Barnsley v Reading news – Reading Chat

A warm hello to all Tikes fans from The Royals Rendezvous … look, just to let you know we’ve also prepared a full match presentation on the Barnsley v Reading game from our Reading forum, and the fullest respect shown to BARNSLEY from our friendly site with detailed information produced equally for both sets of fans – in all honesty far more on your team – and it would be interesting to have any feedback from you guys.

It's here: http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9451417/1

Look forward to hearing any comments on this thread, like how you see the game going and thoughts on your own team, and any snippets back very much welcomed! User name and The “BBS – Talk of the Tarn” forum would always be cited for any small quote …

daib0 / “Royals Rendezvous”

 

Jeez, Saturdays ref Darren Sheldrake 24 games 68 yellows and 10 reds this season.

 

just spotted, and apologies lads ... Tikes = Tykes

 

quite a bit of Barnsley news has been added this afternoon too ...

 

Just read the bit you wrote about us, got to say im impressed!

 

famous fans Dennis Priestly, Ian McMillan, Mr T

 

Cheers Marlon, a great help - I've now done little biographical bits on those 3 on our Match Thread (crediting you of course...)

 

Must say it looks great daib0,

 

also daib0 another nickname( not used so much now thank's to thatcher )is the colliers.

 

Well, guys, big news today is that we've signed Hayden Mullins on loan till the end of the season (from Pompey). Funnily enough, the man is from Reading, but had always somehow fallen through the radar net - but he has a wealth of experience: FA cup final, 2 play-off finals, 500+ first team games in career, plus was Portsmouth's player of the season last year ...

 

Await the sarcy comment that we've signed a player this week who was made over 150 appearances for League Two side Port Vale....

 

Also Dickie Bird. Just don't mention Spurs fan Darren Gough.

 

What about another celebrity fan but only for big games otherwise he's he's at your ground and you are welcome to the professional Yorkshireman himslef, yes, its Parky.

 

but believe me, we put up the info equally between the two teams, there's already quite a fair bit of Barnsley squad news for our members to read

 

Anyway, thanks for positive comments, and what would be great for us would be to have a few one-liner comments on –

What are the strongest areas of the squad, and how do they click together?
Who should we specially look out for / fear most of your squad Saturday?
How strong do you see the championship this season, compared to other seasons?
Realistically now, where do you hope to finish if all goes well?

Cheers,
daib0

(Just a reminder of the link: http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9451417/1 - always welcomes fans of both teams)

 

I know it's a good read, I enjoyed it

My comment was tongue in cheek at the 'why do we keep signing lower league sh*t' brigade :tongue:

 

What are the strongest areas of the squad, and how do they click together?

Our squad has fallen apart, lots of key players out.

Who should we specially look out for / fear most of your squad Saturday?

Young lad in the middle of the park Paul Digby, just signed until 2014, towers above most and takes control.

How strong do you see the championship this season, compared to other seasons?

It's stronger than usual no run away leader, it's anyone's to win.

Realistically now, where do you hope to finish if all goes well?
All things well-ish 14th, but really 16th/17th.

 

In the first half of the season we had a dynamic, hard-working and attacking midfield which saw us flirt with the higher echelons of the table and was a joy to watch. Unfortunately this was based on:-

Ricardo Vaz Te - Pacy, dangerous left winger with 11 goals and sold for a song to West Ham in January as he was only on a 1 year contract
Jacob Butterfield - Creative force and scorer of key goals, just forced his way into England U-21 fold before being crippled for the season by dirty Leeds midfielder Brown at Christmas.
Jim O'Brien - Dynamic right winger, non-stop effort and no little skill. Barely seen since Christmas due to injuries.
David Perkins - Hard-working, ball-winning midfielder. Also injured and likely out for season.
Danny Drinkwater - Classy loanee from Man U, good box to box player, good engine and passer. Bought by moneybags Leicester after scoring against them in BFC win there.

As Dodworther says, since losing the entire midfield almost all at once, we have fallen apart.

 

Cheers, those appraisals transferred to our thread as well ...


Last game together August 2011 -


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3PviL12KyA


Sorry about the dog barking, must have been a Reading fan too?!
Mind you, looking back, our second penalty was really soft, a la 'Spanish' - I can understand you guys complaining about that decision ...