(big big) Salford v Swindon Town - Matchday Thread

[Batch]

Come on
(come on)
Come on
(come on)
Hurry up harry, come on......

We're goin' down the pub

Lets have it then.

[Wobbly Bob]

Pre match eat football, drink football, talk shite in The Paramount.

Not seen much of Salford itself in the previous 4 visits, but the fleeting glimpses through grimy condensation covered bus windows gave no reason to distrust the sentiments of Ewan MacColl.

“I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe.
Shining steel tempered in the fire.
I'll chop you down like an old tree.

Dirty old town.
Dirty old town.”
A classic.

The bogey team scenario continues this evening when it’s our turn to try and maintain a hoodoo over Salford at their place.
No reason why we can’t.

With “Robbo” in the opposition dugout, hopefully it won’t be too torrid an affair for the hardy souls in the away end & watching from afar.

Last minute losses no longer hurt.
Sad isn’t it.

12 games in & not much to suggest that the personal expectation of a season of struggle was wide of the mark.

So, the head coach.
I would retain his services in a daring football experiment to give a manager time.
Three windows & let’s see where it takes us.

Maybe a good sense of basic human decency & protective nurturing can eventually be translated into winning football matches.
Without time & patience the two qualities are probably not compatible.

But beware, managers who talk bollocks are quickly picked up on by fans.

However, to be fair, Kennedy’s post match musings for the club after the initial BBC efforts always come across as more relatable & better thought out.

Having said that I’ll await the inevitable like everyone else but will take zero pleasure from it & then hope for an ever decreasing marginal gain from whoever takes over.

It’s probably the whole operation that requires scrutiny starting with the Head of Football.

Anyway, a game tonight, can Kennedy conjure a performance that is as simple & effective as a classic Lowry painting or will it be about as productive as a drunken Irish navvy in clogs on icy cobbles.

Oh yeah, and pretending to myself that I no longer care isn’t going to work.
Sad, isn’t it.

My name is Wobbly Bob, I’m 60 years old and I am an addict.

[Batch]

Watch out for them matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs wobbly.

[GTXMagnatec]

I just hope our boys don't crumble with nerves at having to play the mighty Salford and we are able to walk away with a point against such a big club.

[4D]

A big, big club.....we have no chance. A whopping 2 points ahead of us with a game in hand, hopefully Kenny will rest our top players (?) as it's pointless risking them tonight. I suspect Salford will put out their 3rd team.

Mighty Salford 4-0 Little Swindon att: 63,853 ( 12 away)

[adje]

A big, big club.....we have no chance. A whopping 2 points ahead of us with a game in hand, hopefully Kenny will rest our top players (?) as it's pointless risking them tonight. I suspect Salford will put out their 3rd team.

Mighty Salford 4-0 Little Swindon att: 63,853 ( 12 away)

Doesn't he always do that?🙂

[adje]

Watch out for them matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs wobbly.

Ancoats is worth a visit though

[Leggett]

Their estate agent of a manager annoys me. Hopefully this is early enough in the season for the pitch to not be mostly sawdust. That's all.

[tans]

Their estate agent of a manager annoys me. Hopefully this is early enough in the season for the pitch to not be mostly sawdust. That's all.

Reminds me of James Corden with a scouse accent

[Freeloader]

Salford 2 : 0, Cotterill, Freckleton and Barden to start, not sure if I can be bothered to watch.

[FormerlyPlymRed]

Leaving shortly for this, can't wait to visit such a big big club.

Anyone been before know of any decent pubs nearby?

[Jericho]

Leaving shortly for this, can't wait to visit such a big big club.

Anyone been before know of any decent pubs nearby?

The go-to nearest their ground is usually Friendship Inn, M25 0PD. But it's a 20 minute walk.

But you can also just find somewhere in the City Centre and get an uber to the ground for around a tenner.

[donkey]

Leaving shortly for this, can't wait to visit such a big big club.

Anyone been before know of any decent pubs nearby?

The New Oxford is a cracking pub in Salford.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

We're at the stage now where our manager is such a dickhead everything that comes out of his mouth is a fucking meme.

Hopefully we lose and he's sacked in favour of someone who can at least steer us to safety until the criminals leave.

[iParadise]

Salford 0-0 Swindon att: 1,430 (300)