Neil

Unbelievable. Well, actually, no. It's entirely believable. Fuck's sake.

The latest episode of my luck - 9 man Gijon have equalised in the last minute against Villarreal, my word.

9 man Gijon equalise. If I didn't have money on it, I'd be delighted because of how little Villarreal deserved to win that game.

Villarreal have been absolute shite this 2nd half, now playing against 10 men Gijon.

Samp screwed my chances of making anything more than a tiny profit from the earlier bets, but I'm feeling flush from that £2.40 gain. Therefore: £7.40 on Villarreal, PSG and, erm... Estudiantes.

Some of Messi's assists this season have been breathtaking, especially that one to Villa away at Gíjon the other week. His passing and vision is certainly an area of his game that has improved massively. (I know your post was last year btw) There's something not right when watching Rooney play as well, he's definitely lost some explosiveness and he certainly doesn't excite like he used to. As with many English players he seems to have had his natural flair & his turn of the unexpected coached out of him in favour of working hard and holding his position. Yep. He's become a better, more all-round but less exciting player.

Who are "these two"?

He's very professional during the week but at the weekend, Roberto goes fucking mental.

Rossi.

Shame.

Kebe has a great burst of acceleration. Key to any chance Reading have of winning this, IMO.

Love watching Yaya Toure surge forward. Absolute beast.

Wright Phillips.

Come on Reading.

Silva, man. Great player.

Oh. Cardiff concede, Rangers score.

There's Cardiff.

Either Bolton or Stoke will make it to the final. This means regardless of the result, one of them will get a Waffa Cup spot, because Man Utd/Man City will finish in the top 5. That is, unless Reading beat both Manchester clubs.

Aye.

Bordering on all out attack.

Good for you.

It means your neighbours are very likely to not be in Europe next season. This is true, yes. I was still hopelessly optimistic that despite our shitness we'd still mount a charge for 6th. Ah well, it was the hope that killed anyway. The RS without any European football is quite an amusing thought, mind. That is, until they fluke their way to the Waffa final.

Everybody but Dresden. Kleenex at the ready for the semi final.

I won't exactly be shouting for you lot from the rooftops (purely bitter we fucked up our chance, of course), but I'd certainly rather you than Stoke got through.

Well, that's just made the rest of the season very boring.