Snowflake Royal Every fixture is tough because we're utter dogshite.
this sadly
I wouldn't back us to beat Stoke atm
by Hound » 04 Oct 2019 10:11
Snowflake Royal Every fixture is tough because we're utter dogshite.
by John Smith » 04 Oct 2019 10:44
by Zip » 04 Oct 2019 12:13
John Smith Not sure if he posts on here but Reading fan Jack Stanley on Twitter kindly too the time create this table which shows the average placing of each team's opponents.
"Only one team has faced sides with more points after 10 games this season. In terms of the average position of teams that we have played against after ten games, 3rd toughest in the league."
In summary: we've had it tough, Swansea are class, Cardiff and Wednesday probably won't finish as highly as they are now.
by Sutekh » 04 Oct 2019 12:34
by Denver Royal » 04 Oct 2019 15:47
ZipJohn Smith Not sure if he posts on here but Reading fan Jack Stanley on Twitter kindly too the time create this table which shows the average placing of each team's opponents.
"Only one team has faced sides with more points after 10 games this season. In terms of the average position of teams that we have played against after ten games, 3rd toughest in the league."
In summary: we've had it tough, Swansea are class, Cardiff and Wednesday probably won't finish as highly as they are now.
Yep and in four games time we will probably have had the hardest start as we play three of the current top seven in Bristol City, Preston and Forest.
Sutekh After 14 games Reading have played
Sheff Wed (currently 9th)
Hull City (currently 13th)
Cardiff City (currently 10th)
WBA (currently 3rd)
Huddersfield (currently 23rd)
Charlton (currently 8th)
Middlesbrough (currently 20th)
Blackburn (currently 12th)
Swansea (currently 1st)
Fulham (currently 5th)
Next up (average position 7th)
Bristol C (currently 7th)
Preston NE (currently (6th)
QPR (currently 11th)
Forest (currently 4th)
After that lot Reading will have played every side in the current top 13 except Leeds.
The remaining 9 games, in no particular order, (average position 16th)
Leeds (2nd)
Luton (17th)
Barnsley (22nd)
Derby (16th)
Birmingham (14th)
Stoke (24th)
Wigan (19th)
Brentford (15th)
Millwall (18th)
by Hound » 04 Oct 2019 16:03
by SCIAG » 04 Oct 2019 16:18
Hound Why isn’t it
Kelly out - Ejaria in
Bodvarsson out - Puscas in
Barrow out - Boye in?
Which makes it look a lot better
Barrow was let go due to the system Gomes wants to play. Same reason McCleary has been binned.
Haven’t tracked closely but last I saw Bod hasn’t scored a league goal and Kelly had been dropped altogether by their new clubs
Personally I’d have preferred to keep Barrow and McCleary around and play to Puscas/Meite/Joao’s strengths, but that’s a question for the manager not the recruitment
by krapmle » 05 Oct 2019 06:00
in summary: we've had it tough,
by royalp-we » 05 Oct 2019 08:35
by Snowflake Royal » 05 Oct 2019 10:43
by Gunny Fishcake » 06 Oct 2019 18:16
Sutekh After 14 games Reading have played
Sheff Wed (currently 9th)
Hull City (currently 13th)
Cardiff City (currently 10th)
WBA (currently 3rd)
Huddersfield (currently 23rd)
Charlton (currently 8th)
Middlesbrough (currently 20th)
Blackburn (currently 12th)
Swansea (currently 1st)
Fulham (currently 5th)
Next up (average position 7th)
Bristol C (currently 7th)
Preston NE (currently (6th)
QPR (currently 11th)
Forest (currently 4th)
After that lot Reading will have played every side in the current top 13 except Leeds.
The remaining 9 games, in no particular order, (average position 16th)
Leeds (2nd)
Luton (17th)
Barnsley (22nd)
Derby (16th)
Birmingham (14th)
Stoke (24th)
Wigan (19th)
Brentford (15th)
Millwall (18th)
by Forbury Lion » 07 Oct 2019 09:27
URZZZZHound Why isn’t it
Kelly out - Ejaria in
Bodvarsson out - Puscas in
Barrow out - Boye in?
Which makes it look a lot better
Barrow was let go due to the system Gomes wants to play. Same reason McCleary has been binned.
Haven’t tracked closely but last I saw Bod hasn’t scored a league goal and Kelly had been dropped altogether by their new clubs
Personally I’d have preferred to keep Barrow and McCleary around and play to Puscas/Meite/Joao’s strengths, but that’s a question for the manager not the recruitment
Because Adam is closer to Kelly in terms of playing style than Ejaria is. Similarly, Joao is closer to Bodvarsson than Puscas is
by Hendo » 07 Oct 2019 09:38
Snowflake Royal Yeah. if we need to play the bottom six to get wins, we'll likely be in the bottom six and deservedly so.
by Simon's Church » 07 Oct 2019 09:58
HendoSnowflake Royal Yeah. if we need to play the bottom six to get wins, we'll likely be in the bottom six and deservedly so.
It isn't quite that black and white though, if we play the poorer teams earlier, the team gets a bit of confidence and momentum and then might not do so bad against the 'stronger' teams.
by royalp-we » 07 Oct 2019 10:06
Simon's Church Last season we had to play something like 38 games against teams who finished above is in the table, whereas Sheffield United were able to only play 2 games.
Bit unfair isn't it?
by URZZZZ » 07 Oct 2019 10:11
Forbury LionURZZZZHound Why isn’t it
Kelly out - Ejaria in
Bodvarsson out - Puscas in
Barrow out - Boye in?
Which makes it look a lot better
Barrow was let go due to the system Gomes wants to play. Same reason McCleary has been binned.
Haven’t tracked closely but last I saw Bod hasn’t scored a league goal and Kelly had been dropped altogether by their new clubs
Personally I’d have preferred to keep Barrow and McCleary around and play to Puscas/Meite/Joao’s strengths, but that’s a question for the manager not the recruitment
Because Adam is closer to Kelly in terms of playing style than Ejaria is. Similarly, Joao is closer to Bodvarsson than Puscas is
Adam is playing the O'Shea role of senior player with experience able to bring something to the team, not necessarily week in week out and not necessarily on the pitch.
URZZZZForbury LionURZZZZ
Because Adam is closer to Kelly in terms of playing style than Ejaria is. Similarly, Joao is closer to Bodvarsson than Puscas is
Adam is playing the O'Shea role of senior player with experience able to bring something to the team, not necessarily week in week out and not necessarily on the pitch.
A great example to set kicking off at being subbed off then
by URZZZZ » 07 Oct 2019 10:14
Old Man AndrewsHendoSnowflake Royal Yeah. if we need to play the bottom six to get wins, we'll likely be in the bottom six and deservedly so.
It isn't quite that black and white though, if we play the poorer teams earlier, the team gets a bit of confidence and momentum and then might not do so bad against the 'stronger' teams.
But in the Championship there is a very fine line between the two on any given week. Look at the Stoke and Huddersfield squads for example, are they poor on paper? Arguably not. Preston are riding high with what is a very average squad on paper as are a much changed Swansea team.
The Championship isn't all about the talent in the squads it is about building momentum and grinding out a home 1-0 win or a 0-0 draw away from home. Other teams are much, much better than we are at that because they play systems and players to get results when they need them. What worries me about Gomes is that he cannot seems to address our soft centre and leakiness.
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