Swindon V Rovers Matchday Thread.

[adje]

Deev,that is the biggest "if" since "if my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle".I really felt that we would beat Rovers today and we should have

[Crozzer]

I don't think that Byrne made the players loose confidence. it took Malpas to do that.  I believe he tried to make the players do things that they were not capable of, violating one of God's (Clough's) commandments.   Yes, accommodating Macca seems to be Byrne's brainchild.  He is letting the players get back into their own way of playing, and building confidence.

Aljofree is not the answer in defence or captain.  

[Arriba]

fuck it,a bit gutted but a draw is a good result today.

[Simon Pieman]

I don't think that Byrne made the players loose confidence. it took Malpas to do that.  I believe he tried to make the players do things that they were not capable of, violating one of God's (Clough's) commandments.   Yes, accommodating Macca seems to be Byrne's brainchild.  He is letting the players get back into their own way of playing, and building confidence.

Aljofree is not the answer in defence or captain.  

So then why is Byrne putting players in their unnatural positions too? I'm not trying to slag him off too much as we've got a couple of decent points in the last 2 games, but this sudden 'Byrne is alright attitude' after loads of people were slagging him off two weeks ago amazes me.

[Rich Pullen]

Yeah ultimately an okay result. I'd have taken a point away from home but the circumstances always leave you a little bit gutted.

[Arriba]

byrne takes risks and i like him for it(whether i agree or not)
he is deffo making a mark on the side.to me it shows what a fucking waste of space malpas was.

i'd give bynre a few weeks to show if he is worthy of the job.there is no need to rush anyone in

[Simon Pieman]

I disagree. If Byrne is worthy of the job give it to him now, because if he isn't, by the time the new appointment comes in, he won't have much time to assess the squad and be ready for the transfer window.

The longer it goes on, the longer we'll get a Malpas situation again.

[BANGKOK RED]

You mean the same Paynter who set up both the goals?

You mean the same Paynter who set up both goals whilst playing up front after being moved up from midfield?

[Simon Pieman]

You mean the same Paynter who set up both goals whilst playing up front after being moved up from midfield?

Yes, so the original argument is pretty much a non-entity. It wasn't working, it got changed.

[Don Rogers Shop]

Hows it a non argument? Surely it shows he is not a midfielder. Fair play though its refreshing to have a nanager have the bollocks to change it

[DMR]

Why on god's green earth was he there in the first place?

[Simon Pieman]

Hows it a non argument? Surely it shows he is not a midfielder. Fair play though its refreshing to have a nanager have the bollocks to change it

Well it wasn't the reason we didn't get 3 points. Neither was Joyce starting. From what I could hear on the radio, we were lucky to get anything at all, which in that respect makes it a good point.

Had he kept that position throughout the match I would fully agree with your point. Incidentally, I think that same reason why we were losing to Leicester until the last 10 minutes.

[Simon Pieman]

Why on god's green earth was he there in the first place?

Probably because he'd played there the last game for a large part of it. Although I thought he was wasted there. We're a bit fucked without Cox.

[flammableBen]

Why on god's green earth was he there in the first place?

I wasn't there, but maybe some mad experiment of having somebody who could come back and break up play when we weren't in possession, and get forward when we were.

Fair play to Byrne for changing things early when it wasn't working. That's the biggest indication that he might be the man for the job I've seen (heard) so far, pretty strong move.

I'm still not really backing a manger though, don't really mind who gets it. I'll support them anyway and being negative about people just so you might have a chance to say "I told you so" is only clever when you're 7.

[pauld]

I cant agree with all this "good point" business,if you concede a 94th minute equaliser due to indiscipline it's a bad point in my book

With the greatest of respect adje, that's bollocks. Wovers bombarded us for the last 20 minutes and the lads stood up well - without that we could have conceded a lot sooner. We were right behind Phillips' goal so I couldn't say what was the direct cause of conceding it but it looked a good strike and like I say we'd done well to hang on that long. Gutted walking away because if we'd held on for another minute we'd have won but if you'd offered me 2-2 and another strong battling performance when we got in the ground, I'd have taken it. Good game, especially considering it was a derby and a good away point, especially as we were without Cox whereas they still had League 1's other leading goalscorer