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All those that went up their today are stupid. I can see us getting dicked 3/4-0  aswell  :(  No roberts or ifil, unproven manager, its not looking good. Chris allen should start, so would be interesting to see how he does but overall i'm not very confident at all

3-1 loss.

Reminds me of Mansfield away last season....

Nothing but a defeat. I'll be pleased with 2-0 tbh.

That's a bit harsh-I think that anyone who has travelled should be extolled from the rafters

It'll be worth it if we win, but travelling that far for a night game is madness. fair play to 'em though

It's an 'I was there' thing and a good laugh. Fair play to them.

Town End Terry is flying to Newcastle, training it to Carlisle and back, taking in Newcastle v Arsenal tomorrow and coming home.  That's  loyalty, except the Newcastle game obviously.

That train journey (Newcastle to Carlisle) takes over 1½ hours each way - longer than the flight!!  And it's going to be freezing up there.  That's not commitment.  It's borderline insanity.

1-0 eddie murray

Adulterer!

I think we'll lose, and will be very happy if we get a point.  If we do win, you can guarantee some idiot will recommend that Byrne should get the manager's job full time.  Diamandis will then agree with him and make the appointment, and Fitton will then bugger off in disgust.

Either way, I'm looking forward to Byrne saying 'twat' again live on air.

We'll win convincingly.

They won't be able to cope with Comminges pin point crosses and Blairs nifty footwork.

At the back they'll come up against a brick wall......................

chuckle chuckle vision.


carlisle are the best team in the league according to a brighton fan i know, so a defeat wouldn't surprise me tonight - 2-1 carlisle.

4-0 to the Norverners, with us lucky to get nil.

pussie the lot of you. 4 - 0 Town  :D

6-3 Swindon.

Swindon win, 1-0, 2-1

 :shock:

I think we will win this and I'm normaly a doom monger 8)

Blimey..................been drinking mate ?

I'm with you on this, well sort of. I think it will be an easy victory.

Nicho in!

You've heard of The Busby Babes, Fergies Fledglings.........................

Now it's time for Budgies Boys! :D

just opened a bottle of Wine :mrgreen:

5-0 sorry but i fear the worst :cry:

New sensation a new sensation

Screwtop or cork?

Crikey is this going to be the sound quality of the game. :o

More Hue and Cry please :evil:

I don't see the point in playing matches like this on cold Tuesday nights on December. There won't be anyone there either, fucking stupid League administrators, stupid bastards I bet they're northerners.

We're fucked!

LIMAR !!!!!

Dance Dance Dance yourself ............... fucking twat

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Scrumpy Jack

I'm going to be fucked tomorrow.

Sam just text me

"Starnes and Grey giving out free hats and tickets for the 'uddersfield game"

Charm offensive on then !!!

Tell him to bag me some.... :mrgreen:

Are you meeting another lass at a train station,  :wink: then?

Pintage is running out here. I'm worried on all accounts for my mental health.

 That's a worry would seem to indicate they still expect to be around.  Probably the start of Plan B.   Bob Holt will be inviting SY for tea and biscuits next.

ROCKIN ROBIN

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

i thought there was a transfer embargo?

whos the new player?

Comange?

Rockin Robin co-commentator then. Mega.  :|

Thats not fair really.

Any twat the travelled up there deserves a thanks

Could not agree more

Is it just my radio or is the signal on Brunel aboslutely crap tonight (i.e. worse than normal)

Oh and no co-commentator...FFS !

Jesus this commentator is a boring tosser!

I'm gonna try and go to the rest of the games this season, just so I don't have to listen to this shit again.....................................

shut up redgewell... get back under your bed

I wanna know how many went up there

Probably the secret tactic to get more people thru the turnstyles!

Cunt.

RS reported around 100

Rockin' Robin sounds remarkably sensible.

Oh Redgewell... do stop crying

I take my furry hat off to each and every one of them

Comminges pulling off the Carlilse right back


guffaw  guffaw

Commingues has just been pulling off their left back.

