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I have a hefty bet on Skybet saying they wont. I dont mind losing it btw. Besides it wont matter, we will beat Coventry....it will just be one hell of a long week.

I feel a bit better than I did yesterday, I dont think I spoke from the final whistle until I went to bed after MOTD. I think I feel ok today because I just cannot contemplate us not beating Coventry, cant see any other scoreline than a home win. I am however booking next Monday as leave from work, just in case it does go tits up. Dont want to be sacked for punching some smart arsed gob****e

You mean we play a lot of what Gordon Strachan used to call propoganda football dont you ? I agree, we do.

None of whom are still at the club....which Pearson probably knows to be fair.

I wouldnt fancy sitting at St Marys next week mid way through the second half while we are drawing 0-0 whilst someone with a radio tells us that West Ham only need another goal and we are down to 3rd. We have to act as if a win is the only result that will do.....cos I think it will be.

Just out of interest what did he do wrong when he came on ? Or put it another way, was he any worse than the rest when he came on ? Anyone know if De Ridder picked up an injury ? Cant see why Bart was on the bench after so many games of going with 5 outfield players.

You missed the fkin point chum, this defence will not be able to consolidate in the Prem.....i never mentioned winning the fkin thing.

I have said it before and I will say it again - IF we go up we need a whole new defence, the teams in the prem would have a field day against our full backs and against Fonte. All of those who tell me Fox is great will see up against the top players just how far he is away from his man whenever the opposition get the ball. Good players in the Championship, a different ball game in the Premiership.

Its not a Tuesday though

You cant possibly say that cos you just dont know what Adkins and his coaching staff might have done to turn a raw 18 year old into a bloody fine player. He was good for us, better than he has been anywhere else. Coincidence or not ? Who knows but I just dont understand this mentality that slags him off whenever possible. Have a look at the JPT Final DVD again ;-)

I can concentrate a bit better today than I could Tuesday but its still dragging....

Not nervous at all. We have three shots at this promotion malarky. Win Saturday and its all over......if we dont - West Ham fail to beat Leciester on Monday and its all over......if they do - Beat Coventry and we are up. Simples......the time to panic will be if there are 5 minutes left against Coventry, we are drawing and the Hammers are winning by enough to pip us.

This cannot be evenly remotely accurate. Everyone knows that the world's greatest fans would be top of this table for ANY league, not just the Championship. I demand a recount.....another blatant example of people picking on Portsmuff !!!

No, 5 goals better

Big Sam can decide what team to play after we have played Saturday, Its irrelevant anyway, we just do what we do, control the controlables

There is a hell of a lot of wishful/hopeful thinking going on here with talk of use winning and West Ham losing etc. I hope those optimists are right but I really cant see West Ham slipping up, well not tonight anyway.

Bloody hell, out for almost 3 full games and turns into a superhero ;-)

Only one player who played against Birmingham is out, the rest have been out injured for a while. Still I think West Ham will win......as long as we do no problem.

If you want to investigate this alpine then perhaps you should ask for Crystal Palace to be considered as they put a lot of youngsters out against us last Monday. Or Barnsley against us, West Ham and just about everyone they have played all season.....

Agree with this......in fact question marks over the whole defence IF we go up.......but lets worry about that later :-)

That pretty much sums them up last season too. You only have to look at the number of goals they let in. Difference this year is that they are playing against better defences and haven't got CMS.

Who are these "few key players" we might lose if we dont go up then ? The only ones I can think of that people might be remotely interested in are Rickie and Lallana, although Rickie's age may well put them off and thats IF the club acepted offers for them and IF they wanted to leave. They both signed long term contracts in the last year and niether could have thought in their wildest dreams we would be in this position after just one season back in the Championship. So who else would be wanted by Premiership clubs ? None of the defence or keeper for a start, apart from Lallana none of the midfield, possibly Cork but I doubt it, and none of the forwards apart from Rickie. We are a good team, but team is the operative word. On an individual basis there isnt that much that would be calling out to Prem teams. Thats not saying as a team we wouldn't be any good in the Prem before everyone starts having a go :-)

I can understand why they dont want to reveal the extent of players injuries but its so frustrating. Take Connolly for example. Injured his knee in a collision against Barnsley and hasnt been heard of since.....so it was obviously more than just a knock.

West Ham will win today, I would put my mortgage on it.

He obviously missed his sprint back into the penalty area to take the ball off the Reading guy when he looked to be in the clear. I thought he had a great game when he came on. All this "no end product" is ******** cos unless someone actually scores every ball into the area can count as no end product ! The usual proble when De Ridder comes on is that we dont pass to him. last night we did and I thought his link up play with Butterfield and Lambert was very good.