Swindon Town v Bolton Wanderers - official matchday thread

[Sippo]

Nigel Pearson left Derby today. Would have him here.

[Reg Smeeton]

We need a bit of luck, perhaps we'll get it at Wimbledon next week?

 Given that we'll likely have no centre backs and no forward that has scored a goal playing at Wimbledon, we're going to need some luck to get owt from this game.

[DV]

We were shit, but it's October for fuck's sake. It's WAAAAAY too soon to be talking about relegation, but I;m sure that won't stop some of you.

Power has some decision making to do.

Yeah, that's what everyone said in the season after our play off defeat to Millwall and we all know how that turned out.

12 from 12 is relegation form, fact!

[chalkies_shorts]

It's not bad luck that's losing us points. It's a lack of tactics, discipline, professionalism, movement even at throw ins, dead ball ability to clear the front man, in fact clearing the front man on any cross would be good. It's essentially the basics. As it stands, we're fucked.

[leftside]

I was only able to see the first half today.

The performance was ok and I thought we had a fair chance of getting the win. BOO was poor though.

Boy, this division is utter dross if Bolton are good enough for 4th place.

It feels very much like last season: under pressure manager, downward momentum, pretty good first team hit by significant injuries, anticipating earliest exit from FA Cup. I've no doubt Power will act before the end of the month if Luke can't turn things around.

Hey ho. Such is life as a Town fan.

[Reg Smeeton]

as some have said, its not panic time yet which is very true, BUT how much longer will people put up with the frustrating boring football, going on Todays att not many

Do you realise that losing 4 home games on the spin is pretty rare in our history?  Even seasons like the Prem season and 10/11 debacle we didn't manage that.

You get a season like 99/00 when we were truly terrible due to flogging off any player we could and the groundsman's mower, we managed 5. However a similar season in 73/74 we didn't even manage 4.

The last time we've managed 5 was last season, it cost Cooper his job. If you're not pressing the panic button yet then fair play, but last season at the CG was historically poor and this season looks no better. I would expect an announcement on Monday that Luke has gone. It's what happens. Something has to change and usually it's the manager/head coach.

[Audrey]

Do you mean gone as in gone or as shunted back downstairs?

If he is relieved of his 'manager' status, surely he cannot retain input re coaching.

Lexit must mean Lexit.

[swindonmaniac]

We were shit, but it's October for fuck's sake. It's WAAAAAY too soon to be talking about relegation, but I;m sure that won't stop some of you.

Power has some decision making to do.

fucking hell - how often do you watch town play ?

[Flashheart]

I don't know if sometimes people deliberately ignore the point or are simply unable to comprehend. Fucking hell it can be hard work at times.

[Reg Smeeton]

Do you mean gone as in gone or as shunted back downstairs?

If he is relieved of his 'manager' status, surely he cannot retain input re coaching.

Lexit must mean Lexit.

Given that Luke seemed reluctant to take it on, and Power had to convince him....it could be the case that he goes back to his previous role, if agreeable.  Don't think any Town fans have it in for Luke, in the way of a McMahon or Hart.

We've just lost to a club £180 million in debt..... 

[Audrey]

Rumour had it earlier that Cotterill was off to STFC.

He didn't fancy Shrews, though. He got City promoted using 352 . . .

. . . and a shedload of dosh

[Reg Smeeton]

Rumour had it earlier that Cotterill was off to STFC.

He didn't fancy Shrews, though. He got City promoted using 352 . . .

. . . and a shedload of dosh

Cotterill, of course, has applied for the job on several occasions. We're pretty desperate for some knowhow, so why not?

[Audrey]

I don't know if sometimes people deliberately ignore the point or are simply unable to comprehend. Fucking hell it can be hard work at times.

It's just that people extrapolate from what they've seen - and so far it points to a similar to, or worse than, last season.

Of course, there is always the possibility of a Lazarus-type rise a la Barnsley, but believe me, things smell really bad.

[woolster]

I was only able to see the first half today.

The performance was ok and I thought we had a fair chance of getting the win. BOO was poor though.

Boy, this division is utter dross if Bolton are good enough for 4th place.

It feels very much like last season: under pressure manager, downward momentum, pretty good first team hit by significant injuries, anticipating earliest exit from FA Cup. I've no doubt Power will act before the end of the month if Luke can't turn things around.

Hey ho. Such is life as a Town fan.

why is it some people keep saying this league is full of dross and moaning that "how come we get beat by shit teams", fact is WE are shit and make up the so say dross, people need to realise we are not as big as some like to think we are

[Audrey]

Tbf, it's not just us. 3 or 4 teams, expected to be at the top, are down with us.

Millwall, Charlton, Gills are all proper shite at the moment. Strangely, they all have major injury problems.