Back from the game - Ipswich

[Gordons Cumming]

Re: Ipswich at Home Predictions
Gordons Cumming, 14 Mar 2009 12:07
I can see a cloudy sense of doom hanging over the Mad Stad this evening.

Sorry everyone.........................................................................

[Jeffers217]

Today is the day we gave away promotion and it's all Coppell's fault. I hate to say it but his team selections have cost us points and that is why we won't go up and we will lose him and our players at the end of the season.

Why was Duberry playing? He has a shocker whilst Pearce was a rock at the back. Bikey must be wondering what he has to do to get in the team...he is the level head we need alongside Pearce to mentor him. He is also a relaxed player and knows what to do. Rosenior was w@nk, not the player he was earlier on this season and would not be good enough for the prem, even though he thinks he blongs there LOL. Stretch was ok apart from a few errors.

But why o why does Coppell persist in playing that useless overrated little scruffy trampy leprechaun S hunt? Why didnt we cash in for what would have been the most ridiculous price paid in footballing history? It baffles me how other teams rate him when game ater game we watch total rubbish from the poor lad. Harper was ok but positionally poor. Gunnarsson has lost his legs- love the commitment and desire but sorry mate your time is up. Same goes for Glen unf, still got the skill but not the legs he once had. Kebe and Tabb should be starting alongside Marek and Karacan (a lad who couldnt do a lot worse than these shocking players).

Kitson looked unfit. Tbh we need to go back to that team which was successful earlier on this season so we need to play Noel alongside Doyle. Strikeforce however is not the area I'm concerned with, the goals will come IF THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED.

However it's funny who all our players onloan are doing well. Bring back Robson- Kanu, Mooney, Henry, Church as they are enthusiastic and have got the ability to play at this level (which lets be honest is a lot poorer than it was a few years back).

But Coppell has lost it and it's time for him to go. He's done us proud hes a legend but he doesnt know what to do whereas every fan knows what team to put out. He is not the motivator we need to push Reading forward and he will resign at the end of the season. Sadly an exodus of players will follow and we could end up becoming like southampton! Very depressing I know but we either push on for promotion, and DRASTICALLY change the team if we go up or end up becoming a distinctly team

[Schards#2]

It's dull pointing out each week that it's dull and uninspiring but, sadly, that's what it is. Week in week out.

The blinkered RTG's didn't worry when we were playing rubbish and winning, they didn't see a problem when we were playing rubbish, not winning but no one else was winning. Will they now be stirred from their myopic complacency by us being rubbish, not winning and other teams picking up points? Will they finally accept that something might just be wrong?

[S09Royal]

I'm just generally fed up with watching Reading.

In general i've quite enjoyed this season, i hadn't seen Reading lose all season until Forest at home. Now i've witnessed 3 losses (or is it 4? ) in the space of a month. What is going on?
We won't be promoted if we get to the playoffs 'cos if we can't score in normal games, how on earth will we score in the play offs?
Sad times.

COPPELL SORT IT.

[tomrfcurz]

It hurts me to say it but SC needs out.

[Southbank Old Boy]

The team selections are getting confusing to work out, but this problem goes way back to when Sidwell left, and we have never replaced him, at no time have we had a goal scoring midfielder who can also create chances for the forwards, a combination of not being prepared to pay the relevant transfer fees and players wages have been pivital in our failure to secure a replacement.

I think its more down to not wanting to rock the boat within the squad or having the ability/balls to identify and bring in the emerging British talent

[From Despair To Where?]

Why was Duberry playing? He has a shocker whilst Pearce was a rock at the back.

Thought Pearce was very poor today, showed his inexperience. Constantly out of position and Lisbie seemed to do him time and time again . Funny how Duberry hoofs the ball out of play and gets booed, Pearce hoofs it out of play and gets cheered.

We've been fairly average to crap all season, very workmanlike and nothing special, it's just that teams showed us too much respect and rolled over when we scored early. They've now sussed out we have a soft underbelly out and realised we have no Plan B. In 26 years of watching Reading, this has been by far the dullest season I've witnessed. It wouldn't be so bad if the squad was genuinely shite.

[Armadillo Roadkill]

You can't want the whole team replaced and then worry abaout the end of seson exodus.

