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Please, please, please, please, please, please beat Yeovil!

That is all.

Would rather beat them at home or away, assuming you couldn't do both?

Home. Losing to them at their place wouldn't be as bad as being beaten at the CG.

That said, they've yet to beat us at their ground.

At least it's not on the telly this year, we might stand a chance.

We really really really really really really need to win this one today.

But you know we're going to lose when they've got Gifton Noel-Williams up front.

Is Barry Corr starting?

Cant be there today.......
I really hope you lot see a fine victory...
See you boxing day.......wheres the boozer at Orient?? ???

1-1. The frustration to continue.

Doesn't even bear thinking about!


My sentiments exactly.

We will today, Yeovil aren't setting the world alight either.

I don't care who plays and in what position as long as we are positive and go for the win, and when in front, KILL THEM OFF, don't sit back and sit on a one goal lead.

2-1 STFC(PAYNTER,IFIL)

I agree with Hertha please please please please beat Yeovil today.

hertha i feel your pain, i would give a loss today if it guaranteed beating brighton on the 28th.

I have it on good authority that Cox will get a hat-trick today.

I'll give you fantastic odds on that

I'm bloody going to this now, was meant to be at a family event, but that's been pushed back til this evening, so hopefully 3pts for the town and then a few jars this evening to celebrate.

I'd quite like us to get beaten cos then everyone would be right on one.

This is the first day I could of gone in months and I can't be arsed, sums it up at the moment really. Will simply join those who are going post-match for beveraging.

i never understand that attitude DMR, regardless of the situation the club may be in, i dont see how you wish we'd get beat, its beyond me.

As things stand today I couldn't see a situation where I couldn't be arsed to go either.

Couldn't afford it, other plans, etc I can understand.

we better win or I wont he happy, I know you're all thinking im not happy anyway but we should have a new manager in by now. Whether you like Byrne or not the team has not been getting results FACT. The team needs a manager and should have one by now. If we dont have one in for the next 2 games and we lost them both (added to todays game) we'll be fucked

2-2 again

Need three points.  Simple as that.

I would love nothing better than shopping in Yeovil tomorrow wearing my Town shirt...if we win.

It was murder after the loss last season, I so want to get my own back.

Win ugly. That's my mantra for today. Don't care how we do it, just fucking win.

We can win this, we need to score more goals than we let in  :hehe:.

Therein lies the problem!

Is World fucked? It's all gone bonkers. Working now though. You Reeeeeeeeddddddddddds.

Is it me, or do Ed & Phil sound like they're commentating from the moon?

It's going a bit skitz on mine too - keeps cutting out.

My STFC World commentary came on at 3.01 today, i been listening on the Yeovil radio....fucking amatuers, makes ours sound premier league commentary!

The direct BBC link is still working btw - who needs World.......

fuck a duck...

Marvellous

Oh god.....

Shocking defending, usual story.

What a bloody great start.  >:(

Who's the defensive coach?

ours? aide williams i believe

What can you say other than.... fuck

I thought it was Ady, not doing anyone any favours at the moment.

Same old crap.

The longer it takes to appoint a new manager with new ideas, the more games we will lose

 :banging:

It's incredibly frustrating, but then its been like that following the town all my life.

Aljofree off, broke a fingernail or something. Morrison on.

Cue more goals conceeded........

Morrison on for Aljofree.

That's quite a young back-four.

Two teenagers in the back four, plus Smith and Ifil, and Smith in goal, this is going to be a rough ride.

I was being sarcastic.......

cunting hell.
Division 4 it is

We're fucked. Totally fucked. 2-0.

Holy shit......

Byrne fuck off

This whole team needs sorting out by a new manager - this has gone on long enough

Time for more sarcasm, and Breadovan in goal.

fuck this

Well - much as I have a great deal of respect for Fitton, the whole delay in appointing a manager has dragged us into this situation. If a new man had been in today we would not be in this situation. They have to get someone in before this turns into a total disaster.

 :badmood: :badmood: :badmood: :bye:

Incognito might be in order jj.......

Sort out the defence including the goalie, or it's relegation.  

Might as well apply that logic to the whole team.

Hey, Budgie, if you're reading this after the match and you want to have a go at fans who aren't going: the scoreline is why, fella.

Argh! Wide from Cox.

Defence has to be the priority.  Peacock not in midfield protecting the back four might have screwed us, why is Corr on the bench.  If he is fit, he's fit, he should be playing.  Corr has to be on in the second half.

2-1

Timlin!1

TFFT

I must be on a delay then.....

Fucking ace! Come on Dave Bryne, earn your money at half time (when I do the washing up)

Sod that. Dishwashers rock.

wohoooooo

good job he didn't leave it any later - last kick of first half

I am gonna send the missus shopping I cant show my face in Yeovil if we lose...which still looks like its gonna happen.

GET IN!

Sorry john, can't hear ya......

ACE

YOU FUCKING BEAUTY!!!!!

Just when I was reaching for the razor blades.

