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Hoping to make it on Saturday, have been ill for 2 weeks  ::)

Swindon 2-0 Salford att: 10,184 (93 away)

Piece of piss 4-1

I like the cut of your jib! I have stopped predicting ever since Tranmere away....

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I don't like our name written without 'Town' after it! (Don't know why)

I don't think I can watch this weekend - After the last 2 games, I'm really disappointed!  :doh:

2-0 tight encounter 9,200

There will be more than 9200, id say over 10k after our latest results.
I'm not going to attempt to predict the scoreline, I know I will derail the recent form.
I'd be happy with another 3 points watching the same attacking play.

I know...like there was just too much effort involved in typing the word 'Town' :hmmm:

2-0 Davison, Barry

10,000 crowd would be nice but possibly a bit much to hope for given that the away support will barely fill a mini bus.

I’m bring 4 non supporting Swindon blokes.
Not forgetting Walsall was an original Saturday and most of those tickets would have been previously purchased that raised the crowd number.
Still reckon another 9,800 is likely.

We're normally pretty good at crashing down to earth after a good result.

1-2. 9100

I’m going the opposite, Town 2-1 a last gasp winner to send home just shy of 9,500 of the Town faithful. On another note, did anyone ever locate Joe?

Another 3 goals for the rampant strike force of McKirdy,Davison and Barry.Probably concede 1 though,4 successive clean sheets is a tall order

Hard to locate someone that doesnt exist I think!

Like the previous MDT. Going into the previous match I would have settled for a point, with the caveat of just edging a win. Walsall was a nice surprise to check after missing the match and somehow any form of contact or media regarding STFC. Sometimes it's nice to go OG for a bit.

Anyway, like the last match the first goal will again be key. Could be a frustrating result after being treated to 3 clean sheets on the bounce as well as 3 high scores too. Some will feel a draw would be annoying - some would lose it if we lost. All the good work, changes and adapting that has been done by the STFC coaching team could be easily be unpicked by some fans. I still believe there is a fine balance/margin in these things but then again, it is the fine margins at any elite sport level which makes the difference between a winner and a loser.

I'll go 1-1 with a heavy caveat of whoever gets the first goal could win by just the one (any iteration of 1-0, 0-1, 2-1, 1-2). On current form Town clearly have a goal in them but Town haven't really have a problem scoring this season; it was conceding silly and soft goals that was. Now that appears to have been resolved there's every chance Town should be confident of not only scoring but holding a narrow lead. Which is something they will have to be able to do against tougher opposition - if the aspirations of POs (no fuck it, autos) is a target they are aiming to achieve.

Score: Non-committal either way by one goal
Att: 10,153
A goal from Davison, it's Davison
Reed yellow
Payne on the bench

Home win 1-0
Reed to score in the 78th minute

Att: 9,002

first of all this thread seems early for once...i like it!

if manager does his job and keeps a fire lite under the players ass and keeps them hungary, then Town wins by 2

if he doesn't and Town comes out cocky or complacent with their recent success like we have seen in the past loss by 2.

let hope they see the prize is attainable and go for it.  I think as someone else mentioned earlier, the defense seems not to be giving up those silly goals like in the past so holding onto a lead can be done.

As I said before, we score the first goal and get Salford having to get forward and we’ll roast them just like Walsall.

Confidence, quite rightly, should be sky high.

Let's hope Bowyer gets a warm reception and there's no shenanigans on the touchline.

If you'd have told me a couple of weeks ago that Aguiar and Iandolo would keep Williams and Payne out the side, I'd of called you mad.

That's exactly the proposition we face though. Even when Payne is ready, how on earth does he get in?

A nice problem to have.

Yikes!

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2022/february/stfc-to-trial-town-end-bar-this-saturday/

Play half as well as we did Tuesday night and we’ll annihilate these !!.

Payne walks into the team ahead of Iandolo

Just bought my tickets, judging by the map it looks like another good attendance.

I think Payne will be integrated slowly into the side. Iandolo hasn't really done anything wrong and is working well with Tomlinson. I imagine Payne will be on the bench and might get 20-30 minutes tomorrow.

Don't think we'll see him tomorrow. Not according to this morning's presser - unless he's bluffing, of course - but he doesn't usually:

https://www.totalswindon.com/sport/press-conference-swindon-salford/

Thanks for sharing that. Yeah it does read that Jack Payne won't be involved tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how Dabre gets on at Chippenham. It certainly did Aguiar no harm!

Had a very vivid dream that we won 3-1

I'd disagree on that, Iandolo has has done well recent weeks and would not deserve to lose his place because Payne is fit again, think Payne may be used from the bench for a few games

I has a very vivid nightmare today, which I can't explain until midnight

Nobody will walk into the team right now and have to settle best for places on the bench.
Clearly unless injuries or fitness decisions override.

Won 3, scoring 11 and conceding a big fat 0.

