Reading (A) Emirates F.A.Cup 4th rd, Jan 30th 3pm

[Guest]

Starting line-up against Reading:

Etheridge

Demetriou
Downing
O'Connor
Taylor

Chambers
Mantom
Forde
Henry

Sawyers

Bradshaw

Substitutes: MacGillivray, Lalkovic. Preston, Flanagan, Morris, Cook, Kinsella

Can't believe you have done this - don't you know it isn't allowed as we all have these Smart phone thingies!

:wink:

Is Milan out of favour with SOD?

Impact sub? :?

Yeah, last game he came on in the 86th minute.

[Darth Vader]

fudge me would love to slap the commentators on this radio Berkshire. What boring muppets :lol:

[usa_saddler]

usa saddler

Thanks for posting that - I will be taking advantage of it....

It does say on the site that it is only available in the UK, but I'm no technical genius so you might have some way of getting round that. Hope so anyway

I useTunnelbear. It works well on my Android phone, not so well on my PC. I also use Cloud VPN, Hola and Hotspot Shield with varying degrees of success.

Tunnelbear is working for me - Thanks for the advice....

[Ancient Moaner]

Thankfully, Rochdale are 'doing one' against Burton (2-0 up currently) so many thanks for that, keep it up!

[Guest]

65% possession so far. 1 shot (on target).

[Guest]

usa saddler

Thanks for posting that - I will be taking advantage of it....

It does say on the site that it is only available in the UK, but I'm no technical genius so you might have some way of getting round that. Hope so anyway

I useTunnelbear. It works well on my Android phone, not so well on my PC. I also use Cloud VPN, Hola and Hotspot Shield with varying degrees of success.

Tunnelbear is working for me - Thanks for the advice....

You're welcome.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Demetriou yellow card, 35 min :(

A minute later and it's Reading 1 Walsall 0 :evil:

2 minutes after that, and it's now 2-0 :( :( :(

[Darth Vader]

Bollox gonna be tough now

[Jolly Johnny]

Betty swollocks! :|

2 down, gonna be hard now.

[Jolly Johnny]

May as well bring lalks and morris on at half time and rest legs for in the week.

[Welsh_Saddler]

A bit of good news - nearly half-time and it's Blackpool 1 Gillingham 0 :D :D

[SWS1]

Disappointing: :( However:-
A really good cup run would have been nice but, strangely, find it difficult to get the usual Saturday-afternoon-butterflies-in-the-stomach for this game, so am foregoing the customary banging-of-my-head-on-my-desk when the opposition score... :mrgreen:
Plenty of (at least temporary) good news from elsewhere :D

[Guest]

Concentrate on the league, Welsh...

[Ancient Moaner]

Disappointing: :( However:-
A really good cup run would have been nice but, strangely, find it difficult to get the usual Saturday-afternoon-butterflies-in-the-stomach for this game, so am foregoing the customary banging-of-my-head-on-my-desk when the opposition score... :mrgreen:
Plenty of (at least temporary) good news from elsewhere :D

Agreed, League FAR more important than trying too hard against a Championship side that are obviously far stronger than us (this year at least, as following our promotion Bonser will spend billions of wads of cash to strengthen the side! :lol: :lol: )
Great set of results so far in Division3 keep it up lads!! :D

[Welsh_Saddler]

Concentrate on the league, Welsh...

Will do.....I've already cashed out my "less than 2.5 goals" in the Reading game. :D

I'm not going to broadcast the other F.A. Cup scores in case people will be watching BBC later. Well, except the Villa :lol:

[BathSaddler]

I agree with SWS1. As nice as it would be to progress further in the cup, the possibility of it impeding on our promotion campaign is considerable. Although I hope we can get back into at Reading, it may well be blessing in disguise if we didn't, as we simply do not have the strength in depth to cope IMO. The fact that Burton, Gills and Coventry are all losing merely underlines what a chance we have of going up this season.

As an aside, it seems Taylor has had 'a bit of a mare' first half. Will be interesting to see if O'Driscoll takes him off and 'mixes it up' for the second.

