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The Opponent – Bury

A few days have passed since the last time we met, and finally we have new owners. Apart from the pitiful live coverage of the press conference by BBC Wiltshire, I am now cautiously optimistic for the future. Sure we have a long way to go, Swindon Town fans know as well as anyone that things may seem rosy one day, but the next we find ourselves knee deep in shit. I am glad the ownership issue is now resolved, it was something we really needed to move on from. Red Jed certainly talks the talk, (you know the rest). It seems he has put together a consortium that has football in their blood, which is always a good start. Obviously time will tell if my optimism will be rewarded with a self sustaining club playing attractive football in The Championship.

One thing that has made me smile is the bookies odds for the next STFC full time manager. Has anyone on here actually placed any money on this? Perhaps once the new board have announced they are seeking a new manager I can understand, I will have a few quid myself. If by chance we wallop Bury 6-0, will McCrory be in such a rush to employ a new manager and backroom team? Or will it be a play it by ear policy? Either way, as ever, the next few days, weeks and months promise to be an interesting chapter in the history of Swindon Town. There is no doubt about it, the next appointment has to be the right one.

Anyway, we move on to a night under the lights at the County Ground. The unbeaten run continues, even if it was maintained with a non too convincing draw against Hartlepool, and tonight’s game against Bury is the 4th team in succession we have played from oop north. I wasn’t expecting to find out much about Bury it has to be said, and my expectations were met. Oddly enough, Bury share their home of Gigg Lane with FC United of Manchester, the team formed in protest to the takeover of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer.

Bury is regionally notable for its open-air market and its popularity has been increased since the introduction of the Manchester Metrolink tram system, which terminates in the town. The market is known for its supply of a local traditional dish, Black Pudding. To think some people sneer at those who enjoy a bit of pigs blood and bone when they eat Tesco burgers.  One of Bury's most notable residents was Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founder of the Metropolitan Police Service. A monument to Peel is outside Bury parish church and another, the austere Peel Monument, stands on a hill overlooking the locality. They never had one of Ted Heath in my home town of Broadstairs for some reason although I am sure the residents of Witney will all club together when Cameron pops his clogs, soon. It was announced on 26 September 2012 that the board had hired Kevin Blackwell as permanent manager, and his appointment was widely regarded as something of a coup for Bury. Blackwell began his tenure with a 2-2 draw at Stevenage followed by a 1-0 home loss to ourselves prompting him to blast some of his players as 'garbage' Long may that continue, or for today at least.

What are they saying about us? –

Seems the most popular Shakers forum is pre-registration just to view, Christ they must only have a handful of members. Although this gem from Twitter warmed my heart.

“With Dick Caneo thretning to go we gotta chance tomoz”

I wonder if anyone has told him yet?

Bury Last 6 – DWDLLL (Currently 22nd in League 1 on 37 points)

The Irrelevant Facts – Bury have just been placed under a transfer embargo for the 2nd time in 3 months which has left manager Kevin Blackwell ‘frustrated’. What he may also find frustrating is the 29 goals that Bury have conceded away from home so far this term and in the same time they have only picked up 2 wins.  They have also only managed to keep 2 clean sheets on their travels so far.

The Threat -  Schumacher. Not the big chinned German but Steven, who has found the back of the net on 9 occasions so far this season.

Head to head – A good record in our favour  W 21 D 11 L12

The Odds – Swindon 8/15    Draw 10/3   Bury 6/1  If you are looking for better value than the 8/15 then it may be worth considering is Draw HT Swindon FT which is 10/3 most places. With Simon Ferry set to miss out through an ankle injury (and toothache), Alan Navarro could be set for a start tonight, if you fancy a bit of a long shot he is currently a best priced 14/1 with SkyBet.

The Son Says – Have we got a manager yet Dad? No son (repeat every hour or so) he did manage to fit in a 4-0 prediction though.

The Prediction - Not the romping some may be hoping for I feel. We need Orient to nick something off Danny Wilson’s lot tonight too. I am going for 2-0 with goals from Rafa and A.Rooney in front of 7’925 of which 146 will make the long journey from Lancashire.

And Finally – Back in the 1990’s Bury’s commercial manager was none other than the father of Gary and Phil Neville, the wonderfully named Neville Neville!

COYR COYR COYR

Good write up. What does everyone think the crowd will be, bearing in mind it's cheap tickets. 8200?

3-0 Swindon, A Rooney (2) and Flint for me in front of 8002, with 134 from Bury! Time to get behind the lads again, 3 points a must ahead of a tricky trip to Coventry on Saturday! C.O.Y.R!!!

Great write up as always! Going for a 2-0 town Collins x2 att: 8147

I Remember watching from the Stratton Bank us beat Bury 8-0 some years ago and climbing the clock to celebrate, seemed like a   :toocool: thing to do at the time. Would settle for any sort of Win but going for a 3-0. 7,600 watching.

 COYR 3-1 Town.

We should piss past this lot even without a manager.

2-1 Swindon

We will thrash them, 2-1.

2-0 Williams, Collins.

Come on boys maximum effort tonight and 3 points in the bag please.

A convincing 3 nil win watched by 7895, with the lads lead out on to the field by my son who is mascot

Hope he has a good night WR5

I he will I am sure, at least the backroom meet and greet will be shorter  :clap:

Although not my first game it is one of the first I really remember, me and my old man missed the first 1 goal, queuing for cup tickets. 

Down to the bare bones squad wise but great team spirit and we should have enough to win 2 or 3-0,Collins,Flint and Thompson

If Bury defend like they did on Saturday, we should create enough chances for even Williams to get a shot on target... think we might scrape a 2-1 win.

Brilliant, hope he enjoys it. See if he can catch Jedward off guard and find out who the anonymous backers are :)

Or indeed, if they are. :(

Good to hear Ferry might play. Hopefully Williams will be out on the wing (in place of De Vita), Rooney up front. Thompson back in, Jay Mac out.

3-0, without playing particularly well. Please get the TE in full voice John, I fear another library-esque atmosphere tonight.

I prefer Williams up front at some point. He misses, but his pace causes issues.

I've got a good feeling about this.  2-1 Swindon COYR

I did, but he misses nearly every chance he's presented with. With De Vita off form, his pace would be useful down the flanks. Rooney seems to know where the goal is at the moment.

Could we see Luke Rooney for a bit on the left wing? That might be good.