LET'S GO ON AND WIN THIS!!!!!!! 8)

Brilliant!!

I'll take back my abuse directed towards Budgie if they pull this off!!!

We have to take advantage of this.

We certainly seem to be trying to do so...

Last minute winner for us please  :nod:

I will admit I am a doughnut if we win.

oh dear

Oh fuck

Cunts. Cunts. Cunts.

Words fail me

Back to normality

FOR FUCKS SAKE

4-3 to us then?

Just when you grasp at a little hope.

Now where did I leave those razor blades :blowup:

The Budgie abuse is back on - you're a useless tosser.

DEFENCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Ifil OG my mate just texted me? Haha, good to have the useless cunt back in.

Oh Coxy......

Even Coxy is out of form at the moment - just our luck.

Well, 3 minutes to salvage something from this.

I don't like Yeovil......

I am sooooooooo pissed off with this.

Fuck off Byrne,  Fuck off Byrne  Fuck off Byrne

We didn't deserve that result - the defence were entirely to blame today.

If you can't defend you are going to get relegated.  Two new defenders and a new manager, or it's Aldershot at home on Boxing day in 2009.

Maybe, but you defend as a team. If its down to individual errors, fair enough comment. Its just so bloody depressing.

what was the attendence today?

7072 according to the OS.

The whole team has to defend, but the back four and goalie have to be organised and work as unit, and give nothing away.  Also, the defence should be scoring goals from set pieces.  We don't use the areal power.

oh my that was poor, the big question is- people coming home from the game, will they go here or will they go straight to the byrne questions? i obviously opted for here.

4 strikers...no width...i doubt that has ever worked

 What is depressing is the likes of Yeovil, have only scored 5 goals away all season up until this afternoon and no goals for the thick end of 2 months.

 In order to stay up, we're going to meed to win something like 9 more games backed up by maybe 5 draws...out of 25 games. A big change around is needed, it wont happen with this squad, we need some fresh blood....then fingers cross.

why did he take Macca off. he should of taken of Mcgovern. Barry Corr stay on feet son stop falling over

That was fucking pathetic. WTF did Byrne take Macca off for? We lost all the width, fucking clueless. Macca went straight down the tunnel, fair fucking play, he was a threat all game. Peacock - Ineffective. Cox was fucking shit, his first touch is appalling. I've backed Fitton all along, but he has to get a fucking move on in bringing a new manager in. Byrne played right into Yeovils hands taking Macca off.

If it was going to 443 though Macca was the only one to take off.  JP was supplying more amunition than Macca and is more capable of moving inside than Macca.

IMO the only way he could have stayed on was to move him further forward just behind the strikers.

We couldn't beat Crewe, why should we beat Yeovil.

The defence has to be overhauled for the next three games.

Brez in goal,
Timlin, left back (experience)
Aljofree (if fit) and Morrison in central defence.  Hard on Ifil but Aljofree and Ifil are not a good combination.
Peacock and Easton in central midfield.
If Corr is not fit, play Sturrock or Joyce (where is he?) up front with Cox
The next question is Macca, need somebody who can defend as well as attack.

I agree about the lack of width after the tactical changes though.  We strangled ourselves by going 4 up front eventually.

Barry Corr was obviously not fit and should not have come on, he was a yard off in everything he did and his feet were about 30 seconds behind his brain.

Timlin was the only player that deserved anywhere near a MOTM award today.

The Brighton and Leyton Orient games are now absolutely HUGE games. I pray for Fitton to get someone in before them games, but I doubt he will. I've had enough of Byrne.

Felt like chucking my season ticket away.

Mr Fitton get things sorted out quickly............this indecision has to end now, 4 points from 7 games says a lot about Byrne and co, get rid the cheap option doesn't work does it, the board need to dip into their pockets, easy for me to say I know but isn't that why they took over?

I'm not saying cheque book football, but like a lot of things in life you only get what you pay for.

We need the new man (whoever that is) in quickly so that he can assess where we need to strengthen and either get loans or permanent signings in to bolster the weak squad we have now.  

Nope.

No one seems accountable for their actions be it Fitton, Byrne, or the players. One excuse after another and its starting to piss me right off. Jack Smith in the last 10 minutes was near our throw in and had his back to the player taking the throw. Fitton blames other clubs/managers for the compensation issue, blah blah but 6 weeks is a joke. To be honest I am now at the stage where I don't give a fuck who we get in as long as it's somebody. I don't give a fuck about "the right man" we aint gonna get Scolari or Ferguson, we aren't waiting for the messiah to arrive, it will just be another lower league manager ther is a knats cock between them, just sort it out. We are in the shit now and will continue to be. The new manager has now no time to assess the squad, to buy new players to ship old ones old etc andf in Feb it will be the same shit.

 These games aren't particularly more important than any others...the way things are shaping up, we're probably going to need to win something like 7/8 out of 12 home games. Can't see it happening.

