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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:15:45 » |
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Wouldn't see too many sad Town fans if he is taken off the field on a stretcher tonight I shouldn't imagine.
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:18:38 » |
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That's a comment worthy of thisis.
Speaking of which there are some corkers on there already, thisis readers come into their own with stories like this
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:22:14 » |
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FWIW I cant really blame Austin for leaving..... OK, he might not have gone about it in the best way, unlike Cox, but lets face it he was single handedly trying to keep us up that season !! He jumped the sinking ship, no question, but wouldn't most of us done the same ? Risk staying, be relegated and lose a "big" move - or take the chance In any other walk of life he would be congratulated on his timing  |
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:23:50 » |
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Hands up how many of you said 'cunt' when reading this headline!
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Boy About Town
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:24:50 » |
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That's a comment worthy of thisis.
Speaking of which there are some corkers on there already, thisis readers come into their own with stories like this
I do not post on thisis, perhaps you could post it for me if you wish. Austin mugged the club off, hardly a good interview about the club that gave him the chance to shine, he would not be at Burnley if it were not for our club. We would have survived had he not left. Simple. |
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:26:41 » |
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I am certainly in the 'Austin is a bit of a dick' camp and this interview only reaffirms that opinion.
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:26:57 » |
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Austin mugged the club off, hardly a good interview about the club that gave him the chance to shine, he would not be at Burnley if it were not for our club. We would have survived had he not left. Simple.
Maybe, but then we wouldn't have got relegated, thus probably not appointed Di Canio and subsequently not won silverware |
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:27:42 » |
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Hopefully Austin will have a stinker tonight then carry on banging the goals in for Burnley for the rest of the season. I'm assuming Fitton added a sell on clause of around 20%?
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« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:28:33 » |
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FWIW I cant really blame Austin for leaving..... OK, he might not have gone about it in the best way, unlike Cox, but lets face it he was single handedly trying to keep us up that season !! He jumped the sinking ship, no question, but wouldn't most of us done the same ? Risk staying, be relegated and lose a "big" move - or take the chance In any other walk of life he would be congratulated on his timing I agree with this, even though i was extremely fucked off at the time. Hes won me too much money anyway to care |
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:30:58 » |
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This has been done to death but FWIW he didn't owe us anything and he made a move that was best for his career.
99% of us would have probably done the same in his position.
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:40:08 » |
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Wouldn't see too many sad Town fans if he is taken off the field on a stretcher tonight I shouldn't imagine.
Grow up. We would have survived had he not left. Simple.
It's not simple at all and, although we can never prove it, my hunch is that you're wrong about this. When Austin left us, we were in 20th place on 29 points (from 26 games). Rovers and Yeovil were immediately below us, both on 27 points and both with a game in hand. We were hardly sitting pretty. The squad was beset by factions and the Manager did not seem to want to fix this. He had also run out of ideas. We were heading down, and Charlie Austin knew it. I know that football inspires a lot of passion, but find all this 'hero one minute, villain the next', black & white, for us or against us rubbish is all a bit childish. Charlie Austin came to Swindon as a gamble, did very well for us, and then - when he saw the mess that STFC was mired in - took the hint and moved on to better things. He owes us nothing. |
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:53:58 » |
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He owes us nothing.
Disagree with this massively. I think be does also, after all, why be interviewed on Sky and thank Poole and Bournemouth (and not Swindon) for helping his career? The bloke's a Grade A cock who I have no liking for at all - he's Michael Rose with talent. |
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 08:54:32 » |
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Also he went to Burnley and got crocked almost instantly with a pre-existing shoulder injury. If he'd have done that at Town we'd have still gone down and sold him for even less in the summer.
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With our recent results against higher league opposition, they're there for the taking.
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