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Crewe..............................

It's up north isn't it?

no mate, thats Leeds - Crewe is near Gillingham. Get going now.

Today I will get to experience the delights of Brunel FM, first time I will have properly listened to a game on it. I'm not expecting much after all the reviews on here.

I'd just listen to Radio Swindon, they have updates regularly enough.

Im off to a meeting in a second dressed like a footy lad (not good) then leaving at 11, might be tight but going with car load should be ok

2-0 town please

Weather is terrible up north, expect a wet pitch and hoof-ball style play - the slick passing game we usually do won't work  :mrgreen:

According to the Adver (so it must be true) Easton is still out with his calf strain. If so, what about a midfield L-R of McNamee, Peacock, JPM, Roberts? MM says JPM can play central midfield and I think this with Corr and Paynter up front could put Crewe under pressure.

Defence is sorted especially as I read somewhere Yes-he-can has a tight hamstring.

Subs could be Ashikodi, Sturrock, Pook, Nico or J. Smith, P. Smith.

Sorted!

We're going to lose because I'm not there.

0-1.

2-1 loss I feel :(

Going to lose 2-1 would be happy with a point up there.

we're gonna win 2-0

0-0 bore draw i think.
Someone will get sent off though.

So it's agreed then? McNamee, Peacock, JPM, Roberts ...

3-0 to Town

we haven't a 0-0 draw in 30 games - probably due one I guess.

2-0
McNamee and McGovern

Sat in my room with a pile of work to do feeling sorry for myself...Not confident about the game either!

I'll be cheerful and say a 2-1 win but it really depends which Swindon turn up.


Atleast I can't get Brunel here!  :mrgreen:

That's the truth. 2-1 to Crewe, and I can't get Brunel either.

Got to go and visit the in-laws!!! Now? AND they don't have net access!

Vot blin!

what's the lineup then?

i can't get tuned in to brunel fm today for some reason.

Brez, Ifil, Aljofree, Vincent, McNamee, Peacock, Pook, JPM, Ashikodi, Paynter

Sturrock, Roberts, Nico, Corr, Allen

and migs at right back presumably?

Ooops yes forgot the Minge

no easton  :(

I think today is a big game for Pook to prove he can fill Easton's shoes on a temp basis

Woo-Hoo - Sturrock back into super-sub role - best place for him in my opinion...

3-0 Pook hat-trick... :P

the bbc league one vidiprinter don't have us down as playing today.

2-1 to us i reckon

Why does even the music from Brunel FM sound like it's being broadcast from a cardboard box - it's really echo-ey  :(

Looking forward to some rivating commentary today  :?

Come on Brunel we have to have kicked off by now.....

not yet.

"Couple of hundred Swindon fans" - I think with the short notice, a lot of fans (me included) haven't been able to get there...

death march!

This is just the sort of game we normally lose

Good point Brunel  :shock:

Who's going to be the penalty taker today?

Brez?

McGovern -if he's got any bollocks

barnet just missed a penalty. how annoying

Luggy winning v Portsmouth

not at game bennet?? you out later?

nah i'm having a quiet one. i am tempted by some thorne based action then some mincing in walkabout. you about?

On Tuesday night they could have missed a shitload and still won! Would be good to see them knock out the Gasheads now

you love mincing.

ye i'll be out. aint drank since new year  :cry:

Havant 1 up :D

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Big nose's face on Soccer Saturday was brilliant - what a cunt

i'm the king of mince

no way? the blood in your veins must be winning against the vodka now...

come on havant!

fuck me, if havant keep taht till half time and pool end up winning, im quids in

Beers are you then Chubbs!

 :wink:

it can go anyway.
if havant win im quids in, if liverpool now win 8-1 in quids in and if havant lead till half time and then pool win im quids in.

so if liverpool get 8 in the second half you're fucking minted!

yeah... i can only hope

i got out of bed for this :(

i was up at 7 because some men came to fix my roof.

