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Looking forward to this :D

I predict we'll win.

And Fred will get shit faced and fall asleep on the train home.....

Me too. See you there!

I predict we'll lose.

And herthab will get shitfaced and buy a tramp's hat.

I believe i will be doing 4 veiwings checking on here between them :-(

really? you coming Paul?

We'll lose no doubt, around about 6-0.

Im going to bet against us today on my accumulator so in sods law we'll draw or win!

Nope, afraid not. Not going to watch Town is the new black. Or sumfingk.

I'm well ahead of the trend. I might have to start going again if it's gone mainstream.

I predict that if we don't win then Dell will start another Malpas out rant!!  Hang on, he'll start one even if we win, probably cos the pies were a bit iffy!

Wish I could have gone today - last year was a great laugh: the waiter in wetherspoons, the hat search, the guy who ran on the pitch....

I predict a respectable draw, and Malpas Out chants from those who went having already decided anything less than a 3-0 win would be unacceptable

I hope we lose and Malpas goes.

STFC4Life, what a shit attitude

I was joking and hoping for a bite, you've let me down Dave.

oh. errrrrr me too....

Shit, delete the posts....

moohahaha

I predict I'll be doing some DIY (after I've scoffed down my poached eggs on toast....)

Snooker on telly, Football on radio, mario kart against dan. Maybe a bit of Jimmy Whites Snooker Game 2 or whatever it's called. Re-watch Wednesdays new south park (not that good). Watch Thursdays new My name is earl. Drink some Beer. Not necessarily in order.

i think we will scrape this one

I think we'll get dicked tbh.

I have to agree mate, 4 or 5 nowt.

We wont win this one.

4-2 defeat.

I just got up!

Southend are a good side. I think they'll beat us but we'll put up a good fight which wont be good enough for most people.

Most of the thisis people wont see the performance and just see the final score as a defeat. Its not always that simple.

If I were picking the team I'd probably go form

Brez

Smith
Ifil
Morrison
Aljofree

JPM
Easton
Peacock
McNamee

Paynter
Cox

Subs: Smith, Casal, Macklin, Nalis, Corr

fuck knows what Malpas will go with probably Smith, Smith, Morrison, Aljofree, Casal, Easton, Peacock, Nalis, Timlin, Paynter, Cox.

Pook is starting!

Brezovan

Smith, Aljofree, Morrison Casal

McGovern, Pook, Peacock, Timlin

Cox, Paynter

fucking hell is ifil even on the bench?

no easton, nalis??

that team looks lightweight and shit imo.

Pook....

Allen was better than him tuesdat night

Pook, Pook?!

Agreed that it looks lightweight and shit!

No idea about the bench yet

Jesus.

Mind you, the regular/normal sides we'd expect to put out have been shockingly shit for 2 months, this can't really be any worse so why not?

Hopefully hes signed his own death warrant Dave!

Get the fucking twat out of our club........that starting line up is asking for 5 or 6-0, he's a fucking clueless oaf.

lets hope we get the 5-0 defeat everyone so desperatley wants.

Oaf - 8)

well lets be honest not much chance of us scoring is there........absolutely zero creativity in that team.

Knowing our luck we'll prob end up winning now

I have not spoken out forcefully against Malpas, but that looks a pretty strange team to me.  A defeat today means the knives will be out big time - so I agree with you Tans, this could be a suicide mission for MM.

You're right. There is no chance of Simon Cox scoring a goal at all.

How many games has he gone without a goal now, too many.

I don't even think I'm going to bother listening looking at that line up

So who in that team is going to provide any kind of service? We need some kind of possession to score. Can you honestly see that midfield offering any kind of meaningful contribution.

DV I can't work you out pal... you come across as staunchly pro-Malpas, are you?

Dunno, Easton, Peacock, Nalis and Timlin all started at Hartlepool and we managed to scre 3 goals.

Wouldnt be my first choice of midfield at all and it doesnt look overally creative but I'm going to give them a chance before I condem them to being rubbish and Town losing 5-0.

Game doesnt kick off for another half an hour and we're already moaning about the players performance, give them a bloody chance.

I know we haven't been performing. I know sometime a shake is needed. I know I am setting myself up big time to look stupid but.

What the fuck kind of team is that??

No, I am not.

I think its time is pretty much up and the only thing to save him now would be 6points from the next two games.

However I am all for giving the team the players and the manager a chance.

Its half 2 and we're already moaning like fuck.

