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THE MATCH IS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY!
Because I'm a chicken piece of shit, my first TFC match thread will be Reading home. If we lose, I can blame Atkinson for getting Bale suspended, and it won't be my fault.
For the non-Brits here, “Reading” is pronounced not like:
But rather it is pronounced like:
Incidentally, there is a town in Massachusetts called Reading, and it's pronounced the same way.
Reading are now called the Royals, which isn't an interesting name. Earlier, they were known as the Biscuitmen, because they were astonishingly obese. When Scottish/Northern clubs came to play them, they passed the ball around them in circles, and hence passing was introduced into the modern game.
Allegedly, last season David Bentley fancied a move to Reading, because unlike Spurs, their promotion drive suggested some level of ambition at the club.
QPR sued Reading over a decade ago for image infringement rights. They claimed the blue hoops idea was theirs. Part of the settlement was that Reading would not change their name from the Royals to the Rangers.
If you would like to know more about Reading, please see the history thread.
The match will be on at 15:00 BST, 17:00 Vilnius time, and 10:00 EST. It does not appear that it will be televised in the UK. Americans will be getting it on Fox Soccer Plus/2Go. If you would like to see where it will be in your country, see the listing. I'll see you all on sopcast…
My suspicion is that AVB will send out a half-strength team, which will suffice to get the three points, though we won't be helping our GD as much as we could if we played a stronger side.
But perhaps Disco Benny will return. And score. And rip off his shirt to reveal a t-shirt that reads, "West London is my new home!" I kid. The shirt underneath will read "JE M‘EN FOUS LOL” and @Flav’s head will explode.
2–0 Spurs, in an unspursy performance.
Because I'm a chicken piece of shit, my first TFC match thread will be Reading home. If we lose, I can blame Atkinson for getting Bale suspended, and it won't be my fault.
For the non-Brits here, “Reading” is pronounced not like:
But rather it is pronounced like:
Incidentally, there is a town in Massachusetts called Reading, and it's pronounced the same way.
Reading are now called the Royals, which isn't an interesting name. Earlier, they were known as the Biscuitmen, because they were astonishingly obese. When Scottish/Northern clubs came to play them, they passed the ball around them in circles, and hence passing was introduced into the modern game.
Allegedly, last season David Bentley fancied a move to Reading, because unlike Spurs, their promotion drive suggested some level of ambition at the club.
QPR sued Reading over a decade ago for image infringement rights. They claimed the blue hoops idea was theirs. Part of the settlement was that Reading would not change their name from the Royals to the Rangers.
If you would like to know more about Reading, please see the history thread.
The match will be on at 15:00 BST, 17:00 Vilnius time, and 10:00 EST. It does not appear that it will be televised in the UK. Americans will be getting it on Fox Soccer Plus/2Go. If you would like to see where it will be in your country, see the listing. I'll see you all on sopcast…
My suspicion is that AVB will send out a half-strength team, which will suffice to get the three points, though we won't be helping our GD as much as we could if we played a stronger side.
But perhaps Disco Benny will return. And score. And rip off his shirt to reveal a t-shirt that reads, "West London is my new home!" I kid. The shirt underneath will read "JE M‘EN FOUS LOL” and @Flav’s head will explode.
2–0 Spurs, in an unspursy performance.
Ade says fuck you.and you
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Bale was practically invisible today. I don't understand the hype around him to be honest. Let him go to Madrid or wherever he wants to go.
he has loyalty, he has BIG spirit. totally YIDDO!
You can't help but like him. He's such a nice guy.
Drinks in a pub in Richmond in north yorks with his dad, how many footballers drink with their dads?
Never the best footballer but a genuinely nice guy
Good point, I think we should go sign him
They probably are. They've only gone becasue they saw "Tickets for Reading at White Hart Lane".
If we had a really good striker we would be terrifying. Unfortunately alot of golden opportunities go begging
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AVB read our posts and gave him some heading lessons at HT
Did i completely miss something, what the hell was that free kick for?
Parker is really more of a sub for Sandro than he is for Dembele.
Really why we should go for Moutinho. We could take one of them off to throw in a more defensive player to help kill the game off, but not lose much of that attacking creativity and possession that either would provide.
Really why we should go for Moutinho. We could take one of them off to throw in a more defensive player to help kill the game off, but not lose much of that attacking creativity and possession that either would provide.
Just him and Alan Hutton, I think. Alan not so much any more.
So Coventry then?
ah I understand. Don't think we can treat Reading as a nothing game though the big difference between us and the likes of Chelsea and Woolwich is our GD they're all around the +20 mark whereas we're around +10... Makes a big difference at the end of the season. We need to get at them with our best players and try and work on it.
Went in there once, purely for research purposes, about 15 years ago. Was stood next to Colin Murphy, the old Director of our Youth Academy. He was only putting 50p into the pint pots!