I'm fucking knackered already, might have an afternoon nap after the game.

"playing a bit like ants at the moment?"

jesus christ.

At this rate you can nap now and you won't miss anything !

A 'Big Nosed' cunt ...at that !!

20 mins gone..Havant still 1-0 up...  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

true.

what are you upto tonight ginge? (post nap obviously)

off to the merlin for a mates birthday, pop in on your way to wankabout if you fancy a pint.

"1508: GOAL Liverpool 0-1 Havant & Waterlooville
I'm not dreaming am I? No it's just happened. Richard Pacquette is left all alone at a corner to head in and the biggest story in the history of sport, mankind, the universe is on!!!"

soapy tit wank ace

and don't call me ginge you veggie cunt!  :D

boo i don't want to be left with the squares in GW  :wink:

has the game kicked off?

Booooo....Liverpool have equalised.

tee hee

fucking cunting liverpool

hasn't lucas scored already for them?

HAVANT!!!! 2-1! GET IN!

HAVENT 2-1 ace!!!!!

Havant 2 Liverpool 1

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fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahaha

sounds like skrtel (sp) is having a complete mare.

anyone know what's going on with town?

Havant scored again  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I put a quid on them, 80/1, come on that would cover tonight

not a lot.

Who gives a shit about Swindon?

I'm a Havant fan now!  8)

common havant, 10 more min, then after half time, cummon liverpool

Betfair's interesting

Havant have gone from 45-1 to win to 17-1 and still dropping... :soapy tit wank:

who changed the title!!

has sonic had a paddy? blame brunel fm not us

:soapy tit wank:

haha, ace

i thought it was witty :(

5live aren't even doing commentary of the liverpool game, what the fuck?

5 more min, cummon, this is gonna pay for tonight, and cover what i lost on poker yesterday

unless they draw  :wink:

yes but they are james. bless you

really? i just put on 5live and 5live xtra and it was the arsenal and portsmouth games?

am i in some alternate universe here

LIVE COMMENTARY OF LIVERPOOL vs HAVANT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6137706.stm

Doing all the commentaries of the FA Cup through the website...

that would explain a lot.

Do I have money in this alternate universe? Go and burgle me.

2-2  :(

ye thats the only thing, and i bet it happens.

my 8-1 bet is down drain, but as long as its not a draw(i bet it will be) i shuold get a nice bit back, aslong as havant hold up another few min.

I'm they just the throw in went to Pope Jean Paul on Brunel.

i knew it

Benayoun's just scored for Liverpool  :evil:

Booooo

never mind, it was a silly bet anyway, its one of those that you kinda have to do, coz if you dont and the result comes in, you'd be kicking youself

brilliant.

that will teach chubbs for being shit at poker.

I assume Swindon are 0-0 still?

Yes.....the commentary is enough to send you to sleep

i just went to look at the score on the bbc site, and the game isn't even listed on there.

are the beeb trying to sex up today's league 1 fixtures?

i don't think it's the commentary that's dull.

or download sopcast and watch it live with jap commentary

http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/sat26.1/Liverpool_Havant.html

thats what im doing, streaming perfectly

http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/sat26.1/Liverpool_Havant3.html

that one works too

im not rubbish, its the people who havent got a clue what they are doing, keep sucking out.

Our Arthur is boring..but addmittedly the game isn't the best

wovers just scored, cunts.

Second half kicks off!

Rovers 1-0 up  :cry:

3-2 to Liverpool

Booooooooo

Liv 3 - H & W 2

Jamie Slabber coming on for Havant!!!  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

boo

Well Liverpool are fucked then!

 :soapy tit wank:

4-2 now.

Liverpool are in trouble now then - the Hawks goal machine is on! Looked at the Beeb site at half-time and Havant had had 51% of possession!

channel 6 has english commentary.

When was the last time we had a 0-0 ?

