A last minute equaliser from Mo Barrow gave Reading a well-deserved point against an in form and very strong City side. Having taken the lead just before half time courtesy of Mark McNulty's first goal for Reading, the Royals lost their way in a disastrous spell after the interval. Sloppy defending provided Afobe with the chance to atone for a missing a sitter early in the game by leveling the scores. A spectacular volley from Ince gave the visitors the lead and they looked likely to push on and win the game comfortably. The introduction of Meite, Baldock and Barrow revitalised a flagging Royals attack. They came close to finding the equaliser on a couple of occasions before Meite set up Barrow for fine finish with very little stoppage time remaining. I think most Reading fans would have settled for a point before what looked to be a very difficult fixture.
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Late Barrow Goal Earns Point
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JM John Madejski's Wallet 1 Dec 2018 · 5:41pm
A mixed bag. Swift really can fukk off. Meite was a beast when he came on. Pretty much MotM for me just for those last 15min. Ran the Stoke defenders all over the place and was our only player to physically outmuscle them Pleased for McNulty but he didn't do much else. Rhino looked good in patches, but Yiadom was very good. McCleary....don't get where he was playing first half, was much better playing on the RW in the last 20
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AN Anonymous 1 Dec 2018 · 5:46pm
Swift is awful. OUT! Club1871 is awful. OUT! Clement is awful. OUT! Get rid of those 3 deadwood and we will stay up!!!! UUUUUURRRRRRRZZZZZZZZ
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WI windermereROYAL 1 Dec 2018 · 5:48pm
you missed one..YOURSELF, Piss off.
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AT AthleticoSpizz 1 Dec 2018 · 5:53pm
^ this Basically a decent draw with our second string team versus (for all intents and purposes) a Premier team
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RE Reading4eva 1 Dec 2018 · 5:59pm
Stoke aren't a Premier League team mate, they were appalling last season. If they were they would still be there. However a good result against a decent side at this level with an outstanding keeper. Need to pick up 3 points soon, from where though I'm not sure. Need to be on at least 26 points at Christmas
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AT AthleticoSpizz 1 Dec 2018 · 6:10pm
:roll: (all intents and purposes)
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AN Anonymous 1 Dec 2018 · 6:21pm
Please don't use foul and abusive language. Mods might threaten to ban you.
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ST stealthpapes 1 Dec 2018 · 6:27pm
Operation Nurdle is on.
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SA sandman 1 Dec 2018 · 6:39pm
Well that was a struggle to watch. The same issues as usual after half time. Although we weren't exactly brilliant in the first half either. The referee was an absolute disgrace and seemed to be starstruck by the ex Premier League names on show. I think he's the one that Steve Clarke said shouldn't referee at this level ever again in an assessors report a few years ago, shame nobody listened. Stoke probably the quietest away fans all season. Only made noise after they'd scored and that was just two short airings of Delilah. Afobe dived three times, once audibly shouting ref before his marker had even got near him, nothing from the… More →
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WE Westwood52 1 Dec 2018 · 6:59pm
Bit ironic that Barrow should pull Clement out of the knackers yard-given their apparent disputes this season. Strange selection prompted by more illness and injury-hopefully after Tuesday;Clement was forced to pick Gunts. IMHO: Jakkola 7 : Couple of good saves, didn't do much wrong. For some reason his kicking wasn't quite so bad as usual. Yiadom 5: Personally I thought he had a bit of a stinker-as mentioned before his early season form seems to have deserted him-like so much of the team however there were some good moments. Gunts 3: Better than Tuesday (wouldnt be hard); thought he didnt put in much of a shift. Should have… More →
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MU muirinho 1 Dec 2018 · 7:01pm
Amazing the difference between being pegged back to a draw and getting an equalizer, in terms of mood. We were lucky to get that point though. Jaakkola - 8. Didn't do much wrong, and made some great saves Yiadom - 6 Horrible mixup with Ilori, compoounded by them arguing with each other instead of getting on with the game. Otherwise pretty decent, in both attack and defence, and kept plugging away. Ilori - 3 - Passing dreadful, at fault partially for both goals. He needs a senior player beside him, and obviously Blackett can't do that. Pity such a talented player needs a minder. Blackett - 6. Partially at fault for first goal, but… More →
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LW Lower West 1 Dec 2018 · 7:04pm
This looked very much like the foundations of a future team. Didn't miss Moore at all today.