:soapy tit wank:  dirty french

Git.

god this is boring tonight, poor commantary, I cant hardly be assed with the game tonight, it all seems a bit pointless what with all the shit going on in the club right now :(

He done their left and right back at the same time.
Fair play.

wheres the passion in the commentary

Put Radio Swindon on ... you get some nice music in the boring bits instead of some goon talking about people being 'pulled off'

CUNT

fucking useless cunts. what a fucking load of toss.

league two champions next season then!!!

Made even more toss by the fact TEF keeps going wrong.

Carlisle's commentators are class. Making the game worth listening to, it's two old Cumbrians chatting away.  :mrgreen:

We're 11th in the league losing 1-0 away at the team 4th who have beaten Leeds at their own place...

Get a fucking grip.  :roll:

does anyone know the team??

my mate just text he got there on kickoff, and he was ticket no 121, although 1 has just been ejected

Brez
Nicho
Smith
Tozer
Aljofree
Comminges
McGovern
Easton
Pook
Cox
Paynter

I just flicked over to Radio Cumbria ... they've got Southport on :-s

Thanks. Any news on the bench?

So for somebody with no commentary, what's goin on?

Ohhhhhh

Im going to get a Bulldog shed and a new fence for my new gaff

Corr,Allen,Sturrock,Blackburn,Scott

Scott
Allen
Blackburn
Sturrock
Corr

"Andrew's quality Meats

Proud to be serving both sides of Swindon"


Which is more than these pillocks do !!!

ooooo scott gets on my bus in the mornings sometimes. Sounds as if we need to make some sort of change, sounds like its all carlisle at the mo.

....or S,C,A,B,S

That take you long?

 :soapy tit wank:

 :mrgreen: £100 says its one of Asher/Spencer/Stroods lot

They text me at 8 am

right on it

On BBC Radio Carlisle they're not impressed by us. I'm not surprised.

Fuck off.

as long as this reply

cunt

Fucking ell

Impressive

Its ok everyone.......................RR thinks we can still win

"2 - 0 is a difficult scoreline"

Yes mate

we need to fucking score 3

Paynter's not injured, hes just shite :blahblahblah:

More importantly. I'm out of beer.

this is boring

I'm not
 8)

Down to 14th in the League!

 :cry:

Where d'you live?  :D

I don't think we'll win a league game untill the new managers in personally.

schoolboy error

you knew that you were going to run out even when the shops were open

 :wink:

Melksham
 :D

Till we get Jerel back!

I think that Billy Corr might cause them some damage.

a red card, BUT FOR WHO YOU FUCKING EEJIT

Oh fuck off.
Were fucked.

Tozer off

fucking hell

Ill get me boots shall I ?


more bans and fines ???

Tozer sent off

Tozer sent off

Byrne and Williams out

Indeed. I live 32 seconds away from a shop too  :oops:

Now we've got Tozer and Ifil on bans - fucking great

The ref didn't give it.... Then changed his mind and sent Tozer off.

HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU NOT BE SURE AND SEND SOMEONE OFF.

FFS.

Good to see you put the positive spin on things again bart  :D

Fights!

Was it a straight red?
Chris Blackburn in for Saturday then.

I got 4 cans Blackthorn if you want to run round and grab them mate

Batch is in for the next game then!

Fucking hell - poor sod

Another suspension

We're going to be lucky to be able to put out a full team at this rate soon

Did he take longer than 30 seconds to leave the pitch as if he took 31 Secs he's in big trouble  :-))(

Your a good man freddrick. My sis has agreed on a trip to tesco so the worry is over. Thanks anyway mate.

He sprinted it.
100 metres in 8.6 seconds.
A new world record.

I think Blackburn's better than Tozer

no probs mate

Sounds like he listened to his assistant, which to be fair is something Refs should do more. Might as well use them for something other than off-sides and throw-ins.

