I've noticed it is slightly warmer now than it was this morning. Blimey, global warming eh!

Some crazy overrating in here. This is always the way, we underrate a player, realise we've underrated him, then proceed to overrate him to compensate, then maybe swing the other way (Karacan and Cummings are experiencing this third stage right now). HRK is a very good player but he isn't a Premier ...

Good way of telling if someone is a numpty: they suggest playing HRK behind the striker again and again and again. This started before he even broke into the first team. Ffs, he's an excellent young winger, don't ask for him to be played in a position he's clearly not suited to. I agree with SPARTA...

I generally would prefer a defender or central midfielder to be captain. However, I have no objection to a popular senior pro being captain. I think Jobi is a reliable performer and he seems to be well liked. What else could we ask for? Long term I hope Pearce stays at the club and gets the captainc...

Ideal This is in addition to the Southampton squad being vastly better than ours to begin with.

lol. At least we had defenders.

Good way of telling if someone is a numpty: they suggest playing HRK behind the striker again and again and again. This started before he even broke into the first team. Ffs, he's an excellent young winger, don't ask for him to be played in a position he's clearly not suited to. I agree with SPARTA'...

I think Adkins will play a slightly more possession based game than McDermott. He strikes me as a pragmatic individual, rather than an idealist like Rodgers or (at the other end) Allardyce. More importantly, I think Adkins values 4-5-1 more highly than McDermott does. He shoehorns Jay Rodriguez in o...

Bring Jamie Young back too.

It's not like Kelly can't go forward... Adkins particularly used the full backs at Southampton because they had Ricky Lambert. We won't have a striker like him if Pogrebnyak leaves. We could always sign one, of course, but that would mean either playing 4-4-2 (doable at Championship level) or droppi...

I have checked DebDec and they seem to think we've gained points this season from refereeing decisions. They disagreed on the Le Fondre penalty and thought we deserved on against Everton (away) for handball. They also thought both penalty shouts against Southampton should have been given, and we wer...

Against us Ba handball vs Newcastle Torres offside vs Chelsea Penalty not given vs Utd, Villa Foul on Shorey vs Man City Feel free to add for/against Walker Handball No pen vs Spurs (H) 2 Penalties denied vs West Brom (A) Tabb Pen vs Wigan (A) 2 Penalties vs Southampton (A) Tabb Penalty & Handb...

- Taking the club forward on and off the pitch I do not believe they are. Our recently departed manager was successful, and would have rebuilt the team and brought us back up. Seem to remember people saying exactly the same about Coppell who was a lot more successful (in the PL) than McDermott. And...

What is the BPL?

Enough to buy Bridcutt plus £2m.

Adkins. I really didn't like Poyet's Brighton, they didn't seem to have much respect, like Leeds-lite. I understand Poyet moved on one of the major trouble makers, but still, I value fair play and sportsmanship and stuff. I'm almost as proud of our disciplinary record under Coppell as I am of the ac...

They can all pass with the requisite ability. It's the movement that's key. Equally though, passing for passing's sake and losing sight of the actual aim, which is to create goalscoring opportunities was the lesson that Rodgers hadn't yet learned at the point of his sacking. He'd certainly realised...

I've long thought that having McDermott as manager might have damaged our scouting system. I largely agree with Wimb. I would like to suggest that we would have signed Blackman even if we hadn't played Sheffield United a few days earlier. He wasn't very good when we played them so I doubt he would h...

DM: Guthrie DM: Akpan AM: McAnuff I think that's too weak defensively. I'd like (assuming everybody is fit bar Carrico and Roberts): McCarthy; Kelly, Pearce, Mariappa, Shorey; Guthrie, Leigertwood; Kebe, Akpan, McAnuff; Pogrebnyak Subs: Federici, Morrison, Gunter, Karacan, HRK, McCleary, Le Fondre ...

Some moments of brilliance that will live with those who saw them for many years. Thanks Bryn. If we'd gone out and signed a couple of 28 year old Brynjar's at the start of this season, I don't reckon we'd be in anything like the mess that we currently are. No you'd have just complained that they we...

a good shout for Warnock there SCIAG If he gets it I will cry and boycott Russian paper. Would rather we put the Futcher brothers in joint charge. Can confirm I would begrudgingly accept Mourinho turning down every other club in the world to manage Reading as long as he apologised for his past anti...