marc_saint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Another big game, and hopefully another decent crowd (anyone know how many we've sold yet?) It's another must win game if we're to have any chance of making the play offs. I really couldn't handle Swindon doing the double over us with me living in Swindon, and I'm going for a 2-0 win for Saints. Lambert and Barnard with one each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Didn't realise we had this game until I was told yesterday. Looking forward to it as I was at the away game in August. That game will long live in the memory as one of the worst games I've ever witnessed, so hopefully we can get a bit of revenge. We're at home, we're on fire at Fortress St. Mary's. I can see it being 2-0 Saints as well. Puncheon and Lambert to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Saints 4-0 Swindon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Swindon are on a brilliant run, better than Leeds of late, but we stopped Huddersfield when they were firing on all cylinders so I think we can do it. 3-1 SAINTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Huge. Just been looking at the BBC predictor which I tend to do in chunks because otherwise it does my head in. I reckon when we walk out at Wembley we could be just 7 points off Swindon in 6th. I have them losing to us and then losing at home to Naarwich. In the mean time we beat them, win at Franchise FC (they were so crap twice at St Marys) and then beat Hartlepool at home. SO we make up nine points... game on!!! (still think we'll finish eighth - running out of time to make up the points difference - but we can all dream...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Oh, and Swindon have still got to travel to Leeds, Colchester and on the final day Millwall. Nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 If Jaidi and Fonte can keep Paynter and Austin as quiet as they did Beckford and Becchio, Saints should win comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_John Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 I notice on Sat they had to make 3 subs before half-time. Lucus (GK - hamstring 12 mins), Pericard (hamstring 33 mins) and Ward (head 45 mins). Hamstrings are usually a minimum of 10 days, so I would not expect L or P to make Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Expect a comfortable win, especially as Swindon only just managed a 1-0 over Brighton on Saturday, but its not a 'must win game for the play-offs'. Tranmere away was conceivably the last 'must win' game and we lost, although after the drawn away games at Brentford, Exeter and Wycombe, even the Tranmere game may have been too late to rescue a play-off chance. Even if we hadn't dropped the 9 points that we did over those 4 games, we'd be 7 points behind Swindon with a game in hand - still not a certainty - but 16 points is a completely unrealistic gap to bridge with only 12 games to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Samuel Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Massive game for me, growing up in Hungerford I've got a lot of mates that are Swindon fans, losing to them twice this season would mean a horrid amount of abuse from them. Also went to school with Charlie Austin, typical big time Charlie that you see in most of today's players, so ****y and arrogant all through school, hate the thought of him scoring against us, so hopefully Fonte and Jaidi will keep him quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Swindon are on a brilliant run, better than Leeds of late, but we stopped Huddersfield when they were firing on all cylinders so I think we can do it. 3-1 SAINTS. No they're not, 1 win in last 4, 0-4 home defeat against the Gas and 1-2 against MK Dons. Lucky to get 1-0 at the Withdean yesterday where Brighton can't win, hardly a great run. Still I also think we will beat Swindon 3-1. It would be good to wipe the smile of the local mongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Lets just enjoy the game - a win would be good but not the end of the world if we dont win. I know AP and the boys will give 110% and thats what counts COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northant Saint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Massive game for me, growing up in Hungerford I've got a lot of mates that are Swindon fans, losing to them twice this season would mean a horrid amount of abuse from them. Also went to school with Charlie Austin, typical big time Charlie that you see in most of today's players, so ****y and arrogant all through school, hate the thought of him scoring against us, so hopefully Fonte and Jaidi will keep him quiet. Same, I've got a mate who is a massive Swindon fan and to see us play like we did last time was unbearable. If we replicate our home form of late I am confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 If you want a good omen, I will be in the sky during the match on my way to Cape Town ! Last time I landed there I got a text from my son telling me that we had just beaten Ipswich away 3-0 !! History to repeat itself 3-0 COYS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Lets just enjoy the game - a win would be good but not the end of the world if we dont win. I know AP and the boys will give 110% and thats what counts COYR :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopkins Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Expect a comfortable win, especially as Swindon only just managed a 1-0 over Brighton on Saturday, but its not a 'must win game for the play-offs'. Tranmere away was conceivably the last 'must win' game and we lost, although after the drawn away games at Brentford, Exeter and Wycombe, even the Tranmere game may have been too late to rescue a play-off chance. Even if we hadn't dropped the 9 points that we did over those 4 games, we'd be 7 points behind Swindon with a game in hand - still not a certainty - but 16 points is a completely unrealistic gap to bridge with only 12 games to go. If we win our game in hand over