Hard luck for Haris

Amidst all of the posts about Wonga and the Lone Ranger, it's been rather remiss of us not to comment on the unfortunate long-term injury sustained by Haris Vuckic. The Slovenian picked up the cruciate ligament injury in a reserve game last week and is now facing up to spending the rest of the season on the sidelines. So much for the hopes of Paul and myself (and countless other fans) that this might be the year he made the first-team breakthrough. We'll miss him, too - as the Reading match amply demonstrated, we desperately need a creative forward-thinking midfielder to fill the gap when Dreamboat's absent.

Meanwhile, Dan Gosling is also out injured for the next few weeks - but that should hardly come as news to anyone...