Yeah but he didn't give it at first. How does it go from not being a foul to being a red card?

I think Blackthorns better than Tozer, Williams, Aljofree and Ifil put together

If I was a player i'd take 6 minutes to leave the pitch and get paid for the rest f the season for doing fuck all 8)

Spose it depends if the lino saw something the ref didn't ...

That's not a bad shout.

perhaps... but only with a touch of black

Tizer's better than Tozer

I dont care about Celtic..........shut the fuck up

    :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

good call

haha theres an oxymoron

"swindon are looking to become more attacking, blair sturrocks about to come on"

Bless him

Cox is tired

gay :(

Cunt!!!!

SHIT!!!

whilst I realise there is alot of off field shit going on

a football team needs a manager

we need a manager

the longer is takes the further we'll slide down the table and with a potential points deduction.

For the first time this season im worried.

Thanks for ruining the season you money grabbing know nothing slimey bastard sheep fucking cunts......grow a pair.....

WE ARE TRULY SHIT

What a shambles

Spot on DV

Balls. Long drive home for our lot!

From the OS :

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1183139,00.html

You go all that way, watch a crap performance, and you have to see Sandy Gray as well.

Poor bastards !!!

also, not a shit out of work manager no one wants.

lets be cunts, lets be a football team that wants to progress. Lets go to another team who are doing well with a decent manager and say 'we're having your manager'

we've had enough managers stolen, lets take someone elses.....and do it now before its 5-0

So so right

look what happened when Adie took over last season

Both him and Byrne are not up to it.

Unfortunately no managerial appointment will be made

We do need a manager badly but what can we do with all the off-field shit going on, we can't appoint a manager until the takeover is done and if it doesn't get done well we won't need a fucking manager anyway!

Who would come here in the current circumstances?

they 'd better be quick then

nope

luckily adie lost the first two games, so they had to take action and get someone else in.

gladly something was sorted after two games, but there isnt a manager of Sturrocks calibure waiting in the wings this time.

say what you like about Sturrock and his choices, but do not under estimated the impact of losing him will have.

We've gone from having the best manager in League One to having the worst.

Can't afford to pay the wages, but hey, we can give free shit away. Nice.

How long is it going to take before fans get fucking angry ?

Im fucking seething !!!!!!

No, lets appoint the perfectly competent cotterill and spend the saved compo money on the squad

Correct

well, we could always hire a manager  :roll:

takeover has no impact on the fact we need a manager.

we dont need a take over to hire a manager as we would have budgeted in Sturrocks wages.....assuming we ever do anything that in any way shape or form looks like some form of a a budget.

Well let's say we appoint a manager this week and then the takeover is completed and Fitton doesn't want that guy in charge then what?

I dont want competent, I want a fucking winner.

The takeover needs sorting so we can have a settled manager with coaches that can take us to the next level, I expect the players aren't too worried about what Byrne & Adi says as they know they probably won't be in the hotseat long, they cna play how they want to - although proffessional pride comes into it

But I guess if the takeover does not happen we needn't worry as we won't have a club to worry about

Does sound like we have been beaten by a better team - we just aren't creating anywhere near enough chances

or martin allen. we could do a lot worse

Whos that then? Cappelo? Mourinho?

To all of you that went up there tonight to watch that shower of shite


I salute you


Oh, and Diamandis................................if I see you in the street


YOU'D BETTER START FUCKING RUNNING OLD SON

I'm becoming attracted to that idea

Talking bout my giiirl, my girl.
 8)

then he can sack him or back him

I dont know the deadlines and stuff for the off field stuff, but the games dont stop coming....certainly not in december.

we are not in a position where we can put off hiring a manager.

have a bad christmas and we'll be right down in and around the bottom and shot of confidence.

not a position we want to be in.

Is Otis cool or what.

 8)  8)  8)

Fully agree. We need a manager in sooner rather than later.

