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Back on track tonight.

2-0 win.

1-1

0-0

I just hope we dont try to play hoofball again, it wont work.

Tough game tonight, would be good to see a performance that suggests we can hack it against big,physical sides who are going to get stuck in to us.This has tended to be our achilles heel for quite some time.Draw wouldn't be the end of the world,1-1 with Connell to open his account for us.

2-1 defeat.

They'd better put in a performance to make the journey worthwhile.

2-2

Agree with your comment but am a bit more optimistic and will go for a 2-1 Swindon win!  COYR

1-0 win, Ritchie 1st goal of the season and plenty of  :pint:

Cheltenham was just a blip. A comfortable win tonight,setting us up nicely for the destruction of the pox.

Must win game for me in a way. Defeat for us and Oxford winning tonight would see Sundays game against the aforementioned Oxford with the scum in bouyant mood.

Shit the bed. If arriba's that positive then we're going to stuff them!

Another 1-0 defeat, causing mild panic, and thus setting up a superb display on Sunday

2-0 to swindon back on track tonight.   

I have a bad feeling about tonight. Heart says a win to get back on track but head says a 1-0 defeat.

Apparently D and R have a long injury list so really this is a winnable game.

They have a number of players out injured, and according to Di Canio they're a much smaller team than Cheltenham. Hopefully that will help us to stamp a bit more authority on the game. I'll go for a satisfactory yet unglamorous 2-1 win.

Forgot about this. A Dagenham fan I follow on Twitter was moaning about having nine first team players out at the weekend so let's hope they stay injured for tonight. Still reckon we'll lose mind, and save our best for Sunday.

The game at Daggers last year was one of the lowest points of a god-awful season, and tonight can't possibly be any worse than that so I'm quite looking forward to it.

Don't think it will be a great game, but a 2-0 win to calm some people's early season jitters.

1-1.

At least a point and no injuries would keep me happy.  Slowish start to the season to be expected.

Score?  My prediction league placing after the first two games demonstrates that I really haven't got a clue.

Ah I just remembered I forgot to do a prediction thingy for Cheltenham

0-0 or 1-1

a draw.....followed by all those that go and PDC lamenting the lack of a big striker!

Difficult one this, normally would be pessimistic but as its early season I still have the faith and will opt for 0-1. Gets us back on track to believe we will walk this division :hmmm:

2-1 Town. I'd be happy with a point though

The number of times you hear the old long injury list pre match set up.....of course it's bollocks, they'll still put out a useful outfit.  Last season Still was doing the old Swindon are a massive club thing....which worked very nicely for him.

I worry about Jon Nurse....there's something of the Chicken George Lawrence about him.

4-0 win - Ritchie comes back into form and scores 2, setting up 1 as well......

1-1 or 2-1 Daggers.

1-1 and Reg to have a wank about it.

And due to old age not finish until tomorow  :D

Don't forget Daggers lost at home on Saturday to the not-so-mighty AFC Wimbledon 2-0 so would really hope we would be turning over sides of this level.  That said, we're not the "big club" some make us out to be, and the team is still finding it's feet.

1-1, Connell.

Dunno. We're still lightweight upfront, but at least we know there's goal scoring possibility from midfield. Connell will score as well at some point, although he needs the right player to partner him.

I'll go for 0-2, more in hope than expectation.

A Town win, 2-1, not glamorous and a scrappy goal or two.

Yeah, but he posts stories about women on the internet, so he must be some sort of sexual (old) machine...

You're all fools.  Reg is actually a pre-pubescent 12yr old with a bloody good search engine...

Daggers 0-1 Swindon

Must be a clever one then, he was posting on MOS back in the days that a search engine was his trusty Rothman's yearbook (carved in stone).

CONFIDENT WE'LL WIN THIS.

0.2 Town

Yeah, people have been saying that for 9 years now since the days of thisis. He's not Richard Alpert - even if was a pre-pubescent 12 year old (talk about slow? pre-pubescent at 12?) then he'd be 21 now!

....and he's come in the pub a few times and I've met him, he certainly looks older than 12 (or 21)

we'll lose 1-1

Hard one to call at the moment.  A lot will depend on who our starting 11 are. Whilst individually De Vita & Bodin are decent players both are too similar in style of play. They are both pretty lightweight too and as D & R have a few bruisers in the team i can't see either of them getting a sniff of goal.

D & R will have done their homework on Ritchie too so I'm hoping Esajas starts because D & R won't be able to handle the attack from both flanks of Ritchie & Esajas.

I'll make my prediction later

Im going to be all doom and gloom and go 3-1 daggers sorry folks. :no:

Can you see why he is such a big hit with the layyydees?

cant see us scoring.......or conceding.

Like quite a few others, I'm going for 1-1 which I would be reasonably happy with.

A win would be very nice though

Judging by the jumper he was wearing the last time I saw him; no.

Anyone who has read any of my posts on this here internet thing knows I am very much a man of facts, statistics and figures anyway

However....I dont believe a single word Reg says about any his conquests.

Reg, I'm sure, would very much appreciate the Dickens reference.

Mr Gradgrind if I recall correctly?

A good jumper is important....it suggests security....a lot of ladies these days carry emotional baggage, and firstly need to feel that you're not a rapist. Mohair jumpers particularly good.

I can picture your chat up technique Reg.

Suave as you like buying a glass of Chardonnay for the lady and introducing yourself;

'Hi there, the name is Smeeton, Reginald Smeeton'. (kiss on the back of the hand) 'Can I firstly put you at ease by confirming that I am not a rapist, and can I compliment you on that smashing blouse that you are wearing'

They always seem to be Eastern Europeans too, so I just assumed that they're all prostitutes.

 :)  hair preparation compliments work better....blouses are a bit obviously titcentric.

I can see you've done this before BO

My main concern is whether Reg will score tonight!  :pint:

My main concern is whether we'll score tonight ...

is that you coming out reg?

You and 4D?   :gay:

I thought 4D was a bra size  :)

 :D

heart says 2-1 win but i think 1-1 more likely

kennedy to score

4-0 to us.

I'm going for 1-1 and would be quite happy with a point away from home. Hopefully some lessons have been learnt from Cheltenhams game by everyone involved with The team and we see a constant battle for the full 90 mins rather than just a 30 min spell. It's been said a million times already but we are lacking a striker, any truth in this Leon Clarke transfer revival?

Tonight is our destiny. Tonight this Town side create history by being the first to win in Dagenham. 2-1 to the Town and a good display. Pox to get fucked over by the Shrews whose fans were very naughty in sending the advance party down to the scumnest at the weekend.

Gary Rose says that Paul Alcock is the ref tonight. Could be a story for the nationals.

Oh shit.  May have to change my Prediction League entry to a 4-0 defeat.

Ha ha :clap: got to be a set up.

 TOWN (4-4-2): Phil Smith; Paul Caddis, Alberto Comazzi, Aden Flint, Callum Kennedy; Matt Ritchie, Oliver Risser, Alan McCormack, Etienne Esajas; Raffa De Vita, Billy Bodin.

Substitutes: Leigh Bedwell, Nathan Thompson, Simon Ferry, Alan Connell, Mehdi Kerrouche.

whos Leigh Bedwell?

Is that the official team?

Yeah.

On adver & official site.

Timlin is obviously on the naughty step.

So Comazzi->Dever and Easyjet->Thompson.

To say I am surprised that AC isn't starting is an understatement. He must be uber-unfit or dick around in training. Odd.

Glad to see Comazzi and Esajas in, this 5 sub rule is getting on my nut with 7 it'd be so much easier to have replacements plus we'd maybe see someone like Atiku get a run out, bit miffed Connell still isnt playing but I still have faith.

Excuse my ignorance but ?

Does seem strange that Timms isn't even on the bench again, And J. Smith.

Considering they both started the first game..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/180874.stm

Remember this? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/180874.stm)

Ahaha oh yes. Oh shit!

don't think connell is quite up to speed yet, also get the impression that at this stage paolo thinks he is a better option to be able to bring on and change things a bit.

as for the 5 subs rule, it seemed like loads when they changed it from 3 and was only 7 for a couple of seasons

He's retired surely?

Yes OST I just checked. You are quite right. As always. Well done. 8)

Yeah, must have been a joke.

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~2420223,00.html

Dagenham & Redbridge Swindon Town
CARL BERRY
Colin Lymer and Michael Webb
Fourth Official Oleksandr Saliy

..and not really that long ago from there being 1 sub. 5 is fine. 7 means larger squads - I don't buy the youth angle on reducing the subs - 7 encourages quantity not quality.

Anyway - good to see Esajas start. Dissapointed not to see Connell start. Ferry seems to have jumped ahead of J Smith in the queue.

aaaah, the plot unthickens

I can't quite believe that this rumour took in the first place!

I will tune in to STFC World tonight!

Come on you Reds!!!

It suggests Val Doonican, Gyles Brandreth and Russell Grant I reckon, nothing secure about that!

Anyway Town to win 2-1 with Billy Bodin on the score sheet !!! COME ON TOWN !

Oops.

Have to say Id be pissed off if I was going tonight. De Vita and Bodin were in their pockets on saturday. We have to have our first team sorted for sunday, and from what Ive seen Connell would be in it.

How does that work? Have you got "I'm not a rapist" knitted on the front? :hmmm:

Don't be ridiculous.

Mind you, I did find Gary Glitter's T-Shirt:

[url width=260 height=250]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/chewitboy/paedo-tee.gif[/url]

First time I've been to Dagenham.

Let's hope we can leave with the points.

Disappointed that Connell isn't starting

Happy with that team other than the fact I think Connell needs to start. Having 2 strikers on the bench though provides us with good options.

I think most of us are. Its a shame we are to go into the Ox*ord match without having tried him out properly.

Also no Devera on the bench? Is he injured?

No news that he is injured, just dropped.

you have to wonder how this effects the players confidence. Mess up in one game and your dropped  :hmmm:

commentary up for anyone yet?

Connell can't still be unfit?!