3-0 tonight I think, need to get 3 points.

De Vita was poor on Saturday so maybe L Rooney will start? I'm pretty sure that Roberts played LM and Rooney RM for their clubs before joining us so maybe would be more effective to accommodate them both?

Rafa was fine against Tranny so I'm not really buying that he is off form.

Unless Rooney has turned into a superstar during his absence than Rafa is still the far better option IMO

Yes would be good to see L Rooney start on the wing in place of De Vita, who's been poor recentlly.

First time I've bothered to read one of your write-ups, not bad.

Although the 8/15 is a cracking price in the circumstances, at home we should be 3's on minimum, mortgage job that.

4 - 0 Town (inc Williams hat trick)

I actually think we'll win tonight but I'll stick with my pessimistic predictions.

0-1

Echoes of 79...

8-0.

3 points tonight before we implode due to Jedward et al not having a fucking scooby of what to do about running a football club.

I honestly despair that it has come to this.

Swindon Town = Cash Cow

Nice 1 rosso . If we get an early goal ( first 10 mins ) we will win 5-0. If not 0-0



Let's fucking stuff these fucking cunts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21502374

M'Bargo has signed for Bury.

1-0. Scrappy win with a Roberts wonder goal. Ritchie-who?

Yep 2nd one in 3 months, they are walking a financial tightrope and could be in admin before the end of the season so I hear, sad news for them.

Cash Cow? How?!!!

How now, Cash Cow?

Don't feed the troll. This is the matchday thread.

I wasn't, I was making shit puns. There's no restriction on that anywhere :)

I think he meant me!

They award themselves highly paid salaries, they don't appear to be too fussed about appointing a manager on a salary, can't see any new players coming in, can see plenty going out in the summer.

And I wonder just where the incoming transfer money will end up.

We're about to get screwed, people

I hope to never encounter you on a jury...  ;D

Not been able to get on much since Thursday as I've been away, good to know that not much has changed since then after the Press conference and Saturday's game.

From where I'm sitting we're still 13 games unbeaten and 2nd in the league as far as I'm aware, and have now finally been taken over by a group who at the very least have staved off our potentially much more rapid demise. I'll reserve a fuller judgment until they've had more than 5 seconds to implement whatever their vision of the club might be and/or we start sliding down the table.

Until then I fancy a 2-1 win tonight and I'll see some of you cunts at Coventry  :)

Hope so but don't hold your breath that'll we'll still have a club come Saturday eh KR?!

Absolutely. We could go top again tonight or sink to the bottom of the play offs. Buzzing for this one.

You really are a fucking idiot KR.

I honestly admire those of you who can look on the bright side, but the calibre of people taking over, the shadowy finance people in the background, and absolutely no statements whatsoever on how they are going to take the club forward don't fill me with confidence, I'm afraid.

I would love it if in 6 months time you can call me a whingy old twat who doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

In the absence of anything substantial from Jedward and the Hi-Di-Hi man, people will put their own interpretation things

Matchday thread. Can we have at least one thread where everyone isn't jumping to conclusions about the new owners etc?

Talk about the game tonight.  :nod:

I cant make tonight's game , the last one i missed was Yeovil when we won 4-1 so hopefully i will miss another big win

Amen to that, the voice of reason

2-0 Williams, Di Vita

4-1 easy street

Sweet, so we have got some new loanees

I remember it well, still the biggest win I have seen by STFC in person.

For the record I wonder what odds you could get on Trevor Carson or Camerson Belford (dependant on who is picked) being tonights MOM, it seems every keeper plays a blinder against us at the CG.

Cant see us getting many favours tonight considering Boremuff, Sheff Utd and Tranmere are all at home and Donny (strong away record) and Yeovil (playing Colchester who are shit) are both away. Need the 3 points tonight.

Most people tend to use a little bit of logic, reasoning or common sense.

all three of those have clearly abandoned you

Considering he hadn't even been to a game for the previous 10 fucking years you'd think he would be a little more pragmatic. KR is my 2nd least favourite poster, just behind Dostoyevsky.

Anyway, I'm going to get pissed and sing stupid songs with my mates and shout some abuse at the Bury goalkeeper. Oh and watch an actual game of football where I won't give a second thought to money, politics, boardroom issues or Paolo Di fucking Canio.

COYR (Championship or League Two - I don't give a shit)

enjoy it for me!

Whats KR called on here now?

kerry red is this particular KR.

And who gives a fuck what you think, you spotty fucking urchin

Presently homeless as I put the house on us winning against Hartlepool with Betfair............... Mr. Black has just evicted me and the kids.
That aside, 4-1 win. 7,999 crowd.

I'm 30 years old you fucking complete bellend.

Think some people need to  :pint:

Anyone think we will make any changes tonight? Maybe Ferry out if his injury is still an issue

why dont you 2 meet up at the back of the townend tonight :poofs:

2-0 Town tonight.......and top spot again.

Come on Town!!

Must admit, since you ventured back across the Irish Sea you do appear to have turned into a bit of a cock.

Wrong thread........maybe a score?....crowd?.......how many pies your going to scoff?.....how many beers?

Anything but childish mud slinging would suffice.

I apologise - it was uncalled for.

I just dont understand why my view that we may end up getting shafted is any less valid than those who think things may well turn out OK

It's just an opinion

Maybe because you don't back it up with anything? I posted something the other day, I can't remember what now but it must have been to do with the new owners and your reply was along the lines of...."If it looks like shit, smells like shit, feels like shit, then it's shit..." really?? This forum is not exactly the Oxford Debating Society but at least try to give some reasons for why you think we're fucked based on what you actually know.

Nope, definitely meant to post it here.

As for the game, we'll lose 1-0. 89th minute o.g.

Again, a perfectly reasonable question - with the same answer.

We have absolutely nothing to base our opinons on - viva Jed, or tosspot Jed - hence people have to base opinions on what they feel may be happening.

The sooner the incoming lot actually say, and do, something tangible and not just soundbite bollocks the sooner we all can make informed opinions

it'd make a pleasant change from your ill-informed doom laden opinions.

4-0 win. Williams will play significantly better than Saturday. Crowd of 7856 with the 56 coming down from the cobbled streets of bury.

Again, do you have anything to base your opinion that 'all will be well' on?

No, of course not - cos they haven't said or done anything. You just feel - or hope - things will turn out well.

