by biff » 09 Aug 2023 11:30
by CountryRoyal » 09 Aug 2023 11:53
by genome » 09 Aug 2023 11:55
CountryRoyal Can I just say, Nelson Abbey <3
Also I’ve been pronouncing Boyce-Clarke’s name wrong. It’s Con-eye-uh not Con-ya.
by CountryRoyal » 09 Aug 2023 11:59
genomeCountryRoyal Can I just say, Nelson Abbey <3
Also I’ve been pronouncing Boyce-Clarke’s name wrong. It’s Con-eye-uh not Con-ya.
No, it's Boyce-Clarke mate
by Clyde1998 » 09 Aug 2023 12:10
by RG30 » 09 Aug 2023 12:12
by tidus_mi2 » 09 Aug 2023 12:45
RG30 Late to the thread but thought we were superb last night and after the small sample size of 180 minutes competitive football under Selles, I am quietly optimistic now we’ll be better than many of us anticipated. We appear to have a coach who is has done the hard yards around the world and has a clear playing identity and style they wish to implement.
Plenty of positives to take away but thought Abbey and Bindon were in particular exceptional. Big Kelvin had Cooper on his arse all game and once again worked really hard for the team. Boyce-Clarke made a couple of nice saves and based on yesterday I think I’d have had him starting over Bouzanis this Saturday.
by RoyalBlue » 09 Aug 2023 13:00
Chameleon From the little I've seen of Hunt's U21s they also play with a big press - this was an extremely good result but it does show the benefits of the first team playing in a very similar style to the youth team; you're not asking them to play against much harder opposition and totally change styles, just the former. While Selles may still not last the season it shows the benefits of Bowen - having a DoF who recruits players and managers for a particular type of play is just a vast improvement on the past 5 years of bringing in a new manager with an incompatible style which just stunts youth team players from being able to take chances, and leaves us with a few players who just wouldn't be good under the new manager.
Outside of Carroll we have a squad all perfect for playing a high press, and Carroll's still a very good L1 striker, is decent at pressing and is quite a problem for defenders when the ball is crossed in.
by Stranded » 09 Aug 2023 13:15
tidus_mi2RG30 Late to the thread but thought we were superb last night and after the small sample size of 180 minutes competitive football under Selles, I am quietly optimistic now we’ll be better than many of us anticipated. We appear to have a coach who is has done the hard yards around the world and has a clear playing identity and style they wish to implement.
Plenty of positives to take away but thought Abbey and Bindon were in particular exceptional. Big Kelvin had Cooper on his arse all game and once again worked really hard for the team. Boyce-Clarke made a couple of nice saves and based on yesterday I think I’d have had him starting over Bouzanis this Saturday.
We'll find out if Button is here for a bit of experience or if he's the intended first choice I suppose.
by Hound » 09 Aug 2023 13:44
by Clyde1998 » 09 Aug 2023 14:01
Hound 10m highlights on tbe main site well worth a watch
The constant hunting down whenever millwall on the ball, even in the last min at 4-0 up, is a real pleasure to see. Three of the goals came from robbing back possession and quickly breaking. Excellent stuff
by Loafer » 09 Aug 2023 15:35
genomeCountryRoyal Can I just say, Nelson Abbey <3
Also I’ve been pronouncing Boyce-Clarke’s name wrong. It’s Con-eye-uh not Con-ya.
No, it's Boyce-Clarke mate
by Pepe the Horseman » 09 Aug 2023 16:29
CountryRoyalgenomeCountryRoyal Can I just say, Nelson Abbey <3
Also I’ve been pronouncing Boyce-Clarke’s name wrong. It’s Con-eye-uh not Con-ya.
No, it's Boyce-Clarke mate
Tosser
by Sutekh » 09 Aug 2023 16:33
CountryRoyalgenome
No, it's Boyce-Clarke mate
Tosser
by Vision » 09 Aug 2023 17:24
HoundSutekhSnowflake Royal Well Camara, Kelvin, Craig, Abbey and Azeez were all involved in the Championship last season. Nowhere near enough of course.
This. Ince really was working far to closely to that old Alan Hansen "mantra" last season.
Sadly it wasn’t just Ince. Most disappointing non selection of the year for me was when Hunt dropped Camara totally after a poor 45
Camara who was whoscored motm, scored, big part in the second goal, and assisted Vickers missed chance which he should have scored last night
Give them a run, give them confidence and they’ll be fine
by Hound » 09 Aug 2023 17:54
by Orion1871 » 09 Aug 2023 17:59
HoundSutekhSnowflake Royal Well Camara, Kelvin, Craig, Abbey and Azeez were all involved in the Championship last season. Nowhere near enough of course.
This. Ince really was working far to closely to that old Alan Hansen "mantra" last season.
Sadly it wasn’t just Ince. Most disappointing non selection of the year for me was when Hunt dropped Camara totally after a poor 45
Camara who was whoscored motm, scored, big part in the second goal, and assisted Vickers missed chance which he should have scored last night
Give them a run, give them confidence and they’ll be fine
by Franchise FC » 09 Aug 2023 18:47
SutekhRoyal_jimmy It's been years since we've seen a Reading team play with this much energy, I saw it on Saturday, albeit as someone else mentioned we didn't execute it that well because of a lack of pre-season for the incomers but could see what we were trying to do. I can see why Selles likes this style of play as he has a fitness coach background, we'll see some stronger fitter players this season hopefully.
I'll be disappointed but not surprised if 5-6 of them are relegated to the bench for Saturday. Can't expect them to sustain that Saturday/Tuesday.
If we end up midtable this season but play with the energy and excitement with a young side with plenty of growth to come then I'll take that. We'll hammer some teams but we'll see some poor results. No idea what contracts some of the youngsters like Abbey, CBC, Craig, Kelvin E and Vickers are on but we should get them tied down to a longer deal now we're no longer under an embargo!
Oh and we finally won a midweek away game at a team not beginning with B
That stat applies to league games only though, the first test of it arrives when visiting Northampton in October.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 10 Aug 2023 08:33
Hound Obviously ince was v poor at the player management of the young players - but the message sent by Hunt was extremely poor. Play without fear, we’ll trust the youngsters etc and then doing the opposite. At least ince was pretty honest he didn’t rate the kids, and I came to expect nothing better
As you say, was prob far less harmful overall but for me, more disappointing
Hopefully Selles will trust them more
by WestYorksRoyal » 10 Aug 2023 08:48
YorkshireRoyal99Hound Obviously ince was v poor at the player management of the young players - but the message sent by Hunt was extremely poor. Play without fear, we’ll trust the youngsters etc and then doing the opposite. At least ince was pretty honest he didn’t rate the kids, and I came to expect nothing better
As you say, was prob far less harmful overall but for me, more disappointing
Hopefully Selles will trust them more
The drop down a level will probably do a lot of them the world of good to be fair. I suspect more will be suited to this level at the moment.
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