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FYI, my head hurts today.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1499531,00.html

Hooray it's over.

YAYYYYYYYYY!!

GET IN!!! Im delighted!!! Great appointment!

Never made the 200 pages, but yes, thank god its over!  Now can we play some football?

Pleased about that, didn't want Money or Hockaday.

Hmmm about bloody time.

Not 100% certain on this one I must admint but he has a good track record of taking sides no where in this division.

Does make me wonder how far down he was on our list of choices because he obviously had a job to start with and only became a contender when he got sacked.

Now, wheres his backroom staff?

I think he can do a good job here.

Good luck Danny!

although he did leave Hartlepool on the back of a 4 game unbeaten run and at the time one source said he left the other said he was sacked, so maybe this was actually in the pipeline a few weeks back?

Tee hee - Shaun Taylor was in his coaching staff at Bristol City, dare I start to dream :)

Rather him than Money....at least we can look forward to some attacking football if his time at Pool is anything to go by...look forward to Sunday abit more now.

Seconded.

Glad just to have a manager, out of the names being branded around, best decision I believe.

I think I am correct in saying that Danny Wilson holds the record at both Bristol City and Hartlepool United for the longest winning sequence of games.

What kind of run of results would he have to knock together to take that honour here?

Obviously our history is more prestigious and glorious than both those sides, so it may not be as easy for him to achieve as it has been previously...

Just glad its over.

Not a bad appointment, just glad to have a friggin manager!!

At least he knows what it is about and should hit the ground running. Good appointment I think.

I dont know how many games he needs to go unbeaten to get the record but now would be the bloody perfect time to do it.

Wilson has usually stopped around at each club for a good number of years.

Our last manager to get to 200 games in one spell was Steve McMahon!!

Wouldn't have been my first choice but doesn't look to be a bad choice. Hopefully it will give everyone a lift. It will be interesting to see who his back room staff will be and how much trading he can do / is able to do in January.
Haven't got a problem with his Slave Trading history and he's got no Scum connections.  

I thought that Danny was the most obvious choice when he became available, assuming that Money was never going to be an option.

Byrne to stay on?  I would expect so, otherwise this would have been over sooner with the January window.

Danny Wilson's assistants throughout his career.... (I think)

Eric Winstanley at Barnsley
Peter Shreeves at Sheffield Wednesday
Frank Barlow at Bristol City
Ian Bowyer at Franchise
Ian Butterfield at Hartlepool

Good result, I think. He has a pretty good career record, barring the spells at Sheff Wed & Franchise.

He has lots of experience (nearly 15 years as a manager) with most of it in the Football League.

The important thing is we have a half decent (at least) manager at long last who will hopefully turn things round.

Brian from Larkhill is not happy with the appointment and will not be continuing with his season ticket, starting from now.

This is very upsetting :(

Christ almighty... He managed Bristol City, doesn't mean he supports them.

What do some of our fans expect given our position?

Brian from Larkhill is not happy with the appointment and will not be continuing with his season ticket, starting from now.

what a cock. im very happy with the appiointment.

BBC RS say he's not bringing a backroom team with him - at least not immediately.

Not suprised and not concerned as he's never taken a entourage with him anywhere.

Thats no surprise. There is no way we could afforded to cull all our backroom staff and replace them all. Myself and Reg were saying this well before Malpas got sacked but alot of people didnt want to accept it.

I just read thisis. Dont know why but red ken is an Oxford fan right?

Good appointment, happy with that. Was fearing the worst with some of the other names being knocked about (Staunton etc)

Anyone know what sort of contract length Williams and Bryne have left?

I must listen to you more often DV..you are truly the forum sage :notworthy:

Actually, I hope I am wrong and Wilson does bring in some of his own coaches.

Also, was Wilson sacked from Hartlepool or did he resign. Different people seem to be saying different things.

BBC stated that he was sacked. The reaction of their fans was generally that of suprise, the unhappy kind. HUFC_Bart was over-the-moon though.

See the statement put out by Hartlepool said he left.

1-0 40 seconds

well brian from larkhil is obviously a twat. wilson has my full support

He is a cunt.

Simple as.

Brian that is

FACT!

From what Fitton's said on the Radio, all the backroom staff remain for now while Wilson assesses them but if he wants his own men he will get them (presumably within reason)

Sounds fair enough to me.

agreed.

Thanks for that.

A nice Christmas present from Mr Fitton for us all I reckon. Being run well on and off the pitch now. Let the thisis mongs moan all they want.

Deal is going to be until the end of the 2010/11 season.

A standard 2 1/2 year deal then.

Fitton saying that some (fuckwit) who text in complaining about Wilson that he doesn't know what he's talking about.  8)

It did sound like he was going to call him something unbroadcastable for a split second.

Im under whelmed.

Its an average journeyman manager,for an average team with average fans in a below average league .Everything about Swindon screams mediocre these days.