Kevin Bond is not far behind

Fair play to Radio Wiltshire, the music tonight has at least made the game a bit more bearable.

The tide is high!!
:D

I guess you dont work in finance then DV? :mrgreen:  

You'd like to:
- Hire manager 1 from current club. pay compo
- Manage 3 games
- Takeover complete. Fitton dosnt like him. sacks him. Pays compo
- Hire manager 2 from current club. pay compo

Nice. circa 1/2 million down the drain

I appreciate what you are saying to an extent, we DO need a new manager ASAP, I just cant see it happening untill the takeover is sorted.

Stone fucking cold I'd say

That was what i was trying to say, we can't really get someone in until the takeover is sorted, we need to wait until then, if it gets sorted that is, if it falls through i wouldn't be surprised if they kept Byrne/Williams in charge.

But we can't appoint anyone with all the off-field shit going on at the moment

It should be down to Fitton who to employ though

well that was a bit rubbish. Role on southend :|

rather that than..
- dont hire a manager whilst the take over goes on. We go 5 games without a win
- go into the christmas period on bad form with no new manager
- start the new year down the bottom with no manager
- players get sold off to cut costs and re-coup some money
- take over drags on as swindon slip into the bottom 4
- we get relegated as the minor paperwork is still incomplete
- we find ourselves going to accrington stanley again in league two with no new manager.

Whilst we're waiting for take overs, now Wise has gone lets wait for Bill Power to take charge before we appoint another manager.....or should we wait till BEST are in charge, I bet they know a portugese bloke....or we could wait for Fitton and see what he thinks

OR WE COULD HIRE A FUCKING MANAGER

Sorry to be negative but i think we will get thumped by Southend as well :(

The thing is DV if the takeover isn't completed by christmas will we even have a club left next year?

Agreed

I think you've gone a bit too far with your assumptions there :D  If we appointed a new manager half of what you have said could still happen anyway :?

 Roots Hall is a traditional graveyard.....wouldn't exactly be a surprise in our present state.

Like you Fred i am so angry! This club is going down the pan!

3-1 Cowe,Finney,Watson-11 years ago I grant you!

who knows? but regardless......i guess we're planning not to die....I guess we're planning ahead of Christmas

At the least we've planned up untill the end of the season....and even if we did in 3 months time.....we still need a bloody manager.

No matter what is going on off the field, we need a manager and we need one a week ago!!

I wasn't there tonight(obviously) but how can those muppet commentators say"there are positives"(WTF are they) and "the scoreline flattered Carlisle"(13-3 shots on target)

Commentator

"yes it all changed after 1 - 0 after Tozer got sent off"

Tozer got sent off after 2 - 0 you fucking pleb


You may be shit, but at least try and be professional and actually watch the game !!!!!!!!

 Remember it well for the sense of  :shock:.  The previous win there was in 61/62, and even I can't remember that...in fact it might not have been at Roots Hall as they played somewhere else in Sarfend around then.

We would have lost tonight with Sturrock in charge. Carlisle are a better side than we are - and that's even when we are at full strength. Get over it - the off field matters are far more important. Get that sorted and we can go forward but remember (and I have been supporting Town for 30+ years) our current fan base is only good enough to support a League 1 side. Dont blame Byrne/Williams - they will do their best with a depleted squad.

The club is more than capable of being an established championship side with the right backing, if we sorted out our off-field problems and got a decent manager then there's no reason why we couldn't get into the championship within 2-3 years.
Byrne/Williams are nowhere near good enough, the sooner they are not in charge the better to be honest.

Oooooh get him with his first post!Welcome to the TEF

Sorry to shoot you down after your 1st post Kirky but ...............

Byrne is a youth team manager

Williams is a player who proved he was not good enough last year to manage in league 2, yet alone league one

However

its not their fault, they have been thrust into this position by the wankers who are strangling the club I love.

Byrne in "town not good enough" shocker.

the same Carlisle team we beat last season.....oh yeah....

