MATCHWATCH : Cardiff City (a)

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Hunt surely gone

Behave, 17 shots of target so far away to team in 2nd. In a game no-one expected to win

[Clyde1998]

Paddy Lane misses another big chance...

[Snowflake Royal]

What has Lane got to do to score.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Lane inability to score decent chances is just so frigging frustrating

[leon]

If we lose today, do we still view this first half as progress?

Obviously it would depend on the nature of the defeat, but everyone wrote us off as getting comfortably beaten, so even if we lose, even from before we took the lead, it should be looked at as positive... it obviously wouldn't be though, because tantrums.

Told you.

lets just see how it all plays out

[Clyde1998]

Dorsett replaced by Jacob.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Get Lane out of the team, for everyone's good including his.

[Sutekh]

Jammy b********

[leon]

Hunt surely gone

Behave, 17 shots of target so far away to team in 2nd. In a game no-one expected to win

oh that's ok then - they'll take that into account at the end of the season when they add the numbers up

[Snowflake Royal]

Hunt surely gone

Behave, 17 shots of target so far away to team in 2nd. In a game no-one expected to win

oh that's ok then - they'll take that into account at the end of the season when they add the numbers up

Waiting to see how it plays out lasted all of 3 seconds then leon.

[Sutekh]

Dorsett replaced by Jacob.

First touch a total ‘mare

[leon]

Behave, 17 shots of target so far away to team in 2nd. In a game no-one expected to win

oh that's ok then - they'll take that into account at the end of the season when they add the numbers up

Waiting to see how it plays out lasted all of 3 seconds then leon.

no I was commenting that excuses don't count for shit Ian. But then you know that - you're just trying to be a smart arse.

[Royal_jimmy]

It feels like Birmingham away first up last season. Played well but can't take chances

[WestYorksRoyal]

Sounds like we're still carrying a threat and having a go. This result and performance is fine, it's the failures to beat Mansfield and Exeter that aren't.

Northampton and Doncaster at home both winnable. 4 points minimum or there are no more excuses.

[Snowflake Royal]

That's another very good save from Trott. I make that 4 plus a goalline clearance from Fish. And a woodwork.

We've been so good, on top, and its just two silly sucker punches and a host of chances we can't put away.

We could have had 6 today.

[skipper]

The stats being in favour of Cardiff is baffaling. It's like reading a different game. No chances that cardiff have had 60% of possession. The expected goals stat is whack too. We've had twice as many shots. How does Expected goals stat work? In terms of play, we've been great. It's really clicked at times.

Their goal against the run of play really shifted things. Cardiff were good for their 2nd, but it's back to all Reading.

It's so frustrating at times.

[Snowflake Royal]

The stats being in favour of Cardiff is baffaling. It's like reading a different game. No chances that cardiff have had 60% of possession. The expected goals stat is whack too. We've had twice as many shots. How does Expected goals stat work? In terms of play, we've been great. It's really clicked at times.

Their goal against the run of play really shifted things. Cardiff were good for their 2nd, but it's back to all Reading.

It's so frustrating at times.

10 minutes of Cardiff sparked by their goal. 75 minutes of Reading not converting chances.

[Royal_jimmy]

Hunt has Tuesday and that's it. Or I really will lose my shit

[Snowflake Royal]

We should have won this about 7-0.

Play like this regularly and we'll walk up the league.

[tidus_mi2]

I think I said in another thread my opinions get a bit kneejerk in the moment. I am cooling down a little but ultimately, despite the performance being good and worthy of a win, bar a late turnaround, we have yet again failed to win.