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There's a glimmer of hope here. They have one once at home in the last four home games, lost two and drew one.
We'll still lose.

Up Pompeii 3-0 Down us

4-0 defeat

3-1 loss after being 1-0 up at half time

2-0 down at half time then unable to score in the second.

And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before?

Appropriate enough for this season that one! 

Might ignore this one until full time/the morning.

Bad vibes!

I’m with the learned one. Won’t waste a tenner of my meagre wealth.

Can't see beyond a defeat, I just hope we keep the goals against under 3.

I can't see where our goal/s would come from as we haven't looked like scoring much at all recently.

Travers MotM again.

Without doubt, this will be total carnage..

pre match press conference is going on now:

https://www.totalswindon.com/sport/press-conference-live-portsmouth-v-swindon-town/

Conor Masterson needs a scan on his hamstring and isn't fit. Jordan Lyden needs a scan as well so we will hopefully know more soo which will give us some more insight. I think Jordan has a bette chance of being back quickly.


Everyone else is fit and available apart from the injuries you know about. Conroy will be back and I just have to pick my best team. Broadbent, Joel Grant, and Grounds aren't available but will be back soon."

I'm not posting more. it'll anger you

Never ever mentions Baudry does he? Probably fallen out with him too

I am going to pick my best side, yet openly ignores Caddis, Grant and Baudry.....ok then, that on its own tells you who he doesn't like.

Oh come on, be fair, he decided to turn up and bless us with his wisdom, for which we have to be justly grateful!

"We need to start winning games and that will make my job a lot easier"

That is your job John. That's the job. All of it.

Either a 1-0 win (Pitman?!) thanks to a Travers masterclass or a complete mauling. Either way I am not sure we're going to see an end to the current misery anytime soon. Lunchtime press comments hardly inspire...

"I motivate the players by getting them to look at the table and see where we are in the league."

Not exactly working.

Ha, that's like a salesman saying if people ring up and buy my stuff it will make my job a lot easier.

Come to half time, we'll be losing 4-0. Each and every goal, a hotly disputed penalty.

So we'll smash up the floodlights, and the game will be abandoned, and the dog will bark and we'll be banned from Fratton Park.

And our travelling army of synthetic supporters will be taken away from us and thrown in the bin!

I give up with listening to anything this twat says, it's just ramblings of a broken dinosaur that we all agree shouldn't be anywhere near the club.  If I were playing for him I would be just reading that shite and laughing.  I know for sure if I was in his squad I would not be playing because I wouldn't be able to bite my lip - i would already be looking for my next move.

4-0

Winning the National Lottery would make my life easier. Would someone please buy me a ticket?

This.

Ive been doing that for years!

I suspect you would be 'injured' and soaking up the pay until the end of your contract too.

Exactly this. I rather shamefully admit that as a 58 year old who has invested around 45 years of my life following the Town, that I feel, almost for the first time, a complete disinterest in watching a live game of football involving STFC.  I will therefore probably follow it via Twitter and getting updates from my son. The inability to watch games live in the flesh is a big contributing factor to my apathy,  but mainly it is the current managers acceptance and defence of the turgid shit that is being served up game after game, after game. It is not doing my mental health any good watching this dross and then hearing that feeble excuse of a manager with his dreadful post match "analysis".  Hopefully a lucky win will follow (it wont be planned that's for sure) and my enthusiasm will at least temporarily be rekindled.

Can you please apply for the managers job  :)

Any chance the game will off because of snow or frost?

Could be. Hopefully they forget to put the covers on.

The only I hope I have for this game is Pitman going on a mad one to prove a point to Kenny Jackett.

shouldn't think so, it's going to be -1 or -2 worst case in Portsmouth

covers should therefore do the job

Cold enough to encourage our players to run about a bit then. 
 Just seen it's going to go down to -13 here this week :-(

gonna need a cardi in that weather

Maaaaybeeee

6-0 to pompey and finallly sheriden fucks off. :pint:

They were premier league for a long time so I’d imagine they have undersoil heating so doubt it.

Edit: apparently they don’t and just circumvented the PL regs.

I got your Bastille reference :)

How am I going to be an optimist about this?!

Monday Night Panel is live now....

Nick Judd, Steve Clements, Phil Smith & Honor from STFC Ladies join Vic Morgan.

It says Jordan Garrick is the ft. player but he's not on yet?

https://www.facebook.com/STFCSupClub/videos/236404454783916/?

Was that a quote from  Mike Bassett. F to the ucking hell!

Judging by the time you posted, he's probably been and gone. They do the guest player at the start.

He was first on

Yes, I'd just missed him then as I started viewing at around 7.15/20pm

"We're better than The Mexicans"

Planning on doing a bit of sunbathing tomorrow. Up to a nice warm and cuddly 21C.

You norvern monkeys!

Haven't cared less about a game for a long long time.

Defeat, either 3 or 4-1.

Won a free pass at the weekend so will watch for a laugh

We'll go and win this, just you wait and see.

Fuck off! we won't score a goal! :D

Shrewsbury on Saturday for me, I am at the same low level of shit giving today.

Its purely the Pork Pie Pele factor. Surely he'll nick one of his arse or something. But yes, scoring is looking a futile prospect currently!!

TBH I would settle for it finishing as a 1-0 defeat now, keep the goal difference down, I just can't see where we are going to score, our free kicks are woeful, our corners are terrible and we can't score from open play.

A bad state for us to be in.

Sheridan has taken a side that can score goals but always conceded usually from a defensive or goalkeeping error into a side that still concedes but not through errors as such often just from inviting pressure to be put on them and no longer have the ability to threaten the opponents goal even on the break.

Our tactics are hot potato football, get rid of it as quick as you can with the longest hardest kick you can do in the forlorn hope that one of the strikers makes a contact with the ball or that the oppositions defence make a slip up letting us in.

It is like the very worse football in any league you can imagine, I thought Flitcroft was bad but at least he had the players trained in a way that everyone knew his role and he brought in players to fit that system.

Sheridan has done neither.

No tactics, no direction, no impetus, no thought and no leaders on the pitch that want to give even 75% of what they have got.

Sad times.

Completely agree.

If you take the other STFC on Saturday for example, they weren't brilliant by any stretch of the imagination but it was obvious they had a gameplan and could play a bit of passing football, or if it went long, it generally went towards Curtis Main who was good enough and strong enough to hold up the ball and bring others into play. When we go long, its just aimless punts into the final third, hoping something will happen. Why not at least get it in the general direction of your target man rather than just lolloping the bloody thing away from our goal as long and hard as possible?

No pain or bad moods for me tonight as expecting us to lose.
I guess after that shambolic performance on Saturday I have geared my mind to relegation thus have basically come to terms with everything at STFC right now.
I am adamant that this will no longer fuck up my weekends, such has become of this current shit show from the bottom to the top.
The Supporters are the only thing that has helped me lift the gloom so I thank you all.
Just a case of sitting it out and waiting to see what unfolds. I am expecting it to get progressively worse before it gets any better.

100% agree mate.

Absolutely this, not going into games even thinking a win is possible but still hoping to grab a draw with a backs to the wall performance, always glad to be proved wrong.

As you rightly state I fear things will get worse before it gets better, on and off the pitch.

This is me.

Silver linings so far:

 - Beat the Pox (more by luck than judgement but who cares?)
- Twines goal
- In League 1...thus a league to drop into.

Other than that, all shit.

Sneak preview of Sheridan tactics tonight.

(https://i.postimg.cc/TPfmBzdg/969.jpg)

After we've gone 2 down  :)

I'd take that if I were confident it'd help us keep a clean sheet.

But I'm not.

My concern is that we park the bus and still concede 3 or more.

These are the games Sheridan likes. Narrow defeat, zero shots on target, claims some credit.

I like this simple and effective.
I voted you my motm Saturday and you are already in with another shout tonight.

And brought on a certain defender for a striker

Talk of goal difference is irrelevant as we need the points on the board first.

We’re down with Sheridan and probably down without him. It’s just a shame it’s relegation in the worst possible way.

Hey-ho, it won’t last for ever and next season will be a new dawn.

Beat the Gas too. And the Ipswich game, I enjoyed that.

Wasn't that the heart of flash?

Only enjoyed some serious drinking in Portsmouth the once, before a gig back in 2019.
Meandered from Portsmouth Harbour to the bit around the Guildhall.
Would like to a make a day of it again there one day.

Nine visits to Fratton Park, mainly in the 90's.
Do remember the 4-3 there in 1994. I think it was the first game after the tragic death of Kevin Morris.
The club may already have been on the decline at that time, but some of it's essence was lost after his passing I think.
That season certainly went downhill from that game onwards.