I just happen to have the opposite view based on the same lack of information.

Anyway, bollocks to this, I'm off to the CGH

Rare miss for me tonight, couldn't get out of a meeting this afternoon.  First time for a while I'll have to endure player, hope it's better than it was!

Reckon it'll be closer than we'd like, I'm going for a 2-1 win.

Nobody has said all will be well.

Those that are not doom mongering are simply saying we need to know more before making judgement. Saying that things could be ok is a lot different to saying things will be OK.

I don't have an opinion that 'all will be well' or otherwise yet. I'm waiting for some more information and facts before I draw any conclusions. I'm somewhat alarmed by the refusal to identify the anonymous backers, who have been described as "businesses" and now "family guys". Are they individuals or businesses?

You appear to be taking the lack of information and twisting it beyond comprehension into a gospel truth that everything is and will be fucked.

6-0 town flint hatrick

do hope mac gets to play midfield as ive been waiting for that for ages....

The most confusing thing about Paolo leaving, is everyone changing their avatars.

I don't know who the fuck is who anymore

Town: Foderingham; McEveley, Ward, Flint, McCormack; De Vita, Miller, Navarro, Roberts; Williams, Collins

Subs: Bedwell, L Rooney, A Rooney, L Thompson, N Thompson, Oakley

I know, if only people had usernames to identify themselves!?

I'm a pictures man meeself

Bit heavy in midfield today.

No impact subs either. Will be a tight game me reckons!

I think 1 or 2 of the top 6 are gonna fuck up tonight,just hope its not us

Personally I would have prefered Macca in the middle with Miller and bring in Thompson at RB, but we don't know if any of them are carrying injuries or what they have trained like TBH.

It does look more defensive than when Ferry is fit but we are lacking players currently.

Rooney made a fair impact on Sat!

I would think L Rooney could make an impact off the bench as well.

All eligible players asides from Chris Smith have been selected, we we still can't name a full squad.

Best get busy on those loan signings.

Was really thinking in terms of midfield, ie Ferry.

Would like to think L Rooney could come on and make an impact, but not having played first team football for months and not training with the squad until last week, I would be very surprised.

Let him prove me wrong though! :)

What's the deal with Benson? He's only on loan isn't he?

We can't recall Benson or Cox.

Outstanding.

I for one am still quite happy we have a club that isn't in administration or liquidation for that matter.  Fuck me, they have only been here a couple of days.

I am as hesitant as the rest but do me a favour and wind your neck in until you have some substance. 

And before you accuse me of being a spotty little irk, think again.

Away from the girly drama hissy fits, if we don't win tonight it should be the catalist to getting a new appointment in ASAP.  Simple as....

Yep

Just in from work. Haven't read the whole thread yet, but fuck me we ought to be able to beat Bury.

2-0 to Town.

We are Swindon we'll moan when we want...you spotty little irk ;)

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA
Ugly, ugly, ugly stuff for starters here.  ::)

Shit does that mean Iain Dowie is there about to take over? :D

"Anyone who persistently stands will be ejected from Goodison Park, in the interest of women and children" FFS

Hello there. It's really nice to be in this forum, reading all these informed opinions, analysis, gossip, insults, swearing and handbag swinging. I don't mind swearing, it's sometimes very useful, especially if I hit my thumb with a fucking hammer.

Anyway, some of us, like me, are a long way from SN1, don't have Player, and log on to the forum to find out what's going on at the CG.

Any chance that when we score, can some kind soul post a bit of description, rather than just "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

Ta, everso.

PS 4-0

Tisdale's Exeter 1-0 up

Doesn't sound like anyone will be typing GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL today by whats gone on so far.

EDIT.

Other than me there obviously.

Uwe Rosler's Brentford 1-0 up

Right, that's it. I'm off to do the washing up/watch TV/various other non-football related activities. We scored on Saturday when I did that. Maybe this time we can manage a shot on target - or even off target.

Have a bad feeling about tonight.

Oh dear

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

To Bury

FFS

FFS

Oh FFS, twiddly sticks and fuck cunts

You said that just in time.

Fuck sake Town

Sounds grizzly.

Any chance that this will wake the fuckers up?

Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear!

Not pressing the panic button, but its not working post PDC!

Busted flush

Well this is utter shite.  We are an absolute shambles.

who needs Di Canio, we've got......fuck all......

Shame he resigned innit.

Now the restraints are off, this is what we get. Bring back the Dictator :badmood:

.....fuck all i o.Has to rhyme!

Dont panic dont panic.its just 1 goal. :no:

Pack scores.

no he didn't, Jed sacked him

Yeah shame HE chose to leave us.

EDIT. Constanza beat me....then Sonic tell me he was sacked :dontknowexactlywhotobelieve:

We needed to practice coming back from behind for the play offs. It's gonna be fine.

Curse you people in the know.

Have we got enough points to stay up?

All sounds a bit deflated. Centre midfield doesn't seem able to keep up with the attack, nor even to aid the defence.

Not yet.

On a slight tangent, how shit is Everton's pitch?

Shape isn't there, fluency isn't there, control isn't there, threat going forwards isn't there.

So Sam says! Not sure who Sharpe is.

Sam Morshead can't be accused of toeing the party line tonight, that's for sure.

Uwe Rosler's Brentford 2-0 up

Think I would prefer holding a lead for the Playoffs!

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Tranny 1-0 up ffs

With Ritchie gone & Ferry injured you do worry about where the creativity is going to come from.

Miller & Navarro work hard but I'm not convinced they have that creative spark, so a lot depends on Rafa & Gary Roberts but they are both prone to drifting in and out of games, which is one of the reasons that we seem to hoof it too much.

We looked better once we got a goal back (thanks to a defensive mistake) on Saturday, but having not got the first goal tonight I have to say I'm more than a little concerned.

Rafa de Vita = Mr Anonymous

And Preston gave us that goal too!

It's abundantly clear that we need players in. We can't expect the same eleven to see us through, it's not 1963!

Important few days/week ahead (win, lose or draw)

Irrelevant to whether we win or not tonight a Navarro and miller cm partnership is one reason why a ward and miller management will not work. Mates picking mates and you need an outside view. Wtf is Thompson not playing never had a bad game whereas McCormack has only turned up for 2nd halves in the last month. This was all highlighted before ko. It's going to fuck us big time if we don't get players in ASAP, maybe a loss tonight will wake the board up into urgency

Honest question, clearly Paolo is looking on with great interest, do you feel he wishes us the very best, or is experiencing schagenfreude (correct spelling?) at this blip in his absence?

