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Why would you say this?!

"I wish we could go back to last season where we won every game at home and then got murdered away from home," said Malpas.

Oh dear indeed.

What a fucking numpty. Does he even engage his brain before he opens his mouth?

Is that in the adver?

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http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/display.var.2460612.0.boss_looking_to_last_term_as_inspiration.php

I really really hope that is a misquote


I really do fucking despair

I think i understand the gist of it, but that's very badly put! (if it is indeed an accurate quote)

He makes me want to chew off my own arm so I have something to throw at him  >:(

Sigh - he doesn't make it easy for me to back him does it.

If that's not a misquote I think I've given up on him.

 :oops: :shutup: :please: :twat: :shutupbitch:

Even if it's abit of tongue-and-cheek it's not very amusing is it.

I agree with him.

I dont go away very often so I'd be all for MM not ruining every other saturday for me.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

I would expect that the comment was almost certainly tongue in cheek.  The written word very often does not convey the full nuances of a comment.  I very much doubt Malpas has getting 'murdered away from home' as part of his game plan.  A bit of a non story, I'd say.

Hooray. My wafer thin faith is restorted.

Give it a rest Mauric ;)e

Adver gets on my tits more than Malpas.....stories with no value at all.......shite...

I agree Malpas/Flash, but I was surprised he'd even come out with it given the pressure he's under, it only serves to add fuel to the fire.

Just wasn't clever in my opinion. He's not overly clever when it comes to playing the media game.

Lucky the Adver has banned its comments section, it would have gone into meltdown with that unfortunate quote, tongue in cheek or otherwise

Sorry to defend them again but surely the Adver can only write what the managment/players decide to tell them

If it is indeed a direct quote and reliant on the context in which it was used

A lot of possible deviants

a quote lacking in intelligence ....

that's true DRS, but it could have been a throwaway comment that Malpas feels was insignificant, but that the Adver decide to make a meal off. Also, their questioning will always try and steer players to say certain things, that's just the way newspaper journalism is. 

I don't blame the adver, they're only trying to fill pages, I just felt it was naive on Malpas' part in the current situation. I was incensed reading it, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Not ideal when people are calling for you're head; that's the sort of thing you'd expect Kingy to say.

I agree with him in some respects. We picked up more points doing that than we have now.

However, I believe this comment has been taken out of context hugely. Probably the Adver singling out one line in a conversation to sex up a non-story. Probably about time I cancelled the delivery of that piss poor newspaper.

No, they've closed the comments section now

Oh come on, it's not that bad a thing to say, I understamd what he means, it'd be better for the average town fan if we won all our home games and lost away, that was more town fans would see decent football and the pressure would be off MM to a certain extent, not really worth the reaction some have given this sentence.

Yeah, I read that as losing away is preferable to losing at home. And you can't really argue with that, more home losses increases the pressure in so many ways.
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Did anyone hear the BBC RS Malpas clip this morning, telling players to top talking (to the press) and start playing? I kind of only half heard it,  did he say something about not caring if the players didn't respect him or something.?

He is the worse one one for talking to the press.

why aint he been sacked yet?

What he says makes sense.

At the moment we are losing at home and drawing away, which is 1point every 2 games

If we were winning at home and losing away that would be 3points every 3 games

Thus we'd have more points and be better off. Not difficult to understand now is it?

No one said it was Dan we are saying it is a fucking stupid thing to say.

you clever clogs DV - I disagree DRS saying "Andrew Fitton is a goat felcher" is a stupid thing to say and I heard him say that  - fact!

The way he's worded it isnt great and if I were him id stop talking to paper full stop but what he says makes sense to me.

I dont think its stupid for him to say he wishes the team was winning more games.

Its a pointless argument ffs as what people are moaning at is the way it was worded, no one doubts we want to win more home games.

i cannot take anything he says seriously after his post match comments saturday.
dont think i'll be bothering anymore until he's gone

loser

;)

Yep, I heard the radio I assume it was in relation to what Coxy said, it was something along the lines of he not bothered about players to like him just win games, saying he will take stick from fan's as he can understand it......can't remember properly now that was 7.30 this morning !!

I imagine the pressure is getting to him and with players saying in the press they back him (why would they say any different if they want to play ?) he is probably frustrated with journo's keep bringing his position up rather than concentrate on the next game.

Until he can go on a winning run though and prove he has got what it takes to move stfc up the table then he will get stick.

I wish the press would also stop harping on about our away record being good as well, we've only won something like 2 games so it is not as if we are winning every game away and looking unbeatable away, christ we haven't even looked capable of keeping a clean sheet in any game yet.  

Your supposed to go to back the team you don't have to back the manager - but give the team your support, I could never say that however bad it got I'd still want to see the game.

no-one's denying we understand what he's trying to say, just a ridiculous way of saying it. Jeez...

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tis OK, read what he said and it seems fair enough.

"We are going to move forward. We are going to kill the players, coaching staff and anyone else."

Is that more the kind of statement that you are looking for? It's what the president of an Argentine club said recently about his struggling team, Rosario Central.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/oct/15/2

Yes

ha ha, saw that.

Fair enough. It would be an improvement.

i know what you are saying but its shit watching swindon lately.i go out of habit mostly.we have loads of idiots who call themselves supporters,the whole football experince aint what it was and malpas is a fucking twonk.
i'm just not motivated to go as it stands.i could be golfing or watching a non league match like i do when town are away.
 that said i'll probably be there next weekend

Ha Ha. Twonk.  8) What an ace word!

