MATCHWATCH : Preston North End (a) sponsored by the season starts here

[Old Man Andrews]

3 games in the space of a week where the only winnable one appears to be Norwich at home, that one is must win. Really think Brentford could be the end for Clement.

[Hound]

3 games in the space of a week where the only winnable one appears to be Norwich at home, that one is must win. Really think Brentford could be the end for Clement.

I know we're sh!t but Hull at home is surely 'winnable'. Preston only have about 5 points as well (not that we will win there)

[Old Man Andrews]

3 games in the space of a week where the only winnable one appears to be Norwich at home, that one is must win. Really think Brentford could be the end for Clement.

I know we're sh!t but Hull at home is surely 'winnable'. Preston only have about 5 points as well (not that we will win there)

Forgot about Hull............

[Snowball]

Nah well beat Preston, Hull, Norwich, before trouncing Brentford,
Clement will get manager of the month

[Cape Town Royal]

My record of watching Reading v Preston apart from the 5-1 at the madj stad a few years back is truly shocking and my record at Deepdale is awful, I don't even think I have even seen us score there let alone get a win...

But, we should have won nearby at Blackburn and those sorts of things can sit in players minds and inspire them.. so with no basis of reason, I can see us getting something up there... An ugly 2-1!

[Old Man Andrews]

Nah well beat Preston, Hull, Norwich, before trouncing Brentford,
Clement will get manager of the month

If this happens I will buy you a pie and a pint at any future Reading match you attend.

[Sutekh]

Nah well beat Preston, Hull, Norwich, before trouncing Brentford,
Clement will get manager of the month

Didn't QPR sign him on loan from Huddersfield though?

[Zip]

My work colleague Mark Jones is running the line for our game tomorrow. Mark is a Surveyor and a down to earth Yorkshireman.

[Snowball]

Nah well beat Preston, Hull, Norwich, before trouncing Brentford,
Clement will get manager of the month

If this happens I will buy you a pie and a pint at any future Reading match you attend.

If it happens I'll buy the crowd a pint

[Old Man Andrews]

Nah well beat Preston, Hull, Norwich, before trouncing Brentford,
Clement will get manager of the month

If this happens I will buy you a pie and a pint at any future Reading match you attend.

If it happens I'll buy the crowd a pint

With our attendances the way they are it will probably cost you about £25.

[Brain Traysers]

3 games in the space of a week where the only winnable one appears to be Norwich at home, that one is must win. Really think Brentford could be the end for Clement.

I know we're sh!t but Hull at home is surely 'winnable'. Preston only have about 5 points as well (not that we will win there)

FiveThirtyEight's forecasts only have a Reading win as the modal (most likely) outcome in one of those games - a probability of RFC win /p(win)=39% vs QPR with p(lose)=32% and p(draw) = 28%.

Norwich are down as slight favorites against us (37% vs 35%) with equal probabilities currently judged for the Hull game (both 36%).

Put that all together and you get 35% * 36% * 39% = 4.9% probability of 9/9 points in our next three home games.

Replace October's 'H v QPR' with tomorrow's 'A v Preston' at p(win) =22%, and add in 'A v Brentford' at p(win)=14% and you get a total probability of 0.39% for 12 points out of the next available 12, or current 'fair odds' of 258-1 for Snowy getting the beers in (albeit compensated by one pie).

(Source- use the search at the top right to just get RFC games)

[Snowball]

If this happens I will buy you a pie and a pint at any future Reading match you attend.

If it happens I'll buy the crowd a pint

With our attendances the way they are it will probably cost you about £25.

I was very careful. I didn't say I'd buy everyone a pint each...

[Royals and Racers]

Walker
Gunter
Yiadom
Moore
Ilori
Bacuna
Swift
Meite
Aluko
Kelly
Baldock

subs
Jaakkola
O`shea
Mcshane
Sims
Bodvarsson
McNaulty
Rinomhota

[Zip]

Walker
Gunter
Yiadom
Moore
Ilori
Bacuna
Swift
Meite
Aluko
Kelly
Baldock

subs
Jaakkola
O`shea
Mcshane
Blackett
Bodvarsson
McNaulty
Rinomhota

Ok with the back five but not much else.

[Snowball]

Kelly and Swift in. Manone, Meyler out. No Barrow

[Zip]

Kelly and Swift in. Manone, Meyler out. No Barrow

Are Mannone and Barrow injured? Seems unlikely they would be completely dropped from the squad. Yet more injuries?

[Hound]

Not loving that side at all tbh

Obvs complete waste of time playing Aluko and Bacuna/Swift/Kelly has proven itself on many occasions to be utterly useless

Back 5 fine. Front 6 a lot less so

[3points]

Did Meyler pick up an injury during the internationals?

[Hound]

Yep a minor one

[sandman]

Walker
Gunter
Yiadom
Moore
Ilori
Bacuna
Swift
Meite
Aluko
Kelly
Baldock

subs
Jaakkola
O`shea
Mcshane
Sims
Bodvarsson
McNaulty
Rinomhota

Oh dear.