Pat from Poole

Agreed. Also did really well to avoid getting a 2-match ban last month, which could have been very costly.

Kevin Phillips wouldn't be the worst signing in the world.

Is Kevin McDonald the guy who got taken off in the first-half of a televised game last season and watched the second-half in the pub? That sounds a bit Puncheon-like to me.

Having bigger crowds than Cheats FC despite being in the league below. So when we're back above them, they will never be able to claim that we're plastics. That was the only thing keeping them positive in the early part of the last decade.

I was wrong. I thought Adkins lacked the presence to inspire some of the more experienced members of the squad. However, they have all clearly been giving 100% for him. To see Lallana charging around harassing Plymouth players when we were 3-0 up was fantastic, and Fonte has been immense. There is a real unity within the squad, partly driven by winning, partly by Puncheon not being there maybe. Either way, Adkins has to take great credit for having them all "on the bus". Fair play to Adkins and Cortese, although the timing of Pardew leaving and us being in limbo before appointing Adkins could so easily have led to us being in the play-offs.

My SkyPlus says 23:10.

No cnance of that with the amount of wild dogs the OB had with them.

The9's point is entirely valid. Though as Griffo says, I'd far rather have 2,500 Saints fans at Plymouth making a deafening racket than most of them wearing red and white. That sort of thing is why most people think Newcastle fans are a joke.

Plymouth's last game is home to Orient, I believe, who could still be going for the play-offs. Plymouth have 3 meaty games left. Exeter are desperate to thrash them on Saturday, I can see that being a pretty volatile game.

Agree with this. Think Murray may also be injured, he's a big miss for them. Huddersfield will be unbeaten until the end of the season.

Stockport probably hate us for taking Dave Jones from them, plus Paul Jones, though at a stroke this was almost wholly offset by us paying them money for Lee Todd.

It was about 2,000. But we never sing when we don't have a roof, especially if it's raining. The Steaua fans were mentally loud. I was almost pleased that they scored at the end so that we could hear them go a bit more mental, we were going out on away goals anyway, so it didn't really make a great deal of difference. We did miss a couple of great chances to win the game earlier on though. Think Phillips had one in particular.

One of the local dibble who was in the away end was absolutely stunning. Reminded me a little bit of the Elton John "Nikita" video for some reason. Sorry, can't do a Rule 1. Couldn't take any pictures, as my missus was there as well.

I imagine The9 may have a view on this.....

There was also quite a lot of unpleasantness between Brighton and Huddersfield when they met at the Galpharm this season. Clark was hilarious, running on the pitch at the end to celebrate Huddersfield's win, waving imaginary cards in the air mocking Poyet and his mates' actions in trying to get players booked/sent off through the game. Bit of bad blood there, methinks.

How p1ssed off on a scale of 1 to 10 will Huddersfield be if we win tomorrow? Positive thoughts, people.

Rod Stewart also played for Brentford.

I know I've said it before, but he needs to go back to presenting the programme in a cafe with the newspapers in front of him as he did on Gazzetta. Gave a bit of an air of class, particularly when he would start gabbling to a waiter in Italian. He really doesn't need Murty and Rosenior spouting tosh.

Agree with pretty much all of this, particularly Stephens. I'm probably being harsh, but he just doesn't look like he has much about him at all.

He was shocking. As he was up at Walsall. To not book the guy who hacked at Hammond's Achilles but then book Forte was laughable. And to give the ball to Rovers' keeper after the Barnard / Bristol Rovers player joint booking when we were in a really good attacking position FFS.........

These are the 9 players who I feel we are going to be relying on big-time over the next 5 games. There are others who will be involved like Butterfield, Stephens, Chaplow, Forte and Richardson (and possibly Schneiderlin?), but I think if those 9 players play all 5 games and play well in each game, we'll finish second. I wouldn't expect the most important of those 9 (Lallana) to be playing two games in three days next week though.

I agree with much of this. Dale Stephens is an odd one, and I wonder how he managed to score so many goals for Oldham this season. He doesn't look like a player who can really impose himself on a game. So many times today we were looking for a midfielder to make runs to support the front two, we are having to rely entirely on Hammond for this.

I'm not convinced that Johnno Quick is the brightest of sparks.

Dickson's a class player. He's been criminally under-used this season.