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I understand the injuries but Des has been here nearly 3 months and I have no idea what our game plan is. We no longer keep the ball, we consistently have less than 50% possession against everybody.I've not read through all of this but one thing that infuriates me is how switched off we are almost constantly. Every single game we get caught out by quick throws and free kicks and very rarely take advantage ourselves. It's another case of us looking disorganised.
We've got players missing who would have made a difference but taking Burey off was an error, the only outlet we have with any pace. Once again the press was really poor, Harris and Rodrigues have a pop closing four players down between them, get played round and no one else has gone too so there's acres of space. If the whole team aren't going to do it then don't bother until your opponents get further forwards or there's a particular player you want to target. It doesn't look like it's worked on at all.
Rodrigues poor again today, often either slows it down or picks the wrong pass. We managed to turn the ball over a few times high up the pitch, mostly through their incompetence, and often it broke down with Ruben. Had a chance to shoot first half but delayed and played it to Burey who was offside, picked the wrong ball when we had a break second half that fortunately made it to Goodrham, played a fairly simple ball into touch and put Dale in the corner when we had space and that's just off the top of my head. The less said about Negru at right back the better, although to be fair I don't know what other options we had bar maybe Dale but that's a hell of an ask.
All very concerning. I've said before that Des has been stitched up in terms of his backroom staff and we've got loads of injuries but I still don't see any plan in possession and we're so soft out of it.
It is hard, as a defender, when you are one on one like that with a much quicker attacking player. He tried to slow him down and knew if he allowed him to go inside he would have had a pretty easy shot. The gap was to big to start with so diving in would have allowed him to skip pass easily. In my opinion showing him the outside was the best he could do.Looking at that, what on earth was Moore doing for their goal? He just runs as fast back towards his own goal as he can, without actually putting in any sort of challenge or actually blocking off the route to goal. I know Brown puts it in eventually and Negru lost the ball up the pitch, but that goal is mainly Moore's responsibility IMO.
He was excellent against Pompey. I do think he will be a no 10 type player eventually. I think he has been pretty good lately.Unbelievable, what on earth are you on ?
Apart from two excellent runs , tricky play in the box first half and possible two pens the second.
Yep so many other players doing loooaaads more.
Embarrassed for you.
Yes, he got a goal and obviously that is a contribution but there are players out there who score too and who then donβt go missing for the next 90 odd minutes. What does he do ? What did he do today ? Bar the goal, what did he do on Tuesday ? He canβt beat a man on the outside, heβs not that strong and is easily eased off the ball. Heβs a passenger for very large parts of most games.
We do generally defend well, but we just make one or two huge errors every game. All that good work is simply wasted because points are dropped. I totally accept the rest of the team is not functioning properly either.Everyoneβs blaming are defence again when reading literally had one shot on goal all game I thought are defence defended well you have to be scoring more than 1 goal at home to reading
Everyoneβs blaming are defence again when reading literally had one shot on goal all game I thought are defence defended well you have to be scoring more than 1 goal at home to reading
Yes, of course Des.Agree he - like the rest of the team were better on Tuesday
. I imagine that Portsmouth game took a lot out of the team and playing early on a Saturday itβs a little bit less time to recover as well. (Donβt think Reading played midweek, did they? )
I think the team is coming together Burey looks extremely good- Greg Leigh back makes us stronger. One stupid llgoal given away and we shouldβve scored another.
Worth looking at the reasons why that didnβt happen in the actual incidents we created.
flares still fashionable with Caversham teenagers? Didnt realise that it was an arrestable offenceBoy, 15, among four arrested after disorder following football match
We have arrested four people following the Oxford United Football Club versus Reading Football Club game.www.oxfordmail.co.uk
All from Berkshire
Someone that achieves playoffs twice in his 5 year tenure as well as breaking records and generating some serious transfer fees through players development is a decent manager. I'm not a fan of KR but there is no doubt he has some strong credentials and many issues such as contracts and failure to replace players was on the board and recruitment. If he was in the dugout today for us, we would've absolutely annihilated this Reading team even with our current crop of players. Sure his final year was terrible on and off the field and it was time to go but managers like him are technically night and day ahead of the likes of Buckingham and others at this level right now.No KR is not an excellent manager.
A good manager treats his staff well and KR had favourites and left others out in the cold.
I have lost count of the players he signed on or gave longer contracts to that were injured or past their best.
He listened to what agents said rather than going after players the club wanted. If you donβt believe that ask yourself why Thomas left and went to Derby.
He didnβt replace our only defensive midfielder for two years and constantly played midfield players out of position.
He was a bully
His after match comments were an absolute joke
Luckily for him we did have a few players around who could play a bit
I could go on but he definitely was NOT a good manager
Someone that achieves playoffs twice in his 5 year tenure as well as breaking records and generating some serious transfer fees through players development is a decent manager. I'm not a fan of KR but there is no doubt he has some strong credentials and many issues such as contracts and failure to replace players was on the board and recruitment. If he was in the dugout today for us, we would've absolutely annihilated this Reading team even with our current crop of players. Sure his final year was terrible on and off the field and it was time to go but managers like him are technically night and day ahead of the likes of Buckingham and others at this level right now.
Someone that achieves playoffs twice in his 5 year tenure as well as breaking records and generating some serious transfer fees through players development is a decent manager. I'm not a fan of KR but there is no doubt he has some strong credentials and many issues such as contracts and failure to replace players was on the board and recruitment. If he was in the dugout today for us, we would've absolutely annihilated this Reading team even with our current crop of players. Sure his final year was terrible on and off the field and it was time to go but managers like him are technically night and day ahead of the likes of Buckingham and others at this level right now.
Up till last season Robinson made us a pretty good team, and before his mid life crisis I expect he'd have won that game today. But we've got to move on! I'm glad he beat crappy Wrexham today anyway.Rose tinted view imo.
Given how he was losing the plot at the end, we would more than likely have lost.
agreeAs much as I am coming to accept that the season is slipping away, itβs not over till itβs over.
But as this does now look like yet another season of rebuilding, Iβll continue to root for Des and allow him the time he deserves to work this out so that hopefully weβll come back stronger.
Itβs the hope that kills you, but that guy Shaun calling for his head on RO but yet offered no comeback when asked to give specifics was just embarrassing.
Des has only just come into the building and heβs clearly on a steep learning curve, but he now deserves time, our support, and our understanding of exactly what he is facing just now. Not only has he uprooted his whole life back to the U.K. but he also has much less of a support network than perhaps he was promised.
I am as frustrated as the next man, but for now Des is one of us and he gets my backing. Anyone already calling for his sacking are, imo, just being ridiculous.