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i reckon it willl be a dull 1-1 draw, cox for us, and more chants of malpas out afterwards. And i think brez will come in for smith

I think it will be a 2-1 victory for us.

£10 says one of our black dudes will score  8)

Im looking forward to this! 2-1 town, cox and ifil

I predict that I won't get home until after midnight and will be dog tired tomorrow.  Don't ask me about the football though.

Alright Ardiles. You meeting at the pub near Leyton tube? I'll be there about 6 ish.

Orient 2 - 1 Swindon
Shot shy Swindon waste numberous good opportunities before Orient break and score against the run of play. Ifil then slams in an own goal, before Easton grabs a late consolation...

but i've never got a Swindon score prediction right in 4 years!

0-0

2-0 to Orient ... I predict Bart will ask where the loan signings were

7-1 town

1-0 to orient

1-1

Sexy Malpas football cancels out boring Ling football

It will be interesting to see what formation Malpas goes with, obviously previously he has prefered the 4-1-3-2 but with no Peacock or Paynter he will probably have to revert back to 442.

I think the main taking point is whether he continues with Jack Smith at RB and put's Comminges to the left again, Smith does not deserve to be dropped as he played well, but if Malpas decides to put Vincent straight back in after injury then unformtunely Smith will be on the bench again.

I think he will use Sturrock up front as well with Cox.

Going for 1-1 aswell. Shame I can't be there for this one tonight, got a feeling it'll be a good one.

I fancy a 1-0 win tonight with Cox getting a Pen

1-0 to us and Moses grabbing the winner  :shock:

Hello mate.  I will see you there.  I will (for once!) be leaving work soon after 5pm so should be there for 6pm as well.

What's the pub called?  Not sure what time we're getting down to Leyton but will need a pint or two pre match!

I ve got a feeling Ashikodi might start-he wont score though.Sturrock to come off the bench to grab a late winner (or equaliser...or consolation)

Birkbeck Tavern I think

Nice one, depending how long it takes to get down there I'll hopefully pop in for a couple!!

That's the one.  It's on Langthorne Road, just a few minutes' walk from Leyton station.  Apparently.

Where are the loan signings

shut it you silly fanny.

do u not think they are trying? obviously the ones available are not goin to improve the team, im glad he isnt panic buying

Maybe Malpas is trying to consolidate all his loans into one easy manageable player

wooooosssshhhhh

We'll lose 3-1, cox for us.

Cold, windy, dull, drab, boring 0-0.

we dont need any 0-0

3-0 to the o's.

3-0 to the o's.

1-2 to us.

Both goals wind assisted direct from corners  8)

Correctamundo. On the OS.

2-1 to us, I'm forever the optimist.

2-0 to us. i think we might score from a corner

A robertsless, peacockless, smithless, vincentless, corrless & paynterless side still looks pretty good though deosn't it.  :oops:

3-0 to us. I'm confident! For some odd reason....

2-0 to the cunning Lings

Interest is not high in this match then!

I am interested! Just back from the swimming pool. Come on Town!

everyones either at the match or out playing 5 a side I think

we scored, i think....yay own goal

Punk rock rocks! Get in there .... OG

We're on our way.....

I've got smelly farts, does that perk any interest????

Terrible. They should all be here keeping me amused with their randomness!

At least we're one up!

Own Goals rule!

Alton Towers

Niagara falls.

Victoria plums?

I'm desperate to get to 900 posts

allen off  :(

WHAT THE FUCK?

Injured ... better than red.

Boob on

Injury. I was worried it was a card for a moment. FFS DV.....

Yeah, boo DV!

I blame Malpas  :D  :beers:

Hello all! Kept getting a critical error. Thought I was going to miss you all! Feel safe and warm now!!

NMH

I think that was wrong to blame him. It said so on here. Critical error, so you've been told now.

So, whats the score?

NMH

1-0. To us. Happy now?

'The night is young, the mood is mellow and there's music in my ears'

NMH

The score is that Zaboub is wearing Orange Boots.

I saw 'allen off' and then lost the board to a critical error! Spent the last ten trying to find out why he'd been sent off. bastard.

Then he will fall over mucho

Yes thank you very much.

