Junior Mullet

I was thinking that. I concluded that we had good technical players who can probably take a good penalty, not that we'll ever know because we have the best penalty taker in the country taking all of ours. Also, think Boruc would be good at saving pens. Kelvin is a fantastic penalty stopper also. Here are my 5: Lambo Schneiderlin Shaw Clyne Lallana BTW how comedy was Adebyor's miss, lol. Joke player.

Yes, sorry - I hadnt been paying much attention to the FA Cup and therefore assumed from the post that it would be a Chelsea Man City final. You are absolutely right, the winner of Wigan Millwall will get to play in Europe provided that their opponent in the final qualifies for Europe via the league.

Does anyone know if this will actually happen? Seems crazy. If it is being mooted I hope her family step in soon and say that they do not want a minutes' silence for everyones' sake.

Ummm, no that is not what David in Sweden asked. Mr Sweden, if both Man C and Chelsea qualify for Europe in their own right the cup place will be reallocated to the highest placed Prem League team not already qualified for Europe. BTW, Finland got a place last year and two years prior to that, so a similar record to our own. My hunch is it will be tight between Finland and England.

UEFA Europa League There are three places in the UEFA Europa League available: the FA Cup winners will enter at the Group Stage; the fifth place team in the Barclays Premier League will enter at the Play-Off stage; and the Football League Cup winners will enter at the Q3 stage. In the event the FA Cup winners are qualified for the UEFA Champions League the FA Cup runners-up will qualify, but in the place reserved for the lowest ranking Barclays Premier League representative. The place with direct access to the Group Stage will be given to the club that finishes in the highest position in the Barclays Premier League of the clubs qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. English winners of the UEFA Europa League will enter at the Group Stage, gaining an extra domestic place only if they fail to qualify through other means for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League. If the holders of the UEFA Europa League have already qualified for Europe, no extra domestic place will be gained. Should the FA Cup winners, runners-up (if applicable) and the Football League Cup winners already have qualified for Europe, their place goes to the next best placed clubs in the Premier League. Fair Play winners enter at the Qualifying round 1 stage. This place will automatically go the three best-placed national associations in the UEFA Respect fair play rankings provided they achieve an average of 8.0 points or more. The top three associations will then be entitled to enter the club that has either won their domestic top-division fair play competition, or if they are already qualified, the runners-up and so forth. Please note that the above is purely a guide to the qualification procedure at present. From time to time other scenarios may occur which could mean that the above procedures may need to be reviewed. Fair Play League: The Fair Play League is not just about yellow and red cards. Each club is also ranked on positive play, respect towards opponent, respect towards referees and behaviour of officials. UEFA Fair Play Ranking: All representative teams from a football association are responsible for the score of the Fair Play ranking of that association. This includes matches of all national teams and all clubs in all UEFA competitions. The ranking is composed from 1 June until 31 May the following year. The criteria for the ranking is Fair Play. Criteria: Teams are judged on the following criteria: Yellow and red cards: If no cards are shown the score will be 10. Every yellow card will deduct this total by 1. A red card will cost a team 3 points in the ranking. If the red card is the result of a second yellow card the deductions of the second yellow card will be ignored. But if a player gets a direct red card after he got a yellow card earlier, the yellow card will be counted as a deduction. This score could become negative Positive play: e.g. attacking tactics, acceleration of the game, efforts to gain time, and continued pursuit of goals. A team can score a maximum of 10 points and a minimum of 1 point Respect to the opponent: e.g. returning the ball to the opponent at a throw-in, helping an injured opponent: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point Respect to the referee: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point Behaviour of the team officials: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point Behaviour of the fans: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point NB: this criterion is ignored when the number of fans is negligible e.g. if there are no fans at all or because of penalty that was given by the UEFA The total number of points will be divided by the maximum number of points, 40 (or 35 if there are a negligible amount of fans), and multiplied by 10 which will result in a score between 0 and 10. The score is calculated to two decimal points and not rounded up. Fulham got in in 2011 and Man City in 2008. Scandanavian teams dominate despite the weighting system applied. Pretty subjective this bit: The Respect Fair Play assessments are made by the official UEFA delegates, based on criteria such as positive play, respect for the opponent, respect for the referee, behaviour of the crowd and team officials, as well as cautions and dismissals. There does not appear to be a running 'league' as such. The ranking showing us 4th was compiled based on assessments for the first half of the season. England was 4th behind Finland. Sweden and Norway look like bolt on's for a place. Between us and Finland it seems.

Oh and by the way....we may get a chance to send Sunderland or Stoke down in our last few games and therefore we are likely to be focus of attention rather than obscure. Much prefer things being that way around.

Thank Bugggery I'm on a site where trolling doesn't exist and people can exchange frank views without fear of being shot down by one group or another.

Nope. Feeling very excited at the prospect of a top half finish. Want us to get as many points as possible and finish high up the table as possible. How can anyone watch our fantastic team and feel anticlimatic? And BTW the prosepct of Summer and next year are fraptastic.

I don't think the words "Lawro...beloved...Lazy...toss...passion" are words that go together.