Not giving up on this lot just yet and will dutifully fork out the £10 later.
Expecting a typical Tuesday night matchday but at least there will be the in depth post match tactical analysis in the company of a Smirnoff Red Label to look forward to.
Pyotr Arsenjevitch Smirnov my thanks to you.
If the club was a building, it would be some slowly decaying, neglected, dilapidated outhouse in desperate need of a clear out.

Anyway, here's some music, courtesy of a fine Portsmouth garage band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMuR4E_agu0

3-0 Pompey

Not totally irrelevant, we are going to lose anyway so lets keep the goals against down so that if we can get rid of Sheridan before its mathematically impossible to stay up then goal difference could still count in keeping us up. Of course its about points on the board but we will lose so then its the next best option, keep the defeat as narrow as possible.

The concern there is that Power stays on until the court case is completed and he carries on supporting a constantly losing manager as he cannot afford to sack him and pay compo. Or we go into Admin and the administrators see Sheridan is a cheap option and still employ him rather than sacking him.

Not a good thought, even if its highly unlikely nobody can honestly totally rule that out under the current circumstances.

Again, I’ll follow the game on here and Sky. Just can’t bear to watch what we’ve become.

4-1 Pompey and Luke Williams reinstated😀

I'll give this a miss on Ifollow, I'm fed up with kick and rush. It seems to largely depend on lucky breaks to score and this doesn't provide enjoyable watching. 

With Malpas as assistant and Steve McMoan as Director of sackings.

Again!? You lucky cunt! :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Could it be any worse than the shite we're witnessing at the moment!

Except in our case its kick and watch it go sailing past its intended target while the players gently jog up pitch leaving us exposed at the back for the counter as the opposition turn defence into attack, again and again and again.

I think i have won 4 so far. No sniff of the signed shirt though

Bloody hell, you'll be breaking even soon!

I've not even been offered 10% off a feckin Robin's Bar  :D

Grant ain’t travelled rumour has it🙄

mirisolou is his replacement

Can’t read his name without wanting to sing this....oh, just me then😃
https://youtu.be/9J8XhEyOfnQ

I'm more thinking this

https://youtu.be/1hLIXrlpRe8

Been frozen out.
Sheridan appears to want to argue with every player.
Complete arsehole of the highest order and the players detest him.

It's apperently very noticeable on match days that Sheridan is a 'bollock you at every opportunity" type.

Just an observation from someone my son knows who is in the ground, and I guess we have heard glimpses on ifollow

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtzWYfAWYAEFr1x?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

No Grant A. No Smith T. (Max loans I presume)

Good to see Broadbent back in the squad. What’s the point of Omotoye?

A cock up to replace Smith until we realised Sheff U wouldn't let him go back.

He ain’t that good apparently and his attitude ain’t up to much either but don’t blame him with that cunt in charge.

Feels like the best team available that. I really feel for Twine, but he's not well suited to the way we're seemingly going to play.

Max loans doesn’t come into it tonight because Masterson is out injured. Tyler Smith has been dropped completely. No doubt he said something he shouldn’t have like “Shezza you haven’t got a fucking clue what you’re doing”.

And he would be by no means the only player this season to have said so to Sheridan, allegedly.

Blimey the Pompey CB, number 20 Sean Raggett is a fucking big lump of a bloke!

Have to watch him at set peices.

that's good, we can aim our hoofs at his head

Maybe we should just offer to can the game and award the points for a Raggett/Broadbent wrestling match?

The pitch looks nice, should suit our game - running after long balls.

 :boxing: :rocket:

I wonder if being on that pitch brings back bad memories for Mildenhalls bollock :)

From what I've heard you are right about Smith, he desparetley wanted to go back to Sheff Utd in January but they told him to get back

Several other younger players have followed Grant and Caddis is telling Sheriden their views

Was it just the one that got kicked😀

That one's still out there hoping to save the odd goal at the Town End*.

*Wasn't it the home game he got his petits-pois puréed?

Absolutely re: Smith. Good pros being forced out or made difficult for them.

Shezza can talk all day about wanting folk to be vocal but he doesn't like it when they start giving him their real views. They guy is a pillock and needs a slap with a pollock.

We'll win now   :D

Nice one froggy😀

We won't win!

Strange that Pompey still gives me a little pull of the heart.
Family and roots, some fond memories.
Still STFC though.

I knowww. I've bet on Portsmouth -1 :)

At least the pitch looks ok.

Anyone on iFollow got Swindon comms?

Oh fuck is that Randall Williams? Didn't pay attention to where he ended up

Edit: apparently not, just another ponytailed Williams

So has Power😳

FIFY

Me too, bit of a soft spot. Found the house my great-grandfather built still there in Milton, lost a great-uncle in the RN in the First War.

You won't have any JJ. They can't sync the comms to be close enough. Remember Hawes is commentating from base at BBC Wilts. We'll get the Post Match stuff via Zoom/FaceTime.

Ryan

FIFY

We could do with piss stains winning at the Gas tonight

Awful kit. On the upside, we’ll get a Sheridan coaching masterclass in lieu of commentary.

No

I thought Curran was starting tonight?   :girlgiggle:

Sheridan shouting at Travers 'Catch the fucking thing!'

Apparently we got through a "fair few keepers" in the 1st half of the season according to the Pompey comms!

“Catch it Trav. Oh fer fook’s sake catch the fooking thing.”

Great save by Travers at the near post.

It's not even the watershed to use that sort of language

Good lord, is that Sheridan berating everyone? Tis a Norvern accent.

I don't know why he didn't think of that tbh.

What kit are we wearing..

Pompey comms sussed us out that our tactic today is sit back and them them at us, they will have lots of chances today.

1-0 Pompey.

Absolute twat.

0-1 already.

I was confused, but it's got our branding on. Think that's home shirt, away shorts and plain blue socks?

1-0. I don't want to say game over but...

And there we go.

I honestly can’t see us winning another game all season.

There you have it ffs.

Oh dear,  here we go again.

With this twat in charge neither can I.

Surprised it took them so long

Swindon aren’t winning 1-0 unfortunately.

couldn't even say "after an even 7 minutes".  We didn't get a touch.

It's a constant stream of one line swearing at our players, apart from the off shout of Payney, followed by little to no instruction.  The classic appears to be "where the fook is ee goin?"

Wh'appened?

Interesting with no Comms. All you can hear is 'Where are you f'ing going' and 'F'ing talk to eachother'

Who fucked up this time?

With the camera further back than normal you can see we have no shape about the team, defenders and midfielders all over the pace.

We have 10 players back at almost all times yet they can still find space between our defenders.

That’s missolou for the corner was embarrassing the twat!

fucking hell.

my, er, iPlayer, is 2 minutes behind. it's just give in.

the Pompey commentators are debating whether we've touched it in their half, and expressing surprise at how defensive we've set up.

Guy Whittingham, he scored a few

Better than Matt Smith😀

Sheridan by picking these tactics.

Power for appointing the clown

Defending a set piece and he leaves his man and wanders 10 yards forward 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤬

That's probably why Northampton wanted rid😀

Would seem my £10 on the euro millions in lieu of watching this scintillating demonstration of association football by Swindon Town FC may turn out to be the right decision.

Missilou does a pretty decent job in possession, couple of times now he's kept the ball away from the opposition and drawn a foul or brought someone else into play.

Missile goes to ground very easily. He is going to look a pretty average player next season in L2.

At least you have some hope😀

Who was Sheridan berating then for 'fucking around'. Thought it was Conroy for not launching it.

That’s good then but he was responsible for their goal?

We have barely touched the ball in their half. Just hoofing it to their giant centre backs.

We have tactics?

The shouting (from el Dino Sauracio I assume) is like one of those fucking annoying Dad's that you get at every youth level. Some of them end up managing your team as well.

But hey who cares, off to the Royal Oak after the match for free sausage and chips, a game of pool and about 8 pints of wife beater. Then a nice drunk drive home after reflecting on getting aggro with some 9 year old boy in the opposing team!

Not denying that for a second, but let's not decide he's an absolute write off after one mistake.

Do I not like that :no:

Loose interpretation of the word.

Having had to hear the pearls of wisdom from the jurassic one for the first 15 minutes, I can understand totally why the players don't bother listening to the twat

Forgiven my child. 😁

Mistake? He switched off after 7 minutes and cost a goal. It’s fucking basic. Might be good in possession but clearly has no defensive brain

Now he's barking at Palmer

Does anyone think this is what Guardiola sounds like if he was miked up?

Not listening but a couple of mates are...if what they're saying is true about the things he is shouting at the players I'm not surprised they dont give a fuck/hate him.

I think "made a basic error leading to a goal" is a pretty common characteristic in our squad this season, even amongst some of the (on paper) better players.

Thank you oh priestly one!

Have my drugs kicked in, or is the picture fucked?

If this is how he regularly communicates with players, it's no wonder they won't fucking play for him.

