Injury watch 2025/26

[Mr Sitter]

Anyone got any information at all about Burns and Jacob’s injuries assuming they are injured ?

[Sutekh]

Anyone got any information at all about Burns and Jacob’s injuries assuming they are injured ?

Jacob has a knee injury.

Burns has the same injury as Fraser - an undefined knock likely to keep him out for an undefined period.

[Snowflake Royal]

Anyone got any information at all about Burns and Jacob’s injuries assuming they are injured ?

Jacob has a knee injury.

Burns has the same injury as Fraser - an undefined knock likely to keep him out for an undefined period.

With Burns, it's bound to be a knee or elbow issue, seeing as that's 85% of his anatomy.

[Orion1871]

Anyone got any information at all about Burns and Jacob’s injuries assuming they are injured ?

Jacob has a knee injury.

Burns has the same injury as Fraser - an undefined knock likely to keep him out for an undefined period.

Should keep them out until about January I'd guess...

[RoyalBlue]

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

He scores at that rate and yet it's his fault his team doesn't win??!!

KE has had about one game where he has played really well and worked hard. His fitness levels are questionable and I suspect he is one of those that LR was referring to when he complained about lack of fitness at this stage of the season. Nor does he have a natural strikers instincts in the way that Marriott does. He can do a job for us but IMO it's not as a main/central striker.

[RoyalBlue]

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

+1 he's completely ineffectual in games outside of his goals, most of which have been opportunistic tap in's . He doesn't work the channels or press the oppositions defense, he cant hold the ball up, or play with his back to goal. He's very much a sub striker who feeds off scraps in the box. Not someone who can lead the line for us. If MoM scores a few to get his season going i see him as a much more suitable striker for the second half of the season than Marriott. If kelvin plays like he did against Stevenage then there is no way Marriott starts ahead of him.

We must have been watching a completely different player then. Some of those accusations are nonsensical based on what I've seen of him. And, unlike KE at least he gets in the right position (not unlike Jamie Cureton) to grab those opportunistic tap ins.

[Hound]

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

He scores at that rate and yet it's his fault his team doesn't win??!!

KE has had about one game where he has played really well and worked hard. His fitness levels are questionable and I suspect he is one of those that LR was referring to when he complained about lack of fitness at this stage of the season. Nor does he have a natural strikers instincts in the way that Marriott does. He can do a job for us but IMO it's not as a main/central striker.

It’s not Marriotts fault as such, it’s just because he adds so little else, esp defensively, that it’s like playing with ten except his goals. Hence why we don’t get results when he plays even when he scores

Don’t think He’s complaining about the fitness of Kelvin who has played all but 10 mins of the last 4 games (not including an unexpected extra time) and not a Jack Marriott who is out for 6 weeks with a sore hammy?

I agree on him being better out wide and not a natural 9 though. Hence why we’ll prob sign someone else if MoM continues not to be up to scratch by Jan

I’ve no issue at all with Marriott doing his usual role at this level of being a bench option and being thrown on to nick a goal. He’ll be useful there

[Mid Sussex Royal]

From today's press conference, Richardson said he would not be giving updates on injured players. I can understand this on players due back but it would be nice to know now and then how the longer term absentees are doing.

[Royals and Racers]

From today's press conference, Richardson said he would not be giving updates on injured players. I can understand this on players due back but it would be nice to know now and then how the longer term absentees are doing.

Was the follow up question why not !!

[Snowflake Royal]

From today's press conference, Richardson said he would not be giving updates on injured players. I can understand this on players due back but it would be nice to know now and then how the longer term absentees are doing.

Was the follow up question why not !!

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

[Royals and Racers]

From today's press conference, Richardson said he would not be giving updates on injured players. I can understand this on players due back but it would be nice to know now and then how the longer term absentees are doing.

Was the follow up question why not !!

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

I thought the mantra of Rob Couhig was to be honest and open with the supporters !
Keeping schtum only leads to speculation and will eventually come out from sources within the medical dept.

[Snowflake Royal]

Was the follow up question why not !!

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

I thought the mantra of Rob Couhig was to be honest and open with the supporters !
Keeping schtum only leads to speculation and will eventually come out from sources within the medical dept.

About his running the club. Not anything to do with the manager's job.

He also said leakers get sacked.

[Hound]

Always found it slightly strange managers do give away injury information at times. I guess a hint of short/medium or long term is quite nice for us to hear but certainly why would he tell the world say Marriott is back?

Basically telling the opposition how you are likely to line up well in advance

[morganb]

I quite like the surprise of the team being announced and thinking "Ooh, he's back I thought he was still injured!"

It's slightly more positive than "Oh, still no XXX I thought he was due back today, probably out for another month then"

[RoyalBlue]

Was the follow up question why not !!

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

I thought the mantra of Rob Couhig was to be honest and open with the supporters !
Keeping schtum only leads to speculation and will eventually come out from sources within the medical dept.

Or numerous other potential leaking points within the club.

We don't necessarily want nor need full details on the medical issues relating to each individual player. What we would like to know is, based on latest assessments, how long they are likely to be unavailable for. Err on the pessimistic side if they're worried about raising fans' expectations. And if there is a good reason why they can't do that with a particular player(s) e.g. awaiting results of scans and/or to see specialist, just say so.

[RoyalBlue]

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

I thought the mantra of Rob Couhig was to be honest and open with the supporters !
Keeping schtum only leads to speculation and will eventually come out from sources within the medical dept.

About his running the club. Not anything to do with the manager's job.

He also said leakers get sacked.

So the manager's wife got sacked even before he joined the club?

It's a good thing to say to deter some from leaking info but I know from experience that it's extremely difficult to track down some sources of leaks in an organisation the size of Reading FC.

Maybe he will employ Coleen Rooney as 'Leak Consultant'!

[Royals and Racers]

Maybe he thinks it...

puts unnecessary pressure on injured players?

sets fan expectations for a return and causes disatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays?

allows him to hide internal issues around performance under a mask of potential injury?

isn’t any of the fans' business to know about medical issues of players?

masks potential squad movements if players aren't being selected because they're about to be sold / returned to their home club?

I thought the mantra of Rob Couhig was to be honest and open with the supporters !
Keeping schtum only leads to speculation and will eventually come out from sources within the medical dept.

Or numerous other potential leaking points within the club.

We don't necessarily want nor need full details on the medical issues relating to each individual player. What we would like to know is, based on latest assessments, how long they are likely to be unavailable for. Err on the pessimistic side if they're worried about raising fans' expectations. And if there is a good reason why they can't do that with a particular player(s) e.g. awaiting results of scans and/or to see specialist, just say so.

Exactly !