Interesting Allcock is the 4th official tonight, he was the ref PDC pushed over when he played for Wednesday  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Devera has had 2 but I see your point. One wonders if Devera and J Smith were really Paolo's signings anyway in the sense that they could have just been "tips" from Bodin or scouts.

or from everyone's favourite agent...

i think its early doors for Devera, he was player of the year last season and may need time to settle. Like the rest of our team

Cooper? Scully?

Come on Swindon :clap:

COYR 2-1 win

esajas and connell

First piece of action sees Risser misplace a pass out for a goalkick... happened a lot in the first 3 games! I hope he gets better if he's going to be an ever-present!

Esejas and Kennedy looks very attacking down the left wing. Not sure its going to work.

Sounding a bit shaky in the opening exchanges.

Shaky start by all accounts.

He was not good enough for norwegian 2nd. division, remember. That's around the level of Blue Square South.

Hope he's growing for Swindon though!

Sounds like we have too many foreigners...

All Dagenham. We sound a mess.

Under the kosh already.

Scum winning :(

On a cold warm Tuesday night

I can't understand a word they say .

bloody foreigners

Hi Norway Red. I was in Trondeheim back in 1960's when I was involved in fishing, a very picturesque place.

Im almost glad i cant get stfcworld to work now

Need to get a hold on the game, fast. Someone needs to take charge.

Sounds like a complete opposite to saturday. Far too open.

How many starting tonight?

Esejas .... Saved....offside anyway.

I have a gut feeling we'll weather the storm and nick a winner, trust me guys, i'm not wet behind the ears and i'm psychic, my lucky charm is a dead gipsy girl called Trinda, and she says so!

Do Scots count?

All of 'em if your name is NorwayRed.

come on Trinda, do it for swindon

McCormack scores..........

for dirty Leeds.

Thomson coming on.....

Third game in a row that we've had to weather early pressure... I don't think I can take such a tactic against Oxford.

She likes that  :)

Thomson on for Comazzi (injury).

Dougie with a 30 yarder for Brentford

Fucking typical

Comazzi off and no centre half on the bench....HOORAH!

Caddis at centre back. Oh my.

Fuck me, Caddis is playing centre back and Thomson right back.

Caddis at CB...

Comazzi replaced by Thompson.

Would definitely have had Devera on the bench over Thompson.

Trondheim is a beautiful city.

What happened to Comazzi? STFC World went silent!

Caddis to CB. Not confident at all now.

Thompson on for Commazi. Off to RB.

No idea who is playing at centre-back then?

Is Devera a wing back also anyhow?

Surely ferry should of came on in the centre and put risser in defence.

You got to laugh haven't you.

Let us see what we're made of.

Someone said that he can play there, but was preferred as a CB by Barnet fans.

caddis will become our cannavaro

This has disaster written all over it. Hope I'm wrong.

Think he's very much a Cuthbert-type player, versatile like that.

Christ.

The 5 subs does make things more interesting.

Caddis must be the smallest player in the squad and he's playing at CB... what the fuck?

Fuck me - there's been nothing but trouble the 10 years I've been a STFC World subscriber!

...and they sent people to the moon in the 60s... I'm only saying!

Who broke the TEF?

I thought Barry must have sold the TEF for $25K. But its back now.

How many corners have they had!

No excuse for not having a CB on the bench.  There should always be 1 x CB, 1 x Centre mid and 1 striker to cover the spine of the team.

Bad feeling about this game now

TEF dies a lot at the moment... hope our chances of victory haven't gone the same way now we've got only one recognised CB on the pitch!

To be fair, Caddis's height isn't much of an issue when playing alongside Flint. He wins everything anyway..but not ideal of course.

Devera should have been on the bench, he can play anywhere at the back apparently...funny that because I argued with my dad the virtue and positives of having seven subs....he disagreed....I just hope it doesn't cost us

Does anyone know what the "official" line on Timlin is?  Even better would be the actual situation.  Thought he was pretty good on the opening day and now he's disappeared completely.

 :sherlock:

Timlin apparently mouthed off to PDC in training so would explain why he hasnt been in the team since crewe

This sounds like utter, utter gash. I can't listen any more.

i quite agree, i'd much rather a cb have to come on and fill in at fb than the other way round.  very strange choice

We are struggling against the long ball, and have no presence up front.

Not looking too clever at the moment.

Thanks.  That would do it!!

I'm getting 2010/11 flashbacks....

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Especially when instead we have 2 centre forwards 2 midfielder and a keeper. on the bench A centre forward too many

I don't know how relevant this is, but my lucky charm Trinda insists I play it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa8sdCvMPtM

it is supposed to help

This match sounds fucking dog shit.

Thompson as a defensive sub!!! utter joke! Amankwaah? Devera?

early days but a lot of his decisions seems nuts. connell looks like the most natural goal scorer we have and he cant get on the pitch!!!

A 44th minute pen will do me.

Feeling a strong sense of deja vu reading this post.Despite moving a shed load of players out from last season, and bringing a shed load in, we still cant hack it against direct, physical football? :cry:

Thompson is crap, where is Manks? Esajas and McCormack are the only good thing about this half. Get Da Vita off for Kerrouche please Paolo.


Ps Fline is having another stormer

So was Crewe in the first half.

I'm not sure whether to be encouraged by that, or worried we've only put in 45 minutes of a good performance.

A lot of knee-jerking. Let's wait and see what happens before we go off on one.

I'm just happy it's nil nil.

We played well saturday

Nearly

Penalty shout.........DENIED - Di Vita looked to be in. Paolo furious.

Another penalty not given. Refs too scared to give reds out these days.

Close but no cigar.

Keep the faith says Trinda

dont forget cheltnum :eek:

I didn't go, sounds like we were unlucky.

clinging onto the hope that we really are a lot fitter than other sides, and can do them in the last 20.

I assume you are drunk. We didn't deserve to lose, but in no sense of the word did we play well (first 20 aside).

Doe sounds like he's struggling against us which is good.

Doesn't sound to promising!

Close, but no sigar...

Boooooo... we need penno's to settle us down, does the ref know nothing?!

It's league 2,i don't quite know how well you expect us to play.Playing better than the opposition for large parts will do me.

Lolita, isn't that a dodgy film?

But we didn't play better than the opposition for large parts. We hoofed it up field and watched it come back. I'm not expecting Barcelona passing, but Cheltenham had the better chances.

right lets get them in and get them sorted for fucks sake

That book by Nabikov......don't stand.....

Its a game of two halfs. And this one at least finished even.

Now lets have it.

Have to disagree but never mind

Flint was limping as they went off at half time.

If he's injured, we really are fucked.

I know it's not the same as being there, but this game sounds absolutely Bruce Dyer on the radio.  Even the potential penalty barely took my interest!!  It has all the hallmarks of a shitty 1-0 defeat.  The kind we normally pick up on a Tuesday night at Barnet.

Not looking forward to Sunday at the moment and I'm normally very positive about playing the Yellow Peril (because they're shit).

 :badmood:

Yeah, its only my opinion obviously.

To conclude, I think we did enough for a point. But no more. I didn't feel robbed we lost though.

I think i'd take this at full time

Especially on Sunday :(

Published in Playboy, that's the connection.

dEFLATED BUT EBULLIENT THAT WE'LL COME BACK, IT IS A DEAD-CERT CERTAINTY

pox and wovers winning :crash:

I'm sorry but I really do not understand why we are persevering with De Vita and Bodin -  why? Because they try hard in training? We have proven scorers on the bench and Simon Fucking Ferry who is a clear class apart from our midfield general and captain who aside from a goal has produced very little - beers may be talking but sort it out PDC!

Connell probably coming on according to the official twitter, lets hope he has an impact.

Sensible if accurate.

A bit of lower league know how could well be what we need.

Like most I cant understand why he is not first choice, looks to be a class above Bodin & De Vita to me.

Well we have one and one other who is just as proven as De Vita but i do agree with you in part.  2 & 1/2 games is generally too quick to judge a new partnership but if/when are fit i'd prefer Connell/Kerouche to be given a run together.

Flint has come out for the second half, so hope he's ok

Doesn't look to be any changes.

Come on Town

Why isn't Vic commentating on BBC wilts?

Or doesn't he do away games?

Hamstring for comazzi

I'd like to think that's what it is at the moment. First choice just isn't fit... No CB? That mistake won't be made again surely?

He only does Saturdays i think

Doesn't do week nights.

Come on Town, show us what your made of this half.

Ta.

Corner conceded within the first min of second half.

Then daggers shoot wide.

Not sounding good.

 :cry:

I don't think I've heard Risser's name.

Not happy with this, crucial we win this one going into the grudge of all grudges

Just noticed that Kettering looks like another Swindon XI tonight

Phil Ifil, Jerel Ifil, Moses Ashikodi, Sol Davis and Patrick Noubissie are all in the match squad!

At least you're not positive today.

Did Phil Ifil play for us?

I've learnt my lesson.

I'd have both Ifils and Davis in our side tonight...

Connell for Bodin. Yay.

piss flaps

Well spotted, have you been to Tromso, caught a nice batch of pilchards up there.

Is he on the bench?

Connell on for Bodin.

Charlie Griffin nets for FGR

Esajas injured? Fucking hell.

Now Esajas is down...

Never been further north than Trondheim I'm afraid...

Wasn't Phil at Swindon as a YTS or am I mistaken?

At this point, I'm pinning all my hopes on Trinda.  It's that bad.

Easyjet is fucked

Yep, still not heard Rissers name... it sounds like we're playing dog shit - thats my insightful opinion.

Hi chaps! Just got home - Can someone summarize whats happened for me pretty please?

Fuck all

Turn the computer off and walk away :)

I went to Tromso and Narvik/Lofoten Islands in consecutive summers.  Midnight Sun junkie.  Amazing landscape up there.

Took my mind off the game for a full 10 seconds there.

Yep, we are shockingly less than average.....but maybe stepping it up a touch now

Last season

About fucking time too!

I am sure Paolo is great and he stands on the touchline and waves his hands so hard you think he will soon fly .... but seriously leaving a proven lower league goalscorer on the bench for a rookie because the rookie has worked hard in training is bollocks!

