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I wasn't using Reading as a way of justifying our rubbish performance last night, I was merely countering the widely held view (at half-time last night) that Reading had made the right approach to the competition (because being 4 up would "give them a confidence boost in the league"). My ascertain is that it ended up backfiring on them more than our B team losing will backfire on us. You're right - two wrongs don't make a right, but that wasn't the point I was making.

I'll need some convincing that throwing away a 4 goal lead at home to a fellow premier league side's B team is less soul destroying than our premier league B team losing away to a decent championship side. What reaction would there be on here had we 'done a Reading' last night? You'd probably struggle to tell the difference this morning I'd venture...

Difference being that if that was our regular championship starting 11 they would know each other's game exponentially better than last night, so not a 'like for like' comparison IMO. (That's not to say there's any guarantee they wouldn't play that badly in the long run either of course)

Steady. You'll trip the SWF common-sense alarm with posts like that.

Appy's doing a good job. Stick with him.

Would now be a good time to dig out the "What a confidence booster for Reading" posts from the match thread...?

Wigan go out to Bradford

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Who's the lad that's been banging them in for fun in the U18s this season? Would like to have seen him on the bench.

@officialsaints: Leeds team: Ashdown, Peltier, Lees, Pearce, White, Byram, Austin, Brown, Tonge, Varney, Diouf. #saintsfc @officialsaints: Leeds substitutes: Kenny (GK), Drury, Green, Becchio, Pugh, Norris, Gray. #saintsfc

@officialsaints: Saints substitutes: Gazzaniga (GK), Shaw, Stephens, Chambers, Isgrove, Hoskins, Sinclair. #saintsfc

@officialsaints: Saints team: K. Davis, Butterfield, Hooiveld ©, Seaborne, Reeves, Ward-Prowse, Chaplow, Guly, De Ridder, Mayuka, Lee. #saintsfc

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Portsmouth FC ‏@officialpompey Send us your questions for Scott Allan for the Brentford programme. Use hashtag #AskAllan Matt Hope ‏@xX_HOPESTER_Xx Would you consider a permanent stay at Pompey once the finances are sorted out? #AskAllan

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Story gathering pace.... SunSport Now ‏@SunSportNow Southampton are investigating an incident involving Artur Boruc in which he allegedly threw a water bottle into the crowd against Tottenham.

@solentsport: RT @bigadamsport: I believe the Artur Boruc bottle incident at the Chapel End on Sunday is being taken pretty seriously by #saintsfc - doubt he'll be at Leeds

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/injury-denies-maguire-pompey-return-1-4421782

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Groundhog-Day-3849.aspx No.....it's testament to the number of businesses, charities, ex-players and tax payers that you've screwed to the tune of c.£150m just so that you can remain "competitive" you buffoon. (I agree with the title of the article though...)

Anyone know what he's accused of saying?

Several times during the Sky commentary and punditry last night the phrase "despite all their off field problems Pompey are still able to field a decent side" without one person questioning why that might be. The media is awash with one dimensional 'experts' on all things football.

@SimonPeach: Going on @talkSPORT at 10.45pm to talk #SaintsFC & Nigel Adkins with @andygoldstein05 & @mickygray33. All welcome to listen to my ramblings.

Packing out the away end again I see....