Naughtywatch 2022/23

[Sutekh]

Current club naughtiness in the Championship…

Reading are 12th (or equal 10th) in the current disciplinary/fair play standings….

Team - Points Amassed

1. Luton Town - 7
2. Coventry City - 8
3. Huddersfield Town - 10
4. Rotherham United - 10
5. West Bromwich Albion - 12
6. Queens Park Rangers - 13
7. Norwich City - 13
8. Hull City - 15
9. Stoke City - 16
10. Burnley FC - 17
11. Millwall FC - 17
12. Reading FC - 17
13. Sheffield United - 17
14. Blackburn Rovers - 18
15. Birmingham City - 18
16. Cardiff City - 18
17. Wigan Athletic - 18
18. Blackpool FC - 20
19. Swansea City - 20
20. Bristol City - 22
21. Middlesbrough FC - 22
22. Watford FC - 22
23. Preston North End - 23
24. Sunderland AFC - 26

Current Reading player disciplinary status:

Name - Points

1. Mamadou Loum - 2
2. Junior Hoilett - 2
3. Joe Lumley - 2
4. Tom Holmes - 2
5. Andy Yiadom - 2
6. Tyrese Fornah - 1
7. Sam Hutchinson - 1
8. Nesta Guinness-Walker - 1
9. Tom McIntyre - 1
10. Kelvin Abrefa - 1
11. Dean Bouzanis - 1
12. Shane Long - 1

- Collecting 5 points in the first 19 league games entitles the player concerned to a free 1 match suspension
- Collecting 10 points in the first 37 league games entitles the player concerned to a free 2 match suspension

- FA Cup, collecting 2 bookings between rounds 3 and 6 results in 1 game ban

In all competitions a red card means one of the following (bans are immediate, unless appealed by the club, and applied across all first team competitions):

1 game ban

1. Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence
2. Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick
3. Receiving two yellow cards in the same game

2 game ban

1. Using abusive or offensive language and/or gestures

3 game ban

1. Serious foul play (generally deemed to be a challenge or tackle that threatens an opponent's safety)
2. Violent conduct

6 game ban

1. Spitting at an opposing player or any other person

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Funny to think that Lumley is the joint closest player to receiving a 1 match ban in our squad, a goalkeeper receiving a ban for accumulation of bookings isn't something you see everyday.

[Sutekh]

Andy Yiadom is really going for it. Now booked 4 times he’s leading the way to a 1 match suspension. Just needs to negotiate the next 9 games safely to avoid being only the second suspension Reading has suffered in the last 2 and a bit years

At least there’s a few centre backs on the books now to cover him… …injury allowing

[Nameless]

Andy Yiadom is really going for it. Now booked 4 times he’s leading the way to a 1 match suspension. Just needs to negotiate the next 9 games safely to avoid being only the second suspension Reading has suffered in the last 2 and a bit years

At least there’s a few centre backs on the books now to cover him… …injury allowing

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

[Hendo]

Andy Yiadom is really going for it. Now booked 4 times he’s leading the way to a 1 match suspension. Just needs to negotiate the next 9 games safely to avoid being only the second suspension Reading has suffered in the last 2 and a bit years

At least there’s a few centre backs on the books now to cover him… …injury allowing

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

John Swift has never received a red card in his career and Tom Holmes has received 1 red card in an FA Youth Cup game.

[Snowflake Royal]

Slightly surprised Yiadom hasn’t had a suspension before. He can be a bit of a walking card at times.

Lumley making a real effort too... one for the stattos... have we ever had a player suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards purely for time wasting?

[Stranded]

Andy Yiadom is really going for it. Now booked 4 times he’s leading the way to a 1 match suspension. Just needs to negotiate the next 9 games safely to avoid being only the second suspension Reading has suffered in the last 2 and a bit years

At least there’s a few centre backs on the books now to cover him… …injury allowing

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

We've had none for yellow cards for quite some time. Hoilett got a one match suspension last season for his red.

Meite got a red in the final game of the restarted 19/20 season, so missed the first 3 games of 20/21 in September 2021. So depending on how you want to count back, this would be just the 3rd suspension in a little over 2 years when he gets booked (no way he goes 9 games without a yellow).

[26-10-06]

Andy Yiadom is really going for it. Now booked 4 times he’s leading the way to a 1 match suspension. Just needs to negotiate the next 9 games safely to avoid being only the second suspension Reading has suffered in the last 2 and a bit years

At least there’s a few centre backs on the books now to cover him… …injury allowing

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

John Swift has never received a red card in his career and Tom Holmes has received 1 red card in an FA Youth Cup game.

