Well, I thought this was a good game and a very fair result. Unrecognisable to the bollox served up on boxing day against Wimbledon. Ipswich were by far the better team in the first half, but we thoroughly deserved our point for effort and work rate alone during the game and a good second half performance. Yes it was disappointing not to hold on to the one nil lead but not many could really complain at the final score, though once again pathetic schoolboy defending at a corner let them equalise. Ipswich passed the ball very well and my mate Bob who was at the Ipswich game at their place on the first game of the season said it was the total opposite to that day, where then we played them off the park. Shame how things have turned out (oh what joy to see Partridge making a right pigs ear of his time at West Ham with another stunning home defeat) but it does look like it will be Ipswich who will challenge for honours at the season end and not us, two points out of the last fifteen simply isn't good enough. They totally bossed the midfield today and that has to addressed by the oh so laid back Coppell. I though Ohwoosoo did ok while the Goat continued to run about like a Nanny goat and wont be bothering the laundry lady with his kit! Thought Murty had a good game and Shorey showed a bit of the promise we all know he has, Hughes continues to dumfound, why do they pick him? Now then, young Morgan! I'll be very careful with my words, but the glimpses of skill and touches he did show in his brief appearance look very exciting and does look a very bright prospect if he develops .Let's all hope he does. So a good day all in with reserved encouragement for the coming weeks, just wish Coppell would show a bit of emotion! URRZZ
Nick Newbury

Outpassed in midfield, missing two of our best players, we still managed to create more than a fluid Ipswich side. They kept the ball much better than we did but were one paced and didn't really threaten. Our goal was terrific, the old charge from an Ipswich free kick, a superb ball from Marcus to Murray, a good cross and a perfect header. The only disappointing thing was that the quality of their goal was poor and looked a bit of a mess from our viewpoint. There were many positives today. We were certainly more solid as a unit. Murray is coming back into form and Murty was outstanding. Kitson got onto the pitch but did not really look sharp enough yet. Morgan showed he has skill in abundance, but will need to produce the goods when it matters. From having one striker, we could even take two off today and bring on another two. If we really want to get into the playoffs though, we need to start winning again and soon.
Ken C

From my view in the East, Coppell was pretty animated in the second half, and you could see he knew how important it was we didnt concede a second, which would have been pretty devastating. However that's not really his style, and I dont care if he stays as still as a statue for 90 minutes, as long as we start getting results! To be honest, I thought Ipswich played much the better football, but we managed to threaten their goal more with our mixture of puff, pace and punt. The Goat showed some nice touches, Lloyd Owusu was a handful and scored a beautiful header, great to see a striker actually getting in position for a cross and finishing it, not exactly something we are used to! Man of the match had to be Murts who at times seemed to have the pace of Sir Michael Gilkes combined with his usual endevour. He was unlucky to not to win the game for us at the death after being played in well by Morgan. Thought Hughesy played quite well and doesn't deserve to be knocked, Harper needs to start believing in himself more and go looking for the ball because he has so much ability. More of the same please Murray... Good use of substitutes by Steve: changing the front two, the hunger of Morgan and Kitson meant they closed down well and although Lloyd Owusu and the Goat had done well, this was important as it took the pressure off the rest of the team - a defeat would have been a big blow. Well done lads, lets build on this and get back to the standard we know can play at! A victory at the City Ground on saturday would be hugely welcome as I am spending the weekend in Nottingham with my Forest ('down with the Derby') supporting mate! OWUUUUSU!!
Rob

Positives & negatives in equal measure from this. A vast improvement again in terms of effort shown by the players, but still far too many stray passes compared to Ipswich who looked far more assured in possession. Reading scored a very high quality goal, but yet again conceded a very sloppy one at the other end. Goater & Owusu looked capable of forming a fairly decent understanding & of working together, but for long periods the midfield failed to play to their strengths & create the balls/chances such players thrive on (Goater & Owusu have shown in the last 2 games what they can do on the rare occasions they have real quality balls into the box). The main reason I reckon Forster shines out as 'the main man' in terms of Reading's strikers is his ability to create his own chances when the service is poor, as it so often is from the midfield. And in fact, the midfield is still for me the weak link, as it has been ever since we came up into this division. What it still lacks is someone to pull the strings & provide direction & organisation. Watson can do this when playing well, but there seems to be no other who has those qualities. We need to create more for the likes of Goater, Owusu, & Kitson (when fit) or we will be truly relying on Forster to remain on a perpetual hot streak of goal scoring until he expires or goes elsewhere. And this means Div 1 footy next season & beyond.
Caversham Royal.