I think Pook is a shit footballer - I am amazed he is even still a professional footballer let alone in our starting 11 and personally I cant see what he adds to the team at all.....having said them I'll give him a chance to prove himself. The fact he hasnt got a game yet and the manager clearly doesnt rate him might have made him work harder and improve himself.

We might (...and probably will) play shit and lose but lets wait till it actually happens first

And now we have Peacock in midfield who Malpas said couldn't cut it as a midfielder and said was a striker and Pook alongside him who Malpas said wasn't good enough and was trying to offload......what does that say about Malpas' judgement making skills on players. It more than suggests he doesn't really have a clue what he is doing and is clutching at straws. Pooks in the starting line-up despite having played zero minutes of 1st team football this season and is suddenly expected to change our fortunes.....

"If we go back to last season when we had a decent run, it's because we had a consistent team," he said.

"This season, we always seem to be changing one or two people through injury, illness or a poor performance "The last two weeks I said I would play the same team, but the last game we didn't do well and it's difficult to take."

This is what Malpas said in yesterday's Adver - direct quotes.

So we now have 2 new players in the back 4 and one playing in a different position from last week. We have 2 new players in midfield. So 5 out of 10 outfield players changed from last week.

So MM, you want a settled team but as far I know there are no injuries and you could have played the same team and you haven't. Who's fault is that - the fans. If I was Ifill or Easton, I'd be knocking on your door Monday, if you're still there. What little confidence Ifill had must be well and truly shot.

Dead Man Walking!!! Spin the barrel again its a game of Russian Roulette, when will the bullet come out?

At least Malpas is trying to make changes etc. Don't think it will work though. Think we'll lose 2-0.

I did a very silly thing today, dont normally bet with my heart.
Swindon 7/2 thought well have performed reasonably away, and Rovers 3/1 who score loads of goals away, will probably live to regret but stuckthe bet with a outcome double of 17/1

Yes we may win. But it's a strange team selection and so I don't think questioning the team selection is out of order. It's not an exclusive thing only done just because people hate Malpas.

For the record, here are my reservations:-

- Completely devoid of pace
- Completely devoid of a play make in the middle
- Pook is hard working but largely shit on the ball.

--
Subs: Phil Smith, Barry Corr, Craig Easton, Anthony McNamee, Kevin Amankwaah.

If i was Ifil i would be severely fucked off.

Racist jock fucker ;)

As bad as some people thing Pook is, he cant surely wont be any worse tham we've seen so far. We need ball inners in the middle and Pook might just fit that bill and leave room for the more creative to play the game.

Easton is a ball winner if played in the middle imo

I must have missed that, not for me.

I just copied that Dell as I think you could be my forum mentor. Only 75p on though.

Had a little accumulator with my other remaining 70p.
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2008-10-18 15:00:00
 
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2008-10-18 15:00:00
 
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2008-10-18 15:00:00
 
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Brighton & Hove Albion v Hereford United
2008-10-18 15:00:00
 
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2008-10-18 15:00:00
 
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It's fair to say Easton has not hit form yet. That pre-season injury did him no favours.

who are they?

I think the Easton omission is a problem... he's the hardest working imo

I hope i'm proven wrong, but that side on paper is probably the poorest we could put out, particularly the midfield, just screams Swindon 0 to me.

That team is fuckin awful but for some reason i bet we get a result

I'm bored already

Ifil transfer request looming

He is the answer to all our prayers. The guy has a point to prove so hopefully he'll go out and have a stormer. Despite what you all think of Malpas, I just want a Swindon win today.

Come on you reddddddzzzzzzzz

We all want Swindon to win today, don't we?

Want = Yes Believe = No

  Ditto, i'd never want us to lose.

no

Jack Smith injured....

eh?

he wants to win but doesnt think we will...

Not convinced about this team but we need to try something different and its certainly that. Slow start.

oxford winning.

Is he still on? Awanker and Casil would be ummmmmm different

Smith came back on....

In my opinion our only current decent consistent defender. We'll be fooked if he goes off!

Arsenal 0-1 Everton

1-0

oh dear

Booooooooo

1-0 down, 11 minutes.

No clean sheet. I'm shocked

1-0 to them, it would be Betsy who made it.

hehe, here we fucking go

fuck sake

FUCK WANK SHIT CUNT

Here we go then.

Clean sheet anyone?.....

Ahhh a long afternoon ahead.

