interesting

[Drew_3]

Fulham's Dejan Stefanovic says his side "will be lucky to get a point" in their must-win relegation decider against Portsmouth on Sunday. "It is a squad which can just about survive, if they are lucky," he says. "There isn't a lot of quality." (The Sun)
honest comments or just trying to fire his team up for the last day?

[Very near...far away]

I don't honestly believe that you slag your own team off to fire them up. I wonder if this isn't one of those interviews with a journalist back home that the player thought would never see the light of day. Unless he is leaving after Sunday in any case and doesn't care. Either way it's "not a good look" as they say hereabouts.

[Drew_3]

he has stated on skysports website, that i saw after posting this, that he is going to leave whatever after sunday so that might explain it!

[rhroyal]

He says lack of quality. I'd take Bullard, Davies and McBride over Harper, Oster and Doyle respectively.

[Fitzroy]

Another 2 interesting paragraphs of note from the BBC. The first is at least a positive start, the second a little insight into how much money 'little old' Reading has pocketed in the last 2 seasons. (Quote is from the Derby vs Reading review)

"Portsmouth are unbeaten in five Premier League matches against Fulham (three wins, two draws); the Cottagers have never won a top-flight match at Portsmouth in their history."

"But the Rams will pocket £30 million for finishing last, plus two Parachute payments of £11.4 million per season. It totals £52.8 million, and means they are averaging a minimum of £4.8 million per point so far."

[Coppelled Streets]

Fulham's Dejan Stefanovic says his side "will be lucky to get a point" in their must-win relegation decider against Portsmouth on Sunday. "It is a squad which can just about survive, if they are lucky," he says. "There isn't a lot of quality." (The Sun)
honest comments or just trying to fire his team up for the last day?

Mind games. They have far more quality than we do!

[Millsy]

True, but the issue isn't whether or not they have more quality than we do, it's about whether they have more quality than Portsmouth. And they just don't.

[cmonurz]

"But the Rams will pocket £30 million for finishing last, plus two Parachute payments of £11.4 million per season. It totals £52.8 million, and means they are averaging a minimum of £4.8 million per point so far."

So if we go down, we will have around £55-60m in Premier League revenue to spend over two seasons. Won't be much excuse not to come straight back up, tbh.