Not going to do ratings apart from Moore who gets a minus 3 and can fcuk off. Never want to see him playing again, he couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery and is a complete, predictable liability. No words can describe his ineptitude, if he had any dignity he’d give Clarke his wages.
As far as the performance, for the most part it was standard Reading. Lumbered, disorganised, passive and never really looked like scoring. Thankfully Birmingham were atrocious and one of the bluntest teams we’ve come up against, I know they had a shot glance the post but they weren’t really threatening at all. By and large it was a fairly even game between two mediocre sides void of much quality.
Clarke really did make a difference, revelling in the chance to show more of himself he was actually involved in more of the play than we’ve seen before. Decent link up. Bit of quality with a great cross from swift and fantastic movement and header from Clarke. You could tell it’s been a while without a goal, don’t remember a celebration like that from the fans for a while! Big relief. The second was exactly the type of goal I want to see more of, get into the box, get shots off, show some oxf*rd intent. Absolute limbs and well deserved for those that travelled, completely out-sung a poor home support all game. Good following from us.
Other notes, I prefer Yids further forward where his headless chicken-esque running can do us less damage.
