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Malpas gone, Budgie in charge.

Will the players be up for it?

Will Byrne have an aneurysm on the touchline?

Will Jerel be restored to the first team squad?

Will Cox sign off with a goal? (Or two, or three!)

If Corr gets on the pitch, will he break his current record (Set at Brighton) of managing to be offside 568 times in one game?

Is Peacock fit to play?

As usual, so many questions.......

A win would be nice too.

Quite. I thought that went without saying though! A determind, hardworking performance will be enough for me tbh. Leicester are a very good side and will make it extremely difficult.

I am genuinly really looking forward to today i actually don't expect a result. The players by all accounts were buzzin yesterday.

Yay!

I'm back after a small period of disillusionmentness.

Actually feeling slightly optimistic for once. We'll tonk em today. 3-1

 IMO AF has made another poor decision....he should have sacked all the staff.

 Now we have the prospect of, if the players can be arsed DB/AW  may well be upgraded.

 If DB/AW already know their fate, then they're likely not to be arsed, either way is not good.

I can't see an established manager taking having out staff thrust upon them- everyone from Newton down in the academy should be safe, and Williams might get a role as a link man as he's only starting out but I think Budgie and (Hopefully, but less likely) Granville will be off.

So more importanly, pubbage before the game :D Might have lunch in Weatherspoons I think.

Feeling positive today. 2-0.

 Isn't Hollowhead's mucker Gary Penrice?  Penrice and Byrne woulkd have played together early 90's, so he might just survive in some capacity, if it is to be Hollowhead.

I have nothing against Budgie being involved at a lower capacity such as youth team duties but please nothing to do with the first team Mr Fitton.

Otherwise I hope the new manager is allowed to bring in his own backroom staff.

 Byrne does appear to have a King like ability to be able to spot a player, at our level that is a key thing.

I'm not going back until (insert name here) goes! ;)

Anybody prematch pub anywhere? Merlin?

Oh yes Benji boy.

Awesome. I might have to use the power of the eyepatch. Don't think I'll drink though. I'm still horribly pissed from last night.

Join the club.

I reckon Holloway might make an appearance in the Stratton Bank today. In other news i reckon 2-1 to Leicester.

You've got an eyepatch?

erm, no.

To be honest I think some of you want us to lose. Such a load of negative numpties. Anyone who wanted us to win would be all "Yeah bring the eye patch Ben" and "you're so amazing ben with your magic eye patch" or "I love you Ben" and "Woooot eye patch, guarenteed win" or "Yeaaaaaaaaaah" and "Word up you sexy thing" or "Fuck yeah" or "Jibiddy jojo eyepatch" and "It's a shame the scatman is dead."

You can stand on your own in the pub. Freak.

I might not go now.

But if I do shall I give you a knock on the way so we don't have to walk by ourselves.

if you're thinking of going at 12 then yes.

yeah about then. I might give you a 12 oclock knock.

I've got my starwars top trumps yey.

I Don't remember the end of last night. Don't you hate that. I could have tried to rape dan for all I know. He is a bit sexy.

Also I'm too fucked to have a wank which is always a bad sign. Just a shower this morning then. Oh well, bigger load for when we bukkake Samdy.

Been told by a reliable sauce that Iain Dowie will be in the Arkells next to Fitton.

Anyway...Come on youuuuu redzzz!
All the numpties who wouldn't cheer the team on during MM's reign now have no excuse not to sing their hearts out, I'm expecting a good atmosphere!

Given that the whole situation has not fully played out yet, I think that's a bit previous.

You may also be interested in this from thisis from the guy who started the "Malpas sacked" post on Thursday and who's information has proved remarkably accurate throughout the past couple of days:

  There does seem to be some truth in that, at one time Zippy was apparently going to do it.

  Lets hope this mess doesn't have a negative effect on the players, we can't afford too many more home defeats.

Does the back room staff include Zippy?

Seems he is doing a good job with the youths, would be a shame for him to go. Arent they unbeaten in 11 now or something

Wouldn't have thought so, but who knows? It won't be resolved till we get a new gaffer who will then either bring in his own staff or less likely may decide he wants to keep some of the backroom staff in place. Until then can we try backing the guys in place and then back the new manager when appointed?

dont be stupid paul.

byrne out

i reckon the next manager will be dowie.he was very complimentary about the team after we played qpr.i alos think he will be very positive in an interview about what he can do with the current squad.

:)

i managed to get a pooh sticks reference on radio swindon - get in!

Not going today yoof?

nah, can't be arsed / can't afford it

I am and i should really have left by now. Twat.

Anyone else experiencing problems with STFC World?

Probably just me!

It's working ok for me JJ.

Ifil on the bench - interesting!

Cheers BR I will have to check my firewall and WM Player :(

Working ok for me too mate. Should have got yourself a Dell laptop ;)

Haven't missed owt anyway.

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Looks like a good game so far!

Woohoo got World back now, bloody media rights issue bollocks, so I didnt miss much anyway then?

And no Sussex, hell would freeze over afore I buy a Dell mate! ;)

Cox fluffed one.

cox out!



tee hee hee

Booooo.

What the fuck happened there!

We found out that the keeper thinks he's playing rugby by the sounds of it.

