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Is this the first matchday thread on 3.0?
I see theyâve honoured Kone by sticking his crown on their badge
Looks like theyâve stolen one of our change kit ideas - red with blue & white stripes in quarters.
come on you Biues âŚlets do this !
This is it. A month to define this seasonâs fate and destiny. And todayâs task is to defeat our stricken, fallen neighbours. Subplots aplenty running through this one, such a shame itâs been moved to the sleepy and diluted 12.30 slot.
Onto the game itselfâŚhow pragmatic is Dodds prepared to be in matching up to the opposition or sticking with controlball dogma until he unleashes changes on 70+mins?
For anyone who didnt pre-book tickets just called Reading and they can be bought on the door.
Yes. And possibly the last one featuring Reading.
Feeling very positive today. Big chance of three points with their injury issues at centre half. Come on you blues!
Tickets never arrived and didnât see the tweet about replying back to the confirmation email until now, am I still going to be able to show confirmation and collect at Reading? Had to do this at Shrewsbury away a few weeks ago when my name wasnât on the list.
Canât see Dodds being anything other than conservative today, at least initially. Burton still have a decent chance of survival, so might give Wrectum a difficult game. You would expect the Welsh to win however, so at some point weâre going to have to score a goal. Or even two, gulp. Fine margins again Iâd say. Difficult viewing ahead I suspect. Or maybe weâll go for broke and blow them away. Yeah.
I think weâll play on the counter. Readingâs midfield three are superb and will likely have âcontrolâ of the ball. Iâd like to see us go direct to Kone against their weak centre halves.
I have a bad feeling about today. So hopefully this post acts as a jinx. But by mentioning âjinxâ Iâve jinxed the jinx and now my bad feeling is valid.
Shit.
After this fixture last season it the whole Bearwood purchase news broke.
What âepic bantsâ are we going to do to top that this year?
Back to four at the back I think.
Good line up. Not surprised Lowry benched. Gonna wind up the Gasroom with that one. Did say he wasnât very good on Tuesday.
I would have been pretty surprised if we kept the formation against Shrewsbury today, Reading will be a completely different kettle of fish to arguably the poorest team weâve faced at this level for some time.
It will be a battle but the 11 on the team sheet have it in them to go toe to toe with anyone in this league, hopefully theyâll bring the shooting boots they forgot on Tuesday.