Home Run Ended By Sunderland

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• CO CountryRoyal 14 Sep 2022 · 11:27pm

  Not quite sure where that came from but it was horrific. Left after the 3rd because I don’t have enough time or desire in my life to subject myself to that shit. That performance screamed arrogance. It struck me as a team that has won all of their home games without dominating the ball. You cannot hope to consistently win games when you’re seeing 25% of the ball, it’s just nuts. If you want to play like that you’ve got to be sure of your organisation, and determination, then when you win the ball you need to be sharp and quick. We were absolutely none of those things. We set the tone for our sloppy play with our first venture into… More →

• SR Snowflake Royal 14 Sep 2022 · 11:48pm

  Frustrating because Sunderland really weren’t that good. And a decdnt performance from us could have taken 3 points. The whole team were off their game. It was an example of Reading Hyde tonight. Sloppy, half arsed and disjointed. Lumley - 5 probably the best of the lot, no errors but can't shake the feeling he should have done better with at least one of the goals. Yiadom - 5 was ok first half, but fell away second Hoilett - 4 awol for large stretches of the game, ineffective and no end product but occasional moments of promise Holmes - 5 passing was off, and fell apart in the last 10 minutes or so Hutchinson - 4 good burst of… More →

• ZI Zip 14 Sep 2022 · 11:50pm

  First off well played Sunderland. They were bright, quick, creative, hard working, tactically astute and very determined. I applauded their third goal. It was brilliantly executed. As for our lot that was the worst performance I have ever witnessed from a Reading side and I have seen a lot of dire performances including 7-0 and 6-0 defeats. It was laboured and of such poor quality. There were no options to pass to .with everything done at such a slow pace. The ball would then be lumped forward. The passing was abysmal. The lack of basic footballing skills was worrying. Second best in the air. Second best to tackles. Clueless… More →

• MO Mr Optimist 15 Sep 2022 · 7:11am

  Agree with Zip, a lot of credit goes to Sunderland and the effort they put in all game, all over the pitch, the pressing of a passive Reading meant they earned the right to dictate the game. Two great finishes from Roberts, but the second one I am not sure why Hutchinson didn’t take responsibility and go towards Roberts, and let Tom Mc run back towards the penalty spot to cover the middle, especially after seeing how the first goal went in! It’s only 3 points, we need to get back to doing the work all over the pitch again, and maybe we missed Shane’s pressing from the front tonight too, but too many players not at it and this is… More →

• SU Sutekh 15 Sep 2022 · 7:36am

  Paul Ince after match reaction: https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/reading-fc-paul-ince-sunderland-25018674

• ST Stranded 15 Sep 2022 · 7:46am

  A game between a side who seemed to think turning up was enough to win at home and a side working hard to impress a new manager. Shocking performance - getting stuffed by Sheffield, fine they'll do that to a few this year - Rotherham was individual errors but at a team doing very well at home but last night - no, we simply can't have that again else the good start will fall away very, very quickly throughout October. It felt as if missing Saturday hindered the team more than helped - small squad at the mo naturally and they won't have got much of a break in training intensity as would have been preparing for a game until Friday but… More →

• HO Hound 15 Sep 2022 · 7:48am

  All true but I guess, and I’m sure he is, he needs to look at himself and the coaching team as to why we went out so lethargic We shouldn’t need to keep getting our arses kicked to bring us back down to earth every few weeks He’s right in that not one player can take any credit from that. Totally outclassed from start to finish

• MI Millsy 15 Sep 2022 · 7:57am

  I’m trying to think of a worse performance from us ever, but am struggling. There won’t have been many. It was basically like there were 11 school kids out there running around doing random stuff, not interconnected at all. I’m totally baffled.

• NR Norfolk Royal 15 Sep 2022 · 7:59am

  Agree with most of the comments so far. The tone was set early on as we let Sunderland have possession and didn’t press with any conviction. I thought there were two crucial incidents. Firstly when Tince was chopped on a break and the ref allowed advantage to be played. The ball went to Hendricks who passed it into touch. It’s a marginal decision but had the ref blown up and booked the Sunderland player giving us a free kick in a dangerous position, that may just have put us on the front foot. Secondly, the injury to the impressive Sunderland striker leaving them without a recognised striker. We didn’t react quickly enough. We had… More →

• MI Millsy 15 Sep 2022 · 8:03am

  Exactly. You can’t keep playing the “wake up call” card. Why do they keep sleeping?

• HO Hound 15 Sep 2022 · 8:12am

  Anyway. What the hell was that smell there last night? Seemed to be worst in car park 6 but it was so bad you could still smell it strongly in the stadium Is it often like that? I can’t remember it. Just a rancid cherry on top of a shitty cake of an evening

• UR URZZZZ 15 Sep 2022 · 8:19am

  Wigan (H) under Bowen - game last night drew many similarities with that one

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