After the last match, Reading the riot act - match thread

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[Bruce Rioja]

I can't make it, so we'll win handsomely. Nailed on.

[Jonah]

Feeney and danns available , mcnaughton likely to start , vela back where he belongs and a suggestion that Heskey may not start . It somehow seems more important to have a target man away than at home so it's not a big problem and he can come on fresh and have an impact if needed . Only bad news is pratley unlikely to feature again this season .
Likely line up seems to be
Mcnaughton mills wheater ream
Feeney danns vela bannan
Clough alf

If danns isn't 100% we could see janko right and feeney left at some point . Bannan seems to have started putting more in. Hopefully he is recognising that he isn't Glenn hoddle and doesn't want to be chris eagles .

[TANGODANCER]

Feeney and danns available , mcnaughton likely to start , vela back where he belongs and a suggestion that Heskey may not start . It somehow seems more important to have a target man away than at home so it's not a big problem and he can come on fresh and have an impact if needed . Only bad news is pratley unlikely to feature again this season .
Likely line up seems to be
Mcnaughton mills wheater ream
Feeney danns vela bannan
Clough alf

If danns isn't 100% we could see janko right and feeney left at some point . Bannan seems to have started putting more in. Hopefully he is recognising that he isn't Glenn hoddle and doesn't want to be chris eagles .

Very brave of us going without a goalie. Could start a new trend...

[TANGODANCER]

Young master Clough will be a marked man on a few radar's right now. He'll also be marked in the other meaning, possibly over-so. If the rumours are true and Emil isn't playing, I'm thinking I might be tempted to suggest Eidur starting with ALF and bringing Zach on later when their defence has been tested. The lad might not like it, but Reading won't be pushovers, and we need to get a couple of others on the score sheet. Few will agree, I know.

[Prufrock]

Why do we need to get a few others on the score sheet?!

We need to get as many goals as possible on the score sheet. I'd hazard that our top-scorer out on his own despite being 7 years old and only starting playing for the first team 6 weeks ago might be a good bet!

The way he's playing Clough has to be the first name on the teamsheet!

[Jonah]

Young master Clough will be a marked man on a few radar's right now. He'll also be marked in the other meaning, possibly over-so. If the rumours are true and Emil isn't playing, I'm thinking I might be tempted to suggest Eidur starting with ALF and bringing Zach on later when their defence has been tested. The lad might not like it, but Reading won't be pushovers, and we need to get a couple of others on the score sheet. Few will agree, I know.

Agree with you on this td to a degree . Ideally I'd love clough coming on for the last half hour in games as potentially he could be more effective than over 90mins . Had we got c Davies or Heskey available to start I'd be very happy to see it but I'm not sure eidur has been effective enough to make it a risk worth taking for Lennon .
Heskey and alf need our wingers to be having a good game and we haven't really got goalscorers in midfield if the wingers aren't making chances . Janko may be a threat but danns vela and bannan don't score many .
There's only really young mr clough with the ability to pull a rabbit out of the hat in a tight game , oh and set pieces with mills and wheater in the side .

[TANGODANCER]

Why do we need to get a few others on the score sheet?!

We need to get as many goals as possible on the score sheet. I'd hazard that our top-scorer out on his own despite being 7 years old and only starting playing for the first team 6 weeks ago might be a good bet!
The way he's playing Clough has to be the first name on the teamsheet!

And in the unthinkable event he gets lifted and injured, what's Plan B? The reason we need to get a few others on the score-sheet is a pretty simple one really. A one man team? Mark Davies and Young Clayton testify to unusable talent right now.

[Prufrock]

Young master Clough will be a marked man on a few radar's right now. He'll also be marked in the other meaning, possibly over-so. If the rumours are true and Emil isn't playing, I'm thinking I might be tempted to suggest Eidur starting with ALF and bringing Zach on later when their defence has been tested. The lad might not like it, but Reading won't be pushovers, and we need to get a couple of others on the score sheet. Few will agree, I know.

Agree with you on this td to a degree . Ideally I'd love clough coming on for the last half hour in games as potentially he could be more effective than over 90mins . Had we got c Davies or Heskey available to start I'd be very happy to see it but I'm not sure eidur has been effective enough to make it a risk worth taking for Lennon .
Heskey and alf need our wingers to be having a good game and we haven't really got goalscorers in midfield if the wingers aren't making chances . Janko may be a threat but danns vela and bannan don't score many .
There's only really young mr clough with the ability to pull a rabbit out of the hat in a tight game , oh and set pieces with mills and wheater in the side .