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Early still this evening, and has been a very difficult 2 weeks for the players.

This 2 man player/manager thing was never going to be the way forward. Regardless of the outcome this evening they need to get moving on a new manager.

I understand the players wanted it this way as the team is used to something quite different to every other team as a result of the PDC regime, but they are going to have to adapt and move on.

Probably both.

He'll be grinning like a loon.

PDC did a lot of homework on opponents apparently. Sounds like we don't have a scooby this evening.

If we can't beat this lot it will be a fuck up of epic proportions.

 No eyes and direction from the touchline is always gonna be a problem. Should never have allowed it. Even if we win tonight this cannot continue.

manager by saturday please at the very least

4-1 win 20/1 #positvethinking

That's my gut instinct, which is saddening. Apre moi le deluge! Which in English means "After me, the flood", or something like that!

I think this sums up our evening.  And our season.

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How can players forget how to throw the ball to a team mate?

Braintree 1-0 Luton. Will word have filtered through? Bad day at the office for the consortium

It's not even ht yet is it?

if this is how we are going to start playing then i don't think we'll even make the playoffs

Pack scores again for chelt, 3 in 2 games since his return to starting

They just need a good half time te....   Oh.

Not much you can say about that. God only knows what was on Deadline Day.

I prefer this one. (Because I helped build it and he lived)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jJB6viADM

Hmmm....

Well at least we might be a 'sustainable' club now.... ::)

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Bournemuff losing

It certainly sounds worrying. From what I've listened to this season, it appears that we need to score the first goal. If we do that then we tend to score lots. If we don't then the team doesn't seem to be able to adapt and starts to panic. The last few games (I missed Tranmere) seem to mark a different pattern. We have seemed to be poor.

Start? We've been playing badly for awhile now. In the Hartlepool game it was a little embarrassing how well they passed the ball around compared to us, and since John Hughes has gone in there they are making a great stab at avoiding relegation.

We've been functional this season as opposed to good to watch and its worked for us.

"as it stands"-3 points off the top with a game in hand and a vastly superior goal difference.Fucking disastrous!

This. Is. Shit. Clueless.

Thinly veiled - "I'm an engineering superstar, and worth millions, with a pad in Monaco, and access to large yacht in the Mediterranean full of big bosomed trannies"

When you start agreeing with Dan the Fan's tweets you know things are going wrong.

I'm a little thankful that I can't listen to this cluster fuck on the radio. Does I mean I get you moany cunts though.

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but it appears all the hard work is slowly being undone Adje. If the board haven't even started looking for a manager then that game in hand and goal deficit will slip away. teams like Bury/hartlepool we should be beating easily yet are struggling against them. We've a hard trip to Coventry saturday then walsall + brentford who are both i the top ten. if we can't beat teams who are in the bottom 4 then what hope do we have

The truth of it

Instead of a non-existent club!  Fuck me! Did you think we were just gonna carry on the way we were until we won the champions league? 

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This isn't just bad. It's Colchester bad.

Small signs in last 10 we worked out their centre half's chew up and spit out long balls for fun. Clutching at straws though. Ref is a cunt too.

Fair do's Nochee  :D

I'd like the new manager to be a little more flexible in the system he plays. PDC was 4-4-2 or nothing apart from late one game i remember him going 4-3-1-2.

Navarro has done very little for us this season and the brighton fans predicted it. He had the best 2 years of his career there playing as the deep mid player in a 3 man midfield.

Williams as much as he tries is not going to be a real goalscorer. He stretches teams and has good delivery, surely would be worth a try in a 4-3-3 as one of the wide players.

I'm baffled by the performance so far tonight, but I'm also baffled by the massive knee jerk waaaaarrrrggghhh we're doomed DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED reaction on here.

Sonic, can you post the Barney blowing his brains out gif for me? Ta.

Understand your concerns Magic but all season we've played better against the better sides.

hence why we've languished in the bottom two divisions for so long!

we do need a manager to steady the ship though

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Time for a drink. Beer, whisky or wine???

"there is nothing wrong with the squad or the fans, it is the directors. they owe town 20k. pay up swindon or we sue. good piece on bbc 606 from graham about a level playing field. well done graham t, sue the bar stuards."

I didn't hear this on Radio Five. God, they are fucking relentless.

Seconded!

Edit:  Damn that was quick!

Link didn't work for me.  Anyway...original clip was Mark Webber, and he's still very much with us.   ;D

Probably as poor half of football I've seen us play.  Utter utter shite.  We look like the team at the bottom.

I had a nasty feeling we'd struggle tonight.  Something drastic needs to change second half, but sadly I don't think it will.

Leon Clarke scored again against muff, think he will be fired up on Saturday?

 :suicide:

No - but I did hope that we would carry on as we were and win the First division (League One) this year..... Can't help but be disappointed with what's happening (as we all are).

 I realise this is ridiculous, but I just found myself thinking, quite involuntarily, that I was looking forward to next season in a "maybe next year..." kind of way. :suicide:

Kevin Blackwell 4th favourite to be our new manager.Think someone must have seen him at the CG tonight!

Disapointed with the performance fair enough, but to indicate that the reason for the performance is because the new board are promoting a sustainable model? Would you have preferred we carried on spending, got promoted and be out of business in 12 months?

I don't know why it has taken me 22 years to realise this, but the last 75 mins have highlighted the complete futility of supporting a football club.  Tie your emotions to something over which you have no control.  You might as well support the weather next Friday.

Sounds like we need a change.

Anyone out there able to make a decision? Sounds like J Mac is having a stinker!

Bring on Rooney

No - I know that you're quite right! I'm just lashing out at the situation.
Just pissed off. We need someone in the technical area directing the players - we desparately need to win these home games...

Which one?

May as well chuck them both on.

WEll, the change was made early enough to make a difference. Come on Town!

Navarro off and Thompson on...Macca in midfield and Thompson at RB.

Hope it helps.

Navarro off and N Thompson on.

McCormack moves into midfield.

Need some of those Macca runs now for sure.

Shoud have started like that IMHO

Ha ha - I know how you feel!

yeovil 2-0 down

i have Greene King IPA. Life will soon look better.