Did I hope for more? Yes

Am I suprised? Not a bit.

Oh God, I feel so depressed after reading that :emo: :suicide:

I think that sums pretty much every fan though doesn't it? We all secretly hope a mega experienced former superstar but when the lower key but more than adequate appointment is made, the disappointment appears.

I'm happy with the appointment.

I neither know or care what other fans think Mr Pullen and im not even sure who I wanted instead.

I could give it the "I'll support him blah blah" line,but I cant be arsed and ive pretty much lost all interest.

Although Im sat typing about a Swindon Manager on a Swindon forum whilst listening to the game,so im probably talking bollocks...

you never like any of our managers though do you Yeovil?

I cannot argue with that nor do I want too :)

You just beat me to it 8)

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all the ones ive not liked have left after 10 minutes,so ive been proved right.

and Im not saying I dont like Wilson,just that hes average.

you really are a miserable cunt

Negociations with the council are ongoing, sounds like a Training Ground might be on the Agenda before a ground.

Very pleased with this appointment, he was in my personal top 3.

I know people think he's over-rated in some circles and yes he's not always been spectacular, but always steady, good appointment I think and his sides always play decent football.

really really glad I didnt renew my second part of the season ticket.  When the new board came in I thought we were in for great times, personally I havent been moved by anything.  Malpas was the worst apointment ive ever seen but then Wilson really isnt going to bring the town behind the team.  Good luck to him but I cant see us getting into Championship in the next few years.

Cheap option in my eyes

Any particular reason for that belief? (Him not being a good choice, not the cheap thing, I can see where that comes from even if I don't agree)

Also, how on earth is Wilson the cheap option?

We dont know how much he is earning and what sort of wages and budget he wanted? There would have been cheaper managers out there, thats for certain.

Agree 100% It gets on my fucking tits when people say stuff like, "Oooh, he was the cheap option" when they have not got the faintest fucking idea as to the amounts of money involved.

A manager that has managed in the Premiership and managed Shitty (who we all know pay silly wages) can't be that cheap.

ha ha fuck me isnt this place where you can write a view? Well he wont be on the money Calderwood or Dowie was on is he?

sorry I will change it to

'oh danny, what a great appointment, I am going to follow him around teh country and get his name on my shirt'

Better?

You're turning into a grumpy old man!

I cant beleive some of the comments on here. We now have a manager with a proven track record and people are still moaning. GET A LIFE!!! >:(

Yet he probably has a better managerial record than both of them.

It's pretty positive on the whole though in fairness

I don't have any problem with your opinion, the complete lack of any reasons why seemed a bit Bartesque.

Right... and thus by its very nature people will argue and disagree with you, calm down

Correct. And everyone else gets to slaughter you of they disagree.

Amazed that Fitton sat in the commentary box and had to take some stick from a few moron's texting in.I can't be sure but i dont know any other chairman who is so open with the fans like that,and also dont think sitting in the commentary box is below him,the only other chairman who i can think of who happen's to be like this is that oyeston fella at blackpool.

Good on you fitton saying that guy dont know nothing about football,one less mong if he's not renewing his ticket. :D

Sorry if that sounded harsh,but all i been hearing his cheap option/poor record etc etc,any old excuse to have a whinge whoever it would have been.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion as are those who choose to disagree. I can understand if people aren't in awe of the new appointment but to use the reason of it being a cheap option baffles me because we are not exactly major players in that department.

Fitton has played it safe by appointing a man with ample experience at this level.

I hope and pray to the Swindon football Gods that it'll be a good appointment.

I am calm, just not thrilled or happy with teh appointmnet.  That simple? I know of my mates only 1 or 2 who would be going today, where as last year we filled a mini bus on boxing day.  Think many people have lost their interest in town at the mo and in my opinion teh appointment of Danny Wilson will not bring them back

To be honest though, it takes a massive name to bring people back immediately. The way I see it, Wilson is capable of getting us the results that will bring people back in the long run rather than providing instant bums on seats.

But the thing is Ash, who would bring them back?

No matter who we appoint, someone will moan about it.
People would have moaned about Caldewood because of where Forest are, people would have moaned about Money because he isn't a name, Gary Speed has no managerial experience, I could go on and on.

The only names that would have pleased absolutely everyone would have been those we had no more chance of getting than the man in the moon, i.e Allardyce, Curbishley..dream on. Other than that, whoever we got in would have led to the likes of Brian of Larkhill chucking in his season ticket before a ball had been kicked.

Yawn, another excuse from the; 'I'm not coming back until...[insert latest excuse here]' brigade. What was the point of signing up for a season ticket if the only criteria for attending matches is if the manager's 'name' excites you  ::)

ha ha, the reason I and many around me got one was we wanted to get teh magic 6,000.  I think ive been to enough matches home and away to have my say prick

Our form against Wilson...

Played 20 Won 4 Drawn 8 Lost 8.

