pauli Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Hillsborough Stadium 19:45 FRIDAY, 17 March 2017 TODAY’S OPPOSITES Did you know that biscuits were invented in Reading? In the days of the Vikings the area was ruled by Gunnar Øbnob. After a hard day of ferociously swinging his battle axe at anyone who so much as looked at him funny, he liked to relax in the evening by baking a few trays of rugged, crumbly biscuits. They quickly became a hit amongst his warriors and hundreds of years later are still the single most popular biscuits in the world. As William Wallace’s tartan hordes later made their violent forays down south, the recipe was captured by men desperate for something other than bloody oatcakes again. Production moved to the Highlands and was taken over by the McVitie clan. Back in Reading it’s suddenly 1856 and the bakers, Huntley and Palmer team up to invent the Jammy Dodger, Custard Cream, Bourbon and the Rich Tea - a remarkably plain and boring biscuit which actually managed to knock Hob Nobs off the top spot for a while. Its success mostly due to being queen Victoria’s favourite accompaniment to a nice sit down and a cup of tea. But after a particularly bad summer at the beginning of the 20th century, the wheat harvest failed. The inevitable resulting flour shortage was responsible for their demise and the factory was forced to make hundreds of employees redundant. To pass the time waiting for their dole cheques, the bored workers decided to start a football club and that’s how we come to be playing them today. MATCHDAY THINGS Official Matchday Pie: Sasso and Pudil Official Matchday Drink: Even more beer Official Matchday Song: “The Payback” by James Brown… Sheffield Wednesday striker Fernando Forestieri is likely to remain sidelined by a knee injury. Defender Vincent Sasso starts a three-game suspension, but Tom Lees could return after missing nine games with a knee injury. Reading hope to have defenders Liam Moore (hamstring) and Paul McShane (back) available after injury. Midfielders Liam Kelly and Jordon Mutch are both doubts with hamstring problems and Tiago Ilori remains out. Head To Head ▪ After winning three in a row against the Royals between November 2013 and September 2014, the Owls have failed to win any of the last four (D2 L2). ▪ Reading have won just two league games in their nine visits to Hillsborough between 1977 and 2015, with both wins arriving in 2009. ▪ Sheffield Wednesday have scored more goals in the 90th minute or later than any other Championship side this season (9). ▪ The Owls have seen nine opposition players sent off in the Championship this season; three more than any other side in the division. ▪ Reading have failed to score in four of their past five matches in the Championship, including their past three in a row away from home. ▪ Sheffield Wednesday have conceded a goal in each of their past seven league games - they haven't conceded in eight in succession within the Championship since May 2014. KING CARLOS’ PEARLS OF WISDOM “We are concentrated now on this game on Friday, we will try to recover the maximum players we can that missed the last game. But we will be strong. It’s a massive game to us, our players will react because we are not happy after the last game. But we will react very fast. We don’t want excuses, on Friday we will be strong. We are still running in the competition to achieve a good position. Tom Lees started training with the team last Friday, he didn’t feel any reaction so we will do normal training during the week and let’s see if he is available to us. Glenn felt a problem on the back but we have good expectations for the next game. Fernando felt a pain on the knee, he wasn’t available to play last game. We will see if he can recover or not to Friday. If they don’t recover, we have solutions to play. We don’t want excuses. Friday, we will be there.” For us, it is all about moving higher up the table. On Friday we know we can do this with victory. We can move to fifth position and this is where we are aiming. But this will be a tough game, for Reading and us. It is the first of nine games we have to go and we are ready. We have prepared very well all week and we are looking forward to this game. The break will come at a very good time for us and it will be the same with other teams in the division. The Championship is very, very demanding playing Saturday, Tuesday and Saturday so to get the chance to rest and recover before the final games is a very good thing. Everybody is battling for different reasons and the one common thing will be the intensity of these final games. Every team will be giving their maximum and Sheffield Wednesday will be there the same, giving nothing less than 100%.” MINTYNESS We are here to fight… Edited March 17, 2017 by Neal M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobTheDogTheOwl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 top knacker as per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Come on Wednesday ! Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 So that's where Obnobs came from !!! Pauli your knowledge is immeasurable your mind is , different !!! haha come on boys this is building up to be the most important game of this unpredictable season thus far nice work old boy , UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Owl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 That box of Stamheads..... Nice work Pauli. we can't keep letting the sides above us off the hook. COME ON WEDNESDAY.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Let's whump them right in the Jaffa Cakes. 3-0, two for Winnall. COME ON THE BEAUTEOUS WEDNESDAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yay football. Come OnnNNN. Score some goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexowl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Great opening Pauli . Always wondered why it's not spelt Redding. If McShane is playing please let our players know that he can;t jump for nuts. So keep bombarding him with high balls and gather round(our players that is)to pick up the pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedfordowl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Top work agin Pauli come on Wednesday U.T.O F.T.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janak Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) A win today is pivotal if we want to finish in the top 6: source: experimental361.com Edited March 17, 2017 by Janak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH1867OWLS Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Great OMDT once again Pauli! Hopefully Wednesday show up tonight and smash Reading right in the biscuit barrels! I'm going for a Wednesday win by 5-0... What?... could happen... RELEASE THE LLAMA SOME FACTS ABOUT BISCUITS BUGGER I DONT KNOW ANY! SO HERE ARE SOME TÍTS! CORRRRRRR! WHAT A PAIR! COME ON WEDNESDAY! Win and save Owlstalk from meltdown......probboly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) football...before the international break... C'MON WEDNESDAY!! Cheers Pauli, I really don't know what to say. You are our mail man. Morning all, hope you're keeping well. In the rather poignant words of the late Rik Mayall: "Lets doooooooo-it!" Edited March 17, 2017 by themaskedowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, LJH1867OWLS said: Great OMDT once again Pauli! Hopefully Wednesday show up tonight and smash Reading right in the biscuit barrels! I'm going for a Wednesday win by 5-0... What?... could happen... RELEASE THE LLAMA SOME FACTS ABOUT BISCUITS BUGGER I DONT KNOW ANY! SO HERE ARE SOME TÍTS! CORRRRRRR! WHAT A PAIR! COME ON WEDNESDAY! Win and save Owlstalk from meltdown......probboly ahhhhhhhhh... I mean phwoar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 sometimes Pauli you take the biscuit - nice one yet again son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH1867OWLS Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, themaskedowl said: football...before the international break... C'MON WEDNESDAY!! Cheers Pauli, I really don't know what to say. You are our mail man. Morning all, hope you're keeping well. In the words of the late Rik Mayall: "Lets doooooooo-it!" Also In the words of the late great Rik Mayall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH1867OWLS Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 9 minutes ago, ash60s said: sometimes Pauli you take the biscuit - nice one yet again son Must resist urge to make a pun about lady fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 and the new striker Garriboldie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Fantastic OMDT Pauli COME ON WEDNESDAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 What a flippin chooon Great thread weeing myself laughing in bed at the vikings and Gunnar Odnob Lolololol Love you pauli And you Hootie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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