If Esajas is injured I'd get Ferry on, switch Ritchie to the left, push Risser back to centre back and get Caddis down the right wing.

Fuck all, except that it sounds like we're about to use our remaining sub.

We've conceded a load of corners, and not threatened at all. Comazzi went of early and we had no CB on the bench. Sounds awful.

comazzi got injured, no CB on the bench so thomson on and caddis gone CB.
playing pretty shit and Easyjet is down now.

Oh and pox 2-0

We've sounded shit. Connell just come on. Comazzi started but went off injured. Caddis playing centre back, Thomson right back.

Yep - and cunt chops, hoping they can do some super sub magic in the second half....

We're drawing playing mediocre comazzi started and went of injured Caddis moved into the centre Thompson came on to replace him Connell on and winning free kicks straight away - fingers crossed we can nick this game

Yep Ardilles, reminiscing for a while to keep our minds off this terrible trawl of shite!

Done more since Connell came on than in the previous 50 minutes. Note for Sunday please Mr di Canio.

Plymuff are fucked losing at home to the real dons shame if they do drop out of the league

Sounding a bit more positive now

yes, building up a head of steam now, the games in the bag...

Sounds like a bright spell for us (kiss of death probably)

Thanks chaps! First time I've heard so many people on the TEF agree in their assessment of a game!!!!

Sounds like we are stepping up a notch now. Lets keep it together for the rest of the half

come on swindon

I get the feeling Alan Connell is abut to become another Simon Ferry.

Fans favourite who cannot get a full game for love nor money.

Since him coming on we sound slightly better..

Come on Town, for fucks sake!

The FL have already bent the rules on Plymuff. They should've come out of admin before the start of the season...but the takeover still hasn't happened.

If only Connell and Ferry worked a bit harder in training.  :D

Nigel Bennett = David Pleat

Thats harsh.  What the fuck has David Pleat ever done to you?

Who the fuck is this Hettien Esajas we've got playing?

Sounding a bit better, thanks to the arrival of Connell.  Why on earth didn't he start?

Some strange squad decisions being made by PDC, which is a bit worrying.  Seems like if you open your mouth or have a bad game you're dropped from the squad completely.  Devera certainly hasn't been bad enough to not be on the bench particularly knowing Comazzi has only just returned from injury.  Ridiculous.

Also, where is Jonathan Smith and personally I'd have Amankwaah over Thompson any day?  

Morecambe beating Cheltenham - says it all really.

Not good.... we beat Crewe who are bottom, lost to cheltenham who are now losing at home to morecambe and we cant beat d&g who lost to wimbledon saturday........ could be a struggle this year!

too early to be thinking like this?

That's annoyed me too...had no idea who he meant for a while!

Piss and shit, come on town.

Of course it is. Fuck sake.

He's named after that place in France, you know Saint-Hettien

And another thing - those fucking sideburns need trimming Paolo

Our fitness will shine through.

Is it to early to be wishing we had appointed Didi Hamann?

Jesus fucking wept.We are drawing 0-0 away against a team who came down with us.We have lost 1 game when a draw was fairer yet half these lot on this thread are ready to slit their fucking wrists.

Fickle supporter!

it will take time for this team to gel get a fucking grip

Plus its early days for this squad yet. If we were struggling in January you might have more of a point..

Can be the fittest team in the league but makes no difference if the team is gash.

Don't you know who we are, we're the mighty Swindon.

We are going to nick this, i have a feeling  :beers:

If I wasn't high I'd think it was this thread giving me the giggles.

No, we support swindon BECAUSE we are shite, we are like the punk rock response to progressive rock.....

Come on Swindon!

Bring on the Algerian, Paolo!

Sounds like Flint and Esajas are the front runners for Player of the Season already...

Kerrouche coming on.

That's it piss all over my fire.

FFS penalty D&R. Cuuuuuntflaps.

Oh Bollocks.

FUCKSAKE!!

Penalty to them

Daggers pen. Shit.

I'm still fucking waiting for last seasons team to gel.

fuck me

Pen to Daggers!

shit

FFS - here we go.

CUNT

FUCKING SHIT! Phil Smith never saves pens!

Oh dear.

1-0 down. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFffffUCK

What absolute shite

Shitty fucky twat arse

Cue TEF meltdown.

Although the team does need time to gel, we can't afford to wait too long... we don't want to get cut adrift from the top 3 by October/November and be suffering from a decline in player/supporter confidence.

pull your finger out Town. This is woeful. Bloody woeful.

There, I've gone into meltdown.

Fuck.


Kerroush is coming on now too.

De vita going off.

DI CANIO OUT!

FFS

again CUNT

Oh. We let one in as i typed. Fuck.

neither do most keepers.

Please say you're joking.

KERROUCHE IS ON

PENALTY to daggers gayflaps. EVERYBODY TYPE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO I CAN'T POST ANYTHING. wooo

goasl

i've been trying to post this for the last 2-3 minutes. and i bloody well shall

piss sake. *Warning, 4 people have typed the exact same thing over and over again*

The game isn't over yet and people have began slitting their wrists. I love the TEF.

fuck fuck fuck  :badmood:

Having a 30 second delay isnt helping either  >:(

Hmmm.

That troll Reg will be secretly loving this...

urgh and to think this was the highlight of my day

Not slitting wrists at all just trying to be rational. if worse comes to worse and we lose tonight then we got the big derby sunday which wont be easy then its on to shrewsbury which will be one of hardest away games of the season. End of August and could be near the bottom. really hope im wrong however

Turn off the warning then numb nuts!

I had a feeling about this before the season.

Too many fringe players in. Almost like a smorgasbord!

Lots of the foreigners will get in trouble against League Two teams that are physical.

Oh fuck!

Di Canio out! (Calm down, just kiddin' of course!)

soapy tit wank i saw this coming after the Crewe game

Thought we were God damn awful in that game, reminded me of when we played Saints last season at home and won 1-0.  

Hopefully we will turn it around, but judging on what ive seen so far, mid table is about as good as we will be this season

So the bog standard 1-0 away defeat to former non-league teams continue.

Another booking for Ritchie

Yes but typical Swindon would suggest we'll get 4 points from those 2 games. We always lose games like this and Cheltenham.

The people having a go at Reg remind me of creationists.

Serious question, what have you seen so far? 40 minutes of poor football and 50 minutes of fairly decent football?

3 bookings in a row for Ritchie.

could potentially be a problem. Is it still 5 before a ban?

And here lies the problem.  It might only be 3 games in, but it's already feeling horribly familiar.  I do hope I'm wrong.  Unless we get another striker in, Sunday could be unpleasant.

Which is what? 2 and a half games... Jesus wept!

Why is the TEF full of mongs?! It's game 3 of 40 odd. Most of you harp on as if we are going to be relegated.

Actually I think the penny has dropped for a large section of the fanbase - we probally aren't going up this season, but hopefully we'll maintain a mid table place, Dagenham and Redbridge........

this cant be happening, ive just spent £32 on an away top for my sons 5th birthday, he will be the laughing stock, or tell me to shove it up my arse tommorrow morning :-[

It's just irritating, everything in the past 2 games seems to have gone against us! Everything evens itself out though....I hope.

The only reason Im panicking is the derby game on sunday.

I think weve got the quality to do well. But our strongest team has only played the last 10 minutes against Crewe.

90 minutes of shit football.  Ive come to realise that when most people on this forum think we play well, we play shit.  They are just to biased and have rose tinted spectacles on unfortunately

There's going to be a lot more of these games before it gets better, we'll gel and come back so much stronger.... c'mon Swindon!!!

Fucking travesty on the second half performance.

Just about the first time in 20 mins they get in our box their player throws himself to the ground & the dickhead couldnt wait to give a pen.

The only surprise is that it wasn't for handball against Phil Smith

Yay! Just heard Rissers name!

It'll be interesting to hear the opinion of those that are there. The radio sometimes gives a false impression. Maybe we weren't total wank.

Keep the faith

Have we seen a consistent ref so far this season

Dont be a dick.

Being subbed, hopefully.

We have a new manager, new team and this gave us new hope. Lets not give up just yet.

People who defend Reg remind me of Scientologists. What's your point?

Creepy 3-0 up.Im depressed

Yes...consistently shite.

or you are a negative cunt who's expectations of the standard of league 2 is a little bit off.

We played alright in that second half, ok it wasn't like watching Brazil but it's league two.

But take your point, 90 minutes is hardly grounds to predict our entire season.

and I don't think I've ever seen you post something positive about the team.

I predict we get a red card before the night is out.

well if you're not prepared to accept we're a lower league side and therefore 'played well' isn't of prem quality then you need to go elsewhere

Missed it, another 70 mins and I'll hear it again.

Are you in some kind of parallel universe where such things exist?

Why am I being a dick? Do you think we are going up as champions then?

I don't care about the fucking mosquitos in your press box!!

Just say Esajas FFS! Stop saying his first name all the bleeding time!

Too many foreigners who don't know the English game and will take a while to gel. Mid table best we can hope for this year

There were 7 non-foreign players who started today. De Vita has been in England/Scotland for years before as well.

I don't buy it, rubbish.

Posh Red is there.

Risser doesn't seem to have done much again.  I'd drop him on Sunday for Ferry if I was manager, but I'm not and I doubt it will happen.

We always get shit refs.

Rotherham winning again. Pox and then Rotherham on the box. Could be painful viewing!

Why would most of our fans have given up on going up after 2.7 games? One of which we won 3-0?

I am slightly concerned that we don't seem to have any bouncebackability  ((c) 2004). Come on, fiiiiiiiight for it.

Sunday should be interesting

You don't need to bend the truth in order to just say "I don't think we're good enough".

What do you think the problem is then?

A last minute goal here would do the job

We've only done that once in the last....

The vibe on here (and elsewhere) would be rather different without the derby game on Sunday.  As things stand, we go in to this game as underdogs.  That is what's making people jumpy.

A slow start was always a strong possibility.  Just a shame we have to play Oxford so early on.

