Winny the Bish
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If we do stick with this formation, I think it's time to put Giles in one of the CAM slots. Would at least give us some pace on the break and put opposition defenders on the back foot.
If we do stick with this formation, I think it's time to put Giles in one of the CAM slots. Would at least give us some pace on the break and put opposition defenders on the back foot.
Not really. He has experience playing as a winger, and all I’d want from him is to get the ball and run. If he can do that from an AM spot instead of LWB then he can drag the rest of the team 20 yards up the pitch, which we desperately needed last night with Godden so isolated. O’Hare is our only real ball-carrier in attack, we need someone else to at least TRY and do that if we want to be a threat going forward.This is a joke right
Not really. He has experience playing as a winger, and all I’d want from him is to get the ball and run. If he can do that from an AM spot instead of LWB then he can drag the rest of the team 20 yards up the pitch, which we desperately needed last night with Godden so isolated. O’Hare is our only real ball-carrier in attack, we need someone else to at least TRY and do that if we want to be a threat going forward.
Who would you rather there? Anonymous Allen and Shit-Scared Shipley?
Our ball progression is a JOKE so far this season. We need to do something to fix that and moving one of our only player who’s comfortable running at defenders further forward may help.I’ve said what I think we should try and why, I don’t think that means playing a wing back at CAM for the first time in his career
Our ball progression is a JOKE so far this season. We need to do something to fix that and moving one of our only player who’s comfortable running at defenders further forward may help.
I'd be tempted to change formation slightly for this.
Marosi
McCallum Ostigard McFadzean Hyam Giles
Sheaf Kelly Hamer
O'Hare
Godden/Walker (depending on how Goddens fitness levels are with the amount on thankless running hes been asked to do recently)
With Kelly in it will allow Sheaf and Hamer to push further up the pitch, which will hopefully, in turn, push O'hare closer to Godden.
Dabo didnt look anything like his normal self last night, otherwise I'd have him RWB and McCallum LWB
Not that football analytics really means much, but InfoGol have us as favourites to win (40% chance us, 32% Reading) and Betfair favour Reading (30% chance us, 39% Reading). Those conflicting stats suggest it'll be a tight affair.
On the form book that’s a farcical prediction
It’s because the bookies use data rather than results to formulate their odds I think. The data says Reading can’t keep this up
You can get 11/8 on them
that is crazy oddsIt’s because the bookies use data rather than results to formulate their odds I think. The data says Reading can’t keep this up
You can get 11/8 on them
Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?! ;-)So your dropping mcfadz one of the better players this season & throwing jobello back in after his ACL
Dabo looks like he was struggling with 20 minutesSame team but o hare for Shipley and Dabo for Giles or mcallum
So not same team lol
Marosi
Dabo Osti McFadzean Hyam McCallum
Sheaf Hamer Kelly
Godden Walker
Wilson, Rose/Pask, Giles, O'Hare, Biamou, Baka + one of Shipley, Allen, Hilssner or Jobello depending on fitness.
Hamer to be slightly ahead of Kelly and Sheaf trying to link up with the strikers.
Not entirely sure about which strikers to play as Godden and Walker may be too similar, so could either play Biamou to challenge for the slightly longer balls we seem to be playing or Baka to try and spring him from a Hamer through ball, as well as hopefully use his size better than he usually does.
Still think it'll be a game best watched through the fingers and if we don't lose it's a start to ending the rut.
Same as robins...Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?! ;-)
I think we should give Bapaga a goIf we do stick with this formation, I think it's time to put Giles in one of the CAM slots. Would at least give us some pace on the break and put opposition defenders on the back foot.
I think we need a boost in confidence and we play the team which finished the game against Middlesborough.
I think this will be a game where we suprise people and we get in winning ways
They are top of the league, dropped 2 points all season and have conceded just 3 goals, scoring 15. We have scored just 2 goals (1 from open play) in our last 6 games and are leaking goals at a rate of 2 per game.I think we need a boost in confidence and we play the team which finished the game against Middlesborough.
I think this will be a game where we suprise people and we get in winning ways
They are top of the league, dropped 2 points all season and have conceded just 3 goals, scoring 15. We have scored just 2 goals (1 from open play) in our last 6 games and are leaking goals at a rate of 2 per game.
No one will be more surprised than us if we get even a point out of the game on Friday.
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Begging them to get at least a point from this. I know they’ve got it in there somewhere.
This being the best team on the pitch for most games in the last 3 years and looking forward to games, to dreading the next game and looking beaten from the off. It’s a big pill to swallow!
At some pint things start to turn. Not just us but for Reading to after their fine start.
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