Post by GasHeadGaz on Sept 20, 2014 15:28:01 GMT
Top bloke is Mikkel, glad he's finally made it. Remember the salute he used to give The Blackthorn?
The 25-year-old stopper has been at the club since signing for the Royals back in January 2007, but these will be his first minutes in a Reading shirt after a number of loan spells most notably at Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth and Danish side Randers.
Michael Hector also misses out with a head injury picked up in Tuesday's win, so young centre-back Jake Cooper will make his first league start in professional football today.
Jake Taylor comes into the starting line up, with Jamie Mackie dropping to the bench as Nigel Adkins makes a total of three changes to the side that beat Millwall at Madejski Stadium in midweek.
Danny Guthrie returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes' bench, while young goalkeeper Dan Lincoln is named on the bench for the first time.
Besides Federici and Hector's absence, the Royals remain without the injured Stephen Kelly, Anton Ferdinand, Garath McCleary, Danny Williams, Shaun Cummings, Aaron Tshibola, Jem Karacan and Craig Tanner.
Sheff Wed: Westwood, Mattock,Lees, Loovens (c), Semedo, May, Palmer, Huhiu, Maguire, Coke, Maghoma.
Subs: Kirkland, Buxton, Helan, Zayatte, Madine, Hope, Dielna.
Reading: Federici, Gunter (c), Obita, Pearce, Cooper, Akpan, Norwood, Blackman, Taylor, Cox, Murray.
Subs: Lincoln, Long, Kuhl, Guthrie, Mackie, Edwards, Pogrebnyak.
The 25-year-old stopper has been at the club since signing for the Royals back in January 2007, but these will be his first minutes in a Reading shirt after a number of loan spells most notably at Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth and Danish side Randers.
Michael Hector also misses out with a head injury picked up in Tuesday's win, so young centre-back Jake Cooper will make his first league start in professional football today.
Jake Taylor comes into the starting line up, with Jamie Mackie dropping to the bench as Nigel Adkins makes a total of three changes to the side that beat Millwall at Madejski Stadium in midweek.
Danny Guthrie returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes' bench, while young goalkeeper Dan Lincoln is named on the bench for the first time.
Besides Federici and Hector's absence, the Royals remain without the injured Stephen Kelly, Anton Ferdinand, Garath McCleary, Danny Williams, Shaun Cummings, Aaron Tshibola, Jem Karacan and Craig Tanner.
Sheff Wed: Westwood, Mattock,Lees, Loovens (c), Semedo, May, Palmer, Huhiu, Maguire, Coke, Maghoma.
Subs: Kirkland, Buxton, Helan, Zayatte, Madine, Hope, Dielna.
Reading: Federici, Gunter (c), Obita, Pearce, Cooper, Akpan, Norwood, Blackman, Taylor, Cox, Murray.
Subs: Lincoln, Long, Kuhl, Guthrie, Mackie, Edwards, Pogrebnyak.