Official Swindon Town Vs Colchester United Matchday Thread

[Bushey Boy]

Nah just fucked off lost 10-0 last week, dont mind losing but its how you lose.  Coupled with a pricey day at Cheltenham and decided to take a few weeks off playing and watching.  Saying that im off for a hot choclate and bed!

[DV]

Bloody hell Ash, you appear to have aged about 30 years since I last saw you!!

Whats the deal with the 10-0 defeat, who were you playing. Same team for you next year?.....are you still the goal keeper?

[janaage]

Think that's the effect a good woman has on you DV, although I could be wrong.

[herthab]

Poor team performance yesterday, nobody looked on their game.

After listening to Malpas on the radio, I think the players are in for a world of shit on Monday.

Three games into the new season (I'm only counting league games) is way too early to judge anything. Didn't Swansea have a poor start last season? Orient were flying this time last year and where did they finish?

Let's keep a bit of perspective FFS. Disappointing? Very. End of our season/start of a relegation battle/let's look for a new manager/which players should we get rid of? Don't be silly......

[JOHNNY REEVES]

we were poor ,realy bad first half but then again i quite enjoyed the secound half-untill they scored their third.the ref was pants so many bad decisions how did he not give them a pen? why did he diss-allow the secound of our two .All in all we have to be a lot better all over the park and also play for 90 mins if we could do that we should finish well up the table.
I also think they should get fans back in the town end it,s like a library at the county ground at the moment.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

The TE was better yesterday but only in the second half when the ref was being a cunt. It's almost like we need something to spark the crowd really.

[Bushey Boy]

Indeed DV I am getting old.  Yeah went in goal as our new keeper didnt turn up but went out on pitch second half.

Back to Swindon, we are a good team but need to become consistant, need to get more hard to beat instead of trying fancy footy all the time! Keep the faith

[Reg Smeeton]

Poor team performance yesterday, nobody looked on their game.

After listening to Malpas on the radio, I think the players are in for a world of shit on Monday.

Three games into the new season (I'm only counting league games) is way too early to judge anything. Didn't Swansea have a poor start last season? Orient were flying this time last year and where did they finish?

Let's keep a bit of perspective FFS. Disappointing? Very. End of our season/start of a relegation battle/let's look for a new manager/which players should we get rid of? Don't be silly......

 I'd agree on keeping perspective, but already there are a number of indicators that suggest we should be worried...

 Swansea had an average start from 3 games a win, a draw (Forest) and an opening day defeat....ours not a lot different except the nature of the defeats.

 Losing to Cheltnumb is an indicator of problems.....I think they'll struggle to stay up. fair play to them, they make the most of small resources. The problem is we know the away form is patchy at best....does anybody expect anything other than losing at MKD?
 A draw would be creditable, and be an indicator of a competitive team.

 Losing at home to ColU is also an indicator of problems...OK last season they were in the CCC, but that was their first away win since Jan 1st....they've lost a few players and brought in a couple of newbies, but its a lot of the same fellas, so they're not exactly bristling with confidence on the road themselves.

 In essence they were gifted 3 points by basic incompetence....

 Now the perspective bit, is that it should be evident to the management team where and what the problems are, so that they can be rectified and not revisited. Now to my mind that is their job....if they can do something about it, over say the next 4 or 5 games, all well and good, if not then they should be sacked, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

[alanmayes]

Looking at the upcoming fixtures with the majority away,including a JPT game at Aldershot,
if a losing streak continues,the home game with Millwall at the start of october could be D Day.

[michael]

Oh dear, are we talking about sacking MM already?

Poor MM   

[Reg Smeeton]

Oh dear, are we talking about sacking MM already?

Poor MM   

 Roll over Leeds and an awful lot of shit can be forgiven...

[alanmayes]

Oh dear, are we talking about sacking MM already?

Poor MM  

I don't think anyone is yet calling for his dismissal.All that's being said is that the pressure on
him will increase significantly, if we get into a endless run of defeats.Hopefully we can scrape
2 draws at MKD and Hereford,but with our defence anything is possible.

[Simon Pieman]

Yesterday showed we shouldn't make scapegoats. We were a shoddy team in the first half and an improved team in the second. The whole of the back four was poor. You can slate Casal (per his previous games), Aljofree or yesterday make an example of Smith, but nobody knows who they are marking - it's poor. Much improvement needs to be done in that whole department and a leader is needed. It's not individuals.

I know he made a crucial error but Smith should not drop his head when there is still a game on. He ran it to the byline at one point and you could visibly see his head drop when he only won a corner. Which I felt typified the performance - apart from Cox who was fired up? The CM pairing bottled it and I was much happier with Easton and Peacock in there. However, I do feel we were given far more room to breathe in the second half when the opposition tried to hang on to their lead.

We are committing some very basic errors which can be solved. They were present from day one of this season and perhaps the pre-season (in part). These issues need to be addressed ASAP or we will be relegation fodder. There is plenty of time and it's so early on that there is not a need to panic. In fact, cool heads would benefit all on and off the pitch. 10 games on and if I'm stil venting my frustrations week on week then I may conclude then something more drastic needs doing.

[janaage]

I must admit my view for the second goal was poor, so I didn't see Jack's mistake, but I really hope he doesn't, as you say Si, let his head drop.  He was the only defender yesterday who, constantly looked for the short ball from Brez, and whenever the ball came to him off the ground he looked to get it down.  The other three were happy hoofing it forward.  People are me weren't too impressed with Jack, but I do think he was looking to play the game at least.  Kanyuka looked pretty ropey, but I'll put that down to a lack of first team action.

[dell boy]

I must admit my view for the second goal was poor, so I didn't see Jack's mistake, but I really hope he doesn't, as you say Si, let his head drop.  He was the only defender yesterday who, constantly looked for the short ball from Brez, and whenever the ball came to him off the ground he looked to get it down.  The other three were happy hoofing it forward.  People are me weren't too impressed with Jack, but I do think he was looking to play the game at least.  Kanyuka looked pretty ropey, but I'll put that down to a lack of first team action.

Jack Smith was getting plenty of support from our section of the ground thought he was best player from a bad bunch in the first half, terrible mistake though.
Kanuyka, I was so disappointed with this guy I'd heard so many good comments, he can't jump, and is a carthorse (I could beat him in a sprint) and thesafety first tactics really piss me off, lets see a bit of football knowledge and skill, not once did he try to lay the ball back to Brez when pressed by a forward when caught out wide, just nodded it or kicked it straight into touch.