You don't need to duck. I think it'd be helpful to him. Maybe he could use the Serbian connection with Paunovic in Chicago? Or are his ancestors Croatian?
Funnily enough I have just noticed he has in fact been loaned to Cheltenham Town in League Two today.
Obviously someone at Reading FC reads Big Soccer as it was announced about an hour after I posted my guess. Report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34933446 Cheltenham are currently top of League Two and playing Aldershot this Saturday.
Press release from Cheltenham Town: http://www.ctfc.com/news/article/cheltenham-town-reading-andrija-novakovich-2821059.aspx Interview with Andrija: http://www.ctfc.com/news/article/cheltenham-town-andrija-novakovich-2820828.aspx
He will get 1st team minutes for the back half of the year, albeit in much lower league. No issue with that for him at this point of his career.
Nothing I have seen in the news or on the field has made me believe that Gooch is going to get PL minutes this season. It was apparently a LOCK that Nok was getting minutes for Reading this year.
Why miss the U20 WC after he recieved a cameo in rhe league last season? Everyone who follows the baby Yanks said the same thing, if he gets pro minutes in the fall, who cares if he misses the WC. Almost December and he's just been loaned to a crap league. These boards are way to content with the status quo. I don't want Lynden Gooch's I want Big Rom Lukaku's.