Should be playin for england in australia if thats the case!

Well we certainly dont sound like we are being outplyed.

Pressure the keeper!

sounds like we're playing in a similar vein to how we did when byrne was in charge last time.

I've been asleep. Are we losing?

Surprisingly not.....more surprisingly we sound like we have the upper hand (mostly).

Ace. I'll put it on in a min. I sort of hope we lose, then I won't feel like I need to wear that fucking retarded eyepatch when I go to the pub.

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Good work Seano

Is no one listening to the game no one here!

I am now. Cox just volleyed over the bar.

darn

Oh well.

A moment of quality from Matt Oakley. That's a first.

Peacock's shit.

Bollocks.

I've got that nice post hangover feeling, I slept through lunch time so just making my self a brie, bacon, cherry tomato and red onion baguette. Bit of mayonnaise and it'll be a joy.

My mum will be cross when she comes back because it's quite close to tea time, but it's only last nights cottage pie so it doesn't really matter.

A clean sheet was always going to be too much to ask so I'm not surprised - I saw today as more a question of if we can get anything up the other end. Hopefully we can keep pushing and not give up

Game over

Nuts

byrne out

Shouldn't have sacked malpas

nallllllllissssss

Yay Cox.

Iv'e got a mental delay.

Get in.

Yay. 7 minutes to get two. Easy.

 What? What? What ? Two goals in a minute ?

N M H

barry corrr overhead kick fuck yeah.

fuck me

Do I have to?

Whats the score ?

N M H

Lets get the third then boys 8)

2-2

Bonkers. 2-2. Hope his back's ok.

BARRY, BARYY CORRRRR
BARRY, BARRY CORRRRR!!!!

Ace.

3mins comeon

2-2 full-time... fair play, good result :)

2-2. shit. Fucking bottled it.

pleased with the result

Would have taken a draw before the game. Happy with that.

Was hoping that MM was the source of all problems and the team were going to rebound a la Spurs.

Still, a draw is better than a defeat.

N  M  H

No complaints - a draw is a very credible result. Great to hear that Barry Corr scored the second whilst Soccer Saturday were reporting on the game too!

Take 2-2, sounded like a good game. although with a dissallowed goal,just like scunthorpe, the 3 points could and probably should have been ours, especially after our first half performance.

should of had 6 points from the top two,instead we get just the two!

atleast the league form's still there.

Pleased with that, nice to see the Ifil Tower back in the squad.

If I was a player I'd be loving Byrne. He certainly backs his boys up on the radio.

I'm today's lucky omen. Been out to the fun factory that is Sainsbury's, come in, turn on Sky Sports News, Cox scores. The Corr scores as the reporter at the game is yapping. Fucking ace. Good result from 2-0 down with 10 to play. Have a good night folks.

woo hoo that was fun.

morrison is ace, kanyuka needs to talk a bit more to him though...whilst sorting his own game out.
pook was the playmaker whilst peacock and nalis did nothing really.

that was more like the kind of performance and atmosphere i want (just less shit goals conceeded please)

really? i thought Peacock should have been MOM, thought he was quality

I am chuffed with that result, sounded dead and buried at 2-2 but we knew all along this team can play WHEN THEY WANT TO not so much when MM wanted them to.

Motivation and a willingness to work together will be the key to the rest of the season.

WOW!
That was fantastic. Had we not made two shocking mistakes, we could of easily won the game. Peacock and P.Smith were to blame for the goals, but after that drama at the end, I forgive them!

The comeback was just brilliant. I don't wanna sound harsh on MM but had he been in charge we would never of made that comeback. Today we showed a lot of passion, and earned a fully deserved point.

Onwards and upwards!

Oh and to cheer me up.....Alan Maze.....your boys took a hell of a beating 2-0 at the Mighty Grays Athletic! GET IN!

Jack Smith more than deserved his MOTM. He was quality, and some of the crosses he delivered were deadly.

fucking enjoyed that.there are negatives like the team shape which was wrong,and made it diffucult for the side but the positives outweigh that.every player gave 100%.pook was superb again.peacock also.
nice to see it kick off after to add to the days entertainment.

Oh yeahhhhh! That was ace :) And to all the idiots who left after the 2nd goal and got in my way HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you missed a great comeback, hahahahahahahaha :) C'mon the Town.

Great game.  We shaded first half even though Leicester dominated possesion.  2nd half was all Leicester until our first goal, and then fuck me we get a 2nd!  Thought most of our players put in a good shift today, only outfield player I was disapointed with was Macca, he was poor, though a lot of that was down to the man marking him.

MOM Morrison, did well against the 1.5m lump up front for Leicester and somehow managed to match Dyer for pace!  ???

Leicester were probably the best footballing side that I have seen at the CG this year, and under Malpas I feel no comeback would have happened.

Atmosphere was sooooo much better today aswell, proud of the noise being made for once.  Best chant of the day was from the Leicester fans to the Leicester fans "it's gonna rain in a minute"

Onwards and upwards!

 :clap:

I fucking love football.

Maurice Malpas - good luck ,Sir.  It didn't work out here, but you can be proud of your achievements in football.  I like to think that today's comeback was a tribute to yourself.

