NickG

because of what winning it meant

JPT - won a trophy, great days for club, manager, players and fans FA cup good progress, got through to last 16, live on tv, sell out game yesterday - totally meaningless game for us - but against opposition who would test players at right level. Totally right game to experiment

not been away at all (apart from final!) but from all home games I personally would put him as about our most consistent performer.

would have thought so - we played with standard back four players - Pardew said he was sick

sounds right thing to do today, personally wouldn't mind next week either

ok player, not player well since his injury, but we should be able to do better now

disagree, think he has been excellent

sounds like Pardew, rightly so, treated it as preseason build up to assess players

Fonte is an excellent player, but (not having seen or even listened today) sounds like he was very effected by his illness. Think Seaborne is looking pretty solid.

don't worry, this is from the man who thinks Schneiderlin is lightweight and inconsistant.

not sure CB will be his priority with Fonte / Seaborn possibly long term first choice and then Jaidi / Martin (who says was best player on pitch today) / Thomas / Perry as four back ups. Depends on Thomas / Perry's contracts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8629883.stm

amazing, apparently this is not a wind up! Alpine thinks anyone who we will walk next season is looking really stupid. The squad is being broken up, as was always the plan. If anyone was ever in any doubt whether to take this wind up merchant seriously...??

was this a wind up? (As i suspect most of your posts are)

my point exactly!

so why hasn't Antonio commented on Reading OS about his excitement in earning this extension?

crossed my mind the other day!

it was announced when he signed

Murty 35 Jaidi 34 Connolly suffered injuries since 2007 Mullins 31 and no history of injuries

he's unlikely to go. Relax.

less than a week to their creditors meeting......

still can't see how they will agree to any offer from AA that is self financing

he scored 30+ last season, was available cheaper and on lower wages and no-one higher up came in for him.

only thing thats changed since the effective end of the season...one where we have shown over the last 75% plus that we are good enough to be promoted is.. Pardew has said that he expects all players to stay as they have a chance to be a champion. and that he wants to strengthen the side in the summer and that the players he is after are players good enough to stay in the side for the season after as well and make play offs in CCC. No where is it said that players are likely to leave. No where have we said we won't sign Antonio - on contrary we have confirmed talks. No where has Antonio said he wants to go back to Reading (notice no quotes from him on their OS - strange?) Think most would agree that one poster is looking really stupid.

we will go up then.