What a great position to be in for our academy Manager 😂🙌

Yep. & LL will miss this one because, I have finally succumbed to covid. As I suspected I might at some point. Anyway three points whether we concede or not. It’s all about winning and as you say 9/9 11-0 why change the team? Unless and injury arises or there is a good tactical reason.

Better late than never LL😀

Indeed.

I had it in early November and struggled with a dry cough for weeks but hopefully the variant you have is less potent now.

swift recovery LL

Welcome to the club LL.
Speedy recovery as we are witnessing something good at the town and nobody wants to miss it.

Thanks peeps. Just started a new job on Monday. Really enjoying it so had to break the bad news to the owner. Still should be back in action on Wednesday hopefully.

Still driving🤔

It was a daymare and its called life....

Get well mate.
Good to see you again Tuesday.

I had it from Christmas Eve, still have the bloody cough, but fortunately the actual virus was not bad for me.

As for tomorrow, starting to feel confident that we can win at home so really hope we can continue the good run of form.

I think we will, so going for 2-1

Thank you and indeed it was, we must stop hanging out in men’s toilets though 😁

How to ruin a Mans reputation in one line 😂🥊

🤣🤣 I’m 100% sure our well balanced, broad minded, non judgemental, tolerant fellow members of this esteemed forum will understand the nuances behind our chance meeting at half time 😉

PS. What a night, feel like I’ve been hit by a train.

3 points please for the memory of ex townwender Paul Stoneham who would have been 48 today

Same side as midweek I hope and a similar display/result would be lovely.

This.....

A lot of tickets sold for this. Nice.

Roughly how many?

Somewhere between 0 and 14,000.

I must put a bet on that then! Maybe if season ticket holders are included even if they don't attend I'll say anywhere from 4,500 to 14,000😀

I'm not counting the grey dots on the map  :)
Getting on for between 9.5k and 10k home fans, at a guess.

That's good enough just a shame Bristol Rovers will probably beat that today😅

Still reckon we'll get more. Also likely to beat the Oxford attendance... yet again, even for their boat race match today.

The Sags home average so far has been just 6,300 and their highest home gate was a couple of weeks ago vs Walsall when they had a massive 8,003! and that was with 700 Walsall fans. Exeter will take about 1,100ish so I doubt they will pass 9,000 TBH.

Our home average so far has been 9,000 by comparison.

I expect us to get close to 10,000 today even with under 100 Salford travelling.

Interestingly this is the first time Salford have ever played at the CG as the previous meeting was cancelled due to covid and Town winning both the previous away meetings by a single goal.

I think Gas is close to sell out as they gave Exeter the full away allocation not just 700. It's best not to mention the poxfied attendance as someone on here is bound to moan😀

Reason enough for me to mention it then.

Its nowhere near the 12,300 capacity, will be 9,500 max I would think. They only had 7,300 vs us so even if Exeter sell out 1,200 which is doubtful the pull of Exeter isn't as big as the pull of Swindon.

Rovers have only had a single 10k+ crowd in the last 4 years and that was vs Sunderland 3 years ago when they had 10,009.

I think the Gas are looking at around 10,500 on their forum so comparing the two attendances could be close but hopefully we will still beat them. Salfords following is such a hard one to predict as I have no idea what they average so I will say anying from 90-120

Tough draw today. 1-1

It won't be over 10k. As I stated previously, they have only had one attendance of 10k+ in the last 4 years and then only just over 10,000 and a lot of that was Sunderland fans.

 :clap: :clap:I'll update later when the attendances are announced😀

Fair point about previous attendances at the Mem over recent seasons. I think a few of the gasheads are getting ahead of themselves!

Not like them to exaggerate their own fanbase.

I think their jealous of the other lot South of the river so feel the need to try and impress!

Perhaps they’re counting those locked outside. Could be close to 40,000 if so!

They have been and will always be in the bigger clubs shadow. On and off the pitch.

The Souths version of Leeds!

I believe Exeter have sold out their allocation (whatever that is)
No doubt it will be significantly more than Salford bring here.

Likely we’ll have more home fans even if our attendance is less

Just for fun. Preference if you had to choose. Rovers or City?

The away allocation was 1,129.

Gonorrhea or Syphilis.

I’m sure I really couldn’t compare!

You are asking us a similar question!

But I have knowledge of City and Rovers. I’ve only heard tales of the mighty clap.

Whatever happened to crabs😀

Exeter sold out their 1200

1,129 was their allocation, I over estimated.


So technically didn't sell out the 1,200!

Now I’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, I’m asking ‘whatever happened to carbs’

  :eek:hope Mrs Aud as got herself a clothes peg!

 :band:Badum tish!

Should there be a separate thread to discuss relative attendances? Or even the number of attendees who are not relatives??

Never knew you could get withdrawal symptoms just by cutting out sugar. 2 weeks now and I’ve had zero sugar - apart from that which may occur naturally in some fruit.

