Our Best Strike Partnership for the Rest of the Season?

[Snowball]

Nice to see the big man yesterday, so...

Thought Hunt looked very good with Roberts yesterday.

Think Alf would love to play alongside Roberts

[Rex]

Until the options have played then surely we can only surmise.

[Basingstoke-Royal]

You missed out the option of Sharp & Roberts

[2.8 lita injection]

Doesnt make much difference which strikers we play.

With zero creativity from the centre of midfield, one effective winger and full backs who dont overlap we wont create enough chances.

[West Stand Man]

I give you a hatful of shots yesterday and quite a few on target. That trumps your post with ease.

[2.8 lita injection]

lol, 3 of them were penalties

[toppy]

lol, 3 of them were penalties

2 of them

[domo]

I agree with the view that until we start playing creative football the atackers will feed off scraps..I do think Roverts and alf are a good combination, but also Hunt was my MOM yesterday.
Watching us yesterday we looked overrun in midfield (Karacan worked hard but wasnt as effective as usual IMO) and no crisp passing to enable us to open up City.
I dont know what the answer is but if I was being honest its only occasionally do I come away thinking @wow that was really enjoyable to watch. We are'nt nice to watch and our play needs wingers who can deliver qyuality corsses as we bypass midfield quite a lot of the time. I think it is historical and the fact that the manager has had to make do with the resources available. Changing it will take time and most people at Reading wont wait, as Rodgers found out. I think success may need to be even more instant with expectations from the new owners but hopefully they will ook longer term and try and build a passing team..
Also stats re shots on/off target dont really reflect how poor we were yesterday against a much better footballing team ..albeit with ten men..
The stayle is the same as Coppells mantra but he had a much better all round balance so 442 worked OK

[Friday's Legacy]

1) roberts / le fondre

and it seems the majority agree.

2) roberts / hunt
3) roberts / church

[Royals-lad14]

1) roberts / le fondre

and it seems the majority agree.

2) roberts / hunt
3) roberts / church

definately.

[Broxroyal]

Roberts and Cywka (playing just behind Roberts)

[1871 Royal]

1) Roberts and ALF
2) Roberts and Hunt
3) ALF and Hunt
4) Roberts and Church
5) ALF and Church
6) Hunt and Church
7) Roberts and HRK

In that order.

[Royals-lad14]

roberts and ALF up top with Cywka just behind playing the free role.

[Handsome Man]

roberts and ALF up top with Cywka just behind playing the free role.

Who out of Kebe, MacAnuff, a fit Leigertwood and Karacan would you sacrifice for Cywka?

[melonhead]

Nice to see the big man yesterday, so...

Thought Hunt looked very good with Roberts yesterday.

Think Alf would love to play alongside Roberts

hed have buried that chance hunt missed from 5 yards out

[Fezza]

Roberts / Shep

[Snowball]

Roberts / Shep

Or Manset-Williams?

[Ian Royal]

By most accounts Roberts can hold up the ball, bring in other players and is a cut above. For me, this means he should work best with ALF, who has a tendency to be a bit anonymous if not fed, but generally has good vision and link up play if given decent balls. He's also a goal scorer and a goal provider.

That leaves the bustling worker Hunt to come on as a sub and bully tired defences.

I've been catching up on some of the games I've missed and Church has been irritating me with his tendency to give up on difficult causes and not challenge hard for crosses etc. He ought to be performing a lot better with his attributes but he's just a bit average all round. Try as I might, I just can't see a future for him here the way things are going. I'd like to think he could do a Long, but he seems to lack the sheer bloodyminded determination and strength that Shane always had, even when he lacked quality.

Anyway, ALF and Roberts, should help get the best out of the creative players we have that are capable of passing. McAnuff for example. Kebe will always cause problems and Karacan and Legs have shown they can pass it on the deck. Probably most recently first half against Brighton. I'd like to see Mills back in to give us some balance down the left as well, we were playing better before he got injured.

[Bandini]

By most accounts

Watch a game, and then give your own opinion.

[Ian Royal]

By most accounts

Watch a game, and then give your own opinion.

I did. It just didn't happen to be the one we played against Bristol.