Did John Swift not get sent off vs Fulham a few years back?

[Hendo]

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

John Swift has never received a red card in his career and Tom Holmes has received 1 red card in an FA Youth Cup game.

Did John Swift not get sent off vs Fulham a few years back?

Yes, you’re quite correct. 2019/20, I misread the table as I was looking at straight reds only. No red for Holmes though.

[Nameless]

I’m sure we got a red card in a league cup game not long ago. If it wasn’t Holmes it must have been McIntyre ?

[The Cube]

I’m sure we got a red card in a league cup game not long ago. If it wasn’t Holmes it must have been McIntyre ?

McIntyre, FA Cup, January 2020.

(no way he goes 9 games without a yellow)

But he could avoid suspension in the traditional Reading manner, by getting injured.

[Zip]

Is this true ?
I can recall red cards for Swift and Holmes fairly recently but can’t recall exactly when they were !

John Swift has never received a red card in his career and Tom Holmes has received 1 red card in an FA Youth Cup game.

Did John Swift not get sent off vs Fulham a few years back?

It was either Fulham or Leeds and we were hammered

[YorkshireRoyal99]

John Swift has never received a red card in his career and Tom Holmes has received 1 red card in an FA Youth Cup game.

Did John Swift not get sent off vs Fulham a few years back?

It was either Fulham or Leeds and we were hammered

Fulham, 4-1 home defeat.

[Millsy]

Funny to think that Lumley is the joint closest player to receiving a 1 match ban in our squad, a goalkeeper receiving a ban for accumulation of bookings isn't something you see everyday.

Haha, I'm beginning to love the chap.

[Sutekh]

Could be a little “squeaky” for three bottoms that play against Burnley, Luton and/or Preston as Hutchinson (if he gets fit enough to return in any of those games), Hoilett and Holmes are all on 4 bookings now meaning 1 more booking for any provides that player with a free day off.

Really unusual to be bothered about watching discipline after 2 years of Paunovic!

[Hendo]

I'm just surprised Lumley isn't close to a suspension yet

[Snowflake Royal]

I'm just surprised Lumley isn't close to a suspension yet

We haven't been winning for long enough in many recent games for him to egregiously time waste

[Sutekh]

Thought I’d give a full update on club naughtiness in the Championship…

Reading are 10th (equal 7th) in the current disciplinary/fair play standings….

Team - Points Amassed

1. Queens Park Rangers - 22
2. Millwall - 27
3. Stoke City - 27
4. West Bromwich Albion - 27
5. Luton Town - 28
6. Norwich City - 31
7. Huddersfield Town - 32
8. Birmingham City - 32
9. Burnley - 32
10. Reading - 32
11. Coventry City - 33
12. Blackburn Rovers - 34
13. Rotherham United - 34
14. Watford - 34
15. Hull City - 35
16. Wigan Athletic - 36
17. Bristol City - 38
18. Sheffield United - 40
19. Middlesbrough - 41
20. Preston North End - 42
21. Swansea City - 42
22. Blackpool - 43
23. Cardiff City - 44
24. Sunderland - 46

Current Reading player disciplinary status:

Name - Points

1. Andy Yiadom - 5 (1 game suspension served v Bristol City)
2. Mamadou Loum - 4
3. Junior Hoilett - 3
4. Tom Holmes - 3
5. Sam Hutchinson - 3
6. Tom Ince - 2
7. Joe Lumley - 2
8. Tom McIntyre - 2
9. Baba Rahman - 2
10. Tyrese Fornah - 1
11. Nesta Guinness-Walker - 1
12. Kelvin Abrefa - 1
13. Dean Bouzanis - 1
14. Andy Carroll - 1
15. Shane Long - 1

Just for the record the naughtiest players in the league are Watford’s Hassane Kamara and Coventry’s Gustavo Hamer who have both reached 9 disciplinary points already and are therefore a booking each away from a 2 game suspension.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Hasn't Hamer been sent off twice this season as well for Coventry?

[Sutekh]

Hasn't Hamer been sent off twice this season as well for Coventry?

Yep! He’s actually received a straight red once (that’s 5 points alone) he’s then been booked once (1 point) and in one other game he was booked twice and so received another red (that’s 3 points). A booking for him on the 8th or 12th November will put him out of the Reading game on 10th December.