The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
Anyone know the score in the reserves fixture this evening?
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Reserves at Lancing
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Withdean Wanderer
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Albion 18 Reading 0
Loft (3, 6, 18, 21, 25, 29, 46. 48. 50, 53, 58, 59, 64, 66, 69, 74)
Mayo (35)
Loft (3, 6, 18, 21, 25, 29, 46. 48. 50, 53, 58, 59, 64, 66, 69, 74)
Mayo (35)
Withdean Wanderer
Banned
woohooooo, Doug Loft is on fire?
champion7
fast and furious
Can't really judge it untill you see Reading's team.Our reserve team looks pants.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Reading XI: Aristotle, Marx, Liebnitz, Descarte (c), Russell, Pascal, Jung, Plato, Carlyle, Hegel, Bergson
Nottseagull
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Who scored the other goal?
the trialist Phil Mchunt
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Get those trousers off!
4-0 but it was pretty even, just a bad first 15 minutes, doug loft was class and cox used alot of foul language!
Mendoza
NSC's Most Stalked
what a terrible shock that was to see us play like that, we are so short of players we dont actually have a reserve team anymore. We just have a first team and a youth team.
Pelling looked scared in goal and never came off his line
Royce was on the receiving end of a very dangerous tackle, not a g reat tackler but looked ok going forward
Mayo didnt even play left back, played in the middle, which mean he wont play left back on Saturday. He is on the chubby side to say the least.
Dunk did OK, but was roasted for 2 of their goals
Brencher, a right footed left back with not much offered defensively but did ok going forward
Cox looked good, very mouthy, lots of long range balls to Robinson upfront. Still cannot beat that first man on corners!!
Loft played well, ran at them, tracked back and played some great passes, also mis controlled the ball alot
Birchall was a disappointment, looked rusty did really offer much, but on one game is hard to say if he is any good
Brinkhurst has loads of pace, gets down the line well, but lacks the final cross and shot
Upton didnt get much service had no real chances, but worked hard
Robinson looked the livliest of our team, getting in behind the Reading defense a few times, but couldnt deliver that final cross or shot. He even managed to take it round the keeper and some how still miss
Lancing's new stand is pretty smart, but the pitch awful. £2.40 a pint
We should seriously look at signing two of their players, Hal Robson-Kanu upfront was brilliant, pace, power, calm finisher.
Julian Kelly at right back had skills and a great cross
Bad news was that there was a bit of talk that Murray is not fit enough to start on Saturday
Pelling looked scared in goal and never came off his line
Royce was on the receiving end of a very dangerous tackle, not a g reat tackler but looked ok going forward
Mayo didnt even play left back, played in the middle, which mean he wont play left back on Saturday. He is on the chubby side to say the least.
Dunk did OK, but was roasted for 2 of their goals
Brencher, a right footed left back with not much offered defensively but did ok going forward
Cox looked good, very mouthy, lots of long range balls to Robinson upfront. Still cannot beat that first man on corners!!
Loft played well, ran at them, tracked back and played some great passes, also mis controlled the ball alot
Birchall was a disappointment, looked rusty did really offer much, but on one game is hard to say if he is any good
Brinkhurst has loads of pace, gets down the line well, but lacks the final cross and shot
Upton didnt get much service had no real chances, but worked hard
Robinson looked the livliest of our team, getting in behind the Reading defense a few times, but couldnt deliver that final cross or shot. He even managed to take it round the keeper and some how still miss
Lancing's new stand is pretty smart, but the pitch awful. £2.40 a pint
We should seriously look at signing two of their players, Hal Robson-Kanu upfront was brilliant, pace, power, calm finisher.
Julian Kelly at right back had skills and a great cross
Bad news was that there was a bit of talk that Murray is not fit enough to start on Saturday
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Good report, a couple of pics would have complemented it.
When I last went to Culver Road in the 70s the stand was spacious but a bit of a mess; has it been replaced, or another one built elsewhere?
When I last went to Culver Road in the 70s the stand was spacious but a bit of a mess; has it been replaced, or another one built elsewhere?
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Horton's halftime iceberg
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I sat in front of someone from Reading who was talking to someone from Bournmouth may have been Eddie Howe (after players), he said only one player on the pitch was a young scholar all the others had been out on loan to league clubs and their aim was to get all the players vying for first team places.
We were seriously outplayed. Although Jake could have bagged a hatrick if he had the finishing of their forwards.
Keeping the faith.
We were seriously outplayed. Although Jake could have bagged a hatrick if he had the finishing of their forwards.
Keeping the faith.
Mendoza
NSC's Most Stalked
got a couple of grainy ones on my phone
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Andersen; Kelly, Golbourne, Kamdjo, Pearce; Karacan (Taylor 89), Sigurdsson, Henry, Bozanic (Bignall HT); Church, Robson-Kanu
Unused subs: Locke, Frewen, Vasilev
Not mainly scholars at all. Far from it. As Mendoza said we could do with some of those players, Robson-Kanu, Henry, Golbourne would be great signings.
SirDouglasLoft
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Wasnt that Robson-Kanu on loan at Southend?
Shinbreath
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From the Albion website:
"Trialist Chris Birchall played the full 90 minutes at Culver Road, but the Trinidad & Tobago midfielder couldn't help a young Seagulls line-up from being overrun by the lively Royals."
I'd like to change the words "couldn't help" to "didn't help".
I wish I was wrong but he showed no presence, input or talent tonight.
I know you cant go on just one game, but that is all the management is going on, and if they sign on the strength of tonights performance then they are just insane..!!
Like I said, I wish I was wrong, because a fresh face could do some good but from what I've seen tonight, if we sign him, we could be adding a player that is no more or less talented than some of our 1st team players we have the moment.
Its all poo at the moment...
On a more positive note... Would be good if we whacked Leeds on Sat.
"Trialist Chris Birchall played the full 90 minutes at Culver Road, but the Trinidad & Tobago midfielder couldn't help a young Seagulls line-up from being overrun by the lively Royals."
I'd like to change the words "couldn't help" to "didn't help".
I wish I was wrong but he showed no presence, input or talent tonight.
I know you cant go on just one game, but that is all the management is going on, and if they sign on the strength of tonights performance then they are just insane..!!
Like I said, I wish I was wrong, because a fresh face could do some good but from what I've seen tonight, if we sign him, we could be adding a player that is no more or less talented than some of our 1st team players we have the moment.
Its all poo at the moment...
On a more positive note... Would be good if we whacked Leeds on Sat.