Great result we looked pretty good in the first half, second half Leicester upped their game..

Good atmosphere for the most part but it was amazing the guy said BRING ON A STRIKER. Byrne brings on Corr and the twat boos the substitution???


Leicester fans were a bit naughty after the game near the Magic Roundabout!

Brilliant....Morrison my MOM,hes going to worth shit loads,cant believe hes still that young,Coxy couldve got a hat-trick,my only gripe is Smith still looks shakey in goal.
But all in all a good result.

What happened with their fans after the game?

so did it kick off at all today? what happened?

 What happened?

They were being idiots. Our fans no better.

Leicester were second best for a lot of the game today. Great game and a good result on the face of it but we could have knicked that!

Over the moon for Barry as well.

full on scrapping?

old bill on the scene sharpish but entertaining nonetheless

handbags. The most I saw was some Swindon fans pinned against a random van down County Road getting smacked by policemen. Bennett, Leggett and Chubbs were there aswell. I reckon they started it.

There were a load of chavs hanging outside the Merlin pre match.  God knows what they were up to but was laughable.

I didnt see any fighting at the end.  Quite glad, bloody idiots.

That was alright, if it wasnt for a bloody awful 10 minute spell at the start of the second half we could have won that.

Happy with a point though and say what you like about Byrne and his swearing, shouting and flapping arms but he knows how to motivate a team and keep them going.

I certainly would not mind him being kept on at Swindon in some capacity.

From what i saw Swindon fans were fighting with police on County Road. Didn't see any Leicester fans though.

Im glad the chap who had his shorts ripped apart had dark underpants.  Could have been quite embarrassing otherwise!

eh?

Got outside and there were 2 coppers and about 20 lads and then a few more coppers came over, Funnily enough one of the lads slipped on the grass beside the car park fell on his arse. They just kept saying to the O.B "your just a bully" which again was entertaining. Expect a bit sharper language. They pushed forward towards the Town fans and the Town fans pushed forward a bit of pushing and shouting really...

That was the most fun I've had at a game of football since the first day of this year against Swansea.

As for the fights afterwards, went all the way up County Road down to Manny road where the Police surrounded about 15-20 of them and I'm guessing arrested most of them. All Swindon by the looks of it.

what did you think about the lack of width? for me if we had set up 4,4,2 we would have won today.

i bet that ralphy character was involved...

I really didnt like the lack of width. It took me a while to work out what formation we were trying. I think doing the 4-3-3 means you split up, or move apart the Cox/Paynter partnership which works so well.

We looked our strongest when we went proper 4-3-3 rather than the 4-3-3 attack 4-5-1 degend and Cox and Paynter were closer together.

Again, with no wingers our full backs didnt get forward untill again at the end and Jack Smith was bombing down the wing and doing a good job of it.

I was worried that with no winger Lloyd Dyer would tear us apart but he really didnt.

Having said all that we won the midfield battle today and perhaps having 3 in the middle helped with that and we might have been over ran with just the 2.

Either it was by no means a bad performance, so whatever Byrne was doing with the formation worked.

...but...if he doesnt want to play McGovern I'd like to see Macklin given a go wide right.

I'd just like to say, Nalis was shit. I was going mental after he passed the ball to their keeper rather than shooting. Then we scored twice and I went a different kind of mental. Good times.

cannot argue with that dv.i like a balance to the side and today it wasn't there.the players spirit and desire got the draw.
nice to see jerel get a clap when he warmed up

Mr. Reeves I thought Nalis was quite solid in there today. He battled well and won alot of headers but you're right I dont think his passing was up to scratch.

Arriba I agree the team didnt seem balanace but I do think having 3 central helped us. When Jerel started warming up every started clapping and I had no idea why....untill I saw Jerel obviously but I was a bit slow in noticing.

We should have bought him on for Cox for the last 30 seconds to waste some time! BEAST!

Boys battled well today and i'd have taken a draw before the game.In terms of quality and free flowing

football it wasn't the best,but we needed a result today above all things.Peacs put a lot of work in,

Morrison did well,unusual for Coxy to miss a chance like that.Leicester looked very solid,with that touch

of quality that you need with Oakley and Fryatt.

2-2 Felt like a win today. Everything was there, a bit nervy but still a well deserved point.
Atmosphere was second to none, glad the feel good factor is back at the county ground.
Here's to a good night on the lash!!

 :beers:

Hate leicester

Nalis did battle well first half but faded a bit second, and his passing was poor throughout. Peacock similar, but battled well throughout. Pook was the most creative today, as well as good battling. His pass to put Cox through clear on goal was sublime. Jack Smith made two bad passing mistakes which we got away with, and seemed lacking in confidence, but he livened up late on and attacked well. Mac did very little. Morrison backed away too far allowing their goal, which he tends to do.
Our packed midfield prevented many chances for Leicester, so it worked O.K. in my view.

At the risk of getting all the Byrne haters on my back, that was the best game I've seen in terms of battling performance, atmosphere and sheer nail-biting wowness I've seen since, erm, the last time Byrne was caretaker. Leicester were a very good side but we more than matched them in the early spells, worried heads would go down after Cox's miss, but we kept on fighting, then obviously seemed to be all over when they got their second, but we still kept fighting and what a comeback. Don't think Leicester quite knew what had hit them. Byrne and Williams are a caretaker dream team :)

Dave Byrne sexy football.........................................

