S-Clarke

ah well, always going to happen.

some cracking goals in this game tonight.

20mins i reckon

80mins played @ WHU, but they'll have around 10mins extra time

He's just untouchable. A glorious football player.

not massivley worried about Cardiff, they will need a wonder-run to get close to us - and there are only 12 games to play. (they prob need to win all their games as long as we keep our form up)

watford are winning @ whu 25ish mins to play. No easy games left for any team.

I think we'll win quite a few of our home games, but I do expect us to slip up again at some point. It's the way this league is, it's crazy. We'll probably win away at Boro and drop points at home to Coventry for example!! crazy league.

Ipswich at home, given their current form, was never a given result. People who thought that would be a walk in the park are getting a little ahead of themselves. As i said in the reaction thread. 4 points from Leeds away and Ipswich at home....i'd have taken that. A chance to make it 12 points from 15 on saturday. That's more than good enough for promotion.

Were you sat behind me last night by any chance? Constant ''I think Adkins is out of his depth at this football club'' ''If we go up, it will be in spite of Adkins'' ''If we go up, we need to change to manager to give ourselves a chance'' Mongsville.

83 pts should be more than enough, as long as we don't lose to reading.

I wouldn't call any of his chances today 'sitters'. They were decent oppertunities that he didn't catch 100%. 10 goals from MF shows he's done more good than not in the goalscorring sense.

They will drop points before the end of the season. They are currently winning games they 'should' be winning.

tbf both are totally different types of players, and both clearly had different instructions of how to play. Guly sort of came in field more and did retain the ball in the first half, but was awful in the 2nd - totally lost his way.

I'd have prefered us to be 37 points behind them, with reading pegged back.

That's the problem. When teams do that we seem to be stuck.

Lee's done nothing wrong, he should keep his place. Sharp offered zilch when he came on.

Frustrating result. We never ever had complete control of the game as Ipswich did what Listener and Bristol City did this year....got tight, closed us down, and didn't allow us to pass out from the back. Worryingly when teams deploy that tactic we have little answer to it (although we almost did tbf!) De Ridder came on and gave us that spark we were missing, someone to run at a player and beat them. I thought Guly was poor, didn't offer anything what so ever and Harding was just abysmal tbh. He's not good enough for us anymore and I don't think it's a coincidence that we dropped lots of points the last time he was in the team. He's been terrific for us but I think we've passed him by. I hope Fox is fit soon as I'd worry if we have to play Harding for the majority of the games as he looks a little dodgy to say the least. Ipswich looked confident and always posed a threat - so it was no surprise when they equalized, and also no surprise at which side it came from. Onto the next one. If you'd have given me 4 points from Leeds and Ipswich last Friday I'd have taken it - it's just the way round it's happened which makes it all the more frustrating!

We'll probably try for Rooney then!!

the co-commentator on this game does my flaming head in.

Cardiff look atrocious. Can't believe we feared them at one stage!

They paid £16m to release him from Porto. Madness.

Nigel was quite coy on it, as usual, but he mentioned he had a groin strain. I guess it depends how severe that strain is, but he looked to be struggling off the pitch so I don't think it's going to be a quick one. I agree it's a blow as well. Our full-backs are vital to the way we play and Harding has been caught out at the top end of this league. He's a decent player and has contributed alot to us since he's been here, but I think as a club we're now passing him by.

Simple way of looking at it. I'm sure I read fans saying exactly the same (we need lots of new players if we are to compete in the championship) after we drew with Walsall last year. I expect the basis and spine of this team to stay with us in the premership, but would expect a few additions. Similar to what Norwich have done.

There's no way I'd start with the same 11. That starting 11 were horrific int he first half yesterday and players like Hammond have to start on Tuesday. I'd pull Cork out of the firing line and replace him with Hammond, and also drop Puncheon who I thought was flaming awful. Lallana 'should' be back.