My morning blood glucose level has dropped from an eye watering 327 to 130 today!

Apologies to the thread!

I think we need a men's health thread

Or a General Health thread to encourage inclusion.

Good point

 :sherlock:

Or a men’s health and a woman’s health thread. See which is the busier.

I don't know if any ladies post on here as there used to be a knowledgeable Town fan who regularly posted in the Adver.

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=47555.0

There are definately a few.

Genuinely or tongue in cheek😀

I know of at least 3.

They disguise themselves well as I wouldn't have a clue who they are

As long as we also have a non binary one as well.

But they did sell out.

Is that not posting 1 and 0?

There's approx 12k home tickets for each game, looks around 1500 left. Should be good for over 10.5k. Excellent.

In the last 3 pages, just one post about Swindon v Salford. Just saying...  

Ps I take statins to treat high cholesterol and I did once pick up an STD in the Far East.
To be exact, Great Yarmoth.

Absolutely :)

Hopefully barring injuries we will keep the same side as on Tuesday and hopefully keep the formula the same too.

Two now.

Wonder how many of the Salford massive will prise themselves away from the cradle of Lowry.

Well they took 56 to Sutton but 130 to Northampton, so could be somewhere between those 2, but this is their first ever visit to Swindon so may be close to 170?

I plan to watch today's game on Ifollow, as usual. My gf would rather I went with her to an anti-war demo in front of the nearby Russian consulate...

Salford could well have ex Town loanee Jordan Turnbull and ex Town trialists Brandon Thomas-Asante playing today if they line up as they have recently. BTA is their leading scorer this season on 6 goals.

Their recent form is WLWDW and the last 5 away games WWLDW including wins at Barrow, Port Vale and Orient.

They have only conceded 3 goals in any single game 3 times, at FGR, Newport and home to Col U this season.

They sit in 11th place with 12 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats. They have the tightest defence in the division outside of the top 3 with just 29 goals let in so far but with just 35 goals scored they are the 4rd lowest scoring side in the top 18 positions.

They have the 32 year old beanpole 6 foot 6 ex 1982ers striker Matt Smith who will be a handful for JOB today, a player probably too good for this division.

They play with the tradiontal big and little partnership up front and like to play to Smiths aerial ability.

Make no bones about it, this lot will not be as easy to beat as our last 3 opponents and must not be taken lightly.

Quiet on their forum, I guess the taxi has already left.

I wonder if any of the class of 92 will bother to watch their investment😀

Reed and Williams are under contact next season - Rob Angus.

Good news!

I wish you could be more precise :chuckle:

Thats good news.

Wow!

Gary Neville isn’t on Sky duty today, so expect he’ll be there

Cheers😀

That is good news.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMhx9b7WYAoeUCR?format=jpg&name=large)

Unchanged and unchanged on the bench, as expected.

Team sheet spelt correctly😀

Don’t think anyone can argue with a unchanged team, 16 goals and 3 clean sheets in last 3…. I do think it’s interesting that despite Garner yesterday saying Conroy is fit and available, he’s not in the squad

16?

16 would be brilliant in 3 games :) rather than 11, can we backdate them? :)

He's added Tuesdays 5 goals x2😀

What was this on BBC Radio Swindon? That really is great news.

For anyone asking - In hospitality and asked Rob. Payne is in discussions.

Friends in high places!

I hear we will getting very close to a 10k attendance today apparently.

Nice to hear Zippy Bodin on the radio today, love the way he still calls the club "we" in his chats.

Don Rogers Stand isn't far off sold out. As usual the one block in Arkells only one with good availability. Town End few hundred still as well.

Reckon similar to Tuesday in that 9,800 region.

How is the roast pork loin?

TBF thats a great turn out as Salford won't bring many more than 100.

Not sure who else is contracted next year but who else would be the next most important to tie down if we could? Jojo? Payne? We definitely need to get Aguilar a decent length contract after recent performances.

I know McKirdy, Gladwin and Ward are all signed up for next season.

Jojo would be my main priority extention, I would like Odimayo extended too but not sure Garner rates him.

Bit of a slow start by Town today so far, lots of missplaces passes by both sides.

2 good passes by Reed to McKirdy, ends with Town winning a corner.

McGirty

Very poor corner though.

Hunter Hunted.

Smith header straight at Jojo luckily.

Rovers beating Exeter.

1st 10 mins, not a lot of quality but very end to end so far.

Salford trying to play football mixed with some big hoofs to the massive striker.

Good effort by Davison but his shot is blocked and easily saved in the end.

Nice counter by Cooper who ran 50 yards with the ball.

This ref’s giving them everything.

Is McGirty Welsh for McKirdy?

Never heard anyone pronounce his name that way, thanks Zippy, makes me laugh every time!

Pretty standard with all refs this season, even on Tuesday the ref was giving them everything in the 1st half.

Cooper easily outpaces the David John Murray tower up front for Salford.