:D

Nice to also see the Fittons red and white army chants back a bit.  Good to know the fans are behind him despite the Malpas saga.

The end of the match was good viewing, from a distance of course.

Teehee

It's not that I'm a Byrne hater... He was brought here to work with the youngsters and was doing a good job and if he was appointed I'd support him 100% but I fancy a fresh start with a new manager not currently in the set-up.

Cracking result and I hope we can build on this.

The Crowd sort of pissed me off today. One stage best in over a year next min after going 2-0 down it got a bit malpas-esque, the goal went in for us and it was back to being great. I know its frustration.. cant expect to really cheer when we were down 2-0 but still... The guy infront of us was  a tool. Said bring on a striker then booed as Macca went off for Corr???

obviously because he didn't think macca should have been took off gazza.

I tend to ignore those types of people. Alternatively, you could shoot them.

You're probably right. Everybody has said that Macca wasn't in the game though?! I guess it's probably that guy being one of those who thinks players like Cox and Macca should play all game every game no matter how crap they've been

I think thats what he meant... I guess Nalis could have come off and kept Macca on. Although Byrne explained on the OS that he took Macca off cuz the ball wasn't getting to him.

macca had good flashes.but thats all he ever has really.i thoight he over did it a bit today.then he is good to watch so hey ho

I thought at the time, well if you are going to bring Corr on you need someone who is going to cross the ball into him and what with no right winger I thought it odd that McNamee was the one to go off.

He wasnt playing well but one cross on Corrs head and we're laughing.

However, it worked so Byrne knows better than I do or the guy who sat infront of Gazza did

County Road closed after the match according to the Adver website.

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PRIDE DULY RESTORED. WHAT A SWEET END TO AN OTHERWISE SHITTY WEEK.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS - WELL DONE BUDGIE AND THE BOYS.

I enjoyed that a lot!
I thought the back four looked very good, despite me worryin about the partnership of Kanyuka (Who was very impressive) and Morrision maybe bein too shaky/nervy. But fair play, the lads stuck at it and the result was a fair one.

The atomosphere was the best it's been in a long long time, so well done everybody! Even when we went a goal down, there was still the blief we could get back into it, so we got right behind the team, which was good to see/hear  8)

Anyway, i'm out on the razz again tonight to celebrate  :beers: Have a good night everybody!

I missed Corr's goal because I was goading some fat Leicester cunt. Oops.

Oh and Kanyuka has to be the most chilled out player ever! He looks so relaxed, even when under pressure! He put in a few crunchin tackles today, which is always nice to see

One of the most entertaining shit games I've witnessed.  Not one for the purists, was it a set-up ready for the Boothroyd era?

Someone must have had Leicester watched because we went long all game and they couldn't handle it.  We probably deserved a win today but if I was a Leciester fan I'd go away wondering how my team could get battered by such basic play.

For about 5 mins before we scored it turned in a pantomine, and can someone wake Kanyuka up every 5 minutes or so, does he suffer from Narcolepsy?  he was excellent when he woke up, better tackler than Ifil, but he spent half the game nodding off.

What turned it for me was Corr coming on, and taking of Macca was the right move despite the grumbles.  He hardly got a sniff of the ball because it was over 6ft off the ground.  It made sense to put 3 up and Corr finally offered something in the box to all of Morrisons throw ins (that we otherwise watched steadfast as Leiester had some heading practise)

You want to be careful, you'll get quoted out of context in the Adver and be the next Gazza :)

I thought the crowd were good today - got right behind the team, even at 1 down, roared and clapped back to the centre circle. Bloke behind me went one better - spent 10 minutes saying "Take Macca off, bring Corr on" then when he did within 2 minutes was saying "Bloody hell, Byrne we've got no width, why did you take a winger off?" ::)

did anyone else hear my pooh sticks reference on RS?

i'm proud of that. justifably so.

The way we came back was fantastic. Until the first goal though it was pretty much all the same from us. Sloppy defending and a lack fo bite upfront. At least we showed some fight though. Great result.

In the last five minutes I thought the DR Stand roof was going to come off, best singing I've heard for years, I got back at 6.30 and have nearly lost my voice, it was great.

Morrison I thought was superb, he lacks pace at times and that was shown today but he has a football brain and his recovery is spot on.
Pook strayed a few passes but had a really good game, I saw more football in this lad today than I've seen over the last few seasons.
Nailis, didn't realise how good he was in the air in the first half until today, but I would have subbed him in the second, thought he drifted out of the game and in the end a passenger.
Timlin superb for me, apart from not closing down for the first goal.
Would not blame Smith for the second goal to be truthful, goalkeepers nightmare when the wind doth blow.
I thought Cox had lost interest in the second half until he scored that tap in.
I was really impressed with Corr, he looks fully fit again and is going to be a major asset for the rest of the season if he keeps fit.
Controversial or not, Pook was my MOM.

Funniest moment after the game.
Old guy walking back from the Arkells with loads of Leicester fans, must have been at least 80 (Swindon of course) standing there singing - 2 up and you fucked it up, 2 up and you fucked it up - priceless.

