by Royalcop » 14 Sep 2024 22:47
by leon » 14 Sep 2024 23:27
fred sharpes nose Second live game this season for me and the Brum match on TV
Can over anaylse but just a bad day for most players all round, Once Orient went ahead fair play to them for busting a gut to hold onto the lead, I thought if we equalised we would go on to win, but crowd didnt do its bit bit to raise the passion.
After the Wigan game I was saying the team is really well drilled and coached all knew what they were doing - today was a shambles
Defence was nervy - justifiable with change of keeper. Inauspicious debtus for CBC and Campell (Azeez would have scored that miss).
Midfield had a great big hole in the middle, attack suffered from high punts and messed up passes through the channels
For me the biggest issue is Wing in that position - most experienced and best chance creator - but playing quarterback he is wasted. Was ok in the Wigan as all the others around him were on fire. Today he had a pretty ineffective contribution. That DM postion should be Craig - make the tackle simple pass forward to the more creative players - Wing and one of Elliot/Savage. Wing should be playing higher up the pitch and controlling the game there, Abrefa is a FB so play him there.
Hopefully Knibbs Smith and Kelvin can sparkle in the box. Early days for Campbell so lets cut him some slack
Subs were fairly pointless on the whole apart from Knibbs
Orient didn't win the game we lost it - ultimately down to CBC howler. Shame for him - if his wordly save had gone in but he made the regulation save for the goal, then maybe less critiscm but then again keepers are there to make a difference.
First 13 is good - have a hunch the non takeover may be impacting morale
Hopefully Selles can learn and work some magic - happy with a top 10 finish
by leon » 15 Sep 2024 00:56
by Sutekh » 15 Sep 2024 07:08
by Harrison Delbridge » 15 Sep 2024 08:43
by windermereROYAL » 15 Sep 2024 08:53
by WestYorksRoyal » 15 Sep 2024 09:07
windermereROYAL I`m not defending CBC, far from it, but when he made that schoolboy error our hands were still warm from applauding the outstanding save he had made barely a minute earlier.
Mistakes by keepers and scrutinised closely while good saves are quickly forgotten.
by Orion1871 » 15 Sep 2024 10:08
by Snowflake Royal » 15 Sep 2024 11:18
by Snowflake Royal » 15 Sep 2024 11:42
by AthleticoSpizz » 15 Sep 2024 12:03
as if it even needs quoting….”it’s the Reading way”Snowflake Royal Anyone else find it amusing that we beat 100% record Charlton and lost to 0% record Orient?
by ILoveMoonPig » 15 Sep 2024 12:40
by Royal_jimmy » 15 Sep 2024 13:00
Snowflake Royal I hate to get on his back, but CBC just seems to be far too casual in what should be non-threatening situations.
He concedes poor goals trying to pass out (Huddersfield, plus pre-season), but his long kicking isn’t good. He pulls off good saves, then spills a routine one into his net yesterday.
These don't seem to be ability issues, the kicking aside, they seem concentration. If there's one position where your concentration has to be flawless, it's goalkeeper.
He may well be a very good keeper one day, though he'll really need to be taller and he seems to have stopped growing. At 21, with youth international experience and approaching 10 professional competitive starts, I'm not seeing it and I don’t feel we can give him a lot more time, and he doesn't look very attractive to go on loan.
On the other hand, we shouldn't be fighting relegation, and we're looking increasingly unlikely to threaten the top 10, so maybe now is the time for a run in the team that can't hurt too much.
by Zammo » 15 Sep 2024 13:14
by Snowflake Royal » 15 Sep 2024 13:34
Zammo We've been playing some lovely football this season so I have no idea what happened yesterday. Never seen so many long balls. Kick-off switcheroo wasn't a great start (do players even care about that stuff?). From the off, Campbell looked uneasy. Can't believe Selles wouldn't have drilled him well tactically beforehand, but he seemed very unsure throughout the first half. Maybe the Orient fullback had his number. It happens. Either way, it wasn't a debut to remember. Everyone just looked off it. It was like they'd all been told before the game that the takeover was off and they'd be no wages next month
by Royal_jimmy » 15 Sep 2024 14:16
Snowflake RoyalZammo We've been playing some lovely football this season so I have no idea what happened yesterday. Never seen so many long balls. Kick-off switcheroo wasn't a great start (do players even care about that stuff?). From the off, Campbell looked uneasy. Can't believe Selles wouldn't have drilled him well tactically beforehand, but he seemed very unsure throughout the first half. Maybe the Orient fullback had his number. It happens. Either way, it wasn't a debut to remember. Everyone just looked off it. It was like they'd all been told before the game that the takeover was off and they'd be no wages next month
Or they assumed all they had to do was turn up because Orient had lost all four league games.
We know this team does quite well when the opposition try to play nice football. And that they struggle against physical, direct sides.
by karbota » 16 Sep 2024 07:36
by Royal_jimmy » 16 Sep 2024 14:02
karbota Good point Royal Jimmy, Reading FC had terrific team spirit fight and tenacity under McDermott and Coppell , lts no coincidence British owners, British management, British coaches, and the majority British players.
by Hendo » 16 Sep 2024 14:53
by SCIAG » 16 Sep 2024 15:36
Royal_jimmy
We had plenty of foreign players under Brian. Gorkss, Kebe, Federici, Harte, Hunt, Afobe, Gunnarsson etc. Not sure that nationality of players comes into it.
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