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I'd be guessing we're away tomorrow, and I've got a feeling it's up t' north. Fuck knows who we're playing.

Anyway. I think we'll win 2-1 and Cox won't score. Sturrock will, maybe the winner from the bench. That might be a wish on the Sturrock part more than a prediction. I like Sturrock and think that he might randomly come good at some point. Like Fallon did.

I don't think we predict attendances for away games.

I'm a bit out of touch on the availability of our players but I'll have a go at our team



I'm telling you that the one sided wing backs is the way forward fact. Although I'm not sure our players have the intelligence for it.

Realistically though, push JPM on to the wing and insert the Cock in midfield instead of Roberts behind the front 2.

Have you seen Sturrock play, Ben?  :wink:  :D

sounds good although i think you'll find barry corr passed away last week

This is the first weekend since August 4th (Friendly against Exeter) that I won't be going to watch Swindon play :cry:

Saturdays suck without football. I might even go and do some work...........

 :shock:

what about the weekend of the oldham match in october when it was postponed?

I could send you some animal porn if you get bored.  :D

Is anyone going to the match today?

not me sir

No-gotta save up for the next two games

So no-one knows anyone who is going to this?

going to be pretty quiet up there.

i'm there right now.

Really wanted to go today...but with Cheltenham and Forest next Saturday,it was not possible.....love to win it but any point away from home is good,as for town fans today any town fans up north will prob be there along with the regulars.

If Easton isnt playing, we wont win....

If Pook isn't playing, we wont win....................

You bunch of part timers

Just had to go to the vets and have our 20 year old cat put to sleep.  :cry:  Hopefully a Swindon win can take my mind off of it.
Swindon 2 Huddersfield 1

1-1

Barry Corr to not play

 :wink:

twenty years is an impressive age for a cat. sorry to hear about it though :(

Cox in for Corr and Zaaboub starting in place of McNamee, otherwise same as last week. Comminges starts despite only flying back yesterday.

A draw seems a pretty safe bet.

Sounds about right on the team front.........if we lose then I'm sure people will use Zaaboub as the scapegoat but hey ho better option than McNamee IMO as he seems incapable of lasting more than 60 mins so is more use as a sub for a cameo role

2 0 Udders

Funny how Premiership players are always too tired the day after flying-Wankers!

Cant see us letting in 2.......one-nil to someone,hopefully us

we'll lose 5-3

And we're off.

3 seconds.

we're shit!

Good start, Jevons 1-0

And one nil down.

great start  8)

Well done boys

cunting cuntishness.

Oh bugger! :|

Fucking Frank Sinclair!We should be good for an own goal or two.

Oh deary me

we never win away up north, can you be surprised!!

11 games since we last scored in the first half!

How many seconds were on the clock when that went in?  :|

Bloody hell! thats a stat.

hold on, barnet replay.....

53

11 league games, sorry!

although really, it should be 11 league games since a Swindon player last scored in the first half....as we got an own goal against Forest in the first half.

that is pretty shit tbh

Come on you cunting reds!!!!!!!

Question for Deev-when was the last time we came from behind to win a league game?A fucking age I know that much!

22nd december. home against hartlepool. 1-0 down at half time, two barry corr goals ( i think)

22nd of December against Hartlepool

hartlepool i think.

Cox and Corr (penalty)

O'h well - up the allotment for me  :(

Christ!Just how bad is Easton's injury?He seems to have been out for ages

Clean forgot about that one

I've fucking lost interest

this is boring. and we sound shit. boooo

30 mins gone and I don't think we've troubled their keeper yet

bet the weather is lush on st marys today sir.

it's about 17C here, just cleaned the car. i had half of pitch 4 at the oasis in the drivers footwell.

we're losing.

booooooooo

During the first half I've so far managed to clean the paint off of my window from when I decorated last year, cleaned up all the crap around the room and put it away properly, dusted and hung a picture.

Christ, I'm bored.

I'm reading stuff on polarisation and global homogenisation for an essay. You'd think, considering how relevant it is, people would be able to write interesting articles on it. Clearly not  :(

Villa 4 Newcastle 1 - Keegan's doing well isn't he  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

i've got a headache  :x

And now I've just measured up for some new skirting board.

Come on you useless cunts, do something interesting!

I wish I had something better to do right now, I really do  :(

Did he just say here it's 'Arsenal 1 Swindon 0'?

Afternoon all. Last time I went to 'Uddersfield to watch us was in the McMahon days. We played Chris Hay up front and everyone else across the back. Seem to recall Hay scored and broke his nose and 'Uddersfield equalised later. Bloody boring game it was too!

Sounds a bit like this one (except for us losing)

NMH

sod this for shits and giggles. im off to do some integration. bye all

Urgh morning all, fucking Northerners.  I think my insides are rotting, I don't feel well....

