injury/suspension situation

[Gordons Cumming]

News on inga

he is having a scan later on his Knee

if it is just a strain he will be back within a week, if there is cartlidge damage hell be out for the rest of the season which will be a big blow!!

Not so bad, we've got Pearce now.

[bishbosh92]

News on inga

he is having a scan later on his Knee

if it is just a strain he will be back within a week, if there is cartlidge damage hell be out for the rest of the season which will be a big blow!!

Not so bad, we've got Pearce now.

im not denying that Pearce isnt good but Inga is one of our most consistent defenders and we will miss him i am sure Pearce will give us adaqoute cover though!!

[Tony Le Mesmer]

I cant recall Inga missing a single game through injury before Tues night in his time at Reading.

[Huntley & Palmer]

Exploratory surgery on Ivar's knee, so regardless of what they find he will be out of action for a while. Looks like Pearce and Cisse for QPR unless Doobs and Bikey make remarkable comebacks

[Sun Tzu]

Exploratory surgery on Ivar's knee, so regardless of what they find he will be out of action for a while. Looks like Pearce and Cisse for QPR unless Doobs and Bikey make remarkable comebacks

Players have had ACTUAL surgery and been back in action in a matter of days. If all they do is stick a probe in his knee and see what's floating around he's not going to be off for long. If they find something that needs dealing with it may be a different matter of course....

And 3 stitches shouldn't keep Doobs out of Saturday should it ?

[Huntley & Palmer]

Going from the comments on the official site, Ivar is definitely out for the QPR game. Doobs has a cut and swelling in an awkward place and it is still affecting his vision, they do anticipate that it will go down by Saturday but it is hard to protect the injury.

[East Stand Royal 500]

After Tuesday night I feel we can cope. If Coppell is consistent Ivar and Doobs will have to fight over which of them pairs with Pearce.

[Sun Tzu]

After Tuesday night I feel we can cope. If Coppell is consistent Ivar and Doobs will have to fight over which of them pairs with Pearce.

Unless Bikey is fit....

Or Cisse keeps his place !

[winchester_royal]

After Tuesday night I feel we can cope. If Coppell is consistent Ivar and Doobs will have to fight over which of them pairs with Pearce.

Unless Bikey is fit....

Or Cisse keeps his place !

If Cisse is at CB, then that would probably mean that Gunnar is in CM. Not good if that happens IMHO.

[Ian Royal]

Karacan is a possibility IMO (if Cisse stays at CB) Be good to see him getting some more games.

any two of Pearce, Bikey & Doobs is great in my book. Cisse's heading could use some work, otherwise he's not a bad defender either. Unsurprisingly.

[SteveRoyal]

If Cisse is at CB, then that would probably mean that Gunnar is in CM. Not good if that happens IMHO.

There's also the choice of Tabb, Matejovsky, Karacan.

[JC]

After Tuesday night I feel we can cope. If Coppell is consistent Ivar and Doobs will have to fight over which of them pairs with Pearce.

Unless Bikey is fit....

Or Cisse keeps his place !

Bikey played the full 90 mins for the reserves on Wednesday. He could be fit...

[winchester_royal]

If Cisse is at CB, then that would probably mean that Gunnar is in CM. Not good if that happens IMHO.

There's also the choice of Tabb, Matejovsky, Karacan.

None of whom, IMO, can play with Harper. Cisse is essential to our midfield.

[Ian Royal]

Didn't Harps and Kara work fairly well together briefly earlier in the season?


Edit: answering my own question, a bit up and down, some good results, including our biggest win of the season and some disappointing results like Ipswich away as well.

[rg6royal]

Pearce and Bikey centre back partnership sounds good to me.

[Glen Little's Nose]

Pearce is very good but not the finished article - Doobs and Bikey would be the right partnership.

[winchester_royal]

Pearce is very good but not the finished article - Doobs and Bikey would be the right partnership.

Whereas Bikey IS the finished article????

Dropping Pearce after Tuesday's performance would be severly damaging to his confidence, and also a quite absurd decision.

[East Stand Royal 500]

Pearce is very good but not the finished article - Doobs and Bikey would be the right partnership.

Whereas Bikey IS the finished article????

Dropping Pearce after Tuesday's performance would be severly damaging to his confidence, and also a quite absurd decision.

Agreed. But Bikey needs a Mr Reliable alongside him and, although I agree Pearce looks as though he could be a future captain, he's still learning the trade himself. It would be unfair to expect him to keep an eye on Bikey as well. A Bikey/Pearce combination would be high risk so I don't expect SSC will use it unless he has to, particularly in conjunction with attacking full backs like Armstrong and Rosenior.