MATCHWATCH : Nottingham Forest (a) sponsored by nearly there now

[tidus_mi2]

Sounds like we're struggling to get into the game.

[marlowuk]

And Fulham have now equalised!!

[marlowuk]

Amend that - Fulham now leading 2 - 1!!

[Sutekh]

Carayol is having a field day on the left wing usually when Gunter is covering in the centre

Reading's "threat" so far has been a 40 yard pass from Kelly down the middle straight to Forest's keeper

Other than that Reading have been offside twice but otherwise more or less camped in their own penalty area

[windermereROYAL]

Amend that - Fulham now leading 2 - 1!!

theres a long thread running about rival teams. just sayin,

[marlowuk]

Carayol is having a field day on the left wing usually when Gunter is covering in the centre

Reading's "threat" so far has been a 40 yard pass from Kelly down the middle straight to Forest's keeper

Other than that Reading have been offside twice but otherwise more or less camped in their own penalty area

But we have just had our first corner!!

[tidus_mi2]

there ya go 1-0, sort it out Stam,we're not at the races today.

[Sutekh]

Ref is not the best. Gives a free kick every time someone falls over

Absolutely ****** awful stuff at the moment

Utterly pathetic passing gives the ball away yet again leaving Forest with an easy 1 on 1

Just not at the races at all at the moment - so a standard league game in Nottingham then

[Sutekh]

33 minutes and at last Grabban has a shot on target - superbly saved though

[Ian Royal]

No reason to panic. We're 1-0 down and perfectly capable of turning it around, especially with plenty of time to do it. Even if we lose, we can afford to do so.

[windermereROYAL]

From the BBC
Forest have lost only one of their five home Championship games against the current top six this season, winning three and drawing one. Indeed, despite winning only twice in their past 13 league games, both have been against sides in the top six (3-0 against Brighton and 2-0 against Huddersfield).

[Sutekh]

No reason to panic. We're 1-0 down and perfectly capable of turning it around, especially with plenty of time to do it. Even if we lose, we can afford to do so.

And before we all get too heavy on the result we're in good company with Leeds, Huddersfield and Newcastle all losing the equivalent fixture as well so there's obviously something about Forest raising their game against the leading sides

[Reading4eva]

The idea is to put Newcastle under immense pressure by winning today, considering Preston are far from a bad side.

Finishing 3rd also probably means missing out on playing Fulham, considering their run. Massive incentives, come on Stam turn it round

[windermereROYAL]

No reason to panic. We're 1-0 down and perfectly capable of turning it around, especially with plenty of time to do it. Even if we lose, we can afford to do so.

And before we all get too heavy on the result we're in good company with Leeds, Huddersfield and Newcastle all losing the equivalent fixture as well so there's obviously something about Forest raising their game against the leading sides

Brighton lost there too

[Sutekh]

Well it's half time and Reading are very lucky to only be losing 1-0

Going forward Reading have managed one shot (on target) and 2 corners

The rest of the game they've been passing to Forest as much as they have themselves and desperately trying (at least successfully so far) to avoid another Norwich

Desperately needs some bit of tactical brilliance from messers Stam and Ulderink during the break as at the moment the team just might as well not be here

[tidus_mi2]

It's pretty bad, the only positive we can take is that it's still only 1-0.

[Sutekh]

Beerens being put through his paces so am expecting a substitution at start of 2nd half presumably for Popa or Grabban

[Ian Royal]

2-0 to Forest.

Hi-ho.

[leon]

What is the matter with this team?

[Sutekh]

Just really poor, absolutely no desire or will to win the game. Being outplayed at every turn and second to every ball. It's like the players think the job is done already so save energy for the play offs

And Williams off for Beerens about says it all