In that case, I'm supporting a bright, sunny but crisp winter's day.....

Depends on how much you have ;)

Sod this. I'm off to the beach if it doesn't get any better.

Neck on the line time. Do it guys, we trust in you

AR for RDV

I hear it's very good, but still cannot make myself touch the stuff after CAMRA turned me against Greene King a few years back with their relentless campaigning against their takeovers (and subsequent shutting down) of smaller breweries.

Thinly veiled " I live in a country where I can buy beer for 5pence, and I have my own personal maid/mistress"

Cheltenham 1-1

It's really come to something when we're meant to give a shit about the Cheltenham score.

Agree completely, but blaming the new owners plans of promoting sustainability for a poor performance, or even a poor run in for the rest of the season is a joke, surely you realise that.

If you want somebody to vent your spleen at, try PDC.  It was his choice to leave when he did.  I am sure the momentum would have continued if he had decided to make his point at the end of the season rather than with a dozen games to go.

Anything that takes your mind of this god awful bollocks must be a good thing.

Shrews 0-1 Doncaster  :smugfu:

Luke Rooney coming on!

Well, getting a new manager in asap could now determine whether our derby day next year is at the Madjeski or Whaddon Road.

No, thats not good.

Gary Roberts off

BBC text says 5 shots, none on target. Are we that bad tonight?

Beer is ten pence, fags 90p, but I have to make my own grass skirt

Agreed Ardiles, for a God forsaken moment there, I thought it mattered, you're right, it doesn't  :(

Are you happy about that?

Notts County equalise v Tranmere.

Trannies 1-1 now

Getting closer.

Save from Flint header

A point would be good now - come on Town.

And when we finally do something right, the old "worldie save from the keeper" shows its ugly face again.

Right, I'm not at the game or listening, but is this a case of Bury doing a job on us? i.e. making us shit? Sometimes we fail to credit the opposition.

The amount of grief we've taken from them, yeh I am, the rest will take care of itself. The way we're going it'll make fuck all difference, but I take you're point. This might help explain matters:


Read more: http://blueandamber.proboards.com/thread/82834/word-sum-swindon#ixzz2M2Xpue4B

First save he's made

He's now made a second from a A Rooney overhead kick !

Fuck you Bury  :crash:

Bury's 6th yellow card

Absolutely. I'm cumulonimbus til I die.

no. fuck you swindon.

80mins to get two chances on goal against a team in 23rd place before tonight. tonight we're fucking shit

5 minutes left and we barely had a shot until the 80th minute, not good enough, we need a manager in place and soon.

I suppose at least we might get a manager in now!

Att 7508

55 Bury

and some more players, really short at the moment!

Half an eye on the Fa Cup game tonight, and an ear, goes to show, given the oldham fans' support, the heart and soul of football is in the lower leagues.

It should be top of the agenda for the new board. But I'd rather they get the right manager than hastily appoint any old Joe (and I didn't mean Kinnear) as a result of a knee jerk reaction to a bad result and fan backlash.

And Oxford score. Awful

Haven't even heard Luke Rooney's name?!

Big game on Saturday, you have to think if we don't get a result the season might just peter out

5 mins added time

Thank you Shrewsbury.

Peter out as well? May as well, every other fucker left!

Doncaster 1-1

Could be 55 mins & we still wouldn't score

Luke Rooney disposseses keeper in the box but prods wide when a cross for a teammate was a better option

Wtf!

Down to 4th as it stands

Keeper drops the ball and L Rooney shoots from an impossible angle when there were 3 better placed in the box

Fodderingham coming up for corner

Note to self:  Stay away from TEF until Saturday PM.

#meltdown.....  again.

Fucking useless Shrews

All over FT 1-0

I had a feeling all day that tonight's game was going to be a case of after the lord mayors show, what with the furore over the new owners in the last few days.

Its not the result tonight, we're still in the mix. Its the performance that worries me more.

Not the only top 6 side with the jitters

Yep. Good night!

Donny 2-1

Good job

erm sorry, I think I locked this by accident

Stupid git!

Well that was shit! We need a manager now

Absolute shit.

To think that 2 weeks ago people on here said Bournemouth were nailed on to win this league.Not even in the play-offs now.

I wasn't there tonight & found listening on player quite painful.

Organised team with manager 1 disorganised team without manager 0 (from what I heard)

Unfortunately, I think we will be changing place with them in the near future.

One word - abysmal.  And who the hell voted for Macca as mom needs certifying!!

On what basis-not their current form for sure.

Players are currently on the pitch doing a warm down.

Shame they didn't warm up during the game ;)

Our inability to score the first goal

The PDC rant - Guest starring Tommy Miller:
- Poorest performance this year. Rubbish throughout.
- Very disappointing
- Complacency maybe from the lads. Don't know. Not at the races
- A lack of everything. Didnt create many chances if any
- No urgency nor fight
- Wouldn't thought we were second in the league
- Fantastic opportunities. Lads say they want promotion but they are failing to deliver
- Got to look at everything. Tonight wasnt good enough. Miller and Ward to have a chat. It needs looking at
- No doubting player effort but quality wasnt there. Maybe it needs a different voice from outside that will motivate the players
- Difficult with 2 players on pitch instructing players

Miller sounded very down !

We have some very, very average players here and the job PdC did making them a top 2 outfit shouldn't be under estimated.

Great to see Luke Rooney back in the fold replacing the once again ineffective De Vita who really is a Low League 1/League 2 player if we are being honest.

The cheer when Navarro went off said it all - what a horrible evening for him - shite from start to finish and he needs to lose some weight. Him and Miller at centre midfield does not work.

Lets hope the new board aren't as Mickey Mouse as they seem and they either get on the phone to Di Canio or appoint a new manager and quick. No time for a long search because we will be out of the picture by then. An old head till the end of the season will do.

For two matches running we have had very little idea apart from lumping a high ball up to the strikers, and for two matches running they have been beaten to the ball in the air every time.  Tonight, as last Saturday, we were far too predicatable.  Didn't really start playing until the last 20 minutes, but the biggest problem was we just couldn't pass a ball to our own players.  The number of times we had possession, time on the ball, and still couildn't find a red shirt!!  Navarro was awful, Macca not far behind, Flint won most things in the air but could not find a red shirt.  Worrying times!

