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'Monster result' for Wilson and Town
8:03am Wednesday 17th March 2010 in
DANNY Wilson hailed an “immense” performance from his Town side as they continued their push for League One promotion with a 1-0 victory away at Southampton last night.
Charlie Austin’s second half goal proved to be the difference between the teams as Swindon completed the double over the Saints, and it was arguably their best display of the season to date.
A squad ravaged by injuries were resilient defensively, dominant in midfield and sharp up front, to leave the boss delighted at three vital points.
“That was immense,” said Wilson. “To come here, at this time of the season, and against a team in a run of form like Southampton are in, it was a monster, monster result for us.
“We knew that anything we got out of the game we would have to work hard for, and we did just that.
“Pockets of football we played at times were superb and the three boys in the middle of the park really got hold of the ball and made it difficult.
“We’ve had some good performances this season and it is difficult to say which is the best, but that was a superb win.
“We came here positive with three up top and that says in itself that we wanted to get something from the game.
“If we had sat back from the first minute then we would have got battered. We had to be offensive. We defended when we had to and took our chance when it came our way.”
The night’s only sour point came towards the end of the first half when Town’s already thread-bare squad suffered yet another injury.
Scott Cuthbert limped off to be replaced by Lecsinel Jean-Francois, and Wilson believes the centre-back could be sidelined for some time.
“We don’t know the extent of it at the moment in time, but we think he’s got a medial ligament strain which suggests he could be out for quite a few weeks,” explained the boss.
“That is about par for the course with the luck we’re having right now, but Lecsy came in and has done absolutely brilliant there.
“We’ve always known he was a left-sided centre-back but he hasn’t really had the chance to play there since coming in. He may do now.”
Comments(64)
Another view
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8:32am Wed 17 Mar 10
How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league!
Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!
Another view
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8:32am Wed 17 Mar 10
How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league!
Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!
mallorca
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8:38am Wed 17 Mar 10
When you look at this division every one of the top 6 or 7 spots have had probs, look at Huddersfield got thumped 5-0. Also leeds/charlton are all in the same boat.
Its unfortunate ref the spate of injuries plus ferry's red card, as I said before they got nothing to fear.
One point Norwich are yet to hit a bad patch will Sat be the first?????
Good luck Town and what a result last night, as DW said a monster result,it's one we will remeber fr long time to come.I even got the old vhs tape of the 69 cup final out last night to remind me me of the type of club we support
St. Curious Chimp
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8:52am Wed 17 Mar 10
stfc charlie stfc
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8:59am Wed 17 Mar 10
vegasguide
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9:11am Wed 17 Mar 10
Certainly not the self rightious Saints fans who posted to our forum yesterday....
I wonder if they will be back today to retract their comments?
umpcah
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9:12am Wed 17 Mar 10
vegasguide
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9:19am Wed 17 Mar 10
Comments of us beating their second string at the County Ground and that the true measure of a team is goal difference?
So.... 1. Did we beat their first choice 11 at fortress St Mary's last night? Or was that their second string too? If it was their second string, if I were Pardue I would start playing their first choice 11 against Swindon.
2. Fair comment... Goal difference is the true measure of success in football, I guess at the end of the season the FA will award the Saints some more points to congratulate them for their goal tally.
Well done Town, we are all proud of you. True professionals. Also good luck to the Saints and the vast majority of their fanbase. You are somewhat let down by your friends that post to opposing team forums around 24 hours too early.
Raef Barnes
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9:22am Wed 17 Mar 10
We are without doubt one of the better teams in League 1 and with some hard work, positive thinking and all round good football we can go up, automatically!!!
If not in the top two another victory at Wembley would be a great ending to the season.
So come on town fans now is the time to back the lads, and if we lose on Saturday, put that defeat in perspective, there will be ups and downs along the way but we can do this!!
billbst
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9:24am Wed 17 Mar 10
dannydryman
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9:28am Wed 17 Mar 10
hertz
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9:37am Wed 17 Mar 10
Oh and St Mary's what a great ground can we have one like that please .
Oi Den!
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9:46am Wed 17 Mar 10
mallorca wrote:A truly memorable night. Funny you should mention 69. Watching Austin round the keeper and slot in the winner brought back memories of The Don doing something very similar to Bob Wilson at Wembley.
