MATCHWATCH : Burnley (h)

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Baba back Sat, (tweeted saying he was close) no one else I believe.

[Snowflake Royal]

Will the bad news never end!

[Hendo]

From the club video of todays training session it looks like Ovie has made a recovery from his "injury".

Around the 2min mark? Can't be 100% sure as you only see him from the back, but it certainly could be him. Also been mentioned on twitter that it could be Jay Senga.

The guy standing with his back to us on the left in the group of 3 talking to Hunt with Fornah facing the camera at 2 mins is 100% categorically NOT Ejaria. I'm absolutely certain.

Senga has posted a picture on his Insta which confirms it is him.

[blythspartan]

I think we’ll get battered in this one but if we’re on the front foot and try to make a game of it I won’t be complaining. It’s the first game I have looked forward to for a while.

[South Coast Royal]

The players won't have trained on Tuesday so Hunt & Co will only have 3 days with the players ahead of this game.
Despite his work and familiarity with the U21s I don't expect many changes for Saturday's game.

We just have to hope that the players are really up for the fight ,and at least more so than they were on Monday., with a new voice to listen to and a realisation that relegation is a distinct possibility if they don't put everything into this and the remaining games.

[Orion1871]

Around the 2min mark? Can't be 100% sure as you only see him from the back, but it certainly could be him. Also been mentioned on twitter that it could be Jay Senga.

The guy standing with his back to us on the left in the group of 3 talking to Hunt with Fornah facing the camera at 2 mins is 100% categorically NOT Ejaria. I'm absolutely certain.

Senga has posted a picture on his Insta which confirms it is him.

Guess we've found Sengas stalker . Got to be honest, thought it would be SCIAG.

[SCIAG]

The guy standing with his back to us on the left in the group of 3 talking to Hunt with Fornah facing the camera at 2 mins is 100% categorically NOT Ejaria. I'm absolutely certain.

Senga has posted a picture on his Insta which confirms it is him.

Guess we've found Sengas stalker . Got to be honest, thought it would be SCIAG.

I'm glad you've recovered from your touch of the Dellors earlier

(In all seriousness I know very little about the Senga generation. Have never been a social media hound so all this Instagram stuff passes me by!)

[Snowflake Royal]

The guy standing with his back to us on the left in the group of 3 talking to Hunt with Fornah facing the camera at 2 mins is 100% categorically NOT Ejaria. I'm absolutely certain.

Senga has posted a picture on his Insta which confirms it is him.

Guess we've found Sengas stalker . Got to be honest, thought it would be SCIAG.

Tbh, I'm a bit surprised anyone thought it was Ejaria. Hair's only vaguely similar, build different, posture different.

[Stranded]

The players won't have trained on Tuesday so Hunt & Co will only have 3 days with the players ahead of this game.
Despite his work and familiarity with the U21s I don't expect many changes for Saturday's game.

We just have to hope that the players are really up for the fight ,and at least more so than they were on Monday., with a new voice to listen to and a realisation that relegation is a distinct possibility if they don't put everything into this and the remaining games.

May be a similar line up but just a few tweaks could make a massive difference.

[JR]

Surprised nobody has yet mentioned the 106 significance of this game.

Not only would a shock win be massive for our survival hopes, but it would also secure our 106 record for another season! Even a draw would mean they could only tie.

Oh to be singing ‘we’ve got our 106!’

[Stranded]

Surprised nobody has yet mentioned the 106 significance of this game.

Not only would a shock win be massive for our survival hopes, but it would also secure our 106 record for another season! Even a draw would mean they could only tie.

Oh to be singing ‘we’ve got our 106!’

Maybe it's just me, but I seriously don't care if we lose the record, it will always remain a fantastic season and if Burnley beat it, it will have been beaten by an excellent side, who needed to be financially stronger that all other sides to do it. We've held the record longer than pretty much any one else.

Saturday is just a big game for us - new manager, big crowd, we need a win - retaining the points record would be a bonus but if someone said to me, Burnley will take the record but we will stay up, I'd take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[Ricardo]

Hope Rahman isn’t fit.
Don’t want to see him in a Reading shirt ever again.
No pace, can’t pass and can’t defend or cross the ball.

[Snowflake Royal]

Surprised nobody has yet mentioned the 106 significance of this game.

Not only would a shock win be massive for our survival hopes, but it would also secure our 106 record for another season! Even a draw would mean they could only tie.

Oh to be singing ‘we’ve got our 106!’

Maybe it's just me, but I seriously don't care if we lose the record, it will always remain a fantastic season and if Burnley beat it, it will have been beaten by an excellent side, who needed to be financially stronger that all other sides to do it. We've held the record longer than pretty much any one else.

Saturday is just a big game for us - new manager, big crowd, we need a win - retaining the points record would be a bonus but if someone said to me, Burnley will take the record but we will stay up, I'd take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

I'd keep the record and get relegated.

The record is for every season. Relegations soon fade from relevance.

Like promotion vs a trophy. Trophy please.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

I like our record, it does give us some relevance in respect to other clubs, but would I be that disappointed to lose it? Probably not and I'd rather survive other than keep our record.

[Sutekh]

Senga has posted a picture on his Insta which confirms it is him.

Guess we've found Sengas stalker . Got to be honest, thought it would be SCIAG.

Tbh, I'm a bit surprised anyone thought it was Ejaria. Hair's only vaguely similar, build different, posture different.

Is the Duane Dibley look in now then?

[Sutekh]

I like our record, it does give us some relevance in respect to other clubs, but would I be that disappointed to lose it? Probably not and I'd rather survive other than keep our record.

Don't give a **** about a record when it comes down to that or staying up. Even if Bumley do get it then Reading still hold the record morally as they did it without parachute payments and a perceived PL standard squad.

[Stranded]

Surprised nobody has yet mentioned the 106 significance of this game.

Not only would a shock win be massive for our survival hopes, but it would also secure our 106 record for another season! Even a draw would mean they could only tie.

Oh to be singing ‘we’ve got our 106!’

Maybe it's just me, but I seriously don't care if we lose the record, it will always remain a fantastic season and if Burnley beat it, it will have been beaten by an excellent side, who needed to be financially stronger that all other sides to do it. We've held the record longer than pretty much any one else.

Saturday is just a big game for us - new manager, big crowd, we need a win - retaining the points record would be a bonus but if someone said to me, Burnley will take the record but we will stay up, I'd take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

I'd keep the record and get relegated.

The record is for every season. Relegations soon fade from relevance.

Like promotion vs a trophy. Trophy please.

Records will always get broken, I doubt Sunderland thought their 105pts would be broken just 7 years later. The fact that we have had the record for 17 years is fantastic and something that won't fade from relevance - although it is still forgotten by a lot of people, lose track of the number of "who is the best Championship team ever?" that ignores/forgets the 05/06 team.

So no concern if it goes now and would happily trade it for 21st now, as think the uncertainty of dropping is a bigger risk that losing a record. In an ideal world, we'll get both by producing a surprise result on Saturday.

[South Coast Royal]

I am also in the "prefer to stay up>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>106 record" camp.

Who holds the record for Div 1 and Div 2?
Exactly, nobody cares and whilst it was great to get promoted that season with record points the much bigger thing was getting promoted.

[Winston Biscuit]

i'm hoping Neal Hunt can stop Burnley's charge towards taking our record

[Hound]

Well NHunt saying all the right things. Nice and positive and definitely an emphasis on confidence and getting the ball down to play

It’ll be tough but good luck to him