Pat from Poole

It was one of the few times that being a Saints fan living in Poole has its benefits. We were dead lucky that the 6.50 train from Poole started in, er, Poole. It was standing room only by the time it got to Totton. I think if it happened again and I lived in Southampton I would have a night out in Poole the night before, stay in one of our nice hotels, and then get the train from Poole in the morning. Just so long as not too many of you do it, cheers........

We went in the Wetherspoon pub in the O2 shopping centre by Finchley Road tube station both before and after the game. Was good in there, no probs getting served and at very reasonable prices.

Jesus, if there's 5,000 people on my train (the 6,50am from Poole), I'll consider reviewing my will tonight.

Methinks Colchester are going to regret their recent slip-ups against Walsall, Brentford and Wycombe. Two points from those three games is really not good.

Tough game, this one. They're in decent form at the moment.

If memory serves, Wycombe did the double over Millwall this season (God knows how), and they need the points so anything is possible on Saturday.

I struggle to see how you are not going to be waiting for about 15 minutes to get served in this Silverspoons place. And £10 a ticket to get in ain't cheap, it's not as if the beer is that cheap in there either.

It is a good price. If it wasn't for the probable horrendous queues after the game and that it would mean not getting the opportunity to take over Trafalgar Square to celebrate winning this magnificent competition I might have been tempted.

I believe the Falmer stadium won't be ready until the season after next according to Late Kick Off on Monday night. By which time one would imagine we could be two Leagues above them.

I think this calls for the return of Pirate Paul and the stall he used to have on Milton Road / Wilton Avenue. He used to have a lot of good stuff on his stall.

God I was there that night. Beyond shocking.

Much though I hate to empathise with them, I think a lot of Skates fans have tired of the novelty of the Prem and having to pay £35 - £40 to watch a game of football, which is an obscene price really.

Nonsense though, isn't it? What else is on the telly on a Wednesday night? On a Saturday at the end of May most people will be out on the lash and watching a boring United v Chelsea game is the last thing on their minds. Come on Barca.

Rickie Lambert is a very very good striker who has pretty much all the attributes to be a top-level striker with the one exception of pace. I don't think there's much at all between him and say, Kevin Davies, who might have had a shout of getting in the England squad a year or two ago.

Not so sure I agree, if he's the difference between promotion and not going up, surely that more than offsets the fact that he may have little re-sale value. Anyway, the Huddersfield chairman's wrong about that as well, Rickie's good enough for the Prem, I sincerely believe that, so he has re-sale value. If he had pace, he'd be in the England squad.

Got some tickets online for Swindon this afternoon, but could only get Block 39, in row BB. Is this far enough back within this block to be able to stand up throughout the game? Not sure how far back you have to be to avoid breaching the "only standing up during moments of excitement" ruling in this block, although the Northam / Kingsland Corner does seem to be an increasingly impressive extension of the Northam massive.

Nonsense. Blackmore is an excellent commentator.

Totally agree with everything you say.

Should get that as your avatar...........

Are they still opening in the morning though?

Think the Alex is much the same.

Sorry, I probably should have quoted this one on my last post, then it would have made more sense.

You on about the Maple Leaff? Paul Singh said on Tuesday night they'd be opening at 10am, not sure about after the game.

That's a real pain in the gonads, effectively a 12.30pm kick-off then (in drinking terms).

It's quite simple. They just need to replicate St. Mary's. Those of us who want to sing all game and stand should be given our own couple of blocks right next to the Carlisle fans. Everybody else could be left to sit at their leisure without having to worry about the more excitable of us getting in their line of view. If only the powers that be could arrange this. Would go somewhat against the usual prawn sandwich sanitised atmosphere at Wembley.