Jonathan Dougla News Today

Town boss Mick McCarthy says his players won’t need reminding that tonight’s opponents Reading dished out their biggest thrashing in three years when the teams met at the Madejski Stadium earlier in the season. The Blues, who were soundly beaten 5-1 by the Royals on that Friday evening in September, will be looking to avenge that defeat, climb back into the top six and stretch their remarkable run of Tuesday night home victories to 16.

A BRAND NEW STRIKER (or two) Despite having scored the joint-most number of goals in League One from 11th placed Sunderland downwards this term, the widespread calls from almost everyone at the club to bring a new forward are almost deafening. A genuine target man who can occupy the hulking great brutes that litter English football’s third tier would go a long way to ensuring Town can spend more time out of their own half, and thus hopefully reducing the number of defensive mistakes that ...