The first half was defensively woeful from the central pairing, and Griffin can take his share of the blame for the opener for completely misreading the initial cross. Then just a comedy of errors, ball falls to Weimann who iirc took two or three stabs at it before getting it right. Maybe Harte had a hand in the slashing, can't remember, although collectively the defence needs to take a look at themselves for that. Watford were so on top at that stage it was unreal, and their quite superb counter attack which led to Graham's header four or five minutes later was a joy - if Arsenal had done that against Barcelona everyone would be purring. The only thing missing was the finish. By the half hour mark we could and should have been two or three down, but then suddenly out of nothing Legs produces a moment of magic and has Loach scrambling, and the last ten were all Reading with decent attacking play and were a little unfortunate (only a little mind) not to go in level.

Second half, after their 'keeper's howler, well it just resorted to classic Reading v Watford midtable clash didn't it? A lot of huff and puff from both sides, again Reading were maybe a little unlucky not to nick a second but you always felt that Watford were capable of prising open our back four at any moment.
Handbags Harris

How on earth those defenders have maintained their places is beyond me. Mills trying an overhead clearance made it look like we were watching a circus display. He has no connection whatsoever with Ivar, who I'm sorry, but has completely passed it. Great servant to the club but times change and you have to put out your best 11. The funny thing is that we have a premiership centre back sitting on the bench week in week out who, is great in the tackle, brings the ball out of the defence, and hasn't put a step wrong apart from i think 1 dodgy pass back this season. I do hope McDermott now realises the errors in his backline and plays Zurab alongside a fit again Pearce.
Jeffers217

Is it just me or are Reading looking jaded? The present constipated inability to win games despite the fact that they're there for the taking reminds me of the condition of the side in the second half of Coppell's last season. For this reason I'd like to see changes, but not, as has been suggested, blindly towards youth. Players who've been mainly out of the team might be given a run (Tabb, Pearce, Cummings) because they should be less jaded and more motivated, while some of our regulars might benefit from being rested rather than played into the ground. Just trotting out much the same lineup for a series of largely meaningless games would seem unhelpful to me. It's not often a manager has a chance to experiment with his team without too much risk. Some of the new boys--Manset, Williams, Morrison--might benefit from a run out too.
facaldaqui

The point means both the Royals and the Hornets have now failed to register a win in their last six league games, and both remain in the mid-table region of the Championship. Reading looked the more dangerous early on with Jimmy Kebe lively down the right. But the visitors responded with John Eustace testing Federici before Martin Taylor headed just over the crossbar. The Royals again attacked hard but Watford held their own and got their reward when poor Reading defending allowed Weimann space in the area and the on-loan Aston Villa striker accepted the chance to open the scoring. Graham was then twice denied spectacularly by Federici as Watford applied the pressure. Reading defender Matt Mills had a header that just went wide as the Royals tried to find a way back into the contest and Watford keeper Scott Loach parried a Mikele Leigertwood shot to safety just before half-time. Loach also had to be alert a minute after the interval when he scrambled McAnuff's header away. But he was powerless to stop Hunt from heading in the leveller after a cross from Howard cannoned back off the frame of the goal. The home side pushed hard to find the all-important third goal, with Kebe and McAnuff proving to be a nuisance for the visitors' defence all afternoon. Substitute Simon Church wasted a great chance to score the winner on 77 minutes as Kebe laid the ball perfectly into the striker's path but the Wales international failed to direct his shot on target. Reading made all the running late on but were unable to find a winner.

Reading manager Brian McDermott: "It's been a frustrating time recently but I think today was a fair result. I thought Watford came with a good energy about them and played some good stuff in the first half when we weren't at our game. "We didn't do well in the final third and that makes such a difference. We had numerous crossing opportunities but didn't make the most of those. "Our keeper Adam Federici came off near the end with a medial ligament injury in his knee, but it is too early to say whether he will be fit for our game against Millwall on Tuesday."
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