Barnsley 2-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 0-0 Barnsley
Swindon Town 3-0 Barnsley
Barnsley 1-1 Swindon Town
Bristol City 0-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol City
Bristol City 3-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 1-2 Bristol City
Bristol City 2-0 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol City
Bristol City 2-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol City
Franchise 1-1 Swindon Town
Franchise 3-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 0-1 Franchise
Hartlepool United 0-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 0-1 Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United 1-1 Swindon Town
Swindon Town 2-1 Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United 3-3 Swindon Town

Nothing like a pointless stat :)

Completely agree with this.

People will always go on saying "im not coming back until [insert excuse]" yet as soon as that excuse has gone, they will just make up another one. I would have been up for going to to a Swindon game today, but with my mates it was more about the fact that we all went to the Leyton game last year and its not a very fun drive to that part of London.

I pay my £250 or so for a season ticket not because of the manager, but to see the football and would go regardless of who was in charge - although obviously its been hard work over the last few months.

Also, why would you have filled a minibus to Yeovil on boxing day last year when we had just appointed the unproven Malpas.....?

just glad it's over. Good luck Danny, you'll have my full support. Come on the town!

He definately won't be coming into my workplace anymore now.

People are allowed to disagree with you mate.

Yeah and you lot are allowed to not agree with my views? Thats a forum yeah?

Fitton wants to buy the Townend a Drum,enough said.

You are probably wrong there: Firstly Dowie is out of a job and secondly Calderwood will be in 24 hours, so two on the dole and Danny Wilson employed. In 24 hours, compensation apart, Danny Wilson will be earning mega bucks compared to the other two!!! :D

Probably because they had an air of hope last year.

Thouigh I think the reality is they are all settling down a bit and making babies ,isnt that right Ash ? :)

aint trawled the thread but my opinion on the appointment.
fairly decent manager who i'm quite optimistic about, if not doing cartwheels across the lounge.

but,he isn't anywhere near fittons first choice.so how hard did he try to secure one of the others he went on the record of saying would all have been great for us?

Excellent appointment.  Very happy with it.  And I'm sure the majority will give Danny Wilson the welcome he deserves.

I'm not really surprised by some of the negative reaction to the appointment.  Frankly, some of our fans need to get a fucking grip.  We're Swindon.  We're the bedrock of the Football League, as middle-of-the-road as they come.  You should have realised that the day you decided you were going to support a proper club and weren't going to follow Chelsea on Teletext for the rest of your life.  And in that context, Danny Wilson is a good fit for us.

Happy Christmas to all, by the way.

Hehe teletext.

Yeah i heard him say that to,but i think he was talking about their support in general,as being noisy, he just happen to mention the drum,i think he metioned the chimes aswell.

Im hoping he meant that anyway.

all you need to know about his management record is here
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wilson_(footballer)#Swindon_Town

ha ha yeovil you bastard

Nope, im taking it as he wants to buy the Townend a Drum and some Bells.Hes a nice enough bloke and yes saved the club blah blah blah but I think he's a bit odd and "new" football.He thinks MK are a great role model,he likes that fuckin Loon from Portsmouth with the Bells and he used to go to watch a team he didnt care about every week.Weirdo.

I can't think of anything negative about this apointment at all, Wilson is exactly the type of manager we need right now and he'll at least see out his contract unless told otherwise by AF, we've needed someone we can rely on to get on with a job that he is good at for a long time.

He's the type of guy who can get the best out of Cox and Macca (maybe even JP actually) and he'll know very quickly what our team needs, player wise, to get us moving in the right direction.  I can see Wilson working very well indeed with AF too which extremely important right now.

Don't give a fuck where he's been before (could have done without that stint at McDongs mind), all I care about is whether he is the right man for the job and thinking about the various names we've come up with lately I really think he could be the right man.

I missed the game today and will miss Brighton as I'm en vacance for a week and a half but I fully expect Town to be better off when I return than when I left.

Big up Mr Wilson!!

MK are a great example from a community involvement point of view. This doesn't change the fact that they're involving themselves in entirely the wrong community.

now wilson has been confirmed,my one man crusade to seek and destroy stfc chap and tcp42543554 has begun in earnest.

Make it so arriba.

Plenty of odd people about yeovil,but you do have a valid point about the dongs thing.I personally think he is a newcastle fan but dont want to admit it, as people may question is loyalty,what if he would of said yeah im a big newcastle fan.

All the idiots would be straight over the shop topping their mobiles up to text in about his loyalty to the town.

Yes we need to the Geordie Mafia out of this club!

And Calderwood gets sacked tonight.

Ah, the ironic timing to end all ironic timings.

You can't make it up can you :)

I called it earlier somewhere, im sure I did....

Fantastic appointment. Well done Mr Fitton.

Over 720 games as a manager with an average of 1.45 points per game.
Just what we need in terms of experience, knowledge of the division, and loyalty as a manager.
What more could we realistically hope for, apart from a decent coach to back him up?

