Stevenage v Swindon Town Official Matchday Thread

[joteddyred]

Thanks NMH.  Similar summation from most of the away games this season.  We didn't turn up.

As for the comment about not knowing whether Hall has a future at Left Back.  I think we all know the answer to that ....

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

I don't get to many games nowadays, this is only the third this season, I enjoyed the game at Brentford, although we didn't win, and the game at Colchester where we won. so that's the context.

However, I can't remember witnessing such an appalling load of rubbish in all my years watching the Town (I'm sure there have been worse performances, but I can't remember one).

No skill, no desire, no fight no clue.

And we were playing the team at the bottom of the table, so I think we have the right to expect the team to compete.

I watched it with Flash, and I don't think his report will be as complimentary as mine

[OrangeTransits]

If they hadn't been on Rangers Crack Pipe on the way up on the Coach. They most definitely had by the start of the second half. Terrible performance all round. Really not sure about making the trek down to Gillingham now as most will be that showed up and watched that shambles tonight. The Corner where no one realised Pritchard was off the pitch and no one else was making there way to take it was comical.

[THE FLASH]

just got back to the hotel...will read back through.

highlight was sharing a few jokes to Nice bloke really.......that was it....

we looked out of sorts and out of thoughts.

piss poor passing and no shape or movement.

every player was pish, Pritchard got my vote for mom but even he gave the ball away for the first goal and fumbled a gilt edged chance thar Ranger set up on a plate.

it was shit....look forward to seeing what Cooper has to say about that.

Stevenage are poor and will be down there come the end....hopefully we have enough in the tank.

Roll on Chav central but im not confident after that.

[FormerlyPlymRed]

Just back and that was fucking shit. At times it was Macclesfield bad.

1st goal - wtf was Wes doing giving it to Pritchard 20 yards from our own goal? Shit touch from Pritchard and its a goal.
2nd goal - I don't even know what happened, it was our fucking throw in and somehow 15 seconds later we concede a pen.

No fucking desire, passion, energy or ambition tonight.

Wes - distribution was pretty shit all game, takes SOO much time on goal kicks even when we were 2-0 down. URGENCY
Hall - Not a left back. Got done so many times I cant believe he stayed at LB all game.
Branco - my MOM tonight (not saying much). Made a few good tackles, composed on ball and made a few runs forward towards the end. My question, why on earth has it only been the last two games this lad has played?
Ward - distribution awful as per although options forward were poor.
Thompson - What the fuck has happened to him? he was shite tonight and has been for a while.
All of them couldn't cope with the directness of Stevenage and the long/high balls.

Pritchard - Corners were fucking atrocious. few good turns and move but no end product.
Mason - Doesn't look like he gives a shit which pisses me right off as I think he could be quality if he tried - shirks too many 50 - 50s.
Kasim - played ok, few good tackles and runs forward
Loungo - so many loose passes and no urgency whatsoever
N'Guessan - Was he even playing? did fuck all the time he was on. If we play him, play him up top not out wide.
Everything was so fucking slow and pedestrian it was painful! Stevenage cut through them at ease despite us playing with one more bloody player in midfield!! Also, if Ranger is going to hold the ball up or head it on, someone has to go beyond the striker and gamble as he needs support!!

Ranger - didn't win a single header the entire game, looked disinterested second half. I would say that the balls up to him were pretty shite all game and he had no service either.

Positives - Barker looked half decent when he came on, few good runs and confident on ball
               Storey looked threatening although he refused to shoot a couple of times when he could have done imo, lacking in confidence?

Sorry for the essay but fucking hell that was shite and fair play to the other 327 who bothered, shame the team didn't. 

[FormerlyPlymRed]

Burger king queue here is stupid, hungry!

2-0 defeat if I dont get my burger in 10 mins.

Oh and you can blame Burger King for the defeat - 25 mins for a sodding burger! 

[singingiiiffy]

Leicester square was good so all is healed. Still a shite game though, we knew we had a young team at the start of the season but the inconsistency is unbelievable from shit to decent. Cooper must have seen hall struggling all match as he said he doesn't have a future in that position. Why didn't he change it then! He couldn't even take a throwing to our players but I doubt he is used it it. I haven't been o many away but iv been to a few and we haven't a hope in hell of making the playoffs unless we start to perform anywhere like we do at home.

[Spud]

Do we honestly want the play offs?

I'd sooner we steadied ship and properly went for it next season.

[Spud]

Also, I thought on Saturday that when Ranger held up the ball, there was nobody near him most of the time.

Going on from what PlymRed said, it was the same with the flick ons. Nobody went beyond Ranger.

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

Oh and you can blame Burger King for the defeat - 25 mins for a sodding burger! 

I can confirm that Burger King was ridiculously slow

[THE FLASH]

Forget playoffs everyone......that's a fucking dream!

JPT on the shelf and mid table would be a right result for this club at this time.

I disagree with Plymouth red on only one point....Ranger did win some headers but there was nobody close enough to get the knock downs. Totally on his own.

[Riddick]

Do we honestly want the play offs?

I'd sooner we steadied ship and properly went for it next season.

Budget will be cut back even more next season as has been stated by Power, so can assume it will be more difficult next year than this. Honestly that's my frustration with this season, we've got some very good players this season, better players than we've had in this division before in a few positions. I think we should be doing better than we are.

[Panda Paws]

Get to very few games these days, and last night reminded me I'm not missing out on all that much.

Utter, utter shite.

And the inane drivel from some of our fans drives me to despair.

[Honkytonk]

Budget will be cut back even more next season as has been stated by Power, so can assume it will be more difficult next year than this. Honestly that's my frustration with this season, we've got some very good players this season, better players than we've had in this division before in a few positions. I think we should be doing better than we are.

Will it be more difficult though? If we look at the teams in the drop/promotion zones atm, we've got Orient, Brentford, and for argument's sake Wolves going up from L1 and Yeovil, Doncaster and Barnsley coming down. Personally I'd trade Barnsley for Wolves any day, I'm struggling to remember us not beating Yeovil, and we shouldn't be too morbidly terrified of Doncaster.

I do think the L1 table next season will be much more favourable to us.

BUT. That doesn't mean we should give up on the play offs, I for one will be dead chuffed if we get into them. Agree that I'd rather have the JPT on the shelf this year though, would be nice to beat our Wembley duck before we have to go there for a league-related game.

[Flashheart]

Forget playoffs everyone......that's a fucking dream!

Yep. It will be impossible to make up those 4 whole points, we had might as well just give up now.