Bart just wants Pooky back...

all the trolls are coming out from under their bridges now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woySeSNBL3o

Fucking hell-Gillingscum winning now.I hate everything!

But then the Oxford might be the wake up.

Spot On (for me at least).

Definitely in the back of our minds

We beat Crewe who should have beaten us if they took one of thier numerous chances in the first half.  Since then they havent won or drawn a game this season, and are currently losing at home to Rotheram.

Again we lose to Cheltenham who have lost every other game this season and are currently losing to Morecambe

Daggenham have faired slightly better in managing to beat Maccesfield away from home, but got smashed by Bournemouth and lost to Wimbleson.  

Hardly inspiring stuff

The whole of English football struggles with it.

Fans and players are terrible for letting their heads drop now.

How many games have all these players played together? We have two players on the pitch that have played together before and even then the first time that happened was last season. Give it another 12 games at least.

What have we done to FL officials? Are we not going to get anything?

Ooo as i say that Cheltenham equalise !

Shame we have to play anyone.  Sounds like we could do with another few weeks of team bonding.

I'm not saying we are giving up - but realistically we have lost 2 out of three - that is not promotion form in any league, Ive been watching swindon play football for well over 3o years - disagree if you want, but don't call me a dick

We're not getting smashed up though. There are seemingly a few goals in this league and we've lost 2 games out of 3, both away.

McCormack off.

That + pace of the league + physical nature of the game. Mind you, I made similar noises for different reasons last season!

I'm the eternal pessimist (which probably helped in the prediction league last year!), so i think a slow/poor start could be disasterous. This counts as a poor start. I just want us to win games, I don't care how for the time being.

Oh fucking hell RS fucking up the player names and numbers.

nope, bad eyesight!

The BBC says weve had 7 shots on target with the daggers only 1.

Just seem a bit of bad luck at the moment, i hope.

Keep the faith!  It will take a bit of time to gel like many has said but i understand some people getting a little bit worried especially with our next 3 games:

Poxford
shrews
Rotherham

Commentators get me worried that McCormack is being sent off,
but its Kerrouche getting booked.

cunts.

Oxford are about to overtake us in the league for the first time in over 11 years.

Sad times

Perhaps they've all made a pact against PDC.

Not yet we havnt.

Case in point. Why do fans give up on their team at 1-0 down?! Unbelievable.

Oh dear. This isnt very good is it?

Promoted teams will lose 2 out of 3 games at some stage of a season.

I don't think constantly changing the team is helping at all.

Hangover from last season.

they're all anti-fascists...

The thing is I don't disagree with your post before this one. Just the "from what I've seen" blah blah blah. It's not what you've seen, what you've deduced from our results and that may not be wrong.

Thats why you have pre-season,and ours was totally inadequate-not enough friendlies and with the exception of Reading,joke opposition to boot.

No one's giving up and it's not unbelievable.  A lot of us just getting a little tired of being permanently shite.

Yay! Just heard Rissers name again!

Agree tinkering constantly doesn't help. It's only 3 games but our results are miles away from a top 3 side

Risser + wasted pass, seems a common occurrence  :(

Free kick, come on

Would take a draw now.

If we score now I'm banning Bart forever

Because we sound shit. And we aren't Man Utd

REALLY :)

Now that I do agree with.

This is where our superior fitness kicks in - if we don't get any more players injured.

Based on last season's experience and expecting a bit more this time around.

In '85-'86, we lost 2 out of the first three games, and we know what happened at the end of the season...

Yeah and I voiced my concerns over that at the time, a dodgy start may cost us as we make up for those friendlies, but I don't think it'll be a season of this.

Top Gun was released?

Shouldn't it be Dagenham & Redbridge v Swindon Town - Official Match day thread?

So far then Risser not rated by people, Devera dropped after two games. The link is good old Darren the Agent/scouting consultant on Twitter...remind me who else he takes credit/blame for.

So do I. I did want a few games away to some decent conference opposition.

A quick improvement which i'd hope we could see by Sunday is actually doing something from corners and free-kicks. We've had a fair few and done precisely fuck all with them.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

In 'xx-'yy we lost z out of the first y games and we all know what happened at the end of the season...

We'll get about 23 of these next year if we're not careful. ;)

Which is usually one thing new managers struggle with....

Flint playing up front!

It's a learning curve for Di Canio and that was also going to be the risk.  He needs to sort it out, as it's his reputation on the line.  If he doesn't do well managing us, he'd not likely to go any higher up the managerial ladder.  

How long left? This thread has told me absolutely nuts all about what is happening on the pitch!

This is just so depressing, I'm just fed up with losing all the blimin' time...

A minute left

Hate football.

Game Over.

Say what the fuck you want, that is a disappointing result on the back of the game on Saturday, coupled with the Scum game coming up.

I still have no idea if the players are learning into things, or whether we've been stitched up with a load of donkeys by Agent Darren and his merry men.

Time will tell I suppose.

did we even sound like scoring in the second half?

 FT - Bring on the Oxford  :(

Didn't we finish in nth position after a late run?

Cock, we've lost!!

two games, no goals, no goals from any forwards, a captain who is a bit naff oh dear!!! Lets hope PDC starts learning on the back of these games. He wants two more forwards, to have 6! yet we have 3 cb's!!!

bring on the fucking pox

load of shit :no:

Couple of half chances, didn't sound like anything promising or clear cut.

For 5 mins when Connell came on and before D&R got the penalty

Concerned about Sunday.





Not got my tickets yet.

So we still cannot beat teams that play physical against us ala last season and PDC has alluded he wanted a team that can handle these type of teams, need a big front man who can hold the ball and help bring others into play at least I think and possibly Ferry into midfield to add a bit of creation in there

A good performance on Sunday (and a win) and these games will be forgotten. It's no excuse, but I had a feeling we would lose against this lot and Cheltenham. Cheltenham are our bogey team and we have a habit of coming unstuck against the Dagenham-esque sides.

Urgh. Two sort of places the Town always seem to struggle to get anything from.

Why is this?

We have issues that need to be addressed.

Shite, so disappointing, I'm worried about Sunday now.... Connell simply must start.

On the more positive side Sunday is the perfect game to lift everyone. Beat Oxford and everyone is happy again and the buzz is back.

Disappointing but it is only 3 games and is too early to get that panic button out.

In saying that Sunday is pretty important and not just because of the opposition

A bit of a reality check for all those who thought promotion was inevitable. 2 defeats on the trot away from home not looking so good.

Shit.

Tonight was Di Canio's chance to make changes and he has dropped a bollock.

Risser will be this season's Prutton if we are not careful.

I can see a team in that squad that can batter the scum, and I can see quality.

You know you want to.

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If PDC wants to cut it as a manager he's got to fucking grow a pair of bollocks now. This is division 4. Fucking sort it out.

At least there are dwarves on telly.

He has to start Ferry Sunday now, give him a chance, also.....I'd love to see Atiku get a run out or at least make the bench!

Different manager, different players, same old problem, go behind and we've lost, it still seems.

Have my faith in Di Canio, but slightly worried

Same here.  I said at work today that we'd be lucky to come away with a point tonight.

However, we need to address the fact that we can't pick up points against teams of this type.  Di Canio also needs to decide on his best starting 11 irrelevant of his feelings towards the player.  I get the feeling that some players will never get a look in, because their face doesn't fit?

Will you lot have a fucking word with yourselves?

mmmm not good. However if we win at home the mood changes all over again. Far to early to judge but we need a win.

I've got Kickboxer on record, will start watching it soon. I have a feeling the scum loses in that one.

It feels like we have a team that is lacking quality and cutting edge, and is nowhere near ready to be playing competetive football together. Which isn't entirely positive. Maybe once they get used to eachother and we can field a settled first XI they might start showing thier true abilities (assuming they aren't actually all rubbish)

I'm sure there will be plenty of other takers

I am more depressed about some of the shit posted in this thread than the result.

I'm off

I've only seen the Crewe game but replace Risser with a proper midfielder (Ferry) and I think we would solve a whole lot of problems. McCormack and Ferry potentially could be a terrific midfield pairing. At the moment, its not happening at all by the sounds of it.

Didn't like you anyway

I stand by my comment that things need to be address but that's stating the obvious.

Not worried but just a bit 'buh'.

Ritchie and Caddis haven't started well so hopefully it's a settling problem and not that their all shit.

Did people honestly expect us to win the first 3 games on the bounce after the shit we endured last season, especially after bringing 10+ new players in?

the voice of fucking reason, intelligence and the best statement on here so far!!

right behind you Samdy!!

On another plus note. Connell and Kerrouche sounded decent when they came on and Esajas lasted 90 minutes and sounded lively. All 3 to start on Sunday please.

I guess what it comes down to is the expectation that we'd do what we did last time, off to a flier and get the belief going. However it will do just as well to finish the league that way instead.

However, you can say its wrong to do so, but the optimism is starting to evaporate already.

But when we beat the Pox on Sunday, all that won't matter.

Good point there Spence.

We'll be fine in 12 games time, things like this take time. Patience is a virtue

Yeah  Cheltenham and Dagenham and Redbridge, quality sides we should'nt expect anything from those tricky ties.... We are a bit shit, and we are in division 4. What bit are we all missing Mr Positive?

My worry is that Di Canio is probably very difficult to work with and this could be having an effect?

im worried, 3000plus pox fans taking the piss out of us sunday, might not happen tho :hmmm:

naturally i'm disappointed with the result but we've played 3, conceded 1 from a corner and 1 from a pen so no goals conceded in open play.  we could have had a pen on saturday and sounds like another tonight. 

i'd wager that if ours had been given tonight it would have been us win 1-0 and it would have been a draw on saturday if it was given.

there's no point in getting nickers in a twist over a game that was won by a penalty especially as paolo has said time and again that he knows we need more presence in the box.

if we get past the transfer deadline without the 'big striker' i'll start to worry but untill then we'll just have to try to grind our results out.

we all know how much difference having a 20 goals a season man on the pitch can make and we've not been played off the park at all yet.

maybe we could have done a little more to try to win the last two but again two 1-0 results away from home is hardly the end of the world when they were won by set pieces.

paolo is probably very anxious about sunday and once it's over i think we'll settle down and if we win it then these last two results will all but be forgotten

Oh God who lets these morons text the BBC ! Its been 3 fricking games ! Calm down and carry on !

