Reading lose again

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Reading I'm afraid look to be a team in freefall CE. They have forgotten how to win.

Charlton lost 1-0 at Scunthorpe, but the damage doesn't look to be too bad as a number of other teams around us also dropped points...

England won 2-1 against Switzerland in Fabio Capello's first match in charge.

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Yay!

Charlton play local rivals Crystal Palace tomorrow. You know, that team that sees fit to ruin perfectly good red shirts with blue stripes.

Barry-clari would like to have something to cheer about. So let's have a lovely Charlton victory please!

2-0

Rangers FC

Reading are now in the bottom 3

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Poor Reading.

Championship has tightened up a lot in amongst the top 5 after this weekend's results. Now a five point gap between Charlton (5th) and Ipswich/Palace (6th, 7th), and after West Brom's loss, there's only five points between Charlton and Watford, the new leaders.

Let's hope we beat Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday. Then, it's a crucial game on Saturday, against Watford at the Valley...

Charlton and Wednesday drew 0-0. 10-man Watford beat Leicester 1-0, leaving Leicester only 2 points from the drop zone.

The Championship promotion battle is turning out to be very exciting - it would be good if Bristol City can get promoted

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It'd be even better if Charlton could

I'm a Dundee United supporter, but also like Plymouth Argyle - I was living in Plymouth when Paul Sturrock first took over as manager and I am delighted to see he is there again. (He ranks as a great Dundee United legend!)


Can you be charitable and let us win the League Cup? Please?!
from a depressed and disillusioned Dundee United supporter!

FIFA have rejected the Premier League's plans to play a round of matches abroad.

With all the negative comments about this proposal, this is a good decision. I wouldn't want to see Reading get relegated instead of (for example) Birmingham because we lose against a team like Arsenal and they manage to beat a team such as Derby...

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This was a idea that was not very good, and badly thought through...

I've just had an idea as to how it might work - the extra matches could be played as friendlies so they don't count towards the final league table. But then there's always the risk the teams will field under strength sides...

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My predictions for this weekend's fifth round FA Cup ties:

• Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal -> I think both sides will cancel each other out
• Chelsea 3-0 Huddersfield -> Can't see Huddersfield getting anything from this game
• Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley -> I think this will be a tight match, but Liverpool will edge it
• Sheff Utd 0-1 Middlesbrough -> Sheffield United have already beaten two Premier League sides, but I think their cup run will end here
• Preston 0-2 Portsmouth -> Should be a comfortable away win for Portsmouth
• Bristol Rovers 0-2 Southampton -> Despite the scoreline I've predicted, I think it will be a tight game. I think Southampton will score midway through the first half, but see the game off late on.
• Coventry 2-1 West Brom -> West Brom are on a bad run of form at the moment, so this will be my Cupset of the round (if you can call it one...)
• Cardiff 2-2 Wolves -> Cardiff are aiming to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1927 when they won the Cup. However, Wolves won 3-2 at Ninian Park in the league in October, so I think this will end in a draw.

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Wouldn't mind betting that Bristol Rovers will get through, and don't write off Sheffield United or Barnsley either...

My word, I got a prediction correct. Wow!

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1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0,

1-0, 1-0, 1-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1-0 (Leyton Orient)



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2-0, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0,

2-0, 2-0, 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-2.

It's a funny old game, as someone once said...

Leicester are actually winning..

3-0 apparently...

(3 according to brother and BBC Sport but 5 Live haven't said anything...)

4-0!

You want to play Norwich every week!

We'll only go up a place though <.<

Barnsley 2-1 up at Anfield. Full time.

Any comments, mrbouffant?

Muahaha. Go Barnsley.

Right, I must go now.

Have a good evening - go and celebrate the 4-0!

I can't, have 700 words to write on my essay and I am not really too sure what to put!

Hope you get inspiration, and it goes well.

2-2 final score. At least Charlton didn't lose...

My brother has texted me: "If Leicester win again we'll go to mid-table"

If..haha

Barnsley's win means there are four non-Premer League teams guaranteed in the quarter-finals (could be six if Sheffield United and Preston win tomorow).

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The FA Cup sixth round draw guarantees one Premier League and one non-Premier League side in the semi-finals.

Sheffield United or Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Manchester United v Portsmouth
Bristol Rovers v West Brom
Barnsley v Chelsea

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Go Barnsley!!!!

It's Blackpool for Charlton today.

Hands up those of you who knew I would put a Charlton related post on the forums today

Two of my teams play tomorrow, so I can only hope Orient beat... erm... Nottingham Forest...

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Blackpool won 5-3

Orient lost 1-0

Eastbourne lost at home to Cambridge City

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If we're going to concede five goals the way we did today (and we weren't at the races today), we don't deserve to be promoted.

Reading lose 2-1 to Villa.

*prepares to face the likes of Blackpool and QPR next season*

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Does anyone think Plymouth Argyle have any chance of promotion this year? I would love to see them do it; I'm a great admirer of Paul Sturrock too.I see Plymouth as a bit of a 'sleeping giant'; the only thing is - would they have the money to compete with the big boys?

I think Plymouth have an outside chance of promotion. I'd like to see them in the Premier League

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It isn't that bad in the Championship.

Current form suggests Charlton won't be promoted, so if you do go down, you'll get a nice visit to the Valley. The pies are very nice!

Ooo... should try one

If we do go down, at least we'll have a chance to beat our own Championship points record

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...and today for Charlton, it's Sheffield United at Bramall Lane...

And coincidently, it's Middlesbrough for us at the Riverside... *wonders if our losing streak will end today*

Teddy Sheringham has announced he will retire at the end of the season.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ted/7272672.stm

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Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading

At last our losing run has ended, and we've got our first away league win of the season

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0-2

Charlton yesterday drew 1-1 at home to Bristol City

Well done to all the Premiership teams through to the next round of the Champion's League - the Arsenal result was somewhat of a surprise to me!...