That was never a foul on Asante, the ref is giving them literally everything.

Silly and dangerous foul from Cooper.

Jojo takes the FK well at the near post.

I didn't think he touched him TBF.

Funnily enough, I was in Hospitality for the Walsall game, and Phil King kept on calling him McGirty..

I saw a proper shove in the back.

Decent cross by Iandolo there.

McGirtys touch isn't quite up to its normal standard so far.

Exeter equalise

Tyler Smith scores for Hull

The "Salisbury" half? Bodin having a ' mare!

Barry's feet are mental

Iandolo with a couple of good bits of skill there.

A draw would suit us more if we can grab a win.

His close ball control is wonderful at times.

Love Bodin calling Harry McGirty

Asante shoots well wide from a good position.

Shame Barry couldnt do the same there as what he did on Tuesday!

Crawley beating FGR.

Sheridactyls Oldham winning at Col U.

Great certain goal saved by Jojo.

That looked over the line to me

McKirdy shoots and wins a corner.

It was close!

And me.  ;D

Crawley 2 nil up over FGR

Having seen the replay, that wasn't over the line

Centre halves not quite on it today.

TBF Salford arent a bad side.

Asante and Smith are both a handful.

Bit wibbly wobbly today. That must be one of the misses of the season.

Which doesn’t excuse some very wayward passing.

Turnbull is riding his luck with some of these challenges on Davison.

Salford best side I’ve seen play at the CG this season other then Man City

Most of the passing by us has been pretty poor so far TBH.

Good chance for McKirdy and then Iandolo cant get a shot in after it.

JOB with a great long pass to Barry there.

Sick control touch by Barry

Nice pass from Reed to McKirdy but his cross is weak.

What a touch to bring it down by Barry

What a hit from the Salford lad

Barry does have amazing close control.

Didn't look very far wide.

Looks like Scunthorpe are pretty much confirming their relegation today

Salford are one of the better sides we have played this season for certain. In the best 3 sides I would say.

Their position looks untenable now being 3 down at HT.

Well Zippy referred to Iandolo as Andolo so might be.

I think we might need Williams to unlock this game today

Towns touch just isn’t sharp yet today.   If they can get their insertion passes sharper I think they will rack up some goals on this defense

Still McGirty

Hurdy Gurdy McGirty

HT 0-0

Salford shaded that half

Ok half.

Think Salford have used the ball well but it still seems like all their good play starts with us giving the ball away.

How their guy stood on the line missed, I don’t know.

Ref has given every single bit of physical contact as a foul on every single player who isn’t called Josh Davison. Took 39 minutes for Davison to win a foul despite being fouled 24377373 times

Not a great 1st half by Town that, a couple of decent chances but nothing much to shout about, Salford arent a bad side TBF to them.

Feel like town has more in them where as opponent is playing their full level.  

0-0 HT. Enjoyable game. At least Salford have come to play and are giving as good as they are getting. McKirdy getting into many good positions but just lacking that end product today. Hopefully he will come good in the second half

And Turnbull is fully aware that the ref isnt giving Davison anything too despite Turnbull best efforts to hold him back and foul him all the time.

Also think when Harry and Barry get it in behind the defender they should flash it across first time rather than check back.

Oh and that corner. Second worse corner I’ve ever seen the Town take. Only beaten by Miglioranzi and Igoe (maybe?!) doing the ‘I’m pretending to leave it for you but actually I’ve taken it and the balls in play but no one will notice’ apart from the defender who just ran and got ball before Igoe did

This is a "Jonny Williams" game I think

McGirty peripheral at best.

Its bizarre

Ref is extremely whistle happy on every other occasion. Like he’s not favouring a team, he’s not giving some of the others - he’s giving all of the others.

I think with not much working for McKirdy so far that we may see Williams coming on for him after about 10-15 mins if its still not working. Shame as McKirdy has not been at his best for a couple of games now.

Barry is our best attacking outlet.

Considering they have the biggest budget in this league I think they’ll be slightly disappointed to be referred to as ‘not bad
‘

Which makes what garner has done under an embargo even more impressive.

Salford pretty solid with a good shape, get men behind the ball pretty quickly. They have an obvious out ball and a good front pair who have got free a few times. Final ball has been poor.

As for us, passing a bit off today so can't find a way through. Improve that and be a bit braver with the forward pass we should be ok

Nice chest from Davison to McKirdy but his shot is woeful from 30 yards.

Smith goes to the deck like a demolished tower block.

Asante is diving fucker.

Aguiar blatantly pulled off the ball and the ref ignores it.

Nice

Iandolo has a long shot which is deflected wide for a corner, shame Aguiar didnt pull the trigger when he had the chance too.

1-0 McKirdy!

1-0 McGirty

We never score from corners.

Think town needs either shots or quicker decisions in the box and more will come

McKirdy never scores with his head either!

Bodin has got the "k" back but retains the "t"

McKirdy injured from celebrating his goal.