D&R finished higher than us last year and got relegated on the last day. We have a complete new team with a shit pre-season. Why should we win??

Oh yeah we're Swindon and the world owes us a favour.

be too late then.What's happened to Timlin and Smith,we deserve to know.

I think a lot of people's expectations have been raised by how we breezed into this division last time round.

Worth bearing in mind last time we were down here walsall and hartlepool both had slower starts than we did, yet both finished above us.

Have I logged onto the wrong forum? I'm looking for thetownend.com where everyone calls eachother cunts and some (only some) people know speak some sense.
Seems like I've stumbled onto thisis by accident.

We always lose to Cheltenham and our record against Dagenham suggests it is going the same way as well. Bogey teams.

My panic button is still firmly tucked away and I still think it's far too early to know how things will pan out.  Already, they've got the "should have hired ...." people texting into the radio.  Get a grip and get behind them for a bit longer at least!!!!  We were dog shit last year and there's no reason to think it's all going to be sweetness and light this season.

Listening to the mongs texts being read out on the radio is pissing me off no end.  People need to get a bit of perspective.

PDC's interviews are getting longer and longer when he tries to explain what went wrong, so we could be in for a late finish tonight.

If you will recall, we finished bottom-of-the-league and were absolute fucking shite last season. Don't get me wrong, I would've fucking loved us to win the first 3 games on the spin, but expecting it to happen is a bit fucking daft really.

If we're still struggling for wins after 10 games, then I'll be concerned.

Shut it cunt.

If we score more than we concede we'll win.

How is that for you?

And Hartlepool were mid-table at the start of December as well and were top going into the final game.

:D

Dont panic yet

I am concerned, Di Canio has made some odd decisions so far. Risser as captain, De Vita and Bodin over Connell, yes we dont see what goes on in training but it's clear from the limited time they have spent on the pitch that Ferry and Connell should be two of the first names on the team sheet.

It's just so familiar, we were never going to get back into it at 1-0. Time to spend some fucking money on a striker and we cant go all season with 3 centre backs.

I think its the parallels with the start of last season that has people worried. Which is silly, as it MAY go that way, or we MAY win the league. Who knows.

To me, It would make more sense playing the experienced and proven ones, Amankwaah, Timlin, Smith, Connell, Ferry etc. Would do better than a team struggling to blend

Now that's more like it you, fucking smart cunt.

Not worrying now, it's clear that Paolo is going to sign a striker so give him a chance to complete the squad. Also need another centre half for back up I reckon.

However, the absence of the likes of Timlin, Ferry, Amankwaah and Connell will rightly baffle supporters. Billy Bodin needs a loan spell away as he simply isn't good enough at this moment in time.

Hopefully a few changes for Sunday otherwise we could be in trouble.

Timlin is majorly out of favour with the pdc at the moment for certain comments he made after a training session. Heard this from the man himself on saturday morning at the training ground

For once can somebody give Ferry a decent chance, starting Sunday. He will tear the pox a new one in the middle of the park

Amankwaah not playing and not in the 16 is my biggest gripe. He's a good player.

Ferry in on Sunday
De vita out, Connell in

You're live on Wiltshire Sound Paolo, please don't say bugger fuck....

I fucking hated it when Leeds were in League 1.  They thought they were bigger than everyone and had some divine right to beat a team they thought were smaller than them.

I was sure our fanbase would never have an element who thought like that.

Seems i could have been wrong......

Paolo's voice is absolutely fucked ???

He'll be gone by the end of the month I think, which would be a real shame. I'd have him in the side every week and not sure why Thompson has got the nod over him.

 I'm not saying anything.... :zipped:

"lads up front"

Then fucking buy a man then!

very passionate interview - it means everything to Paolo

What he said.

disappointing result again but hey ho. Perhaps the lower expectations for Sunday might do us a favour.

But they were.

And so are we.

Twat.

Danny Wilson is doing well at Sheff U.  Three out of three.  Maybe we should have gone for him.  Everyone said he is good in his first season, so perhaps hiring him for another first season could have been a stroke of genius by the board.

Just a thought.  :hmmm:

Paolo:

(erm, struggling to understand what the hell he's saying. His voice is fucked).

- Very Angry....
- Hoping to bring a striker in......need two top strikers.
- Played badly in first half.
- We should be better, even with the two kids up front. Light bodies..
- Many players were "shy"......
- Need to hold ball up front.....
- Need more desire, more confidence.....
- Need to see positives even when things go on...
- Don't ask about ref, otherwise he go in prison! Its incredible what happened. Should have had pen/red card.
- We didn't deserve to win in the first half -obviously.
- Their player dived "in the swimming pool". Bad bad day for referee. But we should have been better.

you must be sober, BEST post tonight :pint:

Im glad you understand him what the fuck. :doh:

He keeps banging on about a big body in the box, he's had weeks to sort this out.

We should be told officially,we need Timlin in the side.

No we are not. Bradford get a lot more than us.

You are the worst type of fan. You give up on your team, but expect them to have a divine right to beat smaller clubs.

We have a divine right to beat teams in this league?

 :doh:

The question needs to be asked.

Shit, 2 players out at least for Sunday. "not good enough"

Loving the honesty from Di Canio. I'm sure he'll have it sorted for Sunday - possibly 4 changes for Sunday but definitely two.

Paolo Continued:
- I think he's saying Kennedy isn't ready for a 46 game season, need to be stronger, meaner. But whatshisfaceleftback is injured.
- Didn't pick Devera because Thomson can cover 2 positions. Wanted to keep 3 attacking players on bench.
- Angry with performance, with team, not strong enough yet, not yet a team
- World Cup final on Sunday! We win, we can become a group. Solid.
- Can only say sorry to fans. They were to honest. Was expecting them to have a bit of a pop at Paolo!

Oxford:
- Already decided 2 changes for Saturday. 2 players are not good enough/strong enough at the moment to play "top level". But they can improve.
- for sure a striker needed - speaking to chairman in a minute about it. Feels positive (he must be working on someone). We need a big man, quick man to stick the ball in the onion bag (paraphrased).
- Still not going to break the bank on a striker though.
- Talking of trying to bring one in for Oxford (reading between the lines here, may be wrong).
- Talking about 1 or 2 more players (how big is this squad getting!).

For fucksake give him  a strepsol.

You got to love Di Canios post match interviews!

Really hope he can walk the walk too!

DI CANIOS RED AND WHITE ARMY

Goodnite!

Kennedy out for Sunday then?

Hard to understand what he's been saying, but was I right in hearing him slate Kennedy and sayin Cibbocchi will be first choice ? I probably am very wrong in what I heard though

 :D

I think his point was its a lot of pressure for someone who is so young to play every week. I think he wasn't slating as such. Things can easily get lost in (Paolo's own) translation.

ha

ha

ha - Oh no I'm the worst type of fan! I haven't lived in Swindon for 30 years, how the fuck you can accuse me of giving up on them makes me laugh. I knew they would lose after they went 1 - 0 down, its called experience....

Hmm could Amankwaah possibly be an option at left back?

Fuck me it's mystic meg

I think a big factor in the semi-panic is that we are playing Oxford next and at the moment we seem to be in a bit of a mess. It's a huge game and we wanted to go into it feeling confident, instead I am feeling very nervous. The game could be coming too early for us, although I will try to hold on to the hope that it could be the game that everything comes together. PDC is promising changes, so lets see what the response is.

Manks is a quality player due to his sheer physicality, Which will go hand in hand in this league, not worth playing a midget like Thompson when Amankwaah will be perfect for his league, rather he played at right back and Caddis pushed up field

What's happening with Leon Clarke, did I read this was back on somewhere?

Well someone of your age and experience should fucking grow up.

Exactly my thoughts. Hopefully this will be the case on Sunday.

Is he definitely 100% injury free, fit and ready to go? Just a thought.

Thanks for the translations Batch!

Cheers for clearing things up batch, Reminds me of Boris Johnson in the fact he gets lost whilst speaking

well whoop-di-do basil!

yet another 'told you so' merchant.

i suggest you find another passion mate, obviously not cut out for being a football fan, regardless of how long you say you have been

Clarke talking to PDC!

Leon Clarke???

beat me to it, this bodes well

Its a best guess to be honest. He could have been talking the words of  Joe Dolce's "shut up a your face"

Leon Clarke could be talking to Di Canio as I type...

I would be absolutely delighted if this came off. Be a superb signing, just what we need.

Saw Gary Rose tweeted this. Does he mean there and now, or is in talks with him regarding a deal?

Promising news ! Salivating at the prospect of Clarke upfront

BBC cut to their pitchside reporter and he said that Clarke, Piccareta, and Paolo are stood on the pitch in 'animated' discussion.

Literally right now in front of the dug outs at Dag & Red!

PLease explain. What does "grow up" mean in this context?  

If Amankwaah was going to play sunday then he needed to play tonight. He's not the sort of player who reacts well to being in and out of the team. He gets better and better given a run in the side.

If Kennedy is out then Thompson and Esejas need to be working on that flank together all week.

Ferry must replace Risser. Connell would replace De Vita for me.

We need this to happen, would give everyone a massive boost.

So, can anyone remember seeing  Leon Clarke play? Obviously reasonably tall at 6'2, any good in the air? Pace? Mobility?

He seems to have OK goalscoring stats in some periods, but I guess the point is that was largely at a higher level and could do well here.

Apart from the rest of the squad if they get pissed off with the wage differential.

Would be a good boost short term though.

Gary Rose 'overheard' Clarke talking about accomodation with Esajas, sneaky!

i seem to remember him being reasonably mobile, obviously a big lad who can hold it up

Would we break the wage structure for him though? Could be a loan with QPR paying a portion of his wages.

