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Can we finally win the sodding league please?!

We seem to be on the verge of winning it every week!

I seriously think that we'll at least secure promotion today, Paolo will have fired a rocket up them this week after "Beer-gate"

So a 2-0 win.
Ritchie to show us what we've been missing with a wonder goal and Holmes to seal himself a contract with us for next year!


COYR!

Gills 1-3 Swindon (Benson, Ritchie and Rooney to seal the league)

C.O.Y.R!!!

1-1 draw, which will be fine.

Really excited about this, possibly because I've just been out for a few birthday drinks. Whatever. Bring on the rain. Bring on the pikeys. Let's smash 'em!

Oh Hello.  Is it Saturday?

With a rocket up there arse and Caddis and Richie reunited on the right (hopefully), an 8 nil win.

Yes I have been drinking.

Get into 'erm
Fuck 'erm up

Who hasn't?? Nervy, but exciting times tomorrw...or isit just a standard Friday!

Good lord.  Looking back Ive used the 'there' instead of 'their'.  Im so ashamed.  No nerves, just a day when hopefully I can wander past our oxford support sound engineer, rather casually with a sign on my back saying ' League 2 champions 2012, enjoy league one you yellow scum'.  Is it too much to hope?

He'll be enjoying League Two next year... ;)

2-2 draw.

 An interesting game...think we've won once there in about 60 years, and that was a shit hot Macari side. A point is possible, but unlikely...the players know promotion and hence bonuses are in the bag..so are getting ready for the beach. It's a good test of di Canio's mettle...if he can conjure up a win after this week's fiasco, then he can be considered the poor man's "special one"

Perspicaciously put. But let's not forget the 'backlash factor'. We're pretty good at turning it on after a lackluster performance and if promotion/league title isn't motivation enough then the wrath of Paolo and a torn up contract should be.

Away win, win, win.

Bye bye League 2  :bye:

Looks as though the fall out from "beergate" hasn't ended. Fods, Devera, Rooney & Cox all dropped according to the adver.
Narrow 1-0 defeat, however, a draw for Turkey will see us over the line!

Oh dear! Can those four really have done that! Phil smith in goal and we have no hope. Dont do it pdc let them play

Got a bad feeling about this. 2-1 defeat.

Another big game away from home, another big let down I think.

Dare I say it but if the Adver is correct then is Paolo becoming a little precious here? Can't see us winning with all this crap lingering and resonating through the team. In essence we're just feeding our rivals ammunition and confidence. Keep it in-house, deal with it fairly and quickly, don't let these issues create a life of their own. It was never personal against the manager but he's treating it as such and I don't think there's any need to treat our players like schoolchildren when they've performed so stoically all season. If Wes misses out on celebrating promotion with the fans, after the contribution he has made, then it's a huge shame. Not sure it's fair on the fans who travel, let alone the player himself.

God knows I love Paolo and welcome his commitment, style and work ethic. But there's a fine line between being driven and being draconian.

Out of the four it's going to be wesley that we will miss, although i do have fath in smithy the back four might not. We really don't need this at this stage of the season we should be pushing on and winning not stumbling over the line, IF WE DO NOT WIN THIS LEAGUE........  :-[  :cry:  :doh:  :badmood:  :eek:  :no:  :hmmm:  :headhurts:  :sherlock: :suicide:  :suicide:

Hope i'm wrong but think we'll lose 2-0 and further nailbiting till next weekend against Port Vale

I predict a drab 0-0, we get soaked and a terrible atmosphere. But at least promotion will be wrapped up.

I pray these rumors are not true. Paolo said we were moving on and that needs to happen. When fans spend a lot of money on time and traveling and a lot of us have money on us to win the league and we want to be champions anyway, we deserve better than watching a makeshift team.

I've been to Priestfield twice and seen us lose 5-0 and 3-0. I really hope today is different, but I just don't see us winning.

Cant help but think PDC is being a bit precious here.

No idea why fods would be dropped!? 1-1 draw

Pissed off about this. Paolo has got it wrong. Us fans will suffer. We want to win the league for fucks sake and he drops Foderingham.

PDC needs to be big here and play Wes. He deserves to be part of the celebration no matter what has happened this week, to allow Smith in to the fold now would be pathetic! The title is not won yet.

Come on PDC dont punish the fans for the second time in a week!

Absolutely bang on....
I will be pissed off if this costs us the game.

Precious? he told them not to and they did. Even ferguson did the same with rooney,it happens.Bar wes we will have a full strengh team

PDC has got it wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. He got it wrong Tuesday, made a rod for his back, and he has it more wrong today. 2 games we will be understrength at a time we are trying to win the title. That is all.

To be honest I would treat this incident more harshly than the initial drinking session...  These players stood back and let their team mates take the rap for something they were involved in.  The whole squad need to be left in no doubt that failing to comply with club rules will result in disciplinary action and that failing to man up to breaking those rules ( or effectively lying to the manager) will result in heavier punishment.

we have promotion in the bag - It will hurt the players more than the club to not get a champions medal. effective managers have to be seen to be consistent regardless of the circumstances - treating these in a lesser manner than the 5 who apologised would be wrong and paolo knows that.

Today's the day.
Clinical win from us and Accy hold Shrews to a draw.
Yes, I'm an optimist today.
COYR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apologies if this has been mentioned, but do we actually know they were specifically told not to go out Sat? I agree they shouldn't anyway. But being told specifically not to go out then doing it and him being annoyed they did went out but nothing specific being mentioned are two different things. I find it weird that they would go out in Swindon where lots of fans would see them when they were specifically not told too. Im not standing up for them, and it sounds like they drank way too much. A quiet meal and a few drinks somewhere not in the limelight would have been fine. Im just wondering if the players have outright gone against him or if its more he is just angry they went out even though its not specifically against any rules.

The adver has got it wrong.

If he was going to drop players this week, why did he start them on tuesday? Devera came off with ann injury on Tuesday?

The adver and BBC radio..both reported same thing.

Pissed off I'm not going and pissed off we are not playing our strongest team but think we will get a draw 1-1 and win the league at home.

He played de vita on tues who he knew had been out while Holmes was on the bench?!

Hopefully he plays Wes today.

As a fan Phil Smith doesnt deserve to be involved today or celebrate, Wes does. A bad decision does not justify that

Got a bad feeling about today.

Radio reporting suggests they didn't travel. We'll see. Rooney couldn't play anyway, gentleman's agreement apparently

I hope this whole drinking incident is forgotten about today and the players go out fired up with a point to prove.

I'm hoping Connell starts as well as McEverly and Foderingham.  It is too much of a risk to take playing an understrength team 2 games in a row.  If we lose today the pressure will be huge next week and the gap at the top could be down to 2 points.

Staying positive however I think we will win 1-0  COYR

Fingers crossed the weather holds out as I don't fancy getting wet today!

I'm really angry about this today!!!!

Phil Smith in goal is not going to help us today is it!!! He may be celebrating having contributed jack shit, and others who have done a lot aren't even there! joke!

2-1 defeat.

We have a squad for a reason - so the second tier players can step up when needed.  Lack of discipline last season contributed to one of the worst seasons in our history (and, sadly, that's not an exaggeration).  PDC has my suppport.

Think we need to lay off Smithy a bit here ?

I want Wes in goal - no doubt....However Smithy has been here all season on the fringes, hasn't moaned, hasn't complained and has done a reasonable job when called upon (JPT etc...)

The whole squad has contributed - Smithy included...

If Wes misses out on celebrating though it would be massively unfair IMO - I know he/they might have done something out of order, but if we look at the whole season he (and others) don't deserve to miss out on this for one stupid incident

That seems wrong to me - but PDC ay well have put himself in an impossible situation here.  If he bends and plays Wes he looks weak on discipline (after his interview), but if he drops him and we miss promotion today he looks weak on player selection

Rock and a hard place ?

Spot on.  To suggest that Smithy has not contributed completely misses the point about the squad system.  We all want promotion, but to suggest that we're somehow handing the game to Gillingham by putting Smithy in goal is (a) wrong; and (b) insulting to one of our longer serving players.

Good luck to the lads today.

I wish all of this late-night drinking malarkey could have been dealt with better somehow (I offer no alternatives).

My hope is that PDC appreciates that the title would be great for the Town as a whole and that includes the fanbase. I have total faith in players like Phil Smith but we need are strongest XI starting as long as the silverware is not ours.

Whats Cox done for us? Rooney has been gash lately and Devera went off injured.

Smith is useless, do you not remember our awful start to the season? Our form that coincided with Wes's arrival!

Sorry but Smith should be out the door in the summer and instead he's being rewarded today for not complaining all year?!

I want the best team out there full stop. Punish the players some other way

Also interesting that Wes tweets all day long usually - but not one tweet from him since 9am yesterday morning ?

Is that telling us something or am I thinking it through too much !!

Anyway - 1-1 today, but Shrews to win at Accy, setting it all up nicely for next Saturday

Is wes on the coach?