NMH

Leeds losing at home to CHeltenham

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

sorry, it was obvious to me because im listening to the radio....

Name that song?
NMH

And the goal was scored by a bird

Whoops, I forgot about this.

What's happening?

Is Vic there?

Is Vic there?

Department S

Start at Page 3 and you'll get the gist.....

Well done chaps. Was looking forward to him playing that on Radio Swindon. Annoyed that he didn't play a bit more of Where's Captain Kirk? too !

NMH

Spoken like a true Sun reader!

NMH

:soapy tit wank: Fucking mis-quoted again.......

Spizz Energi

Couldn't go in the end tonight which now looks to be abit annoying ...........lo and behold though Brez is back in goal and we don't concede in the first half for the 1st time since he was dropped. At least it now appears Malpas has accepted he was wrong and rectified the situation

Penalty :(

penalty 1-1  :(

balls, bunch of cunts

Fuck. I put the radio on and we concede. Off it goes!

ARSE  :twisted:

Oh well  :mrgreen:

Same fucking here. Always seem to concede when i turn on.

I just don't ever turn on. It's Brunel FFS.

Luckily I can't turn on I guess as obviously can't pick up coat hanger radio

they are all over us now.

Is caot hanger FM available on DAB?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/wiltshire.shtml

Plus you get some free Gary Numan.

Oh Bollocks 2-1, Boyd again!

Who turned their radio on? Own up!

Oh well  :mrgreen:

Malpas out and all that kind of stuff.

Not me. I don't own one.....

Sorry.

Wasn't me. Sigh. It all seems to have gone pear shaped now.

FFS why can we never hold onto a fucking lead. Same old shit again.

More punk rock needed from RS ....

Why is BBC so far behind??

When was the last time we had a good second half!
I sense a Super Swindon Comeback though... we will win 3-2 :mrgreen:

Half time team talks don't seem to be working judging by the second halfs against Oldham, Walsall, Forest, Huddersfield and tonight   :cry:   But seriously is a bit of a worry that we just seem to capitulate after the break

Used to be the other way around under Byrne. Come out second half playing really well.

I agree! 'Who Killed Bambi?' maybe ?

NMH

'Why is Riod Hull Alive & Getting Paid Aswell ?'

NMH

yeah - every fucking game this happens now. It's seriously disappointing we can never see out a win.  We used to come out fired up second halfs.

sing when were losing, you only sing when we're losing.

I notice last week after we beat Huddersfield you didnt post, and havent since the Leeds match...which.....we......lost

Pox Fan!

Do you know Bart?

'Why is Rod Hull Alive & Getting Paid Aswell ?'

NMH

Leeds 2-0 down.

To Cheltenham??

What a result.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Tatlock you miserable purple nosed bastard

Hmmm the decent loan player who becomes shit  when he signs syndrome

Get Ena on his case.

I was wondering when R.S. would play this tune, considering the theme and that.

here comes moses  :roll:

How long until he's subbed off?

Is anything actually happening now?

yeah your right, however I'm entitled to my opinion winning or losing... however I get the urge to moan when we lose!!!

Brilliant :|

The Kinks = where have all the good times gone?  Ironic twat

Brian Howard has scored a hat trick tonight.

I'll start. MALPAS OUT. Or did somebody beat me to it...... :-))(

Probably somewhere.

I might turn my P.C. radio off early. Sort of equivalent to me leaving the ground early. That'll show them.

Down with this kind if stuff. Errm, Malpas and that I mean.

Full time

Well that was a thoroughly stimulating nights listening.

shall I start another over reaction thread, or has that run its course now?

Another defeat. At least we won't go down.

boooo malpas out.

without reading the thread did we play well? or was it the normal rubbish away performance?

Usual rubbish by the sounds of it mate.

It was as bad as a dodgy bus journey that ends up in the place you started and you've little recollection of the inbetweeny bits.....

booooo everybody out

I have no idea, and I listened to the whole thing on the bloody radio

i've never experienced that, so wouldnt know  :D

That's why i never bother with Brunel.

Ed  on RS said we played well for 70 minutes and blew it all in a short stupid spell.