 

They're right down there with us. Of course they're huge. We have to get out of this situation now before a gap starts to build above us.

at least we have something to play for now.adds to the interest i suppose as we are in a battel to stay up.
fitton has to get the next appointment right as malpas and co have fucked us up big time.

Flappy at fault for another goal.
No-ideas at all. After equalising i thought we'd go on and win it. We sort of gave up again though.
Some of the fans around me need shooting. One blokey spent the whole game constatnly bitching about mcgovern. Wanker
I really dont care that we've lost. I just kind of expected it, and don't feel too angry about it. Its weird.
One positive to take from the day is the lovelly new hat i purchased. £3.90. Bargain.

Was that you shoutin out random expletives during the game? i.e. "Battle for the ball you blonde prick!!" and "Barry Corr you sack of shit!!" etc etc

You'll need it, it's cold in Macclesfield.

Corr was wank when he came on. Sturrock was amazing.

Oh and Yeovil were dire.....The worst side i have seen play at the CG ina looong time.....Says a lot about us i suppose, but the chances were there, we just weren't able to take them.....Story of our season so far?

 No they're no huger than any other game, we can win these games fail to follow this up and it makes no difference. Assuming 52 points is a likely stay up figure, it wasn't in 81/82, then we need to find 32 points from somewhere...so roughly 9 wins and 5 draws.

 Looking at the away games say 2 wins and 4 draws out of 13 games is a bare minimum.

 Leaving 7 wins and a draw from the home games, 12 remaining, can it happen?

I think we all need to write to santa pronto and head off to church to prey - I'm convinced only a miracle will save us now.

That was truly dire, I don't know whether it looked worse because I could actually see following my move to the DRS or whether it was actually worse than it has been but we are a shambles and 3-2 flattered us. Apart from a 10 min spell after the second goal, they were by far the better team and could have been out of sight were it not for a bit of individual brilliance from Timlin.

Smith - what more has got to happen for Brez to be recalled, I disagree with some of the abuse he got today, as it's never right during the 90 mins, but how can Brez be any worse. No confidence, and the back four had to continually hook the ball clear and give possession away as they have no confidence in him. Could have been embarrassed by getting caught in no-man's-land on 2 or 3 occasions.

The back 4 - no real glaring errors but as a unit we are horrendous at the back. Another set piece conceded, absolute chaos for the third goal. No communication, leadership and confidence. 3 goals against a poor Yeovil side just shows how bad they were.

Midfield - Timlin was mom by a country mile, Easton was no worse than Pook has been, but is better on the ball. JP was a constant threat imo, but Macca gave away the ball constantly by hanging on to it and not releasing early. He got caught in possesion time and again rarely threatened.

Cox just did not look happy. Missed a sitter with his head and didn't look himself at all. Peacock worked hard as ever but is not a natural striker.

The biggest problem though, is Byrne. He should never have gone 433, taking away all width and basically saying "look, we've got nothing other than 2 big lumps up front so we're gunna play long ball". We were chasing the game and never really had a chance to knick a point. No leadership or confidence shown by anyone on that pitch, and there was almost an air of acceptance about the whole thing. We didn't work hard or look like we were chasing the game, and there was a distinctive lack of urgency throughout.

3-2 defeat at home to a side in the bottom 4, who have scored 5 away goals all season before today and who looked distinctly average (at best), we are in free fall and every game look worse!

 My worry is the points we've thrown away, probably at least 8 or 9, when we were playing not too badly, have now to be made up. Clearly the Board didn't anticipate this, Watkins even stated we weren't in freefall so no rush...we are now.

I wish I'd stayed at home.

Right, I'm going on a rant....

the game was shit, we were shit, they were shit, the ref was shit the linesman was shit, their drum was shit.

Very few players can take anything out of that as alot of them were piss poor.

Phil Smith - I've stuck up for him but their first goal was all down to him, came for it and go no where near it. If you arent going to get the ball stay on your line, He's had it and its time for a long spell in the stiffs, Brez in next week - 0

Jack Smith - Did alright, works well with JPM good footballer - 4

Hasney Aljofree - No idea what happened but he went off injured - 0

Sean Morrison - What the fuck was he playing at for the second goal, put his hand and stopped. Thats a school boy error, play to the whistle. How he got man of the match is anyones guess. I'd actually fine him a weeks wages for such a poor poor error - 0

Jerel Ifil - Could and probably should have stopped the first and third goal. Poor distribution and got torn a new arsehole by Luke Rodgers - 0

Callum Kennedy - Did alright, some good balls some mistakes - 3

JP McGovern - Played very well in spells and not so well in others, final ball was erractive but if we were going to create anything it looked like it might come from him. Missed his goal was talking to Adje and Tails - 5

Craig Easton - Did ok but I thought as a whole our midfield was totally shown up. Not enough battle in there, some nice passes. Should have had a goal - 3

Michael Timlin - Ace free kick but similiar to Easton - 4

Anthony McNamee - Did he do anything, wow he can do step overs. I've never seen a player do so many step overs and get no where with them. No competition for his place and I'd rather see Macklin out there - 0

Lee Peacock - Did he play? didnt notice. Striker my arse - 0

Simon Cox - Going in January? no chance, shit. Drops waay too deep and should have had a hat trick today.  Missed some right easy chance - 0

Now more of a rant.

