nooooooo. what are the odds

Such a shame, good player. but so fragile

Twine on for Lyden

But better by town in the second half, creating chances, just gotta put one In.   Twine on.

Lyden fucked, now Sheridan is going to need a pissed off Grant for the squad if it is serious

Shit. Pretty much our best player gone. Who is the spine in the middle now?

Will now be missing for six weeks or so. Well, gives Scott Twine a small opportunity to show what he can do.

Bring on Grant. Ohh I think this has been said :toocool: :toocool:

Fuck me! A bit of skill! By Twine.

Seems like we have decided we might try and play a bit of football this half instead of hitting it long all the time

Seen some poor football in my time but this is up there.

Have to question why grant didn’t go in the window if Sheridan doesn’t get on with him? How long is grants contract?

End of the season, as are all but seven of our players. Baudry has another year of the outcasts.

Which will be not a lot i suspect.

What the fuck is the point in Hallam Hope?

Every game under Sheridan.

Hope looking better defending that he is being utlises as an attacker.

sit it out, get a better contact in summer.

plus nobody may have come in

Playing at home and their keeper not touched the ball.
Just sums up the tactics.

Curran looking "handy".

Jack Payne as a holding midfielder. Ive seen it all now. Fuck off

He's no Messi but he's a half-decent player. Sheridan is making him look worse then he is, which can be said for every other player at the club.

Lets face it, Shrewsbury know that we aren't capable of scoring and are just sitting back.

This is utterly embarrassing.

Been told grant has been great in training so to not have him in match day squad sums that dinosaur up

After playing wing back earlier in the season, he's pretty much played every position outside of CB and centre forward.

Missilou and Omotoye incoming.

Omotoye coming on possibly, could be for Garrick/Hope/Pitman...delete appropriate.

so has Curran I hear

"The brains trust on the Swindon bench....". Great piece of ironic commentary

Hope :D

Palmer fucks up yet another good move.

Big fan of Hope trying look baffled after slapping the ball away

Good work from Twine, Garrick, awful from Hope.

Can anyone cross a ball for ffs

Garrick and Hope off for Omotoye and Missulou.

Honestly mate ffs.

The new MF is smaller than I expected, don't know why

Didn't realise Missilou was short! Three short midfielders!

They're not allowed

Easier to play it over their heads

Not just me then :D

Good block from Curran

Because you expected him to be bigger? :D

5 foot 11 apparently.

Whisper it quietly, but Curran’s looked a bit more of a footballer today.

:D  I meant I don't know why I was expecting him to be bigger, I had nothing to base that on.  I wouldn't know him if I walked past him in the street

Palmer tackles Omotoye on the edge of the box.

Agree on that one.

 :clap:

I think the football has sunk to Curran's level, rather than vice versa.

Will we manage a shot on target?

New bloke falls over the ball and wins a free kick!

Missilou makes lurve to the ball.

Lucks changing😊

Their keepers looked comfortable all afternoon. Picks the ball out of the air like taking candy from a baby.

we've had 1. what more do you want

God this is agony.

Comedy gold by Missilou

That was peak Payne.

No complaints about the ref thus far I see

"I said lump it, not hump it!"

J. Sheridan February 2021.

Poor touch

2 each now
2 in very quick succession

Can we play Wigan again next week?

Great pass by Curran ...

Great clearance Curran - row Z son

 :D

Fucking hell this is shit beyond words,

Currently debating whether watching Sheridan’s Swindon is more depressing than watching Hart’s Swindon. It really is that bad. If anyone is suffering with lockdown blues, I would definitely not recommend them watching 90 minutes of this utter tosh.

We'd probably lose.

I wonder if power has put money on another home defeat😀

Nah, "winning is over rated" ©John Sheridan.

Like the aimless hoof every time he has the ball, I think it’s more the awful play, on an awful pitch masks his ineptitude

Losing will be a disaster.

So far there have been only 2 teams worse than us. One of them, Burton, have strengthened considerably.