We always do that. Nothing new. New start, new manager, new owners etc...same old Swindon. Silly 10 minutes and we lose the game  :(

Is it just me or did MM just sound so much brighter than usual on that interview?

I thought that.


That it's just you.

Malpas is no good. We will def be relegated next year if he remains in charge

whay

Lights out then.

If i ever find out who your are i'd be sorely tempted to punch you. And that doesn't happen very often...

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

How do you know if you've never met him?

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU MISERABLE NEGATIVE CUNT.

You wouldn't really hit a girl though, would you.

 :roll:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:    Malpas in anyone!?

Leave Bart alone, he is part of the nucleus that holds the TEF together. Without him we are doomed.

you missed off

FACT!

Wait and see then, and watch crowds plummet

okey doke

Only because people like you will stop turning up  :soapy tit wank:

is it just me or can anyone really be bothered with the rest of the season?

i feel like i can't be arsed. that might just be my view from afar, but im struggling to see what will interest me for the rest of the season. Could also just be me hating us lose though

I feel the same as well mate.

Can't understand that tbh. I'd keep going irrespective because I like watching football - isn't that the point? Bloody glory-hunters  :D

I think we all know the season is going to fade out into a mid table nothingness finish.....

I feel, if Sturrock was still in charge people would be looking forward to next season because with Sturrocks record you could almost bet your house on a top 6 finish.

Malpas doesnt have that track record so everyone like Bart is expecting the worst.

Nah £15 for more mid-table make you wanna fall asleep stuff. That said i'll still go on Saturday and probably for the rest of the season.

It's not like i was expecting us to reach the play-offs at any stage this season. But since mid-january, say after the Walsall away game, its been a bit of an effort.

Me neither. But it's fizzling out into nothing. Our games are usually boring bar the select few.

CIB it has been an effort for all of us since mid- january

Maybe the fact i've got tonnes of Uni work before my finals and the realisation that we definately will finish mid-lower end of table has weakened my interest.  

But saying that i managed to go to Oldham the other week so it can't be all that bad.

I don't want to come across like Bart though  :)

Say what you see Bart, say what you see.

You should never be ridiculed  :mrgreen:

Ummmmm........

A stable financially secure club with a fairly comfortable mid table finish.....  I'll take it thanks.

I'd expected a dour scrap against relegation with us avoiding the drop in the last couple of weeks of the season AT BEST. To be honest although I tried to avoid banging on about it at the time I was fairly sure that we'd go tit's up altogether last year.

I'm just happy we can be having 10 page threads moaning on about fucking up a bid to get in the play-offs.

Just got back from the game

Orient were shite with a capital SHITE. We were a bit better them but really didn't create too many great chances...Coxy missing the best of the lot. It was a sitter. People moaned about Zaaboub coming on, but it was the only sensible option. People moaned at Sturrock, but he worked his arse off.

When we got the ball out wide and whipped crosses in (especially from McNamee) we looked really dangerous, but for some reason Malpas changed it to 4-3-3 and we lost the width and therefore all effectiveness. I've not criticised Malpas at all until now but taking McNamee off was the strangest decision I've seen in a long time.
Their penalty was a definite penalty, and some slack defending over a 10 minute period is what cost us tonight. No complaints about the referee, no complaints about effort/passion/desire, just wasn't our night.

Thanks for that Reevsey - I wanted to hear from someone who went to the game  :goodpost:

Should also add, Cox's miss was one of those that you really can't believe he's missed. He should have scored it 10 times out of 10, and he looked absolutely gutted at the end of the game.

Just before anybody inevitably starts slagging off his attitude like...

A bit like the miss against dirty leeds! He'll come good - I watched Jan Aage not score for 20 odd matches then all hell broke loose.

What I don't get is why malpas doesn't just press the tactics button, right click on our wingers heads and drag out some lines to make them run up and down more, also ticking the cross ball lots box. Maybe selecting the closing down button on some of our midfielders.

Just got back....

We played OK first half - or in fact Orient were very poor in the first half. Looked like a bit of a flukey goal we scored, but couldnt clearly see it. To be honest we held it together well for the rest of the half.

