Brentford FC v Swindon Town FC Official Matchday Thread

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Yes master Yoda ! :-)

P.S. Its not so much fun as the PDC interviews

Its safe to say you were the only one that understood his rants.

I don't think K-MAC is quite Malpas/Heart dull though. Footballs like that.

[Exiled Bob]

Some of the comments from Swindon fans on the radio are unbelievable. Fuck me, one defeat and everyone knew that KMac wasn't the right man for the job. Some morons even calling for him to be sacked.

I fucking despair with our fans sometimes. Get a reality check for goodness sake.

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4/9 points could so easily have been 9/9. 2 pens in there. Lets not panic yet..

Over to NMH for Fods...

[joteddyred]

We must owe somebody something. Can't believe we are up to wage cap again.. Wonder if its still the unpaid loan money (Coke, whoever)...

It surprises me that the FL allowed the takeover to complete if we owed money.  I would have thought their checks were stringent enough to highlight something like that?

We can't be up to the wage cap with our threadbare squad.  I'm concerned at the lack of communication from Jed and Co around why this has not been lifted to be honest.

[Nomoreheroes]

4/9 points could so easily have been 9/9. 2 pens in there. Lets not panic yet..

Over to NMH for Fods...

Sorry mate. Turned it off. Early start tomorrow. Off to kip..Bieeeeeeeeeee !

[Loobug]

Thought we played well in the first but didn't create that many openings and the signs of our defensive frailties were there. Brentford missed a couple of good chances although Wes was superb in coming out to narrow the angle for one of them. Mckeverly looks devoid of any kind of form, he can get a cross in but no where near often enough. Couldn't see what happened for the second but our general play was degenerating by this point anyway. I wonder if they were under orders to sit back and just screwed it up. Brentford pushed up a lot in the second and I thought we might hit them on the break but until we went long ball at he end we weren't looking like getting anything. Some might say the ref was bad tonight but I think he got most calls right, Brentford played for time and dived a lot - especially number 9 who looked like going down in the area anytime he got near enough. Douglas didn't look special but he was solid and efficient. Today was the first time in games I've been to this season where we were not the better team - at least for half a game.

[singingiiiffy]

Negative. They got on top 2nd half after making their subs. MacD did nothing to stop the shift of the game and you could see after the equaliser we weren't going to win. Again felt sorry for Adam Rooney being played on the wing. No logic. Miller doesn't do anything. We need players fast and we have been waiting too long. Apologies if he did at the half way line but I didn't see macD acknowledge the away fans at all and walked straight past looking at the floor the whole way

[lambourn red]

Just back to my hotel well that was disappointing in total control for three quarters of the game then we just got deeper and deeper . We desperately need another striker with a bit close control Williams just doesn't seem to be able to control the ball.great support tonight I don't know how many we're there but ther was not much room on the terrace.could not really see who's fault it was for the penalty Wes was a millisecond too late. the second goal was a awfull goal the guy had far too much time in the box oh well pissed off but still all to play for

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I don't know how many we're there but ther

Nearly 1500 I think.

[Ticker45]

From early days I have the horrible suspicion that there is no real money in the new board and until we are out of this embargo nothing will convince me otherwise and I fear that it may be too late anyway as time/matches are slipping away. If the new board are happy to be owners of mid-table mediocraties for next season then so be it, but it is not what the majority of fans were hoping for!

As for KMac I am not sure either, he may be well respected in the football community but appears far too acceptable of the lowering of standards that we would not have had under the previous incumbent, and seems prepared to adopt a meh attitude from the radio interviews as far as my hearing goes.

 

[singingiiiffy]

Just back to my hotel well that was disappointing in total control for three quarters of the game then we just got deeper and deeper . We desperately need another striker with a bit close control Williams just doesn't seem to be able to control the ball.great support tonight I don't know how many we're there but ther was not much room on the terrace.could not really see who's fault it was for the penalty Wes was a millisecond too late. the second goal was a awfull goal the guy had far too much time in the box oh well pissed off but still all to play for

crowd was 1500 I read somewhere. Poor atmosphere though. I was sat on tier above which was silent and terracing never seemed to get going like recent away games

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As for KMac I am not sure either, he may be well respected in the football community but appears far too acceptable of the lowering of standards that we would not have had under the previous incumbent

You may well end up being right, but what he says in public and what he does in private may be different things. Time will tell.

It was always going to be a major issue transitioning mid season when Black did one.

As for the new board, again we watch and wait. Difficult what to say much more given we don't know why the embargo is there...

[STFC_Chris]

Very much a game of two halves... unfortunately everything happened up the other end.

First half we were by far the better side and deserved our lead at the break. Second half you could see Brentford slowly working themselves into it, Collins went to warm up and I thought we were going to make a sub, 10 minutes later it was 1-1 and still no changes.

Thompson and Ferry played well. The formation put out on twitter beforehand had him on the right and Rooney up front. Looked more like a 451 with Rooney on the right and Ferry more advanced in the centre to me. That position seemed to work for him, so hopefully his days as a winger are over.

[Simon Pieman]

Difficult what to say much more given we don't know why the embargo is there...

Payments to Norwich for Chris Martin and the payment to Shrewsbury for Collins I thought?

[leefer]

Well having got home from work at 4ish i took the plunge and went.......a draw would have been fair but alas it was old Swindon tonight.....dicking a team for a good hour then throwing it away.

Now i was suprised to see K Macs after match comments v Walsall.....went on the lines of oh well we conceded late.....thats football for you.

Well after tonight i would want to know why Rafa isn't getting a start and why Luke Rooney is getting on in front of him...very strange.

Anyhow i feel we have the right man for the job.....he is on a learning curve but the Honeymoon is now over.

Glad i went for the couple of pints in the Griffin....great away support...and a pretty good performance....we were mugged tonight i feel but good teams are capable of grinding out a result...Brentford are a good team and dug deep.

Thompson for me tonight stood out and Ferry was good again.


Edit....and the Muppets who kept singing Chelsea songs............cringeworthy.