That was fucking woeful. No football played, and everyone apart from Thompson and Luke Rooney looked completely devoid of confidence. My player-by-player comments are as follows:

McCormack - audible laughter at being awarded MotM. Unfortunately for us, he won't be dropped as long as we don't have a manager, despite being a terrible full-back, out of his depth at centre-back, and on tonight's showing, no longer an effective midfielder... having said that, he was marginally better there than...

Alan Navarro - he can't tackle, shoot, pass, or even effectively harry his rivals. Looking like he played with an anchor attached to his balls, he was so late to every second ball that he couldn't even foul anyone. Couldn't anticipate his own birthday.

Actually, fuck it. I can't be bothered to go through it - just know I thought virtually everyone had a poor game, most notably Williams, De Vita, McEveley, and Miller (as well as the two previously mentioned). We were clueless going forward, unable to string three passes together, and hoofed it aimlessly for the entire match. The crowd reaction didn't help in some cases, but it really was a bad performance - only potential silver lining is that we can't possibly carry on with Miller/Ward - it does not, has not, and will not work.

My god, who were those players? A disorganised clueless rabble who's main aim was to hoof it as hard as they could. Are you seriously telling me that Navarro is a footballer? Absolute fucking shit. Jay Mac lofted 200 balls to a yellow shirt - we really are crap when ever he plays. Miller was terrible and Roberts was back to his absolute worst. At least Collins tried and the two Rooney's looked like they cared. The rest just plain dogshit.

This feels like the end of an era, and a new dark cloud is developing over the county ground. I really hope they find a decent manager and fast, but I won't hold my breath.

We need someone to come in and get us organised and get some fighting spirit back in there. We seem to have lost eveything we had in that respect since last Tuesday's win. Tonight was beyond woeful at times. Feel sorry for Ward and Miller but it's time for the new owners to get a manager in who can see us over the line.

I didn't realise Malpas had been reappointed manager. Thats the second game in a row we have played really fucking awful sides. Its also the second game in a row we were second to every ball. Totally clueless, no bottle, no fucking idea whatsoever.
Yet again williams was a useless, lazy, disinterested cunt. For the 3rd home game in a row Macca cost us a goal. Also, take a bow Jay Dog - fucking tripe. Collins, ward, flint and the subs at least looked as though they gave a shit. Now for the real dogshit award of the night - a toss up between Miller or Navarro. The latter shades it by being even fatter than I am and is totally fucking incapable of passing either a pie shop or the ball.
Now we'll see what the owners are made of. i bet PdC is pissing himself laughing.
I told my daughter not to torment herself looking at the table.

God we know we're in trouble, Kramer's Singing Out for Swindon has just been put on Radio Wiltshire...

Some of the players don't look interested since PDC left. My concern is that they won't even be as good under a new manager. Some loan signings are a must for the new man whoever it may be.

I'm not going to torment myself by reading back through what I'm sure is a depressing thread as the game was quite depressing enough (I say that knowing full well I will, but for now I'm kidding myself). And I'm sure others have expressed more eloquently than I quite how crap and disjointed the whole thing was. But I hope I'm not the only one to feel utterly embarrassed at the complete lack of class some of us showed in jeering players off. Yes they were shit. But they know that and that really doesn't help. At least wait till the end of the game and boo then if you must.

That side tonight will not even make the play offs. I dont want to repeat the slagging some of the players have got on here - but I dont disagree with what anyone has said.

There is no creativity in midfield, toothless upfront and from being a real tight-arse defence we now look like making at least one howler per game.

I think the transfer window closes 3 March which gives no time to get a manager in let alone for him to recruit the 3-4 players the squad desperately needs.

Confidence has been shot - which I suppose I can understand given what's been going on.

Why Nathan Thompson isn't one of the first names on the team sheet I dont know.

Both Rooneys had decent cameos.

Is it decided to play hoof ball or are the players so desperate to get rid of the ball it just happens.

One thing is for sure - whichever 3 teams eventually do go up this season are going to really struggle in the Championship.

Tis a poor League 1 this year

The highlight of the night was the left side and the right side getting their respective handbags out for the 2nd match in a row. Roy Walker and baldy big ears off the crystal  maze were spitting feathers. They (4 of them) were singing we want our paolo back! Shame he didn't feel the same about us.

My broken winning laptop is to blame for tonight :(

I'm more annoyed by our fans than the permanence, we have played as bad under PDC but today after the first misplayed pass and all you hear is constant moaning, no wonder the players didn't want to pass it foward if any player tried to do something and mess up they wold get constant abuse. Navarro who has been out for a long time coming back to start his first game, yes he wasn't great but to actually jeer him off? That was a joke. Then to wrap it up booing at the end? We had a poor game but to boo a team that are still in the playoffs and if we won would have been top.

I know it's people's money but what's the point in coming if all you do is moan can't be fun.

I though we were quite good.

Well that wasnt very good.  (I hate to disagree with you Yeo) 2 managers and 1 captain on the pitch.  No one in the dug out.  A bit headless all round.  I think we need a new manager.  Just in case it hasnt been mentioned.  Down to the bare bones with players so need someone in to make loan moves.

Navarrro getting some stick on Twitter and has already responded with:

All I can do is apologise 4 my personal performance, it wasn't thru not caring, but thru lack of games, but still not gud enuf, I know this.

Fair play for facing up to it, but that was a very very woeful performance. He was obviously livid when he left the pitch, probably something to do with him being the player that was jeered off. Let's hope he moves on from this quickly, our midfield can't absorb performances like that.

And if it wasn't for Wes' penalty save against Shrewsbury it would be 4 in a row.

He really isn't a full back.

Colchester and Macclesfield were easily worse than tonight.

Top spot changes again.Who the fuck is going to win this league????

That was proper shit.

We have been proper shit under Di Canio, and so I don't think that you can say it would have been different with him still at the helm BUT....the atmosphere has changed around the place. Things were going badly and it felt like the place was just waiting to let out collective groans. This is the reason we need the right manager, now. We need to get belief back to the team, fans and, well, everyone.

Onto the match. From early on Bury were stronger and looked dangerous on the break. And so it proved as they broke with pace and an average cross from the left was turned in from close range. After that they sat back and were reasonably physical taking advantage of a weak ref.