I imagine that at half time Malpas said in a very dreary voice "Keep it going lads" - as opposed to some real motivational talking from Orient, as they came out well up for it and we looked a mess. Definate penalty for them. Also about a minute later it looked like Ifil handballed it off the line, but i think the ref bottled giving them another penalty in such a short space of time. Their second goal came soon after, and our defence looked very shabby.

I never thought we genuinely looked like getting back in the game - but Cox's miss was unbelievable! On his own in the 6 yard box and managed to somehow scuff it over! He looked proper gutted at full time though.

McNamee looked fairly dangerous - he wasnt skipping past players so freely as he did against Huddersfield, but the speed of his feet is brilliant - one little piece of skill he did in front of us away fans was quality! Which is why i have no idea why Malpas took him off - he did look like he was one of the few who could have provided something extra tonight.

Other irritants - traffic in London was typically bad - and although it was nice driving past Wembley, i thought that they lit up the arch every night?

The fickleness of the fans yet again - after last week, when Brez was a bit indecisive this week, some bloke starts shouting "Brez your shit, get off the pitch" and going mental. No doubt bloke was from the same "Smith Slagging" group.

Also the man who went mental at the us for singing "we're the right side/left side over here....". He turned around and started shouting "SHUT UP, YOUR SINGING AN OXFORD SONG" and getting really wound up about it!!! It was quite entertaining!

All in all, another ground visited i guess.

Good first half, not so good second half... seems to be a recurring theme these days.

Zaaboub on the right wing didn't work, he is so one-footed every time he got in a position to cross he had to check back and try to get it on his left. I thought Zaaboub at left back with Comminges on the right wing would have made more sense, Zaaboub looked pretty handy playing left back earlier in the season.

Taking McNamee off really was an odd decision, he had been our best outlet and attacking option, Malpas took a fair bit of abuse for it. As for Cox's miss, probably the less said the better... as reeves said you'd expect him to put that away every time, but no point dwelling on it.

And finally, "We can see you washing up!", fantastic!

I went to the game, we lost, coxy missed a sitter. thats about all I have to report.

Nobody seems drunk enough  :|

Well most were quite merry when we got to the ground at 7.20pm but that was a long long time ago

"We can see you washing up" was classic  8)

you should have stayed in the pub.

Not too many people seem to have mentioned the fact that Brezovan was back and we still conceded two goals. No comment about any "wonder saves" either.

Brez did actually make a few good saves and our shoddy defending didn;t help.  I thought he did well considering how bloody windy it was.

Gutted for Coxy and his miss, could tell hes lacking confidence.  Full time he pretty much had to be consoled by one or two of his team mates.

MacNamee showed no signs of tiring at all so why he came off is beyond me.  His bit of showboating in front of us though was quality.

Leyton Orient are possibly one of the worst bunch of fans I've seen.  Crap home support.  

I'm still utterly amazed at the people in front of us screaming (yet again) abuse at Blair Sturrock.  Worked his socks off again.

I can't really be bothered to say much more about the game as its pretty much been summed up in the above posts however discipline is an issue and needs to be resolved during the summer.

Game aside, good day out, some great pubs and a good laugh.

Actually Nev Brez did make a couple of good saves, his decision making was very good and all in all looked better than Smith has in recent weeks.

As for the match itself well an Orient fan I was talking to in their club shop after the game said "I can't believe we got away with that".  Which summed it up, R4E's summary was spot on they dominated in the 10 mins at the start of the 2nd half, apart from that we were on top for most of the game.

Malpas taking off our most dangerous player was crazy, not a subsititution that'll endear him to the fans.  

As for Coxy's miss.......   probably the worst miss of the season, and he knew it.  I wonder what the fans reaction would have been if Blair had missed the chance.

A couple of observations from last night.

As others have said, when we went wide we were dangerous...but too often we playing a narrow game down the middle and it wasn't effective.  If Malpas can't see that, he should come and sit up in the stands with the rest of us for 15 or 20 minutes.  It's blindingly obvious.  The periods when we were trying to push down the middle coincided with those that Orient's midfield had most of the possession.  I have to confess some bias, because I've always preferred seeing us play wide (with a Mark Walters, Nicky Summerbee or even Beauchamp on the wing) - but that's how I see it.

