Shirt Numbers 2014/15

[P!ssed Off]

Squad List 2013/14
1 Adam Federici
2 Chris Gunter
3 Stephen Kelly
4 Jem Karacan
5 Alex Pearce
6 Adrian Mariappa
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak
8 Mikele Leigertwood
9 Adam Le Fondre
10 Royston Drenthe
11 Jobi McAnuff
12 Garath McCleary
13 Reading Fans
14 Jimmy Kebe
15 Sean Morrison
16 Hope Akpan
17 Kaspars Gorkss
18 Wayne Bridge
19 Hal Robson-Kanu
20 Danny Guthrie
21 Alex McCarthy
22 Nick Blackman
23 Daniel Williams
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor
29 Daniel Carrico
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Nicholas Arnold
33 Jason Roberts
35 Michael Hector
36 Gozie Ugwu
37 Jordan Obita
40 Lawson D’Ath
41 Stuart Taylor
42 Jonathan Henly
44 Dominic Samuel
45 Ryan Edwards
46 Matthew Partridge
47 Pierce Sweeney
49 Karl Sheppard
50 Jake Cooper
51 Stuart Moore
52 Niall Keown
53 Shane Griffin
54 Sean Long
55 Shepherd Murombedzi
57 Craig Tanner
58 Aaron Tshibola
61Daniel Lincoln



Squad List 2014/15
1 Adam Federici
2 Chris Gunter
3 Stephen Kelly
5 Alex Pearce
6 Sean Morrison
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak
8 Danny Guthrie
9 Hal Robson-Kanu
11 Jordan Obita
12 Garath McCleary
13 Reading Fans
15 Michael Hector
16 Hope Akpan
18 Aaron Tshibola
20 Alex McCarthy
21 Jem Karacan
22 Nick Blackman
23 Daniel Williams
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor (shirt to read J.Taylor)
26 Pierce Sweeney
27 Craig Tanner
28 Aaron Kuhl
30 Dominic Samuel
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Sean Long
33 Shane Griffin
34 Niall Keown
35 Jake Cooper
36 Ryan Edwards
37 Jack Stacey
38 Liam Kelly – (shirt to read L.Kelly)
39 Tariqe Fosu
40 Stuart Moore
41 Daniel Lincoln
42 Jonathan Henly

[Haag Royal]

Squad List 2014/15
1 Adam Federici
2 Chris Gunter
3 Stephen Kelly
5 Alex Pearce
6 Sean Morrison
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak
8 Danny Guthrie
9 Hal Robson-Kanu
11 Jordan Obita
12 Garath McCleary
13 Reading Fans
15 Michael Hector
16 Hope Akpan
18 Aaron Tshibola
20 Alex McCarthy
21 Jem Karacan
22 Nick Blackman
23 Daniel Williams
24 Shaun Cummings
25 Jake Taylor (shirt to read J.Taylor)
26 Pierce Sweeney
27 Craig Tanner
28 Aaron Kuhl
30 Dominic Samuel
31 Mikkel Andersen
32 Sean Long
33 Shane Griffin
34 Niall Keown
35 Jake Cooper
36 Ryan Edwards
37 Jack Stacey
38 Liam Kelly – (shirt to read L.Kelly)
39 Tariqe Fosu
40 Stuart Moore
41 Daniel Lincoln
42 Jonathan Henly

we could have some real fun here putting (shirt to read xxxxx) after these names. I can think of some excellent ones for our numbers 9 and 22.

[SCIAG]

25 Jake Taylor (shirt to read J.Taylor)

er... why?.... Are we about to sign another Taylor?

Club's claiming it's a personal preference. More alarmingly the Twitter feed just described him as a 'young forward' suggesting another stop gap up front.

Probably wants it to match his shirts from last year (which, somewhat ridiculously, were initialled to avoid confusion with S. Taylor).
"Forward" and "midfielder" would both be good ways of describing Taylor, he's mostly a #10 but can play on the wing, as a genuine central midfielder or up front. As Nameless says, he's also played full back.

HRK getting #9 irritates me, but given Pog is camping on #7 I guess it makes sense. I also prefer Morrison having #15 and Karacan having #4, but I'm sure I'll get used to those changes.

[Royal Biscuitman]

HRK getting #9 irritates me

I have a solution.

9 Hal Robson-Kanu (shirt to read Le Fondre)

That should appease fans who don't go to games as they won't know the difference and those who bought the number 9 shirt last season.

[Ian Royal]

I think there's some people reading far too much into squad numbers.

[EarleyRoyal16]

Willing to give HRK a chance playing consistently up front but I hope to god we sign someone else to go along side him and Pog. Obvious highlight is Drenthe not having a number, means he's definitely OUT. Many have pointed out numbers mean nothing but 11 for Obita indicates he'll be used more as a winger than a full back which is disappointing IMO. Hope we sign a left back in that case as Kelly is diabolical there as is Cummings.

[EarleyRoyal16]

Also pleased to see Tshibola, Kuhl and Tanner all given relatively low numbers, all implies they'll be very much involved, same for Jack Stacey, not a low number but he's not in the U21 side anymore so he's obviously considered first team level, good luck to them all this coming season, could be huge for them.

[Royal Biscuitman]

I think there's some people reading far too much into squad numbers.

some of those people being the players.

Adkins isn't going to pick someone just because their squad number is lower than 12.

[Royal Biscuitman]

I'm disappointed Reading fans everywhere were not offered the change to change number. I would have opted for 12, as we're the 12th man... but since McCleary already has 12 we would have to follow Reading buses example and make ours the 12a..... Although as we're not eligible to play, 99 might be a good shout as everyone loves a 99 (maybe not as much as a 69, but it's family game).

[Ian Royal]

I think there's some people reading far too much into squad numbers.

some of those people being the players.

Adkins isn't going to pick someone just because their squad number is lower than 12.

1 through 11 have a certain status attached to them, and players are notoriously superstitious too. I doubt any of the players think their squad number has much meaning as to who's going or playing though.

[Ian Royal]

Willing to give HRK a chance playing consistently up front but I hope to god we sign someone else to go along side him and Pog. Obvious highlight is Drenthe not having a number, means he's definitely OUT. Many have pointed out numbers mean nothing but 11 for Obita indicates he'll be used more as a winger than a full back which is disappointing IMO. Hope we sign a left back in that case as Kelly is diabolical there as is Cummings.

It means he wanted to be number 11. It doesn't mean Adkins is going to play him on left wing.

[Sutekh]

All hail, our new and prolific number 9

[billybraggsbeard]

how many more chances are we going to give Hal, he got a cracking new deal last summer and was still poor. He plays alright for 20 mins here & there gets picked next game and doesn't produce, make or break season for him methinks

[tidus_mi2]

After a solid end to the Premier League failure, he was supposed to push on and dominate the Championship last season but he completely failed to replicate his end of season Premier League form. If he could consistently be that player he'd be the first name on the team sheet no question, but he doesn't.