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Do it Fitton, before we end up back in league 2.

What has Malpas done for STFC?

Turned us from 8th position to 17th in 10 months
Brought in inadequate signings who even he is looking to loan out
Tactically inept- outdone by Histons manager!
Appalling record, won 11, drawn 6 lost 18

Same old excuses every week, we cannot defend, we must stand up and be counted.

Fiton get rid before January to give the new manager a chance to asses the squad. If it is true that 800 season ticket holders aint renewed part 2 you cannot afford to ignore it. If he had been in charge all last season we would have gone down

Bart do you like anal?

fuck off, thats all I'vr got to say, fuck off

yawn fucking yawn

Tis going to be an eventful evening.

Well what has he done then?

to be fair i cant disagree with what bart has said there

i kissed a bart
and i liked it

in management term hes only been here 5 fucking minutes.

What has he supposed to have done. Got us promoted twice whilst winning two cups?

I agree.

 That's shocked me!

C'mon JPC, most people on this forum agree with him - he's not a fucking revolutionist is he! It's the constant stating of the obvious that is annoying... Like we don't bloomin' know already what he thinks or how poorly Malpas' stats are.

...and the fact he's not waiting for Final Score anymore is just plain rude.

I can.

Malpas has won more than 11 games and has drawn more than 6.
Dont think hes lost 18 either.

Bart really is a sad act.

Barts a gay lord

...and quelle suprise, he disappears.

Not possible dv we couldn't get past histon

typing above the quote pisses me off, stop doing it!

Bart Out

Do it Whits, before we end up murdering the irritating fuck.

What has Bart done for TEF?

Turned us happy go lucky manatee loving busybodies to rampant club apologists
Brought in inadequate posts who even he doesn't reply too
Tactically inept- outargued by everyone as he doesn't try to defend his points
Appalling record, posted 878, no positive, neutral 6 boring, bland, repetitive negativity 872

Same old post every day, Malpas out, Malpas isn't good enough, Malpas is destroying the team

Whits get rid before January to give the new posters a chance to asses the forum. If it is true that 800 forum members haven't read any thread in months for fear of Bart bringing the mood down, you cannot afford to ignore it. If he had been in charge all last season we would have been posting on Thisis by now in order to see some positivity.

Yes, I'm bored. It'd not funny re-reading it but I'm posting it anyway as it took a while.

i heart bart!

I just have this vision of some little cunt with a spikey head, an orange t-shirt and a skateboard. Ergo I can't take him seriously.

Malpas record

Played 41
won 13
drawn 11
lost 17

50 points.

In a full season that would leave us roughly 2 points from safety with 4 games left.

Oh good, worth the entrance fee alone for another great season of promise.

what an original thread!

you should all fuck off.

Go and watch Spurs......

Maybe later

what were you expecting?

Passion

What a cliche.

a comment like "something abit fucking better than this" would suffice

:D

I was going to ban him but I can't now because it will look like I just did it because you asked, even if I'm not Whits (Barry Scott is king now anyway). Super lame. You've ruined it for everybody.

Ima Cliche....X Ray Specs at there best!

Improvement.

I'm not calling for his head, yet. So far we have gone backwards.

 :(

At this point last season we had 20 points only 4 more than this season.

Still better though yeah?

I'm used to being wrong:)

However my opinion is aside from the last 3 league games (and probably southend) we have looked a shambles/been lucky.

I will genuinely be happy if we really have turned the corner mind, I don't care who it is who brings us success. But I'm not convinced yet.

I said elsewhere January will be the time I judge.

Wouldnt say you were wrong but the way people talk you'd think we were much worse off than we were last season. In truth we havent.

I agree for everyone good solid game we've had a passionless shit one as well.

We're a inconsistant mid table team just like we were last season. It'll be interesting to compare in a few games time.

Our next 3 last season was defeat to Leeds win against Rovers and defeat to Carlisle. 23 points after 17 games.

Win our next 3 in the league (I know...I know...) and we'd have 25 points and be ahead.

Sure, thus far its been worse than last season but not as bad as most people would believe. Even I was a little surprised when I had a look to be honest

4 points now carry on like we are would you say realistically dv over the course of the season we could be 12 points worse off than last year? Genuine question

We could do providing form stays consistant.

-12 on last season would have us finish on 49 points.

My main vain of hope is that we havent been bad then good then bad for two games then good for two games. It was all of when then a 180 switch. Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Good, Good, Good, Good.

I hope, or rather pray thats our bad form out the way completely. I expect us to lose some games but I really dont think we will lose 4 in the row at home 3-1 again this season.

Although of course last season we picked 20 points in the first 14 games leaving another 41 over 32 games which is 20 points in 16.

