WimbSCIAG What did Norwich have last year that we don't have now?
(I'll give you a clue)
Only 1 more point than we do now? the same total that both Swansea and Fulham had after four games.
Wolves meanwhile had 7 points from 12 and we know how that one panned out....
Stuboo Lawrenson on MOTD has just said Mark Hulsey was right to send off Liverpool's Shelvey and to give man United a penalty. He even defended Ferguson. He's outdone him this time. Now even his own club, Liverpool, are going to hate him. Lol
lawro "If McDermott keeps them up it's a loaves & fishes job"
Lawro Pretty much the same as last time...and the time before that...
Reading v Newcastle
I might end up saying this every week for the forseeable future but I look at Reading and just don't think they have enough quality.
That is understandable for a side coming into the top flight but, on top of that, they also have quite a few liabilities in their team. Defensively they are not strong enough, not just not good enough. In midfield too, they are a little bit lightweight and I think teams are finding it too easy to play through them.
Newcastle have made a strange old start to the season in many ways. You could argue they didn't play well against Everton and got a point, and that they didn't play well against Tottenham and Norwich and got a win.
Magpies boss Alan Pardew goes back to the club where he made his name as a manager between 1999 and 2003 and I think it will be a happy return for him, especially if his side can begin to find some form.
Prediction: 1-2
BraisingsteakRoyal Lawro looks like someone has melted Chris De Burgh.
The Real Sandhurst RoyalReading v Newcastle
I might end up saying this every week for the forseeable future but I look at Reading and just don't think they have enough quality.
That is understandable for a side coming into the top flight but, on top of that, they also have quite a few liabilities in their team. Defensively they are not strong enough, not just not good enough. In midfield too, they are a little bit lightweight and I think teams are finding it too easy to play through them.
Newcastle have made a strange old start to the season in many ways. You could argue they didn't play well against Everton and got a point, and that they didn't play well against Tottenham and Norwich and got a win.
Magpies boss Alan Pardew goes back to the club where he made his name as a manager between 1999 and 2003 and I think it will be a happy return for him, especially if his side can begin to find some form.
Prediction: 1-2
Take the RTG's off .....a pretty fair assement of RFC.
We need a Premiership centre half and a creative midfielder both of which have been discussed on this borad many times!!
Reading v Newcastle, Saturday, 3pm
Brian McDermott’s side may just shade it at 23/20 after their midweek win over QPR. Pavel Pogrebnyak to score first at 13/2.
southbank1871 Yeah it's hard to argue with Lawro's assessment at the moment really, but it doesn't stop him being a pcunt.
Cock boy wrote:
Swansea v Reading
Both these teams are badly in need of a win.
As good as Swansea looked in the first couple of games, they now look as bad on a comparable scale. But in Michael Laudrup they have got a manager who won't panic. He is trying to subtly change his team's playing style while still picking up points, and it hasn't always happened for them.
Reading, meanwhile, still look short in every area. They are running their socks off for their manager Brian McDermott but that is the way they have got to be every week to pick up points.
And, for all their industry, the Royals have got too many men through their team making mistakes. McDermott did brilliantly to get them promoted last season but the Premier League is something else altogether.
They might get something out of their trip to Wales, though, because Swansea look poor defensively. Of their defence from last season, Steven Caulker has gone back to Tottenham and Neil Taylor is out with a serious injury, and the Swans are frail at the back.
A draw is not much good to either team in the circumstances but I think they will end up with a point apiece. In another four games or so we will have a much better idea of where their respective seasons are heading.
Prediction: 1-1
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