Literal definition of a mistake.

How long before Shezza shouts “Forward!”?

How long before he clears out his office

I'm sure I've already heard it.

One of the players should go and slide tackle Sheridan

It's a bit like being managed by an old bloke sat in the Arkells

Palmer is really quite shit.

Except the old bloke gives more to the club than he takes.

Has championship experience 😀

"Brett, Pitman, Bret Pitman" Bret turns around, "Wat ya doin?"  Brett returns to ignoring.

It is how Sheridan has and always will communicate with the players, he knows no praise he just knows how to bollock players, from what I hear it had more than a bit of a hand in hastening DJ wanting to leave the club on deadline day.

Is there a game on

Boot it followed by go on go on.
Honestly 😃

'Brett Pitman! Where ya goin?' Pitman turns and flashes the Vs!

He is like the rest of them. Systematically having any ability coached out of him.

There is a missmatched football match but no game, only 1 side going to be winners today and its not us.

Then Jacket shouts to Sheriden I told you he was a lazy bastard!

Ooh, we've gone to a musical break. This is loads better than the game.

Walking in Memphis, losing in Portsmouth.

Just highlighted everything.
I am absolutely confident if the twat was sacked you would get a reaction from another manager.,

Missoulu and Palmer are mere shadows of the players they have replaced in Grant and Matt Smith.

Just because they cover maybe a little more ground than the other 2 did doesn't mean they are better Mr Sheridan.

walking in Memphis...

This. 100% this.

I don't think I could tell you what has happened in this game, the sideline commentary from Sheridan is just too comical.  It's like Mike Bassett on drugs.  How anyone can determine what he wants them to do when every other word is fook or fooking.

There is no coaching going on, just shouting at people.

Or no manager at all

You may be but we are all listening to the dulcet tones of a Northern Monkey Manager shouting at a bunch of kids who don't want to be playing for Swindon by the look of it.

Meanwhile Wellens motivated Salford to beat Cambridge 4-1

Not a problem to forgive a disciple of the beautiful game.

Wright at least appears to be offering some suggestions (I assume he is the Scottish voice), but it largely consists of "Get up the pitch" or "Go On"

If we had Kovar in goal today we would be 4-0 down already.

Is this the Scottish equivalent of ‘forward’

The senior players should approach power and offer to take training, look after selection and everything football wise, if he gets rid of the Jurassic one

And that is one of the reasons we are where we are,  the other two are Sheridan and Power.

Metaphorically or literally? Hopefully the latter.

Having heard the shite coming out of his mouth and the way he is screaming like a fucking mental banshee, I think it is lucky that no fans are allowed in the ground.  I reckon if there were Town fans in the CG that one of the meatheads would find a way to put him on his arse outside the Arkells, i really wouldn't be surprised.

It makes you wonder how such a classy player can produce this shite

Not much difference between 4-0 and 1-0 when you've got all the attacking threat of a paraplegic guinea pig.

To provide some balance, Portsmouth appear to have an 80's Scouse who shouts "Eh, Eh, Eh" every time they think a foul has been committed (disclaimer: they may not actually be scouse and wearing a shell suit)

:nod:

Payne had a shot!!!

decent spell.  players working hard.

Clearance

Corrected.

But Not near the goal.

TBF we have come back into the game more this last 10 mins.

Not spent a tenner to watch tonight obvs, but reading back this sounds like the worst ever.

Is it?

I am an old bloke who sits in the Arkells and reckon I could do a better job.

Mildenhall looks royally pissed off, we tend to forget that he is a Swindon lad and he has to work in close proximety to this fucking idiot..  Will be fun to hear his side of the story once Sheridan and Power fuck off..

Piss stains 1-0 up

I honestly don't know - listen to the audio once it's available though, an absolute classic.

Why the fuck does Missulou go to ground whenever he is challenged? stay on your fucking feet and you would have got the ball.

You can tell Missilou’s new cos he hasn’t given up yet.

He's French

From what I have read the audio sounds like it is worth a tenner...

Has a lot to do with loans/transfers...certainly incoming

it's marginally better than Saturday

sort of.

But still the same score.

In the last 10 mins it has been, before then I would disagree.

Payne with the tactical foul after he gives the ball away, one of the more obvious yellows you'll see.

Nice to have some different camera angles on ifollow

Rumour has it we will be changing our name to Swindon Nil until the dynamic duo leave

really? I think it's worse- if that is possible.

HT 0-1 not as bad as Saturday but not good.

Two evenly matched sides.

Still in the game.

For me, 100% as expected so far..  which is not much

We still don't look like scoring.

good half. Was expecting to get a real kicking. Suppose there is still plenty of time.

Well, think before kick off we would have settled for that score at ht, just got to stop conceding these early goals.

I presume the players now get a half time quarter of an Orange and a 1-2-1 with Sheridan where he tells them they were fucking awful, get if forward and, just for Travers, catch the fucking ball.  I think even Managers of the classics such as The Greyhound, Deers Leap and New Century would be further forward in their coaching development than this guy.

Only based on what I have read, wouldn't be surprised if it stays 1-0. Why would Pompey use more energy than they need (a la Shrews)?

Yeah I think this is mildly better than Saturday, but that is no endorsement at all. Pompey look pretty comfortable.

Of the Town players, Thompson looks bright but maybe trying to run at his winger a bit more often than I'm comfortable with. Missilou looks pretty good with the ball at his feet and is at least trying, but doesn't look like he's going to transform our team. Otherwise, not much to say, we've not really threatened in their final third.

39 minutes without conceding  :clap:

7 minutes and the first goal seemed inevitable and duly arrived.  They were passive and Pompey look focussed and decent.

No criticism of the players' efforts from me.  They've quietened Pompay down, relatively, after a demoralising start.  Shezzaball never looks particularly likely to produce a goal but the players deserve out support for sticking to their allotted task.

Not sure that it's realistic to expect us to outplay Pompey.  Admittedly that would be an impossibility inder Shezza.

Travers busy and very sound!

I expect Mr. Jacket will be very concise and constructive in his half time team talk on how to slaughter a team that is basically asking to be slaughtered. Dinosorearse will continue to motivate the Town with a tirade of expletives waxing lyrical about when was a player about what he did or didn’t do and that they are not worthy to be in his presence.

Only positives for me really have been Travers who has stopped a rout so far and Thompson who looks lively, Conroy made a couple of interceptions as has Odimayo but the rest have been poor.

I don't see what others see in Missilou, he looks poor with the ball and keeps faling to the floor too easily, no better than L2 standard for me so far, but each to his own, I just don't see what he brings.

Well that's an improvement..

Can we have a Fit & Proper Managers Test? Whose selling FA badges on the sly?

Fuck me.. We look like Lego men that a child has swapped the legs with another Lego man. Our only tactic is to hoof it up a windy pitch and hope Brett Pitman can be a million places at once to hold it up and play someone in. Formation is not working. Look flat as a pancake and doing nothing to hurt or even threaten Portsmouth.. This is dire and without the commentary, it means I have to really pay attention to know what’s going on, which is hard when it’s utter dogshit.

Very scrappy game. Pompey don't look all that good and we look lacking in any quality.

Shape looks all over the shop. We keep trying to play down the left, but it's all in vain.

Everything looks frantic.

The back four haven't been all that bothered, except when relying on support from the midfield to defend second balls from corners etc.

Not sure that anyone in midfield scores more than 2-3.

Garrick looks lonely out right. Hope doesn't give us any on the left and Pitmans main contribution was giving the V sign to Sheridan!

Travers looks a good keeper though!

On the game - um, it's scrappy, we are second best, we had a chance, Travers is much better than Kovar.  Everyone else is probably just scared to be near the ball for fear of getting their name hollered across the pitch with a string of expletives.

Missolou is sitting too deep, giving them space in front of the defence.  Payne looks lost, as he often does when not played where he half decent.  Both wings are pointless - we knock it long down the middle.  Pitman is Pitman.  Palmer a non entity,.  It's just grinding out another defeat.

There is zero pattern to our play, nobody has much clue beyond figuring out where their special spot is on the pitch, standing there and waiting.  Sometimes the defenders pass it about a bit before knocking it long, sometimes they do it early and sometimes it goes to a fullback who has no option, placed under pressure and lumps it long or out.

Other than that, it's all looking good.

Odimayo has looked good today.  I think, for all his versatility, he makes a better centre back.  Keep it simple for him and let him grow into that role.

Any chance of Dino Sheridan getting sacked at half time ?

Falling to the floor has won a few free kicks, and he doesn't seem to lose the ball easily when he has it. Not looking exceptional, but if Lyden miraculously recovered and it came to dropping him or Palmer, I'd rather see Palmer sit out - all he's really done in the first half is misplace passes.

L2 standard is probably about right, but we're a L2 team out of their depth at best right now.

