MATCHWATCH : Luton Town (h)

[Royals and Racers]

There were rumblings from LR last season that we would be swapping dugouts and attacking the South stand in the second half of games this season.
Anyone got any updates on this?

Dugouts have been swapped- not sure about which end we attack if we win the toss.

Anyone know what the point of that is?
Why swap the dugouts after nearly 30 years?

Nearer to 1871 for Richardson to give them the middle finger if the chants start “ getting sacked in the morning “

[Sutekh]

There were rumblings from LR last season that we would be swapping dugouts and attacking the South stand in the second half of games this season.
Anyone got any updates on this?

Dugouts have been swapped- not sure about which end we attack if we win the toss.

Anyone know what the point of that is?
Why swap the dugouts after nearly 30 years?

Leam said in his Luton prematch (link below) that it’s about taking control of things. Doesn’t want away fans getting too into the excitement of the match build up with their team before kick off and again the second half when kicking at them & also didn’t like the way the away team could “control” (whatever that means) the linesman on that side of the pitch.

Prematch interview with Leam & Dokes

[Clyde1998]

I think an entertaining draw which most would take against what is meant to be a strong Luton team this season. The attendance could be an interesting one? A regular 3pm Saturday kick off versus Luton should be a healthy crowd however, thanks to Sky and the early kick off together with low season ticket sales then who knows? Over to you Clyde

Currently 9,918 home fans is my estimated sales (notwithstanding disabled and hospitality sales). I imagine it will be nearer 11,000 by the time we get to Saturday.

I'd completely forgotten it was an early kick-off on Sky, so the numbers aren't as bad as I first thought when looking yesterday evening with that context.

We appear to have given Luton their full allocation. They'd sold 2,115 by Monday afternoon, which is a good following from them tbh.

Thanks Clyde for your informative posts and time checking the info.

No problem.

Looks like we've crossed 11,300 home sales now (11,344 on my figures), plus Luton have sold over 2,400.

[Gordzilla]

Despite only signing 4 players over the summer, Reading’s new additions arrived early, had a full and successful pre-season and have firmly gelled into what appears to be a tight-knit and more versatile squad ready to hit the ground running.
Hopefully LR has sorted out the defensive jitters we saw at Bromley last Saturday and we can look forward to a solid point by the time the final whistle blows this afternoon. Anything more would be a massive bonus.
URZ!

[Royals and Racers]

Marriott starts

[Sutekh]

Marriott starts

Pereira
Dokes
Dorsett
Rinomhota
Marriott
O’Connor
Wing
Kyerewaa
Ward
Stokes
Lisbie

Subs
Stevens
Fraser
Williams
Savage
Lane
Ahmed
Brown


Q: what has happened to Roberts?

[WestYorksRoyal]

Roberts absent, but otherwise good. Will be interested to see how fit Marriott really is, or if he looks off the pace.

Have we just been very unlucky with Roberts' injuries, or did he have a history of this at City?

[Royals and Racers]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the pitch is narrower this season ??

[Sutekh]

Hope he wasn’t injured in that.

[Royal Ginger]

Marriott

Nice edit

[Scutterbucketz]

Come on Reading. Let’s get a win FFS

[Sutekh]

Marriott

Nice edit

[morganb]

Sat on the tarmac at Gatwick airport wondering how many goals will go in before I have to enter airplane mode and have the excitement of turning my data on again once we've landed

[Scutterbucketz]

Sat on the tarmac at Gatwick airport wondering how many goals will go in before I have to enter airplane mode and have the excitement of turning my data on again once we've landed

TOPBUZZ

[Webster750]

Wtf is going on defensively? It’s as though they’ve never played with each other.

[Who Moved The Goalposts?]

Areas of that pitch look very poor.

[Sutekh]

Wish this commentator would learn how to pronounce Kyerewaa, it’s getting really annoying.

[6ft Kerplunk]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the pitch is narrower this season ??

The bits of the pitch with grass on is definitely smaller than last year.

[jd82]

Is it just me, or is the pitch smaller?

[WestYorksRoyal]

Dorsett is the weak link. They're targeting him.