Right, Mr. Fitton I am forever greatful for you saving our club but that boat has well and truely sailed. Sort it the fuck out.

I dont give a fuck what you've done in the past but you have ballsed this management appointed up 100%. I dont give a flying fuck about your love for the youth team, I dont give a fuck if you think agents are lying cunting scum who you wont deal with. I dont care if a team what a stupidly large amount of comenstation. Bite the bullet and get us a damn manager. We need one and we need him 3 weeks ago.

We need a manager, not an academy director or an ex player. We need a fucking manager, one who has been there and done that. We need a man who will unite our troops and take them to fucking war. This is no time for gambles and inexperiences managers.

We're in a relegation fight now, no doubt about it. First time I've said it but we are in trouble. Last season we were 10th so we could afford a gamble on a manager because it wouldnt matter if we dropped a few places. Now a few places is the different between League One and League Two.

Also, if the whole process has really started again because other applicants have applied, then so what? If the closing date for a job was the 15th no normal business would accept an application sent in on the 19th!!!

We have to have a manager in by Monday. No later, nothing less. Pick a man and go get him. We have to have a new manager in Monday to take training to pick his time before the Leyton Orient game. The next two games are vitally important. Anything less than 6 points and we are fucked.

Different owners but still the same old shambles, somehow we always come out looking like a complete and utter laughing stock. I dont care what Fitton has done in the past but he isnt doing a good job here.

I'm going to stop now before I go on about the sacking of Malpas!!!

Maybe I'll calm down and regret some of these comments but it has to be said.

Fitton, fucking sort it out now!

Although you're probably in a America!

I really need to vent my spleen. I'm so fucking angry with today's "performance". Conceding three goals at home to a team who are just as bad, if not worse than us is just criminal. Added to that the fact we lost at Crewe as well has really just topped it off. I just can't see us winning at Orient or beating Brighton either.

I don't think I can blame Byrne for toda's reasult, tactically we didn't seem awful but the players were just completely inept, devoid of any attacking prowess at all. They just did not seem to give a fuck at all. From my point of view, they don't seem to care that we may be dragged into a relegation battle as long as they pick up a paycheck every week.

There are so many passengers in our team that we need to get rid of, but my fear is that if we do that we'll lose any stability that we do have and go on an even worse run. It's a lose-lose situation.

We really need a new manager in as soon as fucking possible. Someone who can get the players playing for the shirt. I know I've said it before that I acknowledge the fact that Fitton wants to get the right man, but if it drags on too much longer and we carry on in the same form we're in at the moment then we will get relegated. Averaging a point a game is not enough.

Agreed, Reg. How valuable will goals like Lines in the last minute v Rovers turn out to be at the end of the season. Someone should go and count up the league table and take off all our last 10 minute goals to see where we'd be.

And, my God, Fitton HAS to make a decision next week now - Freefall is too kind a word for the situation right now.

what a fucking mess we,re a laughing stock.yo ho ho and a merry christmas yeovil  from the stfc defence.

Yeovil were dire and we controlled long periods of the game. Yet we still conceded 3. Groundhog day swindon. Those last 15 mins were a mess. What formation were we supposed to be playing? Signs are bad, very bad.

Sean morrison isn't good enough full stop DV.

I am not going to say much about this but several players clearly think they are better than they are and why oh why were we kicking the ball to Peacock in the box when Yeovil ALWAYS had 3 players on him didn't make sense. I have accepted we are shit and likely going down so not too bothered really. If we stay up fair enough. There doesn't appear to be any leadership on the pitch but we move on. Roll on Orient.

Don't regret any of that DV. I'd say that's all pretty fucking spot on.

Bollox.  Just back.  Had more exciting comas.

Yeovils areshit, we are shitter.

Jesus.

I did stop before I said sacking a manager after winning and drawing your last 3 league games was a bit wrong.....hindsight I suppose

...but...then would we have seriously been any worse off by now if Malpas was still here?!

Hindsight again I guess....

At least when Malpas was in charge we scored goals.

I did say to the guy next to me that Cox hasnt looked the same player since Malpas left. I wonder if thats just co-incidence, related to the team as whole being less creative, or the fact Malpas was a good attacking coach despite being a defender his whole career.

if i was cox i'd be badgering my agent right now.

