I said that he has assets(pace and power) that are useful if applied correctly, I dont think Leon Best is useful because of his brain meaning that anything he does have going for him is rendered meaningless due to a lack of work rate and work ethic. If you think I am implying that Leon Best as a player is useful then you dont understand my point. The only reason I even found that article is because im not the only one to question his work rate here, so the fact its a running theme makes it even more of a concern. The 2 players you mentioned were geniuses, they had shown their ability in the past, it was just their temperament that needed keeping in check, the ability was never in question, sadly with Samuel even that is in doubt. My point in regards to Mowbrays view, is that hes clearly not 100% convinced hence him falling down the pecking order.

I never said Best is useful, again you are taking peoples comments out of context. He has a bit of power and pace but my point was that hes never taken full advantage of these attributes because of whats between his ears. Another person weve debated is Elliott Bennett who admittedly from a different position also isnt scoring in the moment. That said, his attitude is what you want to see from a player, even if hes not scoring goals. Samuel on the other hand is like chalk and cheese. The attitude questions that have been raised ring further alarm bells when you discover that managers in the past have had the same problem. You keep saying Mowbray has taken to him, but he had the shirt to keep earlier in the season and now hes 3rd choice, behind Graham and Armstrong who he signed since he got Samuel.

https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/curious-case-dominic-samuel-never-13362740 Managers have come and gone since McDermott, but none really took to Samuel. Nigel Adkins was critical of the player's attitude, as was current boss Jaap Stam. Samuel never a key part in Steve Clarke's plans when he was manager. This is where I found that hes been accused of having a poor attitude in the past. I don't agree at all that hes worked hard when hes been on the pitch, hes looked at times disinterested.

Only because you either ignored my point or didnt understand, the point was they both have attributes that are useful, power and pace, enough for managers to take a chance of, and I suggested that I hope that Samuel doesnt have a similar career, ie many clubs but never really finding a home due to a poor attitude. I know, but he clearly isnt convinced, hence him being dropped. Samuel doesnt deserve to be anywhere near the team, in his chances hes looked ineffective and disinterested, the opposite of Graham, he doesnt deserve a run of games.

Mentioned in a conversation with @chaddyrovers in another thread. Albeit my loose comparison to Loon Best was taken out of context and got peoples backs up. Hes got certain attributes but he came with previous managers having given up on his poor attitude, he never threatens to do anything noteworthy, the application isnt there, hes not got the ability either, even at this level and hopefully he will move on in the summer.

Based on what? As @old darwen blue pointed out Hart has been loaned out. We have 2 senior left backs, and the young 2 are loaned out to gain experience, why that winds you up is beyond me.

I've no idea but hes a strange signing, nowhere near good enough.

No it shouldnt! His knee was offside, a part of his body that he can play the ball with, therefore the actual decision was correct. To clarify, I do agree with your repeatedly told opinion though that VAR should be scrapped. Thats even on the assumption that is made much more efficient, ie better communication, much quicker, people given the correct pictures and not the farce seen on Saturday. Another thing is its only in certain games at the moment, which is unfair, but even if that was changed and it was brought into every game. None of these are reasons to get rid of VAR because they are things that you could argue can be improved. I just feel that, even if all of that happened, there will always be the grey area of whether a mistake is clear cut enough to go to a replay in the first place. But more importantly, it takes the emotion out of the game, even Wagner said that and he got the benefit of VAR. Goals are what makes football, and if a goal has to be reviewed first, it is the equivalent of letting all of the air out of a balloon, once the decision is made the euphoria is gone. Its the debate of whether you want more correct decisions at the cost of the entertainment and spectacle of the game. Sadly though I think VAR is here to stay, albeit it will be tweaked no doubt.

But Payne is a natural number 10, not a winger, and Chapman is an out and out pacy winger, our only one.

Good team. Only potential change would be wide left. Stuck between Armstrong, Antonsson and Payne. Nows not the time for massive change so agree on no stupid new formation. Only issue is injuries to Chapman and Whittingham. Also agree that on this seasons performances Bennett certainly isnt in our best 11.

Agree to disagree on Lenihans ability to play central midfield, but surely you agree theres a big void next to Mulgrew with his name on it?

We need Lenihan at centre back, where hes impressed in the past, whereas hes never looked good enough on the ball to be a midfielder. Smallwood is fine there, admittedly Bennett needs dropping. Wonder how long before Whittingham is back fit.

