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Are Reading going down the Sheffield Wednesday route and naming themselves after a day of the week? :-D The title wouldn't necessarily be decided but yes it could be a vital game. It'll be interesting to see how Reading fare tomorrow. If they lose, then they'll be very nervous against us - and we have the support of the home fans.

It only takes one bad set of results for us to really start worrying, but a win on Friday and I don't think I'd be nervous for the rest of the season. Now? A tad nervous yes, but I had us down for a win against Pompey and a draw at Palace, so I'm still contented.

It'd be great to be 7 points clear of West Ham as they go into their game with BRUM at HOME! Nigh on essential I'd say, if we want to get promoted without brown skidmarks.

Yay! It seems sexy santas are the place to go. Posh losing too. Good news for a future game...

Doing good people. That Butterfield is past it. Fonte is crud since he cut his hair. Billy Sharp is a short arse.

Only here for the first half then off to work. :-( Now I want to hear absolute negativity on here until we're 3-0 up. Bloody Saints FFS blowing promotion at the final hurdle. Can't score in a brothel. All nuns are ugly. Crystal Palace should be in the Champions League. By the way, I've quit smoking. (As per thread in the Lounge) So I can't lucky smoke anymore. Ohio, you're on your own.

Saw Taxi Driver last night for the first time. Wow. Great film. Not as brilliant as some people make out, but very watchable and well acted. 9/10

I'm surprised nobody's started a "Play-Off Thread - who don't we want?" thread yet!?!

Brum and Brighton are the two teams that can assist us in promotion, and they have my full support! oh, and it is a three horse race unless all of us top three hardly pick up any more points this season.

I am concerned, but having seen the highlights today, I think we performed quite well. Play like that and we'll be up - and there's still the cushion over West Ham. For me, Reading have the title, unless we pull off a cracking set of results, but we're still good for promotion. Still, one game at a time, and all that.

Puncheon, but I suspect it'll be Chaplow. 4* options, Guly, SDR, Chaplow and Punch and we're struggling to find a fit. Jokes. Do we have any yoof players we could use? *EDIT: After belatedly reading the rest of the thread, I'd forgotten about Falque! Start Rickie on the right and have Barnard up front with Billy! Done.

SOUTHAMPTON : Crystal Palace (A) ; Reading (H) ; Peterborough (A) ; Middlesboro (A) ; Coventry (H). - We'll get 4 points in the games at Palace and Posh, and a win at Coventry. So 7 points. READING : Brighton (A) ; Southampton (A) ; Nottm Forest (H) ; Crystal Palace (H) ; Birmingham (A). - 10 points for Reading here, their loss coming on the last day, by which time they'll have the title sewn up. WEST HAM UNITED : Birmingham (H) ; Brighton (H) ; Bristol City (A) ; Leicester (A) ; Hull City (H). - 10 points too for West Ham, their loss coming in their next match at Brum ( and thus a quick indicator as to whether I'm right or not.) Ergo, we'll get promoted, but with the poorest run in form of all three teams, and by just 1 point. It's so close, predictions are very hard to do! It may, MAY, come down to goal difference, in which case we're currently better off. If we do get defeats, they'd better be little one goal ones, not 3-0 like against Blackpool last week. all predictions above are IMO.

If that's the case, we only need one more win to get promoted? I'd take that.

I hope Morgan's OK. I'm not looking forward to these next 5 games. I have West Ham friends and Reading friends that are ready and waiting to rip the wee out of me for Saints failing to go up. We MUST get 4-6 points from the next six games - at the moment we're giving West Ham fans hope.

Can't even beat the Skates. Will we ever have bragging rights? (TM RP)

Come on SAINTS FFS. Must get a win here or the world will implode.

We're not going to win this. I just opened a box of Lucky Charms and a leprechaun jumped out and kicked me in the nuts. It's a bad sign I tells ya.

Given up on the streams, and I can't seem to log on to whispering Dave, so I'm just going to pound the treadmill for a while and check up on the score in an hour.

Morgan off, Cork on

Yellow cards flying. Maguire for Pompey booked. I can see a sending off this game...

Morgan down. :-(

Hammond booked. Awful loss of the ball. Lallana going down to easily. But Pompey can't put a pass together yet.

Come on Phil, PAY for the last hour! Cheapskateism is a Pompey trait!