Yet for 35 minutes of the first half out best plan was to lump it onto their big centre back pairings heads. For 10 minutes we worked out that this was a shit idea, but didn't know what to do instead.

Second half was marginally better. In the 78th minute we even managed out FIRST shot on goal. In fact we had a couple more after if you count Rooney's speculative overhead, and Flint's header which was too close to the keeper. Our final chance went when the lesser spotted Rooney (L) who beat the keeper to the ball, then passed it into the side netting on the stretch.

Williams confidence looks shot.
Collins looked stronger towards the end but was ineffective through most of the match.
Roberts was OK, nothing more.
De Vita looks to have lost his way.
Miller was poor.
Nevaro was Pook on a bad day.
Macca was pretty poor, but at least he tried to get into the game and play the ball.
Flint was probably MOTM but still hoofs too much, or heads it to the opposition when he had enough time to have a picnic then control it.
Ward was fucking shit for the first time in ages.
McCeverly is slow to pass, and when he does he seems to think the opposition are his team mates.
Wes had nothing to do really, but took another shit free kick.
Rooney A struggled to get into the game, mainly because there was 0 service.
Rooney L didn't get much opportunity to do much. Played a good ball into the box, should've pulled the ball back after robbing the keeper.
Thompson looked positionally ropey at first but improved and looked reasonable going forward.

All in all this was as bad as we have been this season, but we've been this bad before. The danger this time is there is nobody in charge to bust some balls.

3rd week of march isn't it? Think back to when we got jay mac and bostock just before the JPT final last year.

Need some new bodies by the sounds of it desperately.


Also wondered how having 2 managers on the field as well as a captain..how does that work.

it closes on the 24th.

Think that edged it tbh, but yes we were shit for those two as well.

oh well just move on hey :pint:

I see Jed is having an effect on the players already.

I have been working tonight. I know nothing apart from the score. I haven't read the thread. I can only presume that doing so would give the impression the world has ended. It hasn't. On to Coventry. The lads will need some big support. Meanwhile, let's hope the right man is appointed soon.

What a spineless performance ......no spirit, passion, fight, discipline and tempo........ unless we get a Manager in the next week or so and 3+ loan players very soon  I fear our season will go south. A new manager will be able to make the hard choices to drop players, as there is no way Nathan Thompson should be a sub at present.
Saturday  I would start with Luke Rooney and drop De Vita, lets hope Ferry is fit again as I fear will be torn apart with a Miller - Navarro pairing.

It was pretty apparent that Navarro was no where near fit, he shouldn't have started.

The fans that jeered him should have been drowned at birth mind you

I'd say tonight possibly just shaded it.  However, you are correct, we had some crap performances under Paolo, particularly at home against teams at the bottom.  

The crowd reaction did seem extreme both during and at the end of the game.  I think much if it came from the turmoil of the last week or so catching up with people and people realising that as somebody mentioned, our season could fizzle out to nothing.

Can anyone honestly name more than a couple of players in that team who are actually capable of playing decent passing football and have the ability to change a game?  That's part of our problem, too many average players who overachieved under Paolo probably due to fear.  Now he's gone, they've got no direction and are distinctly average again.

 I"m not sure what the chances of a new manager being in for Saturday are, but it didn't seem like Miller wanted to do it for any longer and it's not really fair to expect them to.  Something needs to happen and fast or the games will tick down.

Wasn't at the game tonight, but noticed on Saturday Navarro didn't look particularly fit compared to the rest.

Get macca at cm with miller (if ferry unavailable), and Thompson back in the starting XI for me. Never been particularly convinced about McEvely to be honest though.

Have we really gone from "not a bad job, let's see what Miller and Ward can do" to "we're so disorganised, the players are crap, it was all down to the manager and we need a new one NOW!" in the space of three days?

Yep! We'll just move on. Down the fucking league.
For all those on here that said good riddance to Paolo and lets move on, take a look at Prestons and tonights performance. We are REALLY moving on.
Do you honestly think we will still be in the playoffs at the end of the season after those performances. Yes there is life after Paolo but it aint happening in the right direction. The man took all his backroom staff plus the players confidence and commitment with him. Fucking shower of shit tonight and I dread to think what's going to happen at Coventry. I've been supporting Town for 25 years and you know when you have an influential manager that is going to take you places. That's why I put money on Town to win promotion again. Looks like I wont be winning this time.
Even a new manager may not introduce the enthusiasm that Paolo had to pass on to the players and fans. We've really missed that in the last two games.
We've had crap performances under Paolo but not for a while that's cost us the game.

It could be a coincidence but that's the worst ive seen Ward play so for that reason alone I would like to see a new manager in place ASAP.

I'd just like to point out that we are 4th in the league, 3 points off top with a far greater goal difference and have 1 defeat in 14.
You'd think we were in a relegation scrap reading some of the shit on here the passed few days, yes tonight was shit but talk about over reacting.

I'd like to point out that it's a complete mystery where we are going from here. So it's understandable people are worried.

Understandably Ben, the last 2 performances haven't been good and I can see why people are worried, but some of the constant negative comments during tonight's game and after it are way over the top.
A team that is sitting 4th in the league with 1 defeat in 14, got booed off the pitch tonight, yes it was shit but for fuck sake.
Again, Navarro, yes he was shit, but he started only his (I think) 2nd game in a few months, he's bound to be off the pace, don't slate the poor cunt.

i'd like to point out that pissing and moaning on the Swindon chat forum can never be described as "over reacting"

Just got back, that really was dismal.

I do feel sorry for the players, with all the upheaval of the past few weeks, their management team both being on the pitch and no one to guide them from the sidelines it is very difficult for them.

We lacked organisation, creativity and desire. A coach/manager is essential ASAP so that Miller and Ward can concentrate on doing their jobs properly and just to generally pick the players up a bit, they look deflated.

Our squad is also paper thin, we need a couple of loan signings just to give us a bit of depth. I would also like to A Rooney start on Saturday, his past few performances have been promising.

But my biggest gripe of the night is the window licking thundercunts who make up a proportion of our fan base. Cheering players as they go off the pitch? Come on, is that really helping anyone? Navarro's confidence must be shot to pieces, especially after a while out.

Yes, it was an awful performance, but a lot has happened in the last few weeks. We need to get behind the team and support them to help them get back to way we know they can play.

Roll on Coventry...