Well done town against the odds ravaged with injuries plus several more, lets hope DW can get a few faces in for the last 10 games. When you look at this division every one of the top 6 or 7 spots have had probs, look at Huddersfield got thumped 5-0. Also leeds/charlton are all in the same boat. Its unfortunate ref the spate of injuries plus ferry's red card, as I said before they got nothing to fear. One point Norwich are yet to hit a bad patch will Sat be the first????? Good luck Town and what a result last night, as DW said a monster result,it's one we will remeber fr long time to come.I even got the old vhs tape of the 69 cup final out last night to remind me me of the type of club we support
Is that you Lovesey
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9:58am Wed 17 Mar 10
parkinsleftball
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10:09am Wed 17 Mar 10
Is that you Lovesey wrote:I’m a little disappointed if I’m honest. I was looking forward to seeing lots of knockers at the CG on Saturday, I guess they’ll stay away now.......
Great performance last night and all season bar a couple of games, just shows what a freak result that Rovers one was, well done to marshall, the lad is taking his opportunity and looks to have improved massively !!!
earnyourmoney
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10:33am Wed 17 Mar 10
Onwards and upwards for the town, looking forward to Saturday.
COME ON YOU REDS!
graham81
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10:48am Wed 17 Mar 10
mikek
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10:48am Wed 17 Mar 10
SAPFanSTFC
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11:05am Wed 17 Mar 10
Another view wrote:"Dodgy Stand In Keeper"!!?...get a life!!
Everyone wants to see their team on a good run, but just think of Swindon in March. Hammered at home by Rovers, beaten by MK, half a team out injured, a pretty small squad in the first place. How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league! Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!
I'm one of many who keep banging on about this but yet AGAIN!!!! Smithy is a class act who like any normal human being makes the odd mistake - get OFF his back
BBC's comments: Robins keeper Phil Smith made several spectacular saves in the first half as the Saints dominated proceedings.
No doubt you'll be the first one on here who will be moaning at him if someone scores against him...even if they've just got past everyone else in the team it must be HIS fault eh!!?
Well done Smithy a HUGE performance and the rest of the team were fantastic on a night on which even the most optimistic glass half full fans like me were doubting our chances given the injuries.
Lescinel looked every bit a centre back and with PACE!!
I can't find the adjectives that would do that performance justice...just WOW!!
Mind you key word = word-yeah!! nice one Adver!!
SAPFanSTFC
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11:07am Wed 17 Mar 10
St. Curious Chimp wrote:Cheers Chimp!! You'll be alright next year, and great set-up you have!
Town came to St Mary's and played ok, we on the other looked nervous ??? and all over the place, ..... and coming to think about it - as soon as the players started to show their nervousness so did the fans - and we know what happens when that happens, just a shame we did'nt take our chances as i feel had we'd scored early on we would of settled, fair play to Town, closed us down quick and restricted our play, good luck for the rest of the season ... the chimp!
old town robin
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11:09am Wed 17 Mar 10
earnyourmoney wrote:I think you are tempting fate, nothing is sure about a play off place yet. IMHO we have to take one game at a time. Mathamatically Huddersfield could still be up there with the rest of the pack if they were to put a run together and one of us were to lose a few games. Obviously I hope it won't be us, but we still have 3 tough games to play in March. get through them with a reasonable return of 5 or 6 points and then we can be very optimistic with the April schedule which should be a bit easier, especially if we can get through with no more injuries. Must say the guys that have come in have done great, doesn't seem any of the injured will have recovered before Saturday and unless Danny manages to bring in an emergency loan or two, expect Smith, Lesc and Marshall to keep their place. So only change from the team last night will probably be a toss up between Easton and Amankwaah to replace Ferry. Personally I wouldn't risk manks, keep him on the bench. Hope we will have a big crowd to cheer the boys on against the canneries and we can get 3 more points to push for that second spot. Pity we slipped up against the gas and the Franchise we would already be in that position
Without tempting fate last nights result surely means a play off spot is now secured. Lets now focus on getting in to the top two and consigning the dirty Leeds scummers to another season in league One. Onwards and upwards for the town, looking forward to Saturday. COME ON YOU REDS!
wraxall
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11:18am Wed 17 Mar 10
Fantastic Fans last night for the full 98 minutes and what a super ground
lets have one like St mary's please
Just a suggestion for all of our home games after Saturday
£10 town end and for the Exeter
Game when we are on SKY £5 for town end and Stratton Bank so we can fill the place.
