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No beer in the concourses on Saturday then, or beer in the Legends lounge at half time.

I think it might be a wise move, especially if we end up relegating Millwall!

Also hear the county is shut?

Millwall are safe now aren't they?

EDIT:  Just checked and they are.

cant see this being a big crowd

What is the actual reason for this?

(not that I drink at games - except for my flask of tea!)

Operational reasons!!  Whatever that means.

maybe its because millwall are fucking loons?

What a stupid over reaction.  Wilts Police advice?  Maybe, if so then they really lost their bottle recently.

What's the problem we're staying up, they're staying up??  End of season non event.

Over reaction was my initial thought as well.

I can't really see any problems.  Keep them out of the County as is the same with all away fans and thats that.

If I were the police I'd have far more concern over the likes of Gillingham and Rovers!

I believe last week at gillingham might have influenced it.

Leeds would have been more of an issue for me, as the amount of Leeds fans in our end was quite substantial.

Millwall will just stick to their end and that's it, not sure how many they'll bring anyway.

 8)

That is genius if you meant it sir

Just hollow out a radio, fill it with a pouch of alcohol of your choice and use the aerial as straw.  Ban on drinking indeed. :-))(

I read it & immediately thought it nmust have something to do with the license rather than who we are playing.
If it's because of who we are playing it's insane.  
Why Oh why are all these bloody idiots in charge of our country so quick to ban things etc. Why don't they instead make people responsible for their own actions instead. ie Bang up those who are violent (Drunk or Not). Why should the majority suffer for the few who can't handle their booze.

CG Hotel is open at 11am then has to shut from 2pm until 5pm.

Fuck sakes :x

I might not bother now 8)

that means the merlin will be rammed then.

Not very clever is it to let a whole pub leave at 2pm

that's what i was thinking - what will they all be doing for an hour? :-))(

They could actually go into the ground and build up some "atmosphere"

What the hell for?

Im not interested in the dancing Robin bloke

  Are you interested in dancing chickens by any chance?

i think it's absolute bollocks...
surely it is incredibly easy to police the county i.e. barricade it with a load of old bill like with most teams who bring any lads, ok there's a bit of shouting, few swear words, but atleast there's zero violence.

frankly, anyone who's going to have any trouble on saturday with all the policing, won't be having it outside the county.

Great. More pikeys.

11am for sure then this weekend  :D

:cry: I can't make it now, situation beyond my control. Was really looking forward to this as well  :cry:

oh no

you still down for the evening or is that out the window mate ?

I'm now tempted to try that Irish looking pub on Manchester Rd, can't remember what it's called, Tap & Barrell (?). Or if it's nice and sunny tinnies from Tesco and watch the cricket behind the Arkells  8)

It is the Tap & Barrell.

I'm boycotting the rest of the season because of this.

Shame, I was going to buy you pints in the CGH between 2pm and 5pm, Ben

I haven't been to the CGH all season!

Actually that's probably not true. I don't remember much of the early bit of the season.

sure you have,I sat inthere with you when I wasnt allowed in.

err thats was this season wasnt it?

wow alot has happened this season hasnt it

Yeah that's right.

It does feel a bit like two seasons doesn't it?

There's been a lot of change at the club, and I suppose it's coincided with me having spare cash for drinking and going (but not going to football) before becoming unemployed and skint.

But yeah, it's definitely been a long one. I'm hoping I can get back into it a bit next season. I've definitely lost the going lots bug, but I'd like to see 10ish home games next term. I'm not going to force myself though, I long ago lost the guilt for missing a game.

 :D Yes and me.

To be honest I prefer not going 90% of the time.

I just wrote a massive long post about the cons of having a season ticket. I think I'll save it and post it somewhere else when I feel like making a serious football thread.

Gist though, season tickets are very much in the interest financially of the club, not in the interest of the fans.

I think it's to be expected with any business. From management's perspective they have to do what they can to achieve the business' goals.

Taking your point, if anyone buys a season ticket after 1 Aug the price increase is very significant indeed. Clever marketing that.

This post is in no way cynical of the pricing strategy however.

Thats done for as well unfortunately.

Still, never mind, plenty to look forward to next season....hopefully

That has to be bullshit. The OB are never gunna let a pub full of lads fuck off at 2 o'clock to roam the fucking streets! Total BS.