So it seems last season we were pretty consistant 20 points every 15 games. This season its what 14 games and 16 points so we could be 4 behind or 1 behind.

I think im waffling alot now.

I think my original point was we arent that much worse of than last season. Lets compare again in a few games. When we are doing much much worse then panic a bit

Aaaaaahhh, fuck it! We've been knocked out of a cup we were never going to win (okay it was against fucking poxy Histon) and a cup that...well let's face it, no-one's really that arsed about. We've picked up 7 points in our last 3 league games. If we win on Saturday then everything will be fine again.....lose however and I fear that Malpas will be chased into the fiery pits of hell by pitchfork weilding maniacs with vengeance on their tiny minds.

In conclusion

Aaaaaaahhh, fuck it! No-one gives a fuck about the JPT. Why are people suddenly treating it like it's make or break and our season's over. People have already made their minds up about Malpas. If we'd won tonight it wouldn't have made fuck all difference.

I think it is the manner of the results spacey, it is for me anyway

I have to say after that performance tonight I cant see a light at the end of the tunnel. we were really that bad.

Same as Dean...should be for Fitton as well...alot of money has disapeared into the oh so predictable horizon...

Because our season IS over.

Win and we are 2 teams away from Wembley. You may not care about it but I did. Winning against Leicester won't provide that kind of opportunity. Nor will it provide the chance to draw a big club in the 3rd round FA cup.

As for Malpas, I'll wait and see in January.

fitton had a meeting with the players and moaned at them how losing to histon cost him lots of money

Tonight has added to that. An expensive week for Mr Fitton in that respect. He won't be a happy man tonight.

One assumes the management is equally aware.

 
Is it fuck! Anything could happen. I'm not saying we're gonna go on some mental run or owt....but come on, the league forms picked up, a win on Saturday...come on chin up, ay.

Good on ya for trying space...but ime totally pissed off with it.

Fitton and the board do. Get to the final and it's a big pay day. The frannies reputedly made nigh on a million quid out of it

Supporting Swindon isn't about having a possibility of achieving something at the end of every season. Moan about us being shit or whatever, but most of our seasons end up being over sooner rather than later. I for one like it that way. Might start trying to go more often now.

Get back to your roll ups, Trotsky.

There's always the relegation battle to look forward to, they can be exciting.

It's the only competition we have any chance on winning and doing well in. We ain't gonna win the league (or hit playoffs at this rate), the FA cup or the league cup so why not want to do well.

We have been on many poor runs but it is the fact MM doesn't seem to know what he's actually doing that pisses me off.

 riiiiiiiiiiiigghht. Of course it could.

As a town fan I am well used to ultimately having nothing to look forward to, just not 3 months into a fucking season.

Weve missed out financially big time this week ... a tie v Leeds potentially ... a Sky live game v Shrews and lots of people not renewing their season ticket for part 2 (or so Im told)

Mr Magic needs to get his magic hat on and FAST!

What with 96 points still left to play for I wouldnt go as far as to say our season is quite over yet.

We could still finish anywhere from 1st to 24th technically....

Isn't it many weeks too late to do the season ticket bit anyway, or did they do a friendly extension?

Hate to say it but i think its time for him to go.

I'm so confident we will finish mid-table I'll buy you a pint if we don't

Still at least the famed wit hasn't deserted you. Oh.

That's the point though. 3 months into a season and it's over? Fuck that!

Quite. We've got months of faint hope followed by crashing disappointment to come yet

What do you mean, Oh? I could try with the fishing emoticon, but that would make me look desperate.

I can't wait for the playoff talk when there are 10 games left.

In the picture next to MMs comments on the official site it looks a bit like Malpas is wearing a Stab Proof Vest.

Vests are it.

That's the spirit! It's what being a Swindon fan is all about.

I'll take faint hope right now.


But it would piss off GFM, which is amusing.

Maybe you could organise some protests.

Ah ha ha ha. On fire tonight

And a big balloon in the Pox colours :)

My spacey senses detect sarcasm..

sarcasm is my job!

That you chipped in for  :)

Trust board members used to be amusing. Why don't they flip out and threaten to stab people anymore?

 :clap:

i predict the following pattern for the rest of the season:

lose a few on the trot
win a couple
lose a few more
go on an unbeaten run and then lose a game by a big margin
lose one more game
win another
lose a few more

the end

i predict malpas will still be here come february at least. :(

Sorry Paul but that was quite funny.

I predict MM will see the season out with Swindon - relegation, promotion or stagnation.

I predict if we lose our next 4 games, Malpas  will 'leave by mutual consent'.

Malpas will never walk out.... He will have to be sacked..... Just look at his tenure at Motherwell. When he left They had protested and all sorts and chanted and his remark was “better people will have to force me out, they can boo all they want I’m not going anywhere” or words to that effect. He won’t be going anywhere unless he is sacked I can assure you.