Good battling performance today, it seems we're now Leicester's bogey team.  :D

Not sure what was going on after the game but some twat started outside the Tap and Barrel down Manchester Road glassing some innocent Leicester fan.

Anyway I thought the following quote was a positive from the Leicester website, considering the problems with stewarding we've encountered in recent years


http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=54957

Quote from a Leicster fan on their forum.

"Yeah they did, Swindon fans were very loud as well at times best ive seen this season"

Just goes to show what can happen when we get behind the lads.

I've quoted the post a few up from that one!


We werent awful, far from it!

I thought it was our best home performance of the season.

I thought Oldham was a bit more complete.

Today was good but we still have a very sloppy 10 minutes, which in truth cost us the game. We didnt have that spell at Oldham, sure we had 15/20 minutes where Oldham were attacking but in truth Oldham never looked like scoring where as today Leicester did.

Well I enjoyed the game, even when we were losing 2-0.
Best atmosphere this season without a doubt.
I think we deserved a draw at the very least.

the turnaround today was brilliant and a pleasure to watch.even if we had lost 2-0 positives were there.
that said i dont reckon that fight and desire would have been there had malpas been in  the dug out.

HELP NEEDED...gota good photo in my documents from todays match,could someone tell me in Ley Mans terms how i get it in the messege box...

Apologies...i got it in by accident!

That was a great day - good result against a good side and particularly the nature of it.

Good to hear a loud CG again too.

Just got back from a few post match pints and a very good vindy in the Curry Garden. I really enjoyed today's game and for the first time this season I was well proud to be Town. There were positives, there were negatives.
The positives - we battled. Pook was MOM for me. Timlin was also very good. Peacock did the hard bits and then screwed up the easy bits but he broke up their play effectively. Great goal from Corr and Cox ran the channels well. The fans were good also. I think Leicester were the best side I've seen down here this season.
The negatives. We gave away 2 fucking stupid goals. We let the bloke run and run for the first. For the second I'm afraid I blame Phil Smith - if you leave your line then you've got to clear the fucking ball even if you take out your own central defenders. He had plenty of time to do so. He wasn't helped by some useless defending however. Kanyuka is an absolute paradox. He was class and bollox in equal measures today. The one thing he needs to do more thuogh is to attack the ball. Macnamee was bollox and didn't close his man down or even look interested. The quickest he moved all game was when he was subbed - couldn't wait to get off.
I don't like Byrne but from what I saw today and last season, I wouldn't be in a rush to replace him.

I agree with almost everything you said!

Ardiles are you serious? He can be proud of his achievements as a player but not as a manager. How is today's comeback a tribute to him? It would never have happenned under him.

If you're being sarcastic then I apologise but FFS this is pure bollox.

That was a monumental performance today. Pook really was different class - something I never thought I''d say about him in this lifetime. Peaks was all over the place again, amazing energy for an old boy. Nalis; fuck me, he CAN head the ball! Slowed up in the 2nd half but still made some quality challenges. Jack Smith's crosses were superb 2nd half, McNamee needs to develop his game more because the better players and managers can snuff him out too easily with his one-trick-pony routine. Not having a pop, I fucking love Macca, but he needs to offer more or he'll be forever subbed. Morrisson - what can you say about a lad of 17 who sometimes looks like a man amongst boys? He still has a lot to learn about the game, but he's fucking good already. Fuck knows what he'll be worth to us when we inevitably come to sell him.

I thought we got a bit of luck to get ourselves back in the game, specially after the dodgy period when we were spooning it all over the park and the crowd got edgy. We got the goal though and deserved the equaliser.

The crowd were fucking ace today. The hairs on my neck stood up once or twice with the mental noise generated at times.  Long time since that's happened.

Oh, and thank you to Mr. Fitton and Mr. Byrne for today. Fitton for finally booting poor old MM - the bloke did it with his now customary class and style - and Byrne for being brave enough to put out a side to do a job. His squad selection spoke volumes to me as to what has been going on in the background under Malpas (Ifil for a fucking start). He could of opted for a squad that was a respectful nod towards Malpas - it can't of been easy for Byrne seeing his boss sacked yesterday - but he did his own thing. Against a top side, off the back of some genuinely shitty performances and results, that shows he has bollocks,

I don't know what's going to happen long term with the management team, but I hope Fitton will take his time before appointing a new manager this time round. I'm not going to get excited after one positive display, but if Byrne genuinely wants the job and, more importantly, the players want him to get it and want to play for him, he deserves a few weeks grace before having to face another new boss or life on the dole. Ditto Williams.

One spoiler for me today: our dopey cunting stewards opened the exit gates at the away end 5 minutes from the end. Despite the repeated tannoy warning that Leicester fans would be locked in after the match for safety reasons, they just walked out at the end, free to get amongst our fans or whatever. I know there were some spats after the game, but what the fuck is going on with our security? Is that cunt 'Shithouse' still in charge of our steward / security department?

great post delta

One spoiler for me today: our dopey cunting stewards opened the exit gates at the away end 5 minutes from the end. Despite the repeated tannoy warning that Leicester fans would be locked in after the match for safety reasons, they just walked out at the end, free to get amongst our fans or whatever. I know there were some spats after the game, but what the fuck is going on with our security? Is that cunt 'Shithouse' still in charge of our steward / security department?


