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Has anyone actually seen/heard this somewhere other than in The Sun? I'm just saying...

Out of all West Ham's strikers only Carlton Cole has more goals than... Jos Hooiveld.

Feeling fairly good about this one, maybe it's just the weather today. Blackpool are a decent enough side, but really are nothing to write home about overall. Lambert, Lallana and Sharp are scarier going forward than than the two Phillips and our defence if far, far superiror. As long as we turn up, play our way and don't get suckered into another Millwall performance, there's no reason we can't get another 3 points.

That article is 5 years old, so hardly surprising.

I know when we won the JPT, there was a higher attendance than the Super Bowl that year. Made me chuckle.

Seriously, what was the point of that? Have you got nothing better to do than start pointless mongy arguments on the internet?

You are yes. Bummer, I got all excited for a minute there. If Wham lost their Friday game, they could get 84. If we beat Blackpool and Pompey we'd have 84, so promoted if our GD is considered uncatchable...unless I buggered up again.

Sorry, you're right, my logic was flawed. I don't get exactly how, it's actually got me in a complete mind f**k now. Surely if West Ham drop 6 points we need 6 less, but apparently not... Edit, actually I've got it now.

If Wham lost both we'd just need 8 points from 7 guarantee promotion, pretty much relegation form. If we beat Blackpool we'd need 5 If Wham lost their next game on Friday 6th we'd need 2 We would go into our game on Saturday 7th knowing a win would GUARANTEE promotion. Now who is that against? That's a fair few ifs, but it would be a complete fairey tale.

Current points needed to guarantee promotion is 14, but it could be 8 before we've even kicked another ball. A bit of a long shot but possible.

There are pros and cons to every result. Wham will have played their game in hand (trip to Posh Tuesday) by then so that will be clearer. Even if they win they're still a point behind Reading. This is the situation as I see it: Reading Win - would leaves us furthest clear of 3rd place, so perhaps our best bet for outright promotion. Would definitely put massive pressure on Wham and BFS for the rest of the season and would continue their run of poor form Draw - the most points dropped in total, with only 1 each not really denting our current lead, even if we lose at Blackpool. Would be the best result if we're hedging our bets with the other 2 teams. Wham win - puts them 2 points above Reading and is probably the worst result for us. On the other hand Reading have a tough run in and if we can get 2 more points than them over the next 3 games, we can get promoted by beating them at St Marys in April. Tough call. If Wham dont beat Posh I'd take a Reading win. If they do win I think a draw would be best. Poll mods?

Did what we had to today, looked comfortable without really getting going. Donny only ever came for a point and were looking pretty good for it at half time, but we managed to break them down through patience and determination. Lots of positives to take from that. I thought De Ridder looked good and Barnard looked sharper than he has done in previous outings. Great to have so many options going forward. Not sure I've ever seen a player take a throw in stood on the pitch before, but well done Diouf that was fairly interesting. No real bad performances today. Butters crosses seemed to be very high, slow and easy for the 'keeper, but he was solid enough overall.

Was great to see SDR finally getting a start in the first team. I thought he was pretty good personally. Didn't get a lot of the ball and wasn't really on the same wavelength as Butters, but we he did get it he was dangerous and always running at them. A few decent crosses, one which the 'keeper very nearly fumbled at the near post. I think I'd stick with him and give him a run of games to prove himself. Certainly better than Chaplow, Puncheon and Guly have looked in recent games IMO.

To Marian's old tune: We've got Jos, Hooiveld Jos Hooiveld Ooooooooh Jos Hooiveld.

Hypo has a point. A lot of people were underwhelmed when Jos signed but nobody wrote him off. Expressing an opinion which later turns out to be wrong doesn't make you a bad person. Eurosaints comments whiff a bit of childish pointscoring. A lot of people were underwhelmed when Jos signed. A lot of people were underwhelmed when Romain Gasmi signed. You win some you lose some, refusing to change your opinion based on new information, that's what makes you a complete muppet.

Sha la la la la la la la *clap clap* Who the f**k is laughing now!?

I often find there's a big load at the start, then a few more deliveries 10 minutes later. You need something to fill the time inbetween. Having said that, I once got carried away playing Angry Birds and spent best part of an hour sat on the throne.

Correct. In the worst case scenario, with Reading beating Wham and both teams winning all their other games we'd need to beat Reading and 4 others to guarantee promotion. If Wham beat Reading, we'd just need to win all our home games and lose all our away games to guarantee promotion.

Went last year and certainly got my money's worth, 4-4 draw having thrown away a 2 goal lead twice. I don't think I can take many more games like that this season but a draw wouldn't be bad. FWIW I parked on Oundle Road behind a pub. Can't remember the name, but there were a few car parks along that road, about 10 minutes walk away.

There was a minutes applause before the West Ham game last night apparently. If that happens at St Marys on Saturday I will refuse to join in. He's not even dead, it's just ridiculous.

I'm perfectly light, just look at this smiley -> See, told you. However, we could beat both Pompey and Reading 8-0 and this 'joke' still wouldn't get within 5 miles of being funny.

Given West Ham and Reading still have to play each other, I think it might be less. If West Ham win their game in hand, we're 5 poinst clear of 3rd. If we lost to Reading and Wham won their fixture, we're still 2 points clear of 3rd. If we lose the fixture when Wham and Reading play each other, we're STILL in the top 2 whatever happens. That's the worst case scenario, so if we were to win the other 6 fixtures and lose those 2, we're still guaranteed promotion. If we beat Reading... If Wham won their game in hand - 8 points above 3rd Reading beat Wham (worst case scenario if we beat Royals) and we lose same weekend - 7 points clear of 3rd, equal games played. So 5 wins (including the one against Reading) would see us up. This assumes Reading and West Ham both win ALL the other games, as well as the above mentioned worst case scenarios.

Voted Jos, but wasn't there. Only about 300 people were, of which about 10 probably post on this site so this poll is a complete none-event really. Still fun though.

Do you guys remember when the 'Saints will finish 17th' thing was actually funny? No, me neither. For me it's always been a very tedious wind up by one incredibly sad mong of a poster which everyone seems to delight in talking about. It's almost as funny as Skacel signing, ho ho ho.

Lee has been very good since he came in, perhaps better than expected. For whatever reason Adkins prefers Lambert and Guly, probably because Guly offers more movement.