Shades of Napoleon with the hairstyle.
Pretty cool.

And currently holding leaders Hull to a draw and having had more shots than they have too.

Not read back.

Curran on after 41mins...
And subbing your "new" captain.

The bloke is a joke.

was just contemplating the same thing.

it's a close run thing.

is Mike Grella available as a free agent?

This has been diabolical. Hopeless long ball after hopeless long ball.

Anyone believing that there are 4 worse team and manager combinations in this league are barking up the wrong tree in my opinion - we are as good as down with the current setup

Context! Masterson and Lyden both injured.

He would be a fucking idiot to put any on us to win

Jonny Smith scores for Burton.

Burton winning

Jonny Smith you couldn't make this up

he hasn't majorly stuffed up, and has made a couple of blocks. it's probably his best game for us...

Jonny Smith scores 90min for Burton...

He will still say we only need to win another 7/8'gamws to stay up!

Yep, this is the worst combined set-up I think I have seen and there have been some rank teams in our last 20 years.  We have completely lost all ability to wrestle any sort of control for any period of time in a game.

Almost a good season to take the Administration if it solves the ownership issue at the same time.

Jonny Smith scores for Burton against Hull!

delighted for him. treated like shit by us

Almost got himself sent off though

Every cloud has a shit brown lining for Town at the moment.

Has Johhny Smith scored against Hull?

At least in signing Missilou we have made sure that we will have an average quality player next season after we are relegated.

He wasn't good enough for Swindon!

Even with a better manager - I still think we have the worst team in the division.

Agreed - and it will put us out of our misery of caring

Not good enough to play for Swindon according to Sheridan.

Just need a Curran red card to complete a comical afternoon.

We must be on course for the most Home defeats in a season

Come on Travers.

His neck isn't strong enough to watch the ball sail over his head.

it was quite a low bar set

Sheridan  can just fuck off now :suicide:

The failing was not Jonny Smith’s, but a manager who has no idea how to get the best out his players. Freezing out last year’s player of the year is criminal in our position.

A few chances for an absolute robbery there.

:nod:

Spot on

That was quite possibly the final nail in the coffin.

I think this might be the worst it's been so far.

Absolutely abysmal. Beyond words.

Thank fuck that’s over.  :suicide:

Whereas Sheridan himself has a neck made of pure brass, which must really help with such issues.

Tactically vapid, and some poor individual performances.

Disappointing afternoon

Wright for after match interview me thinks

Who will conduct the post match interview?

Interview Bingo -

One goal changes it.

Fine margins.

Taylor did very well.

Players need to work harder.

I’m trying my hardest.

We try again next week.

I’m an arsehole and I’ve just resigned.

We're conceding less than 2. That's good.

Abysmal. Far worse than any of the turgid shit Flitcroft served up. There’s no hope for us until the dinosaur is removed.

Another embarrassing home performance, we really need to sack Sheridan to give us any chance of staying up.

Well done Sheridan for monumentaly fucking things up and ruining this team.. :clap:

Sack him and put Alan Mac in charge

I've only had 4 games with this set of players.

We had more shots than they did.

Shit game, with a shit manager, with shit players on a shit pitch. We are going down without doubt! I’m sure the dinosaur will bottle the post match interview now.

Malcolm Tucker with any luck

What has happened to our pitch? It was almost as embarrassing as the performance today.

How the owner can be happy with these performances and management is beyond me.

You literally could have rung up any 11 league players and told them to get down the CG today, and it wouldn't have looked any less coherent.

I don't see the point in paying a manager to have so little effect on a team. He's stealing a salary right now. Right down there with Hart, Malpas and Beamish.

We never looked like scoring all game.

Very few even average performers today.

Travers, Pitman, Thompson really about it for me.

Tactics totally wrong, hoofball totally wrong, Shrewsbury an average side made to look like world beaters, 2nd half better than 1st but still utterly woefull.

Sheridan should be totally fucking ashamed of those tactics today, abysmal, we are going down with barely a whimper.

