Reading have recently developed the habit of leaving it late in the game to snatch a draw. Last night they can count themselves unlucky they didn't pull it off again with only a couple of minutes left on the clock. Meite beat the 'keeper with a powerful header only to see the ball come back of the post, the ball running to Aluko who had his shot blocked by a defender, the ball came back to Gunter, who saw his well-placed curling attempt headed off the line with the 'keeper beaten again. At that point it was clearly not going to be Reading's night.
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Mid Table Beckons After Home League Defeat
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WI windermereROYAL 28 Jan 2020 · 10:35pm
Well that was bloody frustrating to say the least, seriously what`s the point in resting the entire first team in the cup when most of them hardly lifted a leg for the first half hour? Thought we deserved a point just for the last 10 minute bombardment of their goal, where was it for the previous 80 minutes? Rafael 6 didn`t do too much wrong, but some of the short passing out is scarey. Gunter. 6 actually one of our better players in a lack lustre first half. Morrison. 6 did ok, Moore. 6 ditto. Blackett. 5 cross the bloody thing. Obita 6 constant threat down the left, especially in the last 10, when he was swinging in dangerous…
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SA sandman 28 Jan 2020 · 10:40pm
Poor display, only turned up in the last 10 minutes. Swift back to his form from the last two seasons, unfortunately. One good shot but twice he had the chance to do something with the ball on the break away and did nothing, allowing them to counter us. Awful corners from him and Obita as well. Ovie should have buried his chance just before they scored and that changed the game. He is out of sorts at the moment. We badly need a Joao replacement. Puscas was atrocious and Baldock was the best Brizzle defender at the end, brilliant tackle on Meite as Yaks was bearing down on goal. Aluko should be sent on loan to China again,…
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TR Torbay Royal 28 Jan 2020 · 10:41pm
Ejaria - decent first half then AWOL in the second. Swift - poor, caught in possession too often or misplaced passes Puscas - static and contributed nothing......replaced by Baldock (yay) who proceeded to contribute nothing either Nobody else stood out for me, good or bad. The goal?...........shambolic defending and lack of tracking back by Blackett. Crowd...........low, very low. At least dreams of the playoffs can be put back in the drawer now.
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BL Blue Label 28 Jan 2020 · 10:57pm
That was so poor, particularly second half. How are City in the play offs. Bang average
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PA paddy20 28 Jan 2020 · 11:00pm
I put tonights defeat down to Bowen. Puscas on his own up front when we are at home. It was a very defensive and negative formation. If we don't believe we can beat teams like City when we are at home then we deserve to be where we are. Another defeat at Cardiff and we could be back in the relegation pack. When we decided (too late) too put bodies up front we looked like scoring. Bowen we should at least give it a go from the off!
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RC Royality creeps In 28 Jan 2020 · 11:10pm
Very disappointing against a side there for the taking. The side we played against Cardiff would put on a better display than that lot! Puscas needs dropping. Bloody terrible. Swift and Ejaria, for what ever reason didn’t turn up. Moore, Olise, Pele and latterly Meite did Ok. The rest were pretty crap! At least we might put a better team out next Tuesday as this season is just about a write off :|
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AN andrew1957 28 Jan 2020 · 11:16pm
I thought it was an enjoyable well contested game between two good Championship teams who pretty much cancelled each other out. The difference was they took their only chance whereas Ejaria fluffed our best one. At this level teams huff and puff but don’t generally have enough quality. Obviously we desperately miss Jaoa up front but I equally see Bowen’s dilemma. If we are going to play a holding midfielder in Pele - who I thought was good - then you cannot play two up front or you risk getting overrun in midfield. Equally Puscas cannot play effectively up front on his own. Might be time for plan B or C whichever it is. We are 10…
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RJ Royal_jimmy 28 Jan 2020 · 11:40pm
That was one of the worst home performances of the season and definitely the worst under Mark Bowen. We were casual, soft, lacking energy and lost to a pretty dreadful side and I'm really frustrated and angry. We didn't really go for it until it was too late and even then we got what we deserved. Ratings Rafael - 5. No fault for goal but poor decision making with kicking Gunter - 6 solid Moore - 5 average Morrison - 6 played ok Blackett - 3 poor tonight Obita - 5 good crosses but didn't protect Richards enough Pele - 5 average at best Ejaria - 4 frustrating and out of form Swift - 2 was absolutely dreadful and rightfully subbed…