Our Team is doing us proud but we need to get more fans at the ground for the rest of the season.
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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11:44am Wed 17 Mar 10
May I say what a good commentary from Vic Morgan last night, but then Vic is a class act, and a true Swindon Town fan.
But also, the Co-Commentator Alan McLoughlin was also very, very good, and showed what a professional he has been in the past, and still is.
As an arch critic of Phil Smith along with quite a few others, may I say what a superb game he played last night, and surely was the "Man of the Match".
Mark Marshall has also proved most people wrong with his last two games, and Lecsinel Jean-Francois sounds as though he also played the proverbial "Blinder".
Well Done Danny, and Well Done Swindon Town F.C.
umpcah
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11:44am Wed 17 Mar 10
umpcah
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11:49am Wed 17 Mar 10
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Have a look !
jillyh
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12:15pm Wed 17 Mar 10
SAPFanSTFC wrote:So well said - I too am a Smith fan and have defended him in the past. Although I couldn't go to the game, Vic had me biting my nails and only hope we show the same performance on Saturday.
Another view wrote: Everyone wants to see their team on a good run, but just think of Swindon in March. Hammered at home by Rovers, beaten by MK, half a team out injured, a pretty small squad in the first place. How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league! Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!"Dodgy Stand In Keeper"!!?...get a life!! I'm one of many who keep banging on about this but yet AGAIN!!!! Smithy is a class act who like any normal human being makes the odd mistake - get OFF his back BBC's comments: Robins keeper Phil Smith made several spectacular saves in the first half as the Saints dominated proceedings. No doubt you'll be the first one on here who will be moaning at him if someone scores against him...even if they've just got past everyone else in the team it must be HIS fault eh!!? Well done Smithy a HUGE performance and the rest of the team were fantastic on a night on which even the most optimistic glass half full fans like me were doubting our chances given the injuries. Lescinel looked every bit a centre back and with PACE!! I can't find the adjectives that would do that performance justice...just WOW!! Mind you key word = word-yeah!! nice one Adver!!
largey
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12:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
mikek wrote:Looks like they'll get a nice Alan Pardew cut out mask in todays Southern Echo. That'll cheer them up no end!
Yes still buzzing from last night and certainly a pleasure to give some Southampton fans some stick on their forum after they were lording it on ours yesterday. And boy there were a few very sore losers on the Southern Echo forum. But rather nicely many Saints fans complemented Danny and the Town for the way we battled and raised our game after the break and even outplayed them for long spells. Oh the ups and downs of being a Town fan one moment we get beaten 4-0 at home then next we get two fantastic away wins. These last two games for me have been immense considering the injuries and there are some players that have stepped up to the plate that deserve very special praise, Marshall, Smith and now Lesci and even the young Liverpool lad. Wow can't wait for Norwich but little concerned how many players we have left.
Oi Den!
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12:33pm Wed 17 Mar 10
SAPFanSTFC wrote:Didn't seem to me that he was having a go at Smith. The "dodgy" was in inverted commas. It was a great performance from Smith last night. Not completely flawless but pretty **** good for an understudy.
Another view wrote: Everyone wants to see their team on a good run, but just think of Swindon in March. Hammered at home by Rovers, beaten by MK, half a team out injured, a pretty small squad in the first place. How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league! Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!"Dodgy Stand In Keeper"!!?...get a life!! I'm one of many who keep banging on about this but yet AGAIN!!!! Smithy is a class act who like any normal human being makes the odd mistake - get OFF his back BBC's comments: Robins keeper Phil Smith made several spectacular saves in the first half as the Saints dominated proceedings. No doubt you'll be the first one on here who will be moaning at him if someone scores against him...even if they've just got past everyone else in the team it must be HIS fault eh!!? Well done Smithy a HUGE performance and the rest of the team were fantastic on a night on which even the most optimistic glass half full fans like me were doubting our chances given the injuries. Lescinel looked every bit a centre back and with PACE!! I can't find the adjectives that would do that performance justice...just WOW!! Mind you key word = word-yeah!! nice one Adver!!
Oi Den!
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12:35pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Is that you Lovesey
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12:45pm Wed 17 Mar 10
stfclondon
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12:47pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Bring on the Norwich.
SAPFanSTFC
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12:58pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Can't we get a chant telling DW to start warming up and come on as a sub!?...given that we've lost 2 more players for Saturday (and sadly Cuthbert for a lot longer), he might need to register as a player :-)
(and apologies to anotherview if he wasn't another of the Phil Smith slagging brigade).
