Scunthorpe - back from the lame

[Rax]

For o*fords sake - Rodgers has to go and now - whatever the cost.

Otherwise we will be entertaining the footballing might of Dagenham & Redbridge.

Fair play to Dellor - he is just as upset as any Reading fan, just Royalee is so blinkered he can't see this shower of s*** are going down.

[rhroyal]

So many people are asking to judge performances. Performances don't keep you up. We have to turn them into wins for Rodgers to have my support. We've dropped far too many points from "good performances" for my liking. Forest, Doncaster, Watford, Cardiff, Leicester and now Scunthorpe, if the words of Rodgers and some fans on here are to be believed. We haven't got enough points right now. If we go down, people won't be holding onto "good performances"

[Barry the bird boggler]

Another game, another awful result.

Scunthorpe were appalling yet we still couldn't beat them thanks to our standard CRAP defending (in fact we could have lost had Forte been half decent).

For once we seemed to create a fair amount but I think that just goes to prove how dreadful Scunthorpe are. However despite what we created the usual dreadful finishing, last dictch clearances and yet more kicks in the teeth from lady luck made sure we could do no more than wait for them to equalise.

But don't worry everyone next week Shane Long is back from suspension.....

[RoyalBlue]

Can't be bothered to read 9 pages of nonsense, but we should have been home and dry miles before they equalised.

Totally dominated the game; if you want to blame someone for us not winning then blame Gylfi, he missed a double hattrick of chances.

Absolutely spot on. And that is why we have to invest - and that means spending some decent money Madejski and not just flogging what few saleable players we have left- in a quality and proven striker.

Two crossbar strikes and a couple cleared off of the line sums up our luck at the moment.

No they don't. They sum up our absolutely shyte finishing. In all cases it should have been easier to hit the back of the net than the bar or defender. Gylfi's opportunity where he messed around taking an extra touch before hitting his shot upwards towards the keeper's hands said it all. Hit first time low to the ground and the keeper could have done nothing.

[Wycombe Royal]

Thing is had we been away from home we would have comfortably won that match. At home they seem too nervous in front of goal and snatch at the efforts.

Only 4 teams have scored more goals away from home than us in the Championship - Newcastle, West Brom, Cardiff and Middlesbrough.

[Platypuss]

Thing is had we been away from home we would have comfortably won that match. At home they seem too nervous in front of goal and snatch at the efforts.

Only 4 teams have scored more goals away from home than us in the Championship - Newcastle, West Brom, Cardiff and Middlesbrough.

It is indeed a shame then that half of the season's games are at home as no-one has scored fewer at home than us.

[rotherwick_royal]

I took my wife to this game, she's not been to many. She said two things - the team are so slow doing anything most of the time that the opposition could defend against them easily, and that even at 1-0 up at home to a rubbish team they didn't believe they were going to win it. Got the makings of a football pundit if you ask me.

I never want to see Ivar and Pearce as the central defensive pairing again. Both ponderously slow with the turning circle of a bus. Any team could just run at us and get something.

Thought Cummings did ok - give the lad a chance.

Kebe is always either great or crap, unfortunately we got the latter.

Seen a few people slagging off Cisse but if he wasn't there the central defence would have been even more exposed.

Tabb's already my candidate for Player of the Season (have to say there's not much competition!) - does everything that's asked of him.

I'm feeling very negative at the moment - I reckon we'll be playing Scunny again next season - in League 1.

[SteveRoyal]

Mills needs to be back in CD.
We desperately need Church and Long back to make those on-the-shoulder runs.
It's not all doom and gloom, we're creating the chances to win matches by 5 or 6 goals, but we lack the frontmen to score them.
Hopefully January will sort that out.

[Handsome Man]

Hit the bar twice, forced three great saves out of their goalie, had a penalty not given because the ref played advantage, created loads more chances, played a good mixture of patient passing football, and safer long balls when put under a bit of pressure, McAnuff was brilliant, Kebe livened things up as sub, even Federici made a good save when a striker was through.

Boo the result, and criticise the team for a lack of ruthlessness, but things are ok at the moment. That was entertaining exciting football at times and deserved a win.

[Schards#2]

You can point to all the chances we created but at the end of the day, it was at home to Scunthorpe (arguably the worst team to visit the madstad in the league for 7-8 years) and we didn't win. As has been said by many, the equaliser became increasingly inevitable as they latterly had a prod at our soft underbelly.

The anger at tossing away two points we can ill afford to toss away was at least matched by the anger of listening to our utter cretin of a manager being interviewed. Is losing 4-2 to a side with some quality players better than drawing 1-1 to a side with none? It's arguable but having one opinion as opposed to the other, under no circumstances, means you are not a supporter. If Rodgers thinks Dellor is talking rubbish, he's entitled to tell him so. What he's not entitled to do is state that he's not a supporter and then churlishly not answer any subsequent questions. He came across as a total cock who can't cope with the pressure, and he really should apologise.

Six very gettable points available this week and we came away with one. Once again Rodgers is playing his difficult hand terribly and IMHO will lead us into Division One if he's given the opportunity. He's already pissed the majority of the budget up the wall on players he doesn't play, does he deserve the opportunity to repeat the failings in January with whatever meagre scraps are made available. I can't see a case for it.

[Schards#2]

Mills needs to be back in CD.
We desperately need Church and Long back to make those on-the-shoulder runs.
It's not all doom and gloom, we're creating the chances to win matches by 5 or 6 goals, but we lack the frontmen to score them.
Hopefully January will sort that out.