Whilst i'll be dissapointed if Wes doesn't play aren't people jumping the gun a bit here and claiming PDC has got it wrong before a ball is even kicked? I'd be a little bit worried with smith in goal but who is to say he won't play a blinder like he did at Charlton a few years back? I'm not fussed about the other 3. Devera is decent but we have Macca and Flint. Rooney has been shite lately and Cox never plays anyway. No big loss with them 3.

I noticed that too, does seem a bit strange, wasn't one of his last tweets something about it being the worst day ever, wants t curl up in a ball or something? (I'm at work so cannot check for sure)

It's not about which players will not play. Smith will be adequate. It's about the whole way this could affect morale. It's about travelling to Gillingham as fans and knowing our strongest team won't play. Again.


 Badly handled, including flint and the h youth team.

Pdc is not bigger than the club. If there was nothing at stake this would be a non issue. But there is. That's my last word.

Agree with that.

Devera is better than flint, but Flint will do the job. Rooney against his old club, made for a goal surely? Cox we'll never see again anyway.

Wes did say something like that on twitter but ended it with the upsetting "soapy tit wank" so dont think its to do with this.

That was Thursday - then yesterday he said something about Chris Brown (Real Shit) and said - that's how I feel.....

Smith

Caddis
Macca
Flint
McKevely

Ritchie
Smith
Ferry
Holmes

Benson
Connell

I'd argue that's probably our strongest team bar Wes. Wouldn't be surprised to see that line up today either. All this not our strongest team lark is a bit baffling.

Coach left yesterday and wes didn't travel. Listen guys,paolo has rulés and they broke them.The stick he is getting is out of order

fuck it,we will win anyway

fucking right we will........

I just want the title. There's people here that have never seen Town pick up domestic silverware. I was only 12 when we welcomed did it last time around, I would be (in football terms) devastated if we didn't now and I suppose it's a bit of nerves.

...but DRS is right, rules are rules.

This is my biggest concern too, but morale would surely suffer more if PDC didn't show the same discipline to all the players. I know it would in my work if my boss didn't treat all the staff the same.

agreed. as stated on the news thread - he'd be a knob for not applying the same punishment to these 4

Interesting

This Smith bashing is out of order... he's a perfectly capable L2 'keeper, never solely responsible for our early season form, and doing what a reserve 'keeper should - playing when your first choice is unavailable. Wow.

I agree entirely.

The players know the rules, written or unspoken. Not only did they break them, as I said in another post, but they did it at a time when the boss was away mourning the death of his mother.

He comes back to find out players have been on a bender. Thoughtless, disrespectful, immature, unprofessional, cost us the game at the Shots on Tuesday. I could go on. Understandably Paolo hits the roof. What were they and you expecting?

Then after the dust has apparently settled, four more are identified has to having taken part in this incident but did not come forward to admit it, appologise, take any punishment and move on.  

They may have been fined by Paolo, we don't know. Wes is in superb form but he is not immune form prosecution so to speak. As for the others it does not matter if they are injured, can't play due to contractual agreements or are not currently in the squad. They have broken the rules and been outed. Let that be a lesson. There will at some time be repercussions.

I still feel that there could be a blood bath in the closed season. If that comes to pass there could be some eyebrows raised as to who goes. Attitude will play as big a part as ability in determining who goes and who stays.    

We will win today.

The culture of the football club is the most important thing.

Blame the players, not PDC.

He is doing what everyone was crying out for last year, except now we are winning people want it swept under the carpet.

Issues have to be dealt head on now, or else they will re-appear next season.

At the end of the day Paolo can do what he wants. He's got us 89 points this season so I don't think he can be slated for team selection. We were hardly a shambles before Wes arrived, yes he's a good keeper but Phil Smith is more than capable for this level. Saying that he'll probably drop a clanger today.

We'll win

I think we'll  lose but still be promoted because Torquay or Crawley will only draw.

That'll be shit

I do hope we can debate the manager's decision making without getting hammered for it by fellow supporters. He's a genius but he's still human. I guess on the plus side it bodes well for next season - Paolo really does take no shiiiieeeet!

Cue Wilder and Pryor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbZcT8RXgE

I haven't got a clue who will play. i haven't got a clue how we'll play - will we have a negative or positive reaction. I haven't got a clue what the score will be. I haven't got a clue who was involved last Sturday. i haven't got a clue if they were under orders or not.
What I do know is that I'm behind PdC all the way.
I'm on my way to Pikeyland in about half an hour.
I'll take a point.

I couldn't give a fuck as long as we're up.

totally agree, if i had just lost my mother ,flown back to italy to sort things out,timeing it all around my job,to find out that they had been on the piss after i had asked them not to,i would be totally hacked off .you cant fault his passion and commitment to the town.He still has a lot to learn about management but he has my full support on this ,upto now he's done a good job, the buzz is back around the Town we are going up and if he is here next season we will go up again."ONWARD AND UPWARDS"" COME ON YOU TOWN"

I know he has made mistakes and rightly he gets critisised for it but me personally  i can't have a go at a man who has issued punishment for the rules that have been broken.We need to remember it is these rules and discipline that got us to the top

Agree, plenty of talent in there. Thinking about the bench... Kennedy, Risser, Murray, Gabilondo, and De Vita? Would be great for Gabi to make the comeback of comebacks and show the form he had in away games early in the season!

Where has it actually stated that they were told not to go out and disobeyed orders?  

I just think that it's a shame that such a big game is again over shadowed by this.

Poor Phil Smith is under significant pressure.  If he makes one mistake, fingers will be pointed.

PDC is 100% correct to punish these players, I'd rather lose one or two games than a long term ethos be destroyed.
Still have faith that we will win today anyways. I'm backing Smithy have a Charlton-esque performance. We'll win promotion today one way or the other, I'm sure of it.

Phil Smith is only under pressure because panicy fans can't wait to pin any shred of blame on him.

Spot on. We've won numerous League One games with Smith between the sticks, despite having Michael Rose in the defence. To suggest all hope of a victory is gone because he's playing is pathetic and insulting.

Indeed.

Some people need to have a look back at last season. We were screaming out for this sort of discipline then.

He has said from day one that the players should not go out and if they do it should be a quiet one. He also said that when playing saturday-tuesday it is a definate no go.

I have seen it but most people will probably remember him being very vocal about it on the radio phone in

The Town of Swindon could be angry tonight...

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 :)

Totally agree! And weren't people hoping he got a medal when we go up as champions the other day? How quickly opinions are changed! Also, perhaps Wes is ill/injured and hasn't been dropped as a punishment, no-one's thought of that.

2-1 defeat

Can see the Gills being well and truly up for this and the clanger about the four players being left behind has done little to calm my nerves. 2-0 defeat.

I think Di Canio needs a holiday - he needs to get away from football the way he has been behaving recently is fine when you are on the verge of promotion but would cause big problems in a hard season where survival was the issue. We will lose today absolutely no question about it. I work with Italians all the time and none are quite as bonkers as he is. I love the bloke and this season has been the best for years but....

If we lose, this place is going to be horrible

I've just had a glorious thought......

What if we lose today, yet promotion is still confirmed, will this place still be in meltdown?

That'll be brilliant.

Get a grip, girls FFS.

Whatever side is put out today will win - no doubt about it.

PdC had no choice in my opinion. Sort out the slackers

Fucking hell

I think the TEF might self-destruct.


Get a grip. Paolo drops the keeper, 2 injured players and one guy who hasn't played for weeks and all of a sudden it's the end of the world? The only noticeable change will be between the sticks, and there are much worse keepers than Smith out there.

I'll also point out that Gills last home game was against Dagenham. And they lost.

I totally agree Mr Basher. The players will either come back stronger and more professional or they can fuck off and be replaced. NO player is irrepaceable even Wes, though hes a fantastic keeper and we will miss him today.

Ok so maybe my reaction this is a over the top...I am a bit like Di Canio either I am really really happy or really really fucked off.

Classic twatter.

Here's a novel idea, why don't we as supporters concentrate on supporting the team and let Paolo concentrate on managing it?

He's done ok so far...

Perhaps a tiny bit...

Yea, yea I have apologised I`ll get back in my box....

I'm more pissed off at the players than Paolo for this, we all wanted discipline last season and we have it now.

As i said in another thread why fuck about now when you will have weeks to do it after the seasons finished and you can celebrate?

Best fucking win today, i hate it here in Gillingham.

Blimey, that's harsh!!

I'm over it.

Onwards...

Great stuff - agree with this entirely, except perhaps the last statement!!  ;)

I see this as going one of 2 ways. The dressing room becomes an utter shambles and we stumble to promotion.

Or, somehow this makes our players more determined than ever to put on a good show and win the league in style.

Either way, STFC will win the league, at the moment I am not sure which one unfortunately. Today's game and reaction of the players, is going to be massive.

I thought that the type of posts on here over the last couple of days were a thing of the past.

We need 5 points to mathematically guarantee the title. Our GD means we should only need 4 points. And if Shrews draw one of their last three games, then we only need to pick up 2 points. I'm not worried about whether we'll win the league - I'm much more worried about being there to see it, as I can't make Port Vale!