So you kind of agree with the bloke, you just don't like the way he said it, and this, the way he said it, has provoked such an outrage amongst the fans this morning.  Come on people get a grip ffs.

No i wont get a grip, he is clueless we have lost 5 games in a row at home and he makes stupid flippant remarks about wanting to get beat.The bloke has not once come out and said hey i can only apologise for that performance its just the usual shite about working his tail off.

I suggest you get a grip and stop supporting such a inept individual.

I get fucked off with fans being told they are morons every week and being told to get a grip

I haven't called anyone a moron DRS, I've just said I don't subscribe to the spit the dummy approach just because MM has said something in a way that you don't agree with.

To be completely honest I don't support Mr MM's tenureship at STFC anymore, I would shed no tears should he go, as I do think he's on borrowed time, but I'm still not gonna get worked up over nothing.  There's more important things to worry about than this.

Agreed DRS

I have not been one of the boo boys or have chanted for his resignation, BUT the time has come for him to go and he is turning himself into a laughing stock which I find in all honesty completely fucking embarrasing.

I have admired your stance against the critics in the past JA, but even you must admit that your efforts to defend the undefendable are falling way way short

Fred I'm not defending him at all, managerial wise.  I agree that it's time for him to either step aside or get someone else in to help him our big time and MM take a back seat.  But for the life of me I can't see what the big deal is about his comments today.  Jesus just take them with a pinch of salt, it's not as if he's confessed to being a Pox fan or a murderer, all he said was he wished we'd win at home and get murdered away compared to what's going on at present.

Maybe I am missing the point, in which case I'm kind of pleased as I really can't be arsed with getting all hot and bother about it.

I fully agree with malpas' comments, he's just shown very little tact in how he's said them

I heard Malpas only came to England for the weather.

I think it's quite obvious he's been horribly misquoted. Can't see what the fuss is about.

I'm with Jan and Tails.  If you're going to berate Malpas, berate him for his poor managerial record...and not for a sentence quoted in the local rag that was, most probably, tongue in cheek anyway.  I find the lynch mob mentality quite sad.  There are far worse things going on in the world than our poor run of form.  A little perspective would not go amiss.

I am upset that a manager who has been in charge since January has moved the club backwards.

For that reason he has failed - so must go.

I will never believe anything i read in the Adver............

Jan, my point was this: like most people on here, I agree his time is running out, purely because results are not good enough.

My argument is that with things as they are, a minority of fans are looking for any reason to jump on his back and he's not helped himself by making tactless statements like this. We all knew what he meant, but for a man of his position he needs to be a bit more streetwise about what he says.

A lot of people think we're making too much of this. Maybe, but others don't, and they'll be the first ones to have a go at him if we go one down against Northampton next Tuesday.

That was all. I just don't think he's been overly clever.

Malpas seemed to infuriate Motherwell fans with his quotes to the press.

But I think he hasnt actually been too bad while at STFC, up until this week. He has just been dead boring so far but the pressure is starting to tell. Obviously this is a silly thing to say, and a basic ommision that we are going backwards, but I understand what he meant.

The comment on the BBC site about not being able to tell players which passes to make was much more worrying, because that interview came across to me that he doesnt know which way to turn.

Anyway, he does seem to be cracking up a bit. I feel a bit sorry for him, because Fitton still expects him to turn this around, and I just dont think Malpas has it in him. Must be dead stressful. Obviously he could just resign, but the bloke needs a job, just like we all do.

Good post Spence.

I think Malpas knows he will never get another job in football management after this so I dare say he will never resign.

 You still here?

For once I think Malpas has it right, really hoping we get heavy thrashed away on Saturday and then he will be gone ... fingers crossed.

 Wanting STFC to get thrashed is beneath contempt.

You would like a 1-0 defeat then Reg!

Even worse to get a draw and he stays longer.

Dell are you mad?

Very much so ....

that's just weird, if he suddenly starts doing the business then fine, but to wish bad results on him is just stupid imo.

People lose sight of the proper issues and that's to start winning games! I couldn't care less who's in charge as long as we're winning.... I'd love it if Malpas turns it around (as many would). Saying that people wouldn't give Malpas credit even if he did achieve such a thing.

Ho-Hum

I would love it if he did i would even send a letter of apology to him.

I despair...

Give him a break - both Swindon and Southampton are shit, he's got no one to turn to.

I'm enjoying your posting input in the last few minutes Tails... You're taking them all on!

I'm heading off to Dublin in a few hours and I've got nothing better to do!

FYI I'm not a Malpas fan, far from it. I'd like him to go. But to wish for us to lose just so he gets sacked?! Stupid!

My stubborn ways makes me want him to stay and do the business.... However, if he got sacked on Saturday night I wouldn't mourn the end of the regime. I guess that's as close to pro-Malpas as anyone!

I just want us to play well. Couldn't give a fuck if it's Maurice Malpas or Chaka Khan in charge of the team as long as they're playing well (or at least respectably).

I actually feel sorry for him, the fans were told we were getting a proven manager and did not get one so he has had a uphill battle from day 1. I will judge him on results alone

You told me you wanted Chaka as the manager

Only because chaka khan manage. Sorry

Good alcohol day yesterday, there is no way I want Swindon to be thrashed, stupid boy Pike.

I deserved the abuse given.

It hasn't stopped yet Dell

At least Chaka has a decent record prior to becoming a manager......"I feel for you" was a disco classic.... ;)

Obvious I know, soz.