James

Under a bit of pressure here....

Gettttt iinnnnn you beauty

YEEEELLLLOWWWSS...what a day this could be, watching in O'Neils in Shepherds Bush would some other Saints. Going to be a good one.

Everyone thought millwall would be a pushover it wasn't, neither will this one. Our defence worries me at the moment. Such poor defending against Reading. I'm very nervous about this as can't see the Hammers or reading dropping any points until the end of the season let alone tonight.

Exactly. How Brighton didn't score is beyond me, we won't be so forgiving.

Anyone know if its open tomorrow? Need to go get my Reading tickets before I go on holiday.

Two goals yesterday and some wouldn't include sharp in their lineups?

Well put, a win would have papered over the cracks BUT crucially we would have been 6 points clear of the hammers so statistically we would have had a better chance of going up.... I've now calmed down and realise the result isn't too bad, just worry about the impact of this game going forward both psychologically and with Morgan's injury

Sorry what?

And what a surprise the ref didn't see it. Absolute filth I agree.

Flawed logic, Pompey got beat 5-1 at home last game but we couldn't put them away. Doesn't mean anything.

But the point is, we are top of the table yet were so poor. They are bottom And far exceeded their usual level of performance. They wanted it more than us. So disappointing. So gutted

Absolutely bottled it today. All this carp on here about "new" saints being better and not bottling it...what a joke. We were poor today and they were good value for at least a point. Expecting us to blow promotion now, if we can't raise our game for the biggest home game for the fans then what confidence should we have for the next five "cup finals". Especially with spiderman Injured, this could be the game that ruins it all.

I don't know Barnsley don't look too bad in possession.

Oh bloody hell. Dreadful defending. Not our day today is it? Hate it when our rivals play first.

The bit about them battering Reading makes absolutely no sense. A Reading win was what we all wanted. West Ham will drop points I think.

Barnsley were quite decent at our place I thought...and everyone wants to beat West Ham at home this season - the most high profile game.

Well we can win all our games meaning they won't win all their games.

Looked a foul by Roberts there too. He really is a dirty player been at it all game

Oh **** off reading. Such a horrible **** club with terrible fans

Commentators so ridiculous - so pro Reading is laughable. How on earth could anyone think that wasn't a foul on the keeper? You clearly can't knee them in the midriff to get them to spill the ball.

Behave.

Are you sure? According to BBC they only make 3 changes and 2 of those are due to suspensions...so don't think the 7 missing players is true at all.

Exactly what I came on this thread to say. I think some people on here are way over reading this apparent 'conspiracy theory'. They've released the news to calm the fans nerves after a heavy defeat last time out and ahead of a game we are all nervous about. Doesn't matter what the Pompey camp know/don't know they have limited resources and the same players would be in the team regardless of who was up front for us. Lets stop over thinking things.

Some people are never happy...I seriously doubt Saints are this elaborate in their mind games. If there hadn't been any news then you'd be saying that was a bad sign and Lambert was definitely out.