[Guest]

Concentrate on the league, Welsh...

Will do.....I've already cashed out my "less than 2.5 goals" in the Reading game. :D

I'm not going to broadcast the other F.A. Cup scores in case people will be watching BBC later. Well, except the Villa :lol:

It's difficult to avoid the other FA Cup scores, so you may as well just enjoy yourself. Bournemouth, anybody?

[Welsh_Saddler]

54th minute, we hit the woodwork......... :( (Sawyers shot, hit the bar)

In League One it's almost a complete set - Millwall 0 Crewe Alex 1 :shock: (56 min) EDIT - now 1-1

[SWS1]

I agree with SWS1. As nice as it would be to progress further in the cup, the possibility of it impeding on our promotion campaign is considerable. Although I hope we can get back into at Reading, it may well be blessing in disguise if we didn't, as we simply do not have the strength in depth to cope IMO. The fact that Burton, Gills and Coventry are all losing merely underlines what a chance we have of going up this season.

As an aside, it seems Taylor has had 'a bit of a mare' first half. Will be interesting to see if O'Driscoll takes him off and 'mixes it up' for the second.

Poor old Andy. It's not the first time he's had a torrid time this season. Is he fully fit :?:

[BathSaddler]

1,636 Saddlers in a decent 13,367 crowd.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Walsall substitution, 64 min. Cook comes on for Chambers - throw caution to the winds!!!

[funk_hits_the_fan]

Didn't have any butterflies before Brentford and didn't have any today. Flat as a pancake in the ground as well.....can only here us - another good following again; hope as many go and see us in the really important rearranged games at Fleetwood at Doncaster....

It's a sad sign of the decline of the FA Cup now that it just doesn't have that magic.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Can't resist this........ Coventry City 0 Scunthorpe 2 now :lol:

Wigan 3 Port Vale (10 men) 0 (Some chap called Grigg has 2 goals)

[Guest]

Didn't have any butterflies before Brentford and didn't have any today. Flat as a pancake in the ground as well.....can only here us - another good following again; hope as many go and see us in the really important rearranged games at Fleetwood at Doncaster....

It's a sad sign of the decline of the FA Cup now that it just doesn't have that magic.

If we score 3 in the last 10 minutes, the magic will be back!

[Welsh_Saddler]

Didn't have any butterflies before Brentford and didn't have any today. Flat as a pancake in the ground as well.....can only here us - another good following again; hope as many go and see us in the really important rearranged games at Fleetwood at Doncaster....

It's a sad sign of the decline of the FA Cup now that it just doesn't have that magic.

If we score 3 in the last 10 minutes, the magic will be back!

If we score 4 now.......... and Betfair will give you 151 to 1 for a bet of that order!!!

[Guest]

Can't resist this........ Coventry City 0 Scunthorpe 2 now :lol:

Wigan 3 Port Vale (10 men) 0 (Some chap called Grigg has 2 goals)

One a penalty.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Can't resist this........ Coventry City 0 Scunthorpe 2 now :lol:

Wigan 3 Port Vale (10 men) 0 (Some chap called Grigg has 2 goals)

One a penalty.

Naturally......... :wink:

[BathSaddler]

Etheridge stretchered off :(

[Guest]

Didn't have any butterflies before Brentford and didn't have any today. Flat as a pancake in the ground as well.....can only here us - another good following again; hope as many go and see us in the really important rearranged games at Fleetwood at Doncaster....

It's a sad sign of the decline of the FA Cup now that it just doesn't have that magic.

If we score 3 in the last 10 minutes, the magic will be back!

If we score 4 now.......... and Betfair will give you 151 to 1 for a bet of that order!!!

OK, there's no magic in the cup any longer. And Etheridge has been injured...

[Ancient Moaner]

Etheridge stretchered off :(

Please don't let this be serious, two things, McBlunder back in goal for important upcoming matches, and does that mean we can't get postponement for international duties if he's injured? (are StKitts playing?)