Thought he was ok today, but nearly allowed them to nip in through on goal at the end, shown enough to prove he can cover but wouldnt rush to put him in the team.

Correct, especially to get promoted you need consistency, which is why throwing in a raft of kids all at once is a bad idea, as they wont give you that. 1 or 2 maybe, correct on Nuttall, hes arguably our brightest u23 player yet hes so far away from Graham in terms of effectiveness, as youd expect.

But he plays in an area where we have Dack who is undroppable. I understand that you want youngsters in the team, but we are going for promotion, if we put in too many youngsters it would come at the cost of consistency and know how, youngsters are inconsistent, its hardly as if we are neglecting the academy/youth team, our strongest 11 would contain 3 (Lenihan, Nyambe and Raya) and Travis and Tomlinson make up the numbers when needed, but if you start putting in a few at once (youve mentioned Rankin Costello, and seem to be insistent on Doyle, it will be at the cost of consistency. Isnt Costello a more attacking player in a different position to the other 2?

Based on what?

Whereas Stoke recently sacked Hughes after it went stale, too much stability.

I personally feel that we look alot more balanced with Whittingham, he was excellentv Scunthorpe and his passing complimented Smallwoods tenacity whereas Tomlinsons passing in the last few games ive thought wad a bit all ovet the place.

As much as one or two youngsters are a good thing we need to not be overly reliant. Tomlinson is ok but hes still a bit raw, Nuttall has looked particularly out of his depth to be honest lately, we cant rely on them to get promoted, just give them time as and when we can. Have talent and im all for including them but for example, id be reluctant to chuck Doyle etc in the league if we could avoid it. Going for promotion. Send a couple on loan ideally.

He really is. He has the brain of a footballer.

I think Caddis is a safe choice, hes intelligent, he has a decent final ball and he is positionally sound more often than not, that said he isnt the most physical of players.

Really coming into an excellent run, didnt go yesterday but the goals we are scoring are brilliant to see, need to keep it up. Think as fans we wondered why we weren't taking it to teams earlier in the season, what with our attacking players and also the evident lack of ability that League 1 teams, in particular defenders have under even the slightest bit of pressure. So the pressing, shown with the second goal yesterday and v Blackpool, is refreshing to finally see. The goals we are conceding are worrying but I don't think its a case of we are conceding more due to opening up when attacking teams. We are conceding a few from set pieces that are entirely unavoidable and I hope Mowbray is working on defending set pieces during this week. Dack and Mulgrew are obvious classes above in this league, I did expect Dack to be a regular source of goals playing as a second striker, his general ability though and work rate are both belonging of being in the Championship, and Mulgrew leads by example and his goal record is ridiculous this season. Antonsson is a weird one, he was such an ineffective striker, and I think we stumbled across him wide going for an equaliser at Shrewsbury and him looking at ease, but even now he often has totally ineffective games, and isn't the biggest danger at times, but he keeps scoring goals, his assist was very good yesterday and in the absence of a regularly scoring striker, his goals from out wide are crucial and his recent form has been excellent, and I have gone from dreading seeing his name on the team sheet, to taking a shine to him. Hope he keeps it up, and continues to play wide left. Think the striker position is still yet to be nailed down by anyone, for me I've always said Graham is our best bet to go on a run, not sure Samuel has got that level of consistency in him but they need to push each other and one of them needs to go on a run of goals as we can not be reliant on a centre back or a winger all season necessarily. Nyambe continues to be an obvious weakness, for me nows the time to bring Caddis back in before he costs us, and Raya is also a potential weakness from crosses. Downing has perhaps dipped a bit recently, I do think without Mulgrew he would be a lot more fragile but hes massively exceeded expectations, so hard to be too harsh, that said I feel Lenihan (and Caddis) will potentially make us alot more secure at the back. But main thing is to keep on winning, Shrewsbury look like they are there for the taking so then hopefully we push on and battle with Wigan.

Think once Lenihan is back he will come in the team alongside Mulgrew, as much as Downing has done well.

Conceding too many goals, especially from set pieces, Raya sounds like he was unconvincing again.

Graham was integral to the last league win, and scored himself v Crewe. Maybe harsh on Samuel but i'd play Graham. Done nothing to be dropped.