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

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    Coventry and another ready to come on 
  • Sussex_Red
    Sussex_Red Posts: 8
    JRC looking rusty, Mwamba far more involved and composed 
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 15,025
    I mean Challobah looks class on and off the ball. Takes up good positions and breaks up play. The opposition should be too easy for him, and they are too easy for him--which is a good sign.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    edited July 28
    fenaddick said:
    Coventry and another ready to come on 
    It’s Carey and Fullah has joined them too. Tanto, Knibbs and Chalobah off
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,958
    Sussex_Red said:
    JRC looking rusty, Mwamba far more involved and composed 
    Just about to post the same, looks way off it atm
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 6,246
    SDAddick said:
    I mean Challobah looks class on and off the ball. Takes up good positions and breaks up play. The opposition should be too easy for him, and they are too easy for him--which is a good sign.
    Wonder if we could do a 6 month contract maybe? Depends if he’d rather drop to league 1 for a full year deal 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,274
    Coventry Carey Fullah on

    Olaofe Knibbs Chalobah off 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    Wholesale changes for Colchester 
  • wolfgang
    wolfgang Posts: 986
    Garrymanilow said:
    Crispywood said:
    fenaddick said:
     fenaddick said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Would expect Danny Cowley is desperate for Gough or Mwamba off of this. Doubt he'll get them but I suspect one of the 21s will end up there 
    Let him have Enslin, he could thrive in this system 
    Or Josh Laq thinking of it 
    Enslin and Laq were playing 6th tier football last year Colchester won’t take them 
    Alfie Doughty went from playing National League to Championship in the space of a week and didn't look out of place. Young players can often impress if given the chance
    Stepping up two lower tiers is not so unusual at that age. It is not like the gap between League Two and the Championship.

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  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 15,025
    NabySarr said:
    SDAddick said:
    I mean Challobah looks class on and off the ball. Takes up good positions and breaks up play. The opposition should be too easy for him, and they are too easy for him--which is a good sign.
    Wonder if we could do a 6 month contract maybe? Depends if he’d rather drop to league 1 for a full year deal 
    Maybe, but I think at a certain point you just need to take the plunge and give him a year. I feel like 6 month deals are more common right at the end of the window/after the window closes. 

    I know if he signs for us he will spend time, probably significant time, out injured. But he's a player I've watched a lot going back to his England youth days and on his day he is very, very good for this level. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,274
    TC needs to do that more too. If he shot like that 3 or 4 times a game he might actually score a few goals.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    Out of possession the idea seems to be that the 10 pushes up and we press in a 442 shape 
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 15,025
    fenaddick said:
    Out of possession the idea seems to be that the 10 pushes up and we press in a 442 shape 
    Yeah or even a 4-1-3-2 with the holding midfielder sitting a little deeper.
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,288
    Not wanting to start a pile on, but Leaburn looks a yard off it tonight.
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 2,306
    Sword65pf said:
    Not wanting to start a pile on, but Leaburn looks a yard off it tonight.
    Losing the ball an awful lot.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 16,491
    Sword65pf said:
    Not wanting to start a pile on, but Leaburn looks a yard off it tonight.
    More than a yard I’d say, not doing himself any favours so far 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    His touch has been poor but no lack of effort. Carey looks knackered despite only just coming on. Wonder if they did a session earlier 
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 2,066
    I could swear I just saw Coventry pass the ball forwards!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,847
    We've been a bit unbalanced tonight, as we've had so much more quality down the left than down the right.

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  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 1,330
    Sword65pf said:
    Not wanting to start a pile on, but Leaburn looks a yard off it tonight.
    Hence why we need Dykes 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    Lovely drilled ball from TC
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,274
    edited July 28
    A striker that's on it scores from that TC driven cross. Leaburn is on his heels yet again
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,769
    How can Leaburn have that long legs and never get on the end of anything 😂
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,847
    Godden would have scored from that TC cross.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,119
    McNamara and Bell on for Gough and Mesík
  • 21cws
    21cws Posts: 240
    killerandflash said:
    We've been a bit unbalanced tonight, as we've had so much more quality down the left than down the right.

     
    Would have liked to of seen TC starting there. Sure it would of been Alli if signed earlier 
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,594
    what is the score and how long to go

  • 21cws
    21cws Posts: 240
    fenaddick said:
    Lovely drilled ball from TC
    Godden taps that in if on the pitch. TC done well 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,274
    Bell and McNamara on.

    No Jones because we don't want to injure him before selling him to Wolves

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