Curran wasn't even the worst player today so thats a positive.

We've only conceeded one goal in the last two games.

Agree with all of that. Curran looking a bit better but still not even league 2 standard. Really can’t see where the goals will come from with these tactics. They need to get some more width and ping some crosses in for Pitman.

As I said, hadn't read back and only seen the last 5mins.

That's a more fair but surely Grant had to come on?
But from now on if Grant and possibly Caddy (reading Hunt Was gash) don't get utilised and Curran does...we know what will likely happen though  :crash:

Well I've already personally conceded the season but even if we stay up, there is too much circus berzerkus going on around the club. Town are fucked, in it's current guise.

The Championship within 5 years he said :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no:  :no: :no: :no: :no:

How have we managed to use a loan up for a striker like Omotoye, if the manager doesn’t want to use him?

How can we take one of the players of League Two so far this year, and not find a way to use him?

It’s almost comical from the Club. It’s like management meet first thing every Monday to design how they can make themselves look progressively worse.

Cant wait to renew my early bird ticket !

Turgid.

A dull match between two struggling sides - no surprise the only goal was a superb strike from a player on loan from a higher level.

Curran looked surprisingly competent which bodes well if Materson is out for a while.

@bamboo

Grant didn't make the squad

Grant not on the bench

Stop trolling

Agreed. There isn't a point in us having a manager. There are no tactics to speak of so it's an unnecessary expense.

I’d rather have no-one in charge than Sheridan.

The first half was one of the most desperate performances I’ve ever seen. It was like they had been instructed not to pass to each other.

The second half was a poor team who didn’t need to attack against a shit one who couldn’t.

Good couple of saves from Travers in the first half

Power and Sheridan belong to each other.
Had enough and this is not going to get any better until both are out of our club.

That today was in my opinion the worse of the worse on every account.
Any club except our shambles manager would be sacked at the whistle.
Starting to fall out of love with this and seriously considering not going beck until Power fucks off for good.
Taking this club down to new lows.

You beat me to it

We'd probably improve

Difficult to give ratings for players as everything is about defending! So, those at the back will always get higher marks than the rest.

Travers 6:
Made a couple of good saves with his legs in the first half. Didn't have anything to do in the second. Bit disappointed that he was beaten from so far out for the goal.

Thompson 6:
Defended well, but everything looked a little frantic. Everything went through him in the first half, both attacking and defending. Earned his money. Didn’t have anyone to link up with on the left

Masterson 6:
Was playing well until injured. Thought he coped well with the aerial threat. Partnered Odimayo well

Odimayo 7:
Did his job well. Snuffed everything out that came near him. Partnered well with both Masterson and Curran

Hunt 6:
Inconsistent. Didn’t have too much cover in front of him and left exposed on occasion. When pushing forward he was left to dribble along the line. Tried, but can't expect a jack of all trades to be dominant attacking or defending!

Payne 4:
Defended OK. No threat going forward. No quality. Awful passing. Panicked when he got into the box once.

Lyden 4.5:
Defensively did OK. Looked the best of a poor midfield. Distribution wasn’t brilliant. Made of glass. Injured by a blade of grass!

Palmer 4:
Got stuck in. Couple of crosses were ok, but the rest of his distribution was poor. Panicked when had a chance. Too lightweight. Prefer Missilou or Grant or my Mum in our midfield than him and Payne together.

Garrick 3:
Jesus! Played up front like Kovar played in goal! Tried to look cool and make things look ‘easy’. Didn’t seem to be able to judge where the ball might go. Might be being harsh, but I thought he was poor.

Pitman 6:
Tried hard. Everything lumped to him. Two headed chances. Very unlucky not to score with either of them.

Hope 2:
Defended well in second half. But not going to mark him for that as he is there to attack! He offered nothing going forward. Didn't link with Thompson very well

Subs:
Twine 4.5:
Could of nice touches and link up play. But didn’t influence the game, especially when moved out of the middle.