I'm happy with that. Just relieved it's over tbh. Oh and I hope you all had a great Christmas!

I enjoy reading the conspiracy theories elsewhere........


and....

Hmm also do you remember the interview where Watkins or Fitton said they didnt want a manager who would leave straight away...then he named two championship clubs and then Hartlepool.

That didnt seem to fit at the time and plus I keep saying this no where have Hartlepool said Wilson was sacked, just said he left....

ooooooohhhh. fitton could be like ken bates then

It does seem a bit Fishy..

reading bbc hartlepool they say he was sacked  :nod:
hartlepool 606 the fans are gutted he was sacked he seems to have fell out with the board over funds

Yeah but as DV says, there isn't an official statement from Hartlepool confirming this. It just says he's departed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7784326.stm
 
 
 try this link

Aye, but the BBC aren't Hartlepool United are they. The quotes don't state sacking, they state good luck.

http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10326~1489447,00.html

doesnt mentioned the word sacked.

Good appointment. He was probably the most stand out candidate. Just what we needed. Hopefully things will now turn around.

Couldn't have hoped for better in our current circumstances, very pleased with Mr Wilson.

The answer to our,not just Mary's, prayer?

Happy that it is all over!

Not excited by the appointment, but think he will do a good job, there were other names mentioned that I would have liked less and ones that I would have liked more, but am happy to have got middle of the road in my personal expectations.

Now lets get behind him and start building!  Clear out the crap and start from fresh!

Just out of interest, who would you have prefered?

Not Holloway,surely?

Wilson is a good appointment in my view. Well done to the board for finally settling the protracted fucking mess of getting a new man in place.

Leaving aside one blemish on his record - managing the cunts that are Franchise - his managerial record is pretty sound and we're fucking lucky to have him. He is probably even better qualified than than Sturrock.

Byrne as his number 2 might work out, who knows? If Wilson gives him a chance to prove himself (he was successful working under Sturrock) and he does OK for him, fine. I don't think Wilson will fuck about though as he seems to be his own man. I can't see any record of him having an entourage following him around before, so everyone seems to have the chance of a clean slate for the time being.

I agree with whoever said that Fitton sounds like a newbie football man. He was ace on the commentary today, but he's fucking deluded about getting a drum and chimes. He's a bit too business-like and seriuous sometimes, but he has to play that persona as Chairman I guess. He's probably the life and soul when he's off-duty and getting pissed with his mates :D

A good STFC day today.

The fact is who ever was appointed, not everyone was going to agree about it. The main thing is we now have a manager who is likely to a) keep us up and b) stay for a while, something neither wise or sturrock were prepared to do. We won today so we go into the brighton game full of confidence, another win and can't have asked for any more from this week. Wilson wasnt my first choice either but in etrospect I think he's a good appointment. Let's hope the players respond.

At least now we can all just get on with talking/moaning/celebrating about the football!

Oh, and no drums please!

Only blot on his copybook is managing Franchise..........i fucking hate them!!

I think drums and a bell in the Town End would be fantastic :)

Swindon Chap owes me 10 Euro!

I'm very happy with Danny Wilson. The way I see it is if Fitton's plan is to make us a decent mid-table Championship team then Wilson's the perfect man for the job.

Some people should just fuck off. We are a mid-table league one club and our appointments and performances will reflect that standing. I would rather have 5,000 honest, good fans than 7,000 with 2,000 idiots who boo the team because we're not 3-0 up at half time. If you fit into this catagory then fuck the fuck off!

Haha Bushey is just making up excuses because the truth is his Mrs won't let him go to football any more.

Personally I think Wilson is a decent appointment which will stabalise the club and possibly set us up for better things in the future. That future may come about with Wilson at the helm, but I am sure at least he'll make progress within 2 1/2 years. I'm going to be realistic, we're a shitty bottom half of a team at the moment, but I think play off contenders is achievable within that time frame. Unfortunately Malpas did a lot of damage, so things will take a bit longer from the time Fitton has taken over the club.

One thing that does seem apparent to me, if Fitton wants to concentrate on brining young talent through the ranks (which is a good strategy), he'll have to rethink the link between the youth and senior setups. I'm not sure you can have a manager who is a one-stop-shop for both aspects.

Overall I am relieved. We can do a hell of a lot worse than Wilson - it seems Fitton really has gone for the experienced man which a lot of fans expected to begin with. Here's to a better future!

I may of written it teh wrong way but what I was trying to get across is Wilson has not excited me and many people I ahve spoekn to.  Its a vast contrast to when Wise and Poyet were appointed.

Time will tell if its a good appointment

Si Pi is gonna get eaten by my fluffy dog the next time he pops over, the truth is I threw my season ticket away a couple of weeks ago out of my own choice as I just cant be dealing with watching teh shit we have been put through teh last year.  You can say i am this and that and not loyal but I think doing nearly ever ground in league 2 etc even carlisle lets me have an opinion

A time told that Wise and Poyet was not a good appointment.