That was pretty shite wasn't it?! We haven't played very well at home most of the season against teams lower than us in the league! Navarro was shite and I didn't rate him in the games before he got injured either, I do hope he comes back stronger though, Ward had his worst game for a while, McEviley was woeful and his distribution/crossing have got worse, I can't remember Miller touching the ball, Williams confidence has gone, Flint needs to take a bit more time, McCormack was all over the place, Collins huffed and puffed and Roberts wasn't very good this evening. Thompson, Rooney L and Rooney A tried to get into the game and arguably were our 3 best players this evening.

A paper thin squad, no manager and a trip to a club 5 points off the play offs Saturday...worrying times! That said a lot has gone on the past few weeks, so hopefully 3 or 4 reinforcements will appear shortly, a manager should be appointed and results were kind to us again this evening! 12 big games now between now and the end of the season, lets get behind the lads and do our part!

I actually thought the crowd was very patient and supportive with what was an utterly abject performance tonight. Anyone who watched that and still thinks Di Canio was nothing special is a lunatic.

Sat in my North Wales hotel room....thankful as fuck that I missed this shite.

Big games coming up.

coventry will come at us and that will probably work in our favour.

I will be there....whoever the board or manager is ....I will be here next fucking season.

Might send in a letter of application tomorrow.

I've still got one I wrote (but never sent) for the England managers job.

I'd like to point out that poor performances shouldn't be accepted regardless of league position.

What's the harm in putting Smith on the bench, may as well have a full bench even if he has no chance of playing.

Well that was awful, to not have a shot on target at home until the 80th minute against a bottom 4 side is unforgivable. The fact that all of our home defeats have been by the same scoreline says a lot about the mentality of our players when we go 1-0 down. In a way I'm glad that we are playing the top sides away from home because in the past few months our better performances have been better away from home, at home we just play hoofball (which I don't understand).

Foderingham - Only had 1 save to make, can't fault him.
McCormack -  Woeful, not a RB. He's been the weak link in the last few games. I laughed when he was announced MOTM.
Ward - Solid as usual, without him we would ship a lot of goals.
Flint - Won a lot of headers but his distribution was poor as usual, HOOF.
McEveley - He's been very disappointing for a while now, tends to just go for the long ball.
De Vita - Anonymous, another player who's been poor for a while.
Navarro - Shite, doesn't even deserve a mention.
Miller - Far too slow, the game passes him by. Struggling to juggle his 2 roles.
Roberts - A standard Roberts performance, you see a good player in there somewhere but he doesn't show it yet again.
Williams - Stick him on the wing. Fantastic at taking players on, but woefully inept in front of goal.
Collins - Worked hard but lacks the pace to take on his man or chase loose balls.

A Rooney - Deserved to start, showed more than Williams and Collins put together.
Thompson - Another player who should be starting, came on and got stuck in, typical performance.
L Rooney - Looks slightly out of shape but a good option to have back in the squad. Needs a bit of time to bed back in.

If we don't have a manager in place by Saturday I'm not feeling too optimistic about our chances, we desperately need Ferry back too. I think we start to see now that we have an average squad of players, Paolo was the one who took them to the next level. How many of our players do you think could play in the Championship every week; in my opinion only Foderingham, Ward and Ferry.

I'm still rather looking forward to Saturday though, bring it on.

Agreed with every word but those above. Ward was woeful, couldn't win a header, passes to the opposition or into touch, poor positioning.

The exact opposite of everything he has been for the last 14 games.

My eyesight is terrible so I was probably getting him mixed up with Flint.

Everyone has their own opinion mate, don't mean mine was right :)

We had some woeful performances this season while di Canio was in charge and we bounced back.
It's hard to tell at this stage if this was just a one-off bad game or if this kind of performance will become the "norm". They played without any confidence or leadership and it was painful to watch.
The second half improved somewhat, but we obviously need an experienced coach/manager in before Coventry to get the confidence back and bring some shape to the team.

Shamefully I chucked a few quid on bury just before kick off.
2 managers and a captain on the pitch with nothing in the dug out and ferry out was too tempting I'm afraid. That situation should never have been allowed. Shambolic sums it up.

The players looked clueless out there, no patience in possession and played hoof ball without any creativity from the first minute.

We need a manager fast, we've still got a hell of a lot to play for and it's still in our own hands.

cant add anything to what has already been said about and completely shite performance last night

however my lad had great time being a mascot and got to meet a Town Legend  :)

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Did he get a cuppa off him though??????

Glad he had a good night Dan and shame he couldnt have had a better day with a Town win.

Reading this thread and without any seeming management direction (the words clueless and lack of shape set alarm bells ringing) I fear that we could be on the end of an absolute thrashing on Saturday. Added to that Leon Clarke is in great form for Coventry

A shame as before all of this debacle I would have been confident of beating both Preston and Bury, and getting at least a draw from Coventry.

You can say what you want about PDC and there are about 6 threads about it, but his preparation and attention to detail is clearly second to none and I think we can see in the last 2 games, his loss has been massive. (evidently he had some input for the Tranmere game).

your lad looks dapper as owt

Good to hear it didn't spoil his night - he looks really smart too! My two would have been in trackies and hoodies :)

don't know where he gets it from I am a right scruffy fucker

:D Well, that boy's got styyyyyle!

He gets it from the missus ;)

or his real dad  ;D

Come to think of it our milkman is a smartly presented young man  ???

Sad thing about the performance in the context of everything else that has been happening is that the players are the one group that don't deserve to have abuse hurled at them.  I don't know that the mess can be blamed for what happened - I guess to the extent that it in some way left them without the glue (PDC) which made it all work for the past five months, it can.  But it was the players who asked to be allowed to continue without a manager for the time being, so we must assume that they believed they were perfectly capapble of holding it together with Ward and Miller's guidance.  But something was very wrong.  I don't think it was lack of effort.  It was much more lack of discipline, which is the di canio byword.  Interesting that it was the younger players who in the end did better - Thompson, L Rooney, Flint, Collins-ish, and actually I thought de Vita was OK too - his contributions are easy to underestimate....

We definitely need someone to take charge quickly.

Was woefull.


Nice to see the shackles came off now that Paolo has gone.......Roberts and Alan Mac allowed to play there own game
What bullshit.
To be fair i thought Alan Mac gave his all.
We need some fresh young faces to push a few players that is for sure.

The more they push us, the more we'll wind them up.