Opposition fans back from the game - 24/25 page 225 onwards

[Armadillo Roadkill]

Nigel Clough simply said the Mansfield performance was error strewn, pathetic and inexcusable.

That should motivate them to improve

[From Despair To Where?]

He's OOC in 6 weeks. Not sure he cares.

Rovers and Burton are 5pts behind. Mansfield are all but safe, which I'd imagine is part of the problem

[Sutekh]

Nigel Clough simply said the Mansfield performance was error strewn, pathetic and inexcusable.

That should motivate them to improve

Chronic write up of Nigel’s list of woes.

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/spor ... ng-fc-win/

Have to agree with him, but then great credit to Reading to force them into those errors and to then capitalise.

Generally Clough is a superb manager and gets teams playing in the right way, has had decent success in his career and would have welcomed him had he ever got the Reading gig.

[RoyalBlue]

During the game, both. Bemoaning the fact they gifted us 5 goals but commenting that we just took every chance handed to us.

Hurts more because Reading didn't have to do anything really, certainly didnt break a sweat did they

To me it felt like we gifted them every goal through errors we made in our defensive third. The scoreline makes it look as though they bossed the game but they created little by themselves

TBF there were some rather more complimentary comments from their fans on Twitter. Praised us for fully capitalising on their mistakes, Praise for Wing's goal and also some praise of Wareham and the way he made their defenders' lives a misery throughout.

[Royals and Racers]

Any gems from the ‘ gas ‘ or are they all moaning about their club !!

[Sutekh]

Any gems from the ‘ gas ‘ or are they all moaning about their club !!

Their forum is quite a depressing place currently. Generally moaning about the state of the club, management, certain players etc. eg.

I could go into a lot of details but...

The substitution of Kofi Shaw was the most ridiculous substitution in my 50 plus years of supporting Rovers. Fing ridiculous. We ended up with Dewsbury and Connor Taylor up-front. Wow!

Post-match Chris Lines and James Wilson basically summed up that the club is rotten to the core.

I was determined to sort out a protest, but our support base is so deflated to make this a realistic proposition. Nothing today.

I think that we are doomed. Ageing and passive fanbase. Clowns at the top.

Not a lot about Reading beyond Pereira being class, keeping RFC in it and that Reading were just clinical and Rovers wasteful. Pretty much the same impression for any that watched the game.

[East Grinstead Royal]

Aging fan base? That’s a new one on me! True dinosaurs, then. Shame, I always found Rovers fans to be more grounded and approachable than the City lot who, even thirty years ago, were obsessed with the notion their club was a sleeping giant that was just a couple of signings away from top flight football.

[Royal_jimmy]

Aging fan base? That’s a new one on me! True dinosaurs, then. Shame, I always found Rovers fans to be more grounded and approachable than the City lot who, even thirty years ago, were obsessed with the notion their club was a sleeping giant that was just a couple of signings away from top flight football.

Rovers fans definitely more decent than the Brizzle Shitty ones. Some of our fans were probably goading a bit too much to get a reaction which would provoke trouble for most fans tbh.

[Mr Angry]

I had no issues from Rover's fans either in the "home fans only" pub I went to with my mate, or in their bar just behind the terrace, or on the terrace during the game.

Genuine football fans, and I will probably go to a couple of their evening games next season.

[Royals and Racers]

Really missing comments recently - any gems from the Cobblers fans about last night- hopefully them saying how cobblers we were

[Orion1871]

Really missing comments recently - any gems from the Cobblers fans about last night- hopefully them saying how cobblers we were

They sound a bit like us in the last eight weeks or so

This is utter garbage.

What’s the actual plan here? Keep punting it long in the hope they make a mistake?

This is getting hard to watch, the long balls keep coming straight back. Simple passes aren’t finding their targets. We really need a shake up.

[Mr Angry]

We should play "Opposition Fan Bingo"; see all your old favorites such as:

"The ref was sh1t"
"Our striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo"
"How lucky was Player X not to get sent off"
"We have no Plan B"
"How does X get a game ahead of Y! He must has some dodgy pics of the manager!!"

