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The scenes in the away end when we scored will stay long in the memory, although I fell over a woman in the row infront before turning around to get bundled by about 5 other fans. I think it was the fact we played badly that made the goal celebrations from the fans that bit more MENTAL.

Turned up at the MadStad expecting a good performance and was given a mediocre display from quite a few team members (but not us fans, who were pretty good indeed). Davis kept us in it to be honest, as our Centre of Midfield let Reading come at us and lay siege to our goal. Made some fantastic saves. De Ridder u legend. Ratings are as follows...: Davis - 9 (MoTM) - very good, commanding display especially as they had so many crosses and corners. Caught and dominated well. Richardson - 7 - tough game for him but a decent display nonetheless. Fonte - 7 - won a few headers but did give it to them a bit, though so did the whole team. Fox - 7.5 - another great display, put in some good challenges and got forward well. Hooiveld - 7 - under pressure a lot but did well Cork - 4 - outmuscled, outfought, and caught in possession a fair few times. Deano - 6 - put himself about well, but perhaps got stuck in too much. Guly - 6 - a few pieces of good play and link up, and got back well. but i felt he needed to put more effort in to relieve pressure. Chappers - 7 - energetic and created chances. Main attacking threat in first half. Lambo - 5 - won maj. Of headers, especially defensively, but didn't click well on the ground when trying to link up Connolly - 4 - poor game imo. Martin - 7 - did well under pressure for such a yoing lad Deridder - 8.5 good impact, great goal but needed to pass more Scheiderlin - 6 - did reasonably well. Broke up some attacks and kept it simple. Fans were really good, especially considering we had it against us a goal down and with 10 men. Love it that we sing straight after conceding, which is why I was baffled by Reading's chant of 'you're not singing anymore'. Hoping for better against CP and Boro'

De Ridder was quality when he came on. Other than that it just didn't seem to click tonight. There were times where we built up well, but lacked a final ball. Having said that, we had a few great chances to get another goal, like Martin's header and Fox's chance that was blocked. Disappointed that Drank got himself sent off. MOTM for me was probably Davis, with De Ridder pushing him close. Support was quality, but at times where we were under pressure I felt we could use a bit more singing to get behind the lads, but that's understandable as most were probably too busy biting their nails off/sh*tting themselves. Loved the goal celebrations, found myself bundled to the floor after falling over the row infront, great fun. The train back was great, singing and banter the whole way back. Might upload a video i took of what happened to a lone Reading fan on the opposite platform @ Reading after the game.

Right, i'm off to catch the train. COYS!

Absolutely chuffed, someone on not606 is selling me his ticket. Should be a cracking game and atmosphere. COYS

F*cking hell mate, it wasn't that bad. Go to other club's home games and you'll see that we are actually quite good at making an atmosphere. Oh, and I suggest you get your ears cleaned out.

I was sat in the chapel and the atmosphere was good, but not amazing. Understandable really considering it was a very tense and nervy top of the table clash.

Because it's working well having him as an impact sub. Besides, Guly is worthy of a place atm.

Just got 3 tickets. Should be a cracker.

Yes. Give him a 2 year deal in Jan.

annoying, but its a marathon not a sprint.

Without Lallana I see us failing to score.

Surely no one actually gives a flying f*ck anymore? You should move on and get on the bus.

That's exactly what our away support should be when we're top of the championship and have a fanbase like ours.

Disagree. Guly is always tracking back and making challenges/putting pressure on the opposition..

Agreed.

You may not have intended to imply that, but it read like you were.

:laugh: You're such a c*ck :laugh:

It may be rubbish aesthetically, but for atmosphere its pretty good. Once we're established in the PL then we can start talking about a refurb or even a new stadium.

Bit harsh???

Next four: Derby - DRAW West Ham - DRAW Reading - WIN Middlesboro - DRAW Might see us still in the top two which would be good.

I wonder if Rickie will ever miss a pen for us... The way he strikes it with such power and accuracy, must be very hard to save.

APT? Meant QPR, stupid "smart" phone.

And probably not too far behind where APT were.

So I'm assuming you've spent time with him in order to reach a fully conclusive opinion of him?