by StevenLFC » 09 Apr 2013 11:28
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by General B » 09 Apr 2013 11:30
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by StevenLFC » 09 Apr 2013 11:34
General B Please for the love of God can you go round Anfield Kopite's house and unplug his computer?
Kind Regards,
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by YateleyRoyal » 09 Apr 2013 11:38
StevenLFC Hello everyone,
My name is Steven, and I am a member of the Liverpool forum Red & White Kop. On our forum, we have a feature called Spyin' Kop where we get the thoughts of opposition fans and I was hoping you could answer the following questions? Thanks in advance.
1. Sorry to bring it up, but Reading currently sit bottom of the league, 8 points from safety. Is that gap too big to overcome?
2. The Powers that Be at Reading decided to make a change at replace Brian McDermott with Nigel Adkins. What did you think of McDermott's reign,was the change justified and are you happy with the decision to pick Adkins?
3. It has been a difficult season for Reading, but which of your players have impressed you the most, and has anyone not lived up to your expectations?
4. I'd like to get your thoughts on Liverpool before we look ahead to the game itself, if you don't mind. What have your thought of us this season?
5. Brendan Rodgers had a brief spell at your club, what are your thoughts on him? Do you think he can be successful at Liverpool?
6. Which of our payers have impressed your this season?
7. Looking at the game itself, how do you see Reading lining up? To have any realistic chance of survival I'm guessing you have to get three points from the game. Can you see Reading looking to attack Liverpool, and if so, are you confident you can do what AstonVilla couldn't and stop us hitting you on the break?
8. Finally, care to predict the score?
Cheers guys.
by General B » 09 Apr 2013 11:43
StevenLFCGeneral B Please for the love of God can you go round Anfield Kopite's house and unplug his computer?
Kind Regards,
The Internet.
I have no idea who that is, but I'm guessing he's one of many Internet idiots that are around nowadays?
by Handsome Man » 09 Apr 2013 11:47
by Ouroboros » 09 Apr 2013 11:49
StevenLFC Hello everyone,
My name is Steven, and I am a member of the Liverpool forum Red & White Kop. On our forum, we have a feature called Spyin' Kop where we get the thoughts of opposition fans and I was hoping you could answer the following questions? Thanks in advance.
1. Sorry to bring it up, but Reading currently sit bottom of the league, 8 points from safety. Is that gap too big to overcome? Yep
2. The Powers that Be at Reading decided to make a change at replace Brian McDermott with Nigel Adkins. What did you think of McDermott's reign,was the change justified and are you happy with the decision to pick Adkins? Peculiar to sack a manager proven in the Championship with the one he bested last term, but Adkins was, IMO, the best candidate that we could realistically have tempted to the club. It obviously came too late to have any real chance of making a difference in the short term. Adkins will need to win promotion and secure Premiership survival to conclusively show that it was the right decision in the long-term.
3. It has been a difficult season for Reading, but which of your players have impressed you the most, and has anyone not lived up to your expectations? I suppose Le Fondre has impressed occasionally. Few players have sustained decent enough performances for more than a couple of games at a time. Clearly our summer signings Pogrebnyak, Guthrie and Gunter arrived amid some expectation and have failed to deliver - though they're not bad players per se and they've probably been dragged down by the rabble around them.
4. I'd like to get your thoughts on Liverpool before we look ahead to the game itself, if you don't mind. What have your thought of us this season? A bit of a circus, and overly dependent on the objectionable Suarez. Rodgers seems to have made real progress though, and I would imagine you'll finish around 5th next season.
5. Brendan Rodgers had a brief spell at your club, what are your thoughts on him? Do you think he can be successful at Liverpool? Things seem to be going in the right direction, so who knows, maybe he will ultimately be successful. As far as turning Liverpool back in to a side that regularly gets into the Champions League, I wouldn't have thought the financial backing would be enough to make that feasible. Obviously he comes across as a bit of a bufoon, but he's proven beyond doubt that he has some talent as a manager. He mismanaged us during his time here, with disasterous results.
6. Which of our payers have impressed your this season? Suarez is better than I thought he was
7. Looking at the game itself, how do you see Reading lining up? To have any realistic chance of survival I'm guessing you have to get three points from the game. Can you see Reading looking to attack Liverpool, and if so, are you confident you can do what AstonVilla couldn't and stop us hitting you on the break? We'll attack you for 20 mins, fail to score, subside, concede, lose.
8. Finally, care to predict the score? Reading 1-2 Liverpool
Cheers guys.
by reading_fan » 09 Apr 2013 11:50
StevenLFC Hello everyone,
My name is Steven, and I am a member of the Liverpool forum Red & White Kop. On our forum, we have a feature called Spyin' Kop where we get the thoughts of opposition fans and I was hoping you could answer the following questions? Thanks in advance.
1. Sorry to bring it up, but Reading currently sit bottom of the league, 8 points from safety. Is that gap too big to overcome?
Yes, but we've always been one of the relegation candidates so it's no real surprise to see us where we are, although we would have hoped to have been closer to the safety line at this stage of the season.
2. The Powers that Be at Reading decided to make a change at replace Brian McDermott with Nigel Adkins. What did you think of McDermott's reign,was the change justified and are you happy with the decision to pick Adkins?
Last season we had a upper midtable Championship side that over achieved, for most of this season we have looked like that Championship side, but the higher quality of teams and managers in the Prem have sussed us out more than in the Champo. Brian's reign was unquestionable really up until this season, given the level of achievement during his time here. Adkins has done a fantastic job with a similar club in Southampton and would seem to be the most natural fit than any of the other managers available. He was the guy myself, and probably most RFC fans would have wanted.
