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« Reply #15 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 16:48:06 » |
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DV, come on, we arent usually that quiet for the opener!
Was talking about this a lot on saturday, and Gazza I agree 100 per cent. Swindon supporters do seem to have trouble accepting managers that are not either household names or ex players. King got a lot of the same treatment, but it didnt seem to impact on the atmosphere the same way it has with Malpas.
Just seems we dont have enough confidence in ourselves to back a man who hasnt done things at other clubs.
A big problem was that Malpas didnt make the team play as well as they were under Budgie and Williams, but that is no longer true. The team are playing excellent football, and Malpas has been able to sign some excellent players. What Malpas has to prove now is that he can get the team to compete away from home.
We have to start backing Malpas because at the moment we just seem to have lost so much fire in our bellies as supporters. Everyones noticed it, it started with the Cheltenham home game which was dead and hopefully its going to end now. You could pass it off last season because the season finnished so early, but not any more, theres no excuse. That was the deadest opening game Ive ever watched at Swindon. Its not just an atmosphere thing, there just wasnt that much enthusiasm or passion for the team. I found it pretty sad and embaressing to be honest.
This season isnt going to be much fun unless the fans start to geniunely accept Malpas. Just seems too bitter a pill to swallow for some supporters, especially some of the younguns.
Its enough of the 'We are Fittons red and White army' for me, Im going to sing we are Malpas' red and white army tuesday.
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« Reply #18 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 16:53:00 » |
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Just seems we dont have enough confidence in ourselves to back a man who hasnt done things at other clubs.
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:00:23 » |
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The atmosphere was pretty crap for an opener.
This should be a season where the atmosphere is better than previous seasons, mainly because a lot of the town enders have moved to the DRS, which has been historically quiet in recent times. When the TE is up for it they are really good, unfortunately it hardly ever happens. For some reason I found it pretty difficult to get in to it yesterday. I think the trip away next week will hopefully ignite some passion.
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Was i at the wrong match!....i thaught the atmosphere was decent if not brilliant,it will get better...as omeone who drives around scotland with work regularly i know that MM has a good reputation and we were lucky to get him....honestly because hes highly regarded north of the border.It would be good to get the town end and intel chantimg together ie...we are Sturrocks red and white army was brilliant.
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:21:45 » |
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Thats a really good point.
I agree but saying that we were fully behind Macari, Ardiles, Hoddle & Muckmarn when they were appointed but not MM whereas MM has more 1st team games played and more international caps than all of those players with the exception of Ardiles...who has 8 more caps, just because he wasnt as well known in England. As for the atmosphere, I was dissapointed with it from the TE but Tranny hardly sang anything at all so there was no "fan banter" at all, they were one of the quietest sets of fans in years so it wasnt hugely surprising that the atmosphere was a bit flat. |
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:28:54 » |
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I was in the south stand and the Tranmere fans were a lot louder than Swindon. Even at 3-0 they still mustered more chants than us. But its got nothing to do with Tranmere really.
What about Luton last year, that was good?
Malpas might have the caps, but he isnt a name, not to your average Town fan.
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Our atmosphere was pants, when we sang "Maurice Malpas sexy football" everyone just sort of looked at us....
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« Reply #25 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:43:24 » |
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Real fans dont support NAMES.....they support whoever is the manager....and in the Town End i didnt hear the Tranny fans sing once.I do think one Big signing could have been the icing and couldve got us close to the magic 6000....but ime very happy because i look at Luton,Bournemouth etc and realise how close we were to oblivion as a footy club.....bring on the rangers.
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« Reply #26 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:48:47 » |
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Real fans dont support NAMES.....they support whoever is the manager....and in the Town End i didnt hear the Tranny fans sing once.I do think one Big signing could have been the icing and couldve got us close to the magic 6000....but ime very happy because i look at Luton,Bournemouth etc and realise how close we were to oblivion as a footy club.....bring on the rangers.
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« Reply #27 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:52:50 » |
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Considering it was the first time in about 5 years we start the season at home, I thought the atmosphere was very quiet. Pre-match in the pub was great with that new season optimism which was in full flow at The Town End when we went 2-0 up. After 3-0 it all went quiet! No interaction between The Town End and The DR Stand either which I thought was odd. A few of us tried to start a 'Maurice Malpas Sexy Football!' chant but nobody seemed to want to join in. So all in all, the last half hour of the game was played in a very strange atmosphere considering we were 3-0 up against a team that many of us would have been happy to get a draw against!
Lets hope we can raise the roof against QPR!
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« Reply #28 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 17:54:16 » |
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Just seems we dont have enough confidence in ourselves to back a man who hasnt done things at other clubs.
I think it's more to do with the fact his name doesn't really fit into any songs |
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« Reply #29 on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 18:02:26 » |
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The atmosphere was pretty crap for an opener.
This should be a season where the atmosphere is better than previous seasons, mainly because a lot of the town enders have moved to the DRS, which has been historically quiet in recent times.
This is one of the reasons why expected a morgue yesterday...namely TEnders moving elsewhere, which is bound to dilute noise. Apart from teh nursery I don't think I've ever heard a song from the DRS and certainly never from the Arkells. The TE was better than I thought.....the problem (if viewed as such) is that the emphasis on season tickets and cheap deals for kids, means more family types. It's just as well, as your typical lad...namely 16-26, these days probably sports a ManUre tattoo and just watches games on the box. |
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