stevegrant

I am, yes. Getting a long-overdue haircut at 10, so probably on the 11.00 train.

Oh, and if we win tonight, we'll play Sussex in the semi-final

Chances of play are good - the forecast is for a bit of rain early afternoon but then sunny spells later and into the evening.

http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/News/_midsummermadness.htm If you're travelling on the SWT network this weekend to go to the QPR game, you can get a return ticket for £10 (normally £19 or so from Southampton Central on the 4 for 2 group saver deal). You'll still need to get a separate ticket either between Clapham Junction and Shepherds Bush if you're going on the overground train or some sort of underground ticket for the tube.

Met Office forecast says rain for most of the afternoon and evening. Looks fine for tomorrow though, so I'm expecting it to be played then. The Lancashire v Somerset game tonight will almost certainly go to a bowl-out, which is a shame.

Hmmm... will have to look at that in a bit more detail later. In the meantime, can anyone else who has access but cannot vote in the poll please reply to the two poll threads with their vote.

I think Matt Paterson will be very useful this season, but he needs to be playing alongside someone with experience. Stern John would have been ideal, but clearly that's not going to happen now...

Yes, I'm afraid so. Can you try it again?

They're a tenner for season ticket holders if you buy in advance.

The idea for the vote was that each contributor gets one vote, just to keep things simple as we're going to have to get it done fairly quickly. The "weighted" bit comes in for the prize draw, i.e. the more you contribute, the more chance you have of winning.

Shepherds Bush overground station isn't too far away, and is served by direct trains from Clapham Junction.

I've not posted them yet! They're all Jiffy-bagged up ready to go - just need to take them to the Post Office. PS I don't think I've got your address - couldn't find it when I was doing the labels last night...

Isn't it just one change at Reading? Evening games are always easier to drive, IMO.

Not sure who I'd compare Wolfsburg to in this country really. While the fanbase is probably equivalent to a Boro or a Fulham, they also have the rather handy financial backing of Volkswagen. Only three clubs in the Bundesliga aren't predominantly owned by their members - Bayer Leverkusen (owned by Bayer), Wolfsburg (VW) and Hoffenheim (rich benefactor who bankrolled promotion to the top flight for the first time last season... they were top at the mid-season break)

Strangely, Claridge is usually very complimentary of us...

OK, the sub-forum has been set up - if you've contributed, you should be able to see it on the forum front page. Please go in that forum and vote on the two polls asap. I don't know for certain how long I'm going to be able to leave those polls open, so please cast your votes as a matter of urgency.

Noted

Glad I wasn't the only one to spot that one

Opened in 1994. It originally only had 3 stands, but they built the 4th stand in 1997.

Latest update: I'm expecting to have all of the copies back in a couple of days, and will post them straight away.

What time are you going, Jan?

Serious question: how many season tickets have been sold at FP for this season?

The main problem with Taylor is that Sky also happen to be one of his sponsors, so hardly anyone else gets a proper mention. Yes, he's the best by a country mile (although there are far more players these days who could beat him on their day), but the saturation coverage and the way the likes of Sid Waddell **** furiously over him when he hits a bog-standard 100 does get bloody irritating.

It varies depending on the player(s) chosen.

You answered your own question there I thought it best not to get involved - I also didn't have a pot to p!ss in last week