Happened at the Leeds game to!!

TBH i thought we came back inspite of byrnes tactics rather than because of them. Motivation wise he did a faaaaaantastic super duper job, the lack of width, especially down the right hand side was criminal. The Fact our first goal came after smith made a run down the right proved what could have been imo.

Kanyuka was the better of the two defenders, if slightly to blame for the second goal, he could have possibly twatted it out instead of leaving it for smith. I'm still not sure about morrison. He's obviosly got potential, but many a time he was caught flat footed yesterday, and fryatt seemed to have his number on many occasion. First goal was partly down to him allowing oakly soooooo much fucking time to shoot too.

Corrs finish was good. Pook is getting better and better. Peacock and nalis were wank. Timlin continues to impress at left back. Cox is frustrating at times: He'll score goals like the lob against scunthorpe, and then miss chances like he had in the first half yesterday.

The crowd was very good too i thought, best i've seen in ages. The DRS was rocking. Hopefully we can carry on like this in the future

The whole atmosphere around the ground was more positive from the off.
The fact that Ifil was included again (albeit on the bench) seemed to have a positive impact.

As for the game, I was concerned about the second half playing into the wind, and thought that we might struggle to get the ball clear.

I think Leicester helped us a bit, by sitting back thinking the job was done at 2-0, but none the less great effort & commitment by the team.

The turning point was definitely the introduction of Barry Corr, when you've got a front man who is winning challenges in the air, you can create unease in the opposition defence.

And although Phil Smith & the two centre halves have to take a sgare of the blame for their second goal, it started because no one challenged for a header from a clearence by Smith.

The best thing is that everyone left thinking about the positives from the result, not dwelling too much on the mistakes, and the management have to build on that.

I do honestly believe that we have the makings of a decent side at this level, they just need to believe it, and that's why Malpas has gone, he couldn't instill that belief in the players.

To be honest I felt that it was the Leicester fans who made the atmosphere yesterday, first half they sung and sung, 2-0 up and they took the piss, but then as soon as we scored the town fans took over and the Leicester fans were silent.

Game wise I wasn't that impressed, great comeback but what the hell is going on at the back still.  Didn't feel the midfield three influenced the game enough although Peacock was his usual committed self, fair play.  We looked lost at times in that second half.

Great to hear the fans concentrate on the positives but personally I don't think the performance warranted some of the over the top comments that were received on the radio.

Hope we get a new manager in asap a fresh approach is what's needed.  Have to say fair play to Byrne for his MM comments post match, thought the things he said were sincere and an apt way to close MM's reign.  For those that missed the interview he said (words to the effect) that he's never worked with such a professional man as Maurice and he has a new friend in the game, he said some other things too.

Totally agree with your post Janaage, thought we were average, committed, but average. Definately need new management and a couple of loan players to freshen things up.

Thought the crowd was outsung by leicester for 90% of the game. Fuck me we would be shit if we didnt go mental after 2 goals in last 10 minutes.

Janaage, I disagree with your post a lot.
The Swindon fans were quiet in the first half, Townenders tried their best but were outsung by Leicester.
I thought we really got behind the side about 5 minutes before we went 1 down and that continued after they scored.
In the last 7 minutes I thought we raised the roof in the DRS, I for one have not sung so much in years.

Leicester are a good side, but we didn't look inferior to them over the 90 minutes, the playing conditions yesterday made it very hard for both sets of players and I believe, second half especially it was a very decent game.

Without doubt the crowd yesterday played as the 12th man, and the players responded to the support. Well done us and well done the players - a win against Bristol Rovers next week where I'm sure our support will be very vocal again and we will be pushing to safety.

Janaage is spot on.

I said to my mates before the game that the atmosphere would be abit better today as the Leicester fans would make alot of noise, and fair play to them as they did until we got our goals.

I thought that we battled well but never looked like scoring until we went 2-0 down.

Fair play to Byrne for yesterday but i still want a new manager in with his own backroom staff asap.

You must have missed DRS roaring and clapping our players back to the centre circle after their first then. I thought everyone played their part yesterday, players fans and caretaker management. Shows what we can do when we all unite behind the team imo, instead of bitching about players and management (not having a pop, I've been as guilty of that as anyone. Well, perhaps not quite as much as some, but we've all done it)

Although I hope the "bitching" comment wasn't aimed at me Paul, I do agree that it'll be a better place if the fans just get behind the whole set up.  Think a new managerial team would be the best way to get things going in that direction, but whilst DB is at the helm, he'll get my support.

As for "missing" the DRS roaring the players on, I didn't miss it, I just couldn't hear it, wit me sat in the Arkells the Leicester fans were all I could hear for most of the match.  Now I'm not saying that the DRS and TE didn't make any noise (as a few chants were heard from the other stands) but from where I was it was very much drowned out by those from Leics.

Think it's important to put yesterday's performance into perspective, and it'll be very interesting to see how the CG crowd reacts against Peterborough next Tuesday, if the going gets tough, especially if a new manager hasn't been appointed.

