A big day for Cardiff City today, 3 points at Reading and a loss for Ipswich, Birmingham and Sheffield Wednesday would be mighty fine....I thank you pals! TEAM NEWS Reading pair Deniss Rakels (hamstring) and Lucas Piazon (illness) are doubts for the visit of Cardiff. Midfielder Aaron Tshibola remains sidelined by a hamstring injury but defender Jake Cooper returns after a one-match ban. Cardiff are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper David Marshall and playmaker Peter Whittingham. Simon Moore and Tom Lawrence are set to deputise while Fabio da Silva is available after his one-game ban. MATCH FACTS Reading are on a run of 11 games without a win against Cardiff in league competition (D6 L5), last beating their South Wales opponents 5-2 in April 2006. Cardiff are unbeaten in six games at the Madejski Stadium (including play-off games), winning two and drawing four. The Bluebirds have picked up three wins from their last four matches (L1), winning the last time they were on the road against Bristol City. After going five games without defeat, the Royals have lost back-to-back matches for the first time since December. Reading have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes than any other side this season (12). Cardiff have conceded a league-high four own goals in the Championship this season. Sharethis page
Your secret is safe pal. On the other hand why shouldn't the rest on here know the truth. You hadn't forgotten where you lived at all, you'd just run out of Viagra. When "having a stiff one" merely refers to having a drink, it's time to pack the rest in pal.
As an aside from all this obsessional sexual stuff from Masky, I've just put £6 at 10/3 on Macheda scoring today for Forest at Derby. With 8 minutes gone it's still 0-0 as I write - let's see how it goes for Stevo's love child..........
Ah well, Macheda's been subbed off so no cigar. As I wrote some time ago..........."Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
2 dropped points. Didn't score early when should have, Noone missing an open goal. Equaliser but didn't kick on. Sheff Wed & Derby had good days. The chasing 3 clubs didn't. Need to beat Derby & hope SW slip up before a hard away game at Burnley
Listened to the game on CC Player and the impression was we had no variation in our play. We kept trying to do the same things all the time even though it wasn't working properly. Some may say getting a point away isn't that bad but a point a game isn't going to do it for us. I don't know why we've got Saadi on the bench if Slade isn't going to throw him on to try something different. Probably fear of losing what we had rather than ambition to go for it. I fear that might be our nemesis this season because going for it will be the only way we'll force ourselves into that top 6 - we have nothing to lose.
We haven't lost many, I get the impression that he would accept a safety first approach and achieve a seventh position. He could then point to a four place improvement at the higher end of the league. Then he could negotiate a new contract, pointing out the potential push for automatic promotion next season. Who could blame him for that?
Holloway again couldn't predict us correctly, he had us down for an away win. We won't look at today's result come May but all those terrible results v the likes of MKD, Leeds & Rotherham. Should have got 14 points from them not 2. Plus the 2 dropped points v Blackburn, Burnley and especially Sheff Weds were disasters
Lawrence had a shocker. Ineffective, made wrong decisions time after time and yet Noone got subbed. Yes he should have scored his header but it looked like their keeper got a touch to it and put it onto the bar. Manga is an accident waiting to happen and Moore (who had his best game) and others got him out of holes several times. Peltier and Connolly did what they do best - tackled and blocked like their lives depended on it. Midfield outnumbered and missed Whitts steadying influence, ball retention and passing. Pilks and Immers worked hard but McShane won everything in the air and we looked like getting nothing. 2 substitutions and within minutes we are level. Gunner and Ameobi linked well, Ameobi gave the ball a gentle hand tap, got in a scuffed shot on to the post and Immers popped up in the right place to nod home. That my friends sums up the afternoon. Great away support. Reading as quiet as church mice. Great curry in City Road on the way home.
