Ah the life of a football manager ! Given the first half performance of JDB at Brentford you couldn't really argue with him being dropped and McCleary being given a go down the middle. Unfortunately McCleary is not the player of old and to make matters worse he doesn't seem to understand the offside...

The good, the bad and the ugly ! GOOD I like the look of Bacuna. Strong, competitive but also has some real quality and the ability to play forward. Also, we are technically even better than last season in terms of possession and movement. If anything we were slightly better than Swansea in that asp...

Someone constantly looking to back Reading for top half at 1.98 on Betfair exchange when 2.4 is available on Betfair Sportbook. Nice free bet if you want to indulge in a bit of back and lay. Back to the original point. I agree that the price seems illogical. 3rd last year and added pace at the top e...

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Very good away performance with tactics spot on. A back 3 with wing backs was obvious but sitting Evans on Cairney really stopped them playing. I haven't seen the goal back but immediately felt McShane was at fault after which he made a stupid tackle in a nothing area of the pitch. I felt at that st...

Not going to say whether it's selling out or not but they've only got 3 blocks available now, where there were 4 this morning probably means about 50% went in the first period given the original 6 section split of 3 upper / 3 lower. Mind you, sounds like the old "neutral section" is selli...

Playing two different front 4's in the past three days made a lot of sense. Playing Williams in the "quarterback "role made no sense but credit to Stam for changing it at half time. Having Kelly moving the ball quickly and having Williams and McCleary playing higher up the pitch changed t...

Playing two different front 4's in the past three days made a lot of sense. Playing Williams in the "quarterback "role made no sense but credit to Stam for changing it at half time. Having Kelly moving the ball quickly and having Williams and McCleary playing higher up the pitch changed th...

Very good first half with two excellent goals. The Blackburn formation change was always going to open the game up in the second half and it could easily have finished 6-2. Going ahead against sides will eventually draw them out allowing us to create chances so the only worry would be that we didn't...

You lot were watching a different game to me. Utter dross in the first half . Improved a bit in the second, mainly thanks to GMac stepping up. Kelly had one of the worst halves of football I've ever seen, culminating in kicking a corner straight out for a goal kick. Very harsh. We were okay, nowher...

I really enjoyed the game but you probably had to be a Reading fan to see it in that light. Maybe that enjoyment largely comes just from having a fully committed team given what we've seen over the past couple of seasons ? Thought we found a slightly better balance last night in terms of keeping pos...

I still think it looks a yard offside! http://i.imgur.com/Hjjeti7.png The interesting part of this picture is it shows up some of our defensive issues from last night. Blackett has got pulled into midfield, there is no pressure on the player with the ball, Moore steps up to play offside instead of ...

Some of you make me laugh. Talking if you're some kind of football expert. Jaap Stam has transformed Reading's league form to a real chance of promotion following 2 awful campaigns. Admittedly, which seems a bit lucky, a comeback win against a skilful, energetic Brentford side. Yet he can't pick a ...

Most people in general agreement it seems ! The first half at Ipswich was the worst I've seen all season with players playing out of position and a midfield that just didn't seem in sync with each other. JS had to make a substitution at half time as a result. So why did he start last night with pret...

So, if i'm getting the train into Brighton from Victoria, whats the best way to get to the stadium? Take a train from Brighton to Falmer which is right next to the ground. The cost of that journey is already included in your match ticket. Other options are on the Brighton web site under FANS > TRAV...

There was quite a few cars there but yeah fair enough each to their own. As someone who's avidly against both trains and paying for parking the verge seemed like a decent option. As a local these days I can tell you that there's very limited room along there to actually park and the locals have it ...

I read in some unofficial article about the ground that local train travel is included with your ticket price. I know this sounds like a dumb question but can anybody confirm this, and if so, which stations does this include? I would look it up but I have and haven't found anything official. Can an...

Gunter defo at fault for the first .. what's happened to Watson ? .. would rather see him in the team tbh .. Looked like Gunter was more or less the last man for me on their first so if he'd lunged in he could have won the ball but equally he could have been beaten and left Lawrence with a simpler ...

If Gunter had been JVDB for their first goal, then it would have been a free kick (and yellow card) half way into our half. Awful piece of defending by soft boy Chris. Just get stuck in please and make a tackle (tbf I thought he was quite decent at St Andrews) But Gunter has all those caps for Wale...

Norfolk Royal 'Ipswich is a cracking town.' Lol.

Take as you find mate. I know you Norfolk boys don't like them too much, not that it would make you biased of course