Home Match Build Up 03/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Reading

[Northstandboy]

PRE MATCH PACK:

Interview - Des Buckingham

Interview - Reading Manager

OUFC Match Preview

Reading Match Preview

Head to Head

 

[m]

Visions of them doing doughnuts on the pitch and completely f*****g up the pitch.

<Adebayo Akinfenwa furiously sniffs the air>

 

[Osei Yaw]

You and the missus should get Public Enemy style “f**k The Police” matching jumpers to wear on Saturday.

Don't you mean N.W.A.?

 

[Eric Blair]

Don't you mean N.W.A.?

I didnt want to be the one to say it. I used to love the record as a kid. My dad was a copper so I'd have to turn it down when he got back from shift. Rebellion lives.

 

[Eric Blair]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753359606913360372

I thought it was "green day" (the concept not the band) on Saturday. Mixed messages coming from the matchday activations

 

[holdsteady]

Don't you mean N.W.A.?

Yep, sign of getting old that when you start getting your rappers mixed up.

 

[Northstandboy]

Reading OWS preview now in Preview Pack

 

[OUFCGav]

quick heads up ( whether itll be the same tomorrow morning though I don't know) heading south on the ring road , its down to one lane from where the tesco/ watlington road roundabout joins to littlemore/ rosehill roundabout - appears to be some kind of works going on on the corner of sandy lane

Although there's going to be a massive presence from TVP , I doubt if any of the tooled up and armoured up robocops will be dispatched on point duty, despite there likely to be serious traffic issues pre and post match

Was still down to one lane and the Sandy Lane West junction closed when I went past just before 6 - so imagine that won't change before the match.

 

[Osei Yaw]

Yep, sign of getting old that when you start getting your rappers mixed up.

Ordinarily I wouldn't be such a pedant, but I was worried Mr and Mrs Manorlounger would look ridiculous otherwise.

 

[Northstandboy]

Reading manager interview link updated now.

 

[Nox]

It’ll never match the low flying helicopter or rogue Alsatian for half time entertainment..

Or the Elvis impersonator.

 

[Manorlounger]

Ordinarily I wouldn't be such a pedant, but I was worried Mr and Mrs Manorlounger would look ridiculous otherwise.

I have no idea what you are talking about! Please help an old chap?

 

[bdodwell]

I hope tomorrow we put the fear back into Atmosfear. After all they are our closest rivals. I'd like us to create a raquet but no tennis balls.

 

[MC Yellow]

It’ll never match the low flying helicopter or rogue Alsatian for half time entertainment..

Oh my days, I seriously thought that chopper was going to crash into the SSU. It really put the wind up me I can tell you.

 

[Oxymoron]

I thought the two squaddies sitting on the ramp were "precarious".......

 

[unification]

Curious form from both sides going into this.

Reading have only played nine times since we drew with them and have only lost once since then (excluding a Trophy exit on pens to Brighton). They’ve beaten Derby and drawn with Peterborough in that time.

They’ve also drawn four of those nine games and let in a lot.

Our form is worse. Cup exits and back to back league defeats don’t make it look great but we do have players coming back and put up a good fight on Tuesday. Only two sides in the top 12 have let in more than us so we have to avoid the sloppy goals and get into the game quickly.

A win tomorrow would pair nicely with the draw from Tuesday.

 

[foghorn]

Big game. Feels like a cloud has lifted over the past few days, what with an improved showing v Pompey and some promising signings coming in. Win this and it could really kick-start our season. COYY!