I'm hoping we sign a pacey wide player this month as that's missing from the bench. Glad to see Aneke over Hylton (though he's arguably been better than Ahadme!).
Don’t know what the situation is with Kanu, but I think there should room for him on the bench to at least somewhat fill this role until we can sign another winger. We don’t need Ahadme and Chuks on the bench, one or the other. For me, always Chuks when he’s fit.
Reading seem rather large odds of 17/4 on Bet365 considering their league position.
15th in the away table. 2nd in the home table (behind Wrexham, ahead of Birmingham). That’ll be why they’re longer odds - would be nowhere near playoffs without their home form.
Pereira in goal was terrific. My group all had him as man of the match.
Main strength is their midfield the with Wing as the deep playmaker and the other two further forward. Savage is probably the weakest of the three, but has scored some wonderful goals against us recently.
Mbengue who's switched from RB to centre half is fun to watch. They are VERY inexperienced at full back, though - one's only 16, so we may be able to exploit some positional lapses there.
Smith is a player I've really come to like. Centre forward, not prolific, but works the back line, competes, brings others in, and does everything you want of your man up top.
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Pereira in goal was terrific. My group all had him as man of the match.
Main strength is their midfield the with Wing as the deep playmaker and the other two further forward. Savage is probably the weakest of the three, but has scored some wonderful goals against us recently.
Mbengue who's switched from RB to centre half is fun to watch. They are VERY inexperienced at full back, though - one's only 16, so we may be able to exploit some positional lapses there.
Smith is a player I've really come to like. Centre forward, not prolific, but works the back line, competes, brings others in, and does everything you want of your man up top.
Should be a decent game if we play out part.
Come on you reds!
Are we trying to turn the ground to an ice rink?
Not a good idea with Chuks on the subs bench ...
He blew his whistle to end the memorial applause before the list of names had finished scrolling.
But I did call it on the preview thread.
We're kicking the right way first half.