Back to the hotel for that power nap.

When you play one of the big boys you've got to be on top of your game and then some to even potentially stand a chance. We absolutely bottled it and lost the game within the first 15 minutes. That was some of the worst defending I think I've seen. If we played like that in the champ we'd be in the relegation zone. It was awful.

Very dissapointing. Still, had a laugh by the end of it and at times we played well, but very very frustrating that we just didn't play to our level.

Oh well, last time we went out of the FA Cup first (3rd) round we got promoted. Just saying.

I expected us to lose and would have been happy if we'd acquitted ourselves well but we were never at the races. Really, really disappointing performance.

Just seen Al-Habsi's howler.



Just wow.

This. We should be relieved it's all over. To win at old Trafford on the telly against an in form ManU. Let's all focus on the QPR game and 3 points in the champ.

a poor ball in a dangerous position to have to recieve and at 0-3 down counted for sh1t.

a poor ball in a dangerous position to have to recieve and at 0-3 down counted for sh1t.

Maybe so but that doesn't excuse what happened.

Not bothered. I got over it 10 minutes before half time.

no covering up for the howler....but rather then, than at 0-0 or 1 up

Agree with CR.

Having lost I couldn't give two sh1ts about the result. Came for a weekend away and a bit of a jolly

However it was disappointing to not put in a performance we are capable of.

I really don't wanna see Blackett near the starting line up again. He's utter sh1te.

Atmosphere from home fans was terrible. Good to see away fans standing and in decent voice.

The spell in the second half was good but we just couldn't break through. It seemed like our players bottled it a bit. Some didn't look themselves, scared of the occasion maybe, I'd like to have seem more shots from distance as we weren't having any luck trying to run them all in

Anyway, I'm going to continue Resting in the hotel for a bit then go back out and drink myself stupid.

4-0 flattered us, it could have been a lot worse. We were utterly stagestruck for the first 15 mins, couldn't put a pass together. Then after we were 2-0 down, Utd backed off and that gave us time to play and grow in confidence. We did OK for the rest of the half and most of the second until Rashford caught us on the break. We never really looked like scoring but played some nice stuff. Thought Kelly and Swift had good games, Blackett was poor and rightly subbed.

OT is shit ground for an away fan, cramped concourse, tiny seats - there's bearly enough space to stand, and I have eye strain trying to spot the players from the top of the stand.

I keep meaning to have a quick nap, but I also keep drinking gin and procastinating

Where you off out?

I keep meaning to have a quick nap, but I also keep drinking gin and procastinating

Where you off out?

Not sure ... last night I went to the Northern Quarter as a result of recommendations on here.

Probably will do that again or Deansgate.

Need to decide on where to get grubs too! Starving!

Why worry.

On a brighter side this can only be good news for us. We've had our big TV and away day payout £££ and that leaves

Birmingham - Newcastle to replay
Barnsley to replay
Brentford go through
Massive Brighton go through
Huddersfield go through
Norwich to replay
Wolves go through
Derby go through

Fulham and Wednesday play tomorrow


Crack on while we focus on the 3 points at QPR

That is the headline of the entire game for me.

It seemed every time Man united surged forward it looked like they were going to score.

That is the headline of the entire game for me.

It seemed every time Man united surged forward it looked like they were going to score.


And they had 200 £million pounds worth of players sat on the bench just in case... Get real Reading fans

I only saw it on TV. While they were waiting in the tunnel before coming on, the whole team looked incredibly nervous. This was evident for the first half, at least the first 20 minutes. After that, we played a bit better at times in the first half. Evans was good, as was Kelly, and AAH made a few good saves. Beerens was awful and, surprisingly, Moore did not have a very good game.

I thought that in the second half we looked more like our Champ side, and even though we let in 2 more goals, we weren't that bad. Swift was very good!! AAH's howler was unbelievable. As someone said, it was a good job the scores weren't level, or we were 1 up. At the end of the day, though, we were outplayed by a very good team and we can't have any complaints. It was only in the second half that we caused Man U any problems. Luckily we can now 'concentrate on the league' without any further injuries

That is the headline of the entire game for me.

It seemed every time Man united surged forward it looked like they were going to score.


