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Boruc is the calmest we have back there in defence.

Saints defence still looks panic stricken.

That should do it.

Saints need to finish this lot off. A one goal lead is too precarious.

Poor Saints defending again.

A 2nd would have been nice. Would probably have put Reading right out of it. Expect Royals to come out with some gusto after half time. See that off and then their heads'll drop once they concede another to Saints.

Spurning chances to put Reading to the sword.

Comical defending by Saints.

Panic in defence.

It has happened. 1997 - Sunderland 40 1998 - Bolton 40 2003 - West Ham 42 A couple of wins and a sprinkling of draws will do the job for Saints quite easily I reckon.

Nice to get to half time with a lead. Good stuff from Saints but just for once I'd like to see us popping the goals in that our play deserves. Don't ya just know that Ba will come on and score at least one.

Typical defendng

Saints rise to 15th.

Saints team: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Cork, S. Davis, Puncheon, Lambert ©, Rodriguez. Chelsea Team: Cech; Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Terry ©, Bertrand; Mikel,Lampard; Moses, Oscar, Marin; Torres.

What with Wigan gaining points with dodgy tackles, handballs and cosy refs, while Saints seem to enjoy throwing away points from winning positions I can actually believe it will be tighter than we hope.

Handball not given by blind Halsey.

Good performance and a well deserved win. Now for Chelsea.

Saints squandering good chances as usual. Not bad creating chances but the defence is all over the place.

Another late goal conceded. I predict more points chucked away from a winning position.

Thinking back, Rickie was a whisker away from giving us a 3-2 lead. Their 2nd was plainly offside while we gifted them their other goals. It was a game we could easily have got something from but it doesn't help if you have to play the ref as well. Just one of those days. If we're back to our best on Saturday it'll all be forgotten.

More points dropped from a winning position. I thought we looked ok 2nd half, certainly better then the first, but an arguable penalty and a farce own goal screwed us. It just makes Saturday's game a little more important.

We seem to have given up.

Well the Danny Fox substitution has been one to regret.

We started the game brightly but just got worse as the half went on. Mind you the ref has decided not to give us anything today. Their 2nd was a joke. Should have been a free kick to Saints and was also offside. This could be one of those days.

Have to say that we have need to turn these draws into wins. To let Wigan have a point in that game was completely out of order.