Benayoun hat trick isn't it ?

if it ends up 8-2 i wont be happy.

robbo on for mcnamee

Hereford in April last year.

What's going on at gresty road then?

nothing.

It's sounds like Swindon are getting on top - cue Crewe scoring....

Bazza Corr on.

swindon are playing?

Whats with all this PAynter love at STFC, he's had enough chances, please please please learn to drop him! Why has Ashikodi gone off for Corr and not PAynter come off. The end!

Hey - Paynter scored twice in the last game  :)

you'd assume that ashikodi is a not match fit. same with barry corr

so neither playing entire games makes sense non?

I'd suggest Corr & Askikodi are simular types of players who may not be able to play easily together

Corr ought to be fit, he's had a bleeding month off!

Corr hardly trains during the week due to his back problem

happy now?

eh? whats that?

Paynter Straight Red

you got your wish, he's gone off now....

Woo hoo paynter off! 3 games without him!

Paynter's been sent-off!!!! Straight Red

Oh  :(

What's he been sent off for, \i can't understand the commentators

Silly boy - Paynter red card for elbow

Applauds crewe fan;s on his way off as threy have been barracking him all game due to link with vale

I'm not surprised, his morale is at an all time low. Just another nightmare!?!

Hey at least we have a cklub to support  :oops:

Elbow I think - leading with his arm according to RS.

oh dear.

I don't like this emoticon but  :fatbury:

Thats the set for him then this week.
Scores for us, Scores an OG, Misses a Pen, and gets sent off.
What a week.

yes, our top scorer is suspended

rock on

dickhead....

Might get a further ban or fine for gestures to the crowd?

When did Roberts get on?

similar to "getting his eye in" in cricket

Woot

I've put £30 on Southampton, Arsenal and Walsall all winning... and they are at the moment   :beers:

fucking dick head (Paynter I mean).  Just what we need.

indeed.

Shut the fuck up.

Sounds like if Swindon get the draw, Brezovan needs a knighthood  8)

Fully agree about that. Just confirms we need Cox ...and quick.

Seriously I can't be the only one having trouble understanding what Arthur Hunt is saying, it's like an old dialect of olde west country english.

Agree or at least another striker in this week. We should step up our efforts to sign Cox this week.

tee hee hee im immature tee hee hee

Right enough of my bullshit I'm writing. Apologies to all.  :oops:

I just can stand the fact that we can beat Forrest, draw with Swansea with 10 men, then have a nightmare of two legs against Barnet!?! I knwo this is Swindon Town etc but please please please lets get some momentum going and keep it going. Ist just infuriating that if the players come hoem tonight theyll all be out boozing in old town when these same players will lose the plot against Crewe having been brilliant in games previous. 'm just a hopeless town fan like anyone else.

Sorry, no ban please.

And if that means putting in a higher offer...so be it.

Agree we can't gamble that Corr will stay fit for the rest of the season with his dodgy back

what happened to the Steve Kabba link, or was that just made up?

No it was a link to a Watford striker but it was obviously Moses.

Arse 2 Newc 0 and what a goal by Adebayor!  superb, check it out on Match of the day later, just runs at the geordie defence and bangs it home.

oh right.  hard to keep up when you have a busy week.

Two games for Keegan....and no goals scored.

Bring back Sam !!! :D

they (NUFC) played quite well first half but Arse have stepped up a gear, now it looks like they could get another at will.

which I think they just have 3-0 Arsenal.

Liverpool are now 5-2 up.

Has the final whistle gone yet?

Shouldn't Roberts be playing keep-the-ball or take-it-into-the-corner.

He keeps lashing in wild shots when he gets the ball....

There was 5 minutes of time added on BTW

no. 5 mins extra time

Derby are very shit 4-1 defeat at home to Preston, and Lonergan was in goal

derby 1 preston 4.  dear oh dear, odds on favourites for "worse ever premiership side".

Well he might score. You never know.