He's got 7 in 9 - mainly (all?) starts. How much more effective than that do you think he's going to be coming on for the last half an hour?! Lord above! If we signed Ronaldo and Messi half our fans would be clamouring for Heskey and Craig Davies to start, batter the oppo and let the other lads come on for the last 10 and see if they can nick something!

[Prufrock]

Why do we need to get a few others on the score sheet?!

We need to get as many goals as possible on the score sheet. I'd hazard that our top-scorer out on his own despite being 7 years old and only starting playing for the first team 6 weeks ago might be a good bet!
The way he's playing Clough has to be the first name on the teamsheet!

And in the unthinkable event he gets lifted and injured, what's Plan B? The reason we need to get a few others on the score-sheet is a pretty simple one really. A one man team? Mark Davies and Young Clayton testify to unusable talent right now.

So we don't play our best player in case he gets injured so we can't play him? Outstanding!

Agreed we don't want to be a one-man team, but the solution isn't to drop the one man! It's not like he's the only one scoring coz he's a greedy bastard who hogs the ball preventing the otherwise dangerous Heskey from getting 2 a game.

[Jonah]

I think clough could be devastating coming on for the last half hour against a tiring team but we do need to carry more threat without him before it becomes an option . Especially at home .

[TANGODANCER]

So we don't play our best player in case he gets injured so we can't play him? Outstanding!
Agreed we don't want to be a one-man team, but the solution isn't to drop the one man! It's not like he's the only one scoring coz he's a greedy bastard who hogs the ball preventing the otherwise dangerous Heskey from getting 2 a game.

Dear, dear. I made a real effort to point out Heskey isn't available and I'm talking about tonight's game, not the rest of the season. Reading are almost a mirror-image of ourselves in position and results. They'll be just as keen as us to get the points and I'm betting the Zach Clough D.V.D is getting more views than Twelve Years a Slave in their dressing room right now. That was my point.

[Jonah]

Young master Clough will be a marked man on a few radar's right now. He'll also be marked in the other meaning, possibly over-so. If the rumours are true and Emil isn't playing, I'm thinking I might be tempted to suggest Eidur starting with ALF and bringing Zach on later when their defence has been tested. The lad might not like it, but Reading won't be pushovers, and we need to get a couple of others on the score sheet. Few will agree, I know.

Agree with you on this td to a degree . Ideally I'd love clough coming on for the last half hour in games as potentially he could be more effective than over 90mins . Had we got c Davies or Heskey available to start I'd be very happy to see it but I'm not sure eidur has been effective enough to make it a risk worth taking for Lennon .
Heskey and alf need our wingers to be having a good game and we haven't really got goalscorers in midfield if the wingers aren't making chances . Janko may be a threat but danns vela and bannan don't score many .
There's only really young mr clough with the ability to pull a rabbit out of the hat in a tight game , oh and set pieces with mills and wheater in the side .

He's got 7 in 9 - mainly (all?) starts. How much more effective than that do you think he's going to be coming on for the last half an hour?! Lord above! If we signed Ronaldo and Messi half our fans would be clamouring for Heskey and Craig Davies to start, batter the oppo and let the other lads come on for the last 10 and see if they can nick something!

That's not really what I'm saying . Away from home particularly using clough from the bench may be useful . When I've watched him he can look pretty tired playing 90 mins . Against a tiring team when we need to pick up momentum he could provide it .
I suspect in an ideal world Lennon wouldn't want to be starting him every game and away from home he would be on the bench.
He's a talented young la ld not messi in his prime . I'm sure he will be starting week in week out in a year or two.

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Got to say well done to the club on this one.

[General Mannerheim]

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Got to say well done to the club on this one.

what does this mean? adults can use kids season tickets because its a school night?

shirly they would just use them anyway. i know i have many times. nobody ever said owt at the turnstiles?

[plymouth wanderer]

Amos, McNaughton, Wheater, Mills, Ream, Danns, Bannan, Feeney, Janko, Clough, Le Fondre #BOLvREA

Think its a little light weight in midfield! but COYW all the same

[Little Green Man]

Looks a little on the light side in midfield. I wonder why Vela is on the bench?

[plymouth wanderer]

Looks a little on the light side in midfield. I wonder why Vela is on the bench?

[Jonah]

Isn't that pretty much the midfield / attack we used v Watford . Should make for an interesting night . Heskey must be knackered, not even in the bench .
Trevor eaves 2nd half hat trick , success on a shoestring

[Little Green Man]

Looks a little on the light side in midfield. I wonder why Vela is on the bench?

#BWFC subs: Fitzsimons, Moxey, Dervite, Gudjohnsen, Vela, Eaves, Walker