MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

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MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

by Sutekh » 17 Nov 2018 14:22




When : Saturday 24th November 2018
Where : DW Stadium, Loire Drive, Robin Park, Wigan, WN5 0UH
Capacity : 25,138
Away Stand : North Stand
What might I see in the area : Rugby League

Another tedious international break envelops us all. No proper football for those supporters of clubs in the top two divisions, still it means Reading won't lose and the time can be spent watching entertaining football at the local sides like Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough, Hartley Wintney, Hungerford, Marlow, Thatcham and Woking etc.

And then it's back to normal. Back to Reading trying to avoid their well practiced ineptitude and produce something that might earn some points somewhere. This time it's Wigan, another long trek to some outpost you'd never normally go anywhere near unless you had relatives there.

Reading will be hoping to appear and manifest a performance akin to the second half against Ipswich and not hove into view displaying the characteristics from the first half of that s(h)ame game. What Clement will get though will remain completely unknown until the game itself but it is getting to be alarming that the club can produce the proverbial game of two halves rather too regularly.

Wigan started their return to what is Division 2 brightly with 5 wins out of 9. Then the world came down and the next 8 games have seen but a solitary success (at home to the Baggies). It's been 4 games now since that solitary win but given that 3 of those games have been against Leeds, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough perhaps it's not quite as bad as it seems. It will be of course if Reading turn them over.

Reading have their usual injury list with the minimum 3/4 first teamers out just like they have had every week since the summer of 2017 whether that gets added to remains to be seen with players coming back from international duty later in the week though you can always count on Reading's training regime to add spice in that department. Meanwhile up at the DW Everton loanee Antonee Robinson will be missing for Wigan.

Referee

To be confirmed

Historically

This is the 43rd league game against Wigan and so the 22nd trek to make use of their hospitality.

As you'd expect for most northern outposts the place is not a particularly happy one for Reading who have always found victories difficult to come by up there stretching all the way back to Wigan's inaugural FL season in 1978 when they crashed 3-0.

In the 21 games played, 11 have been lost and just 3 won. It took until the 13th visit to record a win (there were none whatsoever managed at Wigan's old home of Springfield Park) so at least the wins are in living memory. When Reading do win there though they win by at least 2 and always keep a clean sheet.

How to follow the game

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  3. Ring/text a mate for updates
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Re: MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

by URZZZZ » 17 Nov 2018 17:02

Walker

Gunter
Moore
Ilori

McCleary
Blackett

Meyler
Bacuna

Swift

McNulty
Meite

Subs : Jaakkola, Yiadom, O'Shea, Kelly, Sims, Loader, Baldock

Obviously we won't play with a CDM and continue to concede at least two every game :roll: :roll:

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by windermereROYAL » 17 Nov 2018 17:26

Wigan are in a bit of a slump right now, 4 points from their last 8 games. they couldn`t ask for a better game when we roll into town.

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by LUX » 17 Nov 2018 18:05

ha, I was at that Wigan away game when we won with two Nicky Forster goals. It was just before Xmas. Did Mass Sarr play and go off injured early on?

Met Woodcote, Henleyensian (RIP?), OKIIB and a few others. I say a few, but there were not that many Loyalz Royalz there that day.

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by Snowflake Royal » 17 Nov 2018 18:17

URZZZZ Walker

Gunter
Moore
Ilori

McCleary
Blackett

Meyler
Bacuna

Swift

McNulty
Meite

Subs : Jaakkola, Yiadom, O'Shea, Kelly, Sims, Loader, Baldock

Obviously we won't play with a CDM and continue to concede at least two every game :roll: :roll:

We certainly shouldn't be playing with the utterly useless Meyler.


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by URZZZZ » 17 Nov 2018 18:41

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URZZZZ Walker

Gunter
Moore
Ilori

McCleary
Blackett

Meyler
Bacuna

Swift

McNulty
Meite

Subs : Jaakkola, Yiadom, O'Shea, Kelly, Sims, Loader, Baldock

Obviously we won't play with a CDM and continue to concede at least two every game :roll: :roll:

We certainly shouldn't be playing with the utterly useless Meyler.


Says the one that wants to drop our best performing midfielder by a mile this season and play Kelly, Swift and Rinomhota at the same time. Obviously you're correct, our midfielder has been watertight this season, so we should keep playing the same three and keep on maintaining those clean sheets

And we should write a player off after four starts because everyone that has been successful at the club have started like a house on fire. I mean players like Kebe, Kermorgant, Al Habsi etc all started really well and no-one wanted them sold after 6 months or anything. But, after all, you know best

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by Snowflake Royal » 17 Nov 2018 19:07

URZZZZ
Snowflake Royal We certainly shouldn't be playing with the utterly useless Meyler.


Says the one that wants to drop our best performing midfielder by a mile this season and play Kelly, Swift and Rinomhota at the same time. Obviously you're correct, our midfielder has been watertight this season, so we should keep playing the same three and keep on maintaining those clean sheets

And we should write a player off after four starts because everyone that has been successful at the club have started like a house on fire. I mean players like Kebe, Kermorgant, Al Habsi etc all started really well and no-one wanted them sold after 6 months or anything. But, after all, you know best

All right precious, no need to cry just because someone challenged you. Better run back to your safe space so the big bad world doesn't hurt you. I'm sure they'll be perfectly happy with your fantasy of playing our worst midfielder to tick a daft 'CDM' box there.

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by tidus_mi2 » 17 Nov 2018 19:33

I wouldn't write Meyler off yet, after all I'm sure most of us thought Blackett was done here at the end of last season. However, it would be a massive gamble to just throw him straight back into the starting XI after so long out of the team.

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by Kulshaw72RFC » 18 Nov 2018 15:28

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URZZZZ
Snowflake Royal We certainly shouldn't be playing with the utterly useless Meyler.


