MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (h)

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Always gutting to concede so late on but a point against the third place side and gaining a point on Huddersfield, as others have said.

Aaaaaand, we aren’t going to be in a relegation battle or go down

[Orion1871]

Put your foot on the ball Savage.

Difficult when it's constantly flying over his head.

[Pepe the Horseman]

I can’t remember a worse Reading team to watch.

Marriott’s finishing skills apart we are just horrible.

No effort to play anything that resembles football.

+1

You guyses have got short memories.

[Royal Ginger]

oxf*rd me I’m cold. Way colder than the temperature should make me.

Not many teams will hold Bolton to two points this season. They’re better than us. Would have taken a point coming in to it.

Pereira’s flap was more than made up for by his other contributions and Nyambe was excellent.

Need a plan to slow it down a bit. When Bolton (and Wycombe at the weekend) wanted to play fast we got drawn into it. I don’t mean time wasting, and I don’t need to see an attack, just some sort of shape that allows a bit of time on the ball that doesn’t look like desperation.

Did I mention I’m cold?

[Royal Ginger]

I can’t remember a worse Reading team to watch.

Marriott’s finishing skills apart we are just horrible.

No effort to play anything that resembles football.

+1

Remember when we got relegated?

[biff]

Our div fans shouting the ball isn’t in the D constantly is utterly abysmal. As bad as Pereira's acrobatics, or Paddy Lane’s anything.

Nyambe is class though.

[morganb]

I must be the only one who thought we were going to hang on for the 1-nil win.

Felt like a Stam game where you'd leave the ground wondering how we'd won.

Bolton were nothing special for where they are in the league and we'd kept the ball away from the goal quite well.

[Hound]

Just back

I did think we were terrible tbh. A massive amount better than Saturday. The shape was a lot better; we’d defended a lot better and a lot higher and tbh the goal wasn’t really coming; thought we were holding out quite comfortably. Kelvin did a pretty decent job of winning fouls and making them play deeper, didn’t see much of the other subs though

Considering we had 3 impt players go off through injury, it’s a pretty good point though always disappointing to concede last minute

We are painful to watch though. The number of hoofs - Savage - worst culprit - just up in the air. Kelvin made something of one or two but otherwise it’s just giving the ball away

Suspect Marriott got the bad back watching the ball fly over his head time and time again (actually think he did it on the second chance he had)

Otherwise same old really. Other team dominate, superb finish from Marriott again, no shape up front, hang on for a result. The LR way.

[Hound]

I must be the only one who thought we were going to hang on for the 1-nil win.

Felt like a Stam game where you'd leave the ground wondering how we'd won.

Bolton were nothing special for where they are in the league and we'd kept the ball away from the goal quite well.

Nope that was my thoughts as well

[Jackson Corner]

We are actually professional footballers.? I just wondered as l watched Macclesfield keep the ball and pass it better than us. Oxford can oxf*rd have Savage on tonight’s performance. He just kept turning blind and hitting hopeful balls upfield giving possession straight to them.

[Bristol Paul]

We are actually professional footballers.? I just wondered as l watched Macclesfield keep the ball and pass it better than us. Oxford can oxf*rd have Savage on tonight’s performance. He just kept turning blind and hitting hopeful balls upfield giving possession straight to them.

Savage is well over rated, just runs around like a 100mph headless chicken and has no composure. Paddy Lane is the worst player though, absolutely pants and was skinned at least 5 times.

[Ascotexgunner]

We are actually professional footballers.? I just wondered as l watched Macclesfield keep the ball and pass it better than us. Oxford can oxf*rd have Savage on tonight’s performance. He just kept turning blind and hitting hopeful balls upfield giving possession straight to them.

Savage is well over rated, just runs around like a 100mph headless chicken and has no composure. Paddy Lane is the worst player though, absolutely pants and was skinned at least 5 times.

I got sick of watching Lane run around like a headless chicken.... Can't defend, slow, offers absolutley nothing.... What is he exactly?

[rightroyalkneesup2]

I do like Pereira but wish he had better judgement / was stronger in the air. He goes for most balls but is not always convincing - giving away the corner and conceding from it he could have done better on each.

Totally agree, generally Pereira has been awesome but over the last few games he’s lost a bit of his mojo…Sooner he gets it back the better

[bcubed]

I must be the only one who thought we were going to hang on for the 1-nil win.

Felt like a Stam game where you'd leave the ground wondering how we'd won.

Bolton were nothing special for where they are in the league and we'd kept the ball away from the goal quite well.

Nope that was my thoughts as well

And mine and I think GWLs too. See several pages back for the mistakes leading to their goal. All avoidable

[bcubed]

Several teams will be wondering how they haven't beaten us this season.

[Getthebeerens]

Surely our players are better than the football we are currently producing ? No idea how we have 4 points from the last two fixtures as we deserved none. Can’t see attendances improving if this is how we are going to play.

[leon]

Just got in from the M4.

That was a fcuking terrible second half. Inevitable poor tactics and no one stepping up to show any leadership (Wing?) - apart from the centre backs. The changes made no real difference and Kean and Ehibhatiomhan provided absolutely no out ball apart from KE running into a blind alley a couple of times and getting fouled. Pereira's distribution is getting worse and now he's adding costly mistakes in as well.

The midfield was non existent - again, so we bypass it with pointless long balls. Paddy Lane - there must something in there surely?.

[Mr Angry]

Why was the Bolton #9 not red carded for kicking Paudie in the head?

The ref cannot have missed the fact that, when Paudie went down (fouled by the #9 - free kick given) the #9 saw the ball and went to kick it, catching Paudie full in the face with his boot.

Players get red cards for endangering an opponent through recklessness - even if they don't "mean" it - this clearly fell into that category.

Shocking decision IMHO.

[MR. CYNICAL]

What the ******* hell do you call that shambolic cr@p of a half Leam?

Teams like Bolton, who've been there or thereabouts for several years now would always be the litmus test of where we are as a team in this league. Whilst I'm not trying to be a LR apologist, the team needs a player up top to provide the relief ball to take the pressure off our defence in difficult times, and also build a platform for the likes of Marriot.
We don't yet have that resource. It's not LR's fault.

Why isn't it? He's just had a transfer window.
Suppose he reckons we were managing the game well again.
Two games now where we looked like a non league team hanging on against a higher league club in a cup tie.

[MR. CYNICAL]

What the ******* hell do you call that shambolic cr@p of a half Leam?

Teams like Bolton, who've been there or thereabouts for several years now would always be the litmus test of where we are as a team in this league. Whilst I'm not trying to be a LR apologist, the team needs a player up top to provide the relief ball to take the pressure off our defence in difficult times, and also build a platform for the likes of Marriot.
We don't yet have that resource. It's not LR's fault.

Why isn't it? He's just had a transfer window.
Suppose he reckons we were managing the game well again.
Two games now where we looked like a non league team hanging on against a higher league club in a cup tie.