AF has a real chance here to show us what his ambitions are for the club, I'm looking forward to seeing where he goes from here.

Paranoid?!

I think it was aimed at the fan base as a whole!

He meant me roaring and clapping jan not the stand

I sort of agree with Jan.  We were quiet 1st half, but where I will disagree was on the 2nd half.  There was a very audible level of support leading up to and after Leicester's goal.  That did vanish in an instan though on their 2nd and we ran the risk of returning to negativity (McNamee's sub caused many near me to begin knocking Byrne).

I thought it was a whole hearted performance, and we clearly had a set of instructions to just get it forward and battle.  No short passing game, and it I have to say it sort of worked because despite our lack of threat for large parts, Leicester never looked comfortable in defence against the barrage.

We won't be able to repeat that against most teams because they will also be set-up in a similar fashion and are probably more used to dealing with it.

To all the people suggesting we would not have done well had Malpas been here, well Byrne almost began gushing in his post match interview about the impact Malpas has had on him and pretty much suggested it was a send off performance.  Plus we beat a top 6 team with Malpas in charge only a few weeks ago.  There is fuck all chance that the team turned itself around due to a change in Manager only 2 days beforehand.  It will take time for that to happen.  Time for the players to learn a new system, new instructions, new set-up etc.  Don't even begin to compare it with Spurs, because Redknapp is one of a few that can do that at teams.  The side put out yesterday was pretty much as Malpas has selected at times, there was no revolution.

This is not a negative post, more a lets not get carried away with our tongues bulgin in our cheeks looking all pleased with ourselves post.  2-2 = good result.  performance was ok and effective.  Turnaround and major change - not yet.  Time is needed, and we should expect no sudden run of fantastic performances.

It was alright,certainly dont think it was as amazing as some people are making out.

Mediocre at best.

not keen on Oxo either..

Fair play Rob, I would agree with a lot of that.

And agree with YR too.   Some of the "that was the best performance I've seen at the CG for x amount of years" comments on RS yesterday evening were over egging it a fair bit.

But I suppose it's better to over egg the positive, than over egg the negative which we've been used to recently.

I havent seen us play outstandingly at the CG for years.
It was the feel good factor that made it such a good day.
Also if we had lost against Leicester it would not have been the end of the world - so many factors come into play - probably the best side in the division, no manager at the helm, players very low on confidence after two appalling displays - with all that going against them it was a bloody good performance.
I see a lot more into that game than you obviously do, this season at home so far, we hadTranmere when the club was on such a high there was only going to be one winner that day, then four dreadful home defeats, followed by the relief to win against Northampton, and a clean sheet against a useful Oldham team, so for me this 2-2 draw coming from 2 down and everything against the players is a very good performance.

i thought we was outstanding 1st game of the season against tranmere

Yes we played well, but there was only ever going to be one winner that day, Don Rogers and Fitton on the pitch before the game, the start of a new era we all hoped for.

I thought it was a good performance but dont think it was complete as Oldham was. Different mind set though, looking for positives.

It wasnt a bad performance but it was nothing that much better than our last 3 league games.

Im not convinced the DRS was 'rocking' either. Its was good in fits and spells and much better than its been recently but if thats what passes for a 'rocking atmosphere' these days then the CG then fair enough.....

oh ok so cos they was on the pitch before the performance shouldnt count, loser

I've been sitting in the DRS (Nationwide etc) for three years now, yesterday was the loudest in spells I've ever experienced, there again I didnt go to as many games in 2006 and 2007 as most on here, I haven't missed a home game this season though.

Your point is wanker :doh:

A few lads in the drs basically sang non stop yesterday. Imo best atmosphere and best league performance of the season so far

That was the loudest the DRS has ever been since records began

God no, it was aimed, if at all, at all of us collectively, and probably not even so much at many folks on here. FWIW, I think throughout a fairly negative season, you've been one of the happier clappers if anything :)

Yurh but, nooh but, bcg37 sed et, soo ahts rahyt innit.

Tactically, no; motivationally (is that a word?) yes. I think where Byrne does deserve credit is in getting that level of performance out of the players - all due respect to MM, but I don't think we'd have shown that kind of fight under him. Plus the "three forwards" substitution was not something MM would have done, so that was a tactical difference

if malpas was in the dug out yesterday we would have caved in after the second goal went in.the crowd wouldn't have backed the players like they did.the players heads would have dropped.we probably would have conceeded again.
the atmosphere was different from the off yesterday.as soon as we conceeded the crowd stuck with the players.

You ooghta be an impressonist baz, innit like.

dunno if anyone has mentioned it yet but how poor was Billy Paynter?

dont think the formation helped paynter.

Paynter did well with what little service he had

I thought Paynter did ok. The lack of width meant that he had to keep going out to the right though.

Paynter did ok but his link up play with Cox is pretty good we lost that with Paynter wide right.