Looks like a made an accumulator when I was fucked last night - 11 games, 4 winning, 6 drawing, one losing (West Brom).... :(  :?

I suppose it could be worse...

Luton 0-3 Bournemouth L

Vokes 13
Kuffour 14
Gradel 45

Everytime, lacklustre 1st half ok 2nd half whats going on?  Why can't we play as were capable from the start?

Im thinking Malpas may need to work on his motivation techniques, oh and I hate the way we play of late.  Boring, lifeless football.

There's no guarantee it is going to get any better!

Scotland lost in the rugby thank fuck.

Oh and did I mention Brunel are really annoying me already?  So much hesitation in commentary its unreal!

this is just one of them games that we would never win. there's always a few, swansea away, oldham away, tranmere away. its just the way football goes, the moment we start winning these games is when we'll mount a promotion push a la 03/04.

im not suprised at the scoreline, nor do i much care, which is never good.

Cox double in the 2nd half  8)

Carlisle away

plus all the adverts at half time, I dont give a fuck about the apartments italian resturant....

but, I guess its difficult to make such a shit game sound interesting.

Bring on Blair fucking Sturrock!

oh, we're bringing on Pook.....we're fucked then.

Ah, we need to score 2 to win...

4-5-1

 :?

Oooh christ, fatbury will be spanking the monkey at the news Pook is on. Why not Blair?

Anywho, normal Brunel commentary resumed (zzzzzzzzzzz) after last Tuesdays blip of good coverage.

From a Huddersield fan on another site.

he could play Roberts in a more advanced role probably just behind Cox.

he could, but is Roberts even playing....I couldnt even tell us, thus the effect he's had so far...

Not sure how to take that. It kind of says "Swindon aren't rubbish but we look in control and could probably score more"

 :?

FFS 4-5-1? Fucking hell  :evil:

BBC reckons Peacock has moved up front.

Come on Cocker!!!!

Why no Paynter?

so we've moved our best central midfielder upfront....

 :?

what? that doesnt make any sense.

Suspended me thinks

 :soapy tit wank:

come on everton and peterbrough i need this money please.

swindon swindon ra ra ra

With Easton out that makes no sense at all. Would rather put Roberts upfront tbh.

Thought he only got one game?

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM PLAY YET BUT i GET THE IMPRESSION THAT aSHIKODI IS SHIT

Were getting the boy forward and just losing it apparently.
Needed someone to hold it up.

for a straight red?  :?

Blair Sturrock will hold it up

i DON'T KNOW HE'S A QUICK LITTLE FUCKER!

Is Ashikodi even on the bench?  Does anyone happen to have a commentary link?

Think Sam's taking the piss  :mrgreen:

he is now, he got subbed off at half time.

:fishing:

It passes the time (and boredom)

liar u just got caught out

this is a difficult month fixture wise, think February could mark the end of any play off hopes

tHIS COMMENTARY IS APPALLING!

March is looking tricky too!

February
Sat 9    15:00    A   Huddersfield    FL1                       
Tue 12    19:45    H   Cheltenham    FL1                       
Sat 16    15:00    A   Nottm Forest    FL1                       
Sat 23    15:00    H   Walsall    FL1                       
Tue 26    19:45    A   Oldham    FL1                       
March
Sat 1    14:00    H   Leeds United    FL1                       
Tue 4    19:45    H   Huddersfield    FL1                       
Sat 8    15:00    A   Bristol Rovers    FL1                       
Tue 11    19:45    A   Leyton Orient    FL1                       
Sat 15    15:00    H   Carlisle    FL1                       
Sat 22    15:00    A   Brighton    FL1                       
Mon 24    15:00    H   Southend    FL1                       
Fri 28    19:45    A   Tranmere    FL1

really i just thought you were thick as shit  :D

Offside?foul?shot?pass?what's going on ?Commentary's rubbish

fucking hell agyemang's got another 2 today for qpr, fella's on fire.

Has the match been stopped or something  :?

Lee Holmes with 2 in 2 for Warsaw. Akinfenwa scores for Cobblers

And Thorney's on the scoresheet again

And what about our game?

Change needed because from what I can work out from the commentary we are as threatening as a trifle.

I'd push Roberts up, Peacock back to mid and JPM out wide. Or something!

Why are our away games so boring and shite?

OK, Zaboub off, Sturrock on. 4-3-3 apparently

is that what you call it?

It seems to be more of a ghey-m

Someone tell Arthur Hunt that Comminges aint Spanish(Comminguez????)and that "Jofree" has an A and an L in front of it

i decided to watch the rugby instead.

McNamee for Robert.

Laurent?

i'm convinced arfur think his name is Al Jofree.

fucking moron.

crewe 2-2 swansea....thats fucked my betting up

Kilroy-Silk.