You've bitten worse than the dog mate.

I don't think I could have hoped for a better response :)

 I've seen this happen to so many good lads, proper top boys like BB, as well.

 I've always insisted inn dealings with women, you can get your own way over everything else, apart from football, which is non negotiable..

Its always difficult to tell how a manager will get on. For example, who would have thought that Todd and Evans would muck things up so much?

Personally, I'd hoped that Malpas would (as a no nonsense defender himself) make us hard to beat. I'm now hoping that Wilson is the man to do that.

I hope he can shore up the defence, take away the inconsistency, improve the midfield, get the team to create more chances and be more clinical in front of goal. Nothing I would like move than to see us move up the table.   

So just about everythnig then. He's certainly going to earn his corn and I hope he does.

That seems to be what gets reported as the porblems:
- We seem to concede a lot in the last 5 mins
- We have players that appear to blow hot and cold (McGovern is normally quoted as such)
- In pre season there was a lot of optimism that Nalis was the creative midfielder that the club has lacked for years, but that seems to have come to naught.
- Sturrock 'runs the channels well', Corr is fragile, Paynter is apparently wasteful and Cox had a purple patch at the beginning of the season but hasn't been able to carry it through

So, yeah, plenty to work on!

Nalis was the one player I thought was a passenger yesterday. That and the fact he didn't pass it further than 2 yards away means he's shit.

Busheys Mrs doesnt like his football mates. They make him say things like Lets get cunted.

I completely understand, end of the day, if youve got better things to do then its up to the football to get you back. I rekon Wilson will have us in play off form by the end of the season and we'll kick on. Then from there you'll be back. Remmember 2003-04 Bushey? The last 8 weeks of that season we were just living it every day, football was the best thing in the world. Danny Wilson will take us back there.

You cant make people excited about the football. Its been shit the last 12 months. Forget Byrne or even Malpas (the shittest appointment ever) we havent had a proper manager since Sturrock left. Wilson is a good appointment, he wont waste Fittons money and he'll get every player wanting it (I hope).

By the way Bushey, that was good yesterday, felt like Swindon again.

Nalis has been pants...but Wilson could really get the best out of him,he is real quality and its just up to Wilson to figure out how best to use him.

The atmosphere was awesome yesterday and we brought a fair few more fans than I'd expected.  If anyone says that Wilson doesn't excite people then perhaps they need to speak to the several hundred fans at Orient yesterday who sang his name all game.

Malpas never had that kind of start in charge and I feel it will be onwards and upwards from here on in.

And as a result of the appointment, I'm going tomorrow.  So at least one more arse on seat as a result.  My last game was Walsall away...I need to get that out of my system.

Both my Dad and my brother are both going tomorrow who don't normally go too!

Yeah-and he'd better do it by tomorrow!

I hope the good times come back, trust me walking a dog and shopping dont excite me like Swidon used to   I am gonna go to the office early tomorrow and try and make the game.  2003-2004 was the best year of my life to date.  I really do want Wilson to change the way things are as with fitton etc off the field we could have great times ahead.  I guess I just got excited with teh mongs giving me big names like dowie etc.

Ps - my mrs loves theword cunted really, its just when I call her at midnight saying im on my way home then turn up at 5am cunted she takes offence :)

Dont fucking back down.

Just because a bunch of happly clapping mongs sung his name at Orient it doesnt change a thing.His record is average,he is average and nothing what so ever to get excited about.Football hasnt really been fun for years and I dont think Wilson will change that.

I read phrases in this thread like "hard to beat" , "we need stabilty" and "the best we could expect under the cirumstances" and wonder when people gave up hoping and started settling for second best,theres a lack of ambition running right through this club.

Yeovil I love you, I am happy to admit this.  Happy clappers out, especially that Paul D and his side kick Rob 'Drum boy'

Oh and siting the Boxing day crowd as a sign of things to come is complete nonsense.Boxing days games are always well attended as tomorrows game will be,people are off work and want to escape their families.Crowds will be exactly the same in 2 weeks time.

Yeovil you dont seem to be very happy at the moment!!!!

Why dont you do what I was forced into doing last week, GIVE UP ALCOHOL  - it definitely accelerates the complete miserably bastard bit.

So you obviously didnt see the football played by Barnsley with Wilson in charge...hes got a very good record and his teams play with style...i can get pretty exited by that.


Wise and Poyets record is shocking....go to a club..then fuk off,...Leeds and Swindon fans can confirm that Wise and Poyets track record is shit.

Depends how you see it Yeovil.

We were hard to beat under Sturrock and Wise, which made us more successful overall. That's what I took those comments to mean.

