MATCHWATCH : Cardiff City (a) sponsored double header

[Singing Defective]

I really hope it isn’t a long term plan of Bowen to sit with 11 behind the ball constantly, hard viewing at times

Obita and Gunter have too little drive in them for 5 at the back to work, too many aimless hoofs down the line

Add to that Swift and Ejaria were poor too so we had little control throughout

Rafael 7

Gunter 5
Moore 7
Morrison 7
McIntyre 5
Obita 5

Pele 6
Swift 4
Ejaria 4

Baldock 4
Meite 5

Interesting choice to give give a 4 to a player with an assist and a 5 to a player who scored. And a 6 to Pele who lost the ball stupidly and dangerously a few times.

And McI a five?! He’s young, but seriously? He was up against The Planet of the (bearded) Apes, and he did well.

[CountryRoyal]

We were pretty average but I wasn’t driving so had a few and had a decent laugh.

Guy that got kicked out was doing aeroplane signs.

[URZZZZ]

I really hope it isn’t a long term plan of Bowen to sit with 11 behind the ball constantly, hard viewing at times

Obita and Gunter have too little drive in them for 5 at the back to work, too many aimless hoofs down the line

Add to that Swift and Ejaria were poor too so we had little control throughout

Rafael 7

Gunter 5
Moore 7
Morrison 7
McIntyre 5
Obita 5

Pele 6
Swift 4
Ejaria 4

Baldock 4
Meite 5

Interesting choice to give give a 4 to a player with an assist and a 5 to a player who scored. And a 6 to Pele who lost the ball stupidly and dangerously a few times.

And McI a five?! He’s young, but seriously? He was up against The Planet of the (bearded) Apes, and he did well.

McIntyre was supposed to be a 6, typo

Meite and Baldock couldn’t do anything, no service so I couldn’t rate them higher than 5 but I thought Meite outshine Baldock in the small things they did

[Jagermesiter1871]

Moves us up temporarily to 13th which is about right with this team

First points lost after taking a lead though? Never mind

Aren't we 15th?

[Jagermesiter1871]

We were pretty average but I wasn’t driving so had a few and had a decent laugh.

Guy that got kicked out was doing aeroplane signs.

Was he alone? Did any Reading fans call him a oxf*rd?

[Snowflake Royal]

I really hope it isn’t a long term plan of Bowen to sit with 11 behind the ball constantly, hard viewing at times

Obita and Gunter have too little drive in them for 5 at the back to work, too many aimless hoofs down the line

Add to that Swift and Ejaria were poor too so we had little control throughout

Rafael 7

Gunter 5
Moore 7
Morrison 7
McIntyre 5
Obita 5

Pele 6
Swift 4
Ejaria 4

Baldock 4
Meite 5

Interesting choice to give give a 4 to a player with an assist and a 5 to a player who scored. And a 6 to Pele who lost the ball stupidly and dangerously a few times.

And McI a five?! He’s young, but seriously? He was up against The Planet of the (bearded) Apes, and he did well.

Tell you what, we must have totally flunked that excellent away point with 7 of 11 players being poor.

[Singing Defective]

Moves us up temporarily to 13th which is about right with this team

First points lost after taking a lead though? Never mind

13th? At what second in the match?

[Singing Defective]

We were pretty average but I wasn’t driving so had a few and had a decent laugh.

Guy that got kicked out was doing aeroplane signs.

Was he alone? Did any Reading fans call him a oxf*rd?

That’s what our chant of “This is embarrassing” is for. My thought are with the family of the deceased.

[Singing Defective]

Interesting choice to give give a 4 to a player with an assist and a 5 to a player who scored. And a 6 to Pele who lost the ball stupidly and dangerously a few times.

And McI a five?! He’s young, but seriously? He was up against The Planet of the (bearded) Apes, and he did well.

Tell you what, we must have totally flunked that excellent away point with 7 of 11 players being poor.

And whilst I admire “the save”, Raf a7?! He kicked the ball more often into touch than Wilkinson in his prime.

[URZZZZ]

Interesting choice to give give a 4 to a player with an assist and a 5 to a player who scored. And a 6 to Pele who lost the ball stupidly and dangerously a few times.

And McI a five?! He’s young, but seriously? He was up against The Planet of the (bearded) Apes, and he did well.

Tell you what, we must have totally flunked that excellent away point with 7 of 11 players being poor.

5 is average for me

I thought Swift and Ejaria were poor and Baldock non existent. Most of the others were average apart from Moore and Morrison who defended well

[CountryRoyal]

We were pretty average but I wasn’t driving so had a few and had a decent laugh.

Guy that got kicked out was doing aeroplane signs.

Was he alone? Did any Reading fans call him a oxf*rd?

He was with what I assume was his girlfriend who followed him shortly after.

[Jagermesiter1871]

We were pretty average but I wasn’t driving so had a few and had a decent laugh.

Guy that got kicked out was doing aeroplane signs.

Was he alone? Did any Reading fans call him a oxf*rd?

He was with what I assume was his girlfriend who followed him shortly after.

Sorry I meant was he alone in the plane gestures?

[CountryRoyal]

Was he alone? Did any Reading fans call him a oxf*rd?

He was with what I assume was his girlfriend who followed him shortly after.

Sorry I meant was he alone in the plane gestures?

Yeah.

[AthleticoSpizz]

He was with what I assume was his girlfriend who followed him shortly after.

Sorry I meant was he alone in the plane gestures?

Yeah.

wiz makes a fool of his wife once again?

[PistolPete]

One absolutely class move to score and then men behind the ball trying to hold on. Really crappy to watch.

Adam is ridiculously good at kicking a ball but shit at everything else. Ejaria is ridiculously good at close control but weirdly frustrating. Puscas is superb at running onto balls but useless at holding it up or finishing comfortably.

We need to use the remainder of the season to work out how to use Puscas, Olise, Ejaria (when Swift is already there), Rinomhota. And now the Brazilian and Kenyan.

So many questions remain

[Bigtimmeh]

He was with what I assume was his girlfriend who followed him shortly after.

Sorry I meant was he alone in the plane gestures?

Yeah.

Most of the reading fans were taunting the Cardiff fans to some extent but I didn't see anything beyond the line. Saw the guy getting kicked out but at the time didn't know what for. At the end an ok performance, thought we were far too happy to sit back after we scored though and our big names (swift and ejaria) didn't perform at their best again...

[windermereROYAL]

Seeing the usual suspects on twitter having a bash for not winning in 5, this run of games was never going to be easy, a point away at Forest and Cardiff we would take any day of any week, after next week it doesn`t get any easier either before a very acceptable last 12 games.

[URZZZZ]

Seeing the usual suspects on twitter having a bash for not winning in 5, this run of games was never going to be easy, a point away at Forest and Cardiff we would take any day of any week, after next week it doesn`t get any easier either before a very acceptable last 12 games.

I’m not sure many can complain about the output in terms of results but the style simply has to get better, that’s another game we’ve had 11 behind the ball throughout. Since the Forest (H) game; the games have been a really hard watch

[Snowflake Royal]

Pretty good sign that going through a rough patch and not playing especially well we aren't losing much at all.

This sort of downturn happens to everyone at some point, just look at Leeds and WBA. Just got to weather it and then pick up again.

[Dave the rave]

Dave's i award this week goes to (i think) Hound though can't for the life of me find his quote that was in the paper.
I'll dig it out and check tonight.