Watching the goal back, Missilou does absolutely lose his man and stands there looking a right lemon but it's not the guy who scores, that's Thompson's man.

What like a dour Lancashire twat?

Reminds me of Leigh Francis "outing" Gino D'acampo as a being from Leeds  :D

The one time we kept the ball on the floor and worked it into the box, Payne got a shot away.

Of all the times we lumped it forward for someone to get a knock-on, we haven't won a single ball.

Hey! Some of us "Northerners" have an "okay" voice  :D

On Sheridan - he started strong, lots of fucking this and fucking that.  Travers got a rollicking for punching a ball well clear under pressure - seems he should have caught it and it deserved bringing to his attention while play was still unfolding and Portsmouth in possession near our goal.  He kept up this good standard of beratement, Bret getting some, Hope also.

As the half wore on though, he let Wrighty take up too much space before gradually drifting out of the half.  Needs to get some energy drink in him at half time and come back stronger second half.  Runs the risk of losing this contest.

I had no idea PaulD was on the Pompey backroom staff  :pint:

I’m playing how many times can you hear “Payney what the fuck are you doing?”

The count is on 6 at the moment. Great motivation!

:D

I've put the radio Silent commentary on! Bloody hell!!

Got to be worth giving Twine a run out, always the chance he might do an Ipswich and give us false hope of a point

"Payney, come and elp a bit, Payney, you're not there, Payney"

It's getting deep here, where the fuck was Payney if not where he was on the pitch at that moment in time.  Is Sheridan seeing an alternative Universe view of the game maybe?

You missed the part where he squares up to someone's Dad after necking 6 cans of Tennents Super and throwing a bag of cones at a 14yr old lino  :no:

I had to, the Pompey one was doing my head in, been on "stadium sound" since the first 20 mins, it tells you all you need to know about hsi man management skills, no wonder the experienced players hate his style.

Yay, "Forwards"

We’re shit and we wouldn’t score if we were out there for a week. If you believed we had any chance of getting something from this game it was gone as soon as we went a goal down.

"Hit the target, Hit the Target" - pearls of wisdom now being thrown out.

Half decent attempt that.

Payne with a proper shot - over!

Sweepstake for the time broadbent comes on as striker

I'm going for 68 min

“Hit the target” after a decent strike by Payne from distance

39% possession - consistent
58% pass rate success - consistent

So the last two things we had in our arsenal have now both disappeared. We look crap and actually play crap.

Or as we stepped off the coach

Half decent? Fuck that, we want a WHOLE decent attempt please.

Not listening tonight but it does sound as if Sheridan is entering folklore as worst ever.

Well the stadium mics have done Sheridan's popularity the world of good tonight haven't they..  If you liked him before then it has to be a challenge to like him now..

Mind you he could take a shit in Chang's cornflakes and he would still say he talks sense..

:D

I'm saying Curran on at 70mins.

Up top?

Surely if he is going to book Payne in the first half he's got to book that pro foul there from the Pompey lad

Palmer just got a sarcastic berating, spicing it up this half.

Sorry but I quite like Missilou.

Better pressing

Missilou hits the post after keeping the ball in their half for 5 mins!

What the odds on a shot on target  :suicide:

I wish I was there so I could tell Sheridan to STFU.

What a gobshite!

You could bring Curran on now and not notice the difference.  Nobody is playing for Jurassuc John.

Great effort by new Frenchie - hits the post

If the current score ends as a result it will be a win rate of 14% since the pox game.

Same. Quite good isn’t he

Garrick has not got what it takes, cannot beat a man. Shot from Missilou just clipped the outside of the post.

yup.

we had a shot 👏

Until it’s coached out of him.

"Fuck off Trav"

I predict a right furore if Curran gets on before Broadbent

Stonewall

2-0

Penalty to them, all over now.

2-0

Right, now we can park the bus.

May as well get to bed then !!.

fucks sake

Pitman not in it.

Thompson was our best player tonight too

Thompson has gone downhill fast since Ipswich.. I don’t know if it’s the tactics or the players but seems to be always out of position, losing running players and making mistakes left right and centre..

French speaking so may take a bit longer!

Listen to his interview on Saturday - that’ll tell you everything you need to know

At least we are back to our conceding 2 a game standard

None of them have a clue what they're supposed to be doing.

Zero tactics.

Hit and hope, play for second balls.

Absolute dog shite.

Thought he was MOTM on Sat, however that isn't saying much

Yep

Pompey taking the Mick - should have scored again.

Did I see Thompsom pull up slightly a couple of minutes back?

And yet again, 2-0 down and he can't even make a sub.

Just do something else for fuck sake.

Spot on.

So, really it's 0-0. I'll take that.

FIFY, because he's both those things. Bloke has got to walk, he's got zero respect for even any of the players. It's really an 80s throwback.

Management style: 80s Youth Level
Professionalism: None evident
Taking responsibility: Never
Not knowing who is who: Priceless

We’re two nil down, playing shit. Barely had a sniff all game. Portsmouth make 3 subs, we make none.. Where is the strategy?!

Look how quick Pompey press.
Impressive.

Get Pitman off at least. He's offered absolutely nothing.

Yet with Wigan, B Rovers, Rochdale and Cobblers not winning we’re somehow not adrift.

God, there must be some shite in this league.

JS has created a new position in football .... the unmanager.

Twine must be sat on the bench following the Newport commentary on his phone..

Pompey not out of second gear. Us? Our clutch is fucked.

exactly.

it makes no sense

No doubt old Frenchie (Baudry) will be "translating" to him  :soapy tit wank:

Even the teams near the top aren’t anything special. We’d have stayed up comfortably if Wellens had stayed.

Can we furlough Sheridan?

I be there Sheriden will be snappy in his post match interview

Not if he didn't get a massive slice of luck we wouldn't

Guess he really does not want to be here, as a loan player it is doing his potential career no good whatsoever.

There must be a rule where we are not allowed to substitute players.

How the fuck is Palmer still on the pitch. Gives the ball away more than he completes a pass

The only quasi-tactics I can fathom are:

- lump it aimlessly in the direction of Pitman and play for second balls
- play into the corner for Garrick to chase

Both absolutely ineffective, and still he persists.

John Sheridan is stealing a living.

Can you let Power know, then he can sack him and get 80% of the wages paid

Behave Berni  :D

In all honesty I think any of Town's previous managers "after" Lukewarm would have kept Town up. I include PB and Flitters (for Reg) in that too.

I think he is one of those players that looks good in a good side and proper shit in any other side.  When the team controls the game he probably looks like he makes it tick, lots of little runs and short balls.  As soon as that goes he becomes flustered, lost and a complete liability.

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, subs incoming.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a third

Remember when everyone was clambering for Palmer and Twine to come back, back when Smith and Grant were playing in the middle?  Now everyone is outraged Smith has gone back and Grant has been bombed..

Caddis coming on

Travers flaps at two crosses on the trot.

Curran ?

I fucking hated Flitcroft and I'd happily pay my iFollow season ticket price again to have him right now.

Either that, or he's thought fuck it, I'm off home.

Was that constructive coaching that I just heard from Mildenhall..  fuck about

I love caddis, but wtf.

Why take Hunt off for Caddis?!

Someone in the post-match REALLY needs to tell Sheridan his sly under-the-breath comments to Wright were caught on the mic all night. PLEASE.

Good job bringing on a second striker, I'm sure we will create lots of chances like we have all game, definitely no need for any creativity as well.

No need to bring on a player with 7 goals and 7 assists in L1/L2. Good decision Shezza.

well defended Conroy.

I would give my left lung for him to be put in charge until the end of the season. Not because I think he'd be particularly good but how bad can he be?

We cant concede anymore, tighten defence, we dont need goals

Eh up, somebody just had a pop back at Shezza - what the fuck else do you want me to do?  Then you heard Shezza saying "fucking dick" :D

This is like a behind the scenes Amazon Documentary

Was Dom Thompson

Caddy out of retirement.
Is this just so the Jurassic one can make an example of him?

Love Caddis, he deserves better treatment than he has had to date.

I'm looking forward to hearing the post match comments:

"We matched them for most of the game"
"We hit the post, if that goes in its a different game"
"I won't single out players for their poor performances"

Was it? Ha, brilliant - i guess he has less to lose so it makes sense

As it stands under Sheridan we have played 19 games won just 4, drawn 2 and lost 13, scoring 16 and conceding 33 goals (so far).

That is a loss ratio of 68%

By comparison Hart only lost 54% and Gorman (including the Premier League season) had a loss ratio of just 52%, even Luke Williams only lost 44% of his games and Malpas just 42%.