STFC-Steve
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1:08pm Wed 17 Mar 10
largey
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1:13pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Oi Den! wrote:Careful. They'll asterisk blimey next!
The asterisked word was d@mn! Blimey!
RamsburyRed
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1:19pm Wed 17 Mar 10
We will also need huge home support for all the remaining games - not just Norwich - including if things don't always go our way. I am still trying to get over the negativity coming from two very loud gits who were sat near me in the Rovers match. Mind you, several people around them did also give them some back. Let's stick together and SUPPORT THE TEAM.
jillyh
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1:28pm Wed 17 Mar 10
STFC-Steve wrote:Quite happy for Paynter to remain out of the side if we are getting results like this and, although I couldn't get to the last two games, it sounds as if we are playing more as a team, ie mid-field moving forward, rather than long ball.
It's brilliant to see the back-up players coming in and giving brilliant performances. Smith, Lescinel and Marshall gave 110% last night and they proved what Danny has been saying all along, that our back-up players ARE good enough. Austin is having a brilliant spell as a lone forward, and with Marshall and Ward doing so well on the wings yesterday supporting Charlie, it could be hard for Paynter to get back in the side when he's fit again. It's a brilliant time to be a Town fan at the moment, and for me to be confident of a victory against Norwich, despite us having so many players out injured shows the confidence amongst the fans and the club in general right now. Up the Town!
stroudred1959
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1:44pm Wed 17 Mar 10
the_gloves
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1:46pm Wed 17 Mar 10
stroudred1959
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2:06pm Wed 17 Mar 10
woolster0
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2:39pm Wed 17 Mar 10
RedBrum
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3:14pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Swindon in blue adidas kit looked a bit like the real Chelsea, not the one playing Inter last night.
avo
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3:20pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Another view wrote:Yawn......
Everyone wants to see their team on a good run, but just think of Swindon in March. Hammered at home by Rovers, beaten by MK, half a team out injured, a pretty small squad in the first place. How do you explain the past few days... A 'dodgy' stand-in keeper keeping clean sheets away to two of the form teams in the league! Come you reds on Saturday - whoever is fit to play!!!
I bet you can't wait for another opportunity to slate phil smith can you?
Smiffy is class.
southampton man
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4:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
shaner,bournemouth
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4:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
shaner,bournemouth
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4:20pm Wed 17 Mar 10
RedBrum wrote:Darby looks a very sound player and he had a good game last night.
Just wanted to add my voice to the complements for The Mighty Reds. Being in Brum could'nt get to see the game but saw Austin's goal on Sky Sports. Just a quick question, how did the Liverpool lad do? Thats two wins in two with him in the team. Swindon in blue adidas kit looked a bit like the real Chelsea, not the one playing Inter last night.
shaner,bournemouth
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4:26pm Wed 17 Mar 10
shaner,bournemouth wrote:Sorry,i think i maybe wrong about that.
No mention of Douglas picking up his 5th yellow card last night.Another player out.
umpcah
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4:44pm Wed 17 Mar 10
shaner,bournemouth wrote:Hope the next loanee is as good ! I haven`t seen him but he seems to have sussed out how his co-defenders play and I expect him to have another good game on Saturday. Charlie`s playing quite well too !
RedBrum wrote: Just wanted to add my voice to the complements for The Mighty Reds. Being in Brum could'nt get to see the game but saw Austin's goal on Sky Sports. Just a quick question, how did the Liverpool lad do? Thats two wins in two with him in the team. Swindon in blue adidas kit looked a bit like the real Chelsea, not the one playing Inter last night.Darby looks a very sound player and he had a good game last night.
stroudred1959
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4:59pm Wed 17 Mar 10
southampton man wrote:Fair play to you for being big enough to come on here to acknowledege our win.
hands up chaps , you played well , good passing & keeper for you had great game .
Stratton Red
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6:06pm Wed 17 Mar 10
TownEnd D.Romain
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7:00pm Wed 17 Mar 10
southampton man wrote:FAIRPLAY 2YA mate.
hands up chaps , you played well , good passing & keeper for you had great game .
As u can see southampton man,we might be a small club in your managers eyes and most of your fans eyes but this is very special club to use with a good team who with a bit of luck might be going places AND WE LOVEIT
FANTASTIC RESULT LAST NIGHT and just are the righ time to
stfc charlie stfc
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8:15pm Wed 17 Mar 10
!!!!!