If there's one thing we don't need, it's having Long back.

This year was his big opportunity, with Doyle and Lita gone this was his time to step up to the plate. He's scored 0 so far, looks fat, and petulantly got himself banned for 3 games just when we were short on strikers.

He's not up to it, never has beeen, never will be, get him off the wage bill.

[Handsome Man]

You can point to all the chances we created but at the end of the day, it was at home to Scunthorpe (arguably the worst team to visit the madstad in the league for 7-8 years) and we didn't win. As has been said by many, the equaliser became increasingly inevitable as they latterly had a prod at our soft underbelly.

The anger at tossing away two points we can ill afford to toss away was at least matched by the anger of listening to our utter cretin of a manager being interviewed. Is losing 4-2 to a side with some quality players better than drawing 1-1 to a side with none? It's arguable but having one opinion as opposed to the other, under no circumstances, means you are not a supporter. If Rodgers thinks Dellor is talking rubbish, he's entitled to tell him so. What he's not entitled to do is state that he's not a supporter and then churlishly not answer any subsequent questions. He came across as a total cock who can't cope with the pressure, and he really should apologise.

Six very gettable points available this week and we came away with one. Once again Rodgers is playing his difficult hand terribly and IMHO will lead us into Division One if he's given the opportunity. He's already pissed the majority of the budget up the wall on players he doesn't play, does he deserve the opportunity to repeat the failings in January with whatever meagre scraps are made available. I can't see a case for it.

Compare this performance to earlier in the year. The current team created more chances for Siggurdson in one game than Doyle would get in a a month. Is there not even the slightest feeling inside you that things are moving in the right direction? Would a sugar Daddy pumping £20 million into the club really have been better than this?

I love the location! I can only remember one other person who called themself the voice of reason.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Kebe is always either great or crap, unfortunately we got the latter.

FFS some of you are blinkered

[winchester_royal]

Kebe is always either great or crap, unfortunately we got the latter.

FFS some of you are blinkered

Quite, he offered a cracking outlet towards the end of the game, and on a different day Sig would have buried the opportunity that Jimmy set up.

[Schards#2]

You can point to all the chances we created but at the end of the day, it was at home to Scunthorpe (arguably the worst team to visit the madstad in the league for 7-8 years) and we didn't win. As has been said by many, the equaliser became increasingly inevitable as they latterly had a prod at our soft underbelly.

The anger at tossing away two points we can ill afford to toss away was at least matched by the anger of listening to our utter cretin of a manager being interviewed. Is losing 4-2 to a side with some quality players better than drawing 1-1 to a side with none? It's arguable but having one opinion as opposed to the other, under no circumstances, means you are not a supporter. If Rodgers thinks Dellor is talking rubbish, he's entitled to tell him so. What he's not entitled to do is state that he's not a supporter and then churlishly not answer any subsequent questions. He came across as a total cock who can't cope with the pressure, and he really should apologise.

Six very gettable points available this week and we came away with one. Once again Rodgers is playing his difficult hand terribly and IMHO will lead us into Division One if he's given the opportunity. He's already pissed the majority of the budget up the wall on players he doesn't play, does he deserve the opportunity to repeat the failings in January with whatever meagre scraps are made available. I can't see a case for it.

Compare this performance to earlier in the year. The current team created more chances for Siggurdson in one game than Doyle would get in a a month. Is there not even the slightest feeling inside you that things are moving in the right direction? Would a sugar Daddy pumping £20 million into the club really have been better than this?

I love the location! I can only remember one other person who called themself the voice of reason.

It was at home to the worst visiting side i've seen in nigh on a decade, we should be creatin hatfuls of chances and we should be winning, comfortably - we didn't.

In the last two games we've been hammered at home by an average Palace side with one quality player and drawn at home to a side that wouldn't look out of place in Div 2, we've dropped to 21st place and the manager has made himself look a complete tool on local radio. You'll have to forgive me if I don't see that as moving in the right direction.

[Maguire]

Kebe is always either great or crap, unfortunately we got the latter.

FFS some of you are blinkered

Quite. Ridiculous to slate Kebe.

[sandman]

If it comes to the end of the season and all we've got to show is some good performances then we are in serious trouble.I'd would rather see a season of one-nil wins if it meant winning. The team is at the stage where they need to start winning games otherwise despite what the likes of Royalee and others say we will be relegated.

Personally I hadn't completely given up on Rodgers but after his shambolic interview yesterday I've had enough of him. Even if he didn't agree with Dellor he should have said so off the air not on it.Allowing it to be broadcast to an audience portrays him as classless and more importantly as someone who is cracking under the pressure. Even Pardew who had a prickly demeanor with journalists wouldn't have done and said what Rodgers did yesterday on a live broadcast.

[rob the royal]

Kebe is always either great or crap, unfortunately we got the latter.

FFS some of you are blinkered

Quite, he offered a cracking outlet towards the end of the game, and on a different day Sig would have buried the opportunity that Jimmy set up.

He's inconsistent, but sometimes he can be pretty good and get past people and put balls in the box. I can understand people complaining if he starts because sometimes he is poor, but you can't complain with him being a decent option off the bench surely...

[1871 Royal]

I have no problem with Kebe coming off the bench as his pace can be hard to handle but IMO he shouldn't be starting and keeping people like HRK out of the team. Not good enough to start.