Roberts ?  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

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If you don't shoot you don't score  :D

BLOW THE BLOODY WHISTLE REF!!!

we all saw last saturday that isnt true....

Wooooooooo We hung on  :beers:

Game over....oh well all to do at Luton now

7 League games unbeaten though

F5 F5 F5 F5 F5.....


Finally!

Have to settle for an away point in the end i suppose

parkin against leeds  :D  :D  :D

shite.

Super Sam has just scored a last minute equaliser for Luton against Leeds.

He's got a good record against Leeds.

i feel slightly disappointed after the first half.

We draw away at Crewe 0-0, Oxford draw 0-0 at home to Grays.

What an exciting couple of results.


And Super Sam Parkin equalisese in the last minute against Leeds.  WEell done Sam!!!

Well done  :wink:

Parkin equalises for Luton last minute

Meh. We really need a striker in this week.

Parkins back! he's scored


SIGN HIM!

sorry - my fault!

you bastard ;)

 :shock:
Lottery numbers better be right tonight

Super Sammy Parkin scored for Luton today - assume he will play on Tues

we haven't won 8-0 in ages, we're probably due that against Luton.

Hmm I wonder if Malpas will give any update on getting Cox or the midfielder he wants or the players he wants out or or...or anything !

well done billy

Some twat's just phoned RS to say he's not impressed with Malpas so far.4 points from 6 is pretty shit

Must be a plastic then.

Malpas to review sending off with a view to appealing

Serious Foul Play isn't generally conducive to winning appeals, If I were him I wouldn't bother. If the players want to keep going on about all this play-off bullshit then they are going to have to start winning games like this, Crewe are a terrible side.

How can you not be impressed with Malpas? Beating the side second in the league, and drawing away with 10 men isn't half bad!

for fuck sake we sound like Sheff Wednesday fans (during our play off season).  We are not going to get in the play offs this season, we're not good enough, we haven't been good enough and we aren't gonna be good enough by May.

Mid table will suffice this year and then we look to improve next year. We're becoming a difficult team to beat which is good, maybe next season we can learn to kill teams off when we have an chance to do so.

Disagree, there are no exceptional sides in this division, Forest proved that, we have every chance of gaining a play off place, I thought that before the season started and still do.

if we put a run together we are capable of makiing the play offs.
i dont think we will though

I agree there are no exceptional sides Dell, all I'm saying is we have been a typical inconsistent mid table side, and I can't see this changing between now and the end of the season.

if we win enough games, we'll get to the play-offs.

sonic is a genius :D

All we need is a striker, thats it ...
The goalkeepers we have are as good as any in this league, defensively we are above average, midfield ok, even though not that creative, up front at present (just a typical inconsistent bunch as you state).

Before Swansea beat us 2-1 at their place they were lying about seventh or eighth, look at them now, scoring for fun.

I'll settle for mid-table obscurity

Can anyone explain why pook played wide instead of roberts?? i agree with moving jpm inside, but don't fucking put pook on the wing, he isnt renowned for his pace, trickery and delivery is he??

any away point is ok, but if we are even thinking of pressuring the top 6 away to a team struggling should be a victory!

Also, ashikodi instead of corr...............strange one, at least now with paynter suspended we can see corr and moses together, which should now be our first choice partnership

from the OS:

There was a tactical switch for Town with McGovern employed in central midfield with Pook moved into a wider position.

"I had a chat with Budgie this week and we felt we needed slightly more possession in the central midfield area so J-P came in and played there, with Michael Pook in a wider position.

"Crewe are a very good passing side and we felt we had to play simular to that. Pooky has a good engine and we felt he could get forward easier from that position.

Yeah, so jpm moves inside to increase our creativity and possession in the middle, but why pook out side......................

Got back about an hour ago, that is it for me for a while I am sick of using my only day off a week to race up a motorway watch a team not understand simple positional play and basically not want it.

If it wasnt for Brez today we would of lost.

