Injury watch 2025/26

[windermereROYAL]

I asked AI which Reading players were currently injured and it said….

Ben Elliott Injured Has not played since October 25, 2025.
Matty Jacob Injured Absent since an injury during a match against Carlisle United.
Liam Fraser Returning to training Long-term injury but recently seen training with the squad.

and also

Paddy Lane is currently out with an injury. His injury status has been cited as problematic, as recent updates indicate he is facing some challenges in returning to play. Specific details about the nature of the injury or the timeline for his return have not been disclosed.

So where`s O`Mahony then? as bad as he is he has to be a better option then Kelvin.

[Snowflake Royal]

I asked AI which Reading players were currently injured and it said….

Ben Elliott Injured Has not played since October 25, 2025.
Matty Jacob Injured Absent since an injury during a match against Carlisle United.
Liam Fraser Returning to training Long-term injury but recently seen training with the squad.

and also

Paddy Lane is currently out with an injury. His injury status has been cited as problematic, as recent updates indicate he is facing some challenges in returning to play. Specific details about the nature of the injury or the timeline for his return have not been disclosed.

All of which is worthless because it's generative ai just creating a plausible string of words based on what it's learnt the internet spouts

[Hound]

I asked AI which Reading players were currently injured and it said….

Ben Elliott Injured Has not played since October 25, 2025.
Matty Jacob Injured Absent since an injury during a match against Carlisle United.
Liam Fraser Returning to training Long-term injury but recently seen training with the squad.

and also

Paddy Lane is currently out with an injury. His injury status has been cited as problematic, as recent updates indicate he is facing some challenges in returning to play. Specific details about the nature of the injury or the timeline for his return have not been disclosed.

So where`s O`Mahony then? as bad as he is he has to be a better option then Kelvin.

He’s just not is he?

Mom just didn’t seem to get any chances or add anything really. Don’t know if he could actually finish as he barely even got himself an opportunity

[Snowflake Royal]

I asked AI which Reading players were currently injured and it said….

Ben Elliott Injured Has not played since October 25, 2025.
Matty Jacob Injured Absent since an injury during a match against Carlisle United.
Liam Fraser Returning to training Long-term injury but recently seen training with the squad.

and also

Paddy Lane is currently out with an injury. His injury status has been cited as problematic, as recent updates indicate he is facing some challenges in returning to play. Specific details about the nature of the injury or the timeline for his return have not been disclosed.

So where`s O`Mahony then? as bad as he is he has to be a better option then Kelvin.

He’s just not is he?

Mom just didn’t seem to get any chances or add anything really. Don’t know if he could actually finish as he barely even got himself an opportunity

Very much a case of absence makes a player seem better and better.

[Sutekh]

I asked AI which Reading players were currently injured and it said….

Ben Elliott Injured Has not played since October 25, 2025.
Matty Jacob Injured Absent since an injury during a match against Carlisle United.
Liam Fraser Returning to training Long-term injury but recently seen training with the squad.

and also

Paddy Lane is currently out with an injury. His injury status has been cited as problematic, as recent updates indicate he is facing some challenges in returning to play. Specific details about the nature of the injury or the timeline for his return have not been disclosed.

So where`s O`Mahony then? as bad as he is he has to be a better option then Kelvin.

He’s just not is he?

Mom just didn’t seem to get any chances or add anything really. Don’t know if he could actually finish as he barely even got himself an opportunity

So this (below) is why AI is just as b******s as Wiki or HobNob or the BBC for information:

I asked it specifically about MOM’s injury status….

Mark O'Mahony is currently injured due to a strain in his oblique muscle. He is expected to miss four to five weeks of play. O'Mahony sustained the injury during a match against Swansea at the end of November and has already missed subsequent matches with Portsmouth, where he was on loan before moving to Reading.
He is back with Brighton & Hove Albion, and further evaluations will be conducted by their medical staff to guide his recovery.

But we can at least be sure that any of the above can definitely be ruled out of the “search for MOM”.

[Snowflake Royal]

What is it about AI being generative and not factually reliable that people don’t understand?

It builds a plausible sounding response word by word, it doesn’t do research or investigate stuff. It’s not some secretly all know oracle of delphi.

Its a convincing lie tool not a fact finder