Says the one that wants to drop our best performing midfielder by a mile this season and play Kelly, Swift and Rinomhota at the same time. Obviously you're correct, our midfielder has been watertight this season, so we should keep playing the same three and keep on maintaining those clean sheets

And we should write a player off after four starts because everyone that has been successful at the club have started like a house on fire. I mean players like Kebe, Kermorgant, Al Habsi etc all started really well and no-one wanted them sold after 6 months or anything. But, after all, you know best

All right precious, no need to cry just because someone challenged you. Better run back to your safe space so the big bad world doesn't hurt you. I'm sure they'll be perfectly happy with your fantasy of playing our worst midfielder to tick a daft 'CDM' box there.


Leave it out Ian, no need to be condescending is there please.


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by Orion » 18 Nov 2018 19:43

Thanks Stukh. Great read as always.

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by Old Man Andrews » 18 Nov 2018 20:30

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Says the one that wants to drop our best performing midfielder by a mile this season and play Kelly, Swift and Rinomhota at the same time. Obviously you're correct, our midfielder has been watertight this season, so we should keep playing the same three and keep on maintaining those clean sheets

And we should write a player off after four starts because everyone that has been successful at the club have started like a house on fire. I mean players like Kebe, Kermorgant, Al Habsi etc all started really well and no-one wanted them sold after 6 months or anything. But, after all, you know best

All right precious, no need to cry just because someone challenged you. Better run back to your safe space so the big bad world doesn't hurt you. I'm sure they'll be perfectly happy with your fantasy of playing our worst midfielder to tick a daft 'CDM' box there.


Leave it out Ian, no need to be condescending is there please.

Have you not met Ian before?

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by Kulshaw72RFC » 18 Nov 2018 21:40

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Snowflake Royal All right precious, no need to cry just because someone challenged you. Better run back to your safe space so the big bad world doesn't hurt you. I'm sure they'll be perfectly happy with your fantasy of playing our worst midfielder to tick a daft 'CDM' box there.


Leave it out Ian, no need to be condescending is there please.

Have you not met Ian before?


No. I would like to as he seems a stand up guy. Maybe when I sit with Club1871 I will meet him.

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by JoeyJoeJoeJnrShabadoo » 19 Nov 2018 09:20

thanks


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Re: MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

by Sutekh » 21 Nov 2018 14:39

Referee

It's Oliver Langford from the West Midlands



Previously

22 Aug 2018 > Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Reading
17 Mar 2018 > Norwich City 3-2 Reading
26 Dec 2017 > Bristol City 2-0 Reading
28 Oct 17 > Reading 0-2 Middlesbrough
12 Jan 17 > Reading 0-1 Queen’s Park Rangers
03 Dec 16 > Fulham 5-0 Reading
04 Oct 16 > Portsmouth 2-2 Reading U23 (Checkacrowd Trophy)
27 Sep 16 > Brentford 4-1 Reading
19 Jan 16 > Reading 5-2 Huddersfield Town (FAC3R)
16 Dec 15 > Hull City 2-1 Reading
11 Mar 14 > Leeds United 2-4 Reading
14 Dec 13 > Huddersfield Town 0-1 Reading
06 Mar 12 > Reading 1-0 Portsmouth
27 Aug 11 > Hull City 1-0 Reading
16 Oct 10 > Reading 0-1 Swansea City
09 Feb 10 > Reading 1-0 Plymouth Argyle

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by Old Man Andrews » 22 Nov 2018 08:50

Sutekh Referee

It's Oliver Langford from the West Midlands



Previously

22 Aug 2018 > Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Reading
17 Mar 2018 > Norwich City 3-2 Reading
26 Dec 2017 > Bristol City 2-0 Reading
28 Oct 17 > Reading 0-2 Middlesbrough
12 Jan 17 > Reading 0-1 Queen’s Park Rangers
03 Dec 16 > Fulham 5-0 Reading
04 Oct 16 > Portsmouth 2-2 Reading U23 (Checkacrowd Trophy)
27 Sep 16 > Brentford 4-1 Reading
19 Jan 16 > Reading 5-2 Huddersfield Town (FAC3R)
16 Dec 15 > Hull City 2-1 Reading
11 Mar 14 > Leeds United 2-4 Reading
14 Dec 13 > Huddersfield Town 0-1 Reading
06 Mar 12 > Reading 1-0 Portsmouth
27 Aug 11 > Hull City 1-0 Reading
16 Oct 10 > Reading 0-1 Swansea City
09 Feb 10 > Reading 1-0 Plymouth Argyle


Odious little Hitler!

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

by Sutekh » 22 Nov 2018 14:40

Barrow is ill and is a doubt for Saturday.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Wigan Athletic (a) sponsored by Nicky Forster

by Sutekh » 24 Nov 2018 14:14

Reading: Jaakkola, Gunter, Blackett, O’Shea, Moore (c), Rinomhota, Kelly, Swift, McCleary, Aluko, Meite.
Subs: Walker, Yiadom, Ilori, Bacuna, Sims, Loader, McNulty.

Gunter and Aluko are back and Bacuna’s in the bench
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by URZZZZ » 24 Nov 2018 14:15

No Baldock anywhere today, got to say surprised with that, Aluko, no Bacuna, there'll be big questions if we don't get a result now

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by Hound » 24 Nov 2018 14:16

Aluko. Jesus Christ. Thought we’d seen the last of that waster

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by Sutekh » 24 Nov 2018 14:18

URZZZZ No Baldock anywhere today, got to say surprised with that, Aluko, no Bacuna, there'll be big questions if we don't get a result now


Baldock has the mystery injury from 2 weeks off then

That midfield is defensively weak

This game will be a struggle.

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