Yes Gazza, I know.

Isn't that what 'mutual consent' usually means?

Not according to the LMA. They're taking legal advice over suing Carlisle because they claim Ward was sacked but Carlisle used the "mutual consent" formula to avoid paying him off in full

Why do you hate to say it? He's clearly shit. Get rid.. sooner rather than later preferably.

Because suprisingly I like to support the management of the football club I support. I know its an odd concept to grasp at but have a crack at it once in a while.

That was my point Top Story on BBC L1 page!

Wasn't meant to be a pop at you BTW but for what it's worth I have had a crack at it.. Sturrock, Wise, Evans, Hoddle, Ardiles, Macari......

What about Quinn and Mcmahon :)

Actually quite liked Jimmy Quinn..

...and I guess in recent years McMahon is still the man behind our last promotion out of L1 and our most impressive cup run.

I missed out on the first couple of "Fuck off Bart you miserable cunt" pages of this thread.

And so to get back on track:

Bart you are a miserable cunt and so FUCK-OFF.

And why doe's a Bartesque "Malpas out" thread deserve so many more replies to Juddies well informed thread on the same subject?

Somebody ban the Cunt (I mean Bart).

i find the fuck of posts just repetive and annoying as barts.
banning bart would be pathetic too.
bart in!

Fuck off arriba

fuck off si









;)

Fuck off tans

bollocks

 ;D

Ban this cunt.

Im was a fence sitter now in the malpas out brigade, dont mean im going to sing it at games though. Bart sits near me and has nice hair, I like him.

Malpas being sacked this afternoon, according to a poster 'London Pride' on ThisIs!!!

 :secret: :spank:

Haha, they don't half come out with some shit.

no such luck

He's quite convincing.

It'll be bollocks - it always is.

now would be the time to expect him to be sacked, now we have no chance of extra income due to losing both cup games, and also more losses of 2nd half of season ticket sales, i havent heard from anyone that hes going today but if he did i wouldnt be suprised

He won't get sacked less than 2 days before a home game come on.

 Why not....it would most likely be an internal replacement?

Because? The Leicester game is important to the board - it's another important showcase game to attract a decent gate and hopefully convince some of the casual fans to come back. If the view is that Malpas can't produce performances then leaving him in charge risks only having a negative atmosphere at an important game.

I must admit that today was the first time I got back from work sort of hoping he had been sacked. I've backed Malpas more than most, but two guttless cup exits is not good enough. Plus we now enter a tough few weeks ahead in the league and you wonder where positives will come from.

The only thing i could see them doing is putting Bodin in temp charge for the game in the hope that will put a few bums on the seats on Saturday.

I really wanted it to work for MM only if to shut up the mouthier types oh thisis.
If he is dumped out on his Jock arse, then the players should take some of the blame for lacklustre performance.

I also wanted MM to work out, only to prove those doubters that sometimes these things take time. However there's nothing I see now that convinces me he's the right man for the job and even if he/ we now did go on a massive winning run, his presence among the fans is now so divisive there isn't much he can now do to win them over.

Well Malpas is undefeated against teams top of the table!!!

Just look at Spurs to see what a decent Manager can achieve.

Now I know we aren't going to get someone like Harry Redknapp, but a manager that can motivate the players and instill a bit of confidence would make all the difference.

With Malpas in charge the best we can hope for is a meaningless 6 months, the worst is the prospect of League 2 again

Ive just had a text from someone saying hes being sacked as well.

Shit me too!!

And me ooh

Ooooooo is this news?

Can someone text me to tell me he's been sacked please?

ooooh I've got a text...

"Stop texting me, I only liked you because I was drunk"

Same old. :(

I got a text saying what are you up to tomorrow, its obviously Fitton offering me the job.

Just got Radio Swindon on. BREAKING NEWS: Apparently it's 21 minutes until 8 o'clock.

What I send you shouldn't be shared Ben. Shame on you.

People have probably gone on thisis and seen that thread and jumped to conclusions.

tee-hee i didn't really

:D

A mate text me aswell just saying is it true, is what fuckin true

Is it true?

mmmmmmmm-hmmmmmmm

i do, i do, i do-hooooo

There was a second gunman on the grassy knoll, I knew it.

There was a hairy german on his greasy poll.

I replied yes the test was positive

I dunno if its true or not, but im told there's a statement tomorrow at 10am.

Friday Statements!!

probably bollocks mind..

If only Malpas had done something crazy like wear a stetson or changed his name to flammableBen

Orange Soda?

I remember all the "Friday Statments" when we were waiting to get rid of Mike the Greek and co.....