Is Mat Ritchie still injured?

He returns today apparently.

I think Shrewsbury will win the remaining matches. Surely reading about what is going on here will spur them on even more?

I am going to the Port Vale game so hoping we win the league at that match from a selfish perspective!! :)

If smiffy does play, I hope the fans get behind him.

I still remember Charlton away, unlike some on here.

Cheers, I haven't heard anything about his injury.

What a night.

You would think Smithy was an incompetent baffoon the way some are carrying on which he clearly is not.

Any way, better make a prediction. I will go for the usual.

2-0 Benson, Connell.

Smith is a good keeper, 100% faith in him

I love you man. Always talk sense. It must be your long flowing locks...

Serious amount of over reaction on here.  The first time in weeks we have been able to put out our 1st choice 10 (probably) and Smith a quality reserve GK at this level, and would probably be 1st choice at 75% of the teams in this league.

Though I am disappointed that this is all dragging on at a bad time and like Batch would be fucked off if this cost us the title, anyone that doesn't know that PDC has higher principles than most must have been hiding out in Purton for the past 8 months.

Simple fact is, if that team plays, our 11 is better than their 11.  It is just a case of them turning up and making their quality count.

Some of the meltdown on here needs to calm the fuck down.

Oh, and my prediction.  0-1 Benson.

Job done!

Smithy will be desperate to put in a good display so I'm sure he won't let anyone down. With Ritchie hopefully playing and Holmes back on the left we should have enough quality to beat the Jills (assuming Connell plays and not Murray).

1-2

I'm depressed I can't go  :cry:

Me too. Don't have the money. :(

Well I hope everyone there enjoys it and we get the 3 points and get promoted today!

Wouldn't mind getting the title today either, but a selfish me kind of hopes we get the 3 points, but so do Shrewsbury so that the title can be won at home to Port Vale which I can go to! ;)

Nervy 2-1 away win

Hope we can win and put all the recent shit behind us and enjoy the glory of a fantastic season.
Have my doubts about today now though.
Going for the draw 1-1 benson for us

Wes has been an absolute god this season and for PDC to drop him is one thing but to completely exclude him from the day we could seal the deal, for one indiscretion, in a season which owes so much to Wes, is disgraceful. PDC should be ashamed.

So you think he should pick and choose who he punishes for doing wrong?

Dropping him is punishment enough.

There is only one person who should be ashamed...and he has been dropped.
You may have twenty great years at work DMR....but if you fuck up and get fired the past counts for nothing.
My player of the season by miles but agree with Paolo on this one DMR.

Apologies yeah excluding from the whole squad is silly but i suppose he never has sub keepers ayway

Pretty sure that Clem bloke of the FLS is at Gills today unless it was just a random bald bloke i saw  :D

Good number Town fans about

I dont think Foderingham or any of the other players did anything to hinder their chances of winning the league(even if they are selfish arseholes which footballers get labled as)
 The bonuses and medals are more than enough to know they will want to sew it up.  They have had other drinking sessions during the last few months and its done fuck all harm has it?

I thinki they desreve a bit of slack to be honest and the balance needs to be right. Too strict a regime will eventually backfire i fear

whats done is done lets forget this and look forward to winning and gaining promotion out of this god forsaken league 0-2 to the Town (Connell & Benson)

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2-0 to us COYRS!!!!!!!

awating the team news........

a few changes again no doubt.... :no:

Benson out today, being rested.

DON'T THEY WANT TO WIN THE TITLE

8 Changes!

Bostock? Bloody hell didn't see that coming. Only 1 up front. Point today I think.

Bostock to start.

Smith; Caddis (capt), McCormack, Flint, McEveley; Ritchie, Ferry, Risser, Bostock, Holmes; Connell

crums......

What!!!!!!! Oh no

Bostock or Ritchie floating between the midfield and Connell? Or actually 4-5-1?

Oooh. New formation?

Decent enough side to win the game if their mindsets are right

I quite like the look of that team

As said more than good enough team

I'm guessing Bostock as a trequartista

At least it's never boring under Paolo!

STFC subs: Scott (GK), Gabilondo, Murray, Smith J, Thompson N"

Great to see Ritchie back and Connell starting

Gabilondo back in the fold. So no Rooney, Wes, Devera, De Vita or Benson. Interesting stuff.

Anyhow...COYR. Today is the day.

Fuck sake. Dont like that team  >:(

Had Town to win 2-1 with Benson scoring first. Just have to get promotion instead i guess  :clap:

Gazuntite.

Just feel good about today. We'll get a last minute winner to win the league.

3-2, Ritchie, Connell and Flint with the winner.

Ignoring the Wes thing, that sort of formation looks workable. 4 creative midfielders (and Risser) all capable of getting in the box and making stuff happen. With Benson up top it would look slightly better, but i reckon this could work.

I disagree totally.

I agree, it looks a good sort of formation, we had no option but to rest an injured Benson, it is Bostocks natural position, a good friend of mine has been watching him at Spurs since he was a really young lad and says he is a really classy player when played in a role he likes just behind the striker/s....that is his natural position so fingers crossed for the lad.

Agreed Tans - it could be really good. Solid back four, ritchie back, bostock given chance to make a name. Connell might be a little isolated though.

Like the look of that team. Ritchie, Ferry, Holmes and Bostock -  ridiculous amount of technical ability for a League 2 side. Put the off-the-field stuff out the way at 3 o clock, hopefully we can get the point we need.

COYR

Benson has been carrying an injury for a while, and did take a heavy knock on Tuesday.

Obviously Wes would be in our strongest team, but that's been done enough.

Most interesting thing is the change of formation, unless Bostock is somehow playing as a striker.

Could see the formation working, although odd that Paolo has been a strict 4-4-2 man up to this point.

Thats my only concern, Benson would do the job well but we can't risk him with his neck injury not healing so we have no other option up front.

Connell is not as good at holding the ball up as Benson, but I do think he does it surprisingly well.

I actually quite like the look of that team. Hopefully it means we'll be forced to keep the ball on the deck to create our chances rather than relying on 'grinding' them out as we quite often do away. I reckon Bostock will push further up for goal kicks ect so we dont lose out massively in the height department with no Benson.

Got a really good feeling about today, it just seems like it has been written in the stars for us to win promotion at Gillingham!

Kennedy not even on the bench?

Nice to hear Paolo said sorry to Flint.

A lot depends on how Bostock performs I would think. Hopefully he can step up to the mark and take his chance and various other cliches.

He was dogshit on Tuesday.

The team is good enough to easily get a point.Thats all we need.

So hope we win today more than anything as if we draw and Shrewsbury win even if we beat Port Vale then if Shrewsbury were to win aswell then it would mean we couldn't get the title until the Bradford game.

Yes, the selection and formation looks like it could work, but given the ups and downs of this week, have we actually trained for it? Or is it forced because of the player situation?

Who's this on the radio,  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Fucking hell.  Please dont tell me I sound like that!

Not a surprise though, he obviously got it wrong with Aden, & we know he is man enough to own up when he's wrong.

Will be interesting to see if some of the others that gave Flint a hard time are also man enough to admit it.

Heh! heh!



Steve 8)

He sounds really special.

Is he the chap on the radio? Bless him.....he's 79 you know  :D

Been going since 1945...fair play. Funny as fuck though :clap:

Interesting side.  Definitely good enough for the point we need, and maybe all three.  And good to see Gabi back on the team sheet.

This is our day.

Looks like quite a stong line up (apart from wes) like a formation too. It would be nice to see some quality from bostock, he must have so much unrealised potential, this must be his last opportunity in a Swindon shirt if it fails to impress.

TBH it's his first opportunity. He shouldn't have came on at Wembley, can't make your debut at Wembley and it showed.

It will be interesting to see how Bostock does. There's no way anyone could have judged him on his Wembley cameo.

Agreed, he hasn't had an opportunity since being thrown on at Wembley, which makes you wonder how much Paolo rates him. Will be interesting to see how he does.  Personally I would have preferred to see Smith (Jon) instead of Risser, he's done nothing in the last few games.

This side should at least try and play football. No point playing long ball.

Come on Swindon!

come on town, bit nervous bout this now its time for the game to start, so much riding on this. still think we'll win 2-0 though

It seems that he isn't favoured by PdC hence why he's had little chance since wembley. I just don't see him getting another chance after this one.

In some respects he is the sort of player we need to be after, bags of unrealised potential and last chance saloon - it could be the making of the player. I suspect he has no future at spurs, so must be playing for his football career

COYR

Come on, Town...

Andrew Fitton co-commentator? did I hear that right.

Fitton in the Comm box. How nice

With Frampton playing atleast we are guaranteed a penalty.

What's the twitter name of the chap that took over GR's match day twitter feed?

Andrew Warren

@AndyWarren_

But Official STFC are better.

Pox losing

scum 1 - 0 down

Hahahahaha.

Muff 1 Pox 0

Are there any radio streams from outside Swindon I can hear to?

Love the look at the table as it stands - Oxford out of the play offs!

Unless you sign up to STFC player, I doubt it Trig.

excellent

Corner in the first 10mins. That's better.

