Official Swindon Town Vs Colchester United Matchday Thread

[Rich Pullen]

I'd be very, very suprised if there isn't some wheeling and dealing this week. We need more wheat and less chaffe!

Colchester are a better team than us, but we've got to do better at home.

It's still only game 3. Christ knows what we can expect next week, me thinks it won't be pretty.

A rubbish day.

[Nemo]

We were shit (apart from 20 minutes in the second half)

They were average

Ref was comical.

That should do me.

[sonic youth]

I'd be very, very suprised if there isn't some wheeling and dealing this week. We need more wheat and less chaffe!

ain't no one what wants our chaff though...for sure, for sure.

the wheat harvest has been ruined by a very wet summer anyway

[Batch]

Seems it was just me and nemo that thought Colchester were average and there for the taking had we 'clicked' going forward.
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What did JFW end up wearing to the game?

[DV]

I never said JPM was good, infact he was bloody awful today, he certainly wasnt alone in that.....however I think he is far from useless and offers this team something.

However, he is some what of a luxery player. When we are playing well and dominating the middle of the park he will see more of the ball out wide and deliver some good crosses.

When we are getting over ran in midfield and not passing the ball about he adds nothing to the team.

To me, McNamee is exactly the same. When we get the ball to him - he will use it well. When we dont get the ball to him at all, he might as well not be playing.

Against Tranmere we dominated in the middle and passed the ball well and both our wingers played well that match. Since that game we've lost the battle in the middle of the park and apart from 5 or 10 minutes here and there are wingers havent had the same impact as they did against Tranmere, both of them.

Wingers are the type of players that need service in order to produce their goods and today (esp in the first half when JPM was on) we didnt give either of them enough supply. Apart from the god awful corners JPM but a few decent crosses into the box in the first half but it was rare we gave him or McNamee the ball.

[STFC Bart]

Looks like a long hard season ahead. Our defence and midfield look totally inadequate.

Dont have the confidence that Malpas can get the right players in- he seems to have an issue attracting players to the club

[Rich Pullen]

Dont have the confidence that Malpas can get the right players in- he seems to have an issue attracting players to the club

I'll wait until the deadline - but he has a tough task this week... I don't blame him for losing out on Betsy, Jones and Mulgrew but yes, we need an inspirational move or get the money out.

[sonic youth]

Dont have the confidence that Malpas can get the right players in- he seems to have an issue attracting players to the club

there's a shock.

[deltaincline]

Anyone know what Malpas had to say after the match today? Cant find his interview on the bbc site.

[glos_robin]

well that was a bit of a disaster, if Aljofree or JP start again in the near future I won't be at all happy. Ifil effectively had to play centre back and Left back due to Aljofree's what looked like lazyness. Every time he got caught out of position he just slowly jogged back so Ifil had to make the challenge to save him. He needs to be stripped of the captaincy and removed from the team.
JPM well I've had enough of him, he's not very good and has a shit attitude, there was a lot of frustrated supporters today when it was 2-0 so there was some criticism levelled at him from the front of the DR stand and it looked like he mouthed off again, all the other players seem to be able to ignore it.
Smith needs to play in goal in the Paint Pot trophy to see what he looks like as Brez is out of confidence already, and Easton needs to be in the starting 11 EVERY week.

I fear for Malpas I really do, our next 4 matches are MK away (on form) Hereford away (shit form but hard place to go), Leeds (need I say more?) and Stockport away (hard place to go and we don't travel well). It is far from certain we'll get anything from those games and if we don't then Malpas will be under some real pressure. Too early to start panicing yet but it could be a very difficult period for MM.

[Batch]

Anyone know what Malpas had to say after the match today? Cant find his interview on the bbc site.

Roughly what they put on the OS, however the "flat atmosphere" bit left out where he said "because we didn't give the fans anything to shout about"...

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Interview/0,,10341~1372040,00.html

It was a bad day at the office, three shocking defensive errors and three goals," he lamented.

"If we can't defend, or we defend like we did, we'll never win a game. As a team we were poor in defence today, that's our Achilles heel.

"I'm disappointed with today, and disappointed for the fans because they have been excellent.

"I don't think it mattered what I said at half-time to the players; it couldn't get any worse. It was a Swindon I never want to see again, there was never any determination."

The Town boss said that his squad were a totally different side to one that played against Tranmere Rovers on the opening day.

"It was a flat game and a flat atmosphere.

"Colchester got three easy goals, and they'll be thanking their lucky stars."

"We were back in the game with the penalty but we didn't do enough to get anything more.

"Today we fell miles short of our standards; hopefully the players will come back on Monday determined."

Malpas expressed that the focus on Monday will be on the team and not who they face in the next game.

"It doesn't matter who we play, its how Swindon Town perform, forget about who we play, it's about what type of performance we produce.

"It's important we get a team that can defend and the back four needs to stand up and be counted."

'We're bitterly disappointed that's for sure," added the boss.

[Arriba]

the bloke is doomed and it's only a matter of time before he's gone.not my want to have him out but the crowd turned early today.alot are waitinbg for the earliest opportunity to slate the bloke.
had one absolute prick in the arkells boo the team when they came out after half time,then when the twat on the mike said "swindon town" he booed again.also went beserk when ifil was rightly booked for his lunge.we have quite a few pricks like that so called supporting stfc sadly

[dell boy]

First half was awful.
The ref having a mare brought the ground alive.
Cant belive that goal was disallowed, hit the bar, and of course the penalty.
Depressed first half, but I actually enjoyed the second half, so we lost to a poorish side, but I'm going to look at a positive.

Marshall, doesn't know where he is going at times, but I enjoyed his enthusiasm and pace, yes pace to burn, I think we have a winner with the lad.

[Arriba]

someone tell me why aljofree is getting so much stick? he looked the only one in the back four who didn't have at least one major fuck up today.

[michael]

JPM well I've had enough of him, he's not very good and has a shit attitude, there was a lot of frustrated supporters today when it was 2-0 so there was some criticism levelled at him from the front of the DR stand and it looked like he mouthed off again, all the other players seem to be able to ignore it.

If we're thinking of the same incident then this happened just after he blocked a Colchester through ball and the ricochet ended up in the stands, it looked to me like JP was apologising to whomever he hit?