Well it would appear his shake up has worked well..........

Warning! Controversial comment:
**if we are going to lose we may as well get dicked I guess as might get rid of him quicker.

was that a set piece again?

Can we please bring in some new players or something to freshen these cocksmokers up. Most other clubs in League 1 have brought in fresh loanees and we have done fuck all!

Just when you think that you're in control,
just when you think that you've got a hold,
just when you get on a roll,
here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.
I should have known,
should have known,
should have known again,
but here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.

In the recent spirit of lyric posting.

Are we really surprised?

I am surprised they took so long to score!

We are now in the relegation zone looking at the live table........will that force Fitton to act?

I've heard Fitton is joining Eastenders.

cunt bags

Is he playing Mary Poppins?

Lets all laugh at Malpas, lets all laugh at Malpas al la la la....oh too late. We're already a laughing stock

I guess the Motherwell fans must have some sympathy with us

Fer Christ's sakes, theres 60 minutes left.

Just got in, i take it we are losing!boooooooooo

This could be a blessing in disguise, just as England failing to qualify for the Euros in the Summer.

That meant the end of the Twat with the brolly, lets just hope today's result will be the end of Malpas.

Yeah, we could conceed another 4 or 5 yet

First time iv'e heard Pooks name today

This result means very little, the two that matter are the next two at home.

Hit the bloody post now...

OOOOh. Post

off the post

Ohhhh close.

us or them?

who? us?

Us.

Not getting any luck it seems.

us, it sounds like we're playing well at the moment, sorry to dissapoint

::)

He has a point though. A lot of people want us to lose.

we'll win our next 3 games, inlcuding today

Can I have some of what you've been drinking?

Not according to the straw poll earlier.

It is blatently obvious that we need every point we can get. Given our away form is the only way we are picking up points it should also be obvious we need to get something from today.

peacock and a dislocated middle finger... *snigger*

Peacock dislocated middle finger and Sean O'Hanlons just scored an own goal.

GOAL: Northampton 1-0 Yeovil: Jackman (17)  

GOAL: Northampton 2-0 Yeovil: Akinfenwa (20)  

I wish they'd stop harpin on about LP's fucking finger... I've dislocated my fingers loads and it's less painful than stubbing your toe!

We're definately playing better.

seems we're getting closer....

ive bet on rangers today...just seen their not playin this weekend, what happens if all my bets are right except that one obviously isnt happening? do i still win?

Depends when its being rearranged to I'd guess. If it's next midweek or something it'll probably just wait, or probably otherwise voided

i think a goal will be coming soon.

We are out of the bottom 4 on the live league table!  Thank god for Orient!

Oops spoke too soon!

Crewe 1-1 Franchise: O'Hanlon (32 o.g.)   :D

Crewe 2-1 Franchise: Miller (43):  we're in the bottom four   :crash:.

SOUNDED like a decentish first half.

Is it half time yet? We'll be Ok in the second half as Malpas will do one of his super fantastic motivational half time team talks.

Another 45 minutes of my life wasted! :(

zaki scores goal of the season against liverpool

half time now

Yet were losing? Results are all that matter now.....a defeat you play well in is just as a bad as a defeat you play piss poor in, you still get a big fat zero points.

Yes yes we get the point you've said plenty of times!

I'm not being funny but if we get nothing from a game where we're doing OK, that's in some ways more annoying than just getting beaten by the better team. Results matter now, not a pretty-looking 20 minutes.

He needs to pull something out of his hat, or get some luck from somewhere, cos a defeat today as the crescendo will  go up a few notches.

Right now Malpas make some inspired subs...Amankwah centre forward perhaps?

we havent fucking lost yet though have we.

same again in the second half and we'll get a goal.

Same again second half and we'll lose 2-0 ;)

beat me too it

not true, if its exactly the same again then the goal would have to be scored at the same end. Which would be us ;)

i like the funky music in the background on world

right, i'm going for a wee

Tha waould be asymmetric not symmetric ;)

After 60 minutes Corr will come on for Paynter, after 75 minutes Easton will come on for Pook who is knackered after not playing in the first team.  This is irrespective of what the score might be.

 

Meh, I still think we'll score this half!

Has anyone seen the half time report on the O/S, if that's proper sentence construction, i'm the pope. He must be pissed!

Lets hope so DV. 2 would be nice.

Why is Barry Corr not in the starting line up

because he isnt match fit and played tuesday maybe....

not rocket science is it

SPL: HT Kilmarnock 0-0 Motherwell

Away we go.