To me, bringing back the yougsters under a new manager might give us a new platform to push this club forwards. Next seaon in the Championship.

That today was an utter shower of sh1te. Long OK, Pearce and Dubbery both poor, Rosenior a joke. Lost in the melee was an outstanding save from Marcus.

[The 17 Bus]

RL has hit the head on the nail, there is something wrong at RFC, and I firmly believe it has to do with a couple of things that happened over the end/start of the year.

Lita goes out on loan, scores goals, comes back and refuses an offer from Sheff U to move there, the club welcome him back, SC says things are OK and Lita can stay . This to me was wrong, and has helped upset other players.

Then Long is back in the team, Hunt is out, but wow Kitson returns and Doyle is rested, continuity out of the window all along the front line.

Henry was loaned to Millwall, this told kebe his place was secure, except that just a few weeks later we loan back Little, and Kebe is dropped, better to have kept Henry, dropped kebe, then brought Little back if needed.

Well who do we blame for all this?? The manager comes across as the one to carry the can, but he does not make the decisions on his own, we have a DoF who helps make decisions, we have a chairman who parades around the pitch, when he fancies to do so, but we all reckon the manager carries the can.

I hate to say it but SC is a fantastic manager, but he has been let down by many at the club this season, from the Chariman to all the coaching staff and many of the players, I would not be surprised to see him walk away this week.

[Bristol Paul]

Today is the day we gave away promotion and it's all Coppell's fault. I hate to say it but his team selections have cost us points and that is why we won't go up and we will lose him and our players at the end of the season.

Why was Duberry playing? He has a shocker whilst Pearce was a rock at the back. Bikey must be wondering what he has to do to get in the team...he is the level head we need alongside Pearce to mentor him. He is also a relaxed player and knows what to do. Rosenior was w@nk, not the player he was earlier on this season and would not be good enough for the prem, even though he thinks he blongs there LOL. Stretch was ok apart from a few errors.

But why o why does Coppell persist in playing that useless overrated little scruffy trampy leprechaun S hunt? Why didnt we cash in for what would have been the most ridiculous price paid in footballing history? It baffles me how other teams rate him when game ater game we watch total rubbish from the poor lad. Harper was ok but positionally poor. Gunnarsson has lost his legs- love the commitment and desire but sorry mate your time is up. Same goes for Glen unf, still got the skill but not the legs he once had. Kebe and Tabb should be starting alongside Marek and Karacan (a lad who couldnt do a lot worse than these shocking players).

Kitson looked unfit. Tbh we need to go back to that team which was successful earlier on this season so we need to play Noel alongside Doyle. Strikeforce however is not the area I'm concerned with, the goals will come IF THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED.

However it's funny who all our players onloan are doing well. Bring back Robson- Kanu, Mooney, Henry, Church as they are enthusiastic and have got the ability to play at this level (which lets be honest is a lot poorer than it was a few years back).

But Coppell has lost it and it's time for him to go. He's done us proud hes a legend but he doesnt know what to do whereas every fan knows what team to put out. He is not the motivator we need to push Reading forward and he will resign at the end of the season. Sadly an exodus of players will follow and we could end up becoming like southampton! Very depressing I know but we either push on for promotion, and DRASTICALLY change the team if we go up or end up becoming a distinctly team

Totally agree - virtually everyone except the manager thinks Rosenior, SHunt and Duberry are crap. If we managed to string 5 passes together under pressure, I think I'd pass out.

[zummerset]

We criticise Coppell for not making changes, now we are criticising him for not making the right changes. He really can't win, the only thing that matters is results at this moment and those aren't coming. Back to the drawing board, for me getting Bikey back in for Doobs, starting Matejovsky and Cisse in the midfield and giving Doyle and Kitson the strike partnership is an answer. It might not be THE answer, but it is worth a punt.

Absolutely 100% on the money.

We can go up, we are still on of the favourites to go up, but we need to start NOW.

BIkey is important for the team not only because of his defensive capabilities, but because he's a great asset at set pieces.
Kitson and Doyle are far and away the classiest strikers at the club AND they're hard working - what more could you want?!
Matejovskey is the creative spark we need, Cisse is (or could be) the box to box player we've missed since Sidwell left.

The team Seahawk speaks of needs to play together. We also need the wingers to up their game BIG TIME.

