Swindon Town 2-0 Barnsley, Saturday 7th February 2015

"My grapes are like rhubarb."

Welcome to Swindon!

I can't really disagree with Andy's concise version of events.  We entered the game with the minimum of ambition and the game plan lasted all of 14 minutes before they scored and ended any hope we had. Thereafter, it was damage limitation as we chased shadows, Turnbull saved a penalty and a one-on-one and the closest we came to a goal was a 4 on 1 break which we completely ballsed up.

*** No-one
** Turnbull - see above
* No-one

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1. Turnbull
2. No-one
3. M'Voto

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Despatches:
Waring - he's cack.  Can't win a header,or hold a ball up (apart from when I'm not looking - Andy couldn't wait to point out something useful he did, but I was texting Salisbury at the time).  And the one time a peach of a cross was delivered into the box (from Smith) he was nowhere to be seen.  I must see a different player to the rest of you (and Danny Wilson).  As Andy said, new superstar Scowan was so invisible he could have been mistaken for Berry, the man he's replaced. Indeed, I didn't know he was playing till I noticed his number, 70 minutes in.  Digby really was appalling, so much so he got dragged off at half time.  So much for giving him a run of games - we can't even trust to give him 90 minutes.  At least Wilson finally benched Hourihane but then brought him on for 45 anonymous minutes of his own.  When we had the 4 on 1 break, thanks to a misplaced Swindon pass, I presume it was Conor who elected to cut inside and hit it with his left off the defender, rather than pass it to any of the THREE other Reds players who'd have been clean through? Lalkovic again looked our most likely attacker, so again was dragged off.  Did I mention Jennings came on?  You'd never have known.  Smith was this week given a runout in midfield. How's he ever gonna learn to be a fullback at this rate?

A rabbit died for that hat.  True.

The vocal element were in no doubt as to our downfall, chanting "4-4-2, 4-4-2" at Wilson. Seemingly, 8-1-1 is not a formation which offered much chance of a goal.  Mind, Swindon are the best side I've seen this season (home and away) and perhaps 'having a go' might have resulted in us losing by 5 or 6.  Then what?  Sam Winnall was also more popular than ever, by dint of never even getting on the pitch.  The more matches he misses, the better he becomes.  He'll be the new Marco Van Basten by April.

Oh yes, the goals.  Swindon took a short corner and their player waltzed past Digby and Smith before pulling it back for it to be hammered in. Oats so simple.  Then Digby chops their bloke in the box, but Turnbull pulls off the save (highlight of the match) before, late on, spilling a 20 yarder into the net. Shame, he was the one player keeping us in it.

I once sat here, in the away end.

Drink du jour: Lager lager lager.  Started at the Gluepot, then a cheeky Franziskaner (wheat beer) at the Jury's Inn on the way to the ground.  Bit of a result that.  Then back to the pub at the railway station, to ignore the rugby, before a can or 2 on the way home.  And yes, despite dashing home once at Paddington, I fell asleep on the bus and ended up at New Cross.  What do you call that sleeping disease?  Opposite of insomnia?  Anyway, I've got it. BUS NARCOLEPSY!  Summat like that.

Away: c.300  Good to see Stu be allowed a runout, as well as Loko, popping in on the way back from the Wales-England rugby. I wonder which he enjoyed more!?

Damage: 
30 quids train fare. Robbed.
25 quids entry.  Robbed.

I once sat here, in the away end.

I once stood here, in the away end.

Game over.