The Stockport match is the only game this season we haven't conceded in the second half..........doesn't inspire me with much confidence.

Yeah the same game we were 1 down at half time but came back to earn a good point.

Yeah I know I was there but that result was the exception not the norm unfortunately.

True. If we concede again it will be curtains though i think.

Oxford 2-0 up if anyone cares...

Scummers 2-0 up now

FFS Dan

Constable, pen.

is the second half really that exciting so far then>?

It's dull, but Macca and Corr warming up should improve matters.

McNamee on Corr warming up.

Hope he doesnt take Paynter off for Corr again.

PAYNTER

goaaaaaaal

1-1 Paynter out of nowhere, get the hell in!

GOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Paynter! Ha come on get in! Had to be him.

Yessssssssssssssss

woot

Corr coming on...Paynters injured himself in scoring.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, come on Paynt's give it the biggun! Essex cunts!

Paynter is injured but scores, then goes off

corr on for paynter then by the sounds of it

lets have a big bad baz winner then!

woooo

McNamee for Casal, christ he's going for it.

McNamee for Casal.

Timlin to left back?

3 at the back?

!?

mcnamee on for casal?

Well, that's shown some bollocks, hope it works.

lets fucking have some!!

Brighton    11    12    -3    13    0-0    v Hereford
Hartlepool    11    11    -2    16    0-2    v Walsall
Cheltenham    12    11    -13    17    0-1    v Scunthorpe
Swindon    11    10    -6    15    1-1    v Southend
Crewe    11    10    -10    15    2-1    v Franchise
Colchester    11    9    -7    15    1-1    v Stockport
Leyton Orient    11    9    -10    8    0-1    v Tranmere
Yeovil    10    7    -10    9    0-2    v Northampton
Hereford    11    6    -12    7    0-0    v Brighton

Malpas is going for it. Fair play to him.

usually he settles for the point if we equalise will be interesting to see what transpires for the rest the game.

fuck that was close

They've just pulled an Iwelumo

WTF happened there....?!

Brezovan's hurt I think.

fuck me that was close

Walker misses open goal!

thank fuck

total miskick by the sounds of it

Begrudging admiration.... fuck me sounds like we dodged it there. Come on Brezo don't fuck it!

Thank fuck for that. Maybe we are getting some luck for once.

???

Well I meant he's gone for it this time rather than settling for a point ala Stockport and Hereford.......attack is the best form of defence n all that

Perhaps it's a win or a UB40.

Bollocks.

Fuck!

Oh fuck

fuck sake

OH FUCK OFF

wankers

Ub40 is about right as we've only won 1 in 10!

Ho hum

Could be right. Maybe it's bye bye Malpas after that goal.

Guess what hapenned, those of you without radios.

Oh nuts.

Morrison sounds fucking hopeless.

was that goal not a stupid school boy mistake, not that it matters....but it would be a first.

have we conceded?

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

And the second half trend continues FFS. Well the tactical change worked well............in a way I feel for Malpas everything he touches turns to dust

OFF THE LINE...

Corr shot cleared off the line.

arghh off the line

come on Town last 20.

Performance sounds good, 3 weeks ago a good performance would have been enough. Not today I dont think. We need to win

Nuts 3-1.

3-1 now

or not offside

...or not. Offside.

Ohhhhh offside. Thank god. Malpas is living on the edge i bet.

SENT OFF: Motherwell, Quinn, Professional Foul (64)

Stop it Dave.

Agreed..........a defeat today will probably mean a crown of between 4000 and 5000 on tuesday night.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah sit down, shut up!

His arsehole must be really puckered.

So the away team will take no fans and at least 500 season ticket holders won't turn up, maybe 1500 with no walk up sales? Honestly?

Crewe    11    10    -10    15    2-1    v Franchise
Colchester    11    9    -7    15    1-1    v Stockport
Swindon    11    9    -7    15    1-2    v Southend
Leyton Orient    11    9    -10    8    0-1    v Tranmere
Yeovil    10    7    -10    9    0-2    v Northampton
Hereford    11    6    -12    7    0-0    v Brighton

MK are losing? Smashing. Norfampton winning away though, got them on Tuesday yeah?

theres another goal in this game. one way or the other!

