Swindon v Aldershot Matchday Thread

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Can't wait for an absolute abortion of a January transfer window and still have to be arguing with a bunch of pricks that think that shit is normal.

Also….if things don’t change behind the scenes who an earth will want to sign for us apart from players without a club!

[BoA Vagabond]

Left at 48 minutes or goal six. Have never left before 90 in my life. Total embarassment. Haven't read back because I'm still too angry. Now hearing shirts sold cheap and players not paid? Clem can go fall off Uluru.
Protest time?

[DiV]

Bad day at the office. Ok terrible day the office. Well worse than that.

Personally I was over it after 10 minutes. Not great we’ve missed out on a few quid but a competition we were never likely to go far in as per usual.

Let’s see if/how we bounce back in our next couple of league games before we slit our wrists and talk about relegation (we need 29 points from 31 games fwiw)

[Batch]

it's a fucking disaster financially, let alone sporting wise

[Legends-Lounge]

Just seen the goals. I do not know where to begin. Embarrassing does not cover it.

[DiV]

it's a fucking disaster financially, let alone sporting wise

I mean is it?
Did we really budget using future money from the FA Cup? A competition we’ve done poor in almost every year in the last 30.

Only a fool would have done that.
We’ve lost earning potential but so have I by not winning the lottery this week but I had the foresight to not expect to win it anyway…

[Trashbat?]

This season 1st round prize money was £41k and 2nd round was £67k. Obviously there would have been gate money for the 2nd round as well, but getting a big tie in the 3rd round is realistically the only way we would have made a lot of money out the cup.

That said, in our position it sounds like every little would help.

[adje]

Their goals were the sort we were scoring for fun a few weeks ago. All quality finishes to be fair albeit the result of poor defending in most cases

[Mooneyraker]

I have to say, their finishes were fantastic. Credit where it is due.

[Legends-Lounge]

This season 1st round prize money was £41k and 2nd round was £67k. Obviously there would have been gate money for the 2nd round as well, but getting a big tie in the 3rd round is realistically the only way we would have made a lot of money out the cup.

That said, in our position it sounds like every little would help.

Quite. On an annualised budget plan you can reasonably expect as a minimum the money for losing the first round proper tie and the subsequent prize money that would guarantee, outside of that nothing as the gate money share would include so many variables such as home or away tie, standing of the opposition and only an estimated guess of attendance and ticket prices. However you look at it, yesterdays debacle an unknown and much needed financial opportunity has gone begging. Good luck to Aldershot I wish them well in the next round and a huge payday in the third if they’re fortunate enough to get that far.

We have to move on now, don’t look back in anger you cannot change the past. The ‘revelations’ of the last 24 hrs are there for others to fight over and sort out. I’m sure we all have bigger fish to fry in the grand scheme of things and in my case a long train journey this pm up north for a week’s induction and training for my new job.

The players and management have Tuesdays rearranged Colchester fixture to put things back on track before facing not only our home fans a week after the Aldershot humiliation but the league leaders. Saturday is going to be so hostile if we get turned over by Colchester without a fight.

[Batch]

I mean is it?
Did we really budget using future money from the FA Cup? …

yes it is.

didn't really matter what we've budgeted does it. If we aren't paying debts we need cash pronto. This was a good source

even on budget it wasa way of closing the losses a bit

[Ticker45]

After the first ten minutes of being sat there in total bemusement I could not understand how the same players that showed so much early season promise of better things to come, failed in every respect to show that same resolve.

The final score was a total embarrassment, but having witnessed some other diabolical displays over the years, this one, although going into the record books apparently, seems to have that worrying element more of things not being right for reasons hinted at elsewhere than lack of footballing ability. Tuesday’s game will be a definite litmus test of where we are heading.

[donkey]

Tuesday’s game will be a definite litmus test of where we are heading.

100%.  Talent wise we are better than Colchester, will it be enough?

[Mr Stevens]

Quite relieved that it wasn't line on national TV!

[Posh Red]

Missed out on getting beaten at home by Stockport