Its not about one game though, maybe Sturrock would have lost it still....but Sturrock is a manager. Williams and Bynre arent.

One day may not make the difference, but over the season we'd be better off with Sturrock in charge than Williams....obvious really.

I agree with your sentiments DV, but until the budget is sorted out (i.e. takeover) it won't happen.

What a bizzare post!!!. As a supporter for 15 years I can remember well many a season when our fan-base was more than supporting a championship, (Old divvy 1, whatever) squad.

ok, im no business wizzkid, but surely there is the wages we arent paying Sturrock anymore?

the take over could/can/will drag on for months, if it actually ever happens

we cant go months without a manager

Im with Kirky.

We probably would have lost and our fans are shit.

I'm glad Sturrock left us in better shape than when he joined or we'd be really fucked.

Yes I am being sarcastic.

i've given up caring - not worried about losing tonight (although that was our worst loss since... ? ) just can't be stressed with it all anymore - one of my relatives played in the 69 cup final - my great grandparents supported the town in the 1900's but i've had enough - think i might take the kids to pompey on saturday, bye bye swindon.......

 There's a lot of sense in what you say....we'd lost 3 away league games on the spin under Sturrock.   We have the potential,  if the takeover is sorted to have the occasional foray up into the CCC,   last for  a few seasons then back down again.....that's our place in the scheme of things and I see nothing changing it anytime soon.

good job we can count on the wholehearted support of our fans

Not being funny DV but i don't think the takeover can drag on for months, i think it has to be sorted one way or the other by christmas, it's not possible for it to drag on for month's not anymore.

Bit harsh on Williams when acknowledging we lost but played some of our best football under him last season. Always comes across as honest, committed and having respect of players - something our beloved board/current advisors could have only dream of! My point is a new manager is not the key issue right now and Williams/Byrne deserve our support - I wonder whether they are being paid at present!!!!

I thought Fitton was meant to be choosing the next manager, regardless of whether he took over the club or not?

Like the signing of Arrietta, Anzite, A.N. Other and Brevett during the Best debacle?

wasnt it supposed to be complete by mid november....

what?!?!?!

Wind up alert!!!!!

1) "Bit harsh on Williams when acknowledging we lost", what else was he gonna do? Deny that we lost?

2) "but played some of our best football under him last season", I may not have been there to see it, but we only played 2 games under him and lost both games!!!

Yes it was, surely it just cannot drag on much longer, it only takes 1 creditor to wind us up and i don't think they are going to wait much longer and i wouldn't blame them.

If they haven't already issued

Bloody hell, IT's ONE GAME MATE.

WTF is happening with the TEF tonight?

Indeed fred, we all know it's going to happen anytime now unless these clowns on the board hurry up and get the fuck out!

Also with Byrne/Williams in charge i would hate to think about the thought of possibly getting a points deduction shortly.....

I think all the shit in the past few years and everything that has been going on recently is getting to a lot of fans and i understand how they feel, even i feel like not bothering anymore but we must fight to the end.

So why arent people as angry as I am, and apart from a few (present company included)

All I see is a lot of people shrugging shoulders.

I'm telling you...................if I met someone on a dark evening................well fuck me

  We lost 3-0 to Stockport in March.   Williams was missing for the first time following injury and Ifil saw red.

  Its not compulsory.....you sound like you'd be happier being a follower rather than a fan.

subtle Reg

I don't know fred, i'm angry as fuck and i know a few other people who are but a lot of fans don't seem to get it and don't know how bad a situation we are in, if only all of us were angry then this board would be driven out of town.
I know what you mean about the dark evening thing, i think a lot of people are thinking the same thing, if this club goes down i think the fans will be baying for blood.

Whats more annoying are these last minute goals at home that stop the Swindon natives kicking off.Two bad home results and all hell breaks lose.Sadly people are that narrow minded and cant seperate the on pitch with the off.