Franchise are 2-2 now

Quite alot of season ticket holders can't make midweek matches by all accounts, Northampton will probably bring 200 to 300 and I doubt there'll be many walk up sales. Recent history on midweek matches where we have been struggling has seen 4,500 turn up........Huddersfield last season was pretty poor if IRC around 4800 so thats kind of what I'd expect

Northampton 3-0 Yeovil: Crowe (81)  

Akinfenwa got the second.

Neuuuuuuuuu.

Corr past the keeper, falls over?! nothing

We've got Season tickets but won't be down for this game.

Should have had a pen?

No idea, commentators don't seem to have a good view of that penalty area.

our commentators think we should have had a penalty....

Which we would have missed!

Hartlepool now 3-2 up at Walsall, having been 2-0 down.

So it's not just us that can't defend against Monkey hangers then  :D

arent empty season ticket seats still counted as the seats efectivly sold anyway?

 :bullshit:

There's some fairly ace smilies on this board.

They used to be YR. I have a vague recollection that we were counting physical attendees this year though.

Oh and FFS. Another loss looking likely. Booooo.

liverpool snatch it. bastards....

Post match comments, work harder on the training ground, need more belief and I am enjoying every minute.

.and in the adver next week all the players coming out and saying don't blame the useless manager, it's all our fault

last chance saloon. 2 minutes to go.

Neither team can gain control of the match. Key player: Anthony McNamee

And Brez is hurt. Super.

Full Time 2-1. Tuesday’s game is going to be barrel of laughs now, I can’t wait  >:(

FT

Decent sounding performance but it's gone too far now, end of the day it's the book as another defeat. I think maybe MM will scratch through Tuesday... I thoroughly hope and expect things have changed by next weekend. Just very very disappointing.

Another defeat then.......................

FL1: FT Leyton Orient 0-1 Tranmere 

Vote of confidence for Martin?

Hopefully MM will do the honourable thing and resign

all over then.

From what our commentators said it seems like we played alright. First time in a while we've competed for the full game.

I think we created enough chances to deserve a draw and sounds like Corr should have scored or got a penalty.

I also think 3/4 weeks ago a good performace but defeat would have been enough but not now its all about the results.

Tuesday is a MUST WIN game.

7 games without a win, 3 points out of a possible 21 since the MK win............time to go Malpas.

9 points from 11 games. That's bad.

I doubt it very much

FL1: FT Northampton 3-0 Yeovil 

20th in the table.

One place above the drop zone.

3 points ahead of bottom placed Hereford.

Not great is it?

Holloway for manager then?

Oct 21     Northampton (H)           19:45
Oct 25    Oldham (H)         15:00
Oct 28    Walsall (A)         19:45
Nov 1    Scunthorpe (A)         15:00
Nov 15    Leicester (H)         15:00
Oct 21     Northampton (H)           19:45
Oct 25    Oldham (H)         15:00
Oct 28    Walsall (A)         19:45
Nov 1    Scunthorpe (A)         15:00
Nov 15    Leicester (H)         15:00

We will be 24th very soon.

I feel a bit sorry for old Malpas.

I will be very suprised if Malpas is in charge for next Saturdays game.
I just can't see where a win is going to come from.
Last season Ifil was solid, but doesn't even get in the squad. Easton one of our most consistant performers last season isn't in the side.
How very badly we miss Jamie Vincent.

That is a horrible run of fixtures............only the Walsall match offers any hope of a win IMO as things stand.

I feel sorry for him today if the radios version of the game was accurate....

well worth a point if not more, but nothing.

He stays as manager and its good night Vienna - we will go down

As the old quote says ....... "you make your own luck". We shouldn't be relying on luck to determine if we get anything from a game.

Right from the start last January the players started to play scared.  Good L1 players are now performing like Conference players.  

I didnt mention luck?

but take your point, off the line, off the post, tipped over the bar, penalty shout....

I do think Tuesday is a huge must win game.

I think today just shows how important home form is.

Would this be the same Vincent everyone was slagging off as useless last season wouldn't it?

He's a decent defender and organiser, but our problems run much deeper than his absence.

Let's face it if M.M was in charge of Manchester United they would end up in the Championship.  This is the same story as Motherwell.

Unlucky by the sound of it but what about this for a gem of a quote by malpas ' The fickle thing about football is you are judged by results' pure quality

yeah he nearly relegated Motherwell. Badly pissed off Scott McDonald while he was there. Tuesday is now a must win game against Northampton.

That is one of his more impressive quotes to date. Who ever decided the scoring system for football must have been an idiot why should results matter hey.