Secondly, Blair Sturrock and Anthony McNamee - take a bow.  These two worked their b*llocks off for STFC last night.  I might be getting a bit middle aged now, but I can forgive a poor result if I see the players sweating for the cause like that.  McNamee's trickery in front of our stand at the end of the second half was superb - and when he was finally dispossessed, his reaction was even better.  He didn't even try to acknowledge the cheers from our stand...he just threw his hands up in disgust and got stuck right back in.  How many times have we complained about players not being arsed?  Well done, lads.  Keep it up.

And finally, Orient's ground.  New ground for me, and now vying with Loftus Road for position of my favourite London ground.  I imagine it would be even better if it had a few more fans in it (and if the home fans decided to make some noise).  Expect we'll be back there next year, which is fine by me.

1.  LO fans make Wycombe fans seem like the most intimidating fans in the world.

2.  That wasn't us!!  

3. I said that on the way back to the car, even though we lost it really wasn't a bad performance.

I know it wasn't you!  They were to the left of you right at the end of the row.

I saw things a bit differently then.

First half no complaints, though we were very solid and deserved to go in ahead. Now this is going to be a bit ranty but when you hot-foot it from work just to get there in time and then have to be up at 6am I feel I have a right to go off on one after our fucking pathetic second half. What the hell happened?

So many of our players were just plain stupid! Brez, he's got to come and get that ball on the second goal. His decision making went to pot, there was that one were he went to slide tackle their striker and fucking lost it, off his line when he should stay. Then 10 mins later he comes racing out of his area then changes his mind halfway and has to backtrack?! Wtf?!

McGovern gives us FUCK ALL in the centre. Comminges, not his fault being on the left but an absolute disaster defensively, still decent going forward. Easton had his worst game for ages.

The stupidity thing... at the end when Aljofree tried a right foot volley when we were in a good position?! Just fucking put it back inb the box, you're a left footed centre half, what the fuck was he thinking? I know all the bloke can do is hump it into the stands so perhaps we should've seen it coming.

I stick up for Blair but he was comically shit at times, that one were he chased a ball all the way to the touchline in front of our bit, got there and fell over, Jesus wept. Cox, well sorry but for fucks sake I could have fucking scored that with my backside.

What the hell happened at half time because we came out after a good effort in the first 45 and then we were a shambles after the break. What malpas was doing taking McNamee off - he deserved the stick he got for that. JPM, Sofi and McNamee in the same midfield doesn't work, far too fucking weak,  although I concede his hand was forced a bit with no Peacock or Pook.

Sorry to have such a whinge, and there were positives (the first half generally, Jack Smith excellent at times and got forward well, McNamee looks a skilfull kid, work ethic was sound - just lacking in quality or basic intelligence at times). Didn't have feel pissed off on the way home though.

Highlight of the evening was easy. We can see you washing up!

Some Orient Fans Views

Agree with McGovern in the middle - he was poor and Aljofree's "effort" at the end - I hate it when centre halves do that kind of thing, just give it to someone who can do something with the ball.

Disagree with Blair, thought he played well, and I could careless if he fell over once or twice in trying to do the right thing, if Peacock does that he's applauded for it.

Their second goal for me was the fault of the centre half who seemed to have lead boots on for a while.

I think you are overstating the negatives DMR.

We had a bad 1st 5 minutes in the first half, a bad first 10 minutes in the second half. Other than that we were comfortable without threatening too much.

What does concern me is the lack of chances created. Again.

Even so we deserved the draw. Cox missed the easiest chance he will ever get, he puts that in, we draw. Boy does he need a goal to get the confidence up.

Oh I forgot to mention that Ifil got better and better as the match wore on, towards the end of the match he was clearing everything up.  Aljofree, I think, picked up a knock cos his was getting worse.

I appreciate it was a negative post. Just felt, and still do, a bit despondant about how it went wrong when I was trekking all over the motorway all afternoon.

Did you win your pool game Dave? Yesterday wasnt that messy, game was ok but left very early due to boredom, not sure why we left but guess you do things under the influence!

We are a mid table team and need to accept this.  