The point I was making about stability was that under Wilson, Bristol City went from being a shit club to one that were play off regulars. Sure, I'm under no illusions that they failed to achieve promotion when they probably should have, but Wilson certainly set them up for where they are today (Tinnion almost undid all the good work, Johnson arguably did a better job as he actually got them where they are).

He may not be anything more than an average manager to some, but I reckon he is more the right manager than Malpas ever was. Of course, that doesn't mean that your opinion is wrong, but your opinion will not make me react or bite in quite the way you want.

Ive mostly quit booze for a while now.Not completly but nothing like I used to drink.I am quite grumpy at the moment I blame having to work the Holidays,but i mean my rants none the less.

How come Dell?

And mean rants they are Yeovil.

I dont want you to bite.I didnt even know it was you that said those things to be honest.I'm just venting because well... I quite enjoy it.I'm aware that I seem to have hated every Swindon manager since King makes me seem a bit of a negative nancy,but you know what? I dont fucking care!

If you mean 'How Come' I had to quit alcohol - Liver complaint, they put it down to alcohol abuse. So no alcohol = miserable bastard.

Neither do I really. I think you just want to play the pantomime villain so the happy clappers will tell you to fuck off to thisis :)

what forever?

No, until it turns back to its rightful colour, never say never.

Hmmm maybe a bit,but I do mean it as well.

You were supposed to respond with "oh no I'm not". Not to worry.

Reasonable record, better than Money or Calderwood's. Just hope he doesn't take long to review the current backroom team & bring in his own people. We need a complete new start, as Football managers work better with people they trust & have worked previously. The team need a fresh perpective on all elements of our play - especially our defense & goalkeepers.

well happy with Danny Wilson tbh...he'll do a good job for us and expect us to be top half of the table by the end of the season...but please no-one mention play-offs this season if we go on a 6 game unbeaten run....

when you see the likes of that Rodgers chap taking over at Watford replacing Boothroyd, I'm personally pretty grateful that Danny Wilson has been given the nod....that said, if he aint setting the world alight within the first month and the backroom still consists of byrne,williams etc...maybe he could give John Gorman a buzz?? never go back and all that.....

Haha.  I was going to reply to an eariler post with some comments about crowds actually being quite good considering the drivel put before them this season - so who we are expecting to return seems a bit odd as they all seem to be there already.  But then that last post made I chuckle a bit.

I also find arriving at 5am when they are fast asleep actually causes less friction than arriving at 1am fucked and then managing to keep them up all night with heavy snoring, smelling of alcohol and farting like a trooper in your sleep.

Wilson = better than I expected.  I was already going so no need to return.

For the record, drums have no place outside bands and the Boys Brigade, which in turn has no place whatsoever.  I'll clap like a demented happy person for you though.

Oi leave the BB alone! Many a fine young man has gone through them!  I find getting in at 5am results in teh home phone hitting my head for the record

Its been embaressing that the crowds have been so good, Rob. Sorry to open up old wounds but weve had a bunch of players underperforming, lazy, showing a complete lack of desire, and then having the cheek to complain that the crowd dont like it and are too scared to play at home? I started to hate them to be honest. The last 12 months has been an utter nonsense. And if it continues anymore our support will suffer.

Danny Wilson, fucking hell. I know he had money to spend at City, but we used to dread going there when he was in charge. It was like going being bullied at school, you knew it was comming, just hoping it wouldnt be too bad. 4 years we didnt beat them under Wilson, same league, every season, we had to wait for them to appoint 'The Tinman' to win a game against them. Fucking Hartlepool, 3,000 fans managed to get more points than us 2 years ago. Beat us at our place, and only Brezovan's performance of his life saved us up there.

And then you compare it to Kingy (a scout good on him), Maurice Malpas and Iffy Onoura. 3 names that will never ever get a managers job in the football league again. Not even the lower reaches of League 2.

Yes Yeovil, if you are looking at Football League overall he is third tier. But most of the managers weve had last 10 years havnt even been Conference. You back down ya grumpy git!

Didnt we beat Bristol City under Wilson the first time we played them.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeves

Yes. 4th game of the season.

Yep, but we didn't win any of seven Swindon vs. Bristol City fixtures that followed - the bastard.

...and then came the inadequate Brian Tinnion and the debut of Darius Henderson. That was a good day.

He was brilliant that day....bullied them all match.

dunno if this post was a piss take,but i agree with it 100%.i aint going tomorrow, because i'd rather go on a long walk with my rather ace dog!
wilson is a fairly good appointment,but hardly a pant creaming one.if fitton aint a going to back the bloke with money, then wilson better be a genius of man management and player motivation.

Yeah, I'm well pissed off. I heard Wenger applied but didn't even get an interview. Who the fuck did you expect to get? Who would you consider a "pant creaming one"? Wilson is the best we are going to get at this stage.

and fitton said there were others all desperate for the job.any of which could all do it.where are they then?
wilson aint nowhere near the first choice,unless fitton was lying?