It's a bit different if he's on loan though and QPR are subsidizing his wages.

On way back.

Awful doesn't cover it

Fuck off you prick. I was attacked for assuming we lost when we went 1 - 0 down. Well we did. No "I told you so" posts from me. And, shit for brains, you should know, being a swindon fan is something you get stuck with, it aint a matter of choice - now fuck off twat

I'm going to watch a random Youtube clip of him and base my opinion of whether we should sign him or not purely on that.

Here goes...

were they at shef wed together?

Good point!

I did hear that this could actually be a perm deal unless they have managed to agree a loan

Lets just leave this one. Its just the defeat talking. The man has his opinion, its been disagreed with. No need to get personal with one another. We're all cunts together.

Ta. I have no recollection whatsoever.

I thought you'd gone? ;)

Looks pretty damned good to me, when can you start Leon??http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQpMdYVmEA&feature=fvst

Could be worse. Oh wait, lets not contemplate that.

Useless clip without football manager stats to back it up :)

He's a good player, spent most of his career in the championship, couple of short spells in league one where he got a goal in every two games, would be a top player for us i reckon. 5 forwards seems a bit much though, bodin must be going out on loan

I feel slightly deflated tonight, 2 defeats from 3 isn't a great start. But on the positive side we haven't been dicked or convincingly beaten in either game, if we had I would be more worried. We were never going to walk this league, promotion is the number one priority regardless if it's top 3 or play offs.
Nervous about Sunday but I have a good feeling we can grind out a result.
One man went to war.....

6 strikers.He wants 2

Even though he won't get a look in, we have Pavett as well, so potentially 7 strikers?!

Oh yeah, happy birthday by the way.

I don't know how to do that I'm afraid. This clip's even better though. In this one he even moves...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aO5mcK8MlQ

Thankfully Ritchie can cover as well.

ok 6 strikers, does that mean he is already accepting the ones he has signed are not good enough or does he genuinely believe he needs 6?! I guess Bodin goes out on loan as he's the one he didnt sign!

CB is worrying though if we only have 3 surely? and none of our full backs can really cover CB either, where as Ritchie can cover the forward position.

Wait and see what happens i suppose.

Whats the score with the injured players? when will this LB be fit?

you certainly are all high and mighty aren't you, and seemingly unable to form any sort of argument without resorting to profanity.

i think we could all infer from your 'it's called experience' line that youw were saying 'i told you so'

it's all to easy today for people to throw their toys out of the pram at the very first sign of disappointment and you clearly fall into this category.  will you be on here if we beat oxford on sunday or will be all be too hard for you to have to say something positive?

as for 'being a swindon fan is something you get stuck with' that's really pathetic, we're a lower league club, this happens to every team outside the top 3 in the premiership, why should we be any different?  if all you want to do is celebrate victory and succes then i'll say it again, you're not cut out to be a football fan, more often than not things go against teams.

i look forward to your response, sure it will be really well considered and all your arguments will be free of foul language...

Great goal at 4 minutes in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmNJki11PU&feature=related

Leon clarke was at the game.

No shit.

Really?! :eek:  ;)

Just thought I would state the obvious you moody shit ;-)

Do you have a job at the BBC doing match previews?

Trying not to get too carried away, but Clarke should be a class above at this level. Hope he comes in time to play on Sunday, this news has at least made me a little more positive than I was at full time.

And unfortunately this means it was clearly no better live than it sounded on the radio.

It certainly will be interesting to see who lines up on Sunday.  I'd like to see Manks, Ferry, Connell and the hopefully new striker (Clarke?) start with Thompson, Risser, De Vita and Bodin dropped.

So we're struggling against physical sides and the answer is to bring Ferry in. I really don't get the love in with Ferry. Yes he has the potential to be a good player but he looks pretty ordinary to me. 

I do't thik we are struggling with the physical side to be fair i have seen nothing to suggest that apart from up front obviously which we are trying to solve.

I think someone like ferry is needed as he is calm on the ball and can slow it down.Interesting to see that the penalty tonight was their only shot on target,that cant be right can it?

I don't think he's wonderful by any stretch of the imagination, but from what I've seen so far from Risser, he's not offering a great deal.  On the basis that Timlin and Smith seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth, we're not left with many options.

here you go then chummy:

[url width=799 height=362]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/1kinkytom/leon.jpg[/url]

i really think he'd be amazing in this league - as was said by someone when we were first linked he's better than davies who scored loads for chesterfield last season

should be fit, what with training for warnock at a premier league intensity

If we'd lost the first two and then won this one, we'd all be ecstatic right now, yet we're in exactly the same position points-wise.

From what I've heard, we've been narrowly edged out in two closely fought away games. No shame in that.

That said, Paolo maybe should've gambled on a couple of changes tonight. Connell, Ferry, and maybe even Kerrouche should all be starting on Sunday.

Am I the first one back from the game then? Oh dear. Here goes...

First half, Daggers were quicker out of the blocks and we looked a bit disorganised. We played in a similar way to the Cheltenham game really - too much hoofball with De Vita and Bodin winning next to nothing in the air and being unable to hold the ball up. The main positives were that Phil Smith commanded his area well, and Esejas was running rings around their defenders at times. I have no idea if De Vita was fouled for the penalty appeal, but he was pretty livid after it wasn't given and he was through on goal otherwise.

Second half, we just seemed to lack ideas. Nothing much was happening and the game was crying out for a change. After De Vita and Bodin once more wasted possession between them Paolo threw his arms up in the air, called Connell over and brought him on. Suddenly the Town fans had belief, and the players responded, with neater passing, energetic closing down and some serious pressure on the Daggers defence. Connell was putting himself about and winning things and it looked like we might score. A few chances came our way, one or two which were blocked or cleared off the line... but then it all died down when the penalty was given. I have no idea if the ref got it right or wrong, it was at the other end. But that was that. We lost our way and started playing hoofball again. the ref started blowing up for anything even close to a foul, booking Ritchie for an accidental handball, booking Kerrouche for what may or may not have even been a foul, penalising Connell for going in for a 50-50 ball and generally disrupting the game. We looked lost, and I can only hope we have a few more ideas come Sunday.

I'd like to see Connell start, possibly with Kerrouche. Ferry in for Risser isn't a bad shout, and we really need to see more from Matt Ritchie soon. I'd give man of the match to Flint tonight, making it 3 out of 3 for him. It says a lot about the way we've performed.

We were shit, they were shit, the game was shit.

Still not worrying yet, early days and the Leon Clarke talk is promising.

Flint MOM again, Connell was livley when he came on, must warrant a start on Sunday.

The rest were anonymous.

Ref was a cunt.

£1.8 Million?!

We don't have that kind of money do we?
I'd have thought a couple of hundred K's maximum? Unless of course it's a loan..

You do realise football manager is a game, not a scouting network don't you?

(Thanks KT).

:D

I don't see what the problem with his wages are ;)

Just back. Can't be arsed to write much but special mentions for Risser and Ritchie who were completely shit. I'm begining to think we might actually struggle this season.

'It seems people have a very short memory. Look back to how Swindon started the 1985/86 season under Lou Macari with 6 points from the first 8 games, firmly in the relegation zone and 14 points off the top. And then what did we do..? Oh yea, we found second gear, third, fourth and fifth and blitzed the League finishing with 102 points.'

Before my time, but keep the faith.

Just got back, depressed.

Risser and Bodin not good enough atm, ferry and connell have to start! Would like Kerooooosh in for de vita as well if clarke hasnt signed by then. Ritchie wasn't impressive either IMO.

Lots of work to be done  :doh:

Just got in.  We didn't deserve to lose, but we didn't deserve to win.

Ref was appalling. Risser, Bodin and Ritchie did nothing.  Midfield huffed and puffed, but no end product.  Defence solid but stop hoofing long balls.  Caddis did surprisingly well at CB.

Please Paolo, Connell must start on Sunday.  The ten minutes after he came on were the only time we looked like scoring.

If we go a goal down on Sunday I'll be very worried....

Think r4e summed the game up pretty well. I was obviously very disappointed coming home last night as the result and much of the performance wasn't great, but it's incredibly early in the season and in the cold light of day this morning I'm trying to be objective about it.

Daggers never looked like scoring apart from the penalty, and their keeper made one great save from Easyjet in the first half and we were unlucky not to bundle one over the line in a goalmouth scramble towards the end. Result could have easily gone the other way and that would have tempered some of the criticism.

As for our performance, it is League 2 and so expectations must be appropriate but it was a shame that even with time and space the first option was to launch it upfield. This obviously meant we struggled to create chances in the first half as Bodin and De Vita were never going to win those sort of balls. This however will be less of an issue if/when Connell gets more game time and we sign another striker.

Once Connell came on it got better, he seemed to have more of a presence and be able to win the ball and turn his man a few times. We also started to play the ball through the midfield a bit more, particularly the wide men. With two good wingers would like to see more of that. Easyjet in particular looked very skilful, and combined well on occasion with Kennedy (who I thought had a very solid game).

At the back Smith didn't have much to do but commanded his area well and dealt with what he had to. Flint was a beast again and our best player. Unfortunate we didn't have a CB on the bench when Comazzi had to go off, don't imagine that will happen again. PdC is learning as well. Caddis coped manfully when asked to fill in but does need to be told to ease off in the box. Was lucky not to give a pen away in the first half before he eventually did in the second.

McCormack had another good game, always looks busy and gets involved in the play. Risser is a bit of a worry, although maybe he's taking time to adjust. His pass completion stats for the two games I've seen must be about 10% though which is not good for a CM. Wouldn't mind seeing Smith or Ferry in for him on Sunday.

There were a couple of times when we seemed to have players almost running into each other when attacking, but again this is only the first couple of games these have played together, as the next few matches go by you'd expect their communication and understanding to improve.

Kerrouche also looked lively when he came on, and was unlucky to be booked after he chased down a lost cause and put in what looked to me like a good tackle.



All in all a crap result but not a panic-level situation by any stretch. Think di Canio needs to work out his best team and with a bit more of a presence up front (Connell and Kerrouche/Clarke please) and a few more games under their belt there are still signs this could be a good team. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Thanks for the reports. All sounds a bit Cheltenhamesque.

