Match Day Thread Reading v Hull City

We need a result feet desperately
I’d settle for a draw to halt the slide. Got to learn how to grind it out this lot, Terry included.


Reading boss Mark Bowen is likely to make changes again as they return to Championship action against Hull.

Six players were rested in midweek for the FA Cup fourth round replay win against Cardiff City from the previous league encounter against the Bluebirds.

Hull will have to wait to give a debut to new signing James Scott after the forward picked up an ankle injury.

Left-back Callum Elder is available after recovering from a calf problem which has seen him miss three games.

Reading manager Mark Bowen told BBC Radio Berkshire:

"We'll sit down with the staff and give it great thought about how we'll approach the game against Hull in terms of personnel.

"I've said to the players, I genuinely approach each games as it comes and put all my thoughts into that, so it's hard to anticipate any changes.

"Whoever I pick Saturday, I'll be honest that I'll be picking a side I believe can go and win us the game."

Hull City manager Grant McCann told BBC Radio Humberside:

"When we've been at our best is when we're defensively strong and we need to get back to that.

"We've all under-performed for the past four games so we have to make sure we get the team right.

"We have to get back to what we've shown for large spells of this season which is how hard we can work and how effective we can be.

"We've 16 games to go in the season to see how far we can go."

Match facts

• Reading have won just one of their past 11 league games against Hull (W1 D4 L6), a 3-0 win in September 2018.
• Hull are looking to complete a league double over Reading for the first time since the 2015-16 season, when the Tigers went on to win promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs.
• Reading are winless in five matches (D3 L2) since winning four in a row in December/January.
• Hull have lost each of their past four league games, last losing five in a row in October 2016 in the Premier League (six games).
• Reading have only lost four points from winning positions this season in the Championship, the joint-fewest of any side along with Fulham.
• Having lost Jarrod Bowen and Kamil Grosicki in the transfer window, the current top scorer this season in Hull's squad is Tom Eaves, who has scored four goals in 27 league matches.

I’d like a 0-0 tbh but go for a 1-0 to City

 

In early to stamp out any further Ku Da Ta attempts. Good move.

Reading is a **** tip, a **** oil & a general place of irrelevance. Berks from Berkshire, in the real world they’re simply ****s.

City 3 Reading **** all.

 

Now that Grant McCann has had a week to think about how to go forward after the sale of Bowen and Grosicki, really hoping we'll see much more focus and sense of how we are trying to play than we did last week.

 

4
4
4 nil

 

****ing ****s ****ing ****s
****ing ****s ****ing ****s
Reading 2 - 0 City

 

I'm brimming with confidence for this one

0-0

 

If we are half as **** as we were against Brentford I can’t see anything other than a Reading win.

Personally, two wingers that can play the ball to feet. KLP up front - he’s quick and nobody likes playing against players with pace. He’s genuinely the best finisher we have left at the club. Eaves to come on late in the game. Magennis doesn’t inspire me with any confidence at all.

4-1 Reading.

 

Yeah I said it last week , get KLP in the box he's the most natural finisher at the club now

 

KLP is the only clinical finisher at the club!

 

Exactly!

 

16 signings and that's the consensus? And no real leader(s)? And no midfield 'general? Trying to stay positive, maybe things will take better shape during summer, but .... a tad concerning?

 

Tom Eaves has scored stacks of goals in first team football just a level below this one, and he looked pretty clinical against Rotherham to me! I don't think he has missed that many for us, we just don't seem to have created that many chances for him. Hoping that might improve with a change of players around him - of course he has to be selected as well. I like what I've seen of KLP a lot but on basis of a handful of sub appearances for him v 2 seasons of 20 goals plus for Eaves, I think you're jumping to a hasty conclusion.

 

8-1. Our consolation another Taf blockbuster!

 

Play him and KLP, 442?

 

Would be interesting to see Eaves and KLP up front together in a 4-4-2, and if we had wide midfield players in a 4-4-2 might give our full backs more support too. But suspect McCann will stick to 4-3-3.

 

I'd go with that.

 

Terry won’t change formation though.

 

I see it’s gone from top 6 to see how far we can go.

Presumably he’s talking about down the table, rather than up.

 

Every point from now on is important so away i would be very happy with a draw, however am I confident we can keep a clean sheet? No, So do we look like scoring? No. I would normally think when away we would catch teams on the break but not so confident now. Just hope this group of players react to all the criticism from last week show some guts and go out and get something from this one.

 

Always go to the Reading away games, we never win, 2-0 to them.