WestYorksRoyal Mass Sarr first game at the Madejski. One of the great false dawns.

See also Drenthe’s first game.

I remember Rougier ripping some teams to pieces at the start of the 2001/2 season when we were regularly beating teams 5-0 at the Madejski under Pardew.

Yes DK looks like a gem of a signing, expect he could be another Azeez in time.

Can’t help thinking Marriott would have buried that chance; Kelvin is not a natural finisher and has no confidence at the moment. I hope we keep pushing for goals in the second half and don’t retreat into ourselves.

In B18 (S/E corner) yesterday and the PA was completely unintelligible, Megaparty may as well have been speaking Aramaic - couldn’t make out a single word. Safety implications aside, this is a small thing but does speak to the gap between what the new ownership has promised and what is being deliver...

Especially when we’re not winning our home games, puts us under more pressure to pick up points on the road. I didn’t feel there was much difference in our style yesterday; lots of sideways passing along the back line. What was more disappointing was the lack of energy and focus considering there’s ...

Maybe Noel Hunt wasn’t the problem?

No appreciable difference in playing style, we desperately need a proper central striker capable of holding the ball up.

Rotherham look sharp and focussed, not confident we’ll get back into this.

Sam Smith hooked at HT

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Doesn’t seem to be in a job at the moment since being sacked by Ghana last year but don’t think we’d be an attractive prospect for him. All his managerial experience is in the top two divisions.

Col-IN?

I think Bloomfield didn’t endear himself to Coughig in the way he quickly left for Luton after being entrusted with the manager position (reminiscent of Pardew and West Ham) so feels unlikely that they’d bring him here.

Feel very saddened by this; so wanted it to work for Noel but think it’s probably the right decision, or rather that the owners had to take action at this point.

Open training session tomorrow could be a bit awks.

Selles in?

Frustrating performance, we did some good things but our final ball was generally terrible and we desperately missed the energy and nous of Marriott as the focal point up front. Big Kelvin is just not a central striker and is only ever effective cutting in from out wide. On the fence with Hunt now, ...

Game was briefly paused because of discriminatory chanting, unclear who from.

Looks like JP injured, hopefully not a bad one.

Cancel, he’s playing on.

Marriott close to a second after a good move.

Wareham very close to a second - need to work harder to stop the cross coming in.

Mansfield had some decent chances beyond their goal and the goal ruled offside looked very tight - albeit I was down the other end of the stadium. We weren’t great today, so many individual errors, but I wonder how much the very strong wind impacted us. We seemed to be playing more passes on the gro...

Gareth Ainsworth has Gillingham (joint) top of L2 and unbeaten in eight games, doubt the football is pretty but the ownership know him and would no doubt see him as a low risk alternative.

RG30 Did Hunt say post game why he was subbed off?

He went down with cramp just before getting hooked - don’t think he’s quite match fit yet.