Curran 6:
I think that was possibly his best game. He played like an old fashioned lower league defended. He snuffed out their centre forward by taking a massive lump out of him and got a yellow. After that, his positioning and decision making defending was just what you would want! Saved a goal on 3 occasions that I counted. His distribution though is inconsistent and pretty poor.

Omotoye 4
Immediately looked better than Garrick. Panicked when he had an opportunity in the box.

I know how you feel but they won’t be around for ever. Shit like this makes the good seasons so much sweeter.

Cheers fellas. I suppose therein also lies a problem? How he doesn't even get on the bench... it's clear as day he should but we all see what's going on. Yet still for the Jurassic one, the opacity is set to 100%

Shocking really.

The drains are broken and no money being spent on anything.

NMH... Do your thang.

Sheridan currently now blaming the pitch. Still isn't taking any personal responsibility.

How's about, fuck off El Shezza!

Mr "I don't single players out" is currently singling out Pitman.

#WhatACunt

Didn't he score on debut for us as well. It'll be interesting to see the quality of the goal.

You can’t blame the pitch when your tactics are based on the ball being in the fucking air. The bloke is a clown.

Sheridan really winds me up in his interviews. Saying he wouldn’t ever tell his team to go long.... :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He’s been on the class a’s i reckon

It's nothing personal.  But it isn't working.  The ownership issues don't help, but the simple fact is that the manager should be doing better with this set of players.

What would it cost to dispense with a manager less than 3 months in to his contract?  It may now be too difficult for a replacement manager to turn around/avoid relegation, but I'd be happy to throw the dice on the basis that it couldn't really be any worse than this.

https://twitter.com/burtonalbionfc/status/1358105466296008704?s=20

This alone shows the difference of when a club actually gives a shit about a player and makes them feel wanted at a club. No wonder he signed for them, regardless of where they finish the season.

#Matchwinner

I think a half-decent manager would save us. We've got the players.

But I can't see power paying up Sheridan's contract.

Sheridens getting tense talking to Hawes😀

It’s embarrassing listening to him-he’s not a football manager. He needs to go door knocking for a living and get told to fuck off to his face. He’s getting rattled again. He brought up about when he used to play and then said I don’t want to be talking about what it was like when he played....fuck off you useless incompetent cunt

Sheridan:
- Scrappy game
- Difficult to take
- Didnt think they were the better team
- All game keeper didnt have anything to do
- Went a goal down. Desire to get back in the game
- Didnt want it to be scrappy. Pitch was bobbly.
- If you score first you give yourself something to hang on to
- Shouldn't be running with the ball when pitch bobbly
- They looked stronger in the first half
- Lyden should have had a shot before they scored
- We huffed and puffed. Pitman had a couple of chances
- Not alot of quality
- Big game for us
- Gets very frustrated with players who played well the other night, but didnt take care of ball today (Payne)
- Inconsistency is why we are at the wrong end of the table
- If we scored first we would have won
- Just have to pick ourselves up for Tuesday
- We need to get enough points to stay up
- Conscious decision to hit Pitman early in first half? No.
- Quality to Pitman (shorter) in 2nd half was better
- First half, we were rushing around and making the wrong decisions
- Can only tell the players. They have to stand up
- Dressing room is still quiet. It shouldnt just be the manager shouting.
- Injuries are not helping. Keep picking them up
- Going long early: Did the players choose to do that? Noone asked me that when it worked in the last game!
- With Garrick coming in and having pace we wanted to use that. But they had big CBs
- When I played, I knew how to turn people in midfield and then pass to the striker
- I would never ever tell my teams to go long. Always go short and turn them
- Today wasnt a good performance. Against Lincoln, Doncaster and other it was
- Today very untidy.
- We play better in position away from home
- Results are not good enough
- Garrick and Missolou did alright. They will get better and be good signings
- Our keeper had nothing to do in the 2nd half. There was effort there, but quality wasnt there
- No indication on the injuries are. Dont know how serious yet
- Its not about pass or play or long balls. Its about winning games and getting points
- Performances dont matter. Points do
- Players can make themselves look good by making the right decision and doing the simple things. They should be thinking that the pitch was poor. So dont dribble.
- Simple things can make you look good. We make the game look difficult at times
- Leadership: If you are 25-27 and quiet then you aren't going to change. Players who fight are a dying breed. I've told some of the players that they need more fight (from context). I'm not afraid of saying that. But the players should be saying that to each other (from context)

"It's not about performances, it's just about winning games now." He really doesn't understand the game at all does he.