Kevin Watson on Sky says Swindon are on top - forcing Gills back

That's Kevin Watson, former Town player....

sounds like we're all over them, completely different to aldershot

yellow card for Frampton

Still got an annoying face  ;)

I deleted the post as it sounded a bit silly  :)

Bostock sounds lively. Could so with a goal here whilst we are on top.

"It's All Swindon" that's what I like to here.

Has Fitton just admitted he brought Caddis and Ritchie against Wilson's wishes?

Pretty much.

Wowsers.

Sounds quite a good game so far, Come on Swindon

I'm not sure if that reflects more badly on Wilson for not seeing their potential, or Fitton for signing players the manager didn't want...

Sounds like Bostock is looking lively.

Well both

Wilson probably wanted another left back instead

Either way, I'm glad he did

Bostock seems to be letting fly from all over the place - good to see

either way i'm glad he signed those three, they've been great signings for us

I wonder who Wilson would have rather signed in that case, Richie and caddis were top signings..

Crawley winning.

cunty crawly 1 up now

Crawley 1 nil up

Torquay are still 0-0 so we're going up regardless at present.

Yes, somthing we havent been doing since ritchie has been out.

Fitton .... Like a poor mans Flavio Briatore at QPR!  They could have done a documentary about his 4 year plan.  Or was it 3 or 5 years?

It's quite telling that crawley have found a bit of form again since the fat cunt left

Town fans making some noise

Seems like the departure of Evans hasn't done Crawley any harm?

They were in good form before that to be fair.

Fitton signed shit loads of players against managers wishes not just those 2

Ah ok, I thought they were stuttering slightly.

who else? Benyon?

BBC football league live show on internet the reporter at Priestfield said only a couple of hundred town fans there, thought we'd sold quite a few more than that

Ritchie and Flint probably.

And he signed Charlie.

Sign him as a scout I say.

Fuck sake.

Fuck sake.

Ricky Shakes has scored for Ebbsfleet this afternoon.

Bollocks

fuck sake :crash:

FFS sake  :crash: :suicide:

Benyon Pericard misun a few more aswell

Merde.

The Shrewsbury fans will be spunking their pants

Is that their first attempt at goal?

shame that it seems Smith was at fault (according to radio), wait for the Smith bashing...

 For fuck sake town are we going to blow our lead at the top seems like it. :no:

Oh dear, we've been completely on top and somehow find ourselves behind.

Shrewsbury now winning as well.

Spunking even more now

shrews winning

Fucking hell i'm really starting to worry we're going to fuck 1st place up now.

Always the way with us.

Swindon Never do things easy, the joys of being a Town fan

In Paolo in trust.

We're fucking it up
We're fucking it up

We're still Swindon, We're fucking it up!

Sounds like Phil Smiths fuck up!  The Smith hater will be loading up their guns!

Let's please not.

Keep the faith.  All will come good  

 :D

FFS, think I need to go back to sleep

Not all bad, still promoted if it stays like this.

Murray is coming on according to STFC Twitter.

 >:(

There's still time for an amazing comeback......optimistic!

Oh dear

Murray on for Connell.

Eh?

Murray on his own up front, on for connell

This is all planned. It makes the victory for the travelling supporters even sweeter.

I hope the fans are pelting it out there rather than sitting quiet sulking. What does the radio say?

Connell off...

WHAT. THE. FUCK :doh:

WTF Connell off

Oh God shoot me now, Murray on for Connell  was not impressed with Murray at Aldershot

Deffo some boo's there!

POX equalise

Oxford level.

Booooooooooooooooo

Suicide is painless..........................................

Murray is Gash




(I'm saying this in the hope he proves me wrong and makes me look stupid)

Good hes shit

That's what i hoped for on Tuesday!

So frustrating not being able to listen to it isn't it?! My feed cut off just before kick off  :(

Bizarre

Bollocks descision

Jesus wept. We are not playing/behaving at all like a team that is top of the league.

I really want them to prove me wrong.

This is starting to get very frustrating.

Yikes this doesn't sound good at all.

Is this PDC's way of punishing the fans for disagreeing with his punishing the players. :D

I made a comment following the Aldershot game on Tuesday night that the whole drinking thing and subsequent team changes could cost us the title.  I was told to get a fucking grip........  ;D

If we're all honest, we've not been playing well for weeks and are literally dragging ourselves across the finish line.  A few months ago I'd have been confident we'd turn it round after going behind, recently however that hasn't been the case.  Even less likely now fucking Murray has just come on.  I have to say I'm at a complete loss with that decision.

 Are we actually trying to give our position up. :clap:

Definate boos here, sorry Paolo but that decision is wrong. The ball won't be held up front and let's be fair, Murray has been pants recently

All eyes on Wombles and Torquay....still 0-0, phew.

Whether you blame the players or PDC's decision to drop them, pub-gate is going to cost us the title.

Was Connell playing badly then?

It's Paolo's way of putting a stop to the West Ham rumours.

Make some fucking weird decisions that almost cost your team the title that seemed a foregone conclusion.

It's all in the master plan don't you know ;)

Bostock seems like our only threat here.

Watson said Connell was replaced for hitting a good chance by weakly shooting straight at the keeper

Brilliant, Gillingham on top now.

Sounds like he's doing well. Shame about the other 10.

Also sounds like we're going to go two down any minute.

We all know Connell misses chances, but at least he gets into positions where he can score

Connell subbed for missing a shot according to ssn, bit harsh

That is very harsh >:(

Extremely

It was a more difficult chance than is being described here. As I said bollocks decision.

Can't understand why the substitution wasn't made at half time

It is. But i got a sneaky feeling Paolo didn't run up and tell Kevin Watson his reasons

Crawley 1-1

Kerrouche saga mark 2?

Yet Murray's performance at Aldershot was atrocious and he played the full 90 minutes.

Was Connell a PdC signing?

hope we come back in the second half and hammer them

Yep

People singing 'you don't know what you're doing'?

Really?

U dont just get taken off for a shit shot  :eek:

No idea, either unhappy we dare criticise the great ones decisions or Connell was injured. If the latter I apologise.

Been shit since the goal. Ok before it. Bistock looks bright.

I really, really want to go up as Champions

FFS why play 60 minutes with a midget up front by himself and leave yourself no options later in the game.Ever since the Transfer deadline we've looked fairly toothless as a strikeforce and sending Bodin to Crewe and keeping Connell here and treating him like dogshit makes no sense at all.We're paying good money to Tehoue and Kerrouche so why can't we have at least one of them on the bench

Paolo does seem to be showing his inexperience and perhaps naivety. Just like Swindon to bottle it right at the end.

He did the same with Kerrouche at Rovers and he hasn't played since.

Seems like another knee jerk reaction from PDC after Connell has missed a chance, has happened a number of times.  Doesn't seem to do the same with Murray though, who has been consistently shit for weeks.

As it stands we're still promoted, but what a damp squib it will be.

As good as PDC has been for us, he's pissing me off a bit at the moment if I'm honest.

Di Canio talking to fans as he walks towards tunnel. What he's saying I don't know, but did point at his forehead.


Someone from twitter said this.

If that is true, how sensible.  ::)

I reckon connell will be on the phone to his agent tonight

On Twitter :  Adam Johnson ‏ @adamdjohno


Di Canio talking to fans as he walks towards tunnel. What he's saying I don't know, but did point at his forehead? Anyone like to guess!?

must have posted this at the same time  SPW

Sooner he leaves the better.  Fucking gash player, and wouldnt like to be relying on him in league 1

It was, he obviously likes something about Murray. So glad i didn't go to this game just to watch a repeat of Aldershot!

didn't hear that, just boo and muttering. Boos were far fewer than home game.

Maybe hes had a botox jab?

The commentators mentioned it

Bit harsh, he's got us some vital goals and is miles better than Murray.

Agree Connell is better than Murray. I just don't know what Murray offers.

Hello Bart.

That was the Gills fans as they thought McCormack should have been booked.

Pace.

:D

Was half listening and surprised that we are 1-0 down. Sounded to me as if we were on top until then. Fitton said 'Oh no!' when Connell was taken off and said that the was a Connell fan. Commentators said that Connell just walked straight past PDC without either acknowledging the other. After that, it sounds to have been all Gills!

We need to end this season.  I fucking hate division four.  Just win the league!

We need Ritchie to pull a couple of rabbits out of the hat

I'd rather he scored a couple of goals myself

Missed chance: Holmes miss kicks in front of goal 

Bostock is making everything, it's the way it's sounding.

Don't worry - as many have pointed out weeks ago - the Championship is in the bag and we'll piss this tin pot league...... :doh:

I am seriously hungover & we have two toddlers running around the flat rather loudly. Please Swindon perform better so I can feel at least a little better

Gabilondo on in a minute then ;)

Fuck this.

FOR FUCK SAKE

FFS

Fucking hell, for fuck sake

FFS ! 2-0

OH FER FUCKS SAKE USELESS CUNTS  :suicide:

Oh dear. What the fuck is going on with us at the moment?