Old lame joke to entertain you:

Q. How do you kill a circus?
A. Go for the juggler.

Going to be a bad day, Pox win 3-0.

4 minutes. Dear god, just put us out our misery.

booooo.

here's my joke:

who do communists only drink herbal tea?

because proper tea is theft

2 fish in a tank, one says to the other 'you know how to drive this thing'?

Sod this I'm off, there was mention (and the smell) of spaghetti and meatballs emanating from the kitchen. I'm hungry.

Look forward to beating Cheltenham on Tuesday, we always beat Cheltenham. Oh.

2 lions walking down the street,one says to the other "not many people about"

cheltenham score 2 in inury time



.




two elephants and a bag of change fall off a cliff



boom boom cha!

another bad day at the office !!! How many times do you hear that?

I had £3 on Swindon, Pompey and QPR wins! would have got me £110! :cry:

sod it. all over. booooo.

Malpas out  :wink:

Creative Midfielder on loan please Mo.

cox out!!!! Not in the gay sense  :wink:

malpas out!

not convinced

Never bet on your own team. I made that mistake last week!

Boooooo  :boring:

How bad is Easton's injury?We not the same without him

not far away, be back the weekend, possibly Cheltenham but i doubt it

still 7 points off the playoffs with 2 games in hand.we were due a defeat anyway.

Looks like results have generally gone our way('cept ours of course)

That always seems to happen when we lose!

Im still concerned as to how much we miss Easton and have no suitable replacement for him though.

the thing is, we miss Easton terribly, but we're moving JPM inside to cover Easton which means instead of just missing Easton in the middle, we miss Easton in the middle and JPM on the right wing.

And Miguel isnt the same player without McGovern down the right

JPM in the middle is fucking crazy, I hope King - sorry, Malpas - works this out soon although it should be abundantly clear anyway.

but we've not got anyone else to put in there....

 :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:

As bad as it may be, that mad me laugh.

I don't see the problem with having Pook in the middle and JPM on the right. I'd rather have that than JPM totally wasted in the middle

We should never have got rid of Steve Adams!

WTF?! Yes we should've!

Unless I've missed something we've still got Pook.

I'd rather Sophie went in there than JPM, at least he's done it last season and hell, he even did a decent job half the time.

Pook has to go in there, whats the point in having Pook when we would rather have a right and left winger in there ahead of him?

You have missed something, Pook isnt good enough....

I only remember Zaaboub playing infield once last season and that was part of 5.....

What we could do with in the middle right now, is Michael Timlin!

 :nod:

Timlin started superbly for us and by the time he left he was gash.

I don't rate Pook but clearly JPM isn't doing any good in there, at least Pooky will battle, McGovern's a right fucking ponce.

pook is good enough for cover at least,he's done ok this season.and i'd pick him in cm over jp any day.
its about balance and jp doesn't give up that at cm.pook despite his flaws puts it about in the centre of the park and gives that bit of balance.

he's not on-loan anywhere.

Could easily cut it at League One level, Fulham with a new manager in charge.

Does Easton being injured and Pook being rubbish mean we can get an emergency loan in?

Plus, I'd rather see Chris Allen in the middle than Pook.

creative but cant handle the hussle and bussle yet

Yeah, put Allen in, I've got no issue with that.

probably not, but as you said creative.

I wasnt at the game and can only go on what I heard from the shocking commentary but we didnt seem to create anything at all tdaoy.

allen is to weak.if thats the solution i'd stick with jp. :?

This games in hand thing is false too... going all the way down to about 15th in the table you look at Oldham, Huddersfield, Brighton, Forest, carlisle, Brighton, Bristol Rovers... these all stand to be better off than us if they win their games in hand, hardly any team has played 31.

We've got to have a hell of a run to get in.

i agree with dave  8)

cheers best mate  :mrgreen:

 :mrgreen:

yup, plus we never win our games in had....always follows the same pattern

5 points off the play offs with 2 games in hand

one game later

6 points off the play offs with 2 games in hand

one game later

7 points off the play offs with 2 games in hand

one game later

4 points off the play offs with a game in hand

one game later

6 points off the play offs with a game in hand

We'll never catch up, because even if the teams currently in the play offs lose a couple of matches, the teams between them and us will take their place. We're 11th the idea that we'll win both games in hand and 8 from the top 10 teams will drop points is unrealistic

Need a win at Forest next week really, and on Tuesday against Cheltenham

this is a disgrace. we've lost one game under malpas - get him out.

pook may not be good enough but he is a central midfielder and it means jp can play on the right again. we're too weak with sofi/macnamee and roberts down each flank

Pook IS pointless

Shit, I agree with you Sonic. :shock:

I blame the fact that we never had enough time after they took the lead....