Cobblers losing against Rochdale

McKirty now.

Zippy watch: Back to McGirty after a brief period of getting closer.

Currently sit 4th, 1 point off autos

I’ve decided the saltford players are little bitches

ref again ignores the foul on Davison by Turnbull.

Gas attendance 9689. JJ on the money😀

:)

Oxford getting beat at home in boat race derby

😂

Barry misses at the far post, great cross.

Barry should have scored

Nice run by barry

Northampton losing to Rochdale

Spoilt by their owners

And coached by a horrible manager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YthLQSqXjLo

The ref is still giving us nothing.

Bugger

Bollocks

1-1

Good tune that.

That was poor defending by JOB.   Can’t let ball go across like that

Come on jonboy

My missuses favourite of theirs.

Save by Jojo.

My stream is yonks behind.

Corner to Town.

Is the pitch as bad as it looks on my tv?  Just looks patching and rough

Barry with a  great chance at the far posts but misses it totally.

Top three all losing

Att: 10,153 with (94 Salford).

It's not up to it's usually standards, a mixture of frost sheets for the city game and lack of investment over the past 2 years has seen to that.  The new owner has promised investment in the summer to bring it back to it's usual standards

A decent attendance figure

Williams nice cross to the near post, corner to Town.

To have 10k+ home supporters is fantastic.

Aguiar with a poor miss from 18 yards.

Iandolo should have hit it

Fuck!!!  Towns touch is just off.    Maybe tired from Tuesday.  

Twine scores for Dongs

TBF Salford are streets ahead in quality compared to Walsall.

Got to be JML for Barry I would think - Barry looks tired

What will JML add?

JML on for Barry.

Logical switch I suppose if Barry was struggling.

Would like to see Williams find a way to receive ball more and control the flow of the ball

Barry was struggling after his injury earlier for sure.

Davison down injured now.

Be a shame if Davison has to go off, hes had a solid game for me today despite being kicked all over the pitch by Turnbull.

He’s done well today despite being kicked in the air all game.

JML stops a shot with his back .

Bugger

This is where we struggle as far a squad quality, we still don't have the forwards on the bench that you feel will influence the game when you need it

1-2

Well, this has gone to shit

We should have never let 37 get out the corner to cross it in the first place…

And fast.

I feared the worst when Barry went off to be honest

Two hardness away games coming up we could do with something today

He had to go off though, was struggling big time with his ankle

I bloody hate Salford and everything they stand for. Especially now

Just JML coming on doesnt bode well for me, happened the same vs Exeter.

Yeah,I know but the quality of his replacement is what worried me. Have seen absolutely nothing in him in his previous apps.

Agreed

Town has just looked tired and this poor touches today for me.  They looked confused when they would get near the box.  Granted better team but not that much better competition.  

Fucking defenders all over us in their box - ref is so weak

This ref has given tomilson nothing.  He was literally held down with a guy on his back there

FT 1-2 meh.

The club owned by ex Manchester United players gets the Manchester United referee treatment

I blame Paul Bodin. The two games he's co-commented on we've lost😡

Disappointing

Fuck Salford.Cant fucking stand 'em

Not going to blame the ref but he didn’t do his fucking job.  Town in last 1/3 was not sharp and lost today

Hopefully get some rest and be ready next week

We need some serious fucking help defensively. I don't rate Baudry and Conroy at all and neither have even played today and we've still been gash in defence.

New backline may be top of the shopping list in the summer.

Mickley mouse result, with a Mickey mouse ref against a mickey mouse club. Fucking shite.

I know we analyse from a Swindon view point but just feels like we are our own worst enemy.

How their 37 was allowed to get out the corner and cross. Shouldn’t have let him. Obviously Hunt puts it behind for a corner and well you know the rest

Might need a new defensive coach to add to that as well thinking about it. The organisation just is not fucking there at all. Its pitiful.

Great attendance but if the team lose what incentive is there to come back?

That’s a bit of a plastic comment.

We got fuck all from the ref, but we never changed the game, was dictated by boring Salford from the start.

Not sure it is all that bad.  They made mistakes for sure but young players who have stood tall for a month.  But all town is going to have is young players.  Whole team was not very energetic or sharp today.

94 away fans, fucking pathetic. Is that friends and family?

Another thought.....players look tired. Lack of preseason hasn't helped but we're losing games late far too much.

I slated Garner for his tactics last time we lost after being ahead at home and I stand by my comments, but that wasn't even the issue today.

Don't forget Manure were at home today!

Why? New fans attending then won't come back if we lose. Same with any club.

At best.

Ah, bless. Little Pox and gash still couldn't manage our attendance. Even with virtually no away fans

Oxford had 10,004 so we beat them again :pint:

The Class of '94 (fans)

Which lets be honest - a lot of those who attend are.