That was excruciating. If he doesn't know what's wrong, he doesn't know how to turn it around.

It's not about what you did in your career JS... The game is different today and you my Jurassic friend are fucking out of your depth. Get the fuck out of our club.

Laughing again too. Such a prick.

I rate the BBC radio Wiltshire team because they probably know as well as us that he is a total plonker.

I couldn't bring myself to read beyond that point.

A one millionth quality manager would do better than the current incumbent. Absolutely have got the players.

And again, agreed the only way he goes is, if he walks or gets dismissed for gross misconduct...

Seriously?

Thats his coded way to say....

I am such a useless wanker that I didn't bother to give them any tactical instructions.

Thus wiping his hands clean of the blame.

The man is a total fucking hypocrite and has lost the last of any remains of respect I had of him, the only way to regain any respect is to quit now and walk away as we can't afford to sack the twat.

Thompson:
- Frustrated
- Second half we deserved something
- Not much between sides
- Sloppy goal to concede
- Tried to turn them in first half.
- They were better to the second balls in the first half
- Tried to keep ball on floor. Players have the quality all over the pitch
- Easier to do when they stand off when 1-0 up
- Bit more creative from an individual perspective against Ipswich. Just played and enjoyed myself. After that, I had to adapt to the team and what the manager wants
- Still enjoying playing every game
- Born winner and dont like losing. But enjoy playing football
- We are still in it and can avoid relegation
- Need to find a way that works for us
- We need to create a bit more. Didnt create much in first half. Wasnt enough
- If you want to avoid relegation it doesnt matter whether you are home or away.

Trust me, they do.

Did Thompson just throw Sheridan under the bus just then

Absolutely they do JJ.

Yep. Basically said the manager has suppressed his creativity.

That was an absolute embarrassing effort at home to bloody Shrewsbury Town. And it all falls at the feet of the manager who sends out an overly defensive side to play some kind of dinosaur long ball football in the hope that Pitman might be able to flick on and create something.

Surely after a home victory against a fellow relegation candidate you go out at home for the jugular? Not setup as if you are playing bloody Barcelona.

Get rid of Sheridan and get someone who is going to at least have a bloody go at keeping us up. Beyond terrible today.

I shouldn't have bothered then!  :cry:

What did he say? Or were you being literal?  :popcorn:

Yes! (Mind you, the interviewer led him pretty well!)

Read my post on the previous page with the bullet points of what was said. (Thats why I do it!)

That was bloody awful. The game was a stinker and the interview after disgraceful. Sack Sheridan now.

Within a month, Sheridan has broken a Championship quality LB. All because he might not be "vocal enough".

Sheridan on the training ground to Dom Thompson after the Ipswich win...

'No Nathan, none of that passing and moving and making runs down the channel lad. Only I could do that, no one shows me up. No, you just have to shout louder on the pitch. Shout louder and lump it up field.'

I am not worthy.  :notworthy:

I almost wish the fans were allowed back just so I could shout shit at that utter wanker. Fucking leave

Well, I thought you were, which is why I posted it.

I was trying to help  :(

You did. Thank you. :thumb:

Our pass succes rate was 57%. That is shite.

Couldnt have been much more in the Wigan game either.

That surprises me. I wasn't aware that we passed the ball at all. I just saw a "get it forward" hoof.

Fixed that for you.

Actually if you work out how many real hoofs reached their target it was probably less than 5%.

