Doobs

[Royalee]

Lost his man as usual for Charlton's winner today. Well done Doobs.

[leon]

Lost his man as usual for Charlton's winner today. Well done Doobs.

with all due respect, you are a tiresome c*nt

[Ian Royal]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

[winchester_royal]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

There's no flak because he was otherwise superb today.

[Deathy]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

One mistake in an otherwise flawless performance?

[FiNeRaIn]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

The fact that doobs displayed this sort of donkeyness throughout his reading career and it got old really fast, pearce has done one- and feds actually prevented the corner.

[willz_royal]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

No one gave a shit 'cos they were all asleep

[Royalee]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

One stray pass which was cleared anyway when he was otherwise the best player on the park for the second time in a week while Duberry let his man go at least once a game for a chance for the opposition and lost the ball 50% of the time he had it by hoofing it back to the opposition? Get real.

[Ian Royal]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

There's no flak because he was otherwise superb today.

The point being Duberry would have gotten the flak in exactly the same circumstances.
I'm not knocking Pearce, he was my MOTM.

[FiNeRaIn]

Interesting that Pearce has got absolutely no flak for an abysmal pass straight off the pitch for a corner today.

I think had Duberry been playing and made the same mistake there would have beena lynch mob waiting for him.

There's no flak because he was otherwise superb today.

The point being Duberry would have gotten the flak in exactly the same circumstances.
I'm not knocking Pearce, he was my MOTM.

No, because duberry is/was crap. It was laughable how a club with promotion ambitions was playing him in the side...in the end it cost us. I still have a memory of playing bristol city and him marking adebola- the type of striker he should have no problems marking and adebola losing him and heading home for their winner- pathetic.
The point being- duberry would never have put in a MOTM performance after a bad pass like pearce.

[floyd__streete]

I never really shared in the Duberry love that Reading fans had. Ponderous and shit at football, dominant in the air but at least 20% of his headers just went vertically up in the air. For a big lump he never managed to score for us at a set piece either, which just smacks of incompetence in all honesty. For reasons of baiting Cardiff fans, however, he is an utter legend and I wish him well.

[Dirk Gently]

I think a lot of the hatred is overdone and unfair - he just belongs to a different era, really.

These days everyone wants to ball-playing centre-back who is comfortable in possession and do something with the ball - we;;, that ain't Doobs.

He just comes from the time when the job of a centre-back was to get anything in the way and to get rid - no finesse, no niceties - just get rid, into Row Z or beyond if necessary. That's just the way he is, and people's expectation are way too high.

Those who've seen me play will understand the empathy.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Thankfully Martin hicks has long since retired.

[Royal With Cheese]

He's a postman don'tyouknow.

[Focher]

with backs against the wall winning 1-0 with 10 to go Doobs would be the first on the team sheet.

unfortunately that didnt happen much last season and he should have been nowhere near the starting line up.

[Royalee]

with backs against the wall winning 1-0 with 10 to go Doobs would be the first on the team sheet.

unfortunately that didnt happen much last season and he should have been nowhere near the starting line up.

You mean like against Charlton?

[Focher]

with backs against the wall winning 1-0 with 10 to go Doobs would be the first on the team sheet.

unfortunately that didnt happen much last season and he should have been nowhere near the starting line up.

You mean like against Charlton?

Hit me with another

[Thaumagurist*]

I never really shared in the Duberry love that Reading fans had.

Eh???

I always thought he came as a stopgap because Sonko was injured. I never at one point thought he was a long term replacement for Sonko. He went because we didn't need him anymore, but I think he's done a good job and I'm grateful for it. But he most certainly never was our best player at any point.

[papereyes]

For a big lump he never managed to score for us at a set piece either, which just smacks of incompetence in all honesty.

I always liked the way it was a 50:50 call that he'd give away a freekick for wearing one of the opposition defenders like a sombrero.

I never at one point thought he was a long term replacement for Sonko.

He was at the club for 2 and a half years. That's pretty long term in the grand scheme of things.

Had he come in for that first Prem season, covered Sonko's injury in the short term, and then we looked at bringing in, oh, I dunno, someone young like Gary Cahill, then that would have been wonderful.

[Thaumagurist*]

I never at one point thought he was a long term replacement for Sonko.

He was at the club for 2 and a half years. That's pretty long term in the grand scheme of things.

Had he come in for that first Prem season, covered Sonko's injury in the short term, and then we looked at bringing in, oh, I dunno, someone young like Gary Cahill, then that would have been wonderful.

Maybe, but I doubt he was a regular in the side as much as Sonko was.