MATCHWATCH : Blackpool (h)

[Orion1871]

Sounds like it's been a mediocre performance but not a stinker. Blackpool being more ruthless tha you normally see at this level, plus Knibbs has missed a sitter and Craig had a strong penalty shout.

Thankfully they haven't. They've missed a 1 on 1 and a free header in the centre of the box. Would be 4 up if they were clinical.

[Snowflake Royal]

Blackpool have closed us down quickly and in numbers and we haven't coped. They've also broken on us quickly. And the defence has been disorganised and half hearted.

[Sutekh]

Reading naff all luck going forward and very poor defensively

[stealthpapes]

Bit of a nothing performance.

[Snowflake Royal]

Holzman on for Mbengue, sanity restored

[Snowflake Royal]

WTF was Pereira doing.

[Esteban]

They look demoralised and uncertain. Early days for Noel, but he's got a massive job on his hands and needs to learn very quickly.

That said, avoiding relegation was always the goal this year and we should judge the team by that metric.

[Snowflake Royal]

Thought that was a dive first time, but second penalty we should have had.

Why do we get no penalties?

And then falls for a blatant dive from Fletcher

[Pepe the Horseman]

Blatant pen turned down, followed by a ridiculous dive from the Blackpool striker, free kick given.

[WestYorksRoyal]

There's probably some mad cult who would view Reading being awarded a penalty a sign of the apocalypse, so rare it is. We could literally have a player fly kicked in the face and not get one.

[Snowflake Royal]

How many have we had, season by season the last three?

Feels like max of 5 for the lot.

That's another one, but handball against Smith
1, 4, 8 apparently

[stealthpapes]

There was one game during Covid where it was like a challenge as to how obvious a penalty could the ref not give.

Think we did get one eventually but we missed it.

[Snowflake Royal]

There was one game during Covid where it was like a challenge as to how obvious a penalty could the ref not give.

Think we did get one eventually but we missed it.

There was a Sheffield Wednesday game back in the Championship early one season, I think under Gomes maybe? We could have had about four penalties just in that game. Got none. Lost.

[Pepe the Horseman]

This ref is a joke.

[Snowflake Royal]

This ref is a joke.

THat was a foul on Blackpool by Craig, he gives handball to us because the guy grabs the ball, the guy then throws the ball away, no yellow card.

Absolute shit.

[Pepe the Horseman]

There was one game during Covid where it was like a challenge as to how obvious a penalty could the ref not give.

Think we did get one eventually but we missed it.

There was a Sheffield Wednesday game back in the Championship early one season, I think under Gomes maybe? We could have had about four penalties just in that game. Got none. Lost.

Think it was actually 1-1 under Pauno when we were chasing playoffs. It was 4 BLATANT pens turned down.

[Snowflake Royal]

There was one game during Covid where it was like a challenge as to how obvious a penalty could the ref not give.

Think we did get one eventually but we missed it.

There was a Sheffield Wednesday game back in the Championship early one season, I think under Gomes maybe? We could have had about four penalties just in that game. Got none. Lost.

Think it was actually 1-1 under Pauno when we were chasing playoffs. It was 4 BLATANT pens turned down.

Could be

[stealthpapes]

Gomes was pre-Covid. This was definitely winter 2020-21.

Wednesday appears to be a possible.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=797959940761187

1 probably is
2 definitely is
3 definitely is

[Pepe the Horseman]

Gomes was pre-Covid. This was definitely winter 2020-21.

Wednesday appears to be a possible.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=797959940761187

1 probably is
2 definitely is
3 definitely is

Yeh was deffo this game.

[Snowflake Royal]

Gomes was pre-Covid. This was definitely winter 2020-21.

Wednesday appears to be a possible.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=797959940761187

1 probably is
2 definitely is
3 definitely is

Yeh was deffo this game.

Yep, that's the one. Recognise the Ref.