Reading match review

[Barney]

Nice and (relatively) succint for people who didn't watch it and aint got the attention span to read a long review.

Just pointing out the obvious really for people who did watch it but

- Ndiaye unreal again, way too good for the championship. Great composure for the goal, could easily have had 2 more

- Ahmedhodzic, another whose premier league standard is just obvious. Pure class. Great technique for the volley and the header. Gets forward at every opportunity.

- Egan, worth mentioning his 2 lacklustre passes/clearances, where a better team would have made us pay. Sublime tackle from RND to bail Egan out and deny a certain goal for them which would've made it 1-1.

- All rounder performance from McBurnie. Did everything right, the goal, the hold up play, wanting the ball anywhere on the field, a few defensive headers.

- Doyle was absolutely everywhere. Could have had a goal in the first 2 minutes. Everything good from us seemed to start with him. That's how to make the shirt yours. Fleck will have a hard time replacing him if he carries on with performances like that

 

[PTBlade]

Special mention for McB manhandling the defender out of the way to clear the space for Anel... Watch it back, looks like something from the training ground.... fantastic.

 

[brownblade]

Think one of the dodgy moments you attributed to Egan, was Anel. Just FYI.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Ndiaye missed two great chances and was not at the level he was v Blackburn. Still outstanding to gey a class goal though.

 

[Gretsch Blade]

And to add to the above, Norwood was also a class act.
Tackled and passed like a Quarter back all night.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Egan worries me - always feel like he’s got a mistake in him.

 

[metalblade]

Just got one question ................ are Reading shit or are we effing good?

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

What an absolute pleasure to watch us, again, tonight.

Amidst the plaudits for the standout performances, it’s worth also flagging just how hard they’re all working for each other. We’ve def rediscovered that high energy, high press, all for one ethic that served us so well for the first few Widler years. Any mistake, and the player is working his nuts off to compensate and make good the error. Tremendous stuff.

Oh, and if Bash keeps getting these 10 minute cameos at RWB, he’ll be among our top scorers by May .

 

[SwindonBladeJnr]

Egan worries me - always feel like he’s got a mistake in him.

Picking holes now aren't we!?

 

[coaxingstar71]

If we could just play like that away...

 

[knowsnowt]

Proper buzzing. Gotta stop doing g's of mandy on school nights.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Picking holes now aren't we!?

Picking holes? It’s just an observation on the game I’ve just watched and the corresponding OP part about Egan. Isn’t that what we do on here?

 

[100% part time blade]

Just got one question ................ are Reading shit or are we effing good?

We are good, but Paul Ince seemed to have absolutely no plan whatsoever.

• Don’t pressure Utd. defence.
• Let Norwood have as much time as he wants all game.
• Don’t bother trying to rough up United at all (despite the success Luton had with it).
• Don’t bother trying to get in behind down the wings and put in crosses (despite the success Luton had with it).
• Do play slow, ponderous passes in front of Utd with no penetration at all for 20 minutes even when 2-0 down, getting nowhere near the penalty area never mind a shot.

It was a bizarre set up if his players were playing according to his instructions.

So Reading were not good. At all.

But we showed real quality in lots of areas. Great performances from a number of players. I’d pick out Ndiaye again who I think just gets better and better.

 

[brownblade]

Picking holes? It’s just an observation on the game I’ve just watched and the corresponding OP part about Egan. Isn’t that what we do on here?

Egan has a few mistakes in him. But find a CB that doesn't to be fair

 

[blade too long]

Picking holes now aren't we!?

there's always room for another scapegoat for some blades

we won 4 nowt. go top and still the whingers find some negstives

 

[loyalblade95]

Wasn't able to attend tonight due to travel issues but sounded like a real class performance from what was said on sky sports news.

 

[blade too long]

Doyle. was sublime tonight
as good as anyone on the pitch well better. than most if not all

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

We are good, but Paul Ince seemed to have absolutely no plan whatsoever.

• Don’t pressure Utd. defence.
• Let Norwood have as much time as he wants all game.
• Don’t bother trying to rough up United at all (despite the success Luton had with it).
• Don’t bother trying to get in behind down the wings and put in crosses (despite the success Luton had with it).
• Do play slow, ponderous passes in front of Utd with no penetration at all for 20 minutes even when 2-0 down, getting nowhere near the penalty area never mind a shot.

It was a bizarre set up if his players were playing according to his instructions.

So Reading were not good. At all.

But we showed real quality in lots of areas. Great performances from a number of players. I’d pick out Ndiaye again who I think just gets better and better.

I think they tried some rough stuff but that is not their style and they looked powder puff. Luton are built to be a physical side, Reading are not.

 

[Surrey Blade]

Ollie Norwood was sublime tonight. Seemed at the heart of everything. RND also terrific as were Doyle, Ndiaye, Berge, McB and Anel. In fact all of them were excellent and watching them was an absolute pleasure!!

 

[WalkelyFan]

Just got one question ................ are Reading shit or are we effing good?

we were terrific. they chased and chased for the first 30 minutes and were then knackered. they had one breakaway in the second half and the guy who chased to ball got it.......unfortunately for Reading he was the only one.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

there's always room for another scapegoat for some blades

we won 4 nowt. go top and still the whingers find some negstives

How am I whinging you utter bell. I’ve pointed something out. I’m delighted we won, I’ve expressed my delight all over this forum. Pointing out obvious things isn’t a whinge.

 

[Blade58]

Another excellent home performance similar to Blackburn where every player contributed

Now we need to replicate that with away performances

I see the big guns are moving into contention the 3 relegated sides fk em

 

[Foxy]

Amidst the plaudits for the standout performances, it’s worth also flagging just how hard they’re all working for each other. We’ve def rediscovered that high energy, high press, all for one ethic that served us so well for the first few Widler years. Any mistake, and the player is working his nuts off to compensate and make good the error. Tremendous stuff.

Still doing it at 4-0 up on 87 mins, sprinting to close Reading players in nothing positions of safety, to swarm and win back the ball.

 

[blade too long]

players get things wrong No need to highlight every mistake

we did. 2000 things right why point out 2. things that weren't perfect

 

[Blade.com]

Doyle. was sublime tonight
as good as anyone on the pitch well better. than most if not all

Yep, my choice for MoM. But so many class performances tonight. RND played well tonight.

 

[metalblade]

A game where we were in total control, the only sniff Reading got was due to a bit of our own sloppiness.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Like the Blackburn game I couldn't pick a MOM they all played well

 

[Ivanhoe]

It was such a brilliant balanced team performance again, Superb to watch.

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

And to add to the above, Norwood was also a class act.
Tackled and passed like a Quarter back all night.

I agree with your first sentence. But then you spoil it all by using a stupid Americanism. There is no position in association football called "quarterback".

 

[Whiston Blade]

We are good, but Paul Ince seemed to have absolutely no plan whatsoever.

He was happy they held Rotherham to "nil-nil" in the second half when they got thumped 4-0 a few weeks ago.