v Reading (a) - 17/8/22 - Mark 1

[Dan]

Bollocks. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Lenihan back in the boro line up and theyre 1nill down already. 

Jus saying✌️

so are we. 

[Fraserkirky]

All Pickerings fault 

[JohnD]

header from a corner, Diaz marking

[duckson]

Banana skin as predicted. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

Well, 1st time we've been behind....lets see how we respond!

[J*B]

The obsession with Lenihan and Boro is very odd.

Rovers down 1-0 at Reading. Brereton lost his man defending the corner. Don't look at the races so far, Dolan and Vale non existent. 

[ItsRoverZ]

Pickering ffs .. set piece too..   so far 15 minutes in I feel JDT has the line up wrong .. vale very poor 

[bluebruce]

Shit. Said it wasn't going to be as easy as it looked on paper.

[Tom]

Pickering the weak link again costing us 

[superniko]

Bump to reality for us I think after a few results not reflecting matches (don’t mention the xG word!)

[Dan]

Passing has been shit, first touch awful, can’t keep the ball. Big test this. Vale is having a bit of nightmare, hasn’t controlled a pass yet. 

[simongarnerisgod]

poor marking,they were loaded up for that corner

[K-Hod]

Surely JDT can’t be in charge of a team losing to one being managed by Paul Ince? Long way to go, we need to step it up though, been a poor start for me.

[ItsRoverZ]

Just now, superniko said:

Bump to reality for us I think after a few results not reflecting matches (don’t mention the xG word!)

Tbf we are hard to break down,  so it was always going to be like a set piece to do us.. or a delfecfion like West brom lol  we just don't create enough up top .. very few chances but so far this season we have put them away but that won't always happen 

[Sparks Rover]

Just now, Dan said:

Passing has been shit, first touch awful, can’t keep the ball. Big test this. Vale is having a bit of nightmare, hasn’t controlled a pass yet. 

It was obvious from QPR game...I can bang an hattrick v Darwen no problem

[Fraserkirky]

If Vale’s job is too lose the ball everytime and then concede a cheap free kick, then he is having a great game. Hopeless

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Pickering ffs .. set piece too..   so far 15 minutes in I feel JDT has the line up wrong .. vale very poor 

He doesn't have any other options, that's the problem - one he keeps highlighting.

[davulsukur]

First proper test of the JDT era. 

1 down, doesn't seem to be going to plan, away from home.

Under Mogga this was pretty much a done deal. 

Let's see how JDT reacts.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

2 minutes ago, J*B said:

The obsession with Lenihan and Boro is very odd.

Rovers down 1-0 at Reading. Brereton lost his man defending the corner. Don't look at the races so far, Dolan and Vale non existent. 

Not really. Calling it an "obsession" is odd. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Fraserkirky said:

If Vale’s job is too lose the ball everytime and then concede a cheap free kick, then he is having a great game. Hopeless

It will still be Gally's fault. 

[JohnD]

All at sea, overwhelmed in midfield and nothing up front

Reading looking top of the league

[mustard]

Can someone tell me what Vale offers?  He wins no 50-50s, can’t hold the ball up, not particularly quick, not got much by way of movement.  He really has a lot to prove for me at the moment. 

[1864roverite]

It wasn’t Pickering it was BBD losing his man! Rovers look tired and lethargic as I predicted!

[booth]

Rovers are playing crap. Maybe a few thought they'd walk this one.