Reading vs Sheffield United

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Championship - Tuesday 6th March 2023 - 20:00 - Madejski Stadium (currently "Select Car Leasing")
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Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referee: Daniel Leach
Assistant Referee: Matthew Smith
Fourth Official: Andy Davies

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[Balham]

got some beasts in there. At least Joao is only on the bench.

Guinness-Walker on the pitch. Guinness-Wanker in the stands. Possibly.

 

[The Hecky Flecky Shake]

Berge playing this deep is a waste

 

[K1 flabby stick]

Berge playing this deep is a waste

been saying the same for weeks

 

[FriethBlade]

Berge playing this deep is a waste

Totally no running from midfield, Norwood and Berge both playing deep

 

[ancientblade]

this is poor again reading are here for the taking but we know whats going to happen not good enough hecky safety first boring football again

 

[Sheffsteel]

this is poor again reading are here for the taking but we know whats going to happen not good enough hecky safety first boring football again

I'm listening to the live commentary on Talksport 2.
David Connolly is the guest commentator and he's constantly saying we look the better team so far and look sharper up front.
One thing what made me laugh is that both were massively praising Berge as being far too good to be playing at Championship level
The commentators were saying they were surprised no big bids have been received for him.

Agree with you Ancient, think it's more about Reading being very tentative, lacking confidence, hoping to keep it 0-0 for as long as possible
rather than United being particularly good.

 

[drblade]

Norwood’s corners..

 

[drblade]

No creativity from midfield. Once again we are hoping for a bit of brilliance from NDiaye.

Come on United

 

[Drunk blade]

This is painful to watch...

 

[Espania blade]

Should be taking these to the cleaners,
Ndiaye & McAtee just running into bodies, no end product

 

[chrisd]

They just seem leggy and void of ideas again, maybe make a change at half time

 

[Espania blade]

Where's Norwood?
What's betting we gift them a goal

 

[Northernsoulblade]

Not the most inspiring 1st half bogle Berge Norwood need to do much better too much lazy football

 

[drblade]

play the spurs team!

 

[paidsy]

Like it or not we are going to have to move away from 3 in the middle sharpish. Berge is an absolute passenger at the minute and Norwood isn't much better. Can't get anything out of games with no midfield.

 

[drblade]

We just seem so open at the back. Stronger with mad George

 

[Big.Dane.w]

reading coming into this now, they’ve stood off us for a bit and suddenly realised we’re not as good as the league suggests

 

[chrisd]

Egan’s not had his usual gift pass to their forwards

 

[Fatlad666]

Lacklustre take a point now, move on

 

[Heely bottoms underpants]

play the spurs team!

I wish we could but they play for Tottenham Hotspur.

 

[botoble]

Unpopular opinion… don’t play Berge and Norwood together, the safety first approach by both reduces the number of dangerous attacks we could be having.

1 or the other for me.

Also

If we go 1 down which there is a chance of on the counter take one off immediately not after 75mins. Blackburn game we waited far too long.

 

[Drunk blade]

bit of a difference. Anyone expecting an easy game tonight is very far from the mark.

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[paidsy]

I do feel like the amount of possession and control we have and fail to do anything with seems to constantly be a morale boost for opposing teams. Almost as if they start to see we can't really punish them.

 

[LS5 Blade]

We've survived Bashams usual goal giving error so Im confident we can nick this!

 

[The Hecky Flecky Shake]

HT. Looked decent for the first 10, had a bit of energy. Since then, no patterns of play in the final 3rd. Complete disconnect from Norwood/Berge to McAtee/McBurnie/Ndiaye.

Bogle wasteful, Lowe nowhere to be seen.

 

[TJ blade]

Reading are here for the taking but as usual we are shit whos going to score!!

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

No intensity. What do the players need to fire them up?

 

[Greenblades]

We are woeful. No pace or urgency. Make a statement Hecky and take off Berge. He has done nothing ( again). I am sick of it now. Bloke behind me giving Norwood grief for everything but not Sander. We have had words and this is ridiculous. One might not be playing well but shows for the ball and tries. The other…. Languid, backwards and fucking heartless. We need fighters now not fucking light weights. Hecky this is now on you …. Sort it !!

 

[originaltrueblade]

Tedious and frustrating

 

[Lawrence]

That was a bag of shit! 1 shot on target, not good enough, players walking about no running off the ball... Ho and Norwards usual poor short passing! 4 passes to Reading players! not missing the first player at corners.