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Clear Mowbray will change formations and personnel match to match from his comments. So we don't so much have a new style of play as having several styles which will be used.

Mowbray has said Tosin and Rothwell were both going to start and that change of line up and formation was forced very late. Also said he will be rotating his starting line up and players will be benched who won't expect to be to give others chances but also to maintain intensity of performance from everyone in every game over a long season. Interestingly he said Tosin is not used to the physical intensity now being demanded of him.

But for good or for ill he got his man in the end.

Already have done.

Bit ropey initially then began to show his class and could/should have scored. Perhaps over anxious to perform well but can certainly pick a pass.

Phew we made it. Great win and a chance to build momentum. Kudos Mowbray's selection?

Mowbray doesn't half set himself up. If we don't win today it will be 100% on him. A certain statistic is we will be offside getting on for ten times. Armstrong running for delayed balls from midfield.

Where is Tosin today???

Crikey if we get something out of this afternoon, the club will feel it has turned a corner. From the BBC: Reading have won three of their last four league matches against Blackburn (W3 D1) having won just two of their first 16 against them between 1979 and 2016 (W2 D8 L6). Blackburn have lost their last three league visits to Reading, last winning there in February 2014. Reading's John Swift has created 27 chances in the Championship this season - six more than any other player. Blackburn midfielder Bradley Dack has scored in each of his last two league matches - he has never scored in three consecutive league appearances. Reading have lost their last two league matches without scoring - they last lost three in a row without finding the net back in April 2015. Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray is yet to register a league victory over Reading as a manager in seven attempts (D2 L5).

I will have a half glass of hemlock too kind sir.

Gallagher, Chapman, Armstrong in last twelve months. Clearly didn't want Palmer. Nearly got Reed but we might have done better in getting Holtby. So Mowbray's record pretty impressive in this regard. Cunningham is probably a certain bet if we want him. Walton will take some doing while Tosin will probably depend on getting promoted.

Got a feeling that this could be a bit of a rout- who is doing the routing and who is being routed is anybody's guess.

Rovers have a pretty decent record of turning loans they want to keep into permanent signings.

Maybe being hopelessly optimistic but Holtby could be the key to the jigsaw puzzle. 1) He makes competition for places that much more intense 2) His reported passing abilitycould make the sort of attack Mowbray dreams of feasible 3) If he is as good as reported he will give us the sort of midfield resilience Villa had last season 4) just need to give Armstrong and Chapman brain transplants and we have an automatic promotion winning squad...

I feel for everyone affected by this but I fear Thomas Cook are now in a death spiral. Customers and potential customers are reacting to protect their interests. As a result what was reported as a £200m hole that needed filling last night is probably a £500m hole this morning. Businesses go bust very slowly then very quickly.

Tosin and Cunningham are new defenders. Walton is a new keeper. That is three of the five or six at the back.

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Very real possibility they will go bust in the near future. 150,000 people will need repatriating. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/20/thomas-cook-in-talks-stave-off-collapse-biggest-peacetime-repatriation

Fantastic interview with Alejandro- the Mexican Rover!!!

Watching that preview by Roverseas and what screamed out at me are Reading's three fixtures after facing Rovers. They will be beyond desperate to get points on the board against us because a big fat 0 out of 9 comes next.

Who was the last full German international we have signed?

My God no way and I say that as someone with a soft spot for Besiktas. If 22 man brawls in the tunnel after games and lots of dodgy types inducing you into criminal activity is your scene, Turkish football is the place for you.

Hamburg are the nuts club of Germany.

Would have been gutted if this had fallen through. Perhaps an u-23s overage player game then into the side?