Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Smiths

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Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Smiths

by TBM » 14 Dec 2013 14:45

McCarthy, Gunter, Cummings, Gorkss, Pearce, Williams, Obita, McAnuff, Drenthe, Pogrebnyak, Sharp
On the bench for the Royals: Federici, Kelly, Akpan, Robson-Kanu, McCleary Blackman, Le Fondre,

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by AirRaidSiren » 14 Dec 2013 14:47

TBM McCarthy, Gunter, Cummings, Gorkss, Pearce, Williams, Obita, McAnuff, Drenthe, Pogrebnyak, Sharp
On the bench for the Royals: Federici, Kelly, Akpan, Robson-Kanu, McCleary Blackman, Le Fondre,


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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by SPARTA » 14 Dec 2013 14:58

Mcanuff starts - hopefully NOT in the middle, otherwise we'll be overrun by everybody through the centre.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by tlcs » 14 Dec 2013 14:59

I fear we are in for a spanking !!

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by strap » 14 Dec 2013 15:01

TBM McCarthy, Gunter, Cummings, Gorkss, Pearce, Williams, Obita, McAnuff, Drenthe, Pogrebnyak, Sharp
On the bench for the Royals: Federici, Kelly, Akpan, Robson-Kanu, McCleary Blackman, Le Fondre,


Quite how Blackman, (our 8th most expensive signing EVER, btw), gets anywhere near the 18 man match day squad is beyond me.

Oh, and spies tell me Vaughan is carrying an injury so won't start - which means he'll grab a hat-trick of course! Another snippet, Kelly and Akpan are being offloaded in the Jan window as Adkins doesn't rate them. Can't see it myself as who would take Akpan, and we are so short of defenders would seem nuts to release an experienced one. Apologies for not sticking in unfounded rumours.

Update - Seems spy got first bit right - no Vaughan according to Sporting Life website.
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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by The Prisoner » 14 Dec 2013 15:05

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TBM McCarthy, Gunter, Cummings, Gorkss, Pearce, Williams, Obita, McAnuff, Drenthe, Pogrebnyak, Sharp
On the bench for the Royals: Federici, Kelly, Akpan, Robson-Kanu, McCleary Blackman, Le Fondre,


Quite how Blackman, (our 8th most expensive signing EVER, btw), gets anywhere near the 18 man match day squad is beyond me.

Oh, and spies tell me Vaughan is carrying an injury so won't not start - which means he'll grab a hat-trick of course! Another snippet, Kelly and Akpan are being offloaded in the Jan window as Adkins doesn't rate them. Can't see it myself as who would take Akpan, and we are so short of defenders would seem nuts to release an experienced one. Apologies for not sticking in unfounded rumours.

Update - Seems spy got first bit right - no Vaughan according to Sporting Life website.


Kudos for getting the Vaughan injured scoop 40 minutes after the teams announced.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by SPARTA » 14 Dec 2013 15:06

tlcs I fear we are in for a spanking !!


We're very lightweight. We'll either score a few looking at that side, or we'll be like a warm knife through butter.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by ScottishRoyal » 14 Dec 2013 15:06

Interesting line-up; I'm surprised to see Drenthe starting so soon and to not start Akpan is a bit of a snub given he's our only remaining CM fit to start with Williams.

As an aside, is anyone else having Reading Player problems? The BBC Berks commentary isn't playing and the Huddersfield stream comes from Radio Leeds who have chosen to cover the Doncaster vs Leeds fixture today.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Ian Royal » 14 Dec 2013 15:11

Interesting. Presume 4-4-2 with one of Drenthe, Obita or McAnuff in midfield - probably Obita?

Could possibly be 4-3-3 though.

Bit of a gamble playing Drenthe from the start given his fitness. It's a pretty good team considering we have 4 central midfielders out, one prevented from playing by having been absolutely dire in his last appearance and two first choice defenders out.
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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by BenSmith91 » 14 Dec 2013 15:11

Meh looking team. Woulda given Akpan a start given our problems in central midfield atm

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Victor Meldrew » 14 Dec 2013 15:15

Looks a bit of a non-tackling midfield so there could be a few goals IMHO-let's hope we get at least one more than them.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Emmer Green Royal » 14 Dec 2013 15:16

I'm listening to Reading Player, and the sound balance between the guys at the stadium (loud), Adie in the studio (ok) and the lady reading out messages (very quiet) is very poor. Is it the same for people listing to Radio Berkshire?

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Royal Ginger » 14 Dec 2013 15:26

tlcs I fear we are in for a spanking !!


They're on form and rising in the table, we're clinging on by our fingernails with a horrid away record. We're not favorites here.


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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Ian Royal » 14 Dec 2013 15:31

Drenthe sitting in the No. 10 hole according to Dellor. Not sure I can figure out the formation from the commo so far. No surprises there.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by SPARTA » 14 Dec 2013 15:31

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tlcs I fear we are in for a spanking !!


They're on form and rising in the table, we're clinging on by our fingernails with a horrid away record. We're not favorites here.


They are, but they're missing their main man up front, so that's a boost.

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by St. Brynjar » 14 Dec 2013 15:32

Ian Royal Drenthe sitting in the No. 10 hole according to Dellor. Not sure I can figure out the formation from the commo so far. No surprises there.

4-3-1-2 perhaps?

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Ian Royal » 14 Dec 2013 15:34

Huddersfield get a good chance early on and Gooding says we're playing a diamond in midfield. If 'uddersfield are playing 5 in the middle we may be in for a hard day if that's the case.

...............McCarthy
Gunter, Pearce, Gorkss, Cummings
................Williams
.....McAnuff............Obita
...............Drenthe
.........Pog...........Sharp

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by RockheadRumple » 14 Dec 2013 15:35

Defo 4-4-2 diamond

McCathry

Gunter, Pearce, Gorrks, Cummings

Williams

Obita, McAnuff

Drenthe

Pogrebnyak, Sharp

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by leon » 14 Dec 2013 15:39

has anything actually happened?

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Re: Match Thread- H'field (A) sponsored by a pint of John Sm

by Ian Royal » 14 Dec 2013 15:41

leon has anything actually happened?

Huddersfield are not clincal upfront, couple of good chances. About 5 shots to our 1?, 4 off target though. Including 1 that went for a throw.
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