Enjoyed hearing from Brian at the Fans Forum tonight.
There might be various question marks about various people at the club on and off the pitch but I don't really think he should be one of them - very proud to have him in charge of the club.
Thought we played pretty well considering the context. Probably should have won.
Thought the referee was very poor. His last game at the Madejski was the Leeds game in April 2012, which is probably the worst refereeing performance I can remember at the Madejski.
Sounded like we competed reasonably well against a good Brighton side - had more shots and more possession. Clearly a lot to sort out with the squad. But it's highly unlikely a team in 15th place is going to suddenly go on a 10 match winning run near the end of the season - starting the season afres...
Thought he gave a really good interview with BBC Berks after the game - love this man. Three FA Cup quarter-finals in five years is a great achievement. I hope he's here for several years, There was a bit of surprise when Al HabsiHabsi came back into the team but generally he's been excellent and ou...
Watched the game back again. Thought we competed well and had some more promising opportunities than I remembered. Palace created a fair amount going forwards but Al Habsi was excellent and it looked like we'd get a replay - we could even have nicked it. I really don't think it was a penalty/ red ca...
For the big one we have... Referee: Mike Dean Assistant referees: John Brooks and Jake Colin Fourth Official: Roger East Amongst other matches, Dean took charge of our quarter-final defeat against Aston Villa in 2010. He's had a few poor performances in Reading games but generally I think he's one o...
Can't say I'm too bothered - Friday is the big one this week. We've done better of late and a slightly weakened team has probably made the marginal difference.
Amount of threads that actually come round to my original thoughts at the time etc :lol: :lol: Antonio will go down as Reading's biggest transfer mistake and mis-judgement of ability since I have been supporting Reading from 1979. Majority of that is at McDermott's door however I am pleased he is b...
We so almost managed to fcuk that up. Thought we were decent going forward but our defending was borderline retarded. More sloppy than a post curry beeriod. Whilst acknowledging our calamity defending I thought Charlton looked better than bottom and notions of "it's only Charlton" can be ...
I'm still bemused by his tactics. How can you play one up front at home against Rotherham, especially when we have nothing to play for in the league? Stick with a formation that works, use it to gain some confidence, momentum and familiarity ready for next season, and try and end the season with a ...
So that's now 3 FA Cup Quarter-Finals, 1 Play-off final and 1 League title.
There have been various signs of promise since McDermott came back and yesterday it all came together. Hopefully we can build on it with a potentially decent run of games between now and Easter.
Really enjoyed that one. I thought we played well throughout - we were the better team in the first half but West Brom sat deeper so we only created a couple of chances. Great response to going behind. I thought Cox played pretty well, especially considering how little he's played this season. Dispo...
Presumably if it's Watford Vydra couldn't play? That might leave us lacking in options up front. Presumably if it's Chelsea Hector and Piazoh couldn't play.
I'd be happy with anyone at home, aside from possibly Arsenal. If we're away I'd want West Ham - one last trip to Upton Park would be good.
Yep exactly that JMW. I do wonder if these "fans" actually go to games and then witness what they want to witness to come on here and moan albeit "hoof", "referee" or "move on". The problem is exactly as you describe. Decent footballers in this team but it's ...
Think we got 6 points from 10 before Brian took over so 8 points from 8 represents an improvement, even if not as much as we'd have liked. I'm confident we'll improve on this points tally from the next 8 games.
When we get promoted in the next few seasons - before all the knee-jerkers can start calling for his instant dismissal the moment we lose a Premier League match.
We were a minute away from a reasonably decent point. We lost to a pretty decent team. It happens sometimes in football. We've had far worse results this season which have cost us. I'm confident Brian will deliver us success here whether that takes one year, two years, three years, That's what we've...
2004/5: 4/4 2005/6: 5/6 2006/7: 3/3 2007/8: 2/3 2008/9: 5/7 2009/10: 9/12 2010/11: 10/13 2011/12: 2/8 2012/13: 4/4 2013/14: 7/9 2014/15: 4/6 2015/16: 2/4 In the league. Not "Pretty damn awful" bar 2011/12 Glenn Murray, Jason Roberts, Matej Vydra, Orlando Sa, Billy Sharp: All took one leag...
Really weak stuff to play a CM out wide just to fit three CMs on the pitch without changing from your default formation. But glad that when McD realises his mistakes he makes the changes. Sometimes think he suffers amnesia though so I expect Williams on the wing in the next game Who would you have ...