Rich text a few lads, at least thats what a few of my mates said.  Be interesting to see what happens, it could be bull tho as seems stupid

Mate from Millwall just called on his way - they have sold 1200 tickets apparently according to the Millwall ticket office !!

Should be a decent atmosphere hopefully :):):)

0-1

Another set-piece.

Yay.  : :|

Oooooh. Pen. 1-1.

16 goals for Cox, quite an acheivement considering he wasn't even here all season.

As it stands, the Gills and the 'muff are down.

It's a game of two halves. Etc.

2-1 up then - Decent !

McNameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Gills down  :mrgreen:

Woot!

Bournemouth down as well  :?

Has it officially ended? I want Bournemouth to stay up!

Forest up too...

Yes. I wanted Crewe to go down......they made a good fist of it mind....

I blame Doncaster.

Still, they don't get to go up now. Nor Carlisle, they're a bunch of gayers too.

Thats it. 2-1 Town. Let the drinking (re)commence  :beers:

Shame I'm missing it all  :cry:

Now what the fuck am I going to do 4 months?!

I had Fulham, Leeds and Swindon all to win. Whoopee!

Easy, speculate wildly and randomly about which over the hill players are likely to join us. Also, add some unrealistic targets as well, and life is good.....

If Fulham stay up, that is true Houdini stuff.

Nah, I'm only speculating for realistic targets. I want Adam Boyd.

I'd say that's pretty unrealistic to be honest.....

We finshed above Orient! It would be a good career move for him.

Are you off somewhere?

The rest of May is a git.

Euro's in June. OK England aren't in the Euro's, but adopt a team to support anyway. T

There is the Olympics in July then later on pre-season begins.

Season starts in August. Job done!

Yay. And my baby is due at the end of May so its all good.

Meh. They scored, they sat back, we scored we sat back, brez made a good save, the end. Bit pf a boring game. Though i was shocked to find out we hated millwall apparently!! And the knobs that sang "let him die" to senda need to be taken out-back and shot.

not the best of games and to be expected. morrisons display was very promising indeed,never a pen,byrne just shouts the obvious at the players continuously and by the players reactions it has no positive effects,wanted a half time pint and couldn't  :evil:  comminges winning every award is a fucking joke,and i'm glad the season is over.

Drinking Bovril at half time was so wrong, i hope i never have to do that again.

i hope it is not serious and he was looking their best player. The look on Aljofree face when he went down you knew it looked nasty

What happened then? I wasnt there today.

dislocated knee-cap

Although on a more positive note, he was applauded off the pitch by the majority of our fans, a truly sporting gesture we can be proud of

when did that happen?was it just before half time as i went to the winners about 2 mins before.i never saw any incident

I have a mate who has very close contacts within the club and apparently we are looking very seriously at Steve Lomas.

Clever by our fans singing let him die to a Millwall player then, what with their fans being nutters and all

He couldn't hack it with Gills at this level this year...or am I thinking of someone else

You are right. I think he is shit anyway, so we will probably end up signing him...

You and your fucking Steve Lomas rumours :mrgreen:

Just a few quotes from Gillingham fans on Steve Lomas

He's about as mobile as a London Bus... Same turning circle as well.
Past his best about 4 seasons ago.

Lomas and jack should be taken to the vets and given the jab.They both sum up whats wrong in football these days.Neither wants to fullfill there roles as players ,just want to pick up the wage in any other jobn they would be fired for being unable to fullfill there role.

Lomas was offered the chance to be paid off but has declined isn't meant to be Stimson fan and vice versa.

 Quality shout OST....think we could have a song for him based on the egg chasers thing....Steve Low Steve Looow Mass...coming for to carry me home.

For an end of season game I quite enjoyed it but my fucking head hurts this morning. Morrison had a really good game, a couple of dodgy moments but tried to play the ball - looks a good prospect. I didn't think I'd be saying this but I thought JPM played well although others with me thugoht he was crap. Allen had a decent game. Brez made some good saves and his kicking was spot on.  Good goal by McNamee who had a very quiet game.
Couldn 't believe the police. Since 1975 Millwall have no history of truoble down here. In fact, if anything they've needed the police more. What a waste of money and a whole load of security measures for nothing. Fair play to the Millwall fans for not reacting.
I also hope Danny Senda gets better soon. He looked fucked the minute he hit the deck. Town End were stupid bastards luckilly the rest of the crowd made up for it.

