Injured Players

[LoyalRoyal22]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

[Sharpy]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

yeh if he can play CB

[LoyalRoyal22]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

yeh if he can play CB

He better than williams so i would take him at LB

[rob the royal]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

yeh if he can play CB

He better than williams so i would take him at LB

Do we know this for a fact??? Williams didn't seem to bad to me (on a day when almost nobody played anywhere near well)

[glass half full]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

yeh if he can play CB

I can't remember when/where but he has played CB before.

[bigmike]

Not sure if Armstrong has played for Reading at centre back but he certainly did in a few games for Sheffield utd...

If he returns in the form he was in things will be looking up

[brendywendy]

great news if true,as the lad had a very very good season for us at LB but i wont be putting any bunting out till hes played a few games in a row without keeling over

[Hoop Blah]

apparantly Armstrong is in contention for saturday. great news if true!

Really? Where's that nugget of information come from?

[UpNorth]

I would be amazed if Armstrong was picked for Saturday.

Brian's comments on the OS are a bit ambiguous

He says: 'Jem is OK, Millsy, Shane and Jobi are in the treatment room but are in with a shout for Saturday. Noel Hunt is in their too and Chris Armstrong as well.'

Armstrong is in the treatment but surely going nowhere at the moment....

[Royalwaster]

I would be amazed if Armstrong was picked for Saturday.

Brian's comments on the OS are a bit ambiguous

He says: 'Jem is OK, Millsy, Shane and Jobi are in the treatment room but are in with a shout for Saturday. Noel Hunt is in their too and Chris Armstrong as well.'

Armstrong is in the treatment but surely going nowhere at the moment....

That's not ambiguous - that says that NH and CA are both in the treatment room. So not in contention. He'd hardly be starting a first team game before featuring in a reserve game after more than a year out!

[UpNorth]

I agree.

But you could put an alternative spin on Brian's comments - Armstrong is there as well - possibly in contention.

[winchester_royal]

This is the same Chris Armstrong who hasn't been anywhere near a football pitch for over a year??

[Ian Royal]

I agree.

But you could put an alternative spin on Brian's comments - Armstrong is there as well - possibly in contention.

Only if you're looking to deliberately misunderstand something that's quite clear.

[bassavage]

This is the same Chris Armstrong who hasn't been anywhere near a football pitch for over a year??

Exactly, he's not going to throw him in straight away surely? I'd expect a month or so in the reserves at least, unless we were absolutely desperate.

[Jeffers217]

This is the same Chris Armstrong who hasn't been anywhere near a football pitch for over a year??

Exactly, he's not going to throw him in straight away surely? I'd expect a month or so in the reserves at least, unless we were absolutely desperate.

Well seeing as we only have 1 fit centre back who is totally useless and a makeshift cb who struggled to get through 120 mins last night (suprised he is) I can comfortably say yes we are ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE

[bassavage]

This is the same Chris Armstrong who hasn't been anywhere near a football pitch for over a year??

Exactly, he's not going to throw him in straight away surely? I'd expect a month or so in the reserves at least, unless we were absolutely desperate.

Well seeing as we only have 1 fit centre back who is totally useless and a makeshift cb who struggled to get through 120 mins last night (suprised he is) I can comfortably say yes we are ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE

I'd rather have Gunnarsson or Griffin with Gunnarsson/Tabb at right back or a half fit Mills than a guy who's played no football what-so-ever in over a year in a position he's not used to.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Quite honestly I've got as much chance of playing as Armstrong on Sat

[yappy]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Gallery/0,,10306~2126307,00.html

Quite a few pics of Armstrong in his training gear on the official website. I suspect he was just doing his bit for the community, but maybe he is edging nearer a return?

[shaka's shorts]

Jonny F said on web chat weds that there is virtually no chance of playing saturday or for the forseeable future

[RG30]

Jay Tabb to have surgery on his ankle on Monday and will be out for 6 weeks.