And they had 200 £million pounds worth of players sat on the bench just in case... Get real Reading fans

#PIN number
#ATM machine

but did you also see all the fantastic saves he made??? Just wow weren't they??!!!

OT is just too big (IMO) to get a decent atmosphere

You may think the away fans are being noisy but you can
barely see them from the other end of the ground, let alone
hear them.

Really don't understand the surprise at being beaten at old Trafford

Not sure why you think we are all surprised. We aren't.

As any Away fan (or indeed football fan) I always dream and hope and part believe it's possible to win against the big boys. I didn't expect it but thought we'd give them a game.

I'm not surprised to have lost 4-0 but I am a bit disappointed as I think we didn't play the way we can do.

a poor ball in a dangerous position to have to recieve and at 0-3 down counted for sh1t.

Regardless of the circumstances (and I'm not sure it was a poor ball in a dangerous position until AAH turned it into one), it was a big and worrying mistake, particularly as his 'kicking' has now cost us a goal in each of the last two games.

Earlier in the season it looked as though AAH had finally overcome his demons when it comes to the ball at his feet but the last four or five games would suggest his new found confidence on the ball has largely disappeared. If his confidence is now shot that is worrying for our promotion push. With our preferred style of play we need him to be a good shot stopper and ball player.



but did you also see all the fantastic saves he made??? Just wow weren't they??!!!

Fantastic saves undermined by goals gifted by mistakes might not be good enough for a team hunting promotion. He is a great shot stopper but, if we are brutally honest, a few of his fantastic saves have been when he has responded brilliantly to recover from a situation where he might have done better with the initial save.

The scene was set pretty much immediately, I thought. We kicked off a timidly and didn't look confident enough to play our own game. A couple of poor clearances that led to Utd getting the ball straight back and an early nice ball over the top for Rooney to pull down and we basically told Utd we were terrified, not going to press as a team or get tight and play a relatively high defensive line. Not a good combination.

We did start to show some quality in spurts after about 20 minutes, but never really looked like scoring and always looked prone to getting smashed by another couple.

At that level of opposition, you've got to start hard and certain. If not, you're finished and there's no recovering.

I like what Stam's achieved, but his style seems to be flawed in that we don't really take the game to the opposition. It's all a bit passive at times. And that's going to get shown up against better teams quite a lot.

TBH AH's howler didn't bother me...I guess we all knew that was going to happen sooner or later the way we pass it round at the back......But it's best it happens now when it's in a game that we really have no way back in......Might wake the back line up a bit......
Was a bit disappointed with the performance....Seemed to ponder too long on the ball when going forward and maybe it's me but we seemed a little reluctant to shoot at times. Thought the ref gave us very little as well. The united keeper going in on McCleary locked rather nasty as did Young's tackle which didn't even warrant a card.

Not sure why you think we are all surprised. We aren't.

As any Away fan (or indeed football fan) I always dream and hope and part believe it's possible to win against the big boys. I didn't expect it but thought we'd give them a game.

I'm not surprised to have lost 4-0 but I am a bit disappointed as I think we didn't play the way we can do.


Have a look... Manager v manager ... 11 v 11.... I Just wish Jaap would have played the kids.

Not sure why you think we are all surprised. We aren't.

As any Away fan (or indeed football fan) I always dream and hope and part believe it's possible to win against the big boys. I didn't expect it but thought we'd give them a game.

I'm not surprised to have lost 4-0 but I am a bit disappointed as I think we didn't play the way we can do.


Have a look... Manager v manager ... 11 v 11.... I Just wish Jaap would have played the kids.

What the actual fck are you talking about?

but did you also see all the fantastic saves he made??? Just wow weren't they??!!!
On balance he was pretty good with the shot stopping today. The howler was a bit special though.

Have a look... Manager v manager ... 11 v 11.... I Just wish Jaap would have played the kids.

What the actual fck are you talking about?

Did you honestly think we could win this game or even compete?

Young was booked and McCleary with the keeper was a fair 50/50 challenge.

but did you also see all the fantastic saves he made??? Just wow weren't they??!!!
On balance he was pretty good with the shot stopping today. The howler was a bit special though.

Normally when keepers mess up like that they try and blame someone/anyone....Credit to him....He took the blame.....Even though the back pass wasn't great.

If we were level or one up when AAH f@cked up he would probably be given player of the season.