Didnt go but sounded very much like Cheltenham - I dont think its as bad as we think - a bit of luck and a goal can make all the difference but we most certainly need to start scoring some goals away from home.

Clarke isnt a striker I particularly rate (due to his attitude) but should score easily in League 2

Be interesting to see how Sunday goes - Derbys never go with the form book - we really need the 3 points now

London Red's sysnopsis was spot on. One thing I'd like to add though is that Nathan Thompson is not good enough. He was toothless going forward and got caught out in possession too many times, he didn't combine well with 'Easyjet' and was, along with Caddis the biggest exponent of the hoofball. I don't like Da Vita either, he's done nothing to earn his starting place, his was absent and innocuous throughout his performance.

When we got the ball down and started playing it along the ground we looked such a better side. A lot of people were getting annoyed at us passing it backwards but IMO, that's ok. We should have
one of the best midfields in the league and hopelessly kicking the ball over their heads to strikers on the small side won't earn us too many points.

Not going to write my views as they've been mentioned already but Connell must be in the starting XI Sunday if we have any chance of beating the pox.  I'd like to see Risser dropped for Ferry too.

Easyjet looked handy though - would like to see more of him provided we learn how to play the ball on the ground.

I didn't go to the match, just listened on the net. However, every single time the name 'Risser' was mentioned, it was generally followed by 'gives possession away', 'plays a wasted pass' or 'fucks it up'.

The guy is supposed to be our captain. He's been a massive disappointment so far base on the expectations we all had for him.

I've been to all 3 games so far and Risser is indeed a concern.  He goes missing for large portions of the game and then when he reappears he wastes possession.  Given that he is the captain I will assume Paolo won't drop him?  I'm hoping it is just a case of him taking time to settle in but haven't seen any evidence of him getting any better.

Good news on the striker front with Clarke back on the radar.  Let's hope this comes off as currently we don't really look like scoring.

I can't help but feel Clarke is being hyped up way too much.

Bit worried.  PDC pinned his hopes on Risser and so far he looks out of his depth to me.  Cant pass wind at present.  Da vita is crap as far as im concerned.  No pace,  no physical strength, cant win a header.  But like PDC said last night him and bodin are 5th and 6th choice strikers.  Not sure what Connell and Kerrouche would think to hear PDC saying we desperately need 2 new strikers.

Im praying that when we have one big guy up front ( maybe it is going to be Clarke )  it will change us big time.  Holding the ball up front and working off of it would be a massive boost to way we play,  and we can put crosses in with some hope then.

Anyone think Ritchie wants out ?  So far hes been poor this season with even PDC commenting on that.  Last year he won player of the year mainly cos he always tried,  but this season he doesnt seem to be.

As for constable i saw him for chippenham many a time.  Was a bull in a china shop then really.  Very physical.  He does have that Austin thing of always putting his weight about and making the defender know hes in a game.  Thou hes contaminated now so rather keep clear really.

As for our fans superiority complex i have to admit i have it.  I think we just lost to 2 non league teams and we will play another non league team on sunday.  Our budget for this league should allow us to be near the top.  Yes ok we will need time to gel.  But commitment and desire to do right things should be there NOW.

Team for sunday for me.

Smith
Amankwaa
Flint
Devera
Cibocchi  ( if fit )
Esajas
McCormack
Ferry
Ritchie (  with a boot up his ass on way onto pitch )
Clarke (  hopefully )
Connell

Subs.  Kerrouche, Risser, Thumberlina, Caddis, Timlin

Although not the result required, i'm being patient for now.. The club appointed an inexperienced manager and must understand there will be teething problems and the finance dictates the quality of player we can attract.
Hopefully before to long Dicanio will understand the league and how to get results?  ;D

Spot on. People seem to feel he's the answer to all our prayers.

Well so much for allowing plenty of time to get there - I left just before 3 and got there just after 5!!! No real hold-ups at all.

I found the ground by accident whilst casually looking to my left. There were no signs on the way in other than Thurrock FC!  The ground is a shit-hole but at least away fans have the best stand. Saw the players get off the coach and then went in the supporters club where I chatted to a town fan from London (who also has a missus from Russia!).

I couldn't fucking believe Bod and Ryvita were starting again. When will Connell ever be fit? Was pleased to see Comazzi start but why no Devera on the bench as cover? That decision ultimately cost us the game, but there's no knowing how Devera would have played.

Some mentioned the game was similar to Cheltenham. Yes, in that we never looked like scoring and adopted the same hoofball tactics, but there was effort missing from several players, particularly Ritchie and Risser. In fact Ritchie is arguably the worst player in the side at the moment and nothing like the player we saw last season. Okay, he's not helped by the hoofball tactics but when he gets the ball he can't get past his man, can't pass and loses possesion easily. My main worry is the number of unfit foreign signings we have made. Are they physically or mentally unfit Paolo?

I guess the pick of the bunch were Connell, Easyjet (in patches) and Flint. Kerrouche didn't do too badly either and got stuck in.

A special mention to the ref who gave us fuck all all game. Is this the PDC factor, I wonder?

Oh, and our fans were much louder than at Cheltnum. There were only 400 but we made a good racket!

As others have said, Connell has to start against Oxford. I'd also like to see Kerrouche up front and Ferry replace Risser. I'd give Ritchie one last chance to impress or give the Spanish bloke a game (if he's fit  ;)).

There is alot of hype however in the home games i have seen the ball went long most of the time and the opposition picked up the first and second balls very easily. This put a lot of pressure on our centre mid and defence. I really feel if we get a striker that can hold up the ball and bring others into play we will see quite a different team. This (i hope) will settle Risser and create space for our other forward and wingers. Also it should stop us chasing the game and let better passing happen futher up the pitch

I think the issue with Ritchie is that we are not playing the style of football that allows him enough of the ball.

Ritchie is a good player when teams can keep the ball on the deck/pass it around, but aimless hoofs pretty much eliminate him from the game.

I also blame the lack of connection between the centre of midfield and the defenders and forwards.  With a decent CM (ie not Risser) there may be more opportunity to play on the ground/get the ball to wide areas.  I thought we didn't use our wingers enough at all last night and that was predominantly due to lack of service.

Was Ritchie not the star of pre season and decent against Crewe. He will always struggle against physical sides at their place, no need to panic.

All I will say is that he looked a class above in the two pre-season games we played at Supermarine and Ciren. He put the effort in too. His ability is not in question, so I hope its just a bit of early season loss of form rather than disillusionment or wanting out. I am still convinced he is key for us this year.

On Risser I felt a bit of a Knight criticising him on after only two games. I think making him captain has put him more in the spotlight. I expect him to be a leader of men and an influence on the game. I'm not writing him off yet, Gary Rose was convinced he had something about him. Paolo made him captain. There must be something there. That said it can't go on forever with better players available on the bench.

Well it is time for Di Canio to show his worth. 2 defeats on the bounce after beating a team without a win yet on the first day of the season doesn't look to promising. Playing the scum on sunday could make or break us. A win against our biggest rivals could give us a massive kick up the arse and get us going. A defeat will be a huge downer and the crowd could turn. 3 points from 4 games would not be good enough,even though it's still early days.

I always like to read the opposition thoughts so here is what they had to say.

http://thedaggersscale.blogspot.com/2011/08/daggers-1-0-swindon-mamma-mia.html

Language standards at the BBC have really dropped haven't they?

Oh one other thing I noticed at both the Crewe game and last night was that our delivery from both corners and free kicks was pretty poor on the whole. Something to work on in training. With Flint in the side set pieces should be something we target as an opportunity.

Quite funny. The ref looks a right simpleton, which explains alot!

That's what happens when you're desperate Si!

Thats a good read. Nice to see a fairly unbiased opinion of the game.

We failed to breakdown a Daggers team with a huge injury list.  :no:

I think the reason behind much of the overreaction so far is the obvious parallels to last season - high expectations not being matched, glaringly obvious omission of a certain Scottish midfielder, key positions not being filled, 'key' spine players not performing and when you consider other factors such as a weak pre-season, players not gelling quickly enough then I can completely understand the overreaction.

At least PDC doesn't seem reluctant to make decisions and changes when they're required.

Just scanned the thread as I was out last night!

Fucking hilarious.  Congratulations to the overeacting mongs!

The mongs who actually go to the games or the mongs who go out on match days?  ;)

Just thinking we as a forum seem to be split between "overreacting mongs" and "chilled-out let's give it 12 games before we panic"types.Will people be ok to give it 8 more games if we lose on Sunday?

Absolutely spot on. I came away feeling throughly disheartened last night, but I don't like being overly negative so early on because players are still settling. But at what stage do we start to worry?

Look, take the penalty out of the equation and there was no way we were losing last night. Dagenham were really, really bad. if we had drawn,  a hard-fought point is palatable and four points from three – including two away games – doesn't sound so bad.

I think some of the foreign lads will settle in time, what worries me more is our reluctance to select our best players. Connell is streets ahead of de vita and Bodin and must start every game, while Risser just hasn't settled. How long do we give him? Maybe he is mustard and will get better, but we are carrying him at the mo - that is without question. If Ferry isn't going to play come what may, then why not sell him and buy someone else - his exclusion is so baffling.

And Amankwaah? I'm just concerned we're overlooking our more experienced players.

Paolo talks the talk, he really does talk sense, but he has to start transmitting that to his selections and more importantly, get his passion and  ideas drilled into the players.

Only Connell, Kerrooooooooooouche, Flint and McCormack can come out of last night's game with any credit. Maybe Esejas...

Sunday is fricking massive. We can't afford to be nervous, we can't afford a slow start. We need to be up and at em. We need to be solid, potent going forward. We need to be organised. We need to be fucking up for it.

