(he's a Chelsea fan and actually said our youth teams are better than theirs). Chelsea promote their youth players quicker than we do though. We only promote our exceptional players, and then generally only by a couple of years, but Chelsea's top scorer in the U21s has just turned 16. So whilst our...

Feds keeper for sure. Essentially a 5th outfielder. WHS. Feds Dariusz Sidwell Shorey Kitson Four outfield players who could defend and attack. Current squad: Feds Bridge Guthrie Karacan Pogrebnyak Striker isn't ideal, but he'd hold it up better than Le Fondre and is a better goalscorer than Blackman.

McCarthy
Kelly Morrison Pearce Bridge
Guthrie Baird
McCleary Drenthe HRK
Pog

Subs: Feds, Gorkss, Williams, Obita, McAnuff/Taylor, Blackman(/Sharp), Le Fondre

Harsh on both Obita and Tshibola. To be honest, a little bit of me hopes Drenthe and Williams aren't quite fit so we see more of them.

I'm not concerned about the side as a whole, but I am concerned about Guthrie and Pearce, who are fairly crucial individuals for us. Three yellows in three matches for Pearce?

I don't really buy the "slow defenders will get yellows" stuff. How many yellows did Ingimarsson get?

Tshibola has definitely traveled, doubt we'll be seeing Guthrie today Does anyone know anything about Tshibola. What is his game like? Are we completely oxf*rd if he starts. Our youth teams mostly play 4-3-3 a la Mourinho at Chelsea, Rodgers at Reading, with a staggered midfield three (though our U...

As Pog's official #1 fan, I would like to take this opportunity to be smug.

Uke

melonhead Pavel pogrebnyak to the tune of sonko is superman. Lets try getting behind players for a bit, see if that works

La donna è mobile, you musical philistine

Verdi was blatantly plagiarising floyd there.

Chalobah can also play several positions, and has done so. I'd have loved him for 3 months, though it would have sent out a bad message to our young players (Chalobah is the same age as Tshibola).

Worst case injury scenario: McCarthy Kelly, Morrison, Pearce, Bridge Williams, Baird HRK, Drenthe, McCleary Pogrebnyak Subs: Feds, Gorkss, Gunter, Akpan, Obita, Blackman, Le Fondre Best case scenario: Same back five McAnuff, Guthrie, Williams HRK--------------------Drenthe --------Pogrebnyak--------...

Was training with the fake hoops looks we did Arry up again says on SKY he is a defender. He is principally a right back, but he has significant amounts of experience in central midfield and elsewhere in the defence. He played against us in central midfield last year. I once told a Southampton fan ...

TBM Found it

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14vyg ... ngfc_sport

Who is Jem Karasan?

Adkins' dream Reading side, using players from his managerial career only (i.e. I can't be bothered to think about whether Osborne was better than Guthrie or Fozzy better than Long): McCarthy (13/14)- weaker distribution than 11/12 Feds, but a better goalkeeper S. Kelly- the only one of our many rig...

Worst case injury scenario: McCarthy Kelly, Morrison, Pearce, Bridge Williams, Akpan HRK, Drenthe, McCleary Pogrebnyak Subs: Feds, Gorkss, Gunter, Tshibola, Obita, Blackman, Le Fondre Best case scenario: Same back five McAnuff, Guthrie, Williams HRK--------------------Drenthe --------Pogrebnyak-----...

Surely people should have learned by now not to leave early ? So many of my favourite moments supporting this club have come in added time. You're essentially paying in hope of seeing something memorable, and you're most likely to see something really memorable in the final minutes. So why leave ear...

Royal Rother To suggest that FIFA's LOTG say that's not simulation is laughable.

That's exactly what they say though.

Head, wall, etc.

Is what they said of Jack Mills I swear you have to write off every young player we have for little or no reason :lol: Not sure if srs :| Yes, I'm being serious. If a player has a loan spell that doesn't quite work out completely perfectly, you write them off. You have made posts of that ilk about ...

Throwing yourself to the ground with a little pirouette when you've had your arm held is simulation. I have no idea why anyone would think otherwise. FIFA and IFAB think otherwise, and it is their opinion that the game is supposed to be played by. I've no idea why you would say that. Read my previo...

mambo3

SCIAG McCarthy; Kelly/Gunter, Morrison, Pearce, Bridge; Guthrie, Karacan; McCleary, Drenthe, McAnuff; Le Fondre

Groundhog Day!

Nice to see where your priorities lie.

We could play a strong side, or we could change lots of stuff. I know which I'd choose.

Yeah we are, but nowhere near as much as under McDermot. Where we watching the same match? This argument about who played longer balls is inane. Reading won the championship not so long ago playing effective football. Southampton (under Adkins) came 2nd. I beg anyone to quote a post of theirs from ...

and at wages acceptable to Reading, which are often lower than other clubs are prepared to offer! UEFA Fair Play rules are beginning to impact Championship and League 1 teams. The gulf to the premiership is ever widening. It's absolutely nothing to do with UEFA. We actually have higher wage bills t...

McCarthy; Kelly/Gunter, Morrison, Pearce, Bridge; Guthrie, Karacan; McCleary, Drenthe, McAnuff; Le Fondre