Got into the county pub it was empty...and still empty when i left at 2.50,went in the Arkells for a change...was nice to see a few younsters from the schools,at least they were having fun...i noticed a dozen Santas sat in the Nationwide,very glum not suprising really,2 down,to be fair Yeovils second was quality,we picked up abit when Aljofree was replaced by Morrison..i like Morrison he should be starting matches,Kennedy did ok.
Very one dimentional..Hooooooofing to Peacock,Mcmanee has gone so far backwards its unreal,Smiths kicking was poor and Cox didnt touch the ball for 30 mins,Timlins got abit of quality at times while JP is so frustrating to watch,one moment of class followed by rubbish..i heard a cheer as i got my coffee and thaught it was Half time but we were back in it...2-2!..on we go lets hammer them..Corr and Sturrock warming up,why wait to we go behind to use em...ive had enough,no body can tell me out of 50 applicants Money is the best man for the job..total bollox,
As i walked out of the ground i felt very sad...this great club of ours is in a right mess,the west country drawl of the yeovil fans were singing above the abuse of the home fans.
Ime not looking forward to Brighton,it could very embarasing....

Guys we have just been beaten by the worst team in the league, what the hell does that say for us.  First priority after getting a new manager has to be a midfield enforcer, we give the ball away far to aimlessly.

Morrison's throw would be a real weapon, but every single time it went to Peacock who Yeovil invariably had three men on. Would it hurt to chuck one at Ifil or McGovern perhaps?

That has summed up the situation pretty well, unfortunately Mr Fitton only has miself to blame for the sorry mess we are in. He had the perfect opportunity to get someone decent in when he took over. He then kept malpas in the job far to long , we then have to suffer Dave Byrne who is part of the problem under malpas. I am sorry we will always be in debt to mr F for bailing us out but  he has to be strong and act Monday get Danny Wilson, Ian Holloway, Ian Dowie on the phone offer one them the job because at the moment we look a sorry bedraggled disjointed outfit who are going down to Div 2.
 

I will probably now get slated for speaking out against our saviour but I am sorry the honeymoon period has worn off, it is time for Fitton to show us that he can do the same with a football club that he has with his business's because if we go down we can forget being in the Championsjip in 3 years or even 5.

As you can tell I pretty angry at what i have witnessed today and will probably have a more rational outlook on things in the morning.

It does seem in some quarters that Fitton is untouchable because he saved the club, £8m etc. He certainly didn't do that as some favour to the fans and if goes to plan he will make a profit from it. Therefore if he is likely to make a profit from us then he should be accountable and he made a mistake in appointing Malpas and has made a mistake in taking so long and we will continue to slide for a few weeks to come I would imagine.

I think Fitton is coming in for some unjustified stick here. He's not helped himself but doesn't deserve the stick he's getting. He was there today and must have felt like compromising his principles every one of the 90 minutes. 
For the second home match running that was real relegation fodder from both teams. Yeovil were even worse than Carlisle and yet we managed to be even worse.
Phil Smith needs removing now - yet another flap and yet another goal. Every time he goes near the ball everyone has kittens. I'd get a loan keeper in. If Brez got back in we'd all be waiting for him to fuck up.
The defence collectively fucked up just about everything they touched. Every time Yeovil attacked they looked like scoring or should I say, we looked like conceding.
The midfield was a woeful mess. Easton was anonymous as he has been when he's played this season.
Even the attack today were shite. That has to be Cox's worse game for us.
Tactically we were shite, particularly when we were chasing the game.
I couldn't pick a MOM today althuogh I'd probably give it to Timlin
That was a complete crock of shit and a new manager will not be able to wave a magic wand over this bunch of useless, talentless ,apathetic cunts.     

Luckily as I help with the pitch I do not have the expense of a season ticket. Today when the second goal went in I got up to go home. I was stopped as I have committed to help out and was reminded of that. At half time Brez was sat in the dugout with a face of desperation. I'm sure he was thinking 'How the hell am I not playing'.

No, he was thinking "Why the fuck am I still employed here".

anyone know how many have blown out the second payment on their season tickets?

At one stage approx 1000 - the last I heard this had reduced to about 400 but that was a couple of weeks ago. Today's crowd was pretty good considering everythnig.

Well, that was bloody awful. It's the same (or at least) similar shit, week in, week out. It almost feels pointless to say "we need someone in sharpish" because I've said it for the last 3 weeks. Yeovil must be over joyed to have come here and barely mustered much attack and gotten 3 goals and 3 points! We're a joke.

Who's fault is it if it is not Mr Fittons, he employed Malpas and he kept him on to long and now we have wasted 5 weeks looking for a manager. I am afraid it is all his own doing, I just hope he sees sense on Monday and gets on the phone to Danny Wilson and offers him the job there and then , now is not the time for another experiment of a manager. As I said before we will always be eternally gratefull for him saving the club but he did not do it out of the kindness of his heart he is a business man and he will be looking for a return somewhere along the line and anybody who thinks different is deluded. I just hope he realises that if we go down then he will be lucky to get 2000 ST let alone 6000. Like you say he was there today and that was probably a good thing because hopefully after watching that he realises that he needs to act now .

The only stick Fitton is getting is about the recent managerial appointment his team have worked wonders and the club is certainly going forward off the pitch, however it has gone backwards on it.

0 for Cox is a little generous DV.

