Swindon Town FC v Oldham Athletic AFC Official Matchday Thread

[Langers]

That was very frustrating.

We played well but we need 15 chances before we score one.

Rooney's goal was brilliant, spurs trio looked good.

Big game Monday.

[Flashheart]

Quick summary, I still think 4-5-1 gives us plenty of the ball but not enough threat.

Would we be saying that if we took only half of the sitters we had?

[TheMajorSTFC]

Frustration is the word for us fans at home right now. We should (and I stress should) be pressuring teams and putting the ball in the back of the net more often, let alone be winning games at home against teams who are far lower than us. I won't blame KMac at all, as it's the players on the pitch missing chances...how many did Collins/Rooney miss combined after they came on? Great finish by Rooney though for the equaliser! I don't think Ferry is a RM, and Gary Roberts is utter fucking shite IMO. Spurs trio impressed me, although the lad named MOM wanted a few too many touches at times. The good news is that we return to playing away, so don't be surprised to see us win the next 3! Play Offs would still be a good achievement, however I feel it's a big opportunity missed for the autos right now...6 games to go, C.O.Y.R!!!

[DV]

Playing ourselves out of it at the moment. Even before today's game it was still in our hands and we dropped it again.

Not sure how many more times it'll swing back in our favour now.

[Batch]

Would we be saying that if we took only half of the sitters we had?

Yes. We looked much more threatening with two strikers in 4-4-2. We looked creative early doors 4-5-1 (4-3-3) but not much until we switched. To me anyway. I'm not saying its a Paul Heart negative 4-5-1. It much higher pressured, further up the pitch than that.

Whether it was a change of system, or fatigue from them and superior fitness from us would be a fair enough debate though.

[ronnie21]

Can anybody explain why, with five minutes to go and us pressing for a winner, that the pa bursts into life with birthday messages.  The cunt should be sacked!!!

[Arriba]

The one thing we needed more than anything else in the loan market was a forward. Been a obvious problem for a while and if we don't go up the lack of taking chances will be why. If ever a team could have had the league sewn up by Easter it was us.
Such a strange divison this season.

[joteddyred]

Playing ourselves out of it at the moment. Even before today's game it was still in our hands and we dropped it again.

Not sure how many more times it'll swing back in our favour now.

Dead right and I said the same on the way home.  It's no longer in our hands when it still should have been.

Can anybody explain why, with five minutes to go and us pressing for a winner, that the pa bursts into life with birthday messages.  The cunt should be sacked!!!

It was totally and utterly bizarre.  I don't know what he was thinking, assume he forgot to read them at half time and suddenly realised?

[Batch]

It was totally and utterly bizarre.  I don't know what he was thinking, assume he forgot to read them at half time and suddenly realised?

It got the reception it deserved.

[Abrahammer]

Dead right and I said the same on the way home.  It's no longer in our hands when it still should have been.

It will be again if we do the business Monday, we have been getting results away from home which has been compensating for the home form.

[Batch]

It will be again if we do the business Monday, we have been getting results away from home which has been compensating for the home form.

Technically it won't, unless Sheff U lose.

[Abrahammer]

Well yea but 4 points over this weekend would have been the target, it will just have to be done the hard way.

[LucienSanchez]

Out strikers are costing us dear... When Collins went through 1-on-1, there was no roar of anticipation from the crowd - that is how bad our strikers are at finishing, and how little faith anyone has in them.

McCormack went back to making a costly mistake from full-back again, which is a shame after his performance last week.

Enjoyed the Spurs lads' performances, the bloke behind me thought they were all shit (and was happy to repeat it ad nauseum) so when Luongo got MotM, it was a sweet moment.

I can't believe some of the stick being given to KMac on BBC Wilts post-game. We are playing good football, creating chances, and trying to keep it down and pass, yet some dickheads seem to think we are boring, long-ball hoof merchants. I genuinely believe we play better football now than we did under PdC - it's just not going right in the final third. It's been a while since I listened to the radio on the way home, and it will be even longer until I do again.

[joteddyred]

Out strikers are costing us dear... When Collins went through 1-on-1, there was no roar of anticipation from the crowd - that is how bad our strikers are at finishing, and how little faith anyone has in them.

It is a real problem and I mentioned in last week's thread that it's a monkey on  our backs at home now.  The chances seem to get easier and the misses worse.  When a decent chance comes along, the crowd are now fully expecting it to be missed hence there's no real excitement.  With the Collins 1-1, the chap behind me said 'let's see another one go to waste', which was sadly what happened.

[corner]

The ref was awful  Williams is shit we should have won and I'm not going to wembly again, so we beta practice our goal scoring all weekend and win the rest of our games......