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1 hour ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

Yes.

Hmm. Team talk prior to kick off.

FB: Tight at the back lads. Clean sheet please

Players: OK gaffer

FB: And I don't want you buggers up front scoring either. We're going for a 0-0

Players: Let's get this right. You don't want us to score?

FB: That's correct

That is what you're actually saying, so I don't think you really understand football tactics, Mr KIG.

2 minutes ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

? Did you watch the same first half as the rest of us fella? 

Irrespective of 1st half, 2nd half, stoppage time and anything else, do you honestly and truly believe, hand on heart that FB (or any manager for that matter) deliberately sets out for a 0-0 draw?

I doubt even Latics can throw this one away.

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Lyden from half way line.

Shez 4-0 up at Swindon

Surridge on for Dummigan

Maouche on for Gardner

Latest. Wellens 0-3 Shez

Get in. Edmundson. 1-1

Latics 2-1 Cambridge (HT 1-0) - Lang - 4,124

3 hours ago, deyres42 said:

Wouldn't bank on either of those things happening.

2 hours ago, latics22 said:

Play sat, be out for a month

There's some right cheerful buggers round here.

1 minute ago, youngen said:

He stays fit, and we win the league by April.

As late as that? Pessimist. 

3 hours ago, jsslatic said:

Surprised BT would prefer to risk Morecambe v Wimbledon over us but alas. Assume we'll be on the Sunday afternoon highlights thing then.

Isn't there usually a live Sunday game? Midday kick off?

1 hour ago, Fruitygoo said:

 

At least he gave a foul for the first one....

And then completely ignored at least one more "tackle" by the same player that deserved a yellow and must have been looking the other way, or had dirt in his eye, when Baxter was taken down in their box. 

It really gets up my hooter that managers and players are almost always in immediate trouble if they say anything about a referee's performance, but an appalling, abject display like that from Mr Nield goes unpunished. They don't have to account for it, explain it or do anything except go swanning off to screw up some other poor buggers a few days later.

A manager isn't even allowed to speak to a referee until 30 minutes after the final whistle. What a wonderful cock and bull story the officials can cook up in that time. Don't get me wrong, other teams have had cause for complaint when decisions have gone Latics' way when they shouldn't have but, surely, the least we can expect is some honesty and integrity.

It says something when fans are already in despair before the game even kicks off when they see the likes of Andy Haines, Trevor Kettle, Chris Sarginson, Ross Joyce et al are going to be in charge. Add Tom Nield to that list now. 

2 hours ago, latics22 said:

It’s pathetic the club don’t update us, we pay for tickets and season tickets we have a right to have a rough idea what a injury is and how long they are out for. They must know Baxter’s injury by now 

And then the opposition know as well. Not clever.

3 minutes ago, al_bro said:

That's an instant red card. He's off the ground and out of control.

And that should have been their 2nd red, except the first one never happened either.

At a pinch, Miller for me closely followed by Baxter. They were the two who, although they made mistakes, looked capable of making something happen. The rest were far too consistently erratic.

Thinks: can you be consistently erratic?

22 hours ago, singe said:

He could be in for a bit of a shock then.

 

Pensions like us, albeit a couple of years ago, but since then their owner has bought Waterford, sidetacked?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/news/football-club-fined-for-failing-to-give-players-pensions/

 

Debt situation not wildly different to ours.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/16055368.towns-debt-continues-to-fall/

 

 

PS Oh, and lots of interference from the owner, ex footballer & former Agent Lee Power... Who also managed them for a while. He's not universally popular.
 

 

Internationals have been played on them, so why not? And they are a completely different animal to when we, QPR and Preston had one 

11 hours ago, Wardie said:

Someone on Twa...I mean, Twitter, posted this screen cap...

 

It's huge! Sorry.

As others have said, that wasn't the only one. If the ref had clamped down on it early doors, with the first one on Baxter, they would never have got away with the others. Poor, weak, cowardly refereeing IMO.

I wonder if the studs up tackle on his ankle by their No8 started the problem off. That was a red card all day long for me. 

Just hope it's not serious and he comes back quickly and firing.

8 minutes ago, RoytonLatics said:

So no commentary either? 

As far as I know, there are no facilities for them to hook up to, so no commentary. 

I suppose there could be the live text facility on iFollow, but I wouldn't hold my breath, knowing that lot.

Started out as a CB, didn't he? AA-H I mean.

19 hours ago, Lee Sinnott said:

O'Grady could score against these...

Not like you to stretch things that far, Paddy. Christ, I've just thought. O'Grady might actually play. 

iFollow aren't allowed to stream FA Cup games so it's BT Sport only, I'm afraid. (Unless anyone knows another screening process).

Recently, I saw a list of all the games that iFollow can and can't show. Trouble is, I can't remember if I saw it on the fishul, following the iFollow link or somewhere else. Old age, eh?