Well that is fucking that :no:

Oh Bollocks.

Risser off and J Smith on

Risser allegedly made the mistake to give Gills the chance that resulted in the second. Phil Smith was possibly out of position (for both goals) according to commentator.

Nightmare! Poor Smith is going to get some grief! PdC has to take some blame for this!

Meltdown

For fucks sake

Dear oh dear

I like phil smith but with wes in goal not sure they would have scored those. Really happy I spent £60 to come watch this crap

No clean sheet = No points.

IM GOING BACK TO BED

Can't wait to see the youth team play next week.

Well, the live table doesn't look so good! We need 4 points to win the league. Based on what I've heard in the last few games, I'm not sure that we will get that.

But anyone but smith in goal !!! :doh:

Were bottling it big time now. :suicide:

Corner. Come on Town FFS!

Keeper saves Ritchie freekick.

where's that panic button?? not sure if we're going to get anything from this now hope i'm wrong

Smith wasn't in goal last Tuesday...

I guess dropping such an important player as Wes has cost us the game. Looks like I'm going to Bradford.

we'll win 3-2

This is going to get fucking embarrasing.

when was the last time we looked like scoring 3 in a match?

Gills hit the post! Whelpdale scuffed effort when he should have scored.

With no strikers that would be some comeback.

You're not alone...

Fucking bullshit.  We're choking and sound like we could concede more.

Disappointed for those that have made the journey.  To lose the game and get promotion won't be particularly satisfying.  A massive letdown once more.

how shit are we? we've been outplayed massively for most of the fucking game, i blame that cunt scally for this if that prick hadn't paid the old bill we'd have been fucking promoted

...although I might be if we keep playing like this.

Appeal for handball in the area - Corner instead.

Nope, got our tickets this morning, so we will be there to keep you company

So long as it's not 5-0 like last time! That'll make a big dent in our goal difference too!

We have nothing up front. I mean just a big gap, no player

All over the place. Best be some fit birds in maidstone tonight!

Keep your knickers on.

We could still go up today.Sure we might not win the league,but getting out of it is the main thing.

I admit it would be a case of finishing with a whimper,but hey,its STFC,what else do you expect?

Every team in this division has had a bad patch, ours has come at the worst time.

I thought ours was in August?

And there was me thinking it was losing four out of the first five games

Personally I think having promotion sealed has been a monkey on our backs, fans and players alike.

Got to keep the faith

I know, but this bad patch was caused by a night out.

Really? I would have thought just as we were catching the top 3 would have been a worse time, leaving us with ground to make up. If there's any time to have a bad patch, I would argue it's when you're already (all but) promoted.

Something like that

I know promotion was the key target this season, but not winning the league would be a huge anti-climax.

Its getting more difficult with each passing minute today

Agreed especially given the fact we've been so far ahead for some time now.

We're all talking about the Championship though aren't we? We've been promoted for the last couple of games.

Shrewsbury have the momentum compared to us. And our poor run of form saw us lose at Wembley.

Exactly the same as Tuesday night then.  Murray might as well not have been on the pitch.  What on earth was PDC thinking bringing him on after his recent performances?

Wilko Risser scored for Aldershot.  Did we sign the wrong one?

I put a bottle of champagne in the fridge last night - it's all my fault. Sorry. :doh:

the ten game winning run has not helped either, its ramped up the expectation level. i fucking hate losing, and this'll ruin my fucking weekend, i want a point, COYRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes

Just to make things worse, looks like Shitty are safe in the Championship too.

the cunts

Just so bizarre taking Connell off and replcing with Murray?!

Our momentum has just evapourated completely....hoping we can scrape a win at home v Port Vale. I'm not even certain of beating them now
 :cry:

Why do I know the name Yan Kalowski?  Just scored for Forrest Green

We sound like we are making nothing. Why he took Connell off when he did. If he left it later he could of replaced Risser with Murray and that's two strikers which they have to deal with instead of the midget who is getting dominated.

Because he starred in Monsters Inc.

Trying to put a positive spin on things when I looked at the fixtures for the top teams a month or so ago both this and Aldershot stuck out as being really tough games whilst the other sides had a better run in to us. In some ways we were always going to find both difficult. I still think Shrewsbury will fuck up in one of their last 2 games. If we can beat Vale....if....

Time for the "Going for a smoke" trick

Let's go back to the Andy King days and stick Flint up front!

Yeah I see what you're saying. Our home form has still been good though and a win next week and we're still on for that Championship.

Gabilondo on for Holmes

Had a trial with us a few years back.

That was his brother Mike

I'd rather live with the hope we may get something from the game than give up now still time to do something

Were going to score in a minute.

Aah right

this is just topping off what has been a fucking tough week :no:

Sounds like a porno I watched the other night.

..even though his name is Klukowski

i dont care who scores for us as long as we score, come on swindon, come on swindon, come on swindon, come on.

Ill join you.

Yep I didn't think we'd have it done today but would be nice to head into that game with high spirits.

I still think we'll do it, nothing is over yet and Shrewsbury may even lose a game!

Sounds like we could play all night and not score.

Don't just stop at 1 smoke the whole pack  :D

You'll both have lung cancer before we score!

Shrewsbury have 2 very winnable games, especially their home game next weekend.

We have 2 winnable games.

I guess that's what happens when you take off your top scorer.

The last time we won a game where the opposition scored was home to Shrewsbury, in February

.....again.....

I'd rather have Dag & Red and Wimbledon than Port Vale and Bradford.

Accrington 1-1 Shrews!!

get in accy

accy 1 shrews 1 come the fuck on town

Get in there! Stanley level at Shrews.

Yes Accrington!

Accrington equalised!

Fuck yesss. Sad we have to rely on other results

Byan Hughes scored the goal, remember him in threads earlier in the season.

Anyone know the Shrewsbury score?  :D

It worked last week

Yes Macca

super mac!!!!

Get in there!!! Alan McCormack! COME ON TOWN!!!!

MACCA!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Macca, Ledge!

2-1 McCormack !!!!!

Game on

Take that you negative Nancies

Keep smoking guys!!!

Get in!!!

SHOOT ON SIGHT!!!!

10 mins to go!! Come on!!!!

10 mins to go - CMON !!!!!!

C'mon Town. Well done Macca

Fine lines. We can now win the league by beating Vale.

there's number 1

Looks like Portsmouth and Coventry are down.  2 interesting away trips next year.

torquay losing!

and afc 1 up

Wombles winning....blimey it's all turned in the last few minutes.

Why, have we swapped goalies ;)

Fair to say those 2 goals have changed the atmos here! Still played shite most of the game, I need a drink!!

AFC Wimbledon leading

turkey losing now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Turkey losing!

At the beginning of the season I'd have taken promotion via third place on goal difference.  However having been top for a while and 7 points clear this time last weekend, it would be massively disappointing.

However, Shrews are now drawing and we've just pulled one back.  10 mins to get an equaliser and it's firmly back in our hands.

 :D

I'm not going to comment on AFC's score now!

Get innnnnnn gk

Murray wide from Gabbylogan cross

We could play all night and I couldn't see us scoring again.

Please can we :) come on town !!

GKnash and STFCin  don't you dare come in, now get back out there and keep smoking

Calm down love :)

I see what you're doing...

P Smith to get the equaliser

Would be so funny if he did score the equalising goal, even if it just hit him in the face & went in

right out for a smoke too lets do this lung cancer for Swindon

I've been back for ages. It's down to gk

Would love to get a point here.

Wombles 2 up

afc 2 up

2-0 wombles

Torquay 2 down

Were up peeps

We're up now. No question. Happy days.

Were going to a second in a minute................

Were losing just so Gillingham can keep the pressure up on Oxford.

George Moncur scored, he is John's son right?

Glad we are up, just would rather it was Crawley losing than Torquay though

yes

5 minutes come on.

Yep.

5 minutes. Come on!

And Pox still out of playoffs

Think The after match interview is going to be quite interesting, and how many mongs are going to be texting in?

Obviously his dad had a word

and Fatso's team unable to make playoffs

Oh how lovely it would be to equalize.

As we are talking about Swindon, fucking loads.

Lets be honest, we get enough retards texting in when we win

Who with? God?

Let's have a repeat of Northampton

eh?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Pompey nd Coventry down

Penalty to Gills

Penalty. Defeat it is but we only need to win next week now and we're champions.

Come on Smiffy

Frustrating we've lost but luckily results have gone our way and we're up. Very Mixed feelings.

Acc 1 Shrews 1 result. Yes!!!!

Doesn't matter game over, we are promoted.

3-1 FT

We're up but I just feel flat and frustrated.

Looking forward to both of them away next season.


Bring on Port Vale next week......can't wait  :D

Thank fuck for that. We'll need a new 2nd keeper and a couple of strikers if we're going to do anything next season.

Although we are up, I think we all realise that we need a change in personnel  

Caddis speaking some sense.

Still the Championship to play for, a win next week and we've done it. Back the team and manager with all your will and you could be on cloud nine next week.

Swindon town 1 phill smith 3 fucking clown.