"Can we say crap? I don't think we can"

Top notch radio there.

what were they describing as crap........our form?

What do you mean now!?!

Reading out a text describing our form, yes.

I think Malpas will be gone if we don't win on Tuesday.

You can't keep blaming bad luck MM.It's all about organisation,tactics,belief and togetherness.

It's a results game MM.Come on Fitton  he's not a leader,we desperately need an experienced

manager,with a presence about him.

Why wait to Tuesday

Fucking no fucking way.

I think I just bit...I don't care.

because there is no way in hell we could have a new manager in by tuesday.

Holloway was on Fighting Talk this morning, said he'd like to steal Linford Christie's lunchbox and ruin his wife with it. Which was a little risque for 11 15 on national radio.

Two home defeats on the trot are coming up, then it will be all over.

2 wins from 11 league games
6 defeats from 11 league games
no clean sheets
catastrophic individual errors all over the pitch
after 6 games had provided Cheltenham and Colchester their only wins
beaten by 10 men twice
couldn't win from 3-0 up, and 3-1 up with only eight minutes to go at Hartlepool

Not great reading is it? I quite like the bloke and want him to succeed but I fear the worst now.

After the misery of the past 15 years there should be a massive feel-good factor around the club and the CG should be rocking every game. Sadly I find match days souless, passionless and utterly depressing.

 It's not really a must win game, more a must not lose game.

 We've now got an idea of what this season is about, an avoiding relegation battle.

  With this in mind, we've got to stop the rot at home, and at least picking up a point would do that.

  Last season, we had a a mid table side, but we've lost a few players, Minge, Boob, Roberts and haven't exactly replaced them with anything better.

  Fitton would be entirely justified in thinking a change of manager is necessary to conduct this battle...it will be interesting to see how he reacts.

Northampton had a convincing 3 - 0 win against Yeovil today.They look pretty solid with 4 wins 4 draws
and 3 defeats so far.

Akinfenwa from a set piece,just like last season?

Would it make any difference if we had a manager or not by Tuesday, Fitton has got to see Malpas is not the option.
Get rid now, in fact make the fucker walk home.

 Cobblers away form is nothing special.....they are the sort of team you want for a mid week outing...

because if we got rid of him right this second Byrne and or Williams would be the caretaker managers and everyone would bitch and moan about that to.

I don't want any team at home right now Reg tbh.

Make John Trollope caretaker :D

I still think we have a mid table side, one capable of avoiding the relegation scrap.

I hope the people coming back say our performance was as good as the radio made out. Because at the moment my above statement looks laughable.

damn right  :soapy tit wank:   I don't think they are the answer either btw

It reads as if we're making excuses for Malpas to stay because of the upcoming fixtures.

Fitton has to consider, is it worth risking another match? There's always someone who can take the reigns.

Stop defending this prat DV ... he cant motivate the team so what is his purpose for sticking around, ask the kit cleaner to pick the team its not hard, it makes no difference Malpas being there on Tuesday.

Dv do you not think we have good reason to bitch and moan

I see Forest lost again today. Calderwood will be sending his CV in i reckon.

Byrne is entertaining in his post-match interviews.

Is he chanting Malpas Out

So was King, in a way

He uses inappropriate language.  

He would be a disaster on a par with King if he was manager he'd just upset everyone.......like a poor mans version of Martin Allen

Any manager who gets the team to relax and play football will get good results with this squad.  The away form shows the potential.  They play better away because less is expected of them.

Yes, of course we do.

Its just lose/lose situation.

If we keep Malpas for the next game which is in 3 days everyone will moan they want Malpas Out

If we sack Malpas now then Byrne and Williams will be caretaker managers for the next and everyone will moan that they didnt go with Malpas.

If we sack all of the above then we will probably end up with Paul Bodin in charge and people will moan that he hasnt got enough expirence to do the job.

Usually the best we get between games is Saturday to Saturday but we really cant afford too many games without a manager because we need the points. The last two times we;ve had caretaker managers we've been in situations where we are comfortable enough to even write off a game or two or 5!

We cant afford that this time, if or rather when we do our clean sweep we need the new manager (plus staff) in by the next game.

I was at work and can't be bothered to read all the way through... OS post-match has Malpas saying he was happy with the performance, I find this hard to believe.

The return of Pook is the clear sign of desperation - nothing against Pook, but he's a player that was essentially told that there was no way back.