Don't be stupid. You can't change teams unless the idiots running our club force you too - even then as far as I am concerned football dies with my club

listening to byrne as i was driving home, the bloke sounds like an idiot. not sure what it says about his mangerial abilities but he sounded like a clueless oaf.

the takeover and the survival of this football club is far more important than a hasty managerial appointment. if the outcome was relegation but the takeover was successful then i would take that.

Sorry mate that's bollocks

This club could have been sorted out 18 months ago, but because of greedy bastards it was not.

Transfer emargo's.........losing managers

They are intrinsically linked with on the field issues.

YOU CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT SEPARATE THE TWO

Where did you go?

I agree, the takeover and survival of the club come before anything else, a new manager can wait for the time being, i too would rather get relegated and have the takeover rather than have no club at all.

We're not in a relegation battle just yet. If the takeover isn't done soon and a mangerial appointment isn't made then we really are up shit creek without a paddle. There's a long way to go in this season if we can survive the financial fall out, hasty appointment or not.

I'm just being a miserable fucker - and i'd question your suggestion its not compulsary - why else would we put ourselves through all this - i'll be at the ground - or glued to  t'internet barring the unspeakable happening - sorry back on message - its all gonna be fine, c'mon you reds.....

 i dont think thats what yeovil was saying. its more the general mindset that while the team do well on the pitch, the average fan doesn't give a flying feck about whats going on behind the scenes.

Think he plays footie with L & P on Tuesdays

i "played" football tonight. judging by the defensive crisis, i'm gonna give byrne a call and tell him i'm available for saturday.

Ah...............fair shout

misinterpreted that

apologies

Byrne was gutted. Heard countless other STFC managers sounding similarly clueless after heavy defeats - guess it would be hard to find anyone getting much out of our players in similar circumstances - i.e with all the off field crap going on. Agree re priorities totally

Well the fans who think along the lines of "the team is doing well on the pitch i'm not bothered about off field matters" could soon have a nasty shock when there's no football to watch due to the club folding thanks to our lovely board.

I thought the same SY, lot's of long silences whilst he had to think of what to say next. I also think that he sounded a bit harsh on the players, taking into account the circumstances (Depleted squad n'all).
I also got the impression that he put the blame solely on the players, as though we would have won if they did EXACTLY what he told them to do: (Not my fault gov.) Although to be honest I wasn't at the match and may stand to be corrected on that.

Bangkok Red -  How many managers do you know that dont blame players for poor performances???

Thinking about it, my STFC supporting time has been as more of a follower than a fan. Oddly the fandom doesn't seem to correlate to success, but more to the availability of cheap student tickets. Having had 3 ; 19/97, 00/01 and 01/02.

There are other periods of fairly good fannage from me; On and off in 95/96 (can't really remember how often I went), a run of home and away games at the end of 99/00 (fuck knows why), whenever I was back from uni in 02/03 and the same again but less so in 03/04 (we were a bit too good in our play-off year).

GOOD managers always use the term "We", rather than "They".

Yeah - what makes me a fan or a follower? I have supported the club since the 1970' s been to lots of games but have missed a lot more when bands/drugs/women/booze have been more tempting or work/kids/lack of cash/distance from swindon have got in the way - does that make me a second class supporter? i have too complicated a life to drive 500 miles on a tuesday night to see us get spanked on a wet night in Carlisle - we all love the club, to greater or lesser extent i grant you - but a fan i am - till i die - and the comment about pompey was for my kids and their future football wellbeing. i, like all of you cannot switch aliegience(sp)

I feel the same, angry yes, fed-up yes....I want this whole fiasco sorted as much as the next guy. I really need to find the spark to get me interested again. Foe example, the millwall away game i was more looking forward to meeting mates and getting pissed than the actual football itself. Me and STFC is like a relationship. I need to get it back on track. Get the feeling back, but when that happens I don't know. I'll protest cos I love the club (couldn't make sat due to personal reasons) and don't want to see it die.