It was certainly the most enjoyable game of the season for me. Oldham was a better performance but yesterday was a good match to watch. I felt Leicester were the best side down here this season and we got a point I wasn't expecting. The players ( apart from MacNamee ) gave their all and the fans got behind the team. I hope MacNamee's form picks up. l've not seen a more skillful winger for us since Walters and I really enjoy watching him play. We didn't play brilliantly but we battled and if we'd have lost 2-0 or 2-1 then I would have still left the match reasonably happy because the players put a decent shift in.
Good to see Ifill on the bench and getting a good reception.
I was also pleased to see a team without Aljofree and JPM. If I was in the trenches I wouldn't want them 2 by my side - I'd rather have Jack Smith. Technically inferior but a real battler. He's been there thruoghout this crap season and hasn't hidden. In fact, he's got to be my player of the season so far because of the bottle he's shown - a propoer bloke.
The CG was a happy place on Saturday and long may it continue.
The Curry Garden really does a very good vindaloo.

In regards to macca be interesting to see what happens with him if bothroyde did take over

not alot at a guess

HOOF!

Hoofroyd will probably get rid of Macca.

People who say we wouldn't have come back like that if Malpas was in charge are talking bollocks in my opinion-that point of view says more about the attitude of the players than the ability of Malpas as a manager.Players should not need motivating by a manager-if they'd have shown that attitude a bit more often when Malpas was in charge we might not be 2 points off relegation.Pook s  now flavour of the month-but who brought him back?Who had the notion of putting Timlin at full back-a masterstroke in my opinion?Its total bollocks to say that result yesterday was down to the fact that Malpas has gone.

Who told Pook he wasnt good enough after seeing him play twice in the first place....and even put him on the subs bench for the reserves....and Timlin at left back because the guys he baught for that position were not good enough.

100% agree.

Though Malpas wouldnt have brought Pook back if he hadnt frozen him out in the 1st place.

Nah! He'll play him but on stilts.

Doesn't matter-he was right to leave Pook out.Its a testament to Pook that he knuckled down and got his place back.No one would have said at the start of the season that Pook should have been in the side(except Fatbury).Also he made a mistake with Casal fair enough but he had the bollocks to do something about it.There aint a manager in the country who hasn't made a bad signing

Also, we've showed that sort of spirit and fight in our last 4 league games not just yesterday!

I know I wasnt at either Histon or Brighton but that performance yesterday was no better than Oldham the previous home game

Don't know whether not being at the two cup games gives you more perspective or less - certainly for me the abject surrender at Histon was so embarrassing, I'd have sold my right arse cheek (for purely medical, rather than pleasure-related, purposes I hasten to add) to have seen a Town side prepared to go out and fight for the shirt which is what we got yesterday. For technical purists, Oldham was probably the better game, for those of us who just in the name of Jesus Christ and all that's holy wanted to see a blood and guts battle for a result, you'll go a long way to better yesterday's peformance.

I went to Brighton but wasnt there on Saturday as it was my visit weekend for my daughter.
I sat and watched the results come through and i must admit i thought it was curtains when Fryatt scored.
I was elated at the end.
My mate called at the final whistle telling me i missed a great match and a real battling perfromance from the town.
After the last two disasters i would of taken a draw pre match so i think this is a great result.
Roll on Rovers and a new manager.

Sorry for reading that the wrong way there Paul!  As Batch says me being a paranoid android there methinks.

As for me being catagorised a happy clapper!!  Not sure my mates who I go to games with would agree with that!!

FFS, you're never happy are you? ;) What about happy whinger? Or whingey clapper?

I am happy with it, just thinking that the people around me at the match probably wouldn't have me down as a Happy Clapper, especially after Leicester's second goal on Saturday!

Although I often do the old stand up and get behind the lads after we've conceded a goal, bit like they do at Parkhead, love that.

Well it was the first game I have been too this season where we haven't lost 3-1, the jinx is broken!!

As for the performance, We looked solidish for 80 minutes but there was a distinct lack of movement or options for the players which was why Paynter perhaps struggled as he had nobody to give the fucking football too at times. The difference to me between the 2 teams was that Leicester players movement and shape was much better and they enjoyed some good possession. I think it is fair to say they didn't have to work very hard for their 2 goals but they didn't create anything apart from that really.

After 80 minutes and Corr coming on made a big difference. He won his flick ons and caused panic in the Leicester defence who had been mopping up the high balls most of the match (their number 5 won loads of headers, mainly from Morrison's long throw).

As for performances, I think Jack Smith was excellent again, it is interesting to see that he appears to be the only player who doesn't like to hoof the ball and is always looking for a simple pass. Peacock and Pook worked their bollocks off in midfield, loved it when Pook got booked as he lost the ball and then dived in to challenge, missed the players, got up and dived in again. I have never rated Pook but he showed real desire as did Peacock. Nalis won a few headers but I thought was garbage and Coxy looked a touch off the pace as I have seen him previously. He has certainly earned his rest against Rovers!

Timlin again was excellent I thought-a masterstroke to switch him to left back.However I still think he's our most creative midfielder and we miss him in there

Agree with you there adje, forgot about Timlin, very pleased with his performance at LB, he showed desire as well.

The result at Brighton visably hurt Timlin and he looked apologetic to the fans as we left. I am looking forward to Pboro and got the tickets today.

Thought Timlin did a good job as captain as well. Looked to be quite vocal, and told Nalis to shut his trap in the first half when he was whinging at the ref. trouble is he's only one booking from a suspension as well isn't he ?