Caddis:
- Unhappy to go up due to other results
- Not good today and not good enough in the last month

Ferry:
- Started well but lost it after they scored

PDC:
- Not happy about performance
- Gone up. That is the promise he made 1 year ago
- Need to work for the future
- Wants to finish as champions
- Players wont celebrate
- If we win next Saturday we will be champions

Oh dear

Can't wait

Alan Mac sounds just like a gills local  :D

 :doh:

And I'm sure that's what will happen. As has been mentioned though, there's going to be a hell of a lot of comings and goings during the summer - and there needs to be.

McCormack:
- Goal: Likes to take a run forward every now and then. Glad it worked out once.
- Sour taste from losing today
- Negative stuff bringing the lads down

 :bye: Div 2

Very bizarre feeling isn't it!

Feel very frustrated but happy too.... We NEED to win the Championship.

i'm glad we're outta shit heap of a league, looking forward to the vale game next week. im over the moon that we're up :D thank fuck we got a bit luck today, with results going our way and to make things even better the scum are out the playoffs  :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers: :beers:

All that matters now is next week. Forget these last 2 games. We're up now and the job is done. Just one final push to win the league. Let's do it!

It did sound from the commentary that he was badly at fault for all three goals though.

Thank fuck for that.

Disappointing way to get promoted though.  I imagine I'd feel more excited if I was there.

Benson:
- Injured today
- Hate watching games
- Very nervous especially in hearing scores from other games
- Don't win promotion from one game

Flint:
- Finally!
- Not best way to have done it

give a shit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KSkZxt_zo

Maybe after the shenanigans of the last week we can see the best team winning.  Fods, Caddis, Devera, Macca, Mceverley, Holmes, Ferry, Smith, Richie, Caddis, Connell.

Smash port vale and win the league.

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No Benson??

'We need to get back on it'

Not the most diplomatic words there from Ritchie

Ah, drop one of the Caddis twins 8)

Maybe so, but he hasn't played for about 6 months so it's hardly surprising that he was out of sorts.  Just don't think comments like that help.

Smith did seem to be at fault from where I was stood unfortunately! Lack of match practise maybe? Either way its good to be officially up, bring on the party tonight!

Twat

Wray:
- Thats how not to do it!
- Very immature captain spraying Wray with something
- PDC in tears with his agent. Wray says PDC has put everything into it

McEverley:
- Great move on deadline day
- Hopefully stay longer. Upto the club
- He would like to be part of whats going on in the club

P.Smith:
- Amazing that we've gone up
- Exciting season
- Found out yesterday that he was back in today

Ritchie:
- Rubbish today
- Performances not great recently
- Can relax a bit. Need to make sure we win league
- Great achievement. Tough when you are favourites. Need to carry on
- Disappointed with performance and result but have done what they set out to do

Oh yeah.  Forgot him.

Delighted we are up. Concerned at the managers decisions lately though.
Next saturday is a massive game now

We can't lose that one

Risser:
- Job partly done
- Want to be champions so cant play like this again

J Smith:
- Didnt play as well as we can

R Murray:
- Good move on loan
- Brilliant ole season
- Can enjoy it now
- Tough season

Town fans in good voice now! Just heard a very loud "Are you watching Oxford scum"!

I think having spent the last week giving the players a bit of a kicking (rightly), Paolo needs to spend next week lifting them up for the Vale game. They all sound a bit downbeat to me.

league tables being shown on ssn now :D

I think Wes will struggle to get back in on Saturday.

Holmes:
- 1/2 job done
- Want to win league on Saturday
- Great to be promoted and celbrate with fans
- Want to put a performance in
- Great time to be involved with club 'and long may it continue'

Bostock
- Looking ahead to next season
- Enjoyed todays game
- Doesnt know what the long term is. Wants to play football, will work hard and see what happens

what relief to see the P next to the town on league table happy days

Ta for those NMH

Absolutely - all the players need a big lift next week. Hope the CG crowd give them a rousing celebration - and that the team respond and beat Vale and win the league!  :pint:

Connell:
- Best 3-1 defeat ever!
- Things looking good
- Hard season with ups and downs
- Getting what we deserve now
- Good team spirit and everyone has had their moment

Wish I was there!

Kennedy:
- Best feeling ever
- Work hard for it all season
- Sure all will say that its been the hardest season ever

Gabilondo
- Thanks to fans for all of the support

DeVita
- Been amazing season. Great day today

Fortress County Ground is going to be rammed next week. Bring on the Vale.

Let's worry about that in the close season. I think you must be on the wind up.

I'll have a P please, Bob

Nicked this from FB

Very professional from Connell. He has every right to feel a bit hard done by imo.

Whoever we want to blame, the last week has affected the players.  Let's hope it's now properly behind us, the strongest 11 are picked next Saturday and we go up as Champions!

N Thompson
- Pleased to have been a part
- Hopes one day to play for the Town with his brother

Caddis:
- Mood has changed since end of the game
- Disappointed with game (Was going to go straight down the tunnel)
- Has been a tough season
- Alot of pressure on the manager and the team because of the person that the manager is
- Turning point was game on Sky vs Rotherham
- Southend and Crawley games have also been important
- Will ask the gaffer if there are celebrations tonight
- Supporters have followed in their numbers despite long trips and economic situation. Appreciated by the players
- Wembley always will be a disappointment, but winning promotion helps

Ha! So i wasn't the only one to take a photo of that  :D

Watkins:
- Thanks you x100 to the fans
- Have been 12th man in difficult time
- Hard work on and off the field
- Shame we didnt win or draw today
- Hopefully can relax and win league at home with a 3-0 or 4-0 win
- Been involved for 4 years and now experience relegation and promotion

Not at all. Forgive me for not doing cart wheels at the moment. I hope to be doing that next week though when we have clinched the Championship.

Or maybe later on tonight after a few beers :pint: ;)

Fantastic to have promotion confirmed finally. Let's go on and win the league now.

Quick word for the boo boys:

You might not agree with every decision he makes but I think our performances overall this season have earned Paolo the benefit of the doubt. We've gone back up at the first opportunity, look like we should win just our 3rd ever league title, and had a club record winning run. By any measure it has been a very successful season, just with a bit of a stuttering start and finish. No one likes to lose, but luckily for us defeats have been few and far between this season. Onwards and upwards.

Have we won that too? Bet W Ham, Reading & Soton are pissed off!

job done tonight, the icing on the cake will the championship, am i right in thinking that if we just get a draw and lose we'll still get the league trophy.

That's fine, I understand that but it just seems to me that some people are never happy and wish to bring the mood down.

Was Fodderingham interviewed on the pitch today?

No

Thanks was just curious if he was on the pitch at the end.

No. They said that they had interviewed everyone who was there. I managed to note down details from all of them. So you can see that DeVita was there although he didnt play and wasnt on the bench. 

 :iloveyou: :iloveyou: :iloveyou: :iloveyou: :iloveyou: :iloveyou: Swindon Town....Bradford away is going to be Ace!!

Out of the hell hole that WAS lge 2......Coventry,Notts County,Pompey away to wet the appetite already.

Say we are going up!

Not at all. I am the last person who would want to do that and I don't think that's a fair comment as I am generally more positive than most by nature. I can't help feeling disappointed about a poor performance and a 3-1 defeat.

As I have a few beers this evening though, today will become a distant memory and I will reflect on what an utterly fantastic season it has been and the fact that it has quite literally never been a better time to be a Town fan. 8)

Notts County?

That's what I thought ???

Ive been to Notts county.  Certainly wasn't an attractive night last year.

I'm disappointed that we lost, but the outcome of todays defeat takes the sting out of it

Would of thought that most of the squad would be there including wes :hmmm:

What a cunt, can someone ban him please.

Poor performance, poor result, great season, great celebrations!

Good times to be a town fan,  :bye: Oxford enjoy L2

I did a fantastic job

What's so exciting about Notts County?  In many ways L1 next season will be less interesting than L2 this...loads of horrible norvern clubs...no derbys, and southern trips to characterless grounds like Yeovil and ColU again.

Preston will be interesting as they're the current longest since we last played them side.

What an interview with Paolo!!! Absolute class!

Couldn't go today and must admit felt a bit flat at the final whistle even though we were promoted - but the scenes shown on Sky certainly lifted my spirits.  Roll on next Saturday.

PdC on BBC wilts. Almost resigned 6 weeks ago. Won't say why.  ???

4-5 days ago Paolo was considering resigning??

been tapped up then ;)

45 days ago

Oh right. 45 days ago. Not 4-5 days ago.

Still.. ???

45! Not 4-5!

I was told, a few weeks ago, it was to do with the Holmes transfer, and also something to do with the fact his face was used for next seasons season tickets.
I didn't post it at the time, because I didn't know for definate, and would have got some stick on here.
Part of me also didn't believe it myself, but obviously should have.

Nought wrong with B'mth, especially for me

Paolo's rambling

Paolo is a legend

When we lost to the pox :headhurts:

Yeah, I drift off some times. Can you summarize please NMH?