Sigh.

Kevin Keegan's available.  ::)

Ling and Calderwood will be.

Ling won't, Calderwood may.

Some good points DV. It will be interesting to see (should MM go) if it will be another long winded process again or if it will be a swift appointment.

We're being blamed again.

 Relegation scraps are usually entered into by a longish run of poor results somewhere in a season....the twice we've got relegated from this div, that has been the case, taking out the first game, we've one win in ten, that is the sort of run which can take you down, unless form really turns around, average mid table stuff isn't enough.

 Have we enough players in the squad up for a battle? Debatable..

...and do we really want either of these two guys who are on the verge of being sacked for being shite?

Lawrie Sanchez  :D

Im fishing

who said that? im not listening btw

Regardless of fishing, did well with Wycombe and N.Ireland - we could and probably will do worse....

Time for a poll.  There was one on here before Luggy dropped the bomb.

... I'll bite, no thanks :D

Scrap the managerial system and reinstate a commitee!

Steve Bleasdale, he was qualtiy on Big Ron Manager

By all accounts(herthab) we were not bad. Not as cheesed off as last few weeks but will not be going as i simply can't be assed to. Oh could someone also let malpas know he can use 3 subs if he wants

i'll see your :fishing: and raise you a :shutupbitch:

ill raise you further   :twat:


 ;)

I fold :(

joking pal

I'd prefer to hear we were lucky today and stole 3 points, something we cant seem to do at present.
The games I've seen this season I've not been that impressed with any of the opposition.
We are on this downward spiral where nothing goes right, changes to the management team are needed immediately, there is no believe from any quarter at present, just the same old same as every game, blind hope and faith from the directors that Malpas will turn this situation around must be at the end.
Inspiration and luck is needed, he has neither.

That was easy, no fight in that man

No, the Townend are being blamed for the one or two texts he's getting that don't say Malpas Out, someone sent one saying they wouldn't renew if he did get fired  :soapy tit wank:

haha

We need something like 43 points from the next 35 matches, if we get 4 pts. out of the next six games (tough fixtures ahead), that's 39 pts. out of 29 games.  If we lose the next two home games, and only get a point or two from the next six games, we will almost need play-off form unless the other teams around us continue to under achieve.

I agree, for me it's also more damming that the fact Malpas has made significant changes to the team today a clear attempt to make a difference (Pook for instance) and still we lost. We're running out of options and I can't really see what else can be done with him still in charge.   

why do people keep making posts then dont fi

,

:D

Good point, well made.

Just got back.There was no way I was going to boo that performance-MM'S summary is spot on.The players showed plenty of desire today.The only criticism I have is that Mac should have come on at half time.Apart from the odd dodgy corner he scared them shitless and got quality balls in the box,Peacock had two great chances from his crosses.It wasn't a pen-Corr should have scored but hesitated thinking he was offside and tried to con the ref.Cox played really well and set up Paynter for the goal.It was a blow when Bill went off injured.Im downhearted about the result but at least saw somethings to give me a bit of hope.

A Southend fans seemed to think Corr got clattered, it was a clear penalty but he also thought Corr was 4 yards offside, although the linesman didnt give it but let the foul go because Corr was offside....

thats just wrong-Coxs through ball was perfect and Corr timed his run well-no way offside

Penalty then, not that it did us any good last week.

Glad that the radio description of the performance seems pretty accurate according to our fans and even Southend fans.

Same type of performance Tuesday with a better result then!

How was Pook?

Mmm, back in as well after a frustrating day.

Agree there was plenty of effort but we just can't defend!  :doh: Two bog standard goals from right wing crosses against a side missing both their first choice strikers too.

The team selection did seem a bit panicky, though actually I thought Pook did ok.

I think the most frustrating thing was the subs at one-one, leaving Timlin at left back did seem rather bizarre as we made the problem area even down the left even weaker defensively. That seemed to kill any momentum we had just gained. The weird thing was we played much better when behind, when we had something to defend at 0-0 or 1-1 we didn't. Fear?

Morrison has ability but is it me or does he get dragged about a lot by strikers out wide? I don't know if that's his fault, or what he's meant to do, but it reminds me a bit of the Premier League defending where our back line would get pulled all over the place.

It pains me to say it but the Southend centre halves were ugly, niggly, cheating fooks who would shirt pull, nudge people in the back and try anything to stop people playing or win the ball. Paynter was bullied effectively throughout. I'd like ours to be like that.

