Can't stop thinking about Aldershot v Chesterfield. I might have to knock Pride Park on the head and go down to watch it I'm that excited!

How big an impact does extra time have, do we think? A lot of the time when you think a team is going to be leggy it actually works in their favour because they have the momentum and would have trained anyway, albeit not quite to that intensity.

I am still confident of a draw.

Loads of games on 17th of January over the years. The highlight has to be a 2-0 win at the Co*nty Ground, though. Swindle, remarkably, managing to be worse that one of the worst Reading teams in a generation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMIAd2ZLfc (goals at 1:10 and 2:15) Is there a finer sigh...

Old Man Andrews wrote:.

Been a while since we did any predictions. Few corkers this weekend which are nigh on impossible to call:

Bournemouth v West Ham
Plymouth v Coventry
Aldershot v Chesterfield
Bath City v Torquay

Mr Optimist wrote:1- 1

Andy Bernal's scouting trip will reap its rewards.

tilehurstender wrote:Earlier today, Betfair offering 259/1 on us funishing in the top half.

Do you have a link to this?

Hound wrote:He's ok. Got to be honest, never particularly rated him, even in Stam year 1. Certainly better out there. Looks a Div 1 player to me

Perhaps with the Irish link he could go to Nottingham Forest. A swap deal for Matty Cash would be nice.

Slightly odd that It would appear both Karanka and WAgner instigated their own departures, although for quitedifferent reasons. Neither appear to have other jobs lined up, not often a manager just quits like that. It's just for face-saving purposes. They are paid off handsomely to make it look like...

retro royal wrote:Villa are showing live through their youtube channel

We'll be streaming the game live via our Official YouTube channel this evening. Tune in from 7pm. https://www.youtube.com/avfcofficial?sub_confirmation=1

Great. Hope it's as good as the last one!

Derby 1-0 Reading HT
Derby 1-1 Reading FT

Derby to score first <<<<<

Wilson 41
Bacuna 64

All I see here is an out of sorts Derby County. We have a good record up there and are coming off the back of a good win and a general feel-good factor.

A draw is the least I will accept from this game.

Yeah I do think Wagner seems to have something about him. Some managers benefit from big spending or just being at a club at the rigt time, I don't think you can say that about him and he took a small time club up to the PL against all odds. Can't really be a fluke imo File under Marco Silva as a s...

Alan Judge set to sign for Ipswich. Was really highly rated a few seasons ago. Never really recovered after breaking his leg against... Ipswich. I felt he deserved the high ratings that season Brentford got to the playoffs. Even still, I think Ipswich's problems lie with an out and out goalscorer m...

Don't tell them that. They still believe they are the epitome of football, the creme de la creme and probably that football was invented by some chap called Keith in his Leeds garage after getting jiggy with the 1800's version of Claudia Schiffer Poor run of form for Bournemouth. Do you fear relega...

Old Man Andrews wrote:

John Smith wrote:Is Declan Rice good?

His uncle Ben certainly recommends him.

As does the whole of the media.

I don't think he's all that.

Is Declan Rice good?

A lot of prickly Forest fans this weekend blaming the ref. It's easy to say as a Reading fan but I don't know how they can complain with both reds (Murphy could even have gone for his wild lunge too). Ref was shocking today. So inconsistent. Punished fouls by Forest by let similar ones off for Readi...

What sort of question is that? At least use the English language properly. Another keyboard warrior. How tiresome. Well quite. John Smith is dreadfully tiresome. I can’t be having that, his Tom Denton suggestion was inspired.... I'm sorry. From this point forward I will be improving. I am now José ...

I will be there. £15 is superb pricing in this current climate.

(Aldershot charge £18 )

Brain Traysers wrote:

John Smith wrote:Brain Taysers winning so far...

xG is a pointless metric etc etc

Possibly. Do you gamble much?