Royals v Pompey match thread + MOTM poll

[higher]

Hmm Doobs in.


1 Marcus Hahnemann : David James 1
2 Graeme Murty : Glen Johnson 4
29 Michael Duberry : Sol Campbell 23
16 Ivar Ingimarsson : Linvoy Primus 2
3 Nicky Shorey : Dejan Stefanovic 3
7 Glen Little : Gary O'Neil 26
15 James Harper : Arnold Mvuemba 34
4 Steve Sidwell : Richard Hughes 22
10 Stephen Hunt : Niko Kranjcar 19
8 Leroy Lita : Benjani Mwaruwari 25
12 Dave Kitson : Nwankwo Kanu 27

11 John Oster : Lomana Tresor LuaLua 32
9 Kevin Doyle : Jamie Ashdown 15
28 Greg Halford : Djimi Traore 6
32 Adam Federici : Matthew Taylor 14
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson : Andrew Cole 8

[JS28ZoD]

what's up with Bikey?

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Halford on the bench...the pipeline floweth.

Er, whither Bikey?

[Starfish]

This must be the deadest match thread of the season.

0-0 HT.

[Royalupnorth]

This must be the deadest match thread of the season.

0-0 HT.

Yeah
Good game though.
We look capable of winning this.
When will we bloomin' score!!

[Flyingkiwi]

Anything happened?

Live Scores won't load up since half-time.

Eh Up! It's back.

[Starfish]

Anything happened?

Live Scores won't load up since half-time.

Still 0-0 as far as I know. 80 minutes gone.

[URZZ]

This must be the deadest match thread of the season.

0-0 HT.

Sounds like a fookin' great game.

[Flyingkiwi]

Ah well....

What did Duberry get booked for?

[higher]

Promising start from the lads but Pompey progressively took up the initiative and arguably lucky to escape with a point.No one really stood out but Ingi was pretty reliable so he gets my nod.

[URZZ]

Ah well....

What did Duberry get booked for?

For playing.

[higher]

Ah well....

What did Duberry get booked for?

71:45 Foul by Nicky Shorey(Reading) on Nwankwo Kanu(Portsmouth). Michael Duberry(Reading) booked for unsporting behaviour. Free kick curled right-footed by Niko Kranjcar(Portsmouth) from right channel (20 yards), missed right.

[Royal Rother]

Although it looked like he'd booked Duberry, I assumed it was for Shorey for pulling Kanu's arm back. Not clear at all on the Asian TV coverage why Duberry would have been booked.

[Royal Rother]

Doyle looked the best Reading player on the pitch when he came on (all too late I felt) but as his name doesn't feature and he wasn't on long enough anyway, I've gone for Mr Steady, II. Another calm and from what I could see, near faultless display from him.

[shadesrwrf]

The fact that this thread is still on page one says a great deal about today's match. I feel like I've been robbed of 90 minutes of my life.

[Maguire]

The fact that this thread is still on page one says a great deal about today's match. I feel like I've been robbed of 90 minutes of my life.

Agreed. Coppell Out. MOTM = me for having a nice pair of socks on today.

[Dirk Gently]

I can't be arsed to read all through this - who has been selected as the scapegoat for today?

[shadesrwrf]

I can't be arsed to read all through this - who has been selected as the scapegoat for today?

Not as if there's a great deal to read. Why does there need to be a scapegoat? There'll always be atleast one match per season like today's. It was pretty dull, but I don't think anybody's particularly to blame for that.

[Maguire]

I can't be arsed to read all through this - who has been selected as the scapegoat for today?

Not as if there's a great deal to read. Why does there need to be a scapegoat? There'll always be atleast one match per season like today's. It was pretty dull, but I don't think anybody's particularly to blame for that.

Exactly.

[PieEater]

My MOTM is probably Campbell, he kept them in the game in the first half with some great tackles.