It’s nothing new. Regardless of what division we are on; people turn up to watch a winning team.

sigh

a draw would probably be a fair result, but. we didn't defend their goals well enough.

got bullied too, the cock of a ref didn't help but you have to deal the hand given

That was a typical Swindon meh game. Move on.

Nothing ever changes.

 :clap: :clap:

But sadly 4th in league one so I suspect that offers some consolation

Yeah I’d take 4th in L1 over a few extra fans certainly

Means nothing unless they get promotion

Plastic

Frustrating result.  I think we deserved a draw (no more and no less).  Credit to Salford who came and played football.  

Hopefully we will make the playoffs.  The remaining fixtures on paper look reasonable.

Ok noted.  But the point remains, gloating over attendances (which do not necessarily equate to bums on seats) is a bit small fry.

Yeah, sure. Ok mate.

Yessssss!

Sent from my CLT-L09

This league is ridiculously tight, the play off spots could easily look completely different by the end of April.

Sent from my CLT-L09

Didn't see it,just listened to the Comms. A question for anyone who watched. Should McKirdy have been subbed?

he was hobbling with his ankle, so yes 100%

still not sure he didn't do it in the celebration of his goal

Yes, clearly struggling with a knock & should have been off sooner.

Other than the goal, don't think he was having the best game. Think he had also picked up a knock

About 10 minutes before he was…

Oh well. The reflective me says there are much bigger fish to fry in the world than the result of professional football having the privilege to continue taking place.

The Town fan in me knew it would be tight. Got that key first goal but Town just weren't quite with it today. Bizarre goal of theirs for the winner really so possible it should have ended a draw. Would've taken that. Not to be. Still tight as a Nun's Chuff after all top three lost too.

Happy to be a woke human, living in a relatively democratic country (despite our issues here) and hope that all of those in the Ukraine currently can come out of this safely and with limited destruction. And I mean all of them - including men who wear dresses and women with lots of metal in their faces and people who freely choose to have ink on their skin - all that matters is all humans are given the right to live freely in their country of choice; without fear of murder, persecution and or the stripping of their human rights.

Sometimes football has to take a back seat from the forefront of our constant thoughts - for me currently this is one of those times.

you still wobbling on any woke. matchday thread, create a new one

Salford, ffs, they were garbage. Typical town performance against cunting plodders. No side going for promotion should lose to a team with Jordan Turnbull in it. Absolute goobers

Expect Bradford to be the same next week

Yep, pretty much sums up my thoughts. Woeful today.

Yep, and sheridump's Oldham the week after.

With Exeter sandwiched in between!

For some reason, I came away from today feeling very similar. Usually something like this would ruin my weekend, but with everything going on in Ukraine I found today much easier to take. It sort of puts it all into perspective.

In regards to the football, perhaps today we got brought back down to earth a little. The 3 game win streak coming against 3 quite useless sides. Can only beat what's in front of us and all that but Salford were a lot more organised and there was a sense of inevitability before they scored that corner. We're a great side when things are going well but quickly lose our heads when sucker punched.

Missed having midfield options (e.g. Payne, Lyden) on the bench today. Aguair and Iandolo not really at it unfortunately.

Deserved a draw. Write it off and move on

Two moments where our defence switched off.
Average at best and no real stand out performers. Could have ground out a 1-0 scrappy win but didn’t.
The league is open, no real quality or consistent sides.
Move on to next week. The Ukraine situation continues to take over my inner thoughts.
Salford were shite but we lacked that cutting edge that we found Tuesday.

Have you never looked at their forum they constantly take the piss out of us so why not revel in a little fun when possible😀

Disappointing result. Weren't at the races following 3 great wins and performances. Guess a top side wins/grinds that out 1-0, we're not auto promotion quality but may sneak a playoff spot. Over 10,000 today superb backing again

 :D

Someone that knows.

Nah. Not having that. I thought they were more than decent.

I haven’t watched many games this season but if Salford were rubbish or garbage then there must be some really shit teams in this league. I thought they moved the ball well when they had it defended well when they didn’t.

As for us…

Thing that frustrated me more than anything was when Harry and Barry got the ball outwide with a bit of space. It was always one touch, two touch, get closed down, go back to Reed or the full back or inside to one of the midfields or run at the full back and get crowded out.

Would have liked on occasion to see them just get it out their feet, open their foot up and put it on low and hard across the box. Give Davison something to go for, give the defenders & keeper something to deal with. I mean chance are Davison would have just been pushed/pulled/kicked the ground with the ref letting it go but no harm in trying.

Davison offer us nothing today imo. Not through his ability just that he had no protection from the ref who was extremely whistle happy with every other bit of physical contact. Think Davison had a moan to the ref about the one where the defender (was it Turnbull?) on the floor clearly lifted a leg up to kick Davison as he was going over/past him. Ref didn’t give it Davison has a moan, ref decided to give him noting all game. Even at the death we put a cross in and the defender had both hands on Davison shoulders in order to get above him to win the headers, soft but they get given as penalties these days.