John Sheridan    L68% W21%
Paul Hart           L54% W9%
John Gorman     L52% W21%
Luke Williams    L44% W26%
Colin Todd         L44% W22%
Maurice Malpas  L42% W30%
Iffy Onoura        L38% W25%
Ken Beamish      L36% W38%
Kev Mcdonald     L35% W28%
Phil Brown         L33% W31%

His win ratio will never be as low as Hart though as his 9% may not be surpassed ever.

Wigan 1-0 up

Just going even more direct now.

Playing long ball up to a poacher is never ever going to work. We create nothing.

Might as well hand us one of the relegation slots now unless either:
A. We change our manager
B. Sheridan analyses and produces a different way to approach the way we play with the ball and attack teams.

I can't imagine Hawes is looking forward to it

Looks like Grant A will finish his time with us as he did at Shrews. Ostracised and made to train on his own.

Surely this has to be the end of El Dino tonight? How the fuck can he honestly say he has the support of the dressing room when even your loan players who have been here for a month already hates the bloke. Sheridan out. Bring back Maurice Malpas instead of this clown

No card for Pompey player delaying free kick?  Really?

“Not my fault we had zero shots on target”

The word is in. See what 'appens.

Twine just over

Sat quite happily on another defeat and not overly impressed with Portsmouth and can see how Plymouth gave them a good run last Saturday. Wish we could show the same ability.

Caddis showing more enthusiasm in the ten minutes he has been on than many of the others!

I quit my job at beginning of January. I know fuck all about football management.

Happy to start tomorrow at Town if I get the call

Hawes would silly to be the one to say it, especially on behalf of the BBC

This 100%. Cheap but would sooner he had a crack at it. Would have learnt a thing or 2 from wellens and think the respect was mutual. I’d also have Noel Hunt back but that ship has sailed sadly

We look frightened to get on the end of anything

You need somebody that is happy to go back to their day job once a new man comes in at the end of the season, I would probably give Alan Mac a go with Mildenhall assisting

FT 2-0

This without a doubt.

Well that was most enjoyable...

Even if he's not sacked he should have enough self respect to walk

He should have gone ten games ago, now he really fucking needs to go.  

That was poor, against a Portsmouth team who really didn’t play that well today.  

Ft 2-0. Another piss easy game for the oppo.

Thank fuck somebody has turned Sheridan's gob off..

236 minutes without a shot on target. Fuck me has it ever been this bad?!

Just because we have "stadium sounds" rather than commentary today has made far more people realise exactly what has been going on since Sheridan arrived at the club, his style is no worse now than back in November when he took over its just that without people talking over it then it isn't heard.

Its this attitude to the players that has rubbed pretty much all of the players up the wrong way and was a deciding factor in DJ leaving apparently.

He is constantly bearting players all through the game offering no praise or encouragement just bollockings all game every game.

No wonder the players are fucked off with him and have been for a long time.

Wright and Mildenhall are far more positive in touchline encouragement.

If we cannot afford to sack Sheridan then I would suggest we put him on paid gardening leave and promote Lee Peacock and Alan McLoughlin or even utilise Phil Smith as coaching who at least have the clubs interests at heart and as all currently employed already so it wouldn't be an extra wage.

Whittingham: Pitman had no chances. 1. Because Pompey defended. 2. Because Swindon didn't get the ball to him in the 18 yard box.

There are ways of asking questions :) Aka, more than one way to skin a cat.

One goal in 500 minutes of football (hoofball).

My thinking is that at least if Mildenhall was in charge we wouldn't be paying anyone else as he's already employed by the club. I just want a new manager to come in, look at ALL of our players and decide who should be picked. I still think we can stay up which is bizarre considering the run we've been on but an awful lot of the games in this division are winnable.

Laughable how we're only in the relegation places on goal difference. Get rid of him now and give ourselves a fighting chance or go down with a whimper. Decision time.

It can't be any worse than this.

Sack this manager and we have a “solskjaer like bounce.” I don’t think United were good for the start of oles reign - it was more of a “thank fuck we no longer have Jose.” The same would happen with Sheridan

So we have some players....but they have zero confidence, and seem frightened to do anything with a real purpose.

Need to get some real bite in midfield, I think Caddis could do a number here.
New'ish lads look ok, but there is zero creativity from the middle of the park so we're never going to create anything.
If he's not prepared to change the middle, there is no point in pitman playing, may as well play the ball boy for all the service he's had.

For Christ sake power....move this dickhead on, and away from this club.

Holloway is out of a job at the moment, at least our boys would give it a go with him at the helm. Christ he might even put a few quid in.

The way Sheridan treats his players has come out into the open tonight. He's no more than a bully and the players do not want to play for him.

For the love of all things holy relieve him immediately Power or its 100% league 2 next season. Put fucking Mildenhall in charge if you want to go cheap, at least we'll give it a bit of a go.

Fully on board with criticisms of Shezza.

More disappointed with negative comments about individual players than their performances however.  They worked their fucking socks off and did what they were told.  Jed did fuck all but wtaf was his role in Shezza's plan?

Actually amazed to see the commitment put in by the players tonight, all things told.  I, as a humble fan, thank them.

I'm surprised Jewell dosen't intervene as you would think power would listen to him

Agree. It's amazing they actually give any fucks considering the direction the manager is taking the club at the moment.

Hence why I suggested Alan Mac

If Clem or whoever wants the club (I've lost track of goings on) please put up the money to get rid of this tosser if Power is unwilling to pay up his contract.

It's the only way to prevent us participating in League 2 next season. The things I've read him shouting to the players is frankly disgusting and I dont want him associated with the club I love!

Well said :clap: :clap:

I’d genuinely give the job to Lee Peacock until the end of the season. Someone who’s probably on the players level as opposed to the fucking dinosaur currently in charge.

I would happily contribute something to the cause if it meant him leaving. Absolute disease of a manager.

Travers 6
Bit flappy at times in the second half. Can’t help with Sheridan screaming catch it when he’s trying to punch.

Thompson 5
Ran around a lot. Hope doesn’t seem to want to play with him. Seemed out of position lots. Suckered to give away the penalty

Conroy 6
Couple of decent interceptions in first half. Looked untroubled except on one occasion when on another day he would have given away a penalty

Odimayo 6
Again, untroubled, and made a couple of good interceptions in the first half

Hunt 4
Didn’t look very good tonight. Caddis provided more impetus

Payne 4
Two shots. One deflected and the other just over the bar. Did little else

Missilou 5
Hit the post, but all over the shop defending by collapsing too deep and not winning 2nd balls. Partially at fault for their first.

Palmer 3
What did he do?

Hope 2
Offered nothing

Pitman 1
Didn’t get the ball to him

Garrick 2
Nothing in the first half. Ran into a defender a couple of times in the second

Subs:
Omatoye 2
Didn’t do much. But had a couple of touches

Twine 4
Not on long. Ran into trouble (no one to pass to). Shot just over the bar. Didn’t do much else.

Caddis 6
Tried hard. Couple of good crosses. Geed the team up. Made one very good interception

A half decent Manager in now would be an immediate lift with the back of this absolute fucking clown being peddled.
Absolutely fucking detest him, complete shit and no idea.
Tonight we now know what the training sessions are like.

What was Sheridan saying to the players?

He didn't at Grimsby. He said he would, but then didn't. And he managed them into the League 2 drop zone. No thanks

Tonight isn't one of the games that will get us relegated. It's the failure to get results against the teams around us that will get us relegated

You name it, he said it, inserting fucking every other word

Lots of motivating things to help a low confident team no doubt.

Jokes, he just shouts inane shite at them.

He has just bought a house in Lincoln as well and is moving up there

Things must be rock bottom if Holloway is an appealing prospect

Absolutely mate. On both counts! It really is a nuts situation. I feel a little sorry that Tommy Wright has to work with him.

He is no Mr Grace :)
No encouragement or coaching to put it mildly.
Players at least put in a shift.

'blank fucking blank blank fucking blank'

Wright can fuck off as well if you ask me

Anyone know if there's a listen back option anywhere so I can hear the without comms version? I'm guessing I'm likely to turn it off within 5 mins but curious as to what you lot all heard

Here's a quiz. Payne has a long-distance shot go fizzing just over the bar.

A) "Good effort, son!"
B) "Head up, next time."
C) "Decent, but keep your foot over it."
D) "Hit the target! Hit the target!"

If Sheridan went it would be an inside job until end of the season - probably end up keeping Wright and giving it to him though

Fixed

Yes it is one of the games that will get us relegated. That was just a continuation of Saturday's shit show. Keep on the same track and we will go down.

actually....fair enough. Holloway a poor shout....but he would be better than the idiot we have at the moment.

Better, was the earlier shout for Alan Mac, I'd even take Phil King...he's sat around doing fck all at the moment.

A decent manager would get us moving up the league, the players we have are no worse than any other teams, but they all have a clear plan and utilise their best players to execute it. Under Sheridactyl we have no clue.

