Paul McShane 主張するs 'the shackles are off' 昇進／宣伝-chasing Reading when they 直面する 兵器庫 in EFL Cup

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Reading captain Paul McShane says 'the shackles are off' for his 味方する on Tuesday as they put on 持つ／拘留する their 最初の／主要な 客観的な of winning 昇進／宣伝 支援する into the 首相 League to take on 兵器庫 in the EFL Cup.

The 王室のs travel to the 首長国s for their fourth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する tie 上げるd by Saturday's 1-0 victory at Rotherham - a result that ended a four-game winless run and left them within a point of the 選手権 play-off 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs.

McShane 収容する／認めるs the league remains Reading's 優先 this season but 主張するs at the same time they will be doing all they can to upset the Gunners, 説 'everything is possible'.

Reading 現在／一般に sit one point off the 選手権 play-off 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in eighth place?

Captain McShane was part of the 船体 味方する that 辛うじて lost to 兵器庫 in 2014 FA Cup final

The 30-year-old defender told his club's 公式の／役人 website: 'As a player, you want to be playing against big clubs like 兵器庫 week in, week out in the 首相 League... so the league has got to be a 優先. But that makes Tuesday night's match a 特別手当 game.

'And it's not impossible. If you can get a good cup run and 勝利，勝つ a few games, suddenly you're in a 半分-final and then a final - and if you 勝利，勝つ a cup, the club 会談 about it for years and years to come.

'We can play good stuff as we've seen this season, so let's go and 実験（する） ourselves against the best.

'兵器庫 are a very good 味方する, 明白に - they had won seven on the bounce before the 週末. But it will be a good 実験（する） for everyone.

'The shackles are off. We'll go and enjoy the game, and everything is possible.'

兵器庫's winning streak （機の）カム to end on Saturday as they drew 0-0 against Middlesbrough

While McShane - a member of the 船体 team that lost to 兵器庫 in the 2014 FA Cup final - has 輪郭（を描く）d the 肯定的なs of a good cup run, he also knows there can be downsides 同様に.

Last season Reading reached the last eight of the FA Cup but at the same time saw any faint 昇進／宣伝 hopes disappear, with the 王室のs 選ぶing up just nine points from their final 13 選手権 games to finish in 17th place.

'The cups have got to be 第２位 this season,' said the 共和国 of Ireland international.

'We had a good cup run last season but we fell off the 辛勝する／優位 of a cliff in the league - and the league is your bread and butter. The league is where you are successful.'

Defender Liam Moore also believes Jaap Stam's 味方する are 長，率いるing to the 首長国s with nothing to lose.

The Gunners are unbeaten since the 開始 day of the season, winning nine of 12 games 国内で and in Europe, but Moore believes Reading should not 恐れる the 首相 League 巨大（な）s.

Arsene Wenger says he thinks that Olivier Giroud will be 含むd in the squad to 直面する Reading

He said: 'It's a game that I look at and think it's a good 実験（する）.

'明白に 兵器庫 are 井戸／弁護士席 known for attractive football, but we play やめる attrac tive football 同様に so it will be really good to 実験（する） ourselves against them.

'They are at the エリート - we are 努力する／競うing to be where they are in the 首相 League. So it will be a 広大な／多数の／重要な night for us and it will be 平等に as special for the fans. The cup games are always nice for them.'

He 追加するd: 'Do we 恐れる 兵器庫? No, I don't think you should 恐れる anybody.

'You can 尊敬（する）・点 them, you can understand what type of club they are and what they are looking to do.

'But we shouldn't 恐れる them. They are 11 humans on a pitch, albeit with serious 質.'

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