I’ve actually stopped looking at the league table. Things are so dire at the moment and I don’t know what Sheridan could do worse at the moment. Total farce that he is still in a job.

Absolutely no hunger or desire from Town in that game. It’s the simple things like when we have a throw in, none of the players seem to want to create space and receive the ball.

Whenever the ball was pumped long to Pitman it felt like no one was near him to support him and win the knock downs.

Absolutely no idea and no plans. When your 1-0 down at home with 15 minutes to go, you would expect Swindon to throw the kitchen sink at it. I can only remember Town creating 1 decent chance in the second half.

As much as the beginning of the season was frustrating because of all the goals we conceded, at least we had a cutting edge going forward and there was hope. If we concede first then it’s pretty much game over.

We have somehow managed to upgrade our defensive options whilst simultaneously negating any attacking threat we once had.

I've seen nothing from the new attacking options we've brought in to suggest they are on a par with what we've let go, let alone an upgrade.

Today I watched the first half and then just went out for a walk. I've seen too many Town sides through the years play clueless, passionless, gutless football and I just couldn't stomach a second half which I can only imagine was more of the same.

I've no idea what's really happening behind the scenes but today was a depressing, dismal display. Crap tactics ... actually were there any tactics? Crap pitch, no fans ... just the sort of performance that gives you absolutely nothing to be hopeful about. I cannot see us winning another match this season if that's the way we're going to play.

When Hawes and Hartley were attempting to dissect Sheridan’s post-match comments, they were at a loss to identify any direction or key themes. It was just stream of consciousness babble that didn’t show any coherent thought.

To that extent, he’s got the team playing exactly in his style.

True that.

And trust me, Hawes is certainly biting his tongue in regard to questioning also.

Hawes and Hartley obviously cannot directly ask the most difficult question as Power has been known to "not play well with others" when it comes to the press.

Hopefully he will grow a pair before the season is out!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but there are contractual obligations re. BBC so the club can’t refuse to conduct pre/post match interviews with them?

Yeah definitely JJ. Of course there are ways to skin the cat differently. I think Hawes is achieving this by asking via the players. I genuinely think he is asking more "confident" and "pressing" questions to a limit and the right ones too :)

I genuinely think hawes is scared of Sheridan. He knows he is a cunt and isn’t up to the job but doesn’t want to say doesn’t he feel like his time is up. He has looked in the whites of Sheridans eyes. Sheridan knows the truth-he has no pride by not walking away.

Even if that’s correct, he can bar Hawes and Hartley from the CG thus forcing the BBC so send another sop. I doubt H & H would want to be barred and neither would we surely?

I would imagine certain questions could be sensored by the press/media officer to save arguments etc

I am rapidly falling out of love for our club now, that was awful.  Totally agree with the Duke

Things must be at an all time low as Ive never known Duke express his feelings like this

There are professional protocols to respect. How do you think John Murray or Juliet Ferrington would have dealt with that differently? Hawes pressed, then gave Sheridan enough rope. You get far more from people by remaining civil than by creating a conflict. (/ruleforlife).

Power and Sheridan will depart eventually. Unfortunately, it's a case of how much damage is caused before that day.

I'm not.

Today was atrocious but I don't feel it, or this season, reflects the club overall. It's just a blemish on the club's long (and quite illustrious) history. I'm frustrated, annoyed, angry, upset, perplexed, and all the other adjectives that fit, but it doesn't change my feeling for STFC overall. It's like having a row with the misses. I get angry with her at times, fucking furious even, but it doesn't mean I love her any less.

This phase will pass and we will, hopefully, move on to a better phase relatively soon. Getting relegated again, which is looking likely if we don't change the manager, will be gutting. But playing in the 4th tier didn't cause me to lose my love for the club last season or any other season we were there. I will be following pre-season and our signings just as eagerly as I would be if we were in the Premiership. Last season, in the bottom tier, reminded me that it can be great to be an STFC fan.

STFC is just the same loveable (sometimes infuriating) STFC it always has been, and always will be. She's just going through a bad patch and she gets my support while she's going through it.

