Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

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Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Millsy » 02 Mar 2022 11:24

The sorts of players who weren't shit, weren't brilliant, just consistently averagely "meh" and sort of did a job.

For me (quite a tough one actually):

..............................Howie...........................
Bernal....... MIlls........ Primus.......Swales
Halilovic.....Semedo.....Tabb............Legg
................Asaba......Bodvarsson..............
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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by YorkshireRoyal99 » 02 Mar 2022 11:34

Rafael
Cummings McShane Mackie Blackett
Kelly Akpan Dele-Bashiru
Mackie N. Hunt Cox

Struggled with that one a bit really, particularly in the wide areas. I was tempted to put Ejaria in as well as George Evans potentially as well.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 12:56

..................Mannone
Gunter, Dann, G Davies, Gray
Oster, Cisse, Evans, Robson-Kanu
..........Baldock, Bodvarsson

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 12:59

Really tricky this as they have to be consistently bang average. Which means forgettable in many ways. Great one game, shit another doesn’t really count imo. Or one good season one bad. Or spectacular but no end product.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Hound » 02 Mar 2022 13:00

George Evans would certainly be the epitome of this. First name on the team sheet


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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 13:03

Hound George Evans would certainly be the epitome of this. First name on the team sheet

2nd behind captain Beige, Chris Gunter.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Hendo » 02 Mar 2022 13:07

Chris Baird?

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 13:08

Hendo Chris Baird?

Who?

Stick him in. Where ever it is he plays.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Barney » 02 Mar 2022 13:11

Pre Mad Stad days

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Baillie===Gernon===Elsey===Franklin
Donnelly===Les Taylor=====Knight
Hollis======Nelson=====Leworthy


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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Hendo » 02 Mar 2022 13:15

Matt "Rooster" Robinson.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by AthleticoSpizz » 02 Mar 2022 13:20

In no particular order….Keith Jones, Neil Smith, Stuart Henderson, Gary Westwood, la la la Rougier, Dave Moreline, Steve Moran, Craig Maskell, Colin Gordon and on and on and………on

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by YorkshireRoyal99 » 02 Mar 2022 14:07

Snowflake Royal ..................Mannone
Gunter, Dann, G Davies, Gray
Oster, Cisse, Evans, Robson-Kanu
..........Baldock, Bodvarsson


Robson-Kanu is a shout to be fair, always worked hard but never really produced that much. Similar reasons why I put Simon Cox and Noel Hunt in, always worked hard and such, sometimes produced, other times didn't.

I'd put Mannone and Baldock down as poor rather than average, not sure either of them did much of significance. Did Mannone save a penalty in the last minute against QPR at home on our way to staying up? Baldock scored at Preston when we won 3-2 for our first win of the season, but I don't remember much other than that.

Possibly a bit harsh on Gunter, he was solid for 3/4 years for us really before falling off after Stam. Wouldn't say he was consistently average, more so he went from being good to not so good.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Millsy » 02 Mar 2022 14:27

Yeah HRK is a good shout and helps out the LW (IIRC) dilemma for an average team.

I left him out because of his PL level lately made me think he's better than we thought, but yeah he was always just forgettably average for us.


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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Mark210 » 02 Mar 2022 16:52

I think you could build such a side starting with, and including all, of Tommy Burn's "Magnificent Seven" but although it never worked out it was a bold move at the time to sign so many players in one go.

These, I feel were average or overrated or made to look good next to other players, plus Lovell for that penalty miss. Shepherd always tried his best, and had a few good games but lacked confidence. He's in goal then, but with regrets, that doesn't apply to the others.

Shepherd
Kenny Brown
Hopkins
Ady Williams
Barry Hunter
Holsgrove
Harper
Tom Jones (not unusual perhaps to include him?!!)
Lovell
Maskell
Scott Taylor

Sub: Lea Barkus (potential never realised)

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by SCIAG » 02 Mar 2022 17:56

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Snowflake Royal ..................Mannone
Gunter, Dann, G Davies, Gray
Oster, Cisse, Evans, Robson-Kanu
..........Baldock, Bodvarsson


Robson-Kanu is a shout to be fair, always worked hard but never really produced that much.

I would have said almost the exact opposite of HRK, he never progressed beyond being an impact sub, partly because he wasn’t that good but also because he did nothing defensively. Remember when McDermott was picking Noel Hunt on the wing ahead of him?

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by muirinho » 02 Mar 2022 19:35

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Snowflake Royal ..................Mannone
Gunter, Dann, G Davies, Gray
Oster, Cisse, Evans, Robson-Kanu
..........Baldock, Bodvarsson


Robson-Kanu is a shout to be fair, always worked hard but never really produced that much.

I would have said almost the exact opposite of HRK, he never progressed beyond being an impact sub, partly because he wasn’t that good but also because he did nothing defensively. Remember when McDermott was picking Noel Hunt on the wing ahead of him?


I guess it depends on your definition of average - HRK was wildly variable, so I suppose, on average he was average?

Rest of your selection looks more like my definition of average - consistently Rich Tea, rather than chocolate digestive occasionally, but mostly stale Garibaldi.

I liked Noel Hunt - but he was kind of average also. What about Jake Cooper?

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 19:54

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Robson-Kanu is a shout to be fair, always worked hard but never really produced that much.

I would have said almost the exact opposite of HRK, he never progressed beyond being an impact sub, partly because he wasn’t that good but also because he did nothing defensively. Remember when McDermott was picking Noel Hunt on the wing ahead of him?


I guess it depends on your definition of average - HRK was wildly variable, so I suppose, on average he was average?

Rest of your selection looks more like my definition of average - consistently Rich Tea, rather than chocolate digestive occasionally, but mostly stale Garibaldi.

I liked Noel Hunt - but he was kind of average also. What about Jake Cooper?

HRK is definitely the odd duck in that side..struggled to think of an average LW.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by URZZZZ » 02 Mar 2022 22:21

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SCIAG I would have said almost the exact opposite of HRK, he never progressed beyond being an impact sub, partly because he wasn’t that good but also because he did nothing defensively. Remember when McDermott was picking Noel Hunt on the wing ahead of him?


I guess it depends on your definition of average - HRK was wildly variable, so I suppose, on average he was average?

Rest of your selection looks more like my definition of average - consistently Rich Tea, rather than chocolate digestive occasionally, but mostly stale Garibaldi.

I liked Noel Hunt - but he was kind of average also. What about Jake Cooper?

HRK is definitely the odd duck in that side..struggled to think of an average LW.


Didn’t see him much because of injury but on the few snippets Harriott would be up there for me. Ditto Piazon

Neither were awful but didn’t really have any stand out qualities

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by Snowflake Royal » 02 Mar 2022 22:34

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I guess it depends on your definition of average - HRK was wildly variable, so I suppose, on average he was average?

Rest of your selection looks more like my definition of average - consistently Rich Tea, rather than chocolate digestive occasionally, but mostly stale Garibaldi.

I liked Noel Hunt - but he was kind of average also. What about Jake Cooper?

HRK is definitely the odd duck in that side..struggled to think of an average LW.


Didn’t see him much because of injury but on the few snippets Harriott would be up there for me. Ditto Piazon

Neither were awful but didn’t really have any stand out qualities

I detest Piazon, so won't agree to anything as good as average for the little weasel.

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Re: Your most average 11 since supporting Reading?

by NathStPaul » 02 Mar 2022 22:57

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