Swindon and beat them Tuesday it will be 10 points in 10 games needed to catch them. That is not an unrealistic gap. Tough but doable with a combination of good form and a bit of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 I broke my toe today. I need some cheering up. Saints 6 Swindon Town 0 would do it. :-D (Sod the scoreline, any Saints win would do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 I broke my toe today. I need some cheering up. Saints 6 Swindon Town 0 would do it. :-D (Sod the scoreline, any Saints win would do) Don't tell me, your missus stamped on your feet after she found out about your drink with Miss Boobs 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Don't tell me, your missus stamped on your feet after she found out about your drink with Miss Boobs 2010. :-D No, I'd receive much more punishment than a broken toe, I can assure you! (Don't run indoors, rookie mistake...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Just had a look on the Swindon OS to see how they're building up for the game and the first thing you see is a big ad for their 2010/2011 Season Tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 Wow, just thinking back to our trip to the County Ground at the start of the season. Standing there without any roof, just wearing a T-shirt. Was about 20 degrees. Sh*te game, but it seems like an eternity ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 All I can remember about Swindon was that monster steward sat near the entrance. Got a picture of her somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 This is a huge game to me. Not only for the fact I hate Swindon, but from having to endure the worst away game I've ever encountered at their sorry excuse of a football ground. I want revenge. We were a poor team back then. We're a different prospect now. I hope we absolutely stuff them! (We should also just have one kiosk serving the away fans food, so they have to form a single, mile long queue, then only put 20% of the stock in so they run out of food after 10mins!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 14 March, 2010 Share Posted 14 March, 2010 5-0 Saints - Swindon on a poor run and we are a machine at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Another massive game, but I suppose they all are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 I just can't see anyone beating us any more at SMS 3-0 saints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opthomps Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Hope we can keep this awesome run at home going. Seriously considering waking up at 4:45 am to listen to it on Saints player. If I commit to that then Saints should have the decency to stuff them to make it worth the while. We need to beat Swindon, they are a small club, and we should be in those playoffs instead of them. Maybe too late for for us now, but lets put the pressure on 'em by winning tonight. 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Should be back to the 3-1 wins but at the end of the day any type of win will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Hudderfield murdered us at their place - we put them in their place. Leeds murdered us at their place - we put them in their place. Now it's Swindons turn to reap what they sowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colbury Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Massive game for me, growing up in Hungerford I've got a lot of mates that are Swindon fans, losing to them twice this season would mean a horrid amount of abuse from them. Also went to school with Charlie Austin, typical big time Charlie that you see in most of today's players, so ****y and arrogant all through school, hate the thought of him scoring against us, so hopefully Fonte and Jaidi will keep him quiet. Got a couple of mates who played vs him this season when he was at Poole, and he was giving it the big time act then aswell. However having said that it's pretty staggering what he's achieved since going there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 I'm going to this one looking forward to it.We're at home, so 4-1 to us might not be unreasonable. Digging around on the net it seems Swindon could have up to five first teamers out injured and only one fit striker. Swindon fans think they are going to play 4-5-1 as they did at Brighton to strangle midfield. That could make for a tight game. Playing a lone striker up front against our back four won't give them much joy I reckon. but flooding midfield might make it hard for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saturday Boy Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 They hope to bring around 2,000 fans - http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/AwayTickets/0,,10341~1953961,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboypete Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 ................Looking forward to it as I was at the away game in August. That game will long live in the memory as one of the worst games I've ever witnessed, so hopefully we can get a bit of revenge. We're at home, we're on fire at Fortress St. Mary's. I can see it being 2-0 Saints as well. Puncheon and Lambert to score. I think a lot of us who were there will agree with that. But it really shows how we have progressed since the first couple of months of the season. As AP said over the weekend in response to snide comments from Simon Grayson......... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article7061600.ece “We didn’t have a team at the start of the year,” he said. “We didn’t have a pre-season. We almost went an extra ten points behind. We were actually 20 points behind, in my view. But we’ve slowly clawed it back. Anybody who has seen our last ten games would have to say we are a good side in this division and we now need to prove that we’re the best.” also in the Times this morning in Tony Cascarinos Fiver, South Coast takes accolade for turning out in numbers There were 27,342 at the Middlesbrough v Newcastle match at the Riverside Stadium, some way short of the 35,100 capacity. More impressive was the attendance at St Mary’s for Southampton’s 1-0 win over Leeds in Coca-Cola League One, where a crowd of 30,794 was close to the 32,689 maximum. A case of South Coast fervour beats North East fever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Hope we can keep this awesome run at home going. Seriously considering waking up at 4:45 am to listen to it on Saints player. If I commit to that then Saints should have the decency to stuff them to make it worth the while. We need to beat Swindon, they are a small club, and we should be in those playoffs instead of them. Maybe too late for for us now, but lets put the pressure on 'em by winning tonight. 2-0 If you do decide to wake up early tomorrow morning you'll be 24 hours ahead of match schedule. Suggest you log on Weds morning your time m8! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 They hope to bring around 2,000 fans - http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/AwayTickets/0,,10341~1953961,00.html well according to that they have only sold 1,150 so far, so they must be expecting another 900 to buy today + pay on the gate. I thought they would bring closer to 3000 as this is a big game for them both in league position and almost a local derby. Would be good to see a crowd over 22k for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyb1 Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 They have 1,150 tickets sold as of this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Swindon are on a brilliant run, better than Leeds of late, but we stopped Huddersfield when they were firing on all cylinders so I think we can do it. 3-1 SAINTS. They got beat 4-0 at home by Bristol Rovers last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 They got beat 4-0 at home by Bristol Rovers last week It was a shock result though wasnt it. If they play like that again all the better though! The away game was one of the worst ive been too. Really poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Didn't realise we had this game until I was told yesterday. Looking forward to it as I was at the away game in August. That game will long live in the memory as one of the worst games I've ever witnessed, so hopefully we can get a bit of revenge. We're at home, we're on fire at Fortress St. Mary's. I can see it being 2-0 Saints as well. Puncheon and Lambert to score. Exactly this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 If they do play 4-5-1 I think that'll be a mistake on their part. There's no way one striker is going to really trouble Jaidi and Fonte, and this will allow Harding and who ever is playing right back to push forward and help the midfield, who should be capable of breaking them down even without the fullbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Can't see us winning enough to make the play offs - but can't hurt to keep the dream alive a bit longer. COYR. One game at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 It was a shock result though wasnt it. If they play like that again all the better though! The away game was one of the worst ive been too. Really poor. You were the one that said they were in "brilliant form". When in actual fact they have lost 2 of their last 3 games in the League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 We WILL win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0108787 Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 I have several Swindon supporting friends, they've mocked me mercilessly ever since the shocking performance at their shed of a ground. I was in the away end and they outed me!! Bastards! They haven't got the ******** to come down to SMS, but i will be there tomorrow. It is probably fitting that this was postponed and rearranged, revenge is a dish best served cold!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Before winning at Brighton they'd lost 2 out of their last 3 including 2-1 away to MK Dons who I think we'll all agree have been gash every time we've played them this season. Simply put if we play like we have been recently at SMS then it's going to take something special to stop us. With that in mind I'm going for 3-0 Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vershinin Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 We will beat these ****s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Saints win - not bothered by the actual score line. Same team as started sat except for bringing in Thomas to replace Otsemabor (sic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Saint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 we need a team in 5th or 6th to have a horrible run of results for us to even consider making the playoffs, because at this rate even if we win every remaining game it still looks unlikely! Huddersfield have gone off the rails a bit since we thrashed them 5-0, hopefully we can do the same thing to Swindon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludgershallsaint Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 we need a team in 5th or 6th to have a horrible run of results for us to even consider making the playoffs, because at this rate even if we win every remaining game it still looks unlikely! Huddersfield have gone off the rails a bit since we thrashed them 5-0, hopefully we can do the same thing to Swindon... Agreed other than it being unlikely IF we win every match (win every game = 83 points = play offs a certainty). Assuming we beat Swindon how many points do people realistically think they will gain over their last ten matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 15 March, 2010 Share Posted 15 March, 2010 Huddersfield have gone off the rails a bit since we thrashed them 5-0, hopefully we can do the same thing to Swindon... Currently Swindon have taken 3 points from the last 9. If Saints beat them it will be 3 points from the last 12. Pretty poor already imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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