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BLIND, STUPID AND DESPERATE
 
04/05: Preview: Reading
Census
The results of a survey of 118 Reading fans

Where will you finish?
Straight up:14
Playoffs:58
Top half:37
Middle:9
Bottom half:0
Going dahn:0

Mean prediction:
6th (9th most Confident Supporters)
(Last Season's Mean Prediction : 4th)

What would the perfect Division One table look like?
(Last season's position in brackets)

	
			UP	DOWN	SCORE	
1  (1)	Reading        	-	-	-
2  (3) 	Nottm Forest 	39 	5 	34 
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3  (6) 	Ipswich 	25 	1 	24 
4  (20)	Sunderland 	22 	5 	17 
5  (5) 	Crewe 		20 	3 	17 
6  (-)	Plymouth 	16 	0 	16 
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7  (-)	QPR 		16 	5 	11 
8  (8) 	Sheff Utd 	13 	2 	11 
9  (15)	Coventry 	6 	1 	5 
10 (11)	Watford 	5 	1 	4 
11 (14)	Rotherham 	7 	4 	3 
12 (12)	Burnley 	3 	0 	3 
13 (17)	Wigan 		6 	4 	2 
14 (19)	Stoke 		6 	6 	0 
15 (9) 	Preston 	1 	1 	0 
16 (13)	Gillingham 	5 	7 	-2 
17 (-) 	Leicester 	5 	10 	-5 
18 (23)	Millwall 	1 	9 	-8 
19 (21)	Derby 		2 	12 	-10 
20 (24)	Cardiff 	1 	31 	-30 
21 (-) 	Leeds 		10 	42 	-32 
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22 (-) 	Brighton 	5 	40 	-35 
23 (-) 	Wolves 		4 	69 	-65 
24 (2) 	West Ham 	1 	97 	-96 

Which player in this Division would you most like to sign?
Matthew Etherington (21% votes)
(Last Season: Joe Cole)

Who is the club's weakest link?
Marcus Hahnemann (28% votes)
(Last Season: John Salako)

What team should line up on August 7th?

Marcus
Hahnemann
Graeme
Murty
Adrian
Williams
Ivar
Ingimarsson
Nicky
Shorey
Glen
Little
Steve
Sidwell
James
Harper
Paul
Brooker
  Nicky
Forster
Dave
Kitson
 

Number of distinct spellings of Ivar Ingimarsson: 22, Marcus Hahnemann: 25

Do you remember Craig Ramage:
38.8% say Yes (18th best memories)
56.9% say No
4% claim to be Craig Ramage

Book Lines:
IT Handbooks: 4
Management Twaddle: 4
Foreign Stuff: 2
Porn: 2

More interesting fare:
"Take the process of gastrulation, in which a mammalian embryo loses its symmetry as some cells begin to develop into the head and others into the tail"

"I urge the re-publication of old and good pictures as a real part of that grossly neglected thing - public education"

"And having found love I find in place of socialist leanings a 90% misanthropy which, once expressed, gains nothing in repetition"

"Jamaican trio The Pioneers raced into the Top 40 with their paean to a racehorse that died in service"

"If you think about it, there are very few of your co-workers who have faces you'd like to see more often"

Name Something Rubbish:
West Ham United (10% of vote)

Other suggestions: Alan Pardew's honesty and commitment, Aldershot, All questions from "Ramage" onwards (guess who doesn't know the way to San Jose - ed), Anchovies, Away end at Gillingham, Blue Lights on Windscreen Washers, Boy Bands, Bran Flakes, Celery, Chavs in stupid cars playing stupid music very loudly, Clive Tyldesley, Craig Ramage, Elmore Leonard, English Weather, Essex, Flu, Fosters Lager, France, Greece winning Euro2004, Joe Pasquale, KFC, Luton's Bob Stand Boxes, Mushy Peas, Poncy Wine Bars, Robocop 3, Synchronised Swimming, the penalty spot at the Estadio da Luz, Tinned Spaghetti, Vanilla Coke - why?, Vauxhall cars, Walking through allotments to an away end (zzz - ed), warm lager

Do you know the way to San Jose? :
23.3% say Yes (7th most knowledgable supporters)

23.5% respond "I've been away so long I may go wrong and lose my way" (19th most musical supporters)

Can you wire a plug ?
82.1% say Yes (12th most competent supporters)

Favoured Pizza Toppings
Pepperoni71
Extra Cheese65
Tuna24
Olives23
Spinach17
Boiled Egg8
Strawberry6
Don't like Pizza3

What should you have been doing instead of completing this survey?
Work47.4%(14th biggest skivers)
Nothing, my conscience is clear32.7%(10th emptiest lives)
Sleeping17.2%(7th most deprived of sleep)
Household Chores2.6%(2nd least neglected washing-up)