Team to face Burnley (A)

[Royals-lad14]

Feds
Griff Mills Kish Armstrong
Kebe Jem Tabb(if fit) Howard Mcanuff
Rooney

[Hoop Blah]

And the morons moan about the bad defence!

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100958

Apologies if you didn't say we were scoring goals ok a few weeks ago, not on the GD thread but elsewhere, it must be my recall playing tricks on me again.

[Wimb]

Well that was an enjoyable week....

For me.....

Feds

Armstrong Kizi Mills Griff

Kebe Jem Tabb/Howard Antonio

Hunt Long

Subs: McCarthy, Ingi, Howard/Tabb, Cummings, HRK, McAnuff, Church


It seems a lot of what was said about McAnuff pre-signing is being proved true, about the dramatic loss of form and the seeming disinterested. I'd argue that he's been going downhill since the day Rodgers left and the embrace between the two at full time Saturday showed the positive relationship they had. That being said he's still shown in patches what a talent he is so long term it's vital we get him back to form. Meantime just give Antonio a chance, let him run at Burnley and he also gives us a weapon from throw ins, can't do any harm with the scarcity of chances we're creating at the moment.

Tuesday also showed the horrific lack of pace in the back four and on that basis I'd at least put a more mobile Stretch in at left back over Harte, though I've still got more faith in Griff then Cummings.

With that move I put Tabb or Howard back into the middle, both are arguably better midfielders then Stretch and should improve the side, but other then that Brian is stuck hoping we come into form.

I presume you didn't mean to put Griff left back and Armstrong right back? but yeah defiantly agree with this team.

yeah

[Royalee]

McCarthy

Harte
Mills
Zurab
Griffin

McAnuff
Karacan
Howard
Antonio

Kebe
Hunt

...and some decent coaching to KEEP THE BALL and PASS would be nice.

[Wimb]

McCarthy

Harte
Mills
Zurab
Griffin

McAnuff
Karacan
Howard
Antonio

Kebe
Hunt

...and some decent coaching to KEEP THE BALL and PASS would be nice.

Is that Kebe as a main striker? If so I'm not sure how comfortable he is playing there and we also lose our best threat out wide. In saying that he does have the ability to do well there I'm just not sure how long it might take him to adapt etc. Also what's Fed done wrong recently?

[Snowball]

And the morons moan about the bad defence!

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100958

Apologies if you didn't say we were scoring goals ok a few weeks ago, not on the GD thread but elsewhere, it must be my recall playing tricks on me again.

You mean like THIS?

Reading are mid-table in terms of goals scored but 5th in the league in terms of goal supremacy

1 10 +21 Queens Park Rangers
2 10 +09 Watford
3 10 +08 Cardiff City
4 10 +07 Burnley
5 10 +05 Reading


A blind man knows we aren't (and haven't been) doing "fantastic" in terms of scoring
but we've done OK because the defence has been pretty tight.

[Snowball]

===========Federici=========

Griffin = PEARCE = Mills = Harte/Armstrong

===============ZURAB===================

======Howard=======Tabb/Karacan=========

Kebe===========Long/Hunt==============McAnuff/HRK



won't happen tho. Altho' it looks like maybe McDermott is getting worried and might go ultra-defensive

[Focher]

===========Federici=========

Griffin = PEARCE = Mills = Harte/Armstrong

===============ZURAB===================

======Howard=======Tabb/Karacan=========

Kebe===========Long/Hunt==============McAnuff/HRK



won't happen tho. Altho' it looks like maybe McDermott is getting worried and might go ultra-defensive

why don't you just put the whole squad on there dividing them all by ///

[Snowball]

===========Federici=========

Griffin = PEARCE = Mills = Harte/Armstrong

===============ZURAB===================

======Howard=======Tabb/Karacan=========

Kebe===========Long/Hunt==============McAnuff/HRK



won't happen tho. Altho' it looks like maybe McDermott is getting worried and might go ultra-defensive

why don't you just put the whole squad on there dividing them all by ///

Just for you, Dearie....

Harte is good enough but maybe Armstrong should go there as a younger specialist full-back

Tabb if he's fit and ready, similar player to Karacan but a little more nous (but is he fit yet?)

Long maybe has the edge away from home, but maybe it's time to try Hunt...?

McAnuff is close to losing his place... is it time to replace him with HRK who has more fire-power?

I expect all these changes to be tried in the next 4-6 weeks, especially if we get hammered at Burnley.

There. Now go drink your cocoa.

[georgerob]

Federici
Griffin Zurab Mills Armstrong
Antonio Howard Karacan Kebe
Long Hunt

Subs:
McCarthy
Tabb
Pearce
McAnuff
Church
Cummings
Robson-Kanu

[Millsy]

I don't agree about McAnuff.
He has been asked to play in a position where he has never played in his career for the sake of the team,as he did when playing at right-back for part of our game at Pompey.

Agreed.

He's still a class player and best on the right wing but Lord Kebe has taken that spot.

He was great last season ESPECIALLY after Rodgers went so nothing to do with him.

I'm sure he'll come good.

[RoyalBlue]

Cummings form has been better than what Griffin has shown over the last two games, and ironically we have lost both games and the goal on tuesday night was due to Griffin not closing down the initial cross which led to Bristol's goal.

I can't understand why you would make changes to a side that were unbeaten in four or five games, baffles me that does![/quote

It might baffle you but that is what management is about.
Just because somebody has played a bit better than expected(Cummings and Pearce) doesn't mean that they keep their place when the better player is fit.

I don't think Coppell would have dropped Cummings after he had done so well and the team were on a good run.

[Victor Meldrew]

Cummings form has been better than what Griffin has shown over the last two games, and ironically we have lost both games and the goal on tuesday night was due to Griffin not closing down the initial cross which led to Bristol's goal.

I can't understand why you would make changes to a side that were unbeaten in four or five games, baffles me that does![/quote

It might baffle you but that is what management is about.
Just because somebody has played a bit better than expected(Cummings and Pearce) doesn't mean that they keep their place when the better player is fit.

I don't think Coppell would have dropped Cummings after he had done so well and the team were on a good run.

Maybe not but Coppell often kept players in for far too long and he just didn't like changing a winning team.

[Focher]

Just for you, Dearie....

There. Now go drink your cocoa.

oh dear

[Hoop Blah]

Cummings form has been better than what Griffin has shown over the last two games, and ironically we have lost both games and the goal on tuesday night was due to Griffin not closing down the initial cross which led to Bristol's goal.

I can't understand why you would make changes to a side that were unbeaten in four or five games, baffles me that does![/quote

It might baffle you but that is what management is about.
Just because somebody has played a bit better than expected(Cummings and Pearce) doesn't mean that they keep their place when the better player is fit.

I don't think Coppell would have dropped Cummings after he had done so well and the team were on a good run.

Not sure on that. He would've brought Murty back in at the drop of a hat when fit which is just about the closest comparison we have. I'm sure he did just that when Kelly was covering for him a couple of times.