All we heard was:
Where's he fucking going?
Fucking hell!
Fucking catch it! For fuck sake!
Brett, Brett, Brett Pitman! What you doing?
Fucking talk
Get into fucking shape
Payney Payney Payney Payney.......fuck
Fucking hit the target! Hit the target!

Or words to that effect!

I know what you’re saying but if we can’t create shots on goal, we’re not going to get points regardless of the opposition.

There are few outstanding teams in this division so even a poor team should be able to compete and pick up points against ‘better’ sides. Currently, we’re next to hopeless against everyone.

Portsmouth will be there or there abouts come the end of the season. Shrewsbury are one of the teams around us, or could have been if we'd got anything against them on Saturday. Those are the games that willl send us down, not losing away to top 6 sides

Paul Bodin did a decent job previously I’d be happy with him

Painful.

If he wasn’t already unemployable a few games ago, he’s becoming more unemployable with each passing game. If Power really was sheridan’s mate, he’d put him out of his misery to prevent his stock falling any further than it already has.

It’s painful watching players who started so bright being ground down to shadows of their former ability the more they are exposed to him. He did it with Matt Smith... Thompson and Twine looked electric in that first game with us against Ippo, Palmer less so but still handy. Now they can barely pick a pass between them.

He is basically toxic.

Shrews beat Sunderland tonight

Has the idiot been on the wireless yet?

We all know we have the players to stay up. But it's bleeding obvious you can't just hoof it upfield and hope something sticks. The Pompey commentators knew Pitman needs balls played into him in the box. Hope is literally a waste of a shirt in that position. Garrick doesn't know what to do. Palmer just gets bypassed. Our only attacking threat was Payne and Missilou coming through the middle.

What do you do when a plan isn't working? FFS. I just can't understand how an experienced manager can have so little clue.

That implies we have it in ourselves to beat the sides around us.  I remain to be convinced under current management

Yes, that was exactly my point.

It's nearly time for NMH to take it away with the Post-Match Presser Manager and Player responses. When you're ready NMH...do your thang!

Andrew Hawes is now live with Conroy...


Also if the current audio you're listening to doesn't tell you that Hawes is not pitchside with Conroy then it might be time to get the ears syringed...

Tonight was always a free hit...roll on the Gas on Saturday!

I really should read posts and take on board their meaning before replying.

I can’t see Sheridan coming on is he with Conroy having to do the first one??

Ha ha. Hawes asks "What sort of energy are you getting from the sidelines? Is it helping or not?" Conroy plays a straight bat.

Conroy:
- They didnt create too much
- Again 2 sloppy goals
- Pompey are a top side
- Got to work hard
- Not good to concede first. Need to work hard on that
- Penalty: A bit soft and they went shoulder to shoulder. Ref said they clipped legsCant complain about it
- About not scoring goals: Got to trust the process
- Got to create more. Crosses into box earlier. Need more of a threat going forward
- Tough being at the bottom. Good team spirit. They are a good side.
- Does the manager help you through the game: He helps us through the game. Its down to the players on the pitch not the manager
- We need to be more of a threat going forward
- Motivation: Results arent grinding us down. We know we are in a battle. Have to keep working hard. Stick together. Trust the process. One win can help position
- Pressure: Every game is important. All feel like 6 pointers
- Back in for the rest of the week to work hard to try for 3 points at the weekend
- Frustrating to lose. Good group of boys. Everyone trusting...Boys workrate good. Hopefully get a few points on the board.

I reckon he had a gun held to his head during that interview

Based on listening to tonight's game (there were some moving pictures as well, but that wasn't very interesting), outside of his experience as a player, how the fuck would Sheridan get passed an interview for a job?

The team may not be world beaters, and they may be making mistakes, and certainly not performing well, but I cannot fathom how just shouting a few basic Captain Obvious statements mixed with Fuck or Fucking is going to help much.  It just highlighted, if there was any doubt by watching, that we are managed by a Sunday League Manager, and not even a very good one of those.

Berni mentioned it, I'd lump in Tommy Wright.  He may not have been as bad, but he was hardly providing a sideline coaching masterclass.  He best advice appeared to be get forward and tackle him.

We have looked like a team bereft of a functioning plan, certainly one that the team buy into.  Tonight has proved it beyond doubt.  At best, we are sent out to essentially hit it long and hope.  At worst, the players are doing all they can to avoid paying attention to the Management team, and at times, it's so obviously bad they are even giving a few fucks back at them.  Hardly a well oiled machine with everyone pulling in the same direction.

People can knock the players, I have, but they are being set-up to fail.  Yes they are professionals, and you might expect better, but I've used this before - the margins are slim and a professional without clear direction, without drilled behaviours, without that confidence everything is designed this way for a reason, well, it creates what looks like amateur efforts.

There is no point reviewing the players.  As an example, Pitman looks disinterested - but he has to flip two fingers at his boss while trying to play the game and gets a team delivering the exact opposite of what makes him even close to effective.

https://www.otbsports.com/soccer/john-sheridan-damien-delaney-waterford-1061414

Just found this little nugget from his time at Waterford. The bloke comes across as a bully pure and simple.

Never saw him as a player but he was a good one right? Does he expect league one players (or irish league in that case) to be “as good as he was” and when they’re not he gives them dogs abuse. That’s what it sounds like to me.

Unfortunately John, once you’ve retired... you’re only as good as the players you “manage”

Tonight would suggest he absolutely did say it and meant it.

There is often a big comedown for ex-players, especially some that were quite good.  They struggle with the players working for them not being able to do what they did (Sheridan even dropped a hint at that himself in an interview this past week).  Sheridan clearly has no other way of dealing with the shit hand he perceives he has been dealt (his little jokes about being at this level for a reason now take on a different light to me having listened to his in match efforts) than shouting and being "sarcastic" at those he is doomed to manage.

I'd like to think Power would at least realise this if he was played tonight's audio, but who knows.  His investment in Williams suggest he has a bit of a footballing brain, but he let Sheridan take the helm and must know what he is like????

Sheridan
- I've apologised to the lads
- I get carried away. Shouting comments
- Feel really bad about it
- Pointed out to me negative effect
- Spoke to Lee. Have done the honourable thing
- Asked Granty and Caddy to take care of affairs until we can get proper caretaker in
- Lee will announce properly tomorrow
- Sorry its not worked out. Did my best.
- Know now it wasn't good enough
- Sorry to any parents if their kids were listening. Please forgive me

I assume that is a joke?

Would piss myself laughing if that was the case though :D

You’re fucking winding me up...

I wish.

I thought it was Christmas once again!

Sounds like his style doesn't it. Miserable failure with a chip on his shoulder that he's reduced to taking whatever shitty job someone will offer, taking it out on his players. Inspiring stuff.

Bottled the interview and is on the bus on the way home

It's a fucking disgrace Sheridan has made zero effort to face the music in a post-match interview after that shower of shit. I guess he really meant it in the early days when he said he didn't care if the fans liked him or not.

This clown has got to go!!!!

I can only hope he' under orders not to speak to the media afterwards because he'll be getting the sack when he gets back to SN1

You fucking tease.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Thought I'd interview for Tansmedia! :-)

On the radio they have just said that Sheridan is already on the team bus and on the way home! So will have to wait until the weekend to talk to him again.

Conroy kept it purely professional, even when pressed by Hawes. The contrast would have been telling if he spoke to JS. Although it can be a little easier to deal with questions when not facing them in person.

Andrew Hawes will not be talking to the Tri-Sheritops tonight...or any member of management. Has he finally walked?

Was Keeley asking the questions?

Alternately I should be clearer in my posts :)

Is it not contractual to have to attend a post match conference as a manager? Maybe he’s not the manager anymore....

On the bus home already apparently - "technical difficulties"

It's hardly the first one he hasn't bothered with

Haha, what a fucking coward

Townend post of 2021 to date  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

True - but the assistant has always been out. Incredible for neither of them to take it

I know the drinking thing was a rumour, but you could actually see it.  The picture building up and becoming clear is of a guy who seems to have left better days behind him.  He's taking it out on those around him (it's that or he is just a spiteful fucker, so I am actually giving him the benefit of the doubt here) and you could see it being quite depressive for someone who spent a number of years being  a bit" good" at something.  The legs take that away from a footballer and then they have to do something else with their lives, much more mundane.  Managing is a way of staying involved, but, those lazy fuckers just can't do what came easy to you (when you also had a coaching team helping you out by giving you the right framework to be individually good).  For the wrong sort of character, that could easily push a person into a depressive state with all that comes with it.  Add in his situation with his parents - it's a toxic mix.

So he either has to leave for his own and our good - based on the performances and the audio from tonight, or he's a monster who deserves to go for being a bully out of choice.

