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2026 Pre-Season Thread - fixture list (1st post) - Reading MATCH THREAD Sat 2:15pm (p56)

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  • aso914
    aso914 Posts: 392
    Don’t understand the rationale of converting to 4 at the back if we weren’t going to bring in quality midfielders ASAP. 
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 2,019
    fenaddick said:
    At times we're playing nice football. It's just inconsistent 
    The players don’t have the quality to be consistent. 

    We’ve been successful over the past few years by ensuring that the game state is how we want to play. Very stop start and very little football. 

    Moving from that will mean we struggle 
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Reading player down injured.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    LittleAddick said:
    Dare I say even McNanamara is looking like he's technically a class above a lot of our team
    He then goes on to give the ball away twice in 30 seconds with poor passes, it's always the way
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 2,009
    Another relegation battle 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 11,336
    Has Steve Brown mentioned anything about the amount of minutes players are getting yet?
  • jose
    jose Posts: 1,710
    Collins.
    Good.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    lloyd, Bell, TC off
    Collins, Mesik, Tanto on.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    Sichenje on for Jones
    Mesík for Bell
    Tanto for TC
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,288
    edited August 1
    Not saying Mwamba is great, but to me I don’t see how he doesn’t start over the other two, I can’t believe I’m saying this and shouldn’t be in the position to say so. Says more about our transfer window so far.

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  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    We've restarted
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,906
    MacNamara a bit sloppy there with passing too short twice in a row giving away possession. 
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 3,567
    our preseason looks like we are practicing to get relegated.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Leaburn does well to get to the ball and try to go across into the box, but the ref gives a free kick against him
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Good hassling from Leaburn again, but a slightly iffy touch when surrounded means we lose possession.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    Really good from Leaburn again there
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,288
    Let wing take it!!!!!
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Good run from Alli up the middle wins a free kick 1.5 stripes out.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    Fantastic tennacity and a nice little spin from Alli there
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Alli's shot comes off the wall and out for a corner.

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    aliwibble said:
    Good run from Alli up the middle wins a free kick 1.5 stripes out.
    About 10 yards 😉 
  • aso914
    aso914 Posts: 392
    I can’t believe they are people who want to sell Leaburn in this window. 
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 2,019
    msomerton said:
    our preseason looks like we are practicing to get relegated.
    Whilst some of it is fitness. 

    We really should have tried to get games against teams that would dominate possession against us. It would have been the only way you would get an accurate game state to how most games would go this coming season. 
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Corner is cleared
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,958
    Alli looks like he can put in a decent corner
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,566
    Think Leaburn is definitely posed the question he should be starting over Godden come start of the season 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,113
    edited August 1
    AberystwythAddick said:
    msomerton said:
    our preseason looks like we are practicing to get relegated.
    Whilst some of it is fitness. 

    We really should have tried to get games against teams that would dominate possession against us. It would have been the only way you would get an accurate game state to how most games would go this coming season. 
    Not very easy though. PL clubs are only starting their games this week and most of them are abroad and teams filled with kids because of the WC
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,270
    edited August 1
    Says a lot that Trial-obah is looking to step up and take set pieces
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    Oof, Alli taken out just inside our half, but the ref gives Reading a free kick.
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,813
    Kaminski, Docherty and Coventry are not Champ standard. They hinder the team and I'm sure they hinder the mindset psychologically.

    But as it stands, they'll be starting, or at least involved for the first game of the season, and on and on it goes. Still feels like we're watching the same team (at least in the first half). Ramsey's been absolutely shocking.

    I hope I'm wrong, and we can get some sort of positive midfield sorted, otherwise we're in big trouble. 

    And I completely forgot that Reading are in League 1!!

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