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Match thread v Reading
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It’s not often I wish a team to go bust. But I’ll make an exception
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Re: Match thread v Reading (The wind)
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Anyone noticed we kicked in to the wind both halves
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Re: Match thread v Reading (The wind)
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We had a little blip this time last season, then we smashed everyone. Let's suck it up for a few weeks and then enjoy the run in
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Re: Match thread v Reading (The wind)
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Easier to do in League Two.
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Re: Match thread v Reading (The wind)
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Sounds like when I go for a run. Doesn't matter what direction, always against the wind!
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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I think we looked tired after Saturday. They were scrappy and physical and we couldn’t cope throughout 90. Unfortunately for us after they went 0-1 up they just set out to frustrate us and catch us on the counter.
Had this been standard Saturday fixture I think we’d have trounced them. The stats don’t lie and we absolutely dogged them. Apart from the Sweeney god-like block, they had f*ck all, which makes it all the more frustrating they walk away with a win from an own goal…
Just a shame that the team put their all into a hard fought win at the weekend to be rewarded with this
Edited by Mocheeba at 22:19:41 on 6th February 2024
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Bouncebackability
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Hopefully we’ll give Port Vale a beating at the weekend.
Losing last night to those clunts was horrible.
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Re: Bouncebackability
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They've just sacked their manager...
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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How we laughed at the irony of them singing about filling up our ground.
I hope they go bust.
As for the game. First 10 minutes poor. Next 30 Pretty good. Last 50 utter gash.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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If that was utter gash, then what was the football served up before we had Evans?
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Utter gash. I’m commenting on 50 minutes of football not the Evans tenure. For me, it was really poor. Conditions were bad, but they were also bad in the first half.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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I thought we did enough to get something. Much more football played tonight than Saturday (which was a season low for me)
TVC isn’t a full back. Reading defended well all night as we did. Neither team cut it upfront but think we had the better of the chances.
Settled by an OG says it all. Nothing has changed in the league and it’s either opportunity missed with Peterborough losing or parity remained
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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He was actually first signed as rb, but agree he's best at cb either in a two or three.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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I can't find the original post around his signing, but I'm sure he was described as a full back and played his first games there?
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Not saying you're wrong.
Just that I don't remember it.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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To be fair he's probably our longest serving player now isn't he? How many have we been through since then!
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Actually remember when we was on on trial and I was surprised he got a contract then thought he was bound to be released . Funny how things turn out .
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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"How many have we been through since then!"
190 so far.
Never change, Chudsy, never change.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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All hail the stat king.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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We should have started with Macdonald at RB imo if Smith not fit enough to risk
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Why him when Freeman played, who has played RB many times this season?
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Either one then but not TVC there.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Great post , I agree with all of that except I thought that their player scored the goal .
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Absolutely awful conditions and we couldnt cope with them. Bizarre goal to concede.
That was a 1 off and we will bounce back at Vale.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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The club that wouldn’t Dai.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Boro played like c*nts tonight. My advice for Saturday would be not to play like c*nts.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Think that is a bit harsh, but very few can be happy with their performance (Pidge aside).
MacGillivray was dogshit tonight. I do not understand why Taye has been dropped AGAIN. It is fucking ridiculous and the only thing Evans consistently gets wrong IMO.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Totally agree, as discussed in the 1976 Suite on Saturday. It’s an annoying quirk of Steven’s that he feels the need to unnecessarily push TAH in this way
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Why do you think MacGillivray was dogshit?
Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious what made you single him out for criticism.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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There were two occasions where he was insanely slow coming out, that nearly led to them scoring, and his communication with the backline also caused issues on numerous occasions (which Evans said led to their goal, but then said no blame is to be apportioned for it). They are things that cannot be blamed on the conditions, they were basics and were him not reading the action/being too hesitant. Taye is very quick and very good at coming out.
Don't get me wrong, I am fully aware he is a very good keeper, I have seen it many times, but he was very poor last night and poor at Wigan (was good against Blackpool), and is not an improvement on Taye. Plus I just don't see what Taye has done to be replaced, there is no reason for it, and even less reason to do so with a loanee. There simply has to be more to it.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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I agree with you Nathan, as I tend to do about most things other than the final placings in the much lamented Prediction Competition. Taye has more clean sheets than a six-star hotel, so on the face of it replacing him with a reject (presumably) from the league below seems bizarre.
By the same token, is Hemmings injured? Oliver may be slightly better in the air but his work rate doesn't compare.
We probably deserved to draw the last two games, so on balance three points rather than two is a bonus.
Reading had beaten Derby and drawn at Oxford recently and are clearly better than their league position.
