Yank-less task: Reading V BCity, FA Cup [r]

since Reading seem virtually assured of promotion why does Coppell not use Convey? My guess is that he is sticking with basically the same team in the FA Cup.

 

Which is why MLS should scout the Eircom League IMO. Doyle cost I believe 70k english pounds..... That's not a lot of money for the quality of player that he is.

 

Is Reading fielding a complete reserve team here with NO regular starters?

well - now the game is over with a 1-1 tie and a replay withing 10 days - correct?

That means an even MORE congested schedule than if they had won the game with starters - The regular Cola schedule is so congested that they have to use a lot of reserves in those games already - Now they'll be used and stretched even more - I woulda played a few more starters today with a better chance at winning - The first-squad starters today coulda been subbed at the next regular game - (and so on, and so on)

Or will Coppel just say, This is The Reserves Games period

 

No, it wasn't the reserve team about half the players were first team starters, the other half were players on the fringes of the first team. Coppell couldn't field a reserve side anyway as that would annoy the FA.

 

talent?


With Steve Coppell rotating more than the wind turbine behind the Madejski's south stand, making 8 changes, and Birmingham being, well, Birmingham-like, and for most of the game offering little more than Chris Sutton diving like a lesbian at her coming-out party, this was one of those games that had fans wondering if B&Q, the DIY store next door, had a display of paints they could watch drying.

For about an hour, with Reading leading through 18 year old Shane Long's calmly finished strike, a surprisingly easy home victory looked on the cards, with Birmingham's most creative option being referee, Rob Styles. It took a triple substitution to bring Birmingham back into it. One of the subs was David Dunn, and well, let's face it, nobody cares who the other two were because there were no yanks playing. Two of the substitutes, jesus and the cyclops combined well down the right wing to create an opening in the box for forward Dunn. This opening led to a parallel dimension in space & time which Dunn entered and he emerged next tuesday aged -4 months as an embryo. The trainer was called onto the pitch a few minutes later when after a heavy tackle by Jermaine Pennant caused John Oster to turn inside out. The magic sponge was used on his leg for several thousands years by which time he had evolved into a completely different form of life capable of thinking on a higher astral plane. He then used the untapped power of his third eye to turn the ball into a swarm of 1000 bees, 998 of which flew into the Birmingham net to count as goals while two were ruled out for offside.
999-0 down, Birmingham were now forced to attack and were awarded a penalty with two minutes remaining. David Dunn successfully converted the
penalty to buddhism and declared numbers to be an abstract concept caused by man's inability to visualise the universe as a single being.
So the final score here is Reading 999 Birmingham fluorescent black. Replay next Tuesday.


In reality, Dunn caused problems and was on hand to bang in the equaliser, after Superman Sonko had a final half hour which suggested one of the three subs came armed with Kryptonite. Two good saves by Stack in the final few minutes prevented a Birmingham win, and showed the kind of pressure that's keeping Hahnemann on his toes, and gave everyone an extra game nobody really wanted. Nobody except those players who only start in the cup.

As all hopelessly optimistic fans do, when the score was 1-0, Reading sang about going to Wembley. With the replay, we'll be going to Bordesley instead. Not quite the same.

 

Only Sonko, Harper and Sidwell started on Friday v Palace.

 

LMFAO

 

True, but Gunnarsson and Lita often start.

 

Gunnarsson was playing at CB.