You are just on a wind up aren't you, what is your usual name? Where was this best football under Williams last season as all I remember is 2 defeats with the Hereford match being a dismal display summed up by his choice of goalkeeper.
Williams and Byrne aren't up to the job end of story, yes their are more pressing issues but if these 2 remain in charge we will just slip down the league which ultimately costs us thousands.
I hate all this bollocks about them being passionate, respected and genuine. If everyone with those qualities was a good manager we'd all be doing it....and anyway one is a youth team coach and the other is an alcaholic what great candidates.  :roll:

I agree Glos 100%.

This forum is depressing tonight.  Ok we lost 3 nil away from home with almost a 2nd string side, low morale - no manager what do some people expect?  Did they think we would thrash Carlisle who were 4th before this fixture?

If so, WAKE UP, moan about 3 nil all you like but we had the pleasure of seeing us put 4 past Bournemouth and 5 past the Gills!  I know its almost irrelevent but something to cling onto!

 :toppost:

I'm currently getting a load of abuse from the Sellafield section of my work as their all Carlisle fans. Apparently we looked the most clueless outfit they'd seen all season and it took them 35 minutes to figure out what formation we were playing.
This whole club is a mess from the boardroom all the way onto on the field matters it now seems. We need new faces in all areas of the club and unfortunately that seems unlikely in the near future.
We will stay up if we get a semi competent manager of that I'm sure however I feel equally sure Byrne and Williams would get us relegated....this is all dependant on the survival of STFC obviously.

our side is good enough to stay up with half-decent management, i daresay byrne/williams would cope if they had the full squad to choose from.

this fucking transfer embargo is crippling us though.

Not to mention the 4 match Bans Ifil and Zaboub are receiving......surely accompanied by a fine......

I agree. with 3 decent quality players in the right positions we'd look a much better side currently.  Sadly we all know why they aint here.

Theres no way I want them as permanent managers, but I cant help but feel people are being harsh on Williams and byrne given the injuries and opposition tonight. Our away form hasnt been great so far this season even under Sturrock

And 3 matches for Tozer now... :?

but we've just seen the manager behind those victories walk away.

Personally, I cant look at results objectivly like that.....ah well we lost today, but won well a few weeks back.

Results mean nothing, in that aspect till the end of the season.

The 5 past Gillingham and 4 past Bournemouth wont even be worth remembering if we slide down the table and get relegated

The 3 Carlisle put past us wont be worth remembering, if we have a decent season and finish mid-table.

However, the difference now....is.....the good results are in the past and the not so good result is the present.

Losing a manager of Sturrocks ability will effect the team, we will get worse without him.....and to be honest that worries me. All the previous results where from a different 'era' where as Carlisle is from this 'era' and the sooner this era ends and the new one beings the better because we cant afford to keep getting results like we did today

soapy tit wank @ this thread. Is it a full moon or something.

I'll tell you who Bryne reminds me of, 'Bleo' once of Peterborough - subject to the Ron Atkinson treatment when Iffy kicked him into touch.
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PS. Yes Fred I'm fucking angry too. There is a kind of resignation amongst fans that what will be will be, etc, etc. Maybe, but if this takeover fails ...well if you need an alibi give me a call :)

I think the future Mrs Tuck will provide that, when he decides which one.

Steve Bleasdale was ace, him on Big Ron Manager was quality.

Quit an hour before a game  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Roar I'm a manatee and I'm going to eat DV.

finally, some logic.

I'm back!

Match report: Everything's shit.

fair play to you for going but i'm fucking glad i didn't bother. p.s. how was your namesakes free hat?

hang on, did you do that journey in under 4 hours?

3 hours 20 minutes.

And the hat's nice and cosy.

 8)

fucking hell boy, what car have you got? actually don't answer that, the plod are probably after you.

A fast one. Well, I didn't speed too much. About 90mph most of the way.