I once gave Brian Howard a -3 and the rest of the team 0s then everyone kept asking me why I claimed Howard was the worst player on the pitch but gave him the highest rating of a 3.

Where the **** are:

Casal

Amankwa

Kanyuka



Malpas signed 'em and they don't play.  Two players are preferred ahead of Casal at left back and he cost money.

Amankwaah and Kanyuka seemed to have disappeared.


Were Malpas (Byrne) worse than Todd?

OK, tell me straight. Was it really that bad? I listened to the commentary (and granted its not the best source to judge from), but it sounded to me that we outplayed Yeovil, created an array of chances (which we failed to profit from) and were undone by poor defensive errors. That's a very different picture to what those at the game are painting.

I'm not trying to shit stir, just curious.

Who cares they're all shit

We were poor, Yeovil were poorer. An all round bad game. We had two shots on target and scored two. Up until their three goals, Yeovil only had two shots on target.

In a way your right, but although we may have created more it was still shit just a bit better than their shit.

the worst part was, it was like watching your favourite film. You knew exactly what was going to happen.

Second half we pulled it back to 2-2 we were the only side in it, we were creating some good chances to a neutral it would have looked like there was only one winner.

To a Swindon Town fan is was clear as anything that Yeovil would go down the other end create one half chance, score from it and win the game.

When we are on top we dont take enough of our chances and when we're on the back foot we give away too many chances.

We can have all the possesion and create 100 chances a game to the other teams 1 and we'd still somehow draw 2-2

Its true that we created chances-one superb cross by McNamee was asking to be headed in by Cox,Timlin had a superb chance just after we equalised and Cox headed over from 0 yards.Once again,however all the goals conceded were errors and thats what makes people paint a bad picture.The substitutions only made us look more ragged and shapeless,MacNamee,frustrating at times,remains the one player that can create something from nothing and in my opinion should never have been brought off- a straight swap Corr for Peacock would have been my choice then we might have kept the shape that actually was creating chances.We just looked a disorientated rabble in the last 20.Morrison getting MOM was a joke-I thought Kennedy was the pick of ourdefenders(not great praise I know) and Timlin the best midfielder.Cox had the worst game Ive seen him play and Peacock is neither sharp enough nor quick enough to play up front.I hope some people will appreciate Paynter a bit more now-Cox missed him I reckon.By the way Corr looked nowhere near ready

Fair points all. I must confessed I was a little shocked to hear Morrison was "mom" when it was pretty evident he was culpable for their 2nd goal.

Anyone who puts their arm up for offside and then stops whilst their player runs through and scores should not get man of the match!

Fitton picks his man backs him to the hilt and sacks him if he's shit. He's done all of this. We're all frustrated its taking longer than we'd all like. My guess is that Fitton is being ultra careful and that as on paper we're rich and he wants someone in employment, they're asking full wack. He's probably going to have to compromise his principles somewhere along the way.
Also Fitton doesn't kick a ball. We just happen to have a bunch of worthless, bottlers and cunts who try to.  
We either need to churn the whole fucking team or find a bloody good coach. Even Wenger would struggle with this lot.

Fitton hasnt picked his next man yet, thats the problem.

Paul Sturrock got this side in the top 10 so I think the likes of Wenger would do alright with them.

Andrew Fitton has come in for justified stick in my opinion. His position comes with certain responsibilities and expectations from supporters as well as the plaudits when it's going right on the pitch. The flip side is dogs abuse when things are fucked on the pitch like they are now.

Fitton is a member of the board as well as club Chairman. Jeremy Wray, Nick Watkins and James-Cuntington-Pissflap-Wills are among his fellow directors and they probably have considerable say in matters like appointing a new manager, so even though Fitton is the figurehead he's only really acting on behalf of the board.

After today I cant see the board getting too much sleep this weekend as they have low-confidence error-making players on the payroll, no fucking manager, a dire league position and the recent history of the Malpas fuck-up, not to mention 5 fucking weeks wasted on not recruiting his replacement and 7000+ angry fans.

Today's performance was a fucking joke. Pro players just can't be allowed to turn on the style for 10 minutes, score a couple of goals then just switch it off again and play like a parks team. The club can't do anything for not performing apart from dropping them or not renewing their contracts when they are up. They are going to get ripped up on forums and abused during matches when they play like that though. Not right, maybe, but someone has to keep it real.

Our defence is leaky as fuck, but if no one communicates with each other and players either shit themselves every time they get closed down or just fucking hoof it when there's no one to pass to, is it any surprise? The midfielders don't help out defenders when they are looking for an easy outlet. Time and again the midfield hide away or won't take the ball which means defenders often lose posession by just hoofing it out or up front.