Give it Caddis to the end of the season. Could it be worse? At least if it was as bad, we'd know it was coming from a good place.

Hawes:
- If you are going to hit the ball long to Pitman, surely you need to have players around him? But at the mo we have wide players staying wide and midfielders staying in conservative positions
- There doesn't seem to be any pressure from the top on Sheridan.
- There is still time to rescue the situation due to the collective incompetence at the bottom of the league
- Wimbledon and Rovers may pick up having made managerial changes
- It feels like too much groundhog the way games are unfolding
- If things drift for another 5-6 games then you dont give a new manager time to turn things around

At least you wouldn't be able to understand him on the sidelines

that's his exact words

Sheridan seems to be the type of manager who doesn't care whether the players like or respect him but just hopes to get a 'we'll show him and prove him wrong response' siege mentality.  May work with some groups of players but other groups go backwards.

Wonder what the contractual situation with Noel Hunt. If we are still paying his wages it could be time for an Andy King style return?

I don't recall a post-match being blanked completely. That's a breach of contract right there.

Anyone could do better. Anyone would do better simply by showing some respect to the players, staff and media.

We know Power will do sweet f.a.

Let's be honest, the opportunity to save us was missed last month.

I was however impressed by the battling of the players against the odds.

Shows how bad it has got, i don't give a fuck that we have lost and am in a pretty good mood considering.  In it's current guise, i just don't care enough about it.

That is where these two chancers have got me to.

Have tried to find out, definitely contractual for tv cameras but unsure for BBC wilts. Given that it’s not happened before, I presume it is in the managers contract, but who knows

Agree

Someone should actually sell tonight's game content to Netflix and get them to layer in some analysis.  Would make a cracking documentary.

He always said he didn't give a fuck if the fans didn't like him. Time to incite a riot I think...

One goal scored in four games, and that one was handed over gift wrapped by Jamie Jones.

Give it Rockin' Robin until the end of the season. Or Rob Hartley. Or FlammableBen. I really don't care who at this point.

Aye I know pal. No technical difficulties though. I know you know this, hence ""

To continue my revenue generating theme, offer it up to whoever has the best Football Manager record in England right now and get some sponsorship/tv deals sorted to parade this "experiment".

Mark Wright isn't getting much game time at Crawley...

Also, if Power needed a reason to dismiss without paying off the rest of the contract...he now may well have one...

I think perhaps some of you young and angry types should maybe go and meet him off the bus.

The moment a manager gets sacked for swearing on a touchline the game has gone.  Goes for the bully tactics as well.  If he had gone further than bellowing abuse at them about their play then maybe, but even though we know he was verging on being a bully, there was nothing there that you don't get on every training ground regularly.

:D

Seems as though he does just anything he wants regardless so I don't think he would worry about contracts.

Lolz don't be silly, there will be no written contract, Mr Power appears not to like "awww that facckiinn red taiipe Shawwwwnn!"  ;D

You would imagine the players would have total respect for him and there would be some fresh ideas, the loosening of shackles from the hideous direct, defensive way we are being setup at the moment.

Surely any of the current staff would do a better job until the end of the season, even the bloody kit man.

May have been acceptable upto around 1995 Berni or in Sunday Pub League. Even those leagues have protocol in place now. Times have changed even if some of the people don't want to.

Those that can't adapt and all that...

It's not 1988.

How many times can a manager keep bottling interviews.

Hopefully he's off but won't get my hopes up.

It’s hard to see how he can keep his job - telling a player to keep his shot on target, and suggesting a ‘keeper should punch rather than catch the ball...disgraceful!

In all seriousness, I do wonder whether his absence post match is down to his P45 awaiting upon the coach pulling up at the CG.

Match analysis or psychoanalysis?

Both

I think we all know it's the cumulative "effort" (or likely lack off) to even appear to be a competent football manager. When the camel's back is broken by the straw, it's not usually the biggest or most shocking thing than does so. Compounded oh Changy one. Compounded.

He just being controversial, it's his thing.  That and knowing Jason Roberts is about to sign, actually, maybe he is getting the Managers job.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/19077813.john-sheridan-reacts-swindon-towns-defeat-portsmouth/ Looks like he fronted up to the media in some respects

so he can speak then

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/19077813.john-sheridan-reacts-swindon-towns-defeat-portsmouth/

Is there an echo here?

I didn't refresh before posting

The hollering maybe a little old fashioned but Payne really should be hitting the  target.

I didn't refresh before posting

I don't think it is the fact that he is shouting, its what he is shouting. The way to get people to perform is to encourage not berate. There is no way I am going to walk into the office today and start telling my staff how crap they are! If someone does something wrong, you tell them its ok to make mistakes, but talk to them about how to improve next time. If they are trying hard and you want more, you use the 'even better if' strategy. You give them belief in themselves, you fluff them up! The thing you don't do is berate them infront of their peers, scream and shout obscenities at them or continuously put them down.

In a public facing business, you don't particularly want to come across as vulgar or rude either. Maybe its not fair to comment on Sheridan being foul mouthed, as, unless you are at the game, you don't normally hear that. But, there will have been impressionable young people watching that - If my kids were young, I would have switched off and not let them watch in future, because I wouldn't want them to think that behaviour is acceptable. If everyone else did that, then when crowds can come back, they won't! Although, having said that, many won't come back to watch such turgid dross anyway!

I agree. the shouting was a damning insight into the lack of direction the team get and the conditions they work under, but not an outrage he said 'fuck'

while ifollow doesn't fall outside the Broadcasting watershed rules, the language used will be heard in the ground at almost every game.  interesting one for OFCOM if anyone is petty enough to completion

Well Power came into a fair bit of cash last night so hopefully he may see a small investment to protect a big investment? Manager only has contract till end of season so its only about 4 months money he will need to find to pay him off, perhaps we could have a whip round!

The whip will do

Quite right. Swearing at football is part and parcel of the game. The unhelpful bullying type shouting at the players is not. Even a Pompey journo picked up on it. If you are managing a team completely devoid of confidence shouting at them just isn't going to get you the desired effect.

I honestly think that if fans were in attendance someone would have been on the pitch and decked the fucker by now.

Don’t suppose anyone knows if Power is in the UK or tucked up in his Swiss canton.

The fans definitely would be more revolting than usual. I've seen the abuse levelled towards Embleton previously. I'm certain it would be much much worse for Sheridan. He seems to be revelling in being as utterly useless in his job as possible and having no fans to castigate him, he can get away with it.

I’ve got a feeling Power will act if there’s another lacklustre defeat on Saturday.

However, it will be tough selling the gig to a progressive new manager (which is the kind I’d like to see arrive) who’d be after some reassurance that there’s some kind of ambition at the club. So while I’d gladly wave goodbye to Sheridan, I’m not optimistic I’ll be saying hello to the kind of manager that might rekindle the torch.

As for Sheridan, he’s forever tainted.

I think everyone is missing the original point.  It's not about whether he was wrong to bellow at the players or whether what he said or the way he said it was wrong - i think everyone agrees that it was.

Can Power use it as an excuse to sack him?  If he can then probably more than 50% of football managers are risking their jobs in a normal working week.

It might not be 1988, but we also haven't fallen so far into a pit of snowflakes that shouting and swearing in the workplace is a sackable offence - it's all about context of course.  My point was that, in context, how he behaved last night doesn't give Power an excuse to sack him for gross misconduct IMO.

As for the kids, you don't take your kids to football if you don't want them to hear swearing, the same would go for watching it on Ifollow or on Sky Sports for that matter.

And as I understand it, the swearing was only audible if you had "No commentary" option on so surely if it was an issue, you'd just turn the commentary on?

Did anyone actually suggest that? I'd be surprised if that was really a viable proposition put forward? No more than a pointless online petition to get rid of Power.

He doesn’t need to be sacked for swearing. He needs to be sacked for being a fucking clueless tosspot.

Everyone expects us to get relegated if he stays so what’s the downside of putting him on gardening leave and having a couple of senior pros or Alan Mac, Mildy etc having a go.

Exactly

Alluded to it, this was the post that I was responding to.

Quite

I know he'll get shit for everything he does and yes it's clear he's lost the dressing room but I've heard Wellens be equally colourful and 'encouraging' on the sidelines.

It's one of those things that's only acceptable when you're winning.

I think issue is not that Sheridan is bollocking the players with "colourful language" the issue seems to be that he offers no encouragement with or without "colourful language".

His only ploy is to constantly berate players at the expense of any guidance or encouragement.

The issue of him swear is for me neither here nor there and part and parcel of the game, rightly or wrongly.

He has one version of man management and that is to shout and have a go at players.

The calls for him to be sacked for his use of the more aggressive swear words is not even an issue really despite some fans clutching at straws thinking it may be a way of removing him, it won't happen I am sorry to say.