3. It has been a difficult season for Reading, but which of your players have impressed you the most, and has anyone not lived up to your expectations?
Difficult to say who has impressed really, Adam Le Fondre grabbed a lot of headlines for his last gasp goals to win us points in January. Mikele Leigertwood would be the player to have disappointed most in not making the step up from last year. In terms of the new signings, Pavel Pogrebnyak hasn't been the force we hoped he would be, but a lot of that has been down to the service he has received.
4. I'd like to get your thoughts on Liverpool before we look ahead to the game itself, if you don't mind. What have your thought of us this season?
A constant state of transition, ideas of looking at the top 2/3/4 are outlandish, and trying to repair the damage of the last couple of seasons, whilst actually working out where your position is in the pecking order these days. I don't mean that critically, but you're not a top 3/4 club any more, a Europa league side is about your current standing, even though your history suggests otherwise
5. Brendan Rodgers had a brief spell at your club, what are your thoughts on him? Do you think he can be successful at Liverpool?
It'll be interesting to see how could BR can do with a complete rebuilding job as he has with Liverpool. At Swansea, much of what he had was inherited, albeit he added well to it. With Reading he tried to change too much, too quickly, and without the right players to do what he wanted. Some of his quotes are ridiculous.
6. Which of our payers have impressed your this season?
Despite the sh1tstorm that goes with him, Suarez is quality
7. Looking at the game itself, how do you see Reading lining up? To have any realistic chance of survival I'm guessing you have to get three points from the game. Can you see Reading looking to attack Liverpool, and if so, are you confident you can do what AstonVilla couldn't and stop us hitting you on the break?
We have a very slow defence, anyone with any pace will tear holes in us. We'll try and keep it tight, and unlike Southampton take one of our few chances we do create and hope it's enough.
8. Finally, care to predict the score?
0-2
Suarez (2)
Cheers guys.
by SCIAG » 09 Apr 2013 11:58
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by Elm Park Kid » 09 Apr 2013 14:20
StevenLFC Hello everyone,
My name is Steven, and I am a member of the Liverpool forum Red & White Kop. On our forum, we have a feature called Spyin' Kop where we get the thoughts of opposition fans and I was hoping you could answer the following questions? Thanks in advance.
1. Sorry to bring it up, but Reading currently sit bottom of the league, 8 points from safety. Is that gap too big to overcome?
Yes - we will be lucky to get another win this season.
2. The Powers that Be at Reading decided to make a change at replace Brian McDermott with Nigel Adkins. What did you think of McDermott's reign,was the change justified and are you happy with the decision to pick Adkins?
I have conflicting opinions about McDermott. On one hand I disagreed with most of his choices as manager, from signings to team selection to tactics. However you can't deny his record and the way he went about building an actual team rather than a collection of players. Many fans, included myself, loved Brian fro the the way he conducted himself and his commitment to the team. At the very least he deserved the opportunity to see out the season, just out of basic respect to him. For me the season was over the day he left. Adkins was the best possible replacement (realistically).
3. It has been a difficult season for Reading, but which of your players have impressed you the most, and has anyone not lived up to your expectations?
Hal Robson Kanu has played well in some games but disappeared from others. Mariappa has steadily improved and I thought that Pog, despite his lack of goals, worked hard in many games. McAnuff as club captain has had a lot of attention and unfortunately he hasn't been good enough. Jay Tabb was absolutely awful whilst he was here - regardless of how much he ran he is not a championship standard player, let alone Premiership.
4. I'd like to get your thoughts on Liverpool before we look ahead to the game itself, if you don't mind. What have your thought of us this season?
I haven't watched Liverpool that much this season, but it appears that you still have too many poor players for a 'top' team. When Lucas is your best central midfielder you know you're in trouble. Also you should have 'retired' Jamie Carragher about 5 seasons ago. Some of your youngsters look promising but without a core of quality to play around they are going to struggle.
5. Brendan Rodgers had a brief spell at your club, what are your thoughts on him? Do you think he can be successful at Liverpool?
I wasn't really following Reading at that time - went to a few games but not enough to have an opinion. The league position when he left spoke for itself though.
6. Which of our payers have impressed your this season?
Suárez obviously. Just pure class. Also I've always like Glen Johnson and have thought that if he could only improve his shooting by 10-20% he would be an assume goal scoring full back.
7. Looking at the game itself, how do you see Reading lining up? To have any realistic chance of survival I'm guessing you have to get three points from the game. Can you see Reading looking to attack Liverpool, and if so, are you confident you can do what AstonVilla couldn't and stop us hitting you on the break?
Adkins is a defensive style manager, so i'm fully expecting that same 4-5-1 line up as one saturday - though maybe with pog upfront rather than Le Fondre.
8. Finally, care to predict the score?
2-4 Liverpool.
Cheers guys.
by St. Brynjar » 09 Apr 2013 14:34
by St. Brynjar » 09 Apr 2013 14:37
Elm Park KidStevenLFC Hal Robson Kanu has played well in some games but disappeared from others. Mariappa has steadily improved and I thought that Pog, despite his lack of goals, worked hard in many games. McAnuff as club captain has had a lot of attention and unfortunately he hasn't been good enough. Jay Tabb was absolutely awful whilst he was here - regardless of how much he ran he is not a championship standard player, let alone Premiership.
by creative_username_1 » 09 Apr 2013 14:41
StevenLFCGeneral B Please for the love of God can you go round Anfield Kopite's house and unplug his computer?
Kind Regards,
The Internet.
I have no idea who that is, but I'm guessing he's one of many Internet idiots that are around nowadays?
by RoyalinBracknell » 09 Apr 2013 15:02
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