fanimal

Alot will depend if they try to play open football or just park the coach and wait for a break. I just hope we start the New Year in 2nd place and then dont look back or let go of it, get out of this Division at last!!

If he is fit, this will be Chaplows last game unless we sign him up quickly or can we loan him again to the end of the season?

Wth the games off elsewhere we could go 4th if we win - COYRSSSS!!!!

The Korean peninsula is the most invaded bit of land in the world over the last 140 years, so there is a way to go yet before this is all sorted - China will not take kindly to the US/Japan next to its border, these guys minds are just not like ours at all, we would think they are all barking!!

I worked at hampshire Corp Park by the roundabout for 25 years, never heard of one prang involving queing cars coming down from Bournemouth Road; the similar boards at Cadnam and hedge End are to stop specific anti social speeding bikes and cars I understand, so goodness knows why here. The graffiti has been painted over.

Why dont they push the KO back to say 5pm to allow a few more hours of milder air/thaw, or is that too much common sense for the Football Authorities?

Last year parked right next to the away end up on a slight hill, got out quick and back onto the M6 easy.

Last season we won 3-1, with Lambert and Connolly up front, each scoring. If Barnard is out till January surely this is the best partnership up front now?Also, if we lack wide players, bring in Harding, push Dickson up and free up Lallana. Simple.

Jus really did not see that one coming! Why does one monumental cock up knock the stuffing out of a team, as until then their keeper had made 2 blinding saves; then we should have had a stone all penalty, absolute blatant deliberate hand ball - at 1-1 we would have gone on to win. 2nd half after 15 minute noisy encouragement, why not go 4 3 3, go for it!!? Why take Ricky off? Why put a winger in the middle? Why Guly out wide - sorry, plan B terrible. Did Lallana really hit the post?? Had his worst game for a long time, that hurt us big time....

teams placed 2 - 9 all at home so need to win just to keep in touch!

Romsey looks like a Xmas card scene, still coming down. Stay at home/in bed!!

Football is a leisure pursuit supposed to provide entertainment. This game should provide a good open competitive match, proper Cup tie and VFM, and hopefully we will win 3-2 and go home happy at seeing our team win no matter against who. If we lose no big deal concentrate on the League. Perfect draw IMO!

Reading away, take loads of fans good day out, good cup tie chance of a win, better than the last two limp cup matches.

No way will this game be played next week, so 2 weeks for the guys to get over their respective injuries thank goodness.

As ever, get stressed before each game, just desperate to get out of this Division - not sure why, as the last season/half have been far more entertaining than the previous 3 due to goals scored and wins! Still convinced we will go up automatically, confirm it at Orient as always, but will still take the last minute of the last game finishing second if that is how its to be!

Leave Ricky alone FFS!! He was 3 whiskers away from a hat trick and MOTM last night for goodness sake, hes just in one of those barren spells that have affected every good striker, none excepted!

Take each game as it comes......

Without doubt Alan Shearer, up the Milton Rd end when he smacked in the rebound off the bar for his hat trick, so determined to score even at that age. And sat in the East Stand watching our new silky central defender in a pre season friendly thinking this guy is class - Claus actually!

Plus he has had a knee and hip injury, so well done Sir Ricky!

Pahars at the Milton Rd end V Everton - Delerium!

Alan Shearers third v Arsenal on his debut. Knew then we had someone determined to belt it into the net!

Interesting that in the last 3 away games, the opposition have been really up for it - Greg Abbott said it was their best performance this season. We hae got to get wise to this asap and start bullying teams in the first 15 - 20 minutes like we did alot last season.

Would have been 3rd all top 4 lostFFS!!! Damb Bumfluff instead.

Just seen Cotterill on South Today, complaining about the ref; (have to say he has a point!) but he said BIG game that, needed a top ref in front of a BIG crowd (17,818!!!!) - you could always have Andy Durso Steve, welcome to the real world!! PS is there nothing they dont moan about or feel hard done by, and the BBC pander to the poor old Pompee line?

All we want now is for all three to start chipping in with some goals, our system favours midfielders surging into the box. Both MS and DH need target practice though!