Sheridan has from day 1 in charge constantly swore and shouted negative things at the players all game every game, it was just brought to a head yesterday by the lack of commentary, this exact same thing has been going on in every one of the last 19 games he has been in control.

Not just during the games Mate.
Every day in the life of Jurassic John. I’ve seen better instructions from competent kids coaches than from him. If anything he should sit in the DR and join the “get it forward” brigade.
What a complete twat and sadly he is our incompetent Manager.
Another inspired choice from Power “I’ve saved the Klerb Shawn.”

I'd forgotten about the "get it forward" brigade, they must be sat up there in their ivory towers lauding it at how they finally have what they want.

Absolutely mate, Sheridan is comfortably the worst manager in our clubs 142 year history, and thats some achievement! highest losing percentage by a country mile compared to even Hart.

Shudders.

I even think Bamboo's sacking related comment was in reference to someone else asking what if he broke his contract by not having a post match interview.

The swearing itself was not my issue.

It was the fact that for 90 minutes we got a direct insight into our Managers approach to "coaching" and managing his team.  It backed up all the bad ideas people may have about it lacking anything of value.  It was a tirade of one line pout downs, moans, sarcastic musings and snide comments to his coaching staff.

The next question is whether or not last night was a one off?

Well, we can all assume it is clearly not, but fortunately, evidence exists that shows he has form.  There was the article about his time at Waterford which had an opposition player stating how it was in fact not what he usually hears.  Then you have his departure at Notts County, who sacked him off the back of a terrible run but used the referee's report from a game where he had a tirade at the officials and got a 5 match sideline ban.  Seems he is like this consistently, and worse than others.

That essentially supports the charge of being useless - he is not offering anything of use to the players to make them improve bar beating them up verbally.  Last night also showed that the players do hear it and at times are pushed to respond in kind.  That does not bode well for a unified team fighting to get us out of relegation.  The reaction to the second goal going in was a sort of "oh well".  They are already going to get shouted at anyway so what difference does a goal make.

To provide a small amount of balance, I did suggest that he may well be finding life very tough - an ex-pro of decent standard who may seem like life post career is dealing him a bad hand having to coach such players, lost his parents recently etc.  It's not hard to see how someone with the wrong personality could drift towards depression in that situation.  Still doesn't defend his output as a Manager.  Last night just put the full stop after the sentence....

Fuck Off.

Love you too! :)

Actually thats succinct and to the point, he is not wanted at the club, it is time to fuck off and when he has done that fuck off some more.

Perhaps he might end up doing the same here, could be our only chance of staying up!

Haha! Very true!

I can only imagine they've added "no, not like that!" to the end of their regular cries.

The thing that baffles me the most of all is that you absolutely can play long ball anti-football at this level and have some reasonable degree of success - Wycombe certainly didn't do much else last season and they went up. You just can't do so with Brett Pitman as your focal point, who is at best a pure poacher and at worst entirely immobile. It would even make sense with a Calvin Andrew type to win knockdowns, but we seem to have not really even tried to get someone meeting that description in January.

Probably because Shez would "never tell a team to play long balls".

It's not even just having Brett Pitman as your focal point.

It's having an *unsupported* Brett Piman as your focal point. He has nobody to lay it off to even if he does win it against defenders a few inches taller then he is.

I do hope he's not having mental health problems, family deaths and work pressures can tip you over the edge.

Interesting that Liverpool’s wretched run of form has come with Klopp’s mum passing away. Can’t have helped Sheridan (but he is still a crap manager and a poor human being based on previous experiences)

I did wonder that myself as losing both parents within a short space of time has to affect you in all forms of life which is why Power should be looking at why his behaviour is so irratic as the guy maybe not be in a good place and is trying to cover it up.
Agreed none of us want him as STFC manager but wouldn't wish mental illness on him or your worst enemy buying if he needs help then someone needs to help him either through the club or professionally.

What was the excuse when he got fired from Notts County for an extraordinary outburst against officials? Or when he hit the headlines for abusing his own players in Ireland?

He's a vile, toxic bellend, and always has been.

Agree. People should stop finding excuses for him.

If you look into his past then I guess a leopard can't change its spots!

Indeed

yes, he maybe indeed, but quite often these actions can be symptoms of something else

Short term, maybe. But he’s had previous for his vile behaviour for donkey’s years.

A symptom of being a prick? There's no excuse for long term, consistent behaviour.

Thread of Sheridan's finest moments here for anyone interested:

https://twitter.com/SamBinstead/status/1359562193407266817

I made the mistake of forwarding this to a bunch of my mates who support other clubs and they are finding it very funny.

Which it would be, if it wasn't us.

thanks Sam. magical

Thing is he's not wrong about Pitman, who waddles away from the Danger area or Payne who should be hitting the target with the space and time he had.

Pity no-one else speaks Dinosaur

It's not exactly helping either of them though is it? I'm guessing Payne intended to hit the target, it's not like after receiving this inspirational nugget of coaching advice he's gone "Ah, that's what I was doing wrong, cheers gaffer".

And the tactics talk is 'score more goals than they do'.

They just won't listen, though.

My Twitter is what you call "blowing up" at the moment.

I'm actually a little surprised. I thought he might be gone today after last night's antics caught on video and the failure to talk to the media. But if that and 10 million defeats a draw and a couple of wins doesn't shake him then nothing will.

I think you could forgive the odd "for fucks sake", or even making such remarks to the coach next to him in frustration, but it's ALL he says.  He's not offering any advice on what to do better in the match (based on last night's evidence).  He's not offering any signs of encouragement as a counter balance.  There was nothing like "Brett, I want you coming short a bit more, give the midfield an option on the floor and I''ll get Hope and Garrick to cut in a bit to give you the option and support"

Or "Palmer, when the defense has the ball come deep and offer to carry it", or "Payney,as soon as we have the ball I want you pressing out left, offer some width and we can push Hope on".

Nadda.

Just Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you.

Sounds like some of our fans  :)

Ive resigned myself to the fact he isnt going anywhere now. Would have happened by now if it was going to.

Fuck Lee Power and fuck El Sheridacytl

+1

PAYNEY WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING

If a takeover doesn't happen in the meantime I can see him being in charge for the first game of next season. might be more his level if nothing else.

Just seen the medley of Shez's sideline wisdom on twitter. A 56 year old man calling a 20 year old lad on loan a 'fuckin dick' because he answers him back is about as cringey as it gets.

+2

Your Twitter thread came up on a Zoom quiz that I was on last night - influencer

You would think that Dominic Thompson's ability to run at 200mph might be a useful attribute somewhere along the line.

Please let there be no comms and mics near Sheridan for the Rovers game...

Chances : 0%

"You'll hear him in your dreams....."

I liked how when Sheridan shouts 'BRETT, BRETT' repeatedly and Pitman completely ignores him, despite there being no other names even close to resembling Brett, or Brad etc on our team. Thus causing Shezza to add his surname on 'BRETT PITMAN, BRETT PITMAN'. You can just imagine Pitman's brain saying to him "fuck sake, I have to see what this bellend wants now"

Please let there be no Sheridan for the Rovers game.

Fixed for you.

I won't forget you lot when I'm famous.

chances also 0%

liar, aren't you Ben from Peep Show anyway?

Sorry, can't fix that.

Sheridan just makes me think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW3ytid4DA

Loving the Brett, Brett Pitman just on the off chance that Brett Pitman was confused as to who Sheridan was talking to rather than just flat out ignoring him.

Someone dubbed that over the bloke chasing frantically after his dog in Richmond Deer Park as the dog chases the deer. It works remarkably well.

Where is this? I need to see it! :D

I suspect that Fenton the Labrador is probably a better football manager as well.

Although he does have history of giving up a lead however.

 :clap:

https://twitter.com/h_theduck/status/1359606985352761344

No, you took that out of context and got mixed up there Berni. My response there wasn't regarding his attitude or approach on the pitch. It was whilst we were talking about the failure to provide a member of management for a post match interview with BBC Local. Which appeared that it may have been a breach of contract.

In which case, Power would have an excuse or at least something to work on. Possibly in terms of a fair dismissal. Nothing to do with El Shezza's lack of professionalism pitchside.

Ace.

Yup, you got a follow from me because of it  :D

Time to close your twitter account Samdy

Pfft, a little drastic. He could just block me  :(

Shame that crowds aren't allowed back.

I could just imagine every 5 minutes the whole ground shouting (rather than singing) - 'Brett! Brett! Brett! Brett Pitman! Brett Pitman! What you doing?' Or, perhaps 'John! John! John! John Sheridan! John Sheridan! What the fuck you doing?'

:D

And there was me thinking I'd never top getting followed by Ivo Graham.

:D

I can remember the late Andy King getting abuse away at Cheltenham well that's nothing compared to what this clown would get if there were crowds