Would you have taken a point at home to Chelsea, Liverpool and City? Have faith in the team - they have the ability to win any game.

Rickie should never and will never play for England. He's too bloody good. How the hell do Cleverley and Milner keep turning out for England BTW? Limited players.

Something very exciting is happening with the club. We will stay up this year and build in the Summer. Players coming in will be carefully selected so as to add to the squad harmony and our style of play rather than disrupt it. The club have worked hard to build a footballing brand and I like what I'm seeing. My gut-feeling is that the current lot will be even better next year (experience, tactical astuteness and physical conditioning all improving) and with a couple of careful additions we will finish comfortably top half. My gut feeling is that 8th spot is about right. Please don't tell me to concentrate on this year etc etc. I'm a football fan ffs.

I think our style of play is perfectly suited to doing well in Europe. I also think our first 11 are good enough to do well. We just don't have the squad depth currently but few teams do and we would strengthen even more in the Summer if we knew we had secured European football - afterall it is exactly where I believe the owners and management want us to be. And, we are masters of succeeding ahead of plan.

Recently we have been better against the top teams.

It was an incredible save against Moses' mis-hit shot. Did amazing to reposition himself and time his leap to get just enough of a hand on it to tip it onto and over the bar. Look at it again, it really was an outstanding save. Testiment to the solidity of the rest of our defence that Davis had very little else to do for the second half. The whole team must have been knackered afterwards. Lipread Lambert on MOTD at full time saying something like '******* hell'. Lol. Reading are a Championship team. Davis is a Championship keeper. He will be fine if he plays.

ian"notsogoodat"sums

There was only one international class right back playing yesterday. Clyne has been outstanding this year and is consistent. He took the micky out of Coutinho repeatedly in the first half, right in front of Roy. He should play for England ASAP. Lallana did well but I think he's a bit like Le Tis - very few England managers are likely to give him a chance because they wont know how to play him. Also unlikely to fit the more rigid football played by England. Lambert - if he was a few years younger he might get a go. He's an incredibly effective player and will rise to whatever level is asked of him. He would certainly do a job for England but I don't think it will happen. J Rod is improving very rapidly with us. Wouldnt be at all surprised to see him play for England next year. I think he has the potential to be a seriously great player. Luke Shaw still has weaknesses in his game but his potential is frightening. A couple of seasons away from being good enough for England IMO although I suspect they'll fast-track him through and get him involved with the squad from next season, in fact I'll be amazed if they don't bring him into the fold next season. Just hope he keeps his head. Cork is one of the best English defensive mids around - incredible engine. Not sure England play with 2 holding DM's though. Limited technically though and not great going forward. If I were Roy I'd pick him over Carrick, Barry etc in the pure DCM role. Also, the partnership he has with Morgan makes him look great, unlikely to have such a good relationship with other players at National level where he is unused to them. No doubt about it, Roy would have been impressed by our lads yesterday, especially Clyne.

Big boobie gal

I think JRod was improving quickly under Adkins and that has simply continued. Massively improved player since the start of the season. I think he will become a fantastic player.

On Saturday the full-backs were allowed to bomb on and leave Yoshi and Jose exposed to swift counter attacks. This is how we began the season under Adkins. Adkins and the coaches IMO worked wonders turning our defence into one of the Prem's meanest. This in part was due to the full-backs staying deeper and giving us a proper back four. Saturday was particularly disheartening because it looks like the good work has been undone. Saturday was also the highest I've seen our attacking 3 and 1 play when we are in attack. They weren't coming deep and giving options. The outcome was we resorted to lumping it forward which was meat and drink to QPR. Also worrying was the team's apparent reluctance to chage tactics when it was obvious we were getting nowhere. MP was tactically outclassed by Harry on Saturday and that's poor I'm afraid. If this emerging style of play is the way MP is going to play between now and the end of the season I think we will go down.

Ref went over with a card and then changed his mind seemingly and just gave a drop ball. Odd. MP said Adam had a neck injury and was groggy. He'll be fine.

With a full first team to choose from and 2 weeks rest how the hell can we go wrong. Come on you Saints - play well and we will surely win.

JRod is going to be a seriously good player in the near future. I've been impressed with the way he had progressed with us. He will get a good run in the team under MP and the team works well with him as the leading forward and Lambo tucked in behind with a licence to roam.

Haha, as if you would ever admit to the lad being anything other than a complete ****. Did you ever get to demonstrate your lust on her or are you over it now?

Crouch and Kenwyn possibly? What do we think our current team are worth, assuming contracts weren't just about to end? 'Worth' = what you would expect someone to pay for them, not what the club would be willing to sell them for. Boruc - £3m Shaw - £15m Fonte - £3m Yoshida - £5m Clyne - £7m Cork - £6m Schneiderlin - £12m Lallana - £12m Lambo - £5m Punch - £5m Jay Rod - £12m = £85m Subs: Gaston - £14m Hoidveld - £1m Fox - £750k Ward-Prowse - £5m Mayuka - £3.5m Davis - £1.5m Gazza - £2m = £28m odd