Nope not a piss take.

Im working so wont be going,but if i wasnt id prefer a dog walk as well.

didn't think it was yeovil(not that it would change my view) i've been losing interest for a while now.said so on here a few times.yeah i'll be back out there soon,but i aint rushing for sure.

clearly he wasn't the first choice as he wasn't available when our search began... ::)

like he would have been if he was?
come on, he was never top choice and never would have been.

reckon fitton will be happy that the money deal fell thru in the end...for purely footballing reasons only and nowt to do with the compo...

who was his 1st choice?? id have wilson over Dowie for starters....

and as for questioning fitton's integrity.....I did that when he sacked Malpas as I was sure he had someone lined up...how wrong could I have been

Considering the supposed remaining 4 at one stage were; Colin Calderwood, Dave Hockaday, Richard Money and Iain Dowie then we've done bloody well seen as Danny Wilson is probably better than all of those names mentioned.

 :nod:

no-one knows the supposed 4 so specualtaion is all anyone can do.speed was mentioned at the time of fittons quote,along with money and calderwood.
money and speed would have been here over anyone based on adver reports.

fitton knew his first choice man(money) was in a job.if he wanted wilson then why didn't he go after him form the outset?
i'm not out to slate wilson(as i think he is a decent appointment) but lets be realistic please people.he is not the preferred choice

 :catchup: :doh:

you asked a question.i answered it as i see it.
reckon i'm fucking bang on it too

oh, go n stick your cock up your 'rather ace dogs' ass you miserable cunt

hahaha.nice one
you bit you daft prick so who's miserable?try reading posts properly.cannot see anything miserable i've said tonight?

That's an odd point of view. We'll never know who would win a straight choice between Money and Wilson given a level playing field. Wilson wasn't likely to leave another league 1 club, Money was probably more available given he wasn't employed as a manager.

The situation changed.

batch, both were in jobs.this whole arguement is pedantic i know. but wilson could have been approached if he as wanted same as both speed and money were.ie wilson wasn't anywhere near first choice.that was my point and my opnion.
I AM HAPPY WITH WILSON EVERYONE!!!!!

the old chestnut of making out you were fishin..yeah good one

Not trying to change the opinions of anyone, but yesterday was bloody ace. I'm hoping that can continue, mainly the fans getting behind the team - I'm sure a name they have heard of before helped.

I got the buzz back yesterday and it's taken nearly a year for it to happen. It felt like Sturrock had never left, except it was Wilson's name we were singing. Just what we needed and what we will need in the future.

i wasn't fishing.had a few sherberts tonight?
but you bit in an abusive manner.you asked questions, i answered.then you bit!
if you dont like it i'll cope.i meant every post i've said in this thread

Maybe, but do you not find it in the slighest bit odd that Wilson just happened to leave Hartlepool 2 weeks ago....

yeah i do dv.

abusive   ??? i asked one question which was who was fittons first choice...just coz you've decided that you'd rather 'wank your rather ace dog' than goto football, don't try and cloud others views as to whether Wilson was or was not fittons first choice coz you'll be regretting not going tomorrow come the final whistle....what approach will you then try to dampen the positive vibes and spirits??

ha, ummm

yeah you do you find it odd or yeah you do not find it odd

Sorry wasnt sure which way you reply was going.

Either way Hartlepool United never once directly said Danny Wilson was sacked, now considering they are doing alright this season and he just left very randomly 2 weeks ago makes me think, rightly or wrongly there maybe a bit more to this that meets the eye.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
not absusive jimbob?

i tell it how i see it.i joke at times-ie the dowie betting wind up.but it's pretty obvious to most when i'm joking or not.
i stand by everytning i said in this thread.i've also said i think we will win 3-1 tomorrow.
and yes walking my dog is what i'd prefer to do instead of the match,along the kennet and avon canal with my family.
football isn't the most important thing to me at this moment in time.but miserable i aint.much love ribs.....

sorry dv.i do find it odd.

So then maybe he was a bit further up our list than suggested?

Its hard to piece it all together, who was interviewed when and who was rejected at what point. I think its all a case of second guessing and the first choice isnt always the right one.

Im going to go all Happy Clappy and say we've appointed Danny Wilson now so it doesnt matter who was first choice, who turned us down, who we turned down and who we couldnt agree compensation with.

Danny Wilson is here so lets get on with it and get out the relegation mix

interesting that you've chosen to spend so much time deliberating this particular point then  :D....but as you've got a family, I'll back down and accept that you were questioning fitton's integrity and thinking that we deserved a better appointment  ::) :bye:

Blimey. and I thought me and Dell was fiesty!

Seems I've missed a trick!

Though, as I stated previously, I was not excited by the appointment, I am coming around to the fact that it is a good appointment, and after the atmosphere at LO am seriously looking forward to later on today now, and I haven't said that for a while!

S'all good!

Danny Wilson's Red and White army!

