That draw should not mask a terrible performance. If Barnsley had anything about them,they would have strolled that.Three games in a row and we have been collectively terrible. IMHO Rafael 5 No chance with the goal,but his kicking was very poor. Gunter 5 Back to normal service after Leeds.He barely looks a Div 1 player. Obita 5 An absolute shadow of his best days,they simply strolled past him. Miazga 4 Looked so awkward.How did he ever get to Chelsea. Morrison 2 Horrible error .Whats wrong with him ? Moore 5 Started badly but TBF got better. Rino 5 Looked a non league player,zero poise on the ball. Adam 8 A shining light in a sea… More →
Rafael made some decent saves, but as you say, a couple of poor kicks Moore was OK, but looked a bit shaky at times. Miazga was fine. Morrison made a couple of decent blocks but gave away a ridiculous goal. Gunter and Obita, both predictably ineffectual offensively but didn't do too much wrong defensively Rino had an absolute shocker, looks leggy and needs a game or two off. Ejaria showed why Swift is the better player, no end product time and time again. Adam was a lot better than I thought he would be, but his shot at the end on the counter was ridiculous Wasn't happening for Joao until he seemed to drift over to the left in the… More →
Agreed. Five at the back is too restrictive. I really want us to play authentic wingers as well.
Awful performance. Ejaria needs to help us earn the right to play our football. First do the dirty stuff. Close down, press the opponent. Win us the ball. Then play your silky football. And make sure you release the ball earlier. Use your twinkle toes when it's necessary. But, please first of all seek to supply the strikers or wide players.
I also agree about the not needing five at the back. It's time to rest Morrison in my opinion. He made numerous mistakes against the Brummies as well as scoring for them. And tonight he made a terrible mistake which caused their goal. We need an extra body in midfield. We are not dominant enough and we lack width.
Works with decent wingbacks. Sheffield United play it with two high flying wingback (both on the scoresheet on Sunday against Norwich) Ours simply aren't. You can play Yiadom/Gunter/Obita/Richards or whoever you want there. More or less, you'll get the same outcome. Gunter is afraid to go forward, a non entity in that aspect. Obita can cross the ball in, but never has the chance to because he refuses to take a man on. Richards and Yiadom cut inside too much. And there's your problem. As soon as Meite came on RW, Adam picked up the ball in midfield, switched the play to him, and we were getting crosses in the box. It isn't rocket… More →
Certainly not a great performance but there were positives Barnsley looked reasonably good going forward and had a lot of energy. Don’t think they are a terrible side. An away point is always handy We looked sharp up front I thought. Puscas held the ball much better, Joao a handful, Meite a bit better and Baldock showed what we’ve been missing. 6 goals for those 4 in the last 3 games. The midfield didn’t work at all. Adam did well but offers little defensively and Rino and Ejaria stunk the place out. Pele back for Stoke please if not Swift Nice to see Rafael make some good saves. Bowen’s subs worked quite well again Obvs a fair bit… More →
The third terrible performance on the bounce, totally have had enough of this 5-3-2 formation. Its clearly not working with these players, so time to change. Pretty sure Bowen wanted us to play fast attacking direct football!! that"s clearly not happening and for some reason the players have lost confidence and the basic ability to pass to each other. Its either back to basics with the good old 4-4-2 and wide fast wing play or maybe 4-3-3 or the popular 4-2-3-1. I personally would prefer the 4-3-3 with something like this: Rafael Yiadom Miazga Moore Obita Rhinomota Pele Ejaria Baldock Puscas Boye
If I was a Reading player I'd be asking for a transfer, the team is a mess and my career would be going nowhere. Absolute shit-show. What is our gameplan?! Fucking hell.
Glad I’ve had the hour journey home to digest the performance Instead of putting an emotional post straight after the game; some ridiculous comments both on here and on Twitter! Firstly, no getting away from the fact it was a very poor 1st half and a better team would have been at least 2 up against us. Only Adam & Puscas (when not pushing opponents over) came out of it with any credit. The back 5 were woeful, most notably the wing backs who looked well off the pace. In the few games I’ve seen, I’m not so sure Obita is vastly better than Richards. Gunter was very negative & on a different wavelength to Miazga. 2nd half was an… More →
Just got in. I am frozen and utterly fed up. That was a truly dreadful game of football. Both teams were awful. If Barnsley didn’t need us to gift them a goal, they could have been 2 or 3 up at HT. We were nowhere in the first 45......despite that superb chance for Puscas. We only really came to life when Yaks and Baldock came on. The only positives for me were that Rafael looked solid (not amazing, just solid) and was unlucky with the goal. Adam played well 2nd half, once we discovered that if you give him the ball, he can do stuff with it. Also Ovie did provide some amusing moments of completely humiliating some of the back… More →
Pass to Ejaria, watch him inevitably lose it because he's either got no options or he spends three hours dawdling on the ball? Then maybe score from a set play We were beginning to implement a style under Bowen and it's completely gone. They go long when they can retain it with a short, simple pass, and then they go short under pressure. Obviously Morrison is at fault for the goal, but I can't get my head around why Rafael even passes to Morrison. Stupid pass and the epitome of our recent seasons Hopefully with Baldock and Swift back, we can start to get our style back. Arguably our two most important players, not even just so much… More →
Days since This Championship game took place 2447 days ago in the 2019/2020 season. ID: 1324