Whitey Grandad

Better than anything we've got and has experience of getting West Ham promoted, of course we'll have him but I can't see it somehow.

I think it's past that, it's already pended.

They certainly didn't show the Reading handball. I can only think that the ref didn't see it.

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We don't score in front of anybody.

If you win the toss you have choice of ends. It used to be that you could choose to kick-off but that went some time ago and apparently Tony Adams took some seasons to learn about the change in the Laws. Most teams have an agreement that whoever wins the toss will choose to kick towards their own fans in the second half unless there is a clear advantage in changing it such as sun in the eyes, rain in the face, a strong wind that might die down.

That Northam lot can get quite noisy, some of them even cheer and sing at times. You don't get much of that where I sit.

The idea is to create a 'wall' of support behind both goals so that neither end offers an advantage to the away lot. Unfortunately we have a large number of corporate seats that go unused outside the Premiership. I've had my Kingsland seats since we migrated from the Dell. The view's ok, but nowhere near as good as the old place! (and the football was better, but dont get me started.)

Let this be a lesson to you all about the demon drink! I heard of one young girl who woke up with the television on the shopping channel and her credit card lying beside the 'phone!

Then we could have home fans behind both goals. This was all debated when we move to St Mary's and there were many who didn't like the present layout. It doesn't bother me, I'm one of the fuddy-duddies halfway along the Kingsland.

Yes, I've been impressed by him lately. I still think he's too lightweight for a full-back, wasn't he flattened for the Reading goal yesterday?

push them round the corner - there are plenty of empty seats there now!

The away fans go down to pitch level and around behind the goal. Additionally, there is a large clearance gap between them and the Northam hardcore supporters. I have some photos of Strasbourg FC which show how it should be done - wire fencing and all that stuff.

Bristol City have advanced plans for a new stadium. It will be interesting to see how they manage when they have a big mortgage hanging around their necks.

Yup, there were a lot of complaints about it at the time. We are too nice to the opposition, the away fans should be stuck up in the corner at the back of the stands like we are at Newcastle, Tottenham, Chelsea, Man Utd. etc. Er sorry, that should read 'like we used to be at ...'

It's a sad day when we can't even compete with the likes of Bristol City (no offence intended)

I agree, we have signed too much of the same as we had already - lightweight inexperienced youngsters.

It's a common convention that teams attack towards their own fans in the second half. The more relevant complaint is that there are not enough home fans surrounding the away fans thus nullifying their support.

I think you'll find that these organisations are merely repeating the contents of a press release issued by the club, but this debate is academic. Pearson's contract could have been extended, indeed many have talked of this being a longer contract with a 'break clause'. Whatever the reasons, this alternative choice has turned out to be a colossal mistake with disastrous financial implications.

It was a good performance against a team up at the top of the table and we should have been given a penalty that would probably have won the game, and in isolation we could be satisfied with that, but in the wider context it was another 2 points dropped and I can't see where we are going to win the 7 or more games that we need out of the 20 that are left.

Yup, I agree completely.

I'm not looking forward to this game, as usual. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised but I've completely given up hope, to be honest.

I think you'll find that it was the first team.

Nah, they're far too good for us.

you mean, like quoting from an anonymous letter?