We'll have to disagree then because in my book the offer of becoming a manager is far more likely to attract than the offer of a sideways move from Hartlepool.

I'd hardly think that Money or Speed was top of the Fitton 'dream manager list' either, but they were viable. If you were looking to make a dream list I guess you'd start with Fergie. But there isn't much point is there? Just like there wasn't much point in adding Wilson while he looked happy at the Monkey Hangers.

I realise you aren't slating Wilson, but the argument is interesting.

and in doing so will have missed the point again.a bit too many assumptions about me jimbob i think,and wide of the mark.i have not questioned fittons integrity at all,nor do i think we deserve a better appointment than wilson.2+2 = 5 for you matey.

i didn't mean first choice as in wenger,fergie proportions.im meant in a gettable sense.money was his pick in that respect.others were up the list higher than wilson too i'd guess.that doesn't mean i aint happy with wilson and i know you realise that.but by no means do i think he was one sought out originally.
he's here now, and i'm happy with that.i think he will need some money but the same would be said about whoever came in.
cheers for debating my points properly batch by the way

sorry, i just interpreted your point as some people are never happy and thought we'd be able to put the manager deliberation to bed following his appointment

Told you he was shit.

He been in charge over 24 hours  and nothing has changed

:rule:

 :popcorn: :fishing:

sack him now and get Calderwood in tomorrow.

Wouldn't surprise me if the mongs on thisis are postingm seriously about that.

Good Luck Danny, you will need it.

So much for the 40% win rate lads, fucking hell, as a Swindon Town manager he has lost 100% of his games and not even scored.

Wilson out!

Did he play?

Always one who takes me serious, glad we have special fans on here

It's 11pm, after a loss, what else did you expect.

Cheeselets.

Haven't read all the thread, but from what I have seen I'm more in line with Yeovil and Bushey's opinion than the majority.  Not excited at all by DW's appointment, glad I had family duties to attend yesterday than spend time at the Cg.

I think this appointment may mean, unless the board have some amazing offer up their sleeve, we may have around 3,000 season ticket holders for the 09/10 season.

AF's honeymoon period is definitely over, he needs to deliver results now.

I'm not excited by Wilson's appointment. Probably more of a safe option and should do a job here. Thats all you can really ask for to be fair.

 Is Bartitis anything like dartitis?

You wasnt missed Jan...8,400 there yesterday....so about 8000 there yesterday are pretty optimistic about the future,if his days at Barnsley and City are anything to go by we have good days ahead.

ha! ace response

That's great Leefer, Oxford got over 10,000 last Boxing Day under Patterson and he really sorted them out.

Don't get me wrong I'll be well happy if DW is a success, but I ain't feeling it.  Simple as that really.

As i said,thats good for you Jan...but implying that we will sell 3000 tiks next season is abit forward.....Feeling it after 48 hours isnt really the way,i suggest about untill the end of the season we may have an idea,if you talk to Barnsley and Sheff Wed fans as i do alot in my job they have good things to say about him.....not having ago Jan.

P.S on a random subject how good was it to see Danny Invincible getting the spotlight v Hibs...2 goals and a great performance,hes done well there.

Leefo, that's way below the belt....

...bringing Hibs into this.  Hibs are awful, to put things into perspective a little I'm more positive about Swindon under Wilson than I am for Hibs under Mixu.

Yeah maybe I was a little (a lot) bit forward there, with my season ticket prediction.  By the time the Stockport match comes around he'd have had a couple of weeks training so it'll be good to see if any improvement has been made.

Statistics dont lie, we have a 100% loss record under Wilson

and you have a 0% record in satisfying women so your ex told me yesterday

ha ha ha, I like that

he needs to clear out the backroom staff    they,re incompitent

If I didn't make it clear in all the other threads, I'm with Yeovil on this one. DW is possibly the least exciting managerial appointment at the CG since Andy King.

The dozen or so posts on here that refer to his excellent record need to take a closer fucking look at that record. He's managed clubs for 14 years and in that time has managed an amazing two promotions, one in his first job with Barnsley, over 10 years ago, and the other with Hartlepool in 06/07 when he took them straight back up after relegation to the bottom division.

In between he's been relegated with Barnsley; relagated and virtually bankrupted Wednesday after spending millions on half a dozen really shit players (De Bilde, Sibon, Wim Jonk, Donelly and O'Donnell anybody?) whilst pushing DiCanio and Carbone out the door; relegated Franchise and managed Shitty for four years spending money every season and taking them absolutely fucking nowhere.

Those last two would be bright spots of his CV if I thought he'd done them deliberately ........... but he didn't did he.

I'm really fucking underwhelmed. It smells like a panic appointment. If it hadn't been announced when it was I'm prepared to bet we'd have been talking to Calderwood this week.

Who would you have brought in if you were Andrew Fitton, Lumps?

Not sure if this interview has been posted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/7803027.stm