Another view
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8:25pm Wed 17 Mar 10
I'll admit I was not too sure about him, but if we needed any convincing then he has surely provided it in these two momentous games.
Let's not slip back into slagging each other off - save that for the opposition, like managers who talk as if we are country bumpkins. In fact even if we are country bumpkins, the league table doesn't lie!
SAPFanSTFC
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8:27pm Wed 17 Mar 10
I had the pleasure of sitting with Charlie's Mum and Auntie last night what lovely ladies....you can see why Charlie is so level headed and such a genuinly nice person he is. Although I didn't think it possible the end of the game the constant smile his Mum wears was even bigger than when the game started.
She and our dearly beloved Mr Fitton shared a huge smiling thumbs up and no words were needed!!
I'm sure Andrew will work every bit as hard as the team worked last night to keep him with us for next season.
WOW! WOW! WOW! Our players just keep on digging deeper...proving they're as good as anyone in this league (....hate to say it...possible with the exception of Norwich as an overall unit).
saint david
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8:55pm Wed 17 Mar 10
stfc charlie stfc wrote:yes..that's right...and you say Saints fans are full of it!!!!!!!!!!
we are going up said we are going up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
the_gloves
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9:16pm Wed 17 Mar 10
saint david wrote:He's come out of his hole.
stfc charlie stfc wrote: we are going up said we are going up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!yes..that's right...and you say Saints fans are full of it!!!!!!!!!!
Worked out how your team is going to beat Rochdale next season? I don't blame you for being bitter, if I had to go to the souless hell you call a ground every week. Have you accepted that you've been outplayed twice by a far superior team or still deluding yourself that your team was sleepy/pitch was a bit wet/ref was pompey fan?
F Fan
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9:45pm Wed 17 Mar 10
If you don’t score when you are on top you usually don’t win. But sometimes you just have to credit the other team. What a turn round from half time – you played us of the park with good ball to feet, on the ground football using the width of the park.. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing – we even reverted to long balls – and aimless inaccurate ones at that. We also got very narrow which played into your hands.
Sorry if some of our people were on here shouting their mouths off. We have our fair share of pratts.
Good luck for the rest of the season. Afer the tough times you have had, you deserve it. And your second half perfromance was the best I have seen at St Marys this season.
saint david
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10:02pm Wed 17 Mar 10
the_gloves wrote:souless hell..20,000 ...yes thats right 20,000 and we are mid table..look at the gates for Championship and even some prem...you flea riden pit of a ground is lucky if it gets 7,000. as for last night..you won and well done to Danny Wilson but I am delighted with the progress we are making...If you ask most Saints fans how they see Swindon..they would say 'an irritating litte pest that needs swatting once in a while' :-)
saint david wrote:He's come out of his hole. Worked out how your team is going to beat Rochdale next season? I don't blame you for being bitter, if I had to go to the souless hell you call a ground every week. Have you accepted that you've been outplayed twice by a far superior team or still deluding yourself that your team was sleepy/pitch was a bit wet/ref was pompey fan?stfc charlie stfc wrote: we are going up said we are going up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!yes..that's right...and you say Saints fans are full of it!!!!!!!!!!
South Coast Robin
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11:16pm Wed 17 Mar 10
F Fan wrote:Very fair and honest assessment of the game F Fan. You didn't get a goal when you were dominating end of the 1st half, we did when we were on top at the start of the 2nd half, simple as that really. Your response to going behind was to resort to long ball as you said, which we dealt with very well and you seemed to run out of ideas. Nice to see someone being gracious in defeat on here. I think you'll go up next season, hopefully we'll already be in the Championship waiting for you!
Well done to Swindon last night. We Saints were well on top all of the first half but couldn’g get that goal. Your keep was excellent throughout and your replacement centre half did well. If you don’t score when you are on top you usually don’t win. But sometimes you just have to credit the other team. What a turn round from half time – you played us of the park with good ball to feet, on the ground football using the width of the park.. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing – we even reverted to long balls – and aimless inaccurate ones at that. We also got very narrow which played into your hands. Sorry if some of our people were on here shouting their mouths off. We have our fair share of pratts. Good luck for the rest of the season. Afer the tough times you have had, you deserve it. And your second half perfromance was the best I have seen at St Marys this season.