....oh and Ralphy.

fucking spot on

Well it sounds like we are boring as ever away from home. Maybe it's a Malpas thing i don't know? But we won't make the play-offs. I am happy with mid-table anyway. The away form has to be sorted out though.

I'm only doing Rovers Away and that will be it for this season, our away performances aren't worth wasting money on.

I won't even bother with that myself. Rovers are a good side at home.

I agree but it's an excuse for a piss up plus ive already booked the Friday night off work.

My mate who lives oop north went he said we were dire, as bad as against carlisle

oh well. bring on the cheltnumb!!!!! put those cocky gits in their place

Fucking hope so! Surely this time.....

We'd never hear the end of it if we dont.

We'd better stuff 'em  :evil:

Tell me about it. I have a few "treats" lined up for some of their gobby ones should we win though  :D

I don't know any 'Nam fans, so I'll never hear the start of it.

i find it funny that despite in 128 years football they've finished above us once, they still somehow look down on us  :soapy tit wank:

one win, one draw, one loss away from home under malpas.

seriously - what the fuck are you talking about?

all 3 were dull, uninspiring performances by all accounts...

Performances do seem a bit dull - Sturrock-esque almost - bu if we win loads I won't be complaining 8)

Anyone know how maany thye Gold Cup lot are binging

Is that really a problem?  Watching Prem teams, there are not many that will go off playing swashbuckling football, with maybe the exception of Man Yoo and the Arse.  Admittedly today, conceding in the first minute is gash and that is not really good enough with the players that we have who we know can battle in the face of adversity.

FFS, what is this, the first defeat in 10 League games?

Maybe moaning is in our nature now. I don't know. I think we're only guilty of what every other team in the league is doing, as well in the Championship - sacrificing style of play for results in order to reach the promised land (and all the money it entails).

Plenty more where that came from, if the last 2 games are anything to go by

:porn: Bart. The world hasn't ended yet.  :smile1:

Like Walsall away?

Thats because the majority of eople from Cheltenham support Swindon anyhow went up to see Villa against Newcastle yesterday and had to change trains at Cheltenham Spa, and it was amazing how many people were wearing Town shirts going up to watch the Huddersfield game.

Why is it always me people pick on? FFS i'm nowhere near as bad as some of the anti Malpas idiots on here. In fact i'm pro Malpas. I'm just pointing out that our away games have been dull as fuck recently by the sounds of it and that maybe it's Malpas' tactics away from home or maybe it isn't? I have never said i wanted him out or that we have been shite under him.

calm down......Aubrey

because i was responding to your post

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I'm sure that when interviewed yesterday, Malpas said something along the lines of "Perhaps we need to be a little bit more Khamikazi (sp) in order to get the win and if we end up losing then so be it see you Jimmy"

It may have been a dream but I'm pretty sure that's what he said. Apart from the 'see you Jimmy' bit. He wasn't talking to Jimmy, he was talking to Ed Hadwin.

That would certainly suggest that us being a bit boring is nowt to do with him though.

Yep. I just listened to it again and I managed to pick out the words...."If that means..kamikazi..gung ho..win games..so be it..see you Ed"

Interesting :shock:

I don't think we've been tactically any different under Malpas. He's shifted a couple of players into different positions but that's about it.

We've shown home or away this season that if we go to play football and play to win, more often that not we get a decent result. The worrying thing for me is when we drop points due to silly mistakes at the back. Seems to be a regular occurrence. I'd sooner sort stuff like that out rather than have a major tactical overhaul.

Exactly. Let's get this into perspective - we've been on the brink of going out of business this season, we had the BEST takeover farce, we lost a really good manager in November and didn't replace him until January and yet we're still sitting comfortably in mid-table.

I know football fans have unrealistic expectations, but personally I'll be happy with mid-table this season - partly because we haven't got a squad capable of surviving in the Championship - and look to push for the play-offs next year.

I wont be happy with mid table ...mid table is boring,screw it I want a pop at the Play Offs

here here, lets make the second half of the season interesting in a good way. fuck what we wanted at the start (survival as a club), things have changed and although I won't be gutted if we don't get to the play offs I'd like to see how close we can get to at least make the last few games a bit intersting.

 I'll be happy with some replacement bulbs in the floodlights.

  Beating Cheltnumb, Leeds, and Rovers would give us 49 points a point at Forest 50. cane Port Vale 7-0 with 5 for Cox and I'd regard it as a decent season.

After everything that's happened over the last few months/years and looking at what's happened at Luton and Bournemouth recently (there but for the grace of God and all that) I will definitely be more than happy with a top ten finish. i.e. 10th.

Oh yes, and what if Best Holdings had taken over??? **shudder** the thought of that makes my blood run cold. If that had gone through, we would have been looking at Luton and Bournemouth with envy. We would probably have been getting nostalgic about Bob Holt and Diamond Mike. It just doesn't bear thinking about :?