And many, many more!!!!!!!!!

[Orion1871]

We should play "Opposition Fan Bingo"; see all your old favorites such as:

"The ref was sh1t"
"Our striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo"
"How lucky was Player X not to get sent off"
"We have no Plan B"
"How does X get a game ahead of Y! He must has some dodgy pics of the manager!!"

And many, many more!!!!!!!!!

They're not wrong there tbf.

[tidus_mi2]

Reading players and fans celebrating like they've just done some sort of giant killing!!

Always funny to me that oppo fans don't know we do this for every win.

[Clyde1998]

Carlisle fans:

Reading were poor - looked like an under 21 side - how many changes did they make?

How refreshing to read the Reading forum and their fans angry that we were far fitter than their team - the fitness factor alone must have been one of the reasons our season has gone as as well as it has so far.

If you listen to the [Chris Conn-Clarke] interview on BBC Sounds pre-Reading he's asked about his fitness and he said he was getting up to speed quicker than he thought because the training is so intense.

It makes a change for us as we've looked one of the least fittest teams pre-Hughes for around 2 or 3 seasons.

[Ascotexgunner]

Carlisle fans:

Reading were poor - looked like an under 21 side - how many changes did they make?

How refreshing to read the Reading forum and their fans angry that we were far fitter than their team - the fitness factor alone must have been one of the reasons our season has gone as as well as it has so far.

If you listen to the [Chris Conn-Clarke] interview on BBC Sounds pre-Reading he's asked about his fitness and he said he was getting up to speed quicker than he thought because the training is so intense.

It makes a change for us as we've looked one of the least fittest teams pre-Hughes for around 2 or 3 seasons.

And they looked a lot fitter than us......which again begs the question what the hell has Hunt been doing with them and why do they seem so undisciplined in their attitude.

[Hound]

Carlisle fans:

Reading were poor - looked like an under 21 side - how many changes did they make?

How refreshing to read the Reading forum and their fans angry that we were far fitter than their team - the fitness factor alone must have been one of the reasons our season has gone as as well as it has so far.

If you listen to the [Chris Conn-Clarke] interview on BBC Sounds pre-Reading he's asked about his fitness and he said he was getting up to speed quicker than he thought because the training is so intense.

It makes a change for us as we've looked one of the least fittest teams pre-Hughes for around 2 or 3 seasons.

And they looked a lot fitter than us......which again begs the question what the hell has Hunt been doing with them and why do they seem so undisciplined in their attitude.

It was a weird game. Up to 90 it was by far our easiest and most comprehensive performance of the season. Then we shat the bed and Carlisle was massively superior in ET. Maybe it was fitness or just mentality

[Snowflake Royal]

Mentality. You're a team in poor form, under a new manager, crusing to victory. Get a little scare in injury time, and then your keeper shits the bed on their near post and you just lose all belief in the face of a massive adrenaline surge to the opposition.

If they'd managed to last 5 minutes without going behind in ET, they might have recovered, but when that happens as well, your stomach falls out your arse and there's nothing in the tank.

[windermereROYAL]

Reading are a has-been club, on the way down. We are on the up even though we lost tonight. Two and a half weeks to get these two, recent, poor results out of our system. Then we go again...not the end of the world. More lessons to be learnt by everyone and we'll come out fighting again. COYB



A team pushing for promotion takes a meagre following on a Thursday night, and they`re on their way up.

Both players fouled him I'm told, so he took the easy get out. And only because all the players surrounded him which I thought wasn't allowed.



I really really really oxf*rd hate Reading



Speaking of pricks. I really dislike Reading FC.



Bless em.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Reading are a has-been club, on the way down. We are on the up even though we lost tonight. Two and a half weeks to get these two, recent, poor results out of our system. Then we go again...not the end of the world. More lessons to be learnt by everyone and we'll come out fighting again. COYB

I remember saying the same about West Ham and us as a cocky teenager about 20 years ago. In hindsight the idea we could sustainably compete with them as a club is bonkers, and so is the idea that Stevenage could with us. 5 - 10 years maybe, but not long term