Yeah Bormuff is always a decent away day...would be nice early season, but tends to get shunted to a dodgy midweek or something due to security concerns.

PDC:
- Finally we are up
- Happy for fans, players and board
- Much work done on the pitch and behind the scenes
- Happy inside. Can be proud as what achieved as a manager
- Father pushed him to manager in England. So its a special season for him
- If perform like today then it will be difficult to win league
- Celebrate by having tomorrow off, but dont have to get drunk
- Cant live moment if you are drunk. Everything gets blurry
- This is not part of our professional culture
- We went up. Four go up. PDC wants to be called the champions
- Made comments about others dont have understanding of what is the best team as they do not see behind scenes.
- Comment on goalkeeping. At Aldershot, a baby could have saved one of those shots
- Commented on Macca being 'blurry' in the week
- Alan Connell up front. After 5 mins he could see that he wasnt on form. Brought on Murray and could have taken him off after 2 mins!
- 45 days ago he was close to resigning his contract. Wouldn't say why. But, his promise to fans, board and players counted more than a contract so he stayed. If he had, Town would not have stayed at top, but would have gone to playoffs and easily lost
- We are half way. Still wants to get to Championship. He will sit down with board and see what their plan is. Hope that board and PDC can stick with their promises
- Even with a good plan next year it will be tough not to languish in mid table

Your wish....

Perfect timing. Many thanks ;)

Yeah, shame, a Saturday would be great early season, sun shining etc

Lee Holmes said he wants to sign for us. Let's sign him quickly please.

Holmes:
- To be part of a promotion side is what every player craves
- Want to win next week at home to win championship
- First 20 we played ok. Goal killed us a bit and never really got into game
- Fantastic seeing how many fans turned up today
- A win is vital next week with a good performance
- Waiting for contact between himself and Swindon. Would like to be part of the future at Swindon

Si Ferry:
- Complete turn around from last year
- Long hard season
- Got just rewards
- Last few games havent been great
- Never had a normal season at Swindon (Either up or down)
- Thought we were going to get an equaliser at 2-1
- Didnt know the scores in the other games until the end
- Great chance to beat P Vale and win the league
- Has been a difficult week. Didnt like being spoken about for wrong reasons. Realised they were in wrong. Put it behind them and move on.

And thats all folks!

Good work :clap:

We are very, very fortunate this evening. Brilliant.

Great to be up. Great to still be able to win the league against Vale.

Do you have a translator?

Heh! heh!




'Wilder, close the door on your way out' 8)

Thanks again NMH

This weekend is party time:-D

Clem from the fl show took some banter well at the station.

This is the 4th promotion I've known and, while I'm not going to pretend it matches the achievement of making it to the Premiership in 1992/93, it's right up there with 1995/96 and 2006/07.  Very proud tonight.  OK, we limped over the line rather than charging over it - but that was a luxury we could afford.  Over the course of the season, we have deserved this.

To the Players
Put the last week behind you.  You have done us proud.  We will remember this.

To Paolo
You did this.  There were people out there who wanted to write you off last summer; and you have silenced them.  Your father and mother would have been so proud of what you have achieved here.  A great start, but I am glad that you appreciate that the job is only half done.  This club has not been in the Championship now for 13 years...and that needs to be rectified.  We all have faith now that you can take us there.  Grazie.

I think the bolded part is what a lot of people need reminding of.

Excellent post and I echo it all.

We didn't know what to expect at the start of the season other than it would probably be a rollercoaster ride.  It's certainly been that and probably more!

Apparently Ferry pushed him over on the pitch

Top post by Ardiles, hope it gets read by the players and PDC

I agree totally, this is my 6th promotion (7th if you count 1990 PO) and it is as good as any except the 85-86 season under Macari (your first Championship is always the best!) and getting into the Premier league.

Paolo is a legend already in STFC history and long may it continue.

I couldn't agree more

Oliver risser is a beast.

Even scored for aldershot today according to the bbc website

Despite the shit result, I couldn't be happier. We are up and five games in, I would have settled for that. Paolo has given us the season we all hoped for. The players understand their responsibilities to the club and know that if they fuck up, they don't play. This has developed a fantastic attitude that was so sorely lacking last season. We're up and the title is ours next weekend. Let's celebrate in style!

Absolutelt agree with Ardiles. Good post.

Congrats to all at STFC (PDC, Players, Board, back room staff and.....yes you bunch of cunts...'the fans')

Now off to get pissed  :pint:

Fods was there saw him outside the turnstiles trying to get in.Next time I saw him he was sat behind the goal with Kennedy,Benson and Devita who were all in club tracksuits Fodders was in normal gear-significant?No sign of Rooney tho'.
After leaving the ground,walked round the corner of the away end saw a side gate open,strolled through it,found myself on the pitch,walked slowly past all the police and stewards,went right up to Di Canio,shook hands and exchanged man hugs right in front of the stand.He thanked me I thanked him and then walked off again-unbelievable!
As for the game-we spent pretty much all of the first 25 minutes in their half.As soon as they scored we may as well have gone home.Bostock MOTM for me,everyone else really poor today especially disappointing were Ritchie and Holmes for me.
Still its over 44 games and we have been the best side,no question.Just hope the classless club and their classless fans stay down.Oh and Police blocking our way because we didnt have tickets even when we explained we had to pick them up at the turnstiles.Took them 20 minutes to get confirmation from GFC that we were telling the truth.Ramshackle poxy club.

Just back to my 6 star travelodge.

For 30 minutes we looked good and then a classic set piece sucker punch fucked us....from then on it was rat shit!

I don't know about the players being drunk? Di Canio must be pissed and on drugs to drag off Connell and send on murray....what a mad decision! No strength and no reading of the game at all.

I hated the rest of the match with the exception of the great goal.....there were other opportunities but we fucked them up.

Players dropped.....silly IMO....a hefty fine would of been enough at this stage of the season...fuck me PDC dropped a few bollocks in his time...I hope we don't pay the price.

News came through and there it is....we are up.....done and dusted!

Falling over the line? dang right...but that table don't lie and we are in divvy 1 next season because we earned it we the luxury of great results earlier in the season.

PDC came in and restored our faith in a club that...lets face it...fucked us over last season.
The players couldn't be bothered, the managers were utterly useless and the board...well they brought in Hart didn't they!?
All that is a now distant memory and well behind us.
Still in with a chance of the title but i would of taken second or third at kick off in August...
Roll on next week....i was planning on watching my old club in the wilts junior cup final but sorry boys its too important.

Nothing will compare to reaching the prem but today was great and i was proud to be there. My daughter is still singing Paolo Di Canio, even now..

fucking fantastic!

This is what worries me more than anything

ps...bostock only man with credit for me...

oh....who gives a shit!!

that did happen!!

Shirt arrived today, thanks Flash.  Mrs Donkey now feels bad she didn't take your cutting to work.  It'll go Monday as promised.  Have a good evening.

...just one more thing-do we practice set pieces in training?!

Bad performance today but fuck it. Great atmospher in the away end. Fantastic scenes at the end. After a bit of arguing they let us put our huge flags up. Kids had a great time. Nice 5 min train ride home to Rochester. Congratulations Swindon

No worries donkers!

From the Aldershot game Domenico Doardo should take the corners...

A feeling of relief tonight although it has been a case of when for a while now, sure we will now get that win at home on Saturday in front of a full County Ground. Going to Bradford regardless to finish off a great season. " I can't help falling in love with you, Swindon "

Shit game, great day!

Well, that was good fun!

The game was pretty awful, apart from the first 20 we were rather shite. Bostock and McCormack were the only players who did anyhting right. The first goal pretty much killed us off. Great run and finish by Macca, would love to see him do it more often.

Quite frankly though, could not give a shit about the result, we are up and it's a pretty good feeling. Glad Accrington got an equaliser, hopefully we can wrap the title up next week, the players should be able to play without any pressure.

Loved the celebrations at the end!

watched the goals on ssn, on the lead up to their second number 19 montrose lunged in on ferry could easily been a foul and a yellow.
never a pen either smith hardly touched him. cunts
we are going up....

Who's your old club, mate?

That was pretty much Aldershot part 2 apaert from this time I could pick a MOM - Bostock. For the first hour he was a class above and then was anonymous for the last 30. We were complete and utter dogshite again. Holmes was a passenger who we should let go. Caddis's free kicks were shite. Murray was in all the wrong positions. on the pitch thnigs are going very, very wrong. The Pikeys were pretty crap but could have had 5.
McCormack's goal was absolute class - the only bright spot during the game.
I think we've got a lot of work to do before next season - maybe the drinking incident and our recent performances have done us a favour and given us ( manager, players and fans ) the kick up the arse and the wake up call we might well need. 

ive played in a couple of Wilts junior cup finals one being on the Town Ground. A 7pm KO next Saturday would of worked very well especially for the Flash. :)

Stockton and Codford fc....the yellow peril.

Bloody hell Flash played there many a time in the 70s.They've done well to reach that final.They still in the Salisbury & District?

