Swindon Town FC v Oldham Athletic AFC Official Matchday Thread

[THE FLASH]

We got three great loanees....a sharp looking defender who filled in for Thompson and two superb midfielders who created chances for? Oh dear.....this is where our loan deal fails us.....NO fucking striker!!!!  

We got the pace now but we need that finisher but alas its too late and I feel we are royally fucked now.

The ref today was a fucking joke and should be fucked off to ref matches at Chippenham and Leek Town, he was embarrassing.

A great goal by Rooney but he too missed some sitters....it's all getting too much now.

At least we will know where we will end up at the end of these three away games......second or seventh for me please.....I couldn't bear another fuck up at Wembley.

I did dream that we came from behind to dump out Bmuff with two goals in injury time........I have a dream!

See you all at Donny....I'm more confident of getting something up there.

[Berniman]

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!!!

This

[leefer]

That was hard work...why does it take us to go a goal down to show passion.

Lets show it from the off....Alan Mac and Ferry....totally outclassed by the new boys today.

Thought they both had off days at the office.

[Bogus Dave]

regarding the birthday announcements, I saw the marketing Exec (name escapes me) walk up the stairs to the press box just beforehand. I'm guessing they forgot to do it at half time

[pewshamrobin]

The current system is frustrating we have no width and struggle to get behind teams......playing 1-5-4 at home with Williams as a lone striker with no service against a physical team battling relegation is not good tactics. This formation is a counter attacking line up for away games.
Yes we seem to be playing better passing football but the fast attacking game with wingers we played under PDC was more effective, yes we have lost ritchie but we could play de vita or l rooney to give us this width. Spurs boys all played well most impressed but as others said we needed a striker cant see us getting autos now so many points lost at home in draws.

[dagrumpymunki]

I think that we have to accept that this run of results back at the beginning of the year:

5-0 v Tranmere - 21 Dec
5-0 v Pompey - 1 Jan
4-0 v Carlisle - 5 Jan
2-0 v Shrewsbury - 19 Jan

has kind of fucked our home form for the rest of the season. Everyone since then has come with the intention of defending tight to get a point, with the hope that they might nick a goal and get all three.

[ronnie21]

regarding the birthday announcements, I saw the marketing Exec (name escapes me) walk up the stairs to the press box just beforehand. I'm guessing they forgot to do it at half time

Well the announcer and the marketing exec should both be sacked then.  At lest when he tried another one the crowd shouted him down!!

[Honkytonk]

playing 1-5-4 at home with Williams as a lone striker with no service against a physical team battling relegation is not good tactics. This formation is a counter attacking line up for away games.

This, sir, is pure and utter bollocks.

How many chances did we get? How many shots on target? How many toe pokes from 6 yards would we have needed to simply get a touch on to win today? Simply put, it's not the formation, it's the conversion rate that's the problem. Saying 4-5-1 is shit unless you're playing away from home is fucking idiotic, even more so when you quote it the wrong way round.

I don't often get riled up, particularly on here, but after being at a game where our lone striker, bereft of confidence, is booed for a full fucking hour by his own fans I am pretty fucking appalled at the knuckle-dragging arsebaggery on display from our own supporters. He can't score because he's low on confidence. How the fuck is he going to get any back by his own supporters booing him.

Heard little singing today, way too much bloody moaning and booing. Fucking disgusted to call myself a town fan.

[ronnie21]

A clear foul as we went forward, the linesman saw it and flagged vigorously, the ref ignored it and played on, the linesman put his flag down and ran back to catch up with play.  The cunt should grow a pair and stand his ground.  Flint almost had his shirt taken off in their penalty area, ref was about six steps directly behind him and gave a goal kick.  He was bad, very bad - but he was fair!!

[Summerof69]

regarding the birthday announcements, I saw the marketing Exec (name escapes me) walk up the stairs to the press box just beforehand. I'm guessing they forgot to do it at half time

They could have done them after the final whistle.

[Señor]

I didn't hear any booing of Williams, or anyone, in the DRS and not much moaning considering the amount of chances being missed in the last 6 home games. I think the majority of fans have been fairly reserved in the slating of the players, there just hasn't been much in the way of encouragement lately.

[Saxondale]

The referee was a cunt and Oldham were an anti football team.

That is all.

[Honkytonk]

A clear foul as we went forward, the linesman saw it and flagged vigorously, the ref ignored it and played on, the linesman put his flag down and ran back to catch up with play.  The cunt should grow a pair and stand his ground.  Flint almost had his shirt taken off in their penalty area, ref was about six steps directly behind him and gave a goal kick.  He was bad, very bad - but he was fair!!

Oh god, don't get me started on the fucking ref today...

I didn't realise attempting to gouge out Andy Williams' eyes wasn't a red card offence. And the tackle from behind on Ferry just prior to that was vicious and had nothing of getting the ball about it.

And that fat bastard Croft was a dirty dirty cunt too who should have seen an early bath.

God Oldham played the ref today...

[Ardiles]

I'm not sure which is more frustrating...to create as many chances as that, and only put one away; or to create next to nothing.  Not a bad game, all in all.  But you cannot expect to go up when you waste as many opportunities as we do.  Rooney's over-head kick was probably one of only a handful I've ever seen at the County Ground, so fair play there.  But such a shame he couldn't put the simpler chances away later on.

On the plus side, my two little lads were stars today.  Today was never meant to be their first game.  Spur of the moment decision at the breakfast table this morning.  But they were brilliant.  We were in our seats for 80+ minutes of the game (only lost 10 or so to toilet breaks) and they threw themselves right in to 'Come on you Reds!' for most of it.  Can't say they understood all that much, but their faces when the goal went in (or rather when the roar that followed it went up) were a picture.  Favourite player for both of them is Wes because he's allowed to pick the ball up and he wears a different colour to the rest of them.  You can't fault logic like that.

[leefer]

I'm not sure which is more frustrating...to create as many chances as that, and only put one away; or to create next to nothing.  Not a bad game, all in all.  But you cannot expect to go up when you waste as many opportunities as we do.  Rooney's over-head kick was probably one of only a handful I've ever seen at the County Ground, so fair play there.  But such a shame he couldn't put the simpler chances away later on.



On the plus side, my two little lads were stars today.  Today was never meant to be their first game.  Spur of the moment decision at the breakfast table this morning.  But they were brilliant.  We were in our seats for 80+ minutes of the game (only lost 10 or so to toilet breaks) and they threw themselves right in to 'Come on you Reds!' for most of it.  Can't say they understood all that much, but their faces when the goal went in (or rather when the roar that followed it went up) were a picture.  Favourite player for both of them is Wes because he's allowed to pick the ball up and he wears a different colour to the rest of them.  You can't fault logic like that.

Brilliant that.