MATCHWATCH : Blackburn Rovers (a)

[Snowflake Royal]

Looks like no striker or Swift up front...

[tidus_mi2]

I think we've already had more shots than the entirety of the 2nd half against Blackpool.

[tidus_mi2]

Dellor: "There's something about young left backs from Chelsea"

He's 27 Tim.

[Snowflake Royal]

Ejaria overplays and gives Blackburn a break. Drinkwater tidies up his mess but with a fk.

Loses it again and for the second time stops playing and just looks at the ref without any sort of foul rather than trying to get back or win it back.

[Ascotexgunner]

Ejaria overplays and gives Blackburn a break. Drinkwater tidies up his mess but with a fk.

Loses it again and for the second time stops playing and just looks at the ref without any sort of foul rather than trying to get back or win it back.

My patience is also wearing thin in that area. He really is offering bigger all at the minute going forward.

[Snowflake Royal]

Ejaria overplays and gives Blackburn a break. Drinkwater tidies up his mess but with a fk.

Loses it again and for the second time stops playing and just looks at the ref without any sort of foul rather than trying to get back or win it back.

My patience is also wearing thin in that area. He really is offering bigger all at the minute going forward.

Occasionally he seems to think any sort of physical challenge is a foul. Just man up and stop playing so many silly little tight touches and trying to get through tiny gaps that don't exist.

[Sutekh]

Come on lads

[Snowflake Royal]

Oh look. No striker and we're missing an outlet. Also, Haliliovic carries us forward so much better. Too many players want to play such tight, cramped twisty turny stationary football.

Swift, Ejaria, Drinkwater, TDB.... Laurent is the only one who runs it.


Close. Big warning shot. Got to buck our ideas up.

[tidus_mi2]

Great, sounds like Azeez is injured.

Well, time to show what you can do Puscas.

[Sutekh]

Azeez crocked again (possible hamstring). Puscas gets his chance earlier.

[Orion1871]

Ejaria overplays and gives Blackburn a break. Drinkwater tidies up his mess but with a fk.

Loses it again and for the second time stops playing and just looks at the ref without any sort of foul rather than trying to get back or win it back.

My patience is also wearing thin in that area. He really is offering bigger all at the minute going forward.

Not watching or listening but according to the club Twitter Ejaria has had a shot, made a challenge for an "early forward ball" that created a chance for Laurent that he "couldn't quite direct on target" and put a cross in for Yiadom for a chance that was headed straight at the keeper.

[St Pauli]

Come on Reading!

I would like you to win!

[Snowflake Royal]

For all of Swift's brilliance. He doesn't seem to have a clue how to weight a ball for Puscas to get on to. They always seem to ask way too much of him.

Could have put him through at the end there, but played it way to heavy and straight through to the keeper.

Puscas always seems to be asked to chase lost causes or hold up something with two defenders on him and a third nearby

[CountryRoyal]

This is kind of like a non league cup game. There’s a lot of intensity, it’s end to end, but just void of any real quality

[Snowflake Royal]

Ejaria didn’t even seem to try to win that cross from Laurent.

And then Swift beats his man by passing the ball around him. Straight to another Blackburn player behind him. Sigh.

[CountryRoyal]

Even Karacan sounds fed up with Ejaria. We have to watch it every week Jem!

[Snowflake Royal]

Swift plays it round his man straight to another Blackburn player again

[tidus_mi2]

I can feel it coming already, tight game which Blackburn win 1-0 thanks to a late goal.

[Sutekh]

Why do Reading have to try and make things so complicated? Keep it simple and if that means belting the ball into row ZZZ to be safe, then belt the ball into row ZZZ.

[Snowflake Royal]

Change required. Too open. Overcomplicating everything.