Up front, we've now got a striker with a shit load of quality and potential but he has somehow morphed into a non-scoring midfielder-cum-defender since Malpas went. Why the fuck does Cox appear all over the fucking pitch? With no shape up front we're well and truly fucked, no matter how shit the service is from McNamee or JPM. His first touch was awful today and I watched him twice boot the ball out of midfield, only to then chase the ball himself! He needs to get back in position, give us an outlet from midfield and start scoring goals again. I honestly cannot see why Byrne lets him do what the fuck he wants as it isn't helping him, the team or results. I'm not pointing a finger at Coxy as he's been brilliant for us, but the basics need to be right. If I was him I'd be off like a rocket in January, but like someone else said, who's going to sign him playing like he is at the moment? Someone might take a chance, but the transfer fee will be well below what a free-scoring Simon Cox should be worth to us.

I do wonder if any of the players actually like each other of if they are not getting paid or something. Again, I have no idea on either count but there has to be a reason for the general level of shite they're dishing up. Byrne sounded like he knows what is wrong in his post match talk, but either can't fix it, or is just resigned to leaving it to whoever they bring in.

Hopefully the board will get their act together this week. Their honeymoon is well and truly over now and they need to face reality.
 

What paints a bad picture is that was fucking shit. 3-2 is a much better scoreline than we deserved. Yeovil weren't great, but they didn't need to be.

That was pretty fucking woeful. Reminded me of King's first season when he kept us up, but with about half as much spirit. The constant running out of options when moving forward, with the ball often ending up back with the keeper was definitely a reminder of the days when Bobby Howe bossed our midfield.

From today I'd say our problem is in midfield as much as defence. The defending, whilst about as solid as a frosty pond, looked like it could be resuscitated with an injection of confidence and some Ritalin. Yet the midfield was just pretty consistently ineffective at both defending, going forward and football in general. I didn't even notice Easton was on the pitch until the second half, took me by surprise a bit.

I wasn't quite expecting it to be that shit, not sure why. I don't think a shit team would have bothered me so much if it wasn't for the atmosphere. There wasn't even no atmosphere, it was worse than that, like some sort of negative atmosphere. A Vampire crowd, sucking the energy and christmassy happiness out of everybody. Pretty dangerous when there are old people about, think it was a bit much for Fred.

We are in one hell of a rut - sad thing is I can't see a way out of it :(

Whadda disappointment.

Dont worry, be happy ...

We will survive ...

I think we will too (just)... I don't need to go into detail as everything as been mentioned already. Buh.

there hasn't been an atmosphere all season ben. fuck up by the board(aswell as the malpas disaster)in the townend season ticket cost decision.
delta,great post.

Quite the opposite. Peacock's movement was far superior to paynters. Yeovil couldn't cope with it. Cox may have missed billy but he still had enough chances for a hatric.

i thought Peacock was slow and rubbish today, when he tried to bring the ball down seemed to take him an age to turn and get a shot away was blocked out everytime

peacock has nice tattoos and runs around alot.whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
touch of a rapist and scoring abilty of a centre half(yes i'm exaggerating)

but we missed him in midfield today!

Bang on, the atmosphere hasn't been right far too often this season. The TE is so fucking quiet nowadays as it's only ever about a third full, the DR wakes up now and then but it's mostly quiet apart from the boys in the top corner. The Arkell's speaks (or sleeps) for itself. If the board had thought it through properly they could of made it cheaper to go in the TE, thus keeping the brilliant atmosphere that was there for the last few seasons. I think the atmosphere counts for a lot from the players point of view and a vocally active TE used to let one or two players know the score if they were not pulling their fucking weight as well.

It's ironic that it took a cunt like Diamandis to whack up the prices, accidentally sending the overall atmosphere sky-high when everyone headed to the TE because it was cheaper. Then the new board came in and rightly slashed prices in an effort to get the crowds back in, only to send the atmosphere down again as the TEnders fucked off back to where it's comfy, the view is better and it's just as cheap as the TE was!

Anyone know if the supporters club or the trust had any input when that ticket price review was done? I cant help thinking those nosey fuckers would of spotted the atmosphere flaw a fucking mile off if they had, so the answer is probably no :nod:

That's what I meant. 

We have never had more defenders on the books, but we have no defence.

Yeovil"couldn't cope" with Peacock?

Can you remember that match that seems so log ago..you know the one,when we hammered Tranny on the first saturday....the atmosphere was brilliant,i for one have had enough of it always being our fault...its down to the club as a whole to create an atmosphere at a match...itton missed a massive opportunity when he appointed MM,even half a name would have sold him 8000 not 6000 tickets and now we are being told that from 50 applicants Richard Money was the cream that rose to the top...call me old fashioned but that isnt going to get the juices flowing..one good season with Walsall!
I was ther today and was appalled at the display on the pitch...and amazed there were 7000 there to see it being a week before xmas and off the back of losing to Crewe.
Its nothing to do with Ticket prices,fans will pay big money and create a good atmosphere if they get value for money or at the least some effort...Villa fans paid 32 quid to watch there team go third today.I for one think our fans are very loyal...just because a few whinge on the internet sites  so what....i hope the fuk up of this week is a blessing in disguise and someone with abit more get up and go than Money can be enticed here surely thats not asking for too much..

Money has been one of the better names link, who are you holding out for leefer?

