Swindon Town v Oldham Athletic Official Matchday Thread

[theakston2k]

Assume you mean a price hike? I'd be quite happy if they held them as they are. What worries me rather more is that the season tickets seem to go on sale earlier and earlier every year. Which means we're likely to be even more reliant on matchday revenue next season

I did mean hike yeah.

[Batch]

What worries me rather more is that the season tickets seem to go on sale earlier and earlier every year.

Equally worrying is when the early bird period runs relative to the earlier date. Not sure the bank account can take a hit this soon after Christmas (well it may, but may not on principle). Actually last year I did it on interest free instalments, given it was crazy not to really. Don't think I finish that until May!?

[Gnasher]

Glad you said that...Smith was poor holding the ball and on the few chances when the ball was in the area was no where to be seen.
Where has all the passion gone....hang on a bit...better not go there cos i will get shot down in flames.

We should have replaced Smith with Ranger. Smith won nearly every high ball in the 1st half but just flicked it on to their keeper. Ranger holds the ball up and brings others into play.

[THE FLASH]

Haven't read back.

That was utter shit.

Only positive was Troys performance and he got sent off.

Barker......why? We have Storey and N'Guessan .....so why oh why are we persisting with him...

Byrne can't cross.....Reckord.....Won't.

Ranger and Smith...woeful with no support.

Midfield....like Walsall there wasn't one.

Defence.....panic stations mostly....don't dally, clear the fucking thing....

Lets all pray we don't collapse at Boro or we might end up with a West Ham 6 zip scenario.

As for resting Kasim for the JPT...it's the only thing we have a chance of winning so I'm with Cooper on this.

After getting lucky with the last few home games, we got found out today.

Oldham: shite but made us look worse. They deserve the three points (or six) on effort alone...quicker in all aspects.

Ref: another load of dogshit but cannot blame him for that.

Cooper: can only manage what's he got but by picking Barker etc, he's not making it easy for himself....I look at the table...he's done alright despite my dislike of him and he could pull the JPT out his arse.

Fans calling into Bbc wilts saying Coopers blown the play offs....fuck off you dreaming jokers, with quality at the top of this division some good teams won't go up and we aren't one of them...

Now...I read back through....

[tans]

One of the few things that did make me smile today was noticing a poster in the bogs advertising 2014-15 season tickets on sale from 17th Feb. You'll be fucking lucky at the moment.

im going for a 100 quid increase.

as for the game, utter fucking shite, byrne my MOM. barker and reckord shite.

cant be fucked to write anymore, get me a beer

[Honkytonk]

Just got back.

Pros
-the Thai Green Curry in Fjortoft's before the match was actually quite enjoyable, despite my reservations.
-The four/five lads in the DRS who sang the 'Thompson chant' (to the tune of no limit) for about ten minutes straight without a rest. Good work boys.
- TAH looks like he is actually pretty good, despite his constant moaning. Pleased to have him back in the squad for his playing ability. Was better than most of our midfielders going forward.
-Fods made a couple of great saves in the 2nd half

Cons- Everything fucking else.

I'm going to the pub.

[DV]

No passion, no desire, no effort.

Remember when we didn't put up with shit like that? Extra training tomorrow anyone?

[@mwooly63]

That's not very fair, he was one of our few bright points. Second yellow was ridiculous. Ironically, contrary to your assumption he was one of the few who did show some effort and desire - and played some intelligent stuff too.

Where did i say he played  shit ?

Oh I didnt
Has 45 minutes for us in over 13 months and gets a red so banned hence my comment  

[THE FLASH]

Any ST increase would be financial suicide....

I'm going to have to think long and hard as I'm now more inclined to go on the piss once a month to an away game.

[Barry Scott]

I don't normally write anything in here, but thought I would as I haven't been to watch us for a while.

It seems most of the team today couldn't be arsed. I lost count of the number of times anyone could be bothered to run or close down the opposition, it was mainly indifferent jogging, no urgency at all. The ref was an absolute cunt, loved handing out cards to us, but seemed to avoid anything Oldham did. I can't blame the ref though, the players simply didn't want to be there.

Harley's a real disappointment and reminds me a bit of Prutton; he offers little and seems to be a passenger who runs around a bit.

Troy was the highlight and seemed to be one of the only ones who cared. He was really composed and it was amusing that he was sent off. He seemed to actually have some desire and seemed far more composed than anyone else in the back line.

Gladwin was good, and the lad seems to have promise, but why he came on for Luongo, who finally woke up in the second period, I've no idea, he'd finally started to play some and we were left with Harley, who clearly had little interest or desire.

Oh well, I'm not annoyed at the result, just by the total lack of desire.

[pauld]

Where did i say he played  shit ?

Oh I didnt

No, you said he didn't want to play for us. Whereas his play clearly demonstrated that he did. If anything, he was perhaps a bit over-enthusiastic, especially on the first yellow. Hence my reply. Fair enough?

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

When did we last play well and deserve to come away from a game with something? It has to be at least before Christmas. Cooper has been lucky we have managed to get over the line at home in the last few weeks. Our general performance has been poor for a while now. Personally I think Cooper is a poor tactician. Lately we seem to have lost the desire and motivation we had earlier in the season and its now showing. Good players have been carrying this team for the last few months and with most of then out today it proved that the rest of the squad is poor.

Why do we have to try and pass it sideways all the time instead of actually getting the ball in the box and having a shot? Harley is so bad. I didnt rate him much earlier in the season but today he took it to an even poorer level. What a waste of a wage.

Ive lost a lot of interest this season and if ST prices go over 400 then I certainly wont be renewing for mid to lower table L1 football next season.

[Tamworth Red Army]

Should have postponed that today. We need a leader on the pitch, the team had no desire apart from TAH and we need to shoot more. 1 shot all game is pathetic, not happy and don't want to watch a match like that again

And Cooper don't shake ur head when you send Ranger on. That man has got most the points for you this season....rant over

[Bob's Orange]

Cooper must have been seething the cheer ranger got when he went on.

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

Nathan Byrne was woeful on the wing today.
I know I should not single out any individual but not one decent cross into the box, out muscled every tackle, actually I felt sorry for him and should have come off.
Worse home game of the season and their keeper had nothing to do all game.
It was absolutely garbage.