Match Day Thread: Reading(A) 18th Aug 2026 (EFL Trophy)

Game is on Sky sports +

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My unpopular opinion is that i’d quite like to keep a settled back five for tonight. If it’s going to be Hazard, Parker, Taylor, Cook, Harvie going forward they need to get used to playing together.

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I don’t think any of those five will be in the starting XI tonight.

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Parker might play he looked shaky on Saturday so another game would be good for him. Maybe 45 mins each for him and Jack. I don’t see any of the others starting.

I don’t think they will either, and obviously Casey, Anders and Jack all need the minutes, but that would be my preference.

My predicted starting line-up
Van Sas

Parker, Casey, Anders, Allen

Mullins, Boyd-Munce, Leahy

Junior, Woodrow, Olabiyi

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After a full 90 minutes without touching the ball will this be the night where a certain player’s groupies, The Finky Babies, realise the game is up?

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Unlikely to be too dissimilar to this. Probably Fink for Woodrow depending on fitness.

Anybody know if it is on Now TV?


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Assume Morley’s injury is not too bad if CBM is starting.

Maybe Allen isn’t off after all.

I’d forgotten this game existed. It’s been a shit day at work and personally so I’ll turn in to vent my spleen at it all.

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This can’t be right. Walsall fans Ben and Liam on Twitter said Taylor Allen was joining them…

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This suggests that Dan Casey is now fourth choice central defender. Even Hagelskajer got on the bench ahead of him against Blackpool.

The chat was we fell off because we lost our centre backs last season. Now, seemingly neither get in? And our 4th choice is ahead of them.

All a bit baffling to me.

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Bloody close. I’m impressed.

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Wonder if it’s too late for Gab Sutton to downgrade his prediction for them?

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I don’t think it does anything of the sort. We are still trying to establish optimum lineups. Rotation is part of that. I’ll be surprised if Taylor loses his place on Saturday. He was outstanding against Blackpool.

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Is Jacobson the new Dan Rice?

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