Reed, was everywhere and always open for the pass. Which I think at times was a bit detrimental to the team. Reed is always open but is always usually your safe pass. At times it felt like when our players for further up the pitch it was like ‘I could take my man on but Reeds there’ or ‘I could try a through ball but  Reeds there’ or ‘I could whip this in the box but Reeds there’

Makes me wonder whether it’s great movement and play on Reeds part to always be available to receive the ball or whether Salford just left unmarked because they knew he’d be the safe option and the one we were most likely to take…I mean no doubt we’d struggle massively without him but possibly (on today’s showing at least) we need to less reliant on him being 5 yards backwards/sideways….

Well, that’s obvioùsly not true is it. We’ve been shite almost all season at home, yet there were 10,000+ there today.

 :clap: :clap:

Also thought Theo Vassell was solid as a rock for them at the back. Surprised on further googling to see he’s a Nation League/L2 journey man who only signed for them on a short term deal in November rather than someone on loan from a higher level just here for game time

First time ever in their EFL history that they’ve come from behind to win a game.

Barry 3 weeks, apparently. Hope McGirty isn’t out too.

An opening for Payne then!

I could only half watch today. I thought Salford were solid at the back and strong in midfield.

For us, we only seemed to offer a threat through McKirdy. Did he twist his ankle running away and celebrating the goal?

O'Brien out of position for at least 1 goal.

McKirdy got caught by the tackle from Turnbull that led to the corner we scored from.

Probably the least threatening team at the CG all season. Just played it simple and waited to pounce on our mistakes. Fair play to them, took their chances.

Nah, got other stuff to occupy my time

I just don't get your bus station fascination :jumpy:

So as a season ticket holder and somebody that saw their first game in 1964, I thought I knew the rules of the game and the purpose of a referee. So vI watched in horror as Jonny Williams got sexually assaulted by a |Salford player, endless incidence4s of Davidson being rugby tackled to the ground, players tackled through from behind. I had no idea these things are now no longer fouls and  no longer criminal acts. As for Swindon, boys against men. Does that make Salford a bunch of paedo's?
 

Ok, thanks for that

My pleasure

Very good attendance including loads of young kids which ( despite the result obviously) must be a good sign for the future.
I thought we were embarrassingly quiet after conceding though. We literally only sing when we’re winning. Need to do better and actually support the team vocally when they need it most.

Having taken time to reflect on yesterday’s game I’m still absolutely gutted.  Another guilt edged opportunity to close the gap on the leaders and once again we blow it.  Can’t agree Salford we’re a better side than Walsall, just a different set up.  Walsall gave us space and room to run into, Salford played the game most lower clubs play, park the bus and wait for us to make a mistake and make us pay.   Why oh why can we not beat these teams,  games like this bore the shit out of me.  Some on here praising Salfords play,  I thought they were just bang on average.  Got to get back to winning ways,  just hope we don’t get the Bradford City ‘new manager bounce’ after their result yesterday.

It’s a worrying trend. Ahead against Rovers, Exeter and now Salford and only 1 point gained.

Chuck in the debacle v Colchester and it’s clear where the problem lies. Our defenders are more than good enough for L2 so Garner has to sort out the defensive organisation.

I think the truth is - there aren’t really any good teams in L2.

Garner has done extremely well to assemble a top 7 squad effectively twice. You can tell with his coaching the players we have are getting better and better (with a fresh new batch in January to try to mould). The issue with him which hopefully he can improve with experience is game management. McKirdy should have been taken off 10 mins sooner and I don’t even agree with keeping Davison on whose back was fucked. Think Davison was actually the player closest to the ball from the corner where the winner was scored.

I agree, one of the better sides we have faced at the CG I thought. Did their job well.

TBF we lost the game with 2 moments of bad defending, Salford didn't win the game as such.

We could have made us a bit tighter at the back when in front but we didn't both Barry and McGirty getting injured cost us as it meant we couldn't attack as freely so were forced into defending more, which we failed at.

Davison was treated very badly by the ref who was onbviously related to Turnbull as he never once gave a foul against him all game despite him almost bullying Davison all game and apparently injuring him too.

Just a bad day at the office...again....could easily have been a win but lack of concentration cost us at the back....again.

And sorry but JML adds nothing to the side when he comes on, we need another streiker option on the bench rather than JML and Parsons so when our strikers are injured as all 3 were yesterday we can at least bring on a comparable player to the one going off, which we only did with Williams yesterday.

Agree on JML. Offers nothing

I think Parsons shows more promise but he needs to go out on loan to Chippenham etc and get more game time as hes just not quite good enough at the moment, much as Twine wasn't when he first broke into the 1st team.

He needs to be starting matches to improve and L2 is a bit too big a jump for him currently.

