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He must be at the end of his tether with everything that happening at Reading

If we’re in league one next year then I’d offer Collins a one year deal. We’d absolutely need to sign another striker as well, if we hadn’t already (this Jan). If we get promoted then I’d lean towards not renewing, unless he was prepared to be a back up player we could bring on in the last 15 mins to harass the oppositions defence.

Decent player, but not the type we’re supposed to be after and he’s older than we should be looking at. Maybe a decent loan option if we can’t get our primary targets

The misses weren’t the problem for me. At least they showed he was capable of being in the right areas on occasions. The major problem was despite his effort, he was always too busy doing something other than being where we needed him……..in the penalty area! He has improved this and is now doing much better as a result. He still has a habit of hiding behind defenders when we’re in good positions, but at least he’s actually in the dangerous areas now and getting chances/ goals. At the start of the season in one of the threads, I had him down for 15 league goals, but back in Oct and Nov he looked like he had no idea to get into good positions and was more intent on handbags with a player outside the box, while we were putting a decent ball in an area he should have been. Put short, despite the effort, he wasn’t doing his job properly and that’s what frustrated people. He’s a decent player at this level and although we need another striker, he would remain a decent rotation option until we get out of this league. As an aside, I do really wish he’d stop this silly deliberate hand ball business when we put dangerous crosses in!

31Vickers 6.5 35Nelson 7 5Bradley 6.5 6Cashin 7.5 2Wilson 7.5 8Bird 7.5 4Hourihane 6.5 22Fornah 6 3Forsyth 6 20Elder 6 19John-Jules 6 7Barkhuizen 6.5 11Méndez-Laing 8 9Collins 7 16Thompson 7

Hopefully if it suits us. I can see why he would do it for a one off, we did today and it worked! I'd also say it's probably due Nyambe being away as well. We recruited for 3 at the back in the summer and had to scramble to get a RB in to be comfortable with 4 at the back, now that RB is away for a few weeks, no one to really play that position with Smith out as well. So we've got a dilemma, which led us to 3 at the back today. We're going to be a bit hamstrung with our defensive options till Nyambe returns, unless we bring a loan in.

Yep, I get people don't like or don't rate him, that's up to them. But why not say he was poor............instead of calling him a disaster? Seem's silly. I personally think he was o.k, but he should have done better for their goal.

This is exactly the response we needed after last weeks setback! First half was efficient, without playing particularly well, but second half was largely poor, so it was a very mixed performance, but the 3 points is all that mattered. Some good individual performances from Bird, NML and Wilson (who's fast become in a first choice player). Yes it was against a poor side, but away to a side fighting for survival can always be a banana-skin and we successfully avoided it. One word of caution, three at the back really doesn't suit our CB's and a better team may have punished us today. Something for the management to consider.

Two quality assists from Bird today

Get in Barks Wonderful assist from Bird

NML too greedy there

Good work from Wilson there putting his body in the line, he’s had a good game

Yeah something happened there. That said he’s not really a lone striker and we’ve mostly played with one up for a long long time

He’s done alright. Made a couple of mistakes, but been mostly solid.

Barks in for TJJ

Marriott off

Bradley did well there to flick the ball to stop it going through then win a brave header

Whilst we’ve been mostly comfortable. This formation does expose our CB’s

Should be a peno there TJJ was bought down, Fleetwood player got the man not the ball

Yes he certainly improved. I had him down for 15 league goals at the start of the season and he should surpass that.

It’s a mixed performance but we’ve been efficient in front of goal and are reaping the rewards. Going forward we look ok, but at the back we look a bit shaky, not sure how we’d fare against a stronger team but we’re playing Fleetwood and we are doing enough to be 2-0 up and relatively comfortable. Midfield is looking better today as well. Maybe the three CB’s give Bird and Hourihane a more solid base to work off.

Get in Decent corner from Hourihane Collins looks like he gets a touch that puts the keeper off and it goes in.

Haven’t seen any other angles but the one I saw looked pretty clear Collins with his arm up and it touched his forearm

NML should have crossed there