Swindon Town FC v Brentford FC Official Matchday Thread

[dporter]

Down to 6900-ish home fans as well - that's got to be disappointing for the Board.

TBF it was a Tuesday game on a shitty night which may have kept some people away.

[Posh Red]

spot on. People get carried away with both wins and losses. Too much gets read into it

We win a game = "we are going to win the league"
We lose a game = "we are destined for relegation if we're not careful"

Last time I checked, the season was determined over 46 games & not 1 game (unless of course it's the play-off final ).


Interesting stat for the saddo's out there.
After the same number of games last season we had 33 points, in 2009/10 we had 31 points.
Would suggest that the sky isn't falling in at the moment

[LittleRed]

Can see it getting lower, the atmosphere has been cack with all this hoofball.

[Bewster]

FWIW I thought we looked pretty decent first half, albeit without a cutting edge till the last 10 mins or so.

Which seem to coincide with Douglas's foul on Ferry

[Arriba]

At the weekend This was better than the hoddle years and the manager was a genius for fooling everyone into the current  league position. Now we are a hoof team with no plan b. Crazy mudda fuckers

[Batch]

At the weekend This was better than the hoddle years and the manager was a genius for fooling everyone into the current  league position. Now we are a hoof team with no plan b. Crazy mudda fuckers

On Saturday we were Barcelona, yesterday we were Bristol Rovers.

[Gnasher]

At the weekend This was better than the hoddle years and the manager was a genius for fooling everyone into the current  league position. Now we are a hoof team with no plan b. Crazy mudda fuckers

At the weekend we were a hoof team where plan A worked very well 

[Reg Smeeton]

 Too many of our fans, have picked up the modern being ludicrously fickle virus.

We're doing Ok, in roughly our historic position, have had a couple of decent wins and some shit defeats. That's what happens if you're a Town fan.

Our recent (last 15 years or so) problem has been an inability to take this to a different level, this usually leading to a slide. That problem still remains.

[pauld]

Our recent (last 15 years or so) problem has been an inability to take this to a different level, this usually leading to a slide. That problem still remains.

Ha ha, only Reg could describe the last decade and a half (or so) as "recent"

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

I really cannot believe the attitude of some of our fans. We've been fucking shite the majority of this season for the players we have and find ourselves in sixth place, roughly the same as last year but in a higher league?? (we won the league last year by the way)

We've completely not hit our stride at all yet, yet we find ourselves a mere five points off the top. We've also come through a period of ridiculous injury struggles.

A lot has to be said for Paolo's intense training. It was exactly the same last year. We had lots of niggles early in the year with players looking tired and flat. The second half of the year the fitness shone through and we scored lots of late goals.

Last night was fucking dog-shit, granted. People want to have a little tantrum over it, I get that, I feel the same. But for fuck sake it's not the end of the world. Now's time to forget about last night and move on, and for god sake get behind the team next home game.

P.S If the constant shooting towards the Town End first half is anything to do with us then the decision maker on that needs shooting, sort it out Paolo.

[Peter Gibbons]

Out of interest, any stattos out there know what our record is like in games in which we've conceded first under Di Canio?

Our record when the opponents score first is 16th best this season out of the 24 teams, so not great.  We have conceded first on six occasions and recovered to obtain two points. 

Tranmere have the best record, having recovered 8 points on the six occasions they have gone behind.

I can't find the stats from last season.

[Peter Gibbons]

A couple of people have mentioned how fickle our fans are because we think we will get promoted after each win and relegated after each loss.  I think that's a little unfair; isn't it more likely to be different people each time?  I'm not sure a group of people can be fickle, it's just that different members of the group have different views.

[ChinaWhitenRed]

I remember seeing her house, right by the beach I think

It wasn't a house. It was a wind break, nothing but a windbreak.

[paddieu]

This doesn't sound great

Am I the only one who would like paolo to be more flexible in his formation?  For instance last night when we are being outnumbered in midfield maybe switching to a 3-5-2 or a 4-2-3-1 to at atleast allow us to get a foot hold through the extra man.

Wasn't at the game as was in mid air so am just going off what I have read on here!

so was the ball it seems 

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

A couple of people have mentioned how fickle our fans are because we think we will get promoted after each win and relegated after each loss.  I think that's a little unfair; isn't it more likely to be different people each time?  I'm not sure a group of people can be fickle, it's just that different members of the group have different views.

You also have to take in to consideration idiots usually shout loudest, the bbc text ins are a magnet for them. The more rational majority tend to not want every single person to hear there opinion every minute of every day.