And now you're gonna believe us?????

[Cookie]

Yep, that's a pretty convincing argument - all the talk of Newcastle through me !

THREW, you thick oxf*rd.

Steady, he might be a ventriloquist.

[Horsham Royal]

Yep, that's a pretty convincing argument - all the talk of Newcastle through me !

THREW, you thick oxf*rd.

[Beelzebub]

Almost crashed the car today. When 5 live read out the results we went mental and ended up on the wrong side of the road- about 3 miles from the County ground in Swine town too!

[Millsy]

NOW ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE ME?

RTG, MY HAIRY A*SE.

LOL @ the unbelievers



READING TILL I DIE

[Archie's penalty]

NOW ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE ME?

RTG, MY HAIRY A*SE.

LOL @ the unbelievers



READING TILL I DIE

+1

[seahawk10]

NOW ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE ME?

RTG, MY HAIRY A*SE.

LOL @ the unbelievers



READING TILL I DIE

What he said. +2

[Scylla]

Sonorous tone: Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

[EASTENDER MARKY]

We shall not be moved

[The 17 Bus]

Attaches positive feeling about staying up that have had all along, with a slight doubt after the Bolton loss at home, otherwise we now have 3 more points than I would have expected, tho so do Brum, win the next 3 home games and we should be safe, a point at Newcastle would be nice as well.

[Ian Royal]

Boro was significant.
Citeh was huge.

1st time we've had two wins on the bounce
1st time we've had two clean sheets on the bounce?
We competed the whole game, though it wasn't pretty a lot of the time.
Luck went our way, with the Corluka effort and the penalty appeals.
Some of the old zip and flair was back.
We now go into a game against Liverpool who have a lot on their mind, knowing that we can beat them and that we play better against the top sides.

Coppell will certainly stick to the same gameplan I'd have thought, as it seems to be designed to wear down the other team and tire them out, then hit them really hard in the last 30 minutes. Given Liverpool's other commitments it seems the perfect plan, and we know it and the formation works!

All season we've been capable of going on a run if we could just find a bit of form. Now we are on the verge of realising that and it's catapulting us up the table. There are easily 3 worse teams than us, but it's just been a question of whether we can actually play to something near our potential.

Personally I'd like to see one of Sunderland or Birmingham go down, because i think if Keagan can stay at Newcastle it leaves them weak for next season. Bolton are in a bit of disarray and Wigan are pereneal strugglers at the moment. Whereas I think brum and Sunderland could strengthern significantly.

[toppy]

Boro was significant.
Citeh was huge.

1st time we've had two wins on the bounce
1st time we've had two clean sheets on the bounce?
We competed the whole game, though it wasn't pretty a lot of the time.
Luck went our way, with the Corluka effort and the penalty appeals.
Some of the old zip and flair was back.
We now go into a game against Liverpool who have a lot on their mind, knowing that we can beat them and that we play better against the top sides.

Coppell will certainly stick to the same gameplan I'd have thought, as it seems to be designed to wear down the other team and tire them out, then hit them really hard in the last 30 minutes. Given Liverpool's other commitments it seems the perfect plan, and we know it and the formation works!

All season we've been capable of going on a run if we could just find a bit of form. Now we are on the verge of realising that and it's catapulting us up the table. There are easily 3 worse teams than us, but it's just been a question of whether we can actually play to something near our potential.

Personally I'd like to see one of Sunderland or Birmingham go down, because i think if Keagan can stay at Newcastle it leaves them weak for next season. Bolton are in a bit of disarray and Wigan are pereneal strugglers at the moment. Whereas I think brum and Sunderland could strengthern significantly.

Yup - that's a good shout... Who do you fancy coming up and straight back down - Bristol City??? West Brom?

[Ian Royal]

I haven't really been paying much attention to the Championship, but the only one I think who has a good chance of staying up infrastructure and mentality wise is Charlton.

WBA are a bit yoyoey
Bristol City haven't been competeing at a high enough level for long enough to have the durability IMO
Hull the same, basically I'd say they're a good couple of years behind where we were when we got promoted and a similar club.
Stoke I just can't see them sustaining it, probably not a Derby or Watford bad, but not likely to stay up.
Watford could compete more next year, but I'm not sure significantly enough to survive this time.

But then I really don't know enough about how any of the play or are doing. Actually, thinking back on Stoke they have a fair bit of potential, but I don't think they have enough players capable of making the step up in attack. I'm not a big fan of Fuller and think he'd be once again found out at Prem level.

[Millsy]

Are more and more people going to be believing us 'RTGs'?



YOU RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRs!!!

[PEARCEY]

Are more and more people going to be believing us 'RTGs'?



YOU RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRs!!!

Win our next two home games against Blackburn and Fulham gives us 37 points and I think it will be job done.
We are not there yet but 8 ahead of Fulham and 5 ahead of a Bolton side that cannot score is looking healthy.
If we do stay up winnng in the last minute at Boro will have been the most significant point in the season IMO
Its also been encouraging that we have won games against other struggling sides with late winners....not good on the nerves but a positive sign nonetheless

[Coppelled Streets]

A 5 point gap at this stage is huge. I just hope the bottom three keep dropping points and the points we do pick up are a bonus.

We SHOULD see off FuLOLham and that should just about do it. 6 points more max!

3 wins from 4. Who'd have thought it 3 weeks ago?!

[Coppelled Streets]

1 Man Utd 30 70
2 Arsenal 30 67
3 Chelsea 30 65
4 Liverpool 30 59
5 Everton 31 57
6 Portsmouth 31 50
7 Aston Villa 31 49
8 Blackburn 31 49
9 Man City 31 49
10 West Ham 31 44
11 Tottenham 31 39
12 Middlesbro' 31 34
13 Newcastle 31 32
14 Wigan Ath 31 31
15 Reading 31 31
16 Sunderland 31 30
17 Birmingham 31 27
===================
18 Bolton 31 26
19 Fulham 31 23
20 Derby 31 10

That's a nice looking gap.

[rg6royal]

1 Man Utd 30 70
2 Arsenal 30 67
3 Chelsea 30 65
4 Liverpool 30 59
5 Everton 31 57
6 Portsmouth 31 50
7 Aston Villa 31 49
8 Blackburn 31 49
9 Man City 31 49
10 West Ham 31 44
11 Tottenham 31 39
12 Middlesbro' 31 34
13 Newcastle 31 32
14 Wigan Ath 31 31
15 Reading 31 31
16 Sunderland 31 30
17 Birmingham 31 27
===================
18 Bolton 31 26
19 Fulham 31 23
20 Derby 31 10

That's a nice looking gap.

'greed

[SteveRoyal]

Can i ask, what the heck are RTGs? o_o

[leon]

It has often been posted that the 'doom-mongers' would be posting 'I told you so' in the event that we are relegated. How deliciously ironic then that we are getting the same now after ONE win. Yes, we won, yes, it is a great result, but if we start to take points for granted like '2 world wars, 1 world cup' has been for some time now, then it won't take long for things to start looking pants again.

Man City and Liverpool in our next two - a point from those two would normally be a good result, but we desperately need 3.

If I were in the trenches with you I would have shot you some time ago, and with good reason.

[Gordons Cumming]

RTG's ?

Rose Tinted Glasses.