Bristol City ( A ) match thread sponsored by Leroy Lita

[Royals and Racers]

Reading starting XI: Bond, Gunter, Obita, McShane, Hector, Norwood, Quinn, Williams, McCleary, Blackman, Vydra.

Reading subs: Al-Habsi, Tshibola, Piazon, Hurtado, Cooper, Cox, John.

[PistolPete]

Hope I'm wrong, but don't think that's the right team.

How's it line up?

[akranes]

4-3-3

McCleary, Vydra, Blackman front 3?

[Ian Royal]

Disappointing to see the excellent Tshibola dropped, even for Williams.

I'd guess same system as before, just Blackman moving up to cover Sa's slot and McCleary replacing him. Or it could be a more conventional 4-4-2 with Blackman and Vydra upfront and McCleary and Quinn wide.

[SydenhamRoyal]

surprised (bit not disappointed) to see HRK completely dropped - any idea why? And Cox coming into the bench is a surprise

[Royalwaster]

Fernandez must be pissed he's not even making the bench.

[akranes]

surprised (bit not disappointed) to see HRK completely dropped - any idea why? And Cox coming into the bench is a surprise

Steve Clarke is an avid PES fan

[SydenhamRoyal]

Fernandez must be pissed he's not even making the bench.

yeah - especially with cox coming in

[Ian Royal]

Fernandez must be pissed he's not even making the bench.

yeah - especially with cox coming in

Cox is a striker. Fernandez is competing with either Quinn, Norwood, Williams and Tshibola or Hurtado, Piazon, Blackman, John, HRK and McCleary.

I assume Clarke is thinking about having a genuine striking option on the bench. Even if Cox has been poor for a long time now.

[SydenhamRoyal]

Fernandez must be pissed he's not even making the bench.

yeah - especially with cox coming in

Cox is a striker. Fernandez is competing with either Quinn, Norwood, Williams and Tshibola or Hurtado, Piazon, Blackman, John, HRK and McCleary.

I assume Clarke is thinking about having a genuine striking option on the bench. Even if Cox has been poor for a long time now.

That did occur to me, but now you have stated it I am beginning to doubt myself

[Ian Royal]

BLACKERS!!!

[tidus_mi2]

What happened to Blackman over the Summer???

[akranes]

What a change he's made, holy oxf*rd.

[Mike Hunt]

Crazy what happens when you play someone in their natural position...

[Royalwaster]

What happened to Blackman over the Summer???

Reminds me of the way Shane Long changed from being fast but useless into our most lethal striker .....

[Ian Royal]

McCleary!!!!! Scorcher

[tidus_mi2]

McCleary with a screamer!

BBCRB is about 2mins behind the play, twitter had the goal update long before BBCRB.

[sputnik]

GTFI

[akranes]

McCleary with a screamer!

BBCRB is about 2mins behind the play, twitter had the goal update long before BBCRB.

Yeah, that was a bit annoying, avoiding Twitter might be an issue as I do it automatically.

[NewCorkSeth]

2 players brought back into the first team involved with the goals! Williams with an assist and McCleary with a goal.. Depth eh?