Nice clear motorways all the way through  :D

I didn't realise we'd brought the Autobahn system over here! :wink:

there's something oxymoronic about that!

Yeah, those German roads are ace.

A bit of a more detailed match report:

First 15 minutes we looked good, very good. We had the majority of posession and worked the ball nicely down the channels. I don't agree with glos_robin's post about his Sellafield mates saying we didn't know what formation we were playing, it was very much a 4-4-2 and worked well. Some nice neat interplay between Smith and McGovern down the right.

After they scored their first against the run of play it just went completely down hill. Couldn't get a foot on the ball. No town player really had a bad game, Carlisle were just far better than us.

Tozer's sending off was never a foul. He got the wrong side of his man and put his hand out, barely making contact. Carlisle forward took one hell of a tumble, as could be expected, the ref saw it and waved play on. Then the wanker linesman flagged for a foul so the ref had to apply the letter of the law and send Tozer off. Shocking decision.

Hat's off to Ash/Spencer/Dex and the rest, you certainly made some noise in the first half until one of your lot got dragged out. Although, if you're going to take your shirts off, at least be a bit imaginative and write something on your chests.

i looked on the bbc stats after 20 minutes and we had 63% possession, madness. it levelled to almost 50:50 after 90 minutes though.

Just got back...

We were the better team i thought until Carlisle scored then we did not look like we would ever score.

Started in the pub at 9 got the coach at 11 back in the pub at 530. Bloody annoying to go that distance and lose 3-0. Was a great day though all in all bar the result.

Also it was nice to get a letter from the club thanking the 150 or so Town fans for going as well as a ticket and a winter hat for going. Fair play

Off to bed now.... shattered.

fair play to those of you who went. i'd probably have driven if i wasn't skint.

fair play to the club for the tickets and merchandise hand out as well.

We were the better team until they scored their second goal. Our approach work was very slick but we couldn't make real chances because the final ball was lacking or the strikers couldn't hold it up and lay it off.

Their first was against the run of play. A poor attempt to clear it by Comminges fell into their strikers path with no central defender near him (Byrnes talked of positional problems). The second was another positional cock-up with Comminges standing outside the area gesticulating instead of tracking his man who scored. The third was a header from 3 yards with Brez flapping.

Does anybody know which game these are for? Last night I heard it was Huddersfield, once it has been rearranged, but the OS says its the Hartlepool game.

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Oh my God!They going to die of hypothermia or man flu which ever strikes first :(

Not really fair to inflict their pale bodies on the population of Carisle either :wink:

Fair play to those who went, and its pleasing to hear we did atleast do ok for some of the game! All is not lost!

We did have a message written on our chests, it was a message of support for Mullett who wasnt allowed time off from teh post office after hed bought his train tickets

We were all battered to be fair

i didnt get a hat

we played alright

we were never going to get anything out of it

carlisle is rank, the locals could've been a bit more accomodating to say the least

Was a laugh tho, what a truely dodgy place!

I want a hat

Think Byrne a bit harsh on the players. We actually played quite well first half and although a bit overrun in the second we were down to ten men after another harsh sending off.

The most pleasing thing was we kept going and worked hard to prevent a heavier defeat towards the end. Was a bit worried that heads would drop after everything that has gone on but to be fair attitude was good as it was on Saturday when we had to dig deep after going behind.

Its crazy to talk about relegation in the same way that talk of promotion was overly optimistic earlier in the season. At the end of the day we have mostly beaten teams below us and mostly lost to teams above us. Put simply Carlisle have better players than us at the moment although doubtless we would be stronger if at full strength. Arguably we had 6 players who are in the first X1 unavailable last night and only 3 players started who started the season at Northampton.

Given all the turmoil a mid table finish with a run in the FA Cup which looks very achievable at the moment would be a very good season and something to build on.

Firstly though we need the takeover to go through, the embargo lifted, and a new manager (preferably Cotterill or Ling) who can provide us with some much needed stability.

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