On the match itself, I think people are maybe being a bit too harsh. We were class in the first 20 minutes, and Gills barely got out of their half. Unfortunately, we couldn't take any of our chances. Impossible to say if Connell should have scored one of them from where we were, but Paolo seemed pretty sure he should so on came Murray, who was worse - wrong positions, and only one or two particularly good moments throughout the game.

On Phil Smith, you could arguably blame the first goal on him. But to be honest, if was a looping flicked header to the back post. Had he been on his line, he still might not have saved it. The second he had no chance, beautiful finish whether the guy meant it or not. And how anybody can blame Phil Smith for their penalty is beyond me. Makes no sense at all.

Bostock was probably the most impressive today. Won the ball, ran at players and really looked a threat. My only two criticisms would be that his passing was occasionally poor, and he went down far too easily. Think Drogba, only thinner.

McCormack had a decent game, as did Caddis. Unfortunately the rest of the team were playing at around 6.5 out of 10. It wasn't dreadful by any stretch of the imagination, but we really are better than that. The scoreline was perhaps a tad harsh on us - we had more shots on target after all - but we didn't really deserve much from the game.

I guess that sounds slightly negative, but nowehere near the disaster some have made it out to be. Hopefully morale will pick up now, we'll pack out the CG (really gutted I can't go) and we'll get the three points to win the league!

Bit arrogant, but possibly true?

Cheers reeves4england for that. Gutted I couldn't go today but can on Saturday so your feelings in reverse so to speak.

Oh dear. A complete misrepresentation of events, aimed at stirring up a negative image of football fans. How anybody could have felt intimidated going into the station is beyond me. I went in the side door and you could barely tell what was going on!

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/2012/april/21/gills_v_swindon.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I was there you cunt where were you shopping with the misses fuckwit.

Just back....this situation with Wes is interesting/worrying. He was not part of the squad and didn't travel with them. He had to blag his way into the ground and sat with Benson and other non-playing squad members.

After, when the players realised that we'd got promoted and started celebrating, he stayed in the stands right in front of them and after a few minutes left. Don't know if he wasn't supposed to be there but I would have thought he would of and should of been part of the celebrations regardless of what has happened in the past week. :hmmm:

Is that it?

Yeah..

That's directed at you ronnie 21 cunt.

A few questions in my mind from reading the various reports.

Murray - why?  What does PdC see in him?  I have given him the benefit of the doubt for most of the time that he has been here but I really fail to see what he adds.  On Tuesday we would have been no worse off playing with 10.  Sounds like he was no better today.

Bostock - given that we've not played particularly well in any game since he arrived, why has is taken until today for him to get any game-time in the league?  Is there any realistic chance of signing him for next season?

Paolo's threatened resignation - did he really say 45 days ago rather than 4 to 5 days?  That seems rather precise and takes us back to the D&R match.  What would that have been about?  4 to 5 days I could understand.  Over the last couple of weeks I've become increasingly worried that he might up and leave.  He's obviously under a lot of stress at the moment and hopefully the support shown to him by the Board and the fans will go a long way to making him want to stay when he considers everything in a calmer moment.

Just seen the Paolo interview with BBC.

Absolutely brilliant. Perhaps a little arrogant, but brilliant.

We pay your benefits... And the mum was scared? What of? Losing them?

Resigning or re-signing?

Is that a joke

Yes mate....but league is smaller and quality isn't as good.

They nearly folded in the summer after most of the first team went to warminster town....mix oof reserves and first teamers.....seem to have done well.

who they got in the final?

Paolo says in the same interview that the best team was played today and the fans don't know what happens in training and behind the scenes etc.

He admitted Murray was as shit and Bostock was our best player. Sounds like Bostock will play as second striker next week too.

He definitely said one month and then changed it to 45 days ago.

The lamb.......sounds like a born again side....you know....fold and start up each year.

they for the slaughter?

Why on earth did Bostock not have any part whatsoever since Wembley then?

Weird.

Tweet from Wes in the last 15 minutes:

“@wes_foderingham: People that know nothing should say nothing. Good night and god bless”

I think players posting on twitter is worse than drinking 3-4 days before a game.

Bostock said in his interview that he was pleased to play for 90 mins because he hasn't played that much. Reports on here suggested that he was good for 60 mins then anonymous thereafter. It may simply be that he hasn't been fit enough to play.

Awful performance, but a good day in the end.  The Murray / Connell substitution was a bad decision granted, but to the brainless mongs who chanted 'you don't know what you're doing' to Paolo - really?  Our league position and goal difference would suggest otherwise.

Took the shine off a good day for me, especially as when I was walking out the same group were singing his name.  Some lad had a go at them and good on him.

Shame Wes didn't join in with the celebrations either.  He deserved to.  It was great to see how much it meant to the players though.  The product of much hard work.

When the fans were booing DiCanio for the sub Connell / Murray they were shouted down. it was only a handful on the right hand side and the majority of fans were more in the "what the fuck" mode than anti Pdc mode.

Fitton's comments on the commentary were great:

Commentator: 'Looks like PDC is making his first changhe early with Murray coming on for Connell'
Fitton: 'Oh no!......I'm a great fan of Connell.....'

Connell is ordinary and Murray is shite. Connell is more likely to score than Murray. The fans for whatever reason like Connell they don't like Murray.
Neither will be good enough next season.

Basically, we need another Austin is what you're getting at.

Nope, what we don't need is a Connell or a Murray next season. There will be plenty of players avaialble. Murray cna go back to Ipswich. Connell could be sold to a team in Div 4. We need better.

Kerrouche is the answer...

...but what is the question?

On today's game

-We dominated until they scored but after that we were poor
-Bostock and McCormack were the only players who played well imo
-The Connell substitution was disappointing but the people booing are idiots. We're top of the league.
-Good turnout and atmosphere from our lot, the gillingham fans were disappointing.
-Great scenes at the end, made up for the poor performance.

Roll on League 1! The promised land!

But there would be no TEF if that happened!  :D We love you, Wes, chill and enjoy your achievements.

Agreed

in that case I'd better keep my gob shut

Word!

Just seen league show......claridge not surprised at Swindon success?

Thats why you didn't tip us!?

The football league show didn't show a certain Clemo getting done by the classic someone on all fours behind you and getting pushed over them by two of the players!

Nice photo of reeves4england in the football paper.

I hope you got to pest the gillingham lady, she werent bad at all

It did on the closing credits.

Didn't know he was commentating but I thought he looked a bit subdued at the end too. Did come on to the pitch with JW and NW but slipped away quietly. Whilst JW quite rightly taking the plaudits for what he's done this season it was a shame (in my opinion and others may disagree) that Fitton appears to be mainly remembered for last seasons issues rather than the dark days he led us away from.

Not me. I am extremely grateful for all his work to turn the club around.

Thank you Fitton !!!!

I am also grateful but fuck me he  sounds dull.Half expected him to have Gary Nevilles ipad and special pen yesterday.

I have to agree, I love Fitton for what he inspired with the takeover and for all his hard work in securing the safety of the club but as a commentator....Jesus wept.

He was saying that Paolo was wrong in playing Connell as the lone striker, said that in Paolos position he would take him off......Paolo takes off Connell and he professes his love for Connell and that Paolo was wrong in taking him off...WTF????

I will be forever grateful but please dont pretend that you know much about football when you clearly don't.

From what I gather, Fitton's a bit of a wannabe manager. Used to turn up at training and the like.

Arghh i feel fucking rough, quality night out in Maidstone, bumped into a few Gills fans who werent that bad surprisingly!

I'd quite like to see Bostock play next week as he seemed to have a little bit of quality about him and could be useful.

Please Paolo, no more Murray. He offers nothing and if he wants to have an option of pace use Storey as Murray has had ample time to prove himself and has failed more than not.

Didnt go yesterday but sounded like Bostock had a good game. Wouldnt mind seeing him just behind Benson next saturday, think that could work a treat. Go all continental with a 4-2-3-1...

Can't see PDC dropping wingers. It'll be more 4-4-1-1

Most likely, was thinking he might mix things up a wee bit considering our wingers havent been as hot as they could have been in recent weeks. PDC does love his wing play though, which in fairness a lot our success this season has been buit on...

Rubbish performance yesterday, but the scenes at the end more than made up for it!!!!Hope we can return to The Fortress CG next week and complete the job in front of our own fans!

Great turn out by the fans, made a great atmosphere at The Livingstone(?), then the ground, Train on the way home before getting back to Victoria and taking over some pub outside....I felt like a celebrity the amount of flashes I saw from people in London & the tourists as we sang our hearts out celebrating promotion....another top effort from the best fans in the league!

My predicition of winning the league at Gills didn't come true, but promotion is secured! McCormack and Bostock were excellent today, and why has it taken so long for Bostock to get a game after Wembley?...Connell substitution was bizarre, as I don't rate Murray at all, oh well onwards to Port Vale and let's enjoy the build up and sell out the ground!!!

My best guess would be that he wasn't up to PDC's fitness standards.

The only picture I had. Shocking. And no, sadly I never met the girl. I could ask for an address, but there's every chance she won't have one.