I think we are in big trouble. Yeovil, Hereford and Crewe I think are worse than us from what I can tell. The 4th spot is rather too wide open for my liking.

My first away game this season and it was more enjoyable, if thats the right word, than watching them at home, hardly any booing or moaning just most fans getting behind the team.

As already has been said we still cant defend, what do they do in training? A more commited performance but final ball not good. Didnt think it was a penalty but he should have scored before anyway.

No, we want success, just wanted to make the point there are plenty out there.

Anyone else think 100 goals could be on this season?

Our defence just seems utterly ruined.

I wouldn't have thought so. We conceded 100 in the Prem and to do that we conceded 4, 5 or 6 on several occasions, even a 7 at Newcastle. Although we now have more games in which to do it of course ::)

 Well we're currently averaging 2 a game, so at the present rate 92 for the season.

I read somewhere thats now 28 goals in a quarter of the season.

But apart from Leeds we havnt played any teams that are very good yet?

I think its on if you include the cup goals.

 But you never include cup goals into stats...they're stand alone.

If timlin plays left back again it is on. Really dont understand that

i'm glad we made a fight of it but i didn't expect any less.the fact is we are in deep shit and malpas has to go.

All teams in this lge are going to lose away from home regularly...Leeds have lost at Posh and Millwall in the last 2 weeks,a 2-1 defeat at Southend is no disgrace....but losing your last 5 home matches certainly is,you can get away losing the odd away match if your home form is sound,sounds like we played ok today but its getting to the stage ware the table dosnt lie.

Just checked the stats so far this season,of all the teams in League 1.

Top of the pile are Cheltenham who've conceded 31 from 11 games

Crewe have conceded 26 from 11.


If you look at the relegated teams from last season their stats are as follows:

Bournemouth 72 conceded

Gillingham      73

Port Vale       81

Luton            63

November was always going to be a tough month with the league fixtures,but at this rate we could be

looking down the barrel a lot sooner.

Just got back (fuck reading this whole thing). We played well today, but as per we didn't take our chances. Peacock was guilty of missing the most, 4 good chances I counted. Ref was an absolute cunt.

Pook didn't do anything wrong for me, Casal did ok...thats about it. Really should've got more today, but their defence was staunch and when we did breach it we squandered our chances. Good day out tho.

Just got back.

A few points..

1. We are the unluckiest team in the world (Or we have the unluckiest manager)
2. It was never a penalty. (He should've scored)
3. The ref was indeed a total cunt.

Good day out apart from the result, nice to see Adje again (4-1 next game mate!)
3.

What about Franchise? They should have hammered us.

Im glad we played well, but I couldnt look anyone in the eye and saw were unlucky to be where we are?

I'm only talking about yesterday Spence!

southends second was a good finish to be fair

I aint seen it but according to malpas yesterday it was lucky

looked a well placed header on tv

looked like a good header to me too, although it was up the other end.

I am not going on Tuesday as i am in Paris on business.
I do hope we can notch a win and get some points on the board because this is depressing.
Will MO go if we lose?
Only if he is pushed.
I dont know about anybody else but i cannot take another season of that divvy 2 shite and that , my esteemed posters, is where we are heading.

The best part of the day was meeting a Norwegian bloke in the pub before the game. All he did was say the words "Jan Aage..." and we all burst into an improptu version of the aeroplane.

Town fan or just some random?

Just some random. There were a group of them going to watch the game, think they were more Southend than Swindon though.

they had come to watch Southend, no idea why.

Odd! Though we did have a Town fan from Norway thanks to the Jan The Man link.

I hope you used the Jocks "Sing when your whaling" Euro 96 chant on them.

Disagree


It was the 3 hotties that moved away from the Chavs to come and sit in front of us, only to be met with Hertha calling everyone a cheating cunt !

I was a fucking gentleman!

I even apologised when I accidently rubbed my crotch on the back of her head :D

Face Fucker

Not to mention the young girls he was eyeing up on the train.

The worst part of the day was going to that convenience store outside the ground and finding bananas in the fridge.

Stupid twat............

Yeah Sam. Cos I was the only one, wasn't I?

No

It was Hertha saying

"Lets go home and watch MOTD !"

Then .........................


 :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

Got some ace pics

Ofcourse :D

You and axs sent me to sleep.

I need stimulating conversation to keep me awake............

:eek:

He has a food safety certificate you know.