Yeah, Ive just paid out to my colleague, she won twice this season. Last two seasons we won one each !
Apologies to Barry and Car Expert for not helping Charlton and Norwich !
Aren't they playing each other soon ??

Charlton play Norwich at the Valley on 17th April, Leeds at the Valley is our penultimate game, on 1st May. We finish away at Oldham.

Reading are leading 2-1. Derby's substitute goalkeeper has been sent off and Robbie Savage is now in goal

Car Expert

That could be interesting. Should be a good scoreline for you by the end.

Poor stetenorve...

I was thinking that...

And he appears to have let another one in...

I'm sure he's doing his best...



*expects an interesting stetenorve post on this thread later...*

What are the chances of Savage being sent off too, I wonder?

He's made some saves as well though. Seems yo be doing better than Rio F did when he had to go in goal for ManU in the cup game against Pompey.

Unsurprisingly...

Rooney was once again excellent tonight. Please let him stay fit for the World Cup...

Reading appear to have made 4 substitutions.

I'm not talking football tonight

I think Robbie Savage did okay in goal. Much better than a certain ManU player.

Chester City FC was wound up today...

Yeah , they're my next nearest team after Tranmere !
Maybe I should start supporting the next Wirral teams in the pecking order, but Vauxhall Motors may get relegated , and Cammel Laird arent doing well either. My local team (300yds away) Heswall are second in West Cheshire League though.

Why do people always talk about Tyne-Tees derbies and never Tees-Tyne ones? The match is at the Riverside on Saturday, so it should be Tees-Tyne.

It doesn't sound quite right

I know it doesn't, but that's probably just because we've all be conditioned into hearing Tyne-Tees all the time (Tyne-Tees derbies, Tyne-Tees TV etc). We're the home side so the match is Middlesbrough - Newcastle and so that should translate to Tees-Tyne.

Maybe we're already resigning ourselves to losing

I think I did a while ago. A draw would be a very good result. I'm still hoping for a win though...

Do you know how the Boro replica kit sizes translate to normal clothes sizes? They're half price now, but the home one is only giving me a choice between small and X-large... Away kit has more sizes, but still not sure which size I'd want.

Mine's an XS and probably around a size 10

So does that mean S = 12, M = 14, L = 16 etc? I don't want to be drowned by a top, but also don't want one that's really tight...

to be honest I don't really know because I have nothing to compare it to

Looking good!

D'oh.
Expected a loss though so I guess it's a good result...

2-0 to Reading... just 8 points away from the play-offs now

Car Expert

At the start of the day I'd have been very happy with a draw. I now feel like we've thrown away two points...

Phil Parkinson said 'It was an even game'.

No it wasn't.

We've been deservedly thrashed by our nearest neighbours, with a performance so useless and inept it makes me embarrassed.

Hopeless. Utterly hopeless.

Oh dear. I assume your nearest neighbours must be a certain team that I don't like. You're meant to be keeping them out of the playoffs for me.



Hopefully it will have given your team enough of a shock that they'll now go on a winning streak for the rest of the season.

We threw away points in our derby today as well. I think playoff chances now=0.

Darlo are still losing all their games - they can't be far off official relegation now.

Yep, it was a 4-0 defeat to Millwall Flossie. I hope you're right, thanks for the good wishes. Unless we turn in more dreadful performances like today's, we should make the play-offs at least, and Leeds lost as well, which keeps them in range.

Play-off chances for Boro are still not too bad. A couple of decent results will have you right back in the mix.

I was going to treat myself to a Parmo if we won today.

Treat yourself to a Parmo today 'cos Adam Johnson scored a fab goal against Sunderland

Bye bye to Phil Brown. I'm surprised he lasted as long as he has given the results that Hull have been getting...

well, it is gardening leave so Hull are still paying him.

So they've sacked him but he's still there?

Willo Flood is now out for the rest of the season. He's one of our best players. We now have no wingers at all.

It is a way of making sure no other team takes him on as their manager/ another staff member.

What's the purpose of that?

Maybe he's finishing his notice period He'll still be under confidentiality agreements and such like.

Maybe it is so they can avoid paying redundancy money to him?

*looks up what a Parmo is*

Crumbs, there's an awful lot of cheese on that...

Reading are closer to the play-offs than the relegation zone now

Car Expert

That FA Cup run did them the power of good. Not sure you'll make the play offs, but it augurs well for next season

Looks like Iain Dowie is going to succeed him. He wasn't much good at Charlton...

Well with two games in hand, it's not impossible is it?

Nice to see Mr Incredible Iain Dowie back in the Premier League

Car Expert

The likeness is somewhat scary

^ Iain Dowie



^ Mr. Incredible