Alan: I would snap your hand off right now for a draw. I plump for a 0 1 loss sadly

Yeah that’s a good point CW

Please can we just have some attempts on goal. Can't sit through another 90 mins like the Doncaster game.

OTD Dickie Guy looks more like Mo Salah not sure who the other 2 in yellow are supposed to be

Morning peeps, I am plumping for a score draw today, ending the drought of goals at least. I have a bit of a theory that we can play football against sides who can play football themselves. It's been a historic trait of ours for years, but we do seem to be able to put in a shift when the expectations tend to expect a drubbing.

Trigge-when we played at Reading the crowd was given a 13,000 no way was there that many there more like 8,000

30 minutes to the biggest sporting event of the year!!!

I think that the attraction of English football teams to US investors is that they are relatively cheap vs US teams and the open nature of the league, with promotion and relegation means that there is a chance of making massive capital gains if they get lucky (of course not all investments are going to pay off but - if you are very rich - the downside is manageable and the upside is huge). Plus, I think that they like the more genuine passion for the game here vs the manufactured fandom in the US - though maybe it’s just the money!!

Timmy - tax dodging? 🤔

Kite - none of us would be surprised if that happened… 🤷🏻‍♂️

sandy - oh yes, those sprinklers will be busy at half time for sure… 🤪

Pete 🐑😂

Odd that reading are owned by rob cougig, formally Wycombe owner and wanted to buy Yeovil. What is driving successful US businessmen/lawyers to want to buy crappy league 1/2 teams

Got some mates who are Reading fans they are definitely looking up the table at what’s achievable rather than down at who’s behind them.

They appointed Leam Richardson end Oct after their poor start a4e. Since then, they've been in playoff form.

A4E - bet they still water the pitch though!

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It’s very very rainy again this morning, and it rained a fair bit overnight - hope the pitch will be fit for today….. 👀🤞 It’s tempting to say that Reading will beat us, and there certainly climbed up the table since their poor start - but if we could just manage to beat them, they’d only be 2 points ahead of us…

Morning all 0-2 defeat today Reading are easing their way steadily up the table our only ray of hope is a 3-1 loss at Orient on 17th January. To achieve the same we’d have to score 3 goals (obvs) and we’ve taken the last 10.5 home games to score that many. Chances of doing it in 1 game are slim. Morning all and ain’t it a lovely day?

I went to Smallwood primary school (which was almost hit by a V2 rocket during WW2) just behind those two tower blocks and the school is at one end of Pevensey rd where i was born and St George's hospital at the other end. The towers were definitely there in the 1960s and I remember visiting someone who lived there and also playing "run-outs" in and around those flats as a young kid.

First team manager Any chance of playing attacking, entertaining football,rather than the crap of the last 3.5 years please.

Sorry JJ

Im sorry but I have to come on here and say I never said that. And all of those who thought I’d be sacked by now, Bwa ha ha. We’re overachieving and staying up. Hope that sets the record straight

JJ on sky sports 2 at the moment punditing for Charlton v QPR - Says he thinks we should sell the club*

Is Stu still on here? Tried to DM him on Wednesday but he's not on Messenger now. I know he's still on FB.