Jog on Moyes

Transfer speculation continues to grow and there is no sign for any players coming in.

Rumours are circulating that Stephen Hunt and Kevin Doyle are targets for Everton in a combined £7 million bid.

Jog on Moyes!

Doyle alone should be worth that. If Andy Johnson fetched £10 million when he was at Crystal Palace, Doyle should fetch something similar.

Fair enough, Hunt could go as small as £3 million after his abysmal end to the season. He was with the left side midfield position in the PFA team of the year somehow, now that spot should have gone to someone more worthwhile.
Hunt will still have that £5 million get out clause, but I doubt that would be activated.

Imagine still having Doyler in the team next season, we would be so good – well a top six finish at least.

Annoyingly, Newcastle and Middlesbrough already have bides for the first round of the Carling Cup. The Football League must be incredibly happy to have two huge teams in their region and preferable treatment is already underway. Let’s wait to see the fixtures if there really is favouritism.

Newcastle were in the Champions League not so long ago and Boro’ were UFEA cup finalist and it looked that the League may already be leaning in favour of the ‘Top Two’ in the Championship. It’s like they’ve been rewarded for being relegated, surely the playoff finalist should have one of those spots as they played a very season for nothing.

It’s a competition that we’ve not taken seriously for some time now and I’m not sure to prepare myself for a possible cup run. I was hoping for a trip to Wembley last season, I think I’ll keep my excitement to myself and who knows what will happen.

The Dry Spell Continues.......

So the dry spell continues.

No goals. Rare glimpses of excitement. It is just what you get on your average Saturday afternoon at present.

Gordon Brown has as much chance of being a people person as Reading strikers do of being effective.

Goals have been as rare as Fern Britton’s sit ups, and it has been a real strain on poor loyal Royals.

A goalless stalemate against Coventry is not ideal but I suppose it is a point gained rather than three lost. It was a shame that a team like Coventry, who are playing for nothing, defended more so than anyone would have expected. As they are playing for position, you would have thought that Coventry would attack us a bit more rather than sit back and claim a 0-0 draw.

Steve Coppell has seen sense and reverted back to the normal 4-4-2 formation after experimenting with a 4-3-3. We need to play to our strengths and play what we know to get back on form.

We need strikers that look confident and choosing two from five is the hard bit.

Kevin Doyle is the leading goal scorer but has been a shadow of himself. He was scoring for fun at the beginning of the season but as his confidence dried up so did his form. Even the responsibility of Captain did not do much good.

The Robbie Keane-esque return of Dave Kitson was meant to fire us into some good form for the remainder of season but he solitary strike against Doncaster is his only goal of the season and he does not seem that convincing to add that.

Leroy Lita has vanished quicker than Bin Laden, he showed some eagerness up front but was then subsequently dropped. He’s been scoring in the reserves and surely he is the man to pull us out of this drought.

Our most in form striker is Shane Long and he has one good game then two bad ones. He is definitely not consistent by any means. His brace against Charlton showed how lethal he can be.

Noel Hunt needs to be knocked unconscious again to see if he can recapture some of that form that he showed before the Birmingham game. He was scoring well but since that blow to the head, goals have dried up.

Coppell have a difficult decision ahead of him, he needs two strikers that will score. Glen Little and Stephen Hunt will give Reading chance, we just need to trust those upfront to stick them away.

Time is running out.

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