Glad to get another ground ticked off, old ground with a facelift and with housing on corners was a good idea

Also the NHS clinic located in the main stand was a good idea, another rent revenue generator.  Impressive little set up, the stand we were in could do with a makeover and that'd be Brisbane Road completed.

Those apartments with the balconies were quality!

7-balled Henderson, he only got one shot and that was his break  8)

what happened at half time was Malpas team talk

For the record that Henderson was not me.  I did not have 7 ball relations with that man.

Spot on fatbury

Whenever I go to wtch us play I am always filled with optimism and then when I come out I always convince myself that I will never go again. Last night was no different. First half was comfortable (although WE still couldn't score), Orient and Orient's fans were pathetic. Second half Orient just wanted it more, did what they had to and that was that. Cox Brez Malpas Comminges sorry boys not good enough.

Best part of the night was the bloke drinking tins of Red Stripe in front of us in the stand and some of our fans' stupid songs :)

I only let Dave win pool cos he drove.

Are you sure Batch-we could have been 2-0 up after 5 mins

Cox not good enough?  Why because he missed a sitter??  FFS every striker who's ever played football has missed a sitter like that.  Imo it's true what theses managers say about strikers who miss chances like that "I'd be more worried if he didn't get himself into positions like....".

The lad will be fine, fuck me I do wonder what our Premier Leage experience would have been like when Jan couldn't score to save his life with people posting this kinda of stuff.

Cox's game last night, barring the miss, was fine, completely good enough.

I'm struggling to remember 2 early chances.  My memory is poor.

as Adje said "lack of chances??" We had plenty of chances last night.

Batchy boy we had 3 proper chances in the first 10 mins

i thought Cox lead the line well, much better than Sturrock. i know he gets hammered on here but he doesn't get in goalscoring positions, or hold the ball up. he's simply not good enough. bar the miss that cox was good last night.

Other than the 10/15-minute spell I thought we did ok. A shame we gave it away so easily because the game was for the taking. Orient were poor I thought.

Thought Jack Smith played well, and JP.

We didn't do a lot wrong last night, just buckled when it mattered.

What concerned me was the instruction from the sidelines. Malpas offerde little when we were up against it while Byrne reminded me of King the way the whisteled, ranted and raved. He hammers players, never encourages.

Apart from Cox's I don't recall many clear cut chances.  

However I would like to say I thought we played OK last night.

"He hammers players, never encourages."

I notice this a lot at home games, Byrne just stands there ranting and raving a the lads.  Can't be good for morale.

Someone mentioned it to me before the Barnet game, and i was lucky to be sat behind the bench at the cup defeat, where i saw it first hand. In particular he hammers Sturrock, who seems to hate it. But again last night I noticed him slaughtering people - that achieves nothing IMO.

Yep this is true. Malpas went out at half time and said "make sure you lose in the second half and give away a penalty if we leave with more than 0 points I wont be happy"

Did you go ?

Did you go ?

Funnily enough, I didn't see Fatbury or his henchman there last night.......

They were in the dressing room for the team talk apparently....  :roll:

maybe, and this is a bit left field I know, the Leyton Orient players whent in at half time, realised that over the course of this season they are a better team than us, thought they'd not given it anough effort and came out with redoubled efforts for a bit?  then, in a shocking twist for football, that side which may just be a smidgeon better, managed to get on top??????????

I know, sorry for being so stupid.

Waaaaaaay out mate.

As Swindon fans we have the god given right to have a manager whom under we win every single game, regardless of the fact that the opposition may just have better players than us. FACT!!!

I've got no issue with being beaten by a better team Mr Tuck, in this case it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny because Orient were bollocks!

lets face it, a number of factors contributed to us losing last night. The penalty gave them impetus - I think without it Orient would have had aneough to break us down. also, had cox scored - some go in, some don't - we would have taken a 2-2 draw.

The fact of the matter is we will win some, we'll lose some, especially given we have players out. Last night was a shame, especially because they looked so poor. But other than the spell that saw us go behind I thought we looked ok given the team we had out.

I agreed with ashikodi coming on, but not at McNamee's expense. Maybe instead of sturrock, or easton?

The thing about MM that has puzzle dme is against Leeds Roberts was the only player looking to threatened Leeds, so what does he do, take him off.

