De Ridder may be a doubt too.. He's ill according to his Twitter - With Guly, Chung and SDR possibly all being out, maybe we'll see Falque on the bench?
How strong is our squad that we quote 3 players injured and we resort to a Premier league and Spanish U21 international as backup!
As DM says, we don't want Hoover doing some diddly dee, he also said that if we don't concede we won't lose.
Think it might be a little like the Bristol Rovers game last year...we're by far the better team but struggle to break them down but win it with a Guly goal in the last 10(if he is playing)
People talk about Readings great form, but this says they are second to us. Good times, guys, good times.
This is a critical game and no less than 3 points is enough. We can't afford a repeat of what happened post the great away victory at Leeds and follow it up with a dissapointing home draw (Ipswich). A victory this weekend would really heap the pressure onto West Ham and Reading going into there vital clash next weekend. This would also make the game away to Blackpool less of a must win game knowing that points will be dropped by the chasing pack. We need to get an early goal to settle the nerves if we do this then it should be quite comfortable. The longer it goes the more nervous the crowd will get. My prediction is a 3 - 0 victory and hopefully a couple of goals for Billy Sharp, if we can get him going for the run in then all the better.
Another comfortable win. I am guessing 4-0. And as the wins keep coming and the number of games left reduces I am starting to believe that promotion is a real possibility. No chickens being counted but hope is becoming belief. COYS
In a matter of just weeks, I've gone from not giving us a chance of automatic promotion to having a spreadsheet drawn up to aid my counting of chickens.
Comfortable 4-1 win; early goal poached by Sharp to get it rolling, Lambert to head home with three people holding his shirt, a second from Rickie at the spot after the referee decided that five people simultaneously rugby tackling him in the box was perhaps a bit much, and a hat trick goal late after Doncaster becomes fatalistic and decides that he's going to score anyway, ignoring him entirely and allowing him a free shot for eight yards out.
I agree, he definitely should. But still wouldn't be surprised to see Connolly starting, with Sharp coming on as an injury time sub.