I agree...Salford was not that good....average as you say....swindon just didnt take advantage of an opportunity.  Be it tired, hurt, etc....unfortunately we just dont have anyone on the bench to come in for the strikers when they get hurt...i think the defense is much much better than what was here before Christmas.  They just made mental mistakes, happens i guess, they are young. 
what is unfortunate, the whole process will start over again this summer...Town has been able to get a hold of some good players that could grow into a nice team but until they can buy them and keep them, it is just going to be ups and downs.

but make no mistake, Town lost that game, Salford did not win it.

Tbh that has been an improvement on much of the season.

Home and away support are night and day.

My IPTV was on the blink on Saturday so only caught the first half. From what I could tell Salford were organised and disciplined and we seemed to not quite be 'on it' as we ended Tuesday, which of course it to be expected. A few passes overhit and going out of play etc. The main incident of course was when Salford probably should have had a penalty and us a red card as their player was held back when trying to force the ball over the line. I couldn't believe at the time he failed to score (it looked over the line also) but replays show he was held back. That said, Salford didn't seem to make a big deal of it. We definitely had luck on our side there.

As stated I didn't see the second half but surprising to see McKirdy score from a corner. It's just a shame we couldn't see out the game. Not the end of the world despite the frustration of being 1 up and losing the game, hopefully will be a kick up the arse for the run in. Now to read back and see how wrong I am about the first half incident!!

Oh and I know he's a club legend but Bodin wasn't great on co-comms on Saturday. Don't get me wrong I bet it's a bloody difficult job but I think he was calling McKirdy, "McGurty" and mixed Salford up with Salisbury on one occasion. Minor gripes all told.

Did Mckirdy get injured during the goal celebration?

I asked that a couple of pages back: Clattered by Turnbull who conceded the corner.

Ignoring FGR the table is really tight from 2-8 separated by just 4 points. There are quite a few matches midweek where that will change but the run of 3 consecutive wins has really put us right back in the automatic promotion picture.

Nowhere near ready for that. Not got a strong enough spine without loans.

Maybe we do, maybe we don't. But the fact remains that we are only 4 points off second place currently and so we are definitely in with a shout. You are probably right about the lack of depth and with Barry now out for 3 weeks and McKirdy possibly with injury problems it's going to be a big test of character for what is a young team and squad overall.

Yes.

He was fine running into the celebration and could hardly walk afterwards.

Maybe it's because I notice it more,but we do seem to have more injuries than other sides and they're always months long rather than days. Or is that paranoia on my part?

I think he was injured during the goal but the adrenaline overcame the pain.

You can see him reaching for his ankle during the celebration

Not a bad attendance guess, pity about the scoreline.

The difference is now, we are not rushing them back so that mught be the reason it seems like players are out longer.

Havent read back and been busy...

Same old Swindon, just as we think we have turned the corner....wham!

Shame for the big gate.

Started to get slow in the final third again after Tuesdays fizzing at will.

Salford did well and were well organised.

How was the bar in the town end?

I think it was a horsebox with a load of cans in it.

It was in the car park. I didn't bother.

Honestly until the ground is developed, its a means to an end. At least this one isn't a fire hazard like the makeshift one Jed made. I'll take a can in a carpark for £4 or whatever is inevitably is over nothing.

Absolutely, beer>no beer if you need one and £4 a can is far cheaper than £7.50 a can of Carlsberg at Wembley.

If you want or need a beer then its an ideal cheap solution to a problem and with mark ups the club is likely to make a fair amount on matchdays, I see no problem with it.

I don’t know why you’d pay four pound to drink a can of carling out of a horse box when you’ve got a pub 200 yards away, but to each their own

agreed Dave, agreed.

However it was requested so you can't blame the club for giving it a go.

obviously a tunnel to the CGH is the proper solution

You can get a drink at half time which is a good thing. Probably will help boost the atmosphere from the people whose blood alcohol levels are dwindling…

Make the redeveloped Town End so big that it incorporates the CGH?

Because if you are in the pub then you won't be at the game, you cant go out and get a beer in the pub and get back into the ground, its not rocket surgery.

People inside the ground want a beer, the club are providing them with that.

Brain science?  :)

Exactalutely.

The Adver Sports Desk just tweeted that Jonny Williams and Louis Reed are 2 of 14 players whose contracts run out in the summer.

Which obviously is the complete opposite of what Rob Angus told you.  :hmmm:

Surely the Adver wouldn't have got it wrong...?

As a bastion of top class local journalism? Doubtful. Perhaps Quagmire/Rob Angus had consumed too much Carling, or other such substances from the Town End Horsebox.  :hmmm:

Just seen this myself, it’s definitely what he said though, so no idea.

Don't they have to be out of contract as we were unable to offer anything beyond 1 yr contracts when the signed last summer? That's not to say that they haven't signed extensions ala McKirdy etc and just not been announced yet?

Did anyone see if the townend bar was busy? Rob Angus said they have to see if it is cost effective. I can imagine they did fairly brisk trade.