3 points, pride, honour... I'm nervous it after last night's performance, but a win could really solve some questions and kickstart our campaign. Paolo has learned some tough lessons, it's what he learns from them.

my team, based on the two games i've seen so far, and if clarke signs would be:

smith

mankwaah     flint      comazzi/devera      cobochi

Caddis        McCormack      Ferry        Ritchie/Esejas

        connell              clarke

The difference for me is last season the manager and team were in denial, Paolo is very up front about our shortcomings. I hope for this reason the losses are blips.

I hope the losses are blips too.The results in themselves are not the immediate cause for concern,although it would obviously have been better had we won.What is a cause for concern is the performances, which apart from a couple of decent spells have been dire.I'm not a little concerned with Di Cannio's team selection, and tactics, not having Devara on the bench last night was poor, and if Timlin is genuinely not in the squad because he gave Di Cannio a bit of back chat that is sad, and could conceivably lead to Di Cannio loosing the dressing room pretty quickly if he continues in that vein.Given the generally poor level of performance so far does anyone really think that getting Clarke in on loan is going to significantly improve matters?It's fair enough to point out that Di Cannio is new, and learning the ropes, and that the new players need time to gel.I think that the signs are not great at the moment.

It might, we seem to be going long ball at the moment. We may have more chance of winning a few and getting the other striker in the game.

Or it may make bugger all difference.

This may get me banned, but a very small part of me wants us to lose on Sunday just to see the reaction of some on here...   :suicide:

It feels much like last season, which is odd given that the squad has changed hugely.  That said, di Canio's first game in charge, a squad of strangers, a team recently relegated so confidence may still be hit, there's plenty of time for that to change.

That said, anything outside the top 7 this season will be a failure.

Looking at Risser's past he has made 167 appearances in 12 years and has made 26 appearances since 2009. He has had 6 clubs in 4 years spanning 4 countries.

He has certainly not had a recent history of stable football but has played at a reasonable level in Germany and at international level (albeit it being Namibia).

He should be more than able to cut it at this level and PDC has seen something in him although I haven't yet. Although being captain shouldn't stop you being dropped he may be better off coming of the bench for a few games and giving the captaincy to Caddis so he can settle a bit more.

He seems to have been thrown in the deep end by PDC and is struggling to find his feet. I hope this is right and he's just not crap.

Surely that is a concern rather than affirmation that he is a decent player?

That said, I think it's very early days to be judging a player who hasn't been plying his trade in this country.  But then, it could be argued if that's the case, why was he given the captaincy in the first place?

Oh dear.
I thought we had seen the back of last season.
lacking players that can hold on to a ball is costing us dear!
Sunday is now bigger than ever!
Get a big striker and fucking quick!
No more talk!!!!

Well a lot of the mongs that were overeacting whilst listening on the radio were backed up a few hours later by mongs that were at the game so work it out for yourself.

Unfortunately my daughters birthday celebrations overtook the desire to travel to Dagenham on a Tuesday night, I unlike a few of the mongs know where my priorities lie. ;)

I have said right from the start of the season that I believe that we will start slow, I thought I had that wrong after Crewe but it seems I may have been right, but not necessarily.  IMO it is going to be 1 of 3 things:

1.) We will start slow and kick in after 6-8 games sometime in September (unfortunately too late for the POX)
2.) We are decent at home but crap on the road, in which case we will probably finish mid-table (maybe just outside PO's)
3.) We are going to have a season like last year, in which case the mongs will be justified

Either way, I am certainly not going to panic now, these things do take time whether the mongs like it or not.  You can't almost completely replace a team with a bunch of players most of whom have never played in England before and expect them to gel as a team in 3 games, ain't gonna happen, never, no chance.

I will join the mongs at the start of October if we are still performing as we are at the moment, results wise anyway.

I think this could be the reality this season, away from home we are going to struggle.
Team for Oxford IMO must be
Smith
Caddis Flint Devera (comazzi injured?) Kennedy
Ritchie Ferry McCormack Esajes
Connell Keroooosh

Hopefully this will bring a resounding  :smugfu: to our friends up the a420 :)

In the knowledge we know we are missing the big target man, the thing that puzzles me is the style of football we're playing ! With two small but agile strikers, hoofball is going to acieve nothing, and put pressure on the midfield/defence by constantly having the ball not stick and come straight back.

Why the hell is PDC not imposing the passing game on the team, with clever balls played to the feet of the (small) strikers, to give them the opportunity to show us what they can do. Also, playing two outright wingers is a waste without the big target man - better to exclude one winger and bring in a playmaker (Ferry ?) to create the chances.

When we get the target man, our present style of play may well pay dividends, but untill then, surely, horses for courses - change the football to suit the players we have !!

Is Leon Clarke going to be a target man for us then? I don't recall him doing that for anyone else, but then again i haven't followed his career particularly closely.

To get success in Div 4, you need to keep it simple....players who know exactly what their job is. Macari knew this, Sturrock knows this.

As many big buggers as possible, and if not big, then at least Billy Paynter style physical....some pace is also a good thing. Midfielders need to be combative and able to press.....with a lot of emphasis on set plays.

So far it looks like this particular lira hasn't dropped with di Canio. 

it's working wonders for Sturrock.

Southend have had a reasonable start the season 6 from 9 available and like us 2 away games.

Interesting to read some of the views from last night.

Personally I don't think we were much better/worse than we were for an hour against Crewe.
That day we got a break with the penalty, and then a top drawer finish from Risser & the team started to play well.

Last night we didn't get that break, an were unfortunate that the ref gave them a soft penalty.

As for Ritchie, I don't believe he was shit last night, he was just not as good as he was last season (where he was a shining light in a shit team). His effort is/was fine, the end product wasn't.

I think it's harsh on Caddis calling for him to be dropped, I thought he generally did well playing out of position.

Also interesting to read the vomments that suggested that we looked better when playing the ball on the floor, when in fact a large part of our good stuff in the second half appeared to come when we knocked balls over or around their defenders & made them turn.

It's the aimless hoofing balls up for their defenders to head clear that we need to avoid.

I also agree that Connell must start, he looks much sharper that the other two and isn't afraid to shoot. He can also hold the ball up & uses his body to hold off the defenders.

I'm not sure who I would play alongside him, none of the others have really stood out so far.

I don't think that we are playing anywhere near our potential yet, but think too much chopping and changing of the team will be counter productive.

Also there's some hope in that the two teams we (officially) have the best records against our are next two league games and we have some of the worst records against Cheltenham and Daggers.

Dickinson seems to have found his feet at southend, scored and set up a goal on saturday.

i still think he was worth a punt at this level

but his goal was a pen wasn't it?  granted you still have to score it but i wouldn't go putting kennedy up front...

I was drunk last night, now I'm sober, but you are evidently still a cunt.
 

good argument and terrific conclusion

Been away working for a few days,had a miserable night listening to five live while sipping on a bannana milkshake,you know those delish Yazzoo ones.

We have scored more than we have let in over three matches,not played well but i remember the season we pissed this league under Macari it was a similar scenaio...i for one have still got a really good feeling about this season.
Di Canio will sort it...........roll on Sunday.

Just got back. Shit night, shit game. Dunno if it was a pen. No cutting edge up front. Connell and Kerrouche looked lively, they need to start next game. Di Canio under pressure already, we need to win on Sunday.

Quick summary for ya.  :thumb:

Did you cycle back, Fola?

We've got a house in London. Stayed the night there.

Very posh.

Nah its in Cricklewood.  :D

 :D Ha not posh then, just minted!

A wizard is never late Mr System, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

...or answers the same question twice  ;)

This from someone who got thrown out of a pub for arguing about 35p per pint.....

Edit - you're right Si Pie, 36p

If you look after the pennies...

36p actually

The only highlight from the game Tuesday night for me, was Kerrouche's piledriver that knocked over their centre back..

Other than that, meh.

How did Kerrouche look? I've not seen him play yet apart from the Supermarine game.

He added a bit more presence up front, hard to judge him as he hardly had much time.

Looks like he could be a decent addition, looked a handful.

Sorry, but from watching the BBC highlights (I know it's not conclusive) we looked a whole lot better than they did, the penalties a joke, the guys flung himself to the floor before Caddis is near him and Risser played a beauty of a ball through for De Vita and that looked pretty nailed on as a penalty for me, the couple of bits from Esajas looked great (if bloody McCormack hadn't got in his way!)

They were just as bad as us, if not worse, the problem was that the chances they showed for us was the only attacks we really had.

I still stand by the penalty being a joke!

Completley agree with that.

Yeah that was a fucking disgraceful decision.

Di Vita was taken clean out.

Their pen was hard to be 100% on, he was either taken clean out or, as it looks on the video/from Caddis reaction, flicked the ball on and fell over making sure to run into Caddis leg. Whichever stance you take it was less of a penalty than the Di Vita one.

The ref should be very embarrased for the award of their penalty. Ridiculous.

And maybe it's just me but I can't tell if Doe gets a toe to the ball? It's either a bloody magnificent tackle or a stone wall pen.

he goes through the back of Rafa and gets the ball that way, so it's a pen.

Irregardless, we shouldn't be failing to score at Dagenham.

Penalty decisions go for and against you.  Over the course of the season you hope they even themselves out, but the award of the penalty is not what cost us the game.

well...it technically is as they beat us by one goal (one shot) and it was a penalty ;)

This

Irregardless you say. How does this differ from regardless?

How irirritating. Shall we irrewind and start again?

It's been embiggened, which I think is cromulent.

Technically, irregardless is not a word but can be used in an informal, colloquial context for emphasis, which was precisely my meaning on here....

Irregardless of that, the beauty of the English language is that if a word is in general use by the population then it gets entered into the dictionary.

Irregardlessy, I think your point is mutumbulous.

You're going to have to invent a definition too, Billy.

Has Walrus swallowed a dictionary recently?

Wasn't he the fella that used to go out drink driving and being sick on people and the like?

Where did it all go wrong!

I know, I grew old, beige and conformist...  Although I'm still a conformist that vomits everywhere!   :D

Mutumbulous made me chuckle, I may have to gently bring that word into circulation.  I'm convinced I brought mong back from the doldrums after it's demise from popular use in the early '90s.

Stop coprolaliating everyone.