• SU Sutekh 5 Aug 2023 · 5:50pm

  Excellent first half. Unlucky to concede an utterly freak goal but is just typical of Reading's luck at the moment. 'Boro weren't all that. Still sat here in Coppell's Corner waiting for the team to appear for the second half though :wink: Yiadom was superb, Azeez plenty of work but still naff all end product, E-hib is so damn wasteful though, should have scored twice really! Savage did well, couple of foul ups but did well to try and recover the situation. Very impressed with Cayden Vickers. Issues are that the club just do not create enough clear cut chances and when they do the players get sod all breaks going for them. Lastly I… More →

• SR Snowflake Royal 5 Aug 2023 · 6:29pm

  Enjoyed that. Good first half, weak 2nd, a break and excellent header the difference. If we'd taken a chance would have been different. Bouzanis - didn’t look like he had a chance on the goal, one great save and some iffy distribution. Ok Yiadom - typical Andy, energy, crunch and effort. Good. NGW - weak defensively, some good balls in. What we expect from him on the whole. Decent. Holmes - rarely looked troubled to be honest. Good. McIntyre - same. Came forward a few times. Good. Hutch - didn't notice him a lot first half, but put some crunching challenges in. Decent. Savage - Tidy. Looks like he'll put the work in, but not sure… More →

• PI PieEater 5 Aug 2023 · 7:02pm

  I'm wondering when we are going to get a break. We didn't deserve that result today. We had 3 or 4 good chances and their keeper kept them in it. They had one decent shot that was saved and scored from a half chance. The footballing gods have it in for us - along with the ref - clearly hadn't read the directive of not giving free kicks for players falling over (except our of course).

• WB Winston Biscuit 5 Aug 2023 · 7:03pm

  Keeper & defence - decent. Should be fine for this level. Really liked the look of Mbuenge when he came on, mainly as he wanted to go forward. Might be better as a winger. Midfield - was ok, lacking ideas going forward though. Thought Hutchinson was maybe the best player today. His replacement was way off it. Thought Savage made a number of errors and looked a bit panicked at times. Young player on his debut though, get a few more games in and see how he is when settled down. Reckon he should do just fine. Attack - pretty non existent. Carroll too slow to do anything other than be a target man for headers now, and he wasn't… More →

• LE leon 5 Aug 2023 · 7:05pm

  Started well. We got worse. Second half was poor. We needed someone to gamble in the box. I have no idea what to make of us.

• RJ Royal_jimmy 5 Aug 2023 · 7:08pm

  New season, new league and records broken already. First time we've lost at home to Peterborough at the SCL/Madejski.

• CO CountryRoyal 5 Aug 2023 · 7:12pm

  I quite like rushesha you know.

• RJ Royal_jimmy 5 Aug 2023 · 7:14pm

  I want to see Tom Holmes and McIntyre play more first before deciding if league one is their level. I don't rate either player unfortunately despite their local sentiment. Good effort today, first half we should have been ahead not behind. Second half was very poor. We won't get top 6 unless we recruit very well. Thought a draw was a fair result. Not happy losing to Peterborough at home though, if that happened in the championship there would be a meltdown. As said in another thread today shows what the club means to a lot of fans and that's very little. Dai Yongge was there today and only 200 fans including me actually stayed in… More →

• RJ Royal_jimmy 5 Aug 2023 · 7:15pm

  He looked tidy I must say!

• CR Crowbar6753 5 Aug 2023 · 7:20pm

  Hi Snowflake, I think Selles prefers 4-2-3-1 as a formation, however, with Smith being out injured i don't think we have the forwards to play that position. I would like to see Mbengue given a go in the DM position as he is a good defensive player and has bags of speed and energy and could be a menace breaking forward! I would be inclined to try 4-2-3-1 against Port Vale next weekend. New Keeper Yiadom Holmes Dean NGW Hutchinson Mbengue Wing Savage Knibbs Azeez Dean will give much needed experience to the back four. Hutch and Mbengue is a pretty intimidating DM partnership at this level, and Wing, Savage and Knibbs give us a young,… More →

• SR Snowflake Royal 5 Aug 2023 · 7:30pm

  First priority for me is some continuity. I want to see that XI start the next two games at least, bringing on the subs regularly. Selles may like a different formation, but I don’t think we have the players fit to play it. I want to see Mbengue at CB, where he's looked best and provides our slow central defence some pace. But the Toms have the shirts. Dean should wait his chance now. I want to see midfielders in midfield, playing like midfielders.

• RJ Royal_jimmy 5 Aug 2023 · 7:42pm

  Not Selles' fault but it again smells like we're signing players without consideration to how it fits Selles' style. He deserves better than that

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