Danny Wilson has experience across all 4 leagues, his teams always play attractive football , he is available and reportedly wants the job so why has he not been offered it ;time to do the right thing and not another experiment, after today  surely the board need to make an appointment first thing Monday.

Ireally want Holloway...hes a fans man and is good for the clubs image..maybe not a great manager but could do a good job for us....if not i think Keown would have been a good shout....my gut feeling is its going to be a suit man and not tracksuit.

Wilson was doing ok at Pool....ime amazed they got rid of him.

If we really want the club's image to be a cross between the Wurzels and the Chuckle Brothers, then yeah.

He has a decent record apart from a couple of poor seasons with Wednesday and Franchise,  i remember his Barnsley side where the fans used to sing "Just like watching Brazil". I can only assume he fell out with the board at pool, I think there was some rumblimgs about not having funds in the jan window.

And they have a big match in the cup...there fans have been treated to some really etertaining football this season.

More than can be said for us no cup run and no entertainment.

Holloway I'll take but there is no way Keown would be a better appointment than Money, not to mention he turned down a job at Portsmouth also not to mention the fact hes a great big dirty fucking scummer!

Keown can fuck off, Dan summed it up with his scummer comment.

Well they did. But his movement was too good for them at times. He got in between the centre backs a fair few times and won most of his headers too. Unfortunately he couldn't do anything with the ball when he got it. Billy and cox are our starting front 2 no question. But paynter is not as mobile and doesn't make the stop as well as peacock.

peacocks effort is great but he doesn,t ever look like scoreing even against the yoevil midget defence.

Back to the match ...

I'm starting to feel really sorry for Phil Smith, his confidence must be totally shot to bits.

What does Bryne do: If he continues to play him he and we could become nervous wrecks. If he drops him then he will not be back in the first team for a long time (injuries apart).

Where do I start about yesterday? We were terrible at the back and everytime we conceded our heads dropped. Luckily Yeovil were just as bad as we were at the back and that allowed us to get back to 2-2. Sadly though we went poor again and showed nothing and at the end Yeovil could have had 4 or 5. Stupid thing for me was though that we could have also had 4 or 5 if Cox had taken a few of his chances. He looks half the player he was under MM. We really need a manager now to give the players some leadership and the longer it goes on for the worse it's going to get. Sort it out Fitton!

Firstly, there seems to be a very rose tinted view of the atmosphere in the County Ground prior to this season. It wasnt all that great though it was certainly better than it has been this season. Then again, the results were better too. If the performances and results are as bad as yesterday, the crowd will be quiet whereever they are sitting.


We (The Trust) were shown a list of prices towards the end of last season, a couple of weeks before they were announced. We did question why there was no discount in the Town End and the answer was that they wanted to reward people who committed to a season ticket by letting them sit where they wanted rather than having to settle for where they could afford.

I think that's fair enough to be honest, and we do have cheaper tickets in the Town End if you buy on match days but most people still seem to prefer to sit in the better seats, they just want others to go in the Town End and create an atmosphere.

If you look back to before the old board jacked up the prices in 2001 or 2002 the make up of the crowd was much as it is now with the Town End being fairly empty most games. Town End tickets (including season tickets) were cheaper then. It was only when the side stands were jacked up to levels which were completely unaffordable to many people that we had the mass migration into the Town end.

What this tells you is that reducing Town End ticket prices alone will not lead to a big increase in the number of fans in that area of the ground, it will just mean those who already sit there will pay less. As long as the side stands remain reasoinably priced they will be more popular with most fans.

The only way to guarantee to move people back into the Town end is to price them out of the side stands which would be a very backward move in my view. It would reduce the crowds overall and cost the club money. Whatever you say about the atmosphere (which I agree has been dire), our average crowds are up. We still got over 7,000 yesterday despite the poor run of form. From a business point of view the season ticket initiative has been a great success, and it is from that point of view that it will be judged by the board.

Longer term, what would be a good solution would be to redevelop the Town end so that the facilities there match what people expect when they go to a football match in the 21st century. (i.e. an unobstructed view, decent leg room, etc...) Also make it unreserved seating so people can group together rather than being spread out.

For a side who hasn't won in 10 games, the fourth highest gate in Division One yesterday was pretty damn good in my opinion.

Just logged on after getting back from a weekend in the smoke.
I was pissed at missing the match but after that result perhaps i am relieved....
Sometimes i fucking hate text alerts and yesterday was no exception.
I will not slag/praise individuals down as i wasnt there.......but i hope we get a manager in soon who can turn this shit round.
Roll on Orient i saw us win at Dongs so hopefully picking up three points there is on the cards.....(did see us lose at Walsall and Brighton.......)....

First chance I have had to get on the net since last week.

I was very impressed with the pitch, I guess that is because there has been wank all football played on it this season.

its on the final shortlist for best pitch in england

I wonder if we get any silverware if it wins?  :D

I haven't bothered to read all the tread. Are we talking about the County ground pitch? Is there any link?