Morrison needs tying down to a big contract,he reads the game really well,and the big boys wil be after him no doubt,thaught Vincent played well and although he got caught out at right back a few times Mcgovern gave 100%.....and i aint said that alot this year!

I meant to comment on this last night, but that is a work of genius, Reginald.

It was only a very small minority of the Town End, most clapped him off and I heard a couple of people have a go at the twats at the front who were shouting "let him die". Looked nasty straight away, hope he gets better in time for next season.

Overall the game wasn't massively entertaining but I didn't expect it to be. We won, it was a bit of a laugh. Good day if you ask me! JPM did ok as a make-shift right back seeing as its not eactly a natural position for him, Morrison had an alright game and Allen did ok. Nobody had a particlarly bad game I don't think, we were just short of ideas, or perhaps just weren't too fussed. Either way!

I stand corrected!            :D

   8) ......well if we can't prise SL from the Gills,  I'll settle for John Nutter.

Bring back Joe Kuffour I say!

It was indeed a very small minority and when they realised he was seriously hurt they shut up.

Not sure what some people think they heard but I only heard applause when he was stretchered off.

I must admint from 'the don' a few chants of let him die etc started, but at first it just looked like he fell over and stayed down. There wasnt even anyone around him.

They soon shut up when he didnt get up and it became apparent he was seriously hurt

One thing, the twats in the South stand who were chanting 'you're not famous anymore'.

WTF??? Millwall aren't exactly a Leeds are they.

Got to say I think Allen and Morrison are both going to make it. Morrison is an absolute beast of a boy for his age and should have no problems with the physical side of the game. Allen looks very skillful. Ive liked him from day one, but always worried about his size. Looked bigger to me on saturday, just keep working away this summer. Im confident they are both going to make it, great news for Fitton's strategy.

Joyce has it much tougher than the other two being a striker. You need a bit of luck, he's given himself a great chance by scoring on debut. But we should sign another striker in the summer (Sam Parkin PLEASE!). Cant see him starting.

Disagree about allen I just don’t think he is strong enough but time will tell. Mcgovern done ok but would get murdered by a decent winger.Morrison was obviously pick of the bunch and Cox workrate is still unbelievable

The twats singing let him die should be ashamed of themselves itys not very often I tell swindon fans to shut the fuck up but I was embarrassed by that.

Oh and again it seems McNamee is less effective with Vincent at left back which is a shame

Put Vincent in the middle and make him captain. Morrison and Kanyuka will learn a lot more alongside Vincent than they will Aljofree. Also Ifill plays a lot better with Vincent there.
Vincent is in my opinion a better organiser and is better at helping the youngsters.

100% spot on, the sooner Aljofree effs off the better tbh.

So hang on move Vincent to CB and hope we can develop both Morrison and Kanyuka but also play Ifil alongside him because he plays better with Vincent there.

I agree Vincent is better in the middle, but it's not a long term solution. He'll be gone after next season.

I would like to see Kankuke and ifil alongside eachother.Imo Vincent should not be first choice next year

or perhaps after about 2 good performances we built him up to be the best winger in league, when really he isnt.

He's going to be like every other Swindon player, inconsistant. Dont think it has anything to do with who plays behind him

I thought McNamee didn't see enough of the ball, but it was certainly an off day by his standards.

Still he grabbed the goal and he's been one of the most consistent of our players recently. I think he'll be great next season.

Or perhaps he does not play well when the left back behind him hoofs it long

he's had equally poor performances with Comminges playing behind him.

Ok then

There are two reasons why McNamee has had a few bad games. One is when he's been crowded out by double marking and we've failed to exploit the space around him. The other is when we don't get the ball into his feet. Against Millwall I'd say it was more of the second - when we got it to him towards the end he began to come into the game more, and he put a couple of balls in and grabbed a goal

I noticed the commentator on virgin media said McNamee's goal got a deflection - didn't look that way to me, its just the way he hits them, I thought. Can anyone clarify that for me please?

It looked deflected at the time (stood in Town End).

I must admit at the time I thought it took a deflection, but the people I was with thought it was the way he hit it.

It came in off Shaw according to the beeb. That's certainly how I remembered it.

It definitely took a deflection off Shaw but not sure it was anything more than a slight diversion. Evans wouldn't have saved it anyway  :mrgreen:

I must admit my memory of the goal is fuzzy, there seemed to be a delayed reaction from everyone, players and fans.

are you shaw?