Sour Mash

Talk about a football club still living in the 1980s.

Which players currently in our team do you feel aren't intelligent enough to work well with Ramirez?

The Spurs game was his best performance, but since that Sunderland game he's not been invloved at all, even when we're chasing games. Weird signing really.

He was pretty poor up at Leeds, but since then has started against Sunderland I think. Hardly had a kick since then though?

I reckon he must have a knock, no-way would he not even make the bench if fully fit. Having said that, he never gets a run out anyway, so would it make much difference either way?

Chaplow at Wembley with Millwall, Reeves there with Southend, did Dickson play there with Bradford? Done well out of their loan moves.

They were two poor/pointless substitutions - if Adkins had made them he'd have rightly got stick. I reckon MP is under pressure to have a certain number of academy products making an appearance in each game.

Can we expect JWP to get a 5/10 mintue run out, regardless of what the score is or if we're chasing the game?

Schneiderlin has been excellent for us, but he's still not the complete midfielder - doesn't carry the ball enough for my liking making driving runs with it at his feet and doesn't shoot enough from outside the box - see Yaya Toure or Steve Garrard in their prime.

Slow, ponderous on the ball, gave the ball away often when trying to play the long pass (not a huge amount to aim for to be honest). Reads the game ok, but doesn't look particularly strong or powerful. Could say on the positive side quite calm in possession, but that meant he got caught on the ball a few times. Strange signing.

Good news imo. Hopefully our new PR manager will be able to take us onto the next level.

It's a lot of money, but we charge £38 for some games, not much in it really.

That doesn't look anything like Southampton.

What difference does a banner or protest make? Only thing that would have an impact is empty seats.

Why?

I went along tonight. Never been so cold at a game of football in my life, painful. Not a great game, typical Saints, lots of possession, no cutting edge, two defensive mistakes for the goals. Forren doesn't look anywhere near good enough yet. De Ridder very lively with no end product.

Exactly, a lot of possession for possesion's sake, we don't move the ball quick enough or break with pace often enough for me. We play a lot of our football infront of the opposition and they're often happy just to let us do that.

I agree we were the better team, but that seems to be the case all the time at the moment, playing well and not getting out just rewards. Need to be more clinical around the opposition box or this will continue to be the case. Plus, no matter how well we play, opposing teams always know we'll give something away at the back every game. I thought Norwich were s**t.

Thought we were the better team throughout. Shocking playing conditions, can't have been a million miles from being called off before the game. Cr@p ref, called things wrong throughout the game, always off the pace and how can he be sure it was a pen from where he was stood? Shocking decision, particularly at that stage of the game. Not a fan of MP's substitutions. Although Ramirez had given the ball away a couple of times, we were in the ascendancy and look much the likelier to score, taking him off killed our attacking momentum I thought. Not sure of the point of JWP, offers very little at this level despite trying very hard.

They tend not to put them on sale on the day unless they're confident they'll be plenty available.

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/southampton-ticket-latest-140113-596705.aspx

Looks like tickets will be priced £42 adults, £22 kids for this, stupid prices for a lunch-time at Reading that's on TV.

Anyone know where the figures can be viewed in their entirety?

Pleased the way this has started actually, NZ looking nicely competitive. What a great place for watching cricket as well, would be a great tour that.