The Summer Update Thread 2010

[Row Z Royal]

Defensive Midfield: Tabb, Gunnarsson, Karacan & Howard*


*Howard can also play the more attacking role fairly well.

Thanks for reminding us that you don't know what you're banging on about.

Howard IS NOT a defensive player - he was bilge in that holding role Rodgers had him in. Yet he shone when MaccieD put him where he should have been all along.

[Ian Royal]

I don't like the way the shirts look like they've been badly photoshopped. The silly white lines in the blue hopes and the white bits inside the black lines containing the blue hoops.

It could have been a fantastic kit if they hadn't tried to be all trendy with it. It almost like somepne did a quick 5 minute mock up on MS Paint and they forgot to refine the design before making it.


RZR - Every time I saw Howard under McD, bar the first few games, he was playing the pivotal workhorse role in the middle. Sigurdsson was the attacking one, Tabb/ whoever the more traditional one. You're quite right that it wasn't a traditional defensive role, but out of the two options it was much more defensive, and seemed certainly to me, to fit into a 4-2-3-1 as one of the two.

And Rodgers certainly played him in an attacking role early on, where he was at his absolute worst for the club.

[Big Foot]

RZR - Every time I saw Howard under McD, bar the first few games, he was playing the pivotal workhorse role in the middle. Sigurdsson was the attacking one, Tabb/ whoever the more traditional one. You're quite right that it wasn't a traditional defensive role, but out of the two options it was much more defensive, and seemed certainly to me, to fit into a 4-2-3-1 as one of the two.

And Rodgers certainly played him in an attacking role early on, where he was at his absolute worst for the club.

For once, I agree with Ian

Under McD the tactic seemed/seems to be to get the ball front from back to front ASAP and have Tabb and Howard running round like loons collecting the scrap balls and starting attacks again

[Ryn]

Update required for Cisse.

[Wimb]

Cisse move added

[No Fixed Abode]

Looks likely McAnuffs move to QPR will have in the next week or so.

[loyalroyal4life]

Looks likely McAnuffs move to QPR will have in the next week or so.

source?

[JC]

Looks likely McAnuffs move to QPR will have in the next week or so.

How many times does something have to be denied before people accept it.
McAnuff has said he know nothing and the club say there has been no contact.

[Silver Fox]

Doesn't everyone know by now that once Kes wades in with some inside info the exact opposite is prolly the truth?

[Wimb]

Looks likely McAnuffs move to QPR will have in the next week or so.

see it on tv in the lobby m9?

[Barry the bird boggler]

PROVISIONALLY

1 Adam Federici
2 Andy Griffin
3 Marcus Williams
4 Jem Karacan
5 Matt Mills
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 Jay Tabb
8 Gylfi Sigurdsson
9 Shane Long
10 Noel Hunt
11 Jobi McAnuff
12 David Mooney
13 Reading Fans
14 Jimmy Kebe
16 Ivar Ingimarsson
17 James Henry
18 Simon Church
19 Hal Robson-Kanu
21 Ben Hamer
22 Julian Kelly
23 Grzegorz Rasiak
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor
26 Alex Pearce
27 Scott Davies
28 Michail Antonio
29 Nicholas Bignall
30 Abdulai Bell-Baggie
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Jacob Walcott
33 Chris Armstrong
34 Brian Howard
35 Michael Hector
36 Jack Mills
38 James Rowe
41 Alex McCarthy
42 Simon Locke
44 Danny Joyce

Jem now up from number 20 to number 4, Cisse drops out altogether.

[Aly Murty]

PROVISIONALLY

1 Adam Federici
2 Andy Griffin
3 Marcus Williams
4 Jem Karacan
5 Matt Mills
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 Jay Tabb
8 Gylfi Sigurdsson
9 Shane Long
10 Noel Hunt
11 Jobi McAnuff
12 David Mooney
13 Reading Fans
14 Jimmy Kebe
16 Ivar Ingimarsson
17 James Henry
18 Simon Church
19 Hal Robson-Kanu
21 Ben Hamer
22 Julian Kelly
23 Grzegorz Rasiak
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor
26 Alex Pearce
27 Scott Davies
28 Michail Antonio
29 Nicholas Bignall
30 Abdulai Bell-Baggie
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Jacob Walcott
33 Chris Armstrong
34 Brian Howard
35 Michael Hector
36 Jack Mills
38 James Rowe
41 Alex McCarthy
42 Simon Locke
44 Danny Joyce

Jem now up from number 20 to number 4, Cisse drops out altogether.

That tends to happen when a player leaves a club...

[floyd__streete]

PROVISIONALLY

1 Adam Federici
2 Andy Griffin
3 Marcus Williams
4 Jem Karacan
5 Matt Mills
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 Jay Tabb
8 Gylfi Sigurdsson
9 Shane Long
10 Noel Hunt
11 Jobi McAnuff
12 David Mooney
13 Reading Fans
14 Jimmy Kebe
16 Ivar Ingimarsson
17 James Henry
18 Simon Church
19 Hal Robson-Kanu
21 Ben Hamer
22 Julian Kelly
23 Grzegorz Rasiak
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor
26 Alex Pearce
27 Scott Davies
28 Michail Antonio
29 Nicholas Bignall
30 Abdulai Bell-Baggie
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Jacob Walcott
33 Chris Armstrong
34 Brian Howard
35 Michael Hector
36 Jack Mills
38 James Rowe
41 Alex McCarthy
42 Simon Locke
44 Danny Joyce

Jem now up from number 20 to number 4, Cisse drops out altogether.

Howard takes the vacated 20 shirt. The FTSE has also dropped by 5 points. Highest new entry this week is Squeeze with 'Hourglass'.

[dan19]

1 Adam Federici
2 Andy Griffin
3 Marcus Williams
4 Jem Karacan
5 Matt Mills
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 Jay Tabb
8 Gylfi Sigurdsson
9 Shane Long
10 Noel Hunt
11 Jobi McAnuff
12 David Mooney
13 Reading Fans
14 Jimmy Kebe
16 Ivar Ingimarsson
17 James Henry
18 Simon Church
19 Hal Robson-Kanu
20 Dan Hare
21 Ben Hamer
22 Julian Kelly
23 Grzegorz Rasiak
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor
26 Alex Pearce
27 Scott Davies
28 Michail Antonio
29 Nicholas Bignall
30 Abdulai Bell-Baggie
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Jacob Walcott
33 Chris Armstrong
34 Brian Howard
35 Michael Hector
36 Jack Mills
38 James Rowe
41 Alex McCarthy
42 Simon Locke
44 Danny Joyce

I thought the whole Reading fans thing had been dropped?

[Sarah Star]

Who's Dan Hare at no.20?

[rfcjoe]

lulz

[sheshnu]

Nothing to add (again), joe?

[rfcjoe]

^cos that was good






hardman

[rfcjoe]

oh yeah, and lol @ people needing upd8s on the club in a ghey little thread.


http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10306,00.html

[Forbury Lion]

I thought the whole Reading fans thing had been dropped?

Wishfull thinking m9. As long as that back the boys and make some noise/who wants pizza bloke is there with the mike the number 13 thing will continue.

If I became a billionaire overnight and was able to afford to buy JM out the first thing I would do as chairman is sack the PA man, second thing would be to stop those kids waving embarassingly cheap Reading FC flags at the players as they exit the tunnel, especially the away suporters kids who shouldn't be forced to touch a rival teams colours, never mind wave them enthusiastically. Third thing would be to sack the kit designers and bring back a no nonsesnse blue and white hooped shirt with a collar..