They are still the only tram outside the top 8 to beat us this season.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Team, even. I hate trams.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Totally agree with this, particularly "Plus I just don't see what Taye has done to be replaced" said this to my mate at the game. TAH is by no means an average GK let alone a poor one, so for him to be benched is confusing.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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His kicking frustrated me as well towards the end. Just kept hoofing it straight to their goalkeeper.
Mind you Taye gives me a heart attack everytime he kicks the ball in open play.
Edited by RockyBottom at 19:50:56 on 7th February 2024
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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We were commenting on his kicking on Saturday and last night
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Taye refuses to play after January.
It's no coincedence that it has happened two seasons in a row.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Proper Glaswegian manager, player who sounds like he owns a vineyard in the South Downs and got a Rolls for his 16th birthday, draw your own conclusions.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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I agree re the point as to why TAH has been dropped especially when you think the circus re our GK situation when he got injured last term .We could have kept Mitchell and still then got an emergency loan in if either got crocked.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Even Pidge was starting to lose the flight of some of the balls later on, although how he got himself out of his own mess when he could've booted it for a throw in the second half and Reading shut down his options is beyond me.
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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They played like c*nts on Saturday as well but got lucky
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Sweeney having a great game second half. That block was as good as a goal
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Yep.
Away end is filled exclusively with moronic c*nts.
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Bit like half our new breed of fans then XD
Edited by RockyBottom at 20:51:53 on 6th February 2024
Edited by RockyBottom at 20:52:00 on 6th February 2024
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Re: Match thread v Reading
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Have hated them ever since the first game.
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Just the sort of side you want to give 6 points to really...
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The worst part of our game
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Attacking thrown ins. Utter shambles every week. I can't think of a single one that has worked this season.
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Boro Charity
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Doesn't matter which division, which manager, Boro charity continues.
That is Readings 2nd away win this season.
We were poor. Cross after cross after cross. Absolutely devoid of attacking ideas.
Edited by BasingstokeBoro at 21:40:55 on 6th February 2024
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Re: Boro Charity
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We’re sixth in League One. Sometimes we’ll have an off night, sometimes we’ll lose. The Boro charity narrative was cringeworthy when we were rubbish, let alone now we’re definitely not.
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Re: Boro Charity
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Aye, everyone loses to poor teams once in a while. Brentford did the double over Man City last season, but no-one talks about Man City charity
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Re: Boro Charity
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Another piss poor performance, can’t we play football on the ground as everything is in the air and doesn’t work.shots on target in both games is worrying but got out of jail Saturday but not tonight.
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Re: Boro Charity
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Saturday was the other
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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I genuinely don't think we were bad.
We had the lion's share of the chances and a part from that goal against the run of play and a brief period in the second half we were all over them.
Reading back over some Reading comments even their fans say something to similar effect.
What killed us was how wasteful we were with the chances we had.
But it's a Tuesday, the conditions were awful, and honestly sometimes these things happen in football.
Am I disappointed we missed the chance to climb above Barnsley and close the gap to 1pt off Posh? Yeah.
Are we still comfortably in the playoffs with a game in hand?
Absolutely.
We were slated to go down during the summer. We're in the playoffs with games in hand on almost everyone around us.
Last night wasn't ideal but lets keep positive.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Lost to Maidstone by not taking our chances too.
Barely remember that now, like we will forget this defeat in 4 weeks time.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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I will forget it when we beat Port Vale.
To be fair I had pretty much already forgotten it.
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I will forget it when we beat Port Vale.
When's that then? Next season?
Cos it won't be this Saturday.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Postponed snow presumably
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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It's because the team are so good on their day that I'm holding them to higher standards than last night. I've seen us completely bollocks up two thirds of a game and come out winning more than once this season.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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I’m not bother about the loss itself. It was who we lost to.
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I get that and honestly I had us down as winning this one.
That being said it's football and how many times have sides fighting for survival got results against the run of play at teams in the top portion of the table?
Not the biggest fan of Reading but with what they're going through with their owners I don't begrudge them the win as long as it doesn't cost us the playoffs.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Horrible club regardless of the current owners.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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How are they horrible? They're just meh, a non-entity, ever since they moved into that soulless ground. Like Colchester.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Seem to recall some bell-endery from their fans when we first played them in the FA Cup (could be misremembering mind). The ground definitely plays a part too.
Mainly, I don’t like them which is enough reason for me.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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There was also a HUGE amount of bellend behaviour from them after the away match this season.
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Our fans are of course always saints.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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You're thinking of Southampton.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Yes.
Saint Evenage.
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Re: Boro Charity - We weren't bad last night
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Horrible club confirmed I’d say.
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Re: Boro Charity
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To add to the majority of home performances.
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