Swindon Town v Leyton Orient Official Matchday Thread

[sonicyouth]

I'd like to know how the linesman in front of the Arkells managed to become a qualified official with no knowledge of the offside rule

[theakston2k]

I'd like to know how the linesman in front of the Arkells managed to become a qualified official with no knowledge of the offside rule

You obviously didn't notice the one on the DRS side then, he missed every offside going!

[sonicyouth]

You obviously didn't notice the one on the DRS side then, he missed every offside going!

I sit in the TE corner of the DRS so missed that. Shocking officials all round then.

[@mwooly63]

I blame Jed for complaining about officials
Hardly had a good one since

[fatbasher]

What happened when the twat from the TE ran onto the pitch? I missed that bit until he was surrounded by surprised stewards.

[sonicyouth]

What happened when the twat from the TE ran onto the pitch? I missed that bit until he was surrounded by surprised stewards.

He went after the Orient keeper, not sure why he wound up the TE so much.

[Lemis]

He went after the Orient keeper, not sure why he wound up the TE so much.

Probably because of the constant time wasting and not giving us the ball back which led to them nearly scoring

[Paolo69]

Didn't think we deserved to be losing at half time but we were poor second half. Orient were a horrible team though. After Walsall I was happy to hold my hands up and give the opposition a lot of credit. Losing to that bunch of cunts really stuck in my throat though. In the ref's ear from first minute to last and constant time wasting, diving and whinging.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2512443/Leyton-Orient-keeper-Jamie-Jones-punched-THREE-times-thug-Swindon.html

Punched three times?  

What a cock.

[@mwooly63]

Woolster at 0.46 in  

[Saxondale]

Right.  Just had had a lovely fish pie and feel ready to comment.

As has been said, first half hour ish we were allright.  Looked like it was going to be a good contest.  Very sloppy to fall asleep like that straight away from kickoff.  Their second goal was sloppy as well, but thought we may still get back in it.  It was only really the shocking deflection resulting in the 3rd goal that killed us.  We just turned shit then.

There was no flow because we weren't allowed any by the ref who seemed to think every touch on an Orient player was a foul whilst blatant fouls on our players were ignored.  From where I was, El Gabbas was clearly fouled several times in the box during that incident and it was a pen.  There was no way he could stand up with all the player around him grabbing him.  It certainly wasn't a dive and free kick against us.  So all hell breaks lose and some barely evolved mouth breather from the TE decides to attack the keeper.  Wrong person numbnuts, go and twat the fucking ref.

The hatred of the keeper is traditional.  He was wasting time from the first half but big deal.  Get over it.  Its his right to do so at the risk of getting penalised and the ref is the one who should police it.  

I do hate the fact that fans are either suicidal or spazzily elated.  I guess that's the nature of football fans, but frankly there is a middle ground people.  We weren't very good, we lost, move on.  We're going to be inconsistent this season.  It'll probably kill some of the fan base who don't have any sense of perspective.  

Have a nice night everyone.  On to the next game.

[axs]

He went after the Orient keeper, not sure why he wound up the TE so much.

Kept a drop ball rather than giving it back when we clearly had possession.

[pauld]

Fair assumption, they were the voices in Dosser's head

[pauld]

I do hate the fact that fans are either suicidal or spazzily elated.  I guess that's the nature of football fans, but frankly there is a middle ground people.  We weren't very good, we lost, move on.  We're going to be inconsistent this season.  It'll probably kill some of the fan base who don't have any sense of perspective. 

Have a nice night everyone.  On to the next game.

Quite so. Mate of mine said he saw a Walsall game on the box earlier this week and they were poor, so how come they were so good when they played us? I said because, like us, they're capable of playing very good football but can't do so consistently week in, week out. Which is why both sides will threaten around the edges of the play-offs, but not quite do enough.

[sonicyouth]

Kept a drop ball rather than giving it back when we clearly had possession.

I'd blame the ref for that personally but the keeper was a prick. Just can't figure out how it escalated to that suddenly