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Norwich is basically Norfolk's + the northern part of Suffolk's only club. That's a fairly big area to draw on unrivaled support. Still, I think our attendances will rise in the 2nd half of the season.

If Connolly stays fit and gets selected then I quite fancy our chances of winning all those games apart from Leeds which I think will be a draw. Whilst we may be looking at those fixtures thinking they are tough I 'm sure that every team about to face us is more concerned than we are. We are the form team with arguably the best strike force in the league. Let them worry about us for a change.

Really pleased with a win against a team chasing the playoffs themselves. Connoly and Lambert are starting to look like the most deadly strikeforce in the division. It's been a real slog all season but now for the first time the players must be looking at the table and thinking play offs are a serious proposition. I know I am.

Which ever way you look at it it's very powerful form. Keep this up and playoffs will happen. Really pleased with todays result - thought it could have been a real banana skin. Need to be targeting another 3 against Tranmere and a draw at Leeds. The other teams don't seem to be able to cope with a Connoly\Lambert combo up front.

Just need to keep a clean sheet and job done.

Beckford.

Its going to be a tough game but one we have to win if we want top 6. I've got a Walsall supporting friend (who i'll be seeing on sat evening) and he said that they are built on defence. Sounds like they'll be a tough nut to crack but once opened we should be ok.

If we were to repeat the results of the last 13 games over our next 13 league games then we'd have 51 points with 14 games to go. If that were to happen then I'd quite fancy our chances of getting to the playoffs.

A play off final place would bring out more! If we could scrape into the top 6 I'd fancy our chances of making that final too.

Wycombe will park the bus and try to frustrate us. Got a funny feeling they will score against play but we will come back to just about scrape home with a 2-1 victory (winning goal scored in the dying minutes).

Has to be the league. With 28 games left to play and a 13 point gap between us and 6th place there is still everything to play for, even if the chances are slim. Cups are a meaningless distraction as far as I'm concerned - I want out of this division ASAP.

I'm with Connolly, seems crazy to use someone like Paul Wotton in a 4-5-1 rather than Connolly in a 4-4-2. AP needs to be braver with his team selections IMHO.

Although we still have a slim chance I'm resigning myself to no play offs this year. Our results against the top teams indicates to me that we're not quite good enough to catch them up. Maybe we're not as good as we thought we were. Very disappointing esp. as we have had more money spent on us than anyone else but that's life as a fan of this club I guess. For me mid table at the end of season was always par for the course, play offs would have been a nice bonus. Next season though - play offs at least.

Being as the TV cameras spot things like this within seconds why can't there be a 2nd ref in the stands that has instant access to the TV pics? They could have overruled this 'goal' within seconds and the game then recommenced. I think that they should also have cameras in the goalposts to check for the 'on the line' goal decisions. I don't think that you need these precautions for all games BUT being as this was a very big match with very big consequences why didn't the authorities authorise the use of technology? Maybe use it for proper (not friendly) internationals only? That said, all this hullabaloo over Henry is because Ireland lost. Would there have been such a big reaction if Keane had handballed before scoring? It's all a bit hypocritical really.

Whilst I'm still not convinced about AP (too timid in the games I've seen IMO) the original post is way OTT. Every team will have a dodgy game here and there and hopefully this was it. We've had something like 8 unbeaten before yesterday so I think its only fair to lay off the guy. However if we lose the next couple of games - one against Norwich - we'll slip back in the relegation zone and the pressure will ratchet up so fingers crossed this was just a blip and a valuable lesson learned.

There is a bar in Val Claret that I've been to a few times that shows most sports events. Might be stretching it for this one though!

The difference between Brighton and Saints today? Heart. Frustrating that we've now had 2 opportunities to get out of the bottom 3 and we've blown both. However a win against Norwich would go a long way to erasing todays disappointment.

Don't think we're the best as there's not much to choose between us, Leeds, Norwich, Charlton and Millwall. Whether we are the best or not, no-one will look forward to playing us this season.

Moran - on the verge of England with us, never did much after leaving. Dennis - was destined never to reach the same level of performance as he did at Saints. Bale - skulking around in Spurs reserves. Williams - didn't realise how good it was here. Channon - played at Pompey, WTF!! ....not a player but Hoddle - was on to a good thing here then blew it at Spurs.

I was there and we were miles better as a 4-4-2, 4-5-1 just neuters our forwards. It was good to get back to 2-2 but yet again AP dropped 2 points due to his negative tactics. If Connolly is fit then he's got to start - he looks bloody good. To have Wotton on the pitch instead of him is nuts IMO. Ricky comes alive when he partners him. Just as at Charlton I got the impression that AP was more interested in not losing than than winning!

Lambert for me closely followed by Hammond.

Can't see AP leaving for Boro. We are on the up and they are drifting. AP has been given the chance to resurrect a big club back to where it belongs - the premiership. He's working under a cash rich guy who seems to have his head screwed on the right way and seems to have all faith in AP. He'd be mad to switch to Boro.

I don't have any sympathy for Saga, he's had his chances but hasn't taken them. When he first joined he was excellent and if he had managed to maintain anywhere near that form then he'd be in our first 11 now. The guy has a questionable attitude IMO.

As Claridge said on the BBC - if he can stay fit then he's going to be a handfull. As for the super sub option - if he (with Lambert) is our best striker then I'd play him from the off. Got to pick the strongest 11 for every league game.

He's definately our worst ever chairman. As far as I know relegating SFC down 2 divisions is a record that no other chairman has accomplished. However he'd still have a way to go to match up with these meddling chairmen: Flavio Briatore who often picked QPR teams and once ordered a substitution from Malaysia. Vladimir Romanov who sacked George Burley after an 8 match winning run because he refused to obey Romanov's team selections faxed over every week from the Baltics. Dmitry Pietrman (Racing Santander) who when told he would need to complete a six-year coaching course in order to manage the Spanish team he had just bought appointed old friend Chuchi Cos as manager and named himself as official club photographer. Donning a snapper's bib, he would then sit on a chair adjacent to the Racing bench, take a few pictures and regularly shout orders to players. When asked about this unusual state of affairs Pieterman referred to George W Bush saying: "There's a dork out there running the most powerful country in the world without a qualification to his name. And you want me to have a diploma to run a football team?" You couldn't make it up.