Swindon v Burton official matchday thread

[Kinky Tom]

i think it's getting worse

[ron dodgers]

This is Swindon Town.....it's always been like it. It's not like going to the opera you know.

yes it is - where else do you get a blast of Verdi?

[Kinky Tom]

touché

[woolster]

all footie fans are fickle, lets move on

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Not surprised we lost to an extent. It's a typical game for us to lose. Away at a small ground to a team doing well and a team that knows how to make the most of what they have. We rarely win these sort of games.

The GK issue just never goes away does it? We always seem to have 2 dodgy keepers whether it be Smith/Lucas, Smith/Brezovan and now Smith/Lanzano. Can we find a consistent one please? I do accept mistakes are made at this level though but it seems to be a common theme for us that's been going on for a few seasons now.

This season is already beginning to remind of me of 09/10. We'd play some really good football and the games we'd start well but concede first we'd go on to lose and gradually throughout the game the performance would drop in standard. But if that is the case we will win more than we lose. I didn't realise we've already played 6 of the top 7 and we have only played 1 of the bottom 9. We've actually had some really tough games and we're still only 5 points off the top 3 so it's nowhere near panic button time yet.

I think we're going to be very strong at home this season. If we can get a few wins and draws on the road we'll be up there. The run of fixtures we now have coming up is a good chance to go on a little run.

[suttonred]

I was still confident at half time we would win, the mistake killed that confidence and the game, we'll certainly play worse and win. Thought Burton were decent at the back though. Is it only me who thinks we got stitched a bit first half? They had the sprinklers on full blast and the end we were attacking was drenched, many of our passes out to the wings skidded out. Bar the result top day though, the beer festival was excellent, although some of the muck i drank wasnt, if ever there was a case for ice cold lager that was it. Other high/low lights for me were a back street boozer from the 1970's in Tamworth waiting for a connection, and a sleeping drunken tramp on the platform at rugby who had obviously keeled over whilst having a piss as he was all wet and his old feller was on show!

[Kinky Tom]

they did have the sprinklers on both ends before kick off

[suttonred]

Just checked the photos I took when I got in the ground at 2.45 and they are only going our end, so they may have all been on but def our end way longer.

[Dozno9]

all footie fans are fickle, lets move on

I never used to be, I am now. I'll probably change again soon.

[Kinky Tom]

they did the far end on it's own and i thought it was odd to only do one end, they then stopped and turned the ones on at our end.

[Langers]

Was always going to be a tough game, we have a really important run of games coming up againts a lot of teams below and around us.

[Fred Elliot]

I never used to be, I am now. I'll probably change again soon.

 

[Spencer_White]

We absolutely battered them for the first 25 minutes. So cant see the sprinklers made any difference. Play was absolutely superb, every player working really hard. But you have to take your chances. The one that really should have gone in was J Smith, straight at the keeper. That goes in and we win the game. The ref was very soft, and generally went with team on top, which didnt help.

One thing I would moan about though is Matt Ritchie's showboating. Seems intent on taking the piss, but its all about end product and he didnt produce that much yesterday. Simmilarly his shooting from range, 90% blocked by defenders. When we are winning he can do it as much as he wants, but the rest of the time he needs to concentrate on being a team player.

We need to ask ourselves questions of how we didnt score yesterday. But the defending could be improved, and its time for Flint to come back in if fit.

I did take the piss out of the crowd. Not because I thought it was a bad attendance, but just because at the time it seemed like the only way to hit back with a bit of banter. Burton have a cracking set up. Good ground, in Town, good manager and a team who look capable of challenging.

Had a cracking day out. Train and beer festival. Shame about the result, but it was no disgrace.

[Posh Red]

c - i'm all for taking the piss out of eachother but sometimes just a nice gesture for 2 seconds wouldn't go amiss.  a large number of our fans were a bunch of wankers today.  by your logic i will be taking the piss the next time an opposing player breaks a leg when playing us if we are not supposed to show any compassion or empathy toward other teams.  none of us have any reason to hold anything against burton but i suppose that because they are another team then the fans and players must be a bunch of cunts who we should all hope suffer agonising pain.

You like over reacting don't you.

If you seriously think taking the piss because the opposition are a smaller club, is on the same level as doing so for someone with a broken leg I feel sorry for you

The odd thing is, this is exactly the sort if over reaction that we (quite rightly) criticise the idiot minority of our fans for (albeit for a very different reason).

I get the feeling that you need to chill out a bit

[WednesburyBrewer]

Burton fan in peace here.

First of all got to say that for the first twenty minutes I was convinced we were going to get hammered by you yesterday; it seemed to be a case of when the first goal went into our net the floodgates were probably going to open.  It didn't quite turn out that way, which was obviously good news for us, but I think it is plain to see that if you get a goalscorer or two in the side you are going to go flying up the table.

Thankfully our defence stood firm throughout (our Conference winning back four as well) and with a little help from your keeper at the start of the second half, much needed points came our way.  After the debacle of last season, we are only looking at how many points we need to be safe from relegation and anything from then on will be a bonus.

I've read on here some comments about the reaction to the attendance announcement.  I can't speak for all Burton supporters, but I don't know of anyone who was even slightly offended by it.  The thing is that we are used to it, but then as a small club we know we are punching above our weight and that's what makes supporting Burton fun these days.  Plymouth and Poxford were slagging the club off after recent games and reactions such as "if we can't beat little clubs like Burton...." just make us smile.  We know our place and you'll not find our lot getting above their station, that's for sure.

Got to say your support was outstanding yesterday from where I was stood on the North terrace, and you made more noise than most that have visited us in recent years.  I hope that everyone who came up for the match enjoyed their day (result excepted) and got home safely.

Good luck for the remainder of the season and I hope you get back to L1 football soon enough.  There's no doubt you've got a good team there and as I said above, with a goalscorer in there you'll be moving up soon enough.

Finally, got to mention one thing from yesterday.  "2-0 and you still don't sing" - trust me, we could have been 10-0 up and you wouldn't have heard a peep from our lot.  No idea why but there has never been singing from Burton in all the years I've been watching them.