Lighthouse

Would you have dropped Hooiveld or Yoshida? If you'd asked me (even before 2 tremendous performances tonight) I'd have said neither.

In fairness very few people write players off so rashly. The culture of internet message boards is such that a very vocal minority get a disproportionate amount of attention. It may only be about 6 or 7 out of the couple of thousand registered users we have who wrote off those players. Most people just had doubts, which isn't unreasonable. Afterall you don't get stuck down the bottom of the table without quite a lot of suspect performances from a number of players.

The last properly decent team we beat by my reckoning was Man Utd in August 2003 when Beattie scored from a corner. I don't count Liverpool in 2005, they were crap in the league that year.

joder lo han Spannish for "F**king 'ave it!" according to Google.

10. Stoke - 33 points - -5GD 15. Southampton - 27 points - -9GD 18. Wigan - 21 points - -21 GD In other words we are 8 goals nearer to Stoke than Wigan. Just thought I'd point that out.

I've seen worse players sold for £20m.

Has been an absolute monster the last 2 games. No he isn't quick but the, 'get Forren in ASAP' comments are looking a bit obsolete this evening.

Our performances recently... Arsenal, Everton (well the first half), Wigan, Chelsea comeback... have all been pointing towards a right royal spanking being handed out. I never dreamed we'd do it against the Champions. :D

Also, Skates lose, Colchester, Scunny and Oldham all win. Leaves them 11 points off safety even without a points deduction.

Perfect so far. Takes the pressure off us this evening somewhat. At worst we will be exactly the same as we were this morning but with probably our toughest remaining fixtures out of the way.

Thank feck. No lets hope Stoke don't p*ss off home 10 minutes early like every other team Reading have played in the last month.

Technically there has never been one there, just like the 'Luxemburg' GP. MLG hat coming off.

3 cans of Jupiler and a waffle soon cheered you up. Trying to decide what the most random moment of the weekend was. Finding that WW2 tank in La Roche or the big lorry with a picture of 2 warthogs bumming each other on the back.

We had a thunderstorm on the Friday. Hammered it down all day. Then we had a wet/dry Saturday, damp Sunday morning then rain in the last half hour of the race.

There's a car park in West End which is brilliant for dogging, try finding a place around there.

Just be glad that's all you saw.

You weren't saying that when you fell asleep under Mike's.

Not if you do all the washing up again.

Why don't you move in with JustMike? We can all share a lift into town on matchdays.

lol Has anyone else posted this yet?

There is a bit of a difference in playing 45 minutes in a meaningless international friendly against Ukraine and playing a full 90 minutes in the Premier League against 2 possible Champions League teams and a relegation 6 pointer. Hooiveld is playing alright and I actually thought he looked very good against Wigan (despite people saying he is a liability because he once got beaten in the air by 6ft 3 Paul Scharner). There was and is no need to rush Forren into the team. The fact that he played last night is encouraging and not the basis for some Delgado-esq club vs country outrage.

There wasn't really any entertainment at that campsite other than the local pub. There were some fireworks in the distance, no idea which campsite. We got there on Saturday morning having stayed somewhere near Brussels on Friday night. That was mainly due to us both working on Friday and not being able to get to the Eurotunnel until about 8pm. Given choice I'd go out Thursday night and come back Monday morning. The traffic is better and you wont be in a rush before or after the races. You will be sat outside your tent with a beer and a BBQ whilst most other people are sat stationary on the roads. The Elephant is about 30 minutes walk from the track. It's pretty much a field, has a bit of a slope and can be a bit muddy so if you or someone else has a 4x4 probably best to take that.

Been to Spa 3 times. Grosjean ruined the f**king race on lap 1 twice but appart from that it was great. My advice: - Don't bother with a grandstand ticket unless it's somewhere a bit special like the start/finish straight or on Eau Rouge. - Get a bronze ticket. I normally go to the inside of Bruxelles (the hairpin after Les Combes) to get a really close up view of the cars for free practice. For qualy and race I sit on the outside of Pouhon, on the massive bank with about 10,000 other fans. There is a big screen opposite to keep track of what's going on. - Queues for lunch on race day are terrible. If possible take a packed lunch. - Stay at on of the campsites near the track. Trying to get away from the circuit after is a nightmare and can take hours. Even on the motorway the traffic is backed up. - It gets cold at night in the Ardennes. Take lots of warm clothes if you are camping and don't be a big girls blouse like Baj. - You will need waterproofs, a brolly and sun cream every day. Probably all within the same hour. - Take ear plugs. When we went in 2010 JustMike was proper 'ard and thought he could go without. He couldn't, the cars are seriously loud, especially if you sit on the side of Kemmel straight (well worth a sit for one of the practice sessions just to experience the noise and power). - If you happen to end up in the Elephant campsite like me and Baj last year, there is a pub in the village 5 minutes away which sells beer at 1 euro a bottle (think they were about half a pint). Packed with fans. - Take your own food and BBQ for the evenings. There are no supermarkets open in the evenings at weekends and very little by way of restuaraunts. We ended up driving for an hour looking for somewhere to eat on Saturday.

Favourite -Comedy/CCTV from the ladies toilets Least favourite - Horror/Teen romance (pretty much Twilight if I'm being honnest).

We are pretty lucky Morgan and Lallana were both crap that season. If they had been half decent someone would have offered £500k each for them and we'd have had to sell to balance the books. Surman was a good example of sending youth players on loan. Was very impressive at Bompey for a while then came back and forced his way into our first team.