Royals vs. Villa Match Thread (H)

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Let's get the ball rolling here... just over an hour left! I'm off to the pub to drink myself silly.

C'MON URZ!!!!

[SteveRoyal]

I've never seen/read/heard of so many Reading fans being so excited...
C'MON URRRRRRRRRRRRRRRZ.

[Royal_Delight]

VILLA: Friedel; Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock; Downing, Milner, Petrov, Young; Carew, Heskey. Subs: Young, Albrighton, Delph, Delfouneso, Sidwell, Guzan, Beye.

READING: Fed,Griff,Mills,Ivar,Bertrand,Tabb,Howard,Kebe,Sigurdsson,Church,Long
Subs:Bryn,Marek,Henry,HRK,Hamer,Rasiak,Pearce

[Mike Hunt]

Fed/Griff/Mills/Ivar/Bertrand/Tabb/Howard/Kebe/Sigurdsson/Church/Long
Bench:
Bryn/Marek/Henry/HRK/Hamer/Rasiak/Pearce

With thanks to Johnny Fordham's twitter feed.
http://twitter.com/JonnyFordham

[BonBoh]

just announced on 5Live - 2 line up changes for Royals
Mills in for Kizanishvili
Long in for Rasiak

Agbonlahor out for Villa due to illness. John Carew comes into their team in his place. Otherwise they stay with the same line-up as their cup final appearance at Wembley last week.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

No Agbonlahor?

[SteveRoyal]

No Agbonlahor?

Fantastic news.

[Mike Hunt]

Still a lot of pace on the wings :/

Will we be able to win any headers though ? lol

This will be a tough tough game...

[tomrfcurz]

So gutted i'm not there today! Never mind got fellow Nobbers here i guess

[SteveRoyal]

Still a lot of pace on the wings :/

Will we be able to win any headers though ? lol

This will be a tough tough game...

Bertrand is quite pacy himself, and Griffin is an experienced head.
I'm not saying they won't be threatening, but hopefully we won't collapse at the first attack...
Church and Long upfront could be a handful for Collins and Dunne...

[M-U-R-T-Y]

They've got a lot of strength up front!

Right, I'm off to the pub now fo' reals. C'MON URZ!!

[Mike Hunt]

Still a lot of pace on the wings :/

Will we be able to win any headers though ? lol

This will be a tough tough game...

Bertrand is quite pacy himself, and Griffin is an experienced head.
I'm not saying they won't be threatening, but hopefully we won't collapse at the first attack...
Church and Long upfront could be a handful for Collins and Dunne...

I agree.

Common Urz!

[rg6royal]

Liking the look of the starting 11, and no Gabby for them of course!

URRZZZZ!!!!!!

[Maquisard]

Bad choice of shirt for Brian's interview on ITV, or is it just my telly

[rg6royal]

I like Brian's dog...

[ankeny]

Fantasic footage of the 1927 game,Mac do look like that bloke that does Tight Lines though

[Maquisard]

energetic animal, wasn't it

[ankeny]

Where is everbody gone?Another good start by Reading

[Maquisard]

Most regular nobbers seem to be at the game. The US nobbers aren't awake yet, with one exception in the chat room

[Dickie's Spear]

Very confident start indeed by Reading, although neither side has settled yet