And it's going to be A LOT of fun when she gets better again.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

The saddest thing for me was that after watching the first 10 minutes a defeat felt completely inevitable. Shrewsbury seemed to be playing to a plan that they believed in i.e pass to their own players and expose our weakness down the sides of our defence. Our plan seemed to be dont concede or spend any time on the ball, just get it forwards as quickly as possible, which was completely ineffective as Shrewsbury had more physically imposing players, both in defence and attack.

Again Sheridan seems unable to pick the right formation for the opposition he faces or motivate the players he picks. We were clearly being over run in midfield with our 2 small technically minded players - Lyden and Palmer - unable to get time on the ball, so he should have changed formation in the first half, by bringing on Missilou to add some bite to midfield and take Hope off, as he was not in the game at all. It was crying out for 3 in midfield.

His post match interview was a disgrace. How can he say that Shrewsbury weren't the better team. They were, when they needed to be, by a country mile.  He also said Travers had nothing to do! Travers made 2 saves with his legs to keep the score from being 0-3.

Thompsons interview was far more accurate and telling. He said he really enjoyed his 1st game at Ipswich, because he played with freedom and was able to express himself. Since then he has listened to his manager and he no longer looks like the same player. Similar with Twine.

The annoying thing is that we have some decent players, they just dont have any confidence or belief in what they are being asked to do. That is the managers fault 100%.

We will get relegated of that I am now sure. Just hoping we start in League 2 with new owners and a new manager, as without both of these things happening, I would expect Season Tickets to be at 1k max and facing a relegation battle for the 2nd consecutive season, as there wont be any money to invest in a decent league 2 squad. God the last 12 months have been complete shite.

Great summary and let's hope that it's right and that we don't become the next big non league team or even worse go out of business and have to reform

Absolutely. It's why Emily Maitlis for example is a much better journalist than Piers Morgan could ever dream of being.

Thank you. Exactly how I feel

Well said. Very much how I see it. We’re drifting on the pitch and off, at a time when the club has never needed the supporters’ backing more.

Absolutely. People expect the press to go and call him a cunt to some degree but of course open ended questions are perfectly fine. Seems El Shezza gets his feathers ruffled way too easily. In fairness though, amongst the continued confliction built into responses he has admitted that he knows the press will come out and ask difficult questions. But he doesn't handle even the light pressing that is offered up, that well.

Hawes is doing as good a job as he can and asking the right/important questions.

I'm not sure who said they think he is scared of the Jurassic one...I would say it is more the other way round. JS has been incredibly camera/Interview shy...notwithstanding his family troubles that have been well documented and we all understand in some way, but he would appear to not like it when AH asks "things", even simple things. It's as though he just has no idea what he's just been asked, and maybe he doesn't.

I ask then, how might this translate in the dressing room or training ground when trying to implement whatever "ideas" he has in his locker?

Spot on. Through thick n thin.

He asks very leading questions. Sheridan understands where they are going and is trying not to fall in the bear traps he offers.

The best examples today, of how good his questions were, is that he listened to what Sheridan said, and played it back to Thompson to see if he got different answers. For the most part, Thompson followed the party line. But, AW caught him out once, which led to him saying that he played with freedom in his first game, but has become progressively more shit as he tries to do what the manager wants. As a journo, I dont think it gets any better than that!

Yep, he's being clever and working within the means of his allowable questioning. Go via the players, see if they respond with blanket answers...he does lead (or lay bait) but that's up to the manager/players to figure that out. And they aren't particularly difficult questions. Just questions that should be expected to have answers behind them.

In football terms he's probably not enjoying it but in a journalistic sense I am certain he is relishing the fact that he has JS by the ball sack. And JS knows it. He knows he has been found out and it's publicly unravelling too!

Andrew Hawes used to be a regular poster on here didn’t he? I’m sure he still lurks, or posts as an ITK, but fair play to him for showing a level of controlled frustration and restraint that I know I wouldn’t be able to with this manager.

