Long - time for a change?

[readingbedding]

Konchesky?

[muddyfeet]

So Kebe had a period when people booed him and he eventually came good
Long had a few boos and (fingers crossed it's not temporary again) has come good.
Booing obviously works so who next?

Howard:we're all thinking it anyway!

[NR_Royal]

Howard can fcuk off this January, I can't physically stand him.

[Kitson12]

Howard can fcuk off this January, I can't physically stand him.

^This.

[RoyalJames101]

I actually quite like Howard. Ok he has his bad games but he gives us something else in the middle of park and has good creativity.

[facaldaqui]

Is it not remarkable that a player who has had countless threads about him being "useless"
and another recent one saying Time to Go (followed by this one) is now being speculated
about as a transfer target for bigger clubs?

Even the people who criticise him hope he proves Brian and you right. His name is very apt, because we all Long for him to do well.

[facaldaqui]

Howard can fcuk off this January, I can't physically stand him.

You don't have to sleep with him, you know.

[Hoop Blah]

Sticking with a player when they're out of form or just not yet good enough is great to a point. At some point it's likely to come off if they are anywhere near good enough because all players should hit a rich vein of form at some point.

The art of management is to try and do the best for the team and the individuals to get the best results over the whole season(s). Sometimes that means leaving a good player out because he's out of form and sometimes it means replacing them because they just need that change to kick on or because they aren't good enough.

I still maintain sticking with Long, and not having good enough options within the squad to replace him, has cost us at times this season and in such a tight league as this that could prove to bite us in the arse come May.

[Big Foot]

Howard can fcuk off this January, I can't physically stand him.

^This.

Amen.

[super darren caskey]

Howard can fcuk off this January, I can't physically stand him.

^This.

Amen.

I like howard hes just extremely inconsistant.On his day he can be a match winner although its something we dont see very often.

[Big Foot]

^This.

Amen.

I like howard hes just extremely inconsistant.On his day he can be a match winner although its something we dont see very often.

Name 1 game where Brian Howard has been the matchwinner for Reading.

The only game where he even comes close is Doncaster away last season, but that wasn't a 1 man matchwinning performance it was a team performance.

[super darren caskey]

He played superb that night and it was a match winning performance!! set up longs goal and scored himself.How much more match winning do you want than that?

[Big Foot]

He played superb that night and it was a match winning performance!! set up longs goal and scored himself.How much more match winning do you want than that?

It wasn't a 1 man show.

[super darren caskey]

He played superb that night and it was a match winning performance!! set up longs goal and scored himself.How much more match winning do you want than that?

It wasn't a 1 man show.

Didnt say it was!! I said it was a match winning performance and that on his day howard can put in a match winning performance.I also say hes extremely inconsistant and i do think we could get in someone better

[Big Foot]

He played superb that night and it was a match winning performance!! set up longs goal and scored himself.How much more match winning do you want than that?

It wasn't a 1 man show.

Didnt say it was!! I said it was a match winning performance and that on his day howard can put in a match winning performance.I also say hes extremely inconsistant and i do think we could get in someone better

Right, so you've established 1 game in his season and a half with us...and that's sufficient grounds to call him a "match winner"?

[super darren caskey]

On his day yes! like most players can be.Howard hasnt been totally shit.Hes had good games and hes had bad games(i agree the bad outweigh the good hence why we could get someone better in)Im not one for getting on the players backs and think while they are wearing the reading shirt they should be supported.

[Big Foot]

On his day yes! like most players can be.Howard hasnt been totally shit.Hes had good games and hes had bad games(i agree the bad outweigh the good hence why we could get someone better in)Im not one for getting on the players backs and think while they are wearing the reading shirt they should be supported.

Tony Rougier had the odd good game but I wouldn't describe him as a matchwinner.

[super darren caskey]

On his day yes! like most players can be.Howard hasnt been totally shit.Hes had good games and hes had bad games(i agree the bad outweigh the good hence why we could get someone better in)Im not one for getting on the players backs and think while they are wearing the reading shirt they should be supported.

Tony Rougier had the odd good game but I wouldn't describe him as a matchwinner.

I know what you are saying but any player on the pitch can put in a matchwinning performance.Its about consistancy though and we all know that brian howard lacks that.Could he come good? yes i think so.Will he come good? diffrent story maybe and only time will tell if hes here past next summer

[Snowball]

Does he not look, quite simply, FAT?

He looks like he doesn't care any more.

[Big Foot]

Does he not look, quite simply, FAT?

He looks like he doesn't care any more.

I said this to Matt Mills in Croatia on pre-season and he said that Brian Howard has got the weirdest body shape he's ever seen