Pook played around the centre circle mostly while his position was left open which caused us massive issues.  Pook is not good enough for this level and needs to be moved on.  I have backed him but its time to give up and become a model or work in a poncy shop or something similarly gay.

Vincent had a shaky game but then made up for it with some decent blocks.
Roberts coming pon gave us some width but we were unbalanced due to Malpas doing some crazy system with thinking Pook is a winger.

Sending off was silly but Paynter doing a clap to away and home fans was probably the highlight of the day.

Shit game and reminded my lot of a reserve match as teh tempo was so slow.

So fucked off with this team at present, if you play put the effort in.  We miss Easton so much as we have no idea in the center

Pook played alright, wasn't one of the worst players on the pitch.

We just lacked the extra ten percent today, and looked bit tired after the Barnet game.

Billy wont win his appeal, Crewe players deliberately tried to wind him up all game and he reacted.

To be fair, I would've taken a draw before todays game.

can't any of you read the title of the thread ffs

your medal is being fed-exed james  :D

I agree with most of Busheys comments.

Pook after being moved to the right consistently drifted back into CM, thus leaving us with effectively no right winger.  Fuck knows how Miguel was supposed to get the ball upfield with Pook constantly out of position and no-one to pass it to!  

JP - back on the wing please with Easton back in middle as soon as hes fit.  JP didn't give us more possession in the centre at all and bad choice IMO.

We pretty much looked like we had nothing going forward and they seemed to be jogging around, not running at players, not challenging, basically not doing anything.

Yes a point away from home with ten men is ok however the performance was way below par considering Malpas etc. have been banging on everyday in the papers how the playoffs are a target and possible etc.

Im frustrated as I know we are capable of so much more.

So did our 'new signings' look unfit and uncapable or did they look promising?

NMH

Its pretty hard to say as the team as a whole didnt play at the best of their ability.

McNamee looked handy when he got the ball but he did seem to get pushed off it a few times.  Hes got the build of Sean Wright Phillips and does look quick and I think its a bit early to say his capabilities yet but has a bit of promise about him.

Moses worked hard to win balls but we looked pretty poor going forward, mainly due to the lack of the midfield presence/service to strikers.  If we had played properly through the middle of park like we have seen in previous games then perhaps moses would have had more chance.   Again, need more time and Id like to see him in the team when Eastons back as Im hoping he will help to stabilise things and get back to some proper passing football.

i didn't go yesterday (washing my hair), but i thought we missed easton a lot on tuesday night.

he's a genuinely nice bloke too. shame about the nationality.

We miss Easton so much its unbelievable and we have noone that can replace him.  I even thought we missed Zaaboub a bit yesterday!

We need to be looking to get another CM before window closes.

i wouldn't describe him as a play-maker as such, but he's a pivot to a lot of our offensive moves: almost every attack goes through him at some point. that often goes un-noticed.

On another note, did anyone else see the old man who got stuck in the turnstyles cause of his belly?

When he got through his trousers fell down right to his ankles and was stood there in his lovely white underpants!
 :mrgreen:

Now that is funny :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I would probably have pissed mine if I'd seen that.

Me and the woman collecting money appeared to be the only 2 finding it funny!

Macca looked less than impressed though  :D

Pacquette MOM for me. Very impressed.

On another not can they stop pumping long balls down the line in the hope one of our strikers make a run

"Jamie! Jamie! Play to feet!"

"That's what I'm trying to do!"

He didn't seem impressed, did he Macca? :D

Was it you who upset Mr Vincent yesterday? he seemed a little perplexed by someone's comments.

vincent's distribution and passing is shocking to be honest. he just hoofs the ball down the line all the time.

Well when Aljofree does it, everyone thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread



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aljofree only does it when under pressure, vincent does it every single time he has the ball.

furthermore, centre-backs are there to defend at all costs, not use possession wisely.

Ha Ha no he did not but it was a simple request really

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