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RE: Reading v Boro

Just to add to the problems, I now see Hernandez is now out with a thigh injury until after the international break.

4 years ago
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RE: Reading v Boro

Well that was Boro's worst display of the season and the fact they failed to have a shot on target against the worst defence in the championship - who...

4 years ago
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RE: Reading v Boro

@pedro Glad to see you're match fit - I get worried in these days of Covid when we don't hear from posters for a while. Though you were right - th...

4 years ago
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RE: Reading v Boro

Here's a better quality link with commentary - though you have to mess about clicking on unmute and closing pop-ups to get sound

4 years ago
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RE: Reading v Boro

@original-fat-bob Here's one but no commentary

4 years ago
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RE: Reading v Boro

@exmil I doubt Warnock would even recall either Spence or Coulson - maybe we could see Howson at right-back again with McNair moving to midfield. Th...

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@k-p-in-spain So basically 4 of the next 6 games of our Matchday Live subscription are not available for us to watch - if there weren't unofficial s...

4 years ago
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btw I've seen quite a few comments in other places demanding why Neil Warnock hasn't already recalled Djed Spence from his loan at Forest. Well, EFL...

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RE: Reading v Boro

So Dijksteel has been ruled out until at least the end of October - though Bola has trained fully this week so it looks like Peltier will be playing a...

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RE: Reading v Boro

@powmillnaemore I think you are confusing Derby with WePretendToSellAnyStadium.com 🙂 Incidentally, I read this morning that Steve Gibson is stil...

4 years ago
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Just noticed that Boro will actually not be heading to the Madejski Stadium on Saturday - they will instead be driving down to the rather less majesti...

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@exmil Well, Boro have no excuses for not scoring a few at Reading - the worst defence in the Championship now has no fit senior centre-backs!

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Thanks for you noble efforts Andy, with a succession of well-crafted regal puns that crowned off a very fine preview! This is another game that Boro...

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RE: Boro v Blackpool

@deleriad Any stat that showed we on average essentially needed to score 2 goals (if the opposition score 1.44) to even get a point since January pr...

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@deleriad Interesting as it is to ponder over stats, I think we shouldn't get too concerned with that statistical anomaly - OK the modelling of xG (...

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Forget about blaming breakfast or getting another barbeque fired up - Warnock has now moved onto cake with his latest comments... "The players are g...

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RE: Boro v Blackpool

@andy-r Warnock said he was going to play 4-2-3-1 but to be honest I couldn't work out which of Crooks or Siliki was supposed to be partnering Howso...

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@selwynoz I think you're right about how opposition coaches are discovering how to exploit Warnock's whole team man-marking strategy by drawing the ...

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@andy-r At least she had an experience she won't forget despite the result - I can't imagine taking my 11-year to see a football game any time soon ...

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@martin-bellamy Yes, I guess there could be something of a mental age gap for the players to deal with - especially with Neil Warnock behaving like ...

4 years ago
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btw Andy, how did your daughter enjoy her first game? OK, I expect there were a few tears in the car on the way home until your daughter told you to c...

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@andy-r I was surprised Siliki started as he looked to have hit a wall after around the hour mark in midweek - plus he didn't convince me he was any...

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I suspect many of those were 'sent' out on loan to kick the can down the road after Warnock decided he didn't fancy them - few youngsters at the sharp...

4 years ago
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@allan-in-bahrain Not sure we have the players to go back to basics, the club are just one defensive injury and a mishap with Howson to being in cri...

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Can't see Steve Gibson getting rid of Neil Warnock just yet - after all if Boro would have held on to their lead they would have been just a point awa...

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@philip-of-huddersfield How did you guess what Neil Warnock would say? Here's his post-match view... "It's disappointing. I thought we played some...

4 years ago
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@original-fat-bob The ref's probably just thankful he's not the fourth official getting his ear permanently damaged!

4 years ago
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The difference between the sides was Blackpool knew how they were supposed to play as a team, whereas Boro looked like a collection of players trying ...

4 years ago
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Before the game there was a lot of talk about breakfast - as it happens it ended up being something of a dog's breakfast tactically with too many play...

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Surprised to see an unchanged team - will probably need some hour-mark subs given a few starters won't have played two games in a week for quite a few...

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