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

[ItsRoverZ]

Ayala off the line! ..wake the fuck up Rovers! Wtf is this 

[Adam C]

😅Pickering 

[booth]

Another one cleared off the line.

[duckson]

Pickering off line now. 

[imy9]

Everything is slow and lethargic and those pointless passes in the left corner on our side

[BigBar]

This is a massacre...Jesus, all over the shop!

[bluebruce]

Second time we have cleared off the line. Making an under strength Reading look like a top Championship side. I expected a banana skin but this is really wank.

[Dan]

Off the line by Pickering. Philips not quite Franz Beckenbauer yet. 

[Tugay-is-God]

A week of set piece defending training is due from this performance, if nothing else so far

[Tom]

Great positioning from HP there to be fair 

Properly on the ropes here 

Edited August 17, 2022 by Tom

[Armchair supporter supremo]

3 minutes ago, Tugay-is-God said:

At 6s and 7s here. 

Getting pressed off the park by a Paul Ince team. 

Ince is clearly out to prove a point tonight

 

(this rate he'll be leaving with 3 though 🙈sorry) 

Edited August 17, 2022 by Armchair supporter supremo

[booth]

This is really poor from Rovers. Passing it out of defence and continuously losing it.

The deficiencies in the team are for all to see tonight.

[Tugay-is-God]

Just need to scrape through to half time at only 1-0 at this point. 

[Mercer]

If you are a Reading fan, you think 'we need to score again'.  We can't be worse in second half.

[Dan]

No one can receive a fucking pass. The entire midfield is absolutely dogshit tonight. 

[Fraserkirky]

Have we been at the pub all afternoon?

[BigBar]

Team selection looks questionable

[booth]

Smodics so poor losing the ball then.

Wtf has happened to the team, they all look stoned.

[J*B]

34 minutes in here and here’s my review so far…

Kaminski, Brittain, Ayala and Phillips good. Phillips battling with Long and competing - impressive. 

Pickering a weak link at left back. 

Travis and Buckley trying but losing the midfield battle. 

Brereton struggling to make his usual impact. 

Sammie, Dolan and Vale all non existent. Not helping Brereton and their lack of threat is meaning Reading can push forward. 

and finally… this game stinks of a Bradley Dack double. If he’s not on the pitch after half time I’ll be damned. 

[BankEnd Rover]

Wow…This is the worst I’ve seen us play in a very very very long time.

[imy9]

Best five mins we have seen from Reading in the last few seasons- commentators 

[booth]

Just now, BigBar said:

Team selection looks questionable

Very naive of JDT but part of the problem is the squad.

[OldEwoodBlue]

Every time we win the ball, why are we rushing a fancy pass which isn't on and giving it straight back ?

Put a foot on the ball and calm it down for 5 mins FFS.

[ItsRoverZ]

Mowbray got stick for how poor we looked at times..but this is the worst half I've seem from a rovers side in a while..its like we haven't even trained this week

[BigBar]

Vale and Dolan..Hedges and Gally been superb this season so far.