Same last night McNamee real dangerman, so he takes him off.  Why?

One is injured and the other one hasn't been fit enough to complete a full match

The thing is Si if you had seen MacNamee last night there was no incline that he was struggling whatsoever to come off.  He was constantly on the pace and on all cylinders from what I could tell.

A knackered McNamee > A sheeeeite JPM

I have thought this too. I guess nobody knows the extent of his asthma though. How risky is it to play him for the full game if he is not strong enough? I am no doctor so only guessing.

If Roberts was injured with a niggle that could get worse I don't see why he didn't start Zaaboub in the first place. Ho hum.

Sturrock always made brilliant subs didn't he?

Anyway we're shit because we have no central midfield.

I'm not comparing Malpas' subs to Sturrock but it doesn't change the fact taking MacNamee off was odd.  I could understand if he was struggling. Its just a mystery but I think MacNamee could have played on a bit longer based on what I'd seen.

We're putting all our eggs into one basket by playing down the wings all the time. Teams have realised this and now take action. It takes someone like McNamee and a bit of brilliance to get anything out of games.

Remember when Sturrock first took over and it took us ages to get the proper wing plays after playing quite narrow football before this. In fact I seem to remember the phrase "this is Wise's team" being used a lot. The same applies here imo.

However, I've no doubt Sturrock is a far better manager and that's why people are pissed off. Maybe they should aim their frustrations at Fitton?

MacNamee would not have passed his medical if it was thought that he consistently could not compete for 90 minutes.

FACT

It was much better under sturrock.

We won all our away games and played amazing football and all the players gave 110% effort....................

I think Sturrock did get more out of the current bunch - mainly because those players suited his tactics more. I get the impression Malpas would prefer more balance. We will see what happens I guess.

Although I didn't go, it sounds like this one decision to sub a player didn't cost us the game alone.

Isn't there some odd fact that Mcnamee has never completed a first team game in his career?

I'm not saying they were a better team on the night, I;m saying over the course of the season they have proved themselves our better.  Therefore it's entirely possible for such a team to come out after half time break and really manage to exert some pressure and control over an ever so slightly lesser team made a little comfortable by a lead.  It doesn;t have to have anything to do with our own performance.

Sorry Si you miss my point.  McNamee was subbed which though strange, is fine.  What surprised even more than him taking Arnold off, was the fact that he did nothing to cover the position McNamee was playing.  There was just a huge space for Comminges to cover.  The midfield didn't cover it, one of the three front men didn't either.

Absolutely agree-McGovern just aint got it.Apart from one decent shot he did nothing.His passing is woeful.He's been for me,the biggest disappointment since Gareth fucking Whalley

But he started brightly, and the Franchise fans (sorry, customers) rated him.  What's gone wrong?

Seems to me he's a winger who wants to play in the middle and can't

Plusses last night;Jack Smith looking solid and dependable,good distribution as always;Ifil looking more like his old self,specially first half;MacNamee-a constant threat,this guy needs a long run in the side;Cox's workrate
Minuses;Brezovan's hesitancy on several occasions;McGovern's inability to have any influence on procedings yet again
;Easton who I expected a massive game from back in his preferred role;Cox's finishing
All in all we missed Paynter really badly

And Peacock.

I don't think we missed Peacock whatsoever, Easton did ok and Zaboub was good enough.  If we'd taken our early chances and the Cox chance in the second half that would have been a comfortable victory.

Disagree. I love Easty but he was utter shite.

He wants to play for Leeds. He said so himself the other week. He's been poor since Sturrock left and i don't rate him at all. Haven't seen much from him since he joined sadly.

Er, I was at the Leeds game, and Roberts wasn't taken off, he played the whole game....im not sure where you got that from. In my personal opnion, Roberts frustrated me big time that game - he was so predictable and he should have been taken off after about 60 minutes and replaced with McNamee. Thats what annoyed me about Malpas that game.

But taking McNamee off last night was just mental.

I disagree. He's our one really potent striker and if he misses from two yards he's not doing his job, that miss could (and only 'could' admittedly) have cost us a point. I rate him loads but at the moment he looks like he could do with a midweek reserve match to get him on the way again.