I for one am proud to have Coppell as manager and hope he can turn things around - I expect he will.

Agree with all the above but I think Steve needs a new challenge and we need a new hand on the tiller. Late season performance implosion and no fresh ideas about what to do - sound familiar doesn't it...

That said what a great bloke- thanks for all you have done and we wish you well.

[Chaney]

all the games seem to follow the same pattern lately, we start well for the first 20 mins, as usual our luck in front of goal is virtually zero..Coppell gives his inspired half time talk and they come out in 2nd half clueless, that said we still created enough chances to have won comfortably..

[John Madejski's Wallet]

that said we still created enough chances to have won comfortably..

So did they

[papereyes]

We criticise Coppell for not making changes, now we are criticising him for not making the right changes. He really can't win ...

Well, it is the failure to win that's a minor problem at the moment.

[earleyroyal]

Lita goes out on loan, scores goals, comes back and refuses an offer from Sheff U to move there, the club welcome him back, SC says things are OK and Lita can stay . This to me was wrong, and has helped upset other players.

Blame Lita!!! blame the fans as well.

Or how about the manager who sees his team get overrun by 4-5-1 every fcuking week and does nothing about it except bring back Hahnemann and Harper, the manager who is intelligent enough to realise his mistakes (being too loyal to his favourites) but then repeats them. What about the players who are clearly good enough for this shitheap of a division but resort to hoofball and just give up with about 15 minutes to go, wandering around hands on hips.

Why was Federici dropped and how can Tabb not be in the squad after a good performance on Tuesday? How were Little and Kitson, clearly not ready, chosen to start? Most of all, why is Bikey not having this team built around him?

Coppell has been our best manager ever and overall if offered this position at the start of the season I would have taken it, along with most of you, but he seems out of ideas and sadly it looks like he will go in the summer without a grand ending that he deserves. The best we can hope for is going up, somehow, and getting stuffed every week, or staying down and blooding some young players, sliding down the league each year until a magic investor arrives.

Dead and soulless today, the fans tried to motivate the team but thanks to Sky and our tight owner (who still deserves our praise for his good work over the years), the future isn't bright either way, the thought of feeding more money into the Premiership circus isn't great but then what else can we aspire to.

[statto]

Surprise, surprise, another goal from a cross into the box, someone waved their leg at it and Stead put it in.

Surprise, surprise, the opposition had lots of possession.

Surprise, surprise, the opposition centre backs spent an easy afternoon heading away gigantic hoofs upfield

Surprise, surprise, Harper's back, totally ineffective in midfield.


Bikey must be totally sick. Week after week after week we've seen Duberry let people have too much space in the box, leading to goals.

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooffffffffffffffffff, centre backs head it away.

What's happened to Rosenior? Why can't he cross it any more?

I feel there's no pressure on him, Murty clearly can't be pushing him hard.

Karacan was in the team when we were trouncing everyone, why's he not been tried in the weekly centre midfield change?

[earleyroyal]

And just out of interest for everyone assuming it's play-offs at worst:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... efault.stm

3 Reading 37 64
4 Sheff Utd 38 63
5 Burnley 38 61
6 Preston 39 60


7 Cardiff 35 59
8 Swansea 38 57
9 Bristol 38 57
10 Ipswich 38 54

[Gunny Fishcake]

Absolute shite .....way we're going forget the play offs .....this could be one off the biggest self destructions in football history

[papereyes]

And just out of interest for everyone assuming it's play-offs at worst:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... efault.stm

3 Reading 37 64
4 Sheff Utd 38 63
5 Burnley 38 61
6 Preston 39 60


7 Cardiff 35 59
8 Swansea 38 57
9 Bristol 38 57
10 Ipswich 38 54

Yeah, was about to say that we're a good 10 short of Wolves now.

This is why that spell when we were dropping points wasn't satisfactory - because someone was catching up with us. It might not have been the teams immediately around us but it was someone.

But no, we should be happy with 3rd, we've two games in hand. Well, we've still got 2 games in hand but we don't go top if we win them and we don't even go second if Birmingham win theirs. So that's that excuse happily shoved to one side.

Seriously. Have some fecking standards people. We simply should not accept second best when we support a side capable of so much more.

[Denver Royal]

Player ratings please? Thanks.