v Reading (a) - 20/3/22

[chaddyrovers]

No goals in the last 7 away games. Simply not good. 

We haven't been good enough today. don't deserved anything today. 

Mowbray got his team selection and tactics wrong today. Over complicated it again. He doesn't learn does he. 

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Let's be brutally honest..we're not strong enough nor good enough for promotion.

Feckin fed up!

[OsloRover]

Pathetic performance. Serious lack of quality all over the pitch. Play-offs gone.

[Gav]

1 minute ago, den said:

It takes a unique type of talent to turn a team flying into an automatic promotion spot into a relegation side in such a short time.

Ive not seen that before.

It happened countless times in 80’s den, this is nothing unique. 

[yellowsubmarine]

Losing to REAL Madrid aint so bad. Oh wait, its REAding! Hahah Tony, please just go and take Gally with you.

Waste of 5million and a new contract.

[Bbrovers2288]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

No goals in the last 7 away games. Simply not good. 

We haven't been good enough today. don't deserved anything today. 

Mowbray got his team selection and tactics wrong today. Over complicated it again. He doesn't learn does he. 

 

Try every week

[Dolly blue]

I daren’t type what I want to type….I would be arrested….but..

MOWBRAY….for the love of God GO 

…How on earth can this man take a wage ? 

[booth]

Down to 6th, both teams directly below have two games in hand and are now just 2 points away.

I can see us ending the season in 10th place or below. There's no way the play offs are happening with TM in charge playing everyone out of position with zero notable goalscorers. Nah, no way.

Worse than the Derby first half today.

New manager next season.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

We should have bitten Bournemouth's hand off and got shut of Rothwell.

Absolute passenger today.

I'm a massive fan of Travis, but he's been awful today. 

Rothwell has done what he always does - he's a 70 minute man, so he hides for 20 minutes each game. That said he's tracked and tackled reasonably well and gone on a few of his runs after his patented half turn.

Unfortunately he's been given nothing to play with - his best contribution was a wonderful pass to put Gallagher through. Obviously Sam blazed wide 'cos he's awful. 

[West Yorks Rover]

Just now, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Let's be brutally honest..we're not strong enough nor good enough for promotion.

Feckin fed up!

I like to think that it's the manager that's not good enough.

Do Luton have a better squad than us ?

[simongarnerisgod]

that was ****** dreadful,stupid team shape with everyone out of position,mowbray just might as well have given us all the finger and told us to **** off,especially as we looked very well balanced in the 2nd half on tuesday,what does he do,he shuffles everyone around to make us completely impotent

[yankfan]

Gallagher should never step foot on the pitch again. If I were a player and saw his name on the team sheet, I think I’d put in a transfer request. Terminate the contract now. 

[Danny O.Brien]

Yeah we're fucking dog shit. Only things to look forward to, hopefully mowbray gone and Burnley down.  

[bluebruce]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Yes, he's come short and held the ball up, but offered zero penetration. 

Probably why I didn't notice him. It was hard to pay attention to the game near the end until we got into promising positions (which of course we threw away like Mowbray supposedly throws away the chance of funds to strengthen the squad).

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Hopefully Mowbray walks tonight..or our owners actually show some bottle and bin him.. unacceptable this. Yes Mowbray can't control our players missing easy chances but he's at fault for everything else and he's blown our play off hopes completeley 

They won't even know we had a match today. 

[neophox]

We really blow away our chances and against one of the worst defensive sides in the league and we cant score. Gallys miss was astonishing bad. Sorry but cant see us making the play offs. The positive is next season we Will have a new mansgement team.

[USABlue]

Get him gone, please.  How long since Reading kept a clean sheet?

Edited March 19, 2022 by USABlue

[booth]

QPR play Peterborough tomorrow, we'll be down to 7th.

[The Mighty Chaffinch]

A new low. We could play right through the international break and wouldn’t score. Toothless. Buckley was chronic, Gallagher reverts to type, Travis has zero distribution skills, Rothwell a passenger, Giles rubbish. Utter, utter predictable ineptitude and I’m done with it. 

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

No goals in the last 7 away games. Simply not good. 

We haven't been good enough today. don't deserved anything today. 

Mowbray got his team selection and tactics wrong today. Over complicated it again. He doesn't learn does he. 

 

Do you want him gone?

[neophox]

Have to say Reading looked worse than Derby.

[OldEwoodBlue]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

No goals in the last 7 away games. Simply not good. 

We haven't been good enough today. don't deserved anything today. 

Mowbray got his team selection and tactics wrong today. Over complicated it again. He doesn't learn does he. 

 

Are you still backing him tbough ?

[bluebruce]

Just now, The Mighty Chaffinch said:

A new low. We could play right through the international break and wouldn’t score.

Yep. Probably even if Reading went off for their international break and we carried on playing the game.

[joey_big_nose]

The error today for me was bringing Hedges on, he's offered nothing. Doesn't press enough, doesn't beat a man, doesn't provide quality crosses, doesn't offer a goal threat.  The whole right side became totally ineffective once he came on.

I feel if Dolan had stayed on we would have had more of a chance. 

Maybe Hedges will be a Brereton and after a year or so turns into a good player, but today he was a total passenger. 

What's worrying is really on balance of chances Reading should have won this by three or four. Our strong area has been defence, if that reverts to last seasons form we are going to end up well outside the playoffs.

[booth]

Just now, neophox said:

We really blow away our chances and against one of the worst defensive sides in the league and we cant score. Gallys miss was astonishing bad. Sorry but cant see us making the play offs. The positive is next season we Will have a new mansgement team.

Sadly I can't see us ever having the golden opportunity of promotion ever again. Squandered.