EddieB

boom! I'm inspired. I haven't sorted a ticket but have sorted out a friend to sit with so I will be there! As a bonus, Reading are one of the four football league clubs I have never seen play... so I only have 3 more to go... zing

Yeah, quite far out my way as I am coming from Somerset so it's straight up the M5. Shame I don't go near Northampton.

It's the being a loner in the ground which is the worst part!!!

I've gotta go though, I can't watch on TV I'll be a nervous wreck.

Yeah no worries... I may drive up there myself... going to a game on your own isn't so bad... I do it quite a lot tbh, you can do all sorts of cool stuff like buy a programme and ticking off the names of all the players playing and no one will judge you. Don't take a book though, I used to do this and you get a lot of funny looks although one time a pretty girl started using it as a conversation topic, unfortunately the book was quite a standard dragon's and magic fare and after trying to explain the beauty of a well thought out magic system the conversation kinda tailed off. Also one time the moon was absolutely stunning and the game was dull, so I kept taking loads of photos of the moon. On the forums the next day some tool kept going on about how the game was so dull and some tw%t in front of him was taking photos of the moon all night. On second thoughts don't go to a game on your own, it can cause all manner of difficulties.

Anyone else from the South West going up tonight??

I am very tempted to make the treck, but the 2 people I usually go with can't make it and it's a bit daunting going alone (which is sad as I am 29).

I don't have a ticket, will buy one when I get to VP, but I have space in car and free fuel (work pay for it all), so just wandering if anyone else is about??

I am in the same boat as you mate... if you drive up via Northampton I would be interested but that could possibly be very out of your way...

We will win. It is okay because I have worked out Porl Lambert's tactics. Play well when it is dark, and play porous when it is sunny. As such I think his tactics will be perfectly suited to this evening fixture. This explains the carling cup, man utd and arsenal, but also explains everything else...

Ah - Gareth... I tried to think of a way to disagree with you... but I couldn't. But to be honest... I am not too bothered... I guess I am glad he didn't do his due diligence and signed rather than doing it and signing for QPR or whoever...

And AVFC - I knew there would be one smartass... but you have made it look like you had to google it by posting a picture... Next time if you wanna be a real smartass you should phrase it more carefully. Although I don't mean this in a rude way ... being a smartass is a higher state of being...

out of interest does anyone here know much about Belgian geography?... I couldn't tell you where Genk is (I am sure some smart ass on here will point it out).... but my point is I am very glad he spent his youth learning how to be awesome at football rather than spending time learning the geography of the west midlands

I wasn't there but would it have been 'Oh to be a Villan' by Gary Nock?

I hope to god bent starts... I felt dropping him put a bit of fire in his belly... and I wanna see him start this time around...

To be honest... they had a hard hard game late saturday... I agree with the poster that said they will take olympiakos seriously.... and it is away on Thursday... and I still think we slip under the radar and people see us as less capable than we actually are... I fancy a surprise... plus other than the Man Utd result, which was a bit of a freak Spurs haven't been THAT impressive...

Gotta fancy our chances

bent loves a floaty corner!

I can't remember where I heard this stat so apologies if it is wrong or I took it from someone on here... but I heard somewhere that that is the first time city have conceded 4 at home since 2004...

nom nom nom nzog!

To be honest I don't think he is as uncreative as people make out... I think if you look at it another way he has kind of a destructive creativity. By this I mean the pressure he puts on players gives us more of a ball and opens up more room when we do have it. Whilst it doesn't look as flash as others it is no less important. Kind of imagine a house built without foundations... it is all part of the construction process...