I haven't got any credit left si. But the feeling is mutual.

awwwwww here it goes

Who could forget!?! I miss them :)

The statements that is...

 Swoon..... :cloud9:

Like chinese whispers this is. Probably wont happen

Maybe Malpas has signed a contract extension. Would explain the solicitors and the Friday announcement. It'd be the ultimate vote of confidence.

Um, HI,...........Am i allowed in your little group

Do you like manatee's and midgets

Manatees are my life and im 5ft 6".......YES, im in  :D

Welcome bretherin

Eh?

I would shout louder but it seems not to work in text :)

It's a new person - run away, run away!

You made him run away you bastard.

Send four and sixpence, we're going to a dance.

The sparrow flies at dawn on Friday.

He's a gonner!!!

Feel for the bloke tbh, did his best. Wasn't up to it though and it's the best decision for STFC.

I was never happy about the appointment, but was willing to give him a chance - he's had more than that now, and while I was hopeful a couple of weeks ago that he would turn it around, seeing the performance at Histon made me decide he'd have to go sooner or later.
Nothing against the bloke though, and I wish him all the best.

Bit like Fatbury, but he's a gooner.

He didn't have a chance from day one. Yes, yes he didn't do the business but the saddest fact is that he never had 100% fan backing. He only lost mine after Brighton.

I hope Fitton appoints someone who the fans can get behind without the ignorant few saying "WHO!?!" etc etc etc.

YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE :)

He had backing, just wasn't a good manager to put it simple.
When you got an ex international defender who can't manage a defence there's got to be something up there surely. He was really bland to, everything he did wasn't even the slightest bit exciting. Good decision by the board, let's hope we get a decent manager in that can do the job properly.

Nope, I disagree. He was a poor manager and it mapped out in favour of those who didn't want him. I doubt there's ever been such a negative reaction to the appointment of a Swindon manager (Andy King part II?).

What you are saying is hindsight, we didn't know how poor it was going to be. You're saying I'm wrong on the basis of what happended after his appointment.

It was the right decision from the board to pay him off but if you are trying to tell me that he had approapriate backing from the start then I'd say you were very, very wrong.

It's done now, no point dwelling and as I said before I hope the new guy gets more than the "I didn't want him appointed but I'll give him a chance" attitude which is lethargic at best.

He made it clear he didn't give a fuck what the fans thought anyway rich so in his eyes he had the backing of the board which is what he thought mattered.

how?

!?!

Whether that's accurate or not I do not know. I'm not fighting in the defence of Malpas, as Swindon manager he had my backing until this week, he had to go.

What I'm saying is that I hope Monsieur Fitton can replace him with someone the fans will get excited by immediately but I do and always will be of the opinion that Malpas wasn't support by us adequately from the start. Everything that happened after is a different matter.

he's on about King isn't he?

 ignore me, i've just dipped into this thread.

I guess that makes more sense!

that's the way I read it at first but now I'm not so sure.  I can see his point re: King, but Maurice was always a decent enough bloke.

Looking back I think that "make or break" comment earlier in the week may have had more substance to it than we thought.  And it wasn't just aimed at the players maybe.  MM must have had an idea his time was running out.

PMSL..... My mate in Salisbury was listening to the radio and Bob Holt was on there... why they interviewed him I'll never know. And he said "Malpas didn't succeed because he wasn't given any money" TWAT

Dave in reference to how. When he said i have been slagged off by fans throughout my career it does not bother me. Thats when i thought he couldnt give a fuck

I think he was just trying to show strength of character and also perhaps make the point that even when he was a (very successful) player there were times when fans slated him, but as a player and a manager you have to just get on and do the job as best you can.

What did you want him to do, burst into tears in the middle of the interview?

Fair point. If he were to say "every time a fan slags me off i die a little inside" i would be a little more worried

Doesn't matter much now anyway.

Digby wants Olly as new boss
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/3847931.Digby_tips_Holloway_for_Town_hot_seat/

Nalis: I let Malpas down

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/3848820.Sad_Nalis_believes_he_let_Malpas_down/

Fitton: Histon did it for me

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/3848736.Fitton_takes_Malpas__exit_as_a_personal_failure/

Is it me or does Fitton look like he's had a few too many and may have spilled some of his dinner on his shirt the night before?

Not at all paul. All i wanted was to enjoy the games i watched and try and understand his tactics. Was just saying he had the backing of the people that mattered

I'm not sure what point Nalis is trying to make there. He says he was brought in to do a job and he hasn't done it. Does that mean he thinks he's been playing badly, or not putting the effort in?!

Interesting to see nalis say that as he was older he had a different relationship with malpas than the youngsters as he wasn't scared of him.

I interpreted it as not playing well enough.