TownEnd D.Romain
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11:23pm Wed 17 Mar 10
saint david wrote:NEVER MIND SAD SAINT SHAT TEAM WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE...
the_gloves wrote:souless hell..20,000 ...yes thats right 20,000 and we are mid table..look at the gates for Championship and even some prem...you flea riden pit of a ground is lucky if it gets 7,000. as for last night..you won and well done to Danny Wilson but I am delighted with the progress we are making...If you ask most Saints fans how they see Swindon..they would say 'an irritating litte pest that needs swatting once in a while' :-)saint david wrote:He's come out of his hole. Worked out how your team is going to beat Rochdale next season? I don't blame you for being bitter, if I had to go to the souless hell you call a ground every week. Have you accepted that you've been outplayed twice by a far superior team or still deluding yourself that your team was sleepy/pitch was a bit wet/ref was pompey fan?stfc charlie stfc wrote: we are going up said we are going up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!yes..that's right...and you say Saints fans are full of it!!!!!!!!!!
Face facts..Your a average team in div3...
So go on your own site and moan to the other sad wont 2be POMPEY FAN
jonnyb4532
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1:39am Thu 18 Mar 10
Redhouse Red
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7:00am Thu 18 Mar 10
F Fan wrote:Fair play. Your synopsis sounds like a normal stfc performance of old. Dominate, play good football, deserve to be in front. And then for some strange reason revert to hoofing it mindlessly up feild in an effort to win the game
Well done to Swindon last night. We Saints were well on top all of the first half but couldn’g get that goal. Your keep was excellent throughout and your replacement centre half did well.
If you don’t score when you are on top you usually don’t win. But sometimes you just have to credit the other team. What a turn round from half time – you played us of the park with good ball to feet, on the ground football using the width of the park.. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing – we even reverted to long balls – and aimless inaccurate ones at that. We also got very narrow which played into your hands.
Sorry if some of our people were on here shouting their mouths off. We have our fair share of pratts.
Good luck for the rest of the season. Afer the tough times you have had, you deserve it. And your second half perfromance was the best I have seen at St Marys this season.
avo
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7:37am Thu 18 Mar 10
Another view wrote:fair enough, I missed that, so ignore my earlier post.
For the benefit of 2 or 3 posters. Oi Den! is right. the speech marks around 'dodgy' keeper was a sarcastic reference to all the people who have slagged off Smith throughout this season. I'll admit I was not too sure about him, but if we needed any convincing then he has surely provided it in these two momentous games. Let's not slip back into slagging each other off - save that for the opposition, like managers who talk as if we are country bumpkins. In fact even if we are country bumpkins, the league table doesn't lie!
Nice of 1 or 2 of theirs to come on here and tell it like it was, as for St David, he was getting a slating on his own site yesterday so says it all really.
SAPFanSTFC
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8:20am Thu 18 Mar 10
avo wrote:I'd issued a conditional apology above another view but it is now a full and final apology with no conditions attached! :-)
Another view wrote: For the benefit of 2 or 3 posters. Oi Den! is right. the speech marks around 'dodgy' keeper was a sarcastic reference to all the people who have slagged off Smith throughout this season. I'll admit I was not too sure about him, but if we needed any convincing then he has surely provided it in these two momentous games. Let's not slip back into slagging each other off - save that for the opposition, like managers who talk as if we are country bumpkins. In fact even if we are country bumpkins, the league table doesn't lie!fair enough, I missed that, so ignore my earlier post. Nice of 1 or 2 of theirs to come on here and tell it like it was, as for St David, he was getting a slating on his own site yesterday so says it all really.
.....I think a lot of us are sensitive to the 'few' who keep slagging our own players off with no real reason or at the first sign of a mistake.
MK had heightened this as there was booing on the pitch and sarcastic chanting early in the game. I was as disappointed in Pericard's work rate as anyone but would never boo a Town player on the pitch as it is totally out of order and just transfers to the rest of the team.
It was also sad to see how few people stayed to clap the players off the pitch at the Bristol and MK games - I don't think they played badly v B.Rovers and worked their socks off in the second half at MK.
Apologies again for the mis-read! (but I will have a go at anyone slagging the team off)
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BurtBacharach says...
8:27am Wed 17 Mar 10
considering what has gone before, bloody well done! we had looked rocky, they had looked like the late chargers.
muy bien