I couldn't agree more with what is said here. I cannot believe the utter contempt that Sheridan is showing towards the fans. Does he really believe that was an even game today? He has coached any talent out of the players by insisting on playing this nothing football - it's not long ball, it's not possession based... the only way I can think of describing it is defensive! Having 57% pass completion rate is the lowest I've heard in a league game before and by far the lowest I've heard a Swindon team have - some interesting passing statistics are here: https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/8/Seasons/8305/Stages/18826/TeamStatistics/England-League-One-2020-2021

The decision making in the last few months has been embarrassing. I have already referred to bizarre use of substitutions before, but the use of the squad and the loan market is frightening. It says it all that we sent Matt Smith back to Arsenal and he joined a team chasing promotion. How could any player trust a manager who sends him back for footballing reasons? The fact that Johnny Smith (who I actually didn't think played that well whilst here) scored the winner for Burton against Hull says it all. Wouldn't surprise me to see him thrive there and for us to find out that he got 'Sheridaned.' And finally Grant, who was so important to our season last year - frozen out. Although he didn't look as great in the games this season, the bloke played on one leg through an injury and always gave everything he could for the team. Grant has referred before to wanting an arm round the shoulder and to feel important in the team, something which the Sheridactyl never would do. Even more baffling was the act of bringing in a player who appears to possess similar qualities when the finances are allegedly 'on the brink.'

I just pray that the players can revolt against the manager and play a style of football they feel comfortable with, the more they listen to this guy the worse it'll get. I have never been as against a manager at Swindon, I have and never will see anyone as clueless as this utter tosser.

Is there a Domesday scenario where we go into Admin, get relegated anyway and start L2 next season with a 15 point deduction?

“Sheridactyl”   :D
Good work.

Absolutely mate.

What bothers me most is that defeat yesterday no longer hurts as it should.

It just felt it was always coming from the minute the game kicked off.

Lets just see what state the club is in when it finally gets its new owner in place and regroup then, I just hope we don't enter a Wigan style scenario to achieve it.

Also pretty much exactly what Kirky says too.

The fact that the players absolutely detest him is making it worse.
Everything was “one” last season and has been dismantled in an incredibly short period of time.
Like others have said I resent this incompetent twat more than any other Swindon Manager since I have been Supporting them from the mid 70’s.
Any other normal Club he would have been gone but Power has only one other thing on his mind -ownership. Last night I have come to the harsh decision that given a choice I would accept administration if it meant the end of Lee Power and trust me that is highly likely.
Equally and through blind optimism I still think he will be gone in 3 months. I hope so and we can get back to building this club again.
The biggest dilemma we all face is when season ticket money is due. If LP is still owning the club this could well be the biggest decision I have ever had to make supporting Swindon. Right now I would not renew an early bird and delay it as much as possible looking at whether new ownership is highly likely.
Lost the last crumb of respect for Power. Who in their own minds would offer funds after what he has done and being exposed in a Court? - Sadly only more like him.
We are on a knife edge.

Sadly, I expect us to be stuck with the prehistoric one until Power gets shot of the club. I no longer care whether we are in L1 or L2 next season to be honest. I just want to get to a point where I see a team on the pitch trying their best rather than 11 blokes turning up and going through the motions for 90 minutes.

I don't get excited when we score or angry when we concede; I flatline. I don't bother to look at who is playing or who isn't because its irrelevant as we don't bother with style, shape or tactics.  We would make Messi and Mbappe look shit.

This reminds of the pre Macari Div4 days when me and my mate would sit on the Stratton Bank terrace praying for full time. I just about care enough to keep stumping a tenner to watch this shit.

On to Pompey and a continuation of this anti football.

Anthony Grant on the Supporters Club Panel tomorrow - will be interesting to see what / how much he says

Is that confirmed?

Apologies - looks like my old man has fed me some false information. Tosser!

No need to apologise. Just had a feeling that allowing Mr. Grant on to a fans forum would be a tad bit bold right now.