The most embarrassing RFC result ever

[readingfc13]

Reading are the first ever team in the either the League Cup or FA Cup to score five goals and lose the game.

Just to remind people

So we are the most defensively inept team in English cup football history?

[southstand67]

Yea but these reserves have played for England (Walcott) and Russia (Arshavin) and Switzerland (Djourou). Arsenal do this every season - the only two players that haven't played for the first team are the keeper and that Miguel geezer oh and Yennaris. So they pretty much had a first 8 out didn't they?

It certainly wasn't a reserve side how little clubs might Reading might define it. Chamakh is a £15m striker for a start, and Jenkinson who you haven't mentioned has played every game this season iirc.

Exactly and they are a class above us. We got beaten by a club who came out firing after a crap first half - where is the surprise??

[cmonurz]

Exactly and they are a class above us. We got beaten by a club who came out firing after a crap first half - where is the surprise??

Don't get me wrong, I'm not agreeing with any wider point here.

If we were 4-0 up against Barcelona, or Brazil, after 45 minutes, I'd still expect us to win the game.

[southstand67]

The surprise is we were 3 goals ahead after their 'crap first half'.

And there was no way we were holding onto that second half!

[southstand67]

Exactly and they are a class above us. We got beaten by a club who came out firing after a crap first half - where is the surprise??

Don't get me wrong, I'm not agreeing with any wider point here.

If we were 4-0 up against Barcelona, or Brazil, after 45 minutes, I'd still expect us to win the game.

Yea but we were 4-0 up cos they were shocking, not cos we were good.....

[windermere_royal]

McDermott at his best, we were crying out for another midfielder when it went to 4-2, but lets bring on another forward instead, the guy is totally out of his depth

[RoyalBlue]

And we thought the Plymouth result was legend, oh and by the way welcome back Feds

If that's a dig at Feds then you're completely wrong. He made some great saves during the game and would have been remembered for that had his teammates not conspired to throw away the game with their naievety. Twice they had the opportunity to play safe and see themselves through to the whistle by keeping the ball in the corner and twice they decided to try to attack still, conceded possession and gave away a goal at a critical time. Then when they got so close to penalties they did the same for a third time. So, So STUPID!

[leicsRoyal]

Yea but these reserves have played for England (Walcott) and Russia (Arshavin) and Switzerland (Djourou). Arsenal do this every season - the only two players that haven't played for the first team are the keeper and that Miguel geezer oh and Yennaris. So they pretty much had a first 8 out didn't they?

It certainly wasn't a reserve side how little clubs might Reading might define it. Chamakh is a £15m striker for a start, and Jenkinson who you haven't mentioned has played every game this season iirc.

Exactly and they are a class above us. We got beaten by a club who came out firing after a crap first half - where is the surprise??

I am completely lost on this. As far as I saw it Araenal were a team of players that can't get in the first team, youngsters and players coming back from injury and they looked exactly that for the first 44 minutes! How on earth did we then go on to lose 7-1 over the next 80 minutes or so? The reason being is that we had no plan B and no players to bring on to close a game out.

I'm sorry but if we get that sort of turnover from that Araenal side it really doesn't bode well for any premier league game.

[Wizard]

Anyone know if you can get replacement season ticket cards?

[sandman]

Let's get a bit of perspective eh....

Reading 5 - 7 Arsenal >>>>>>>>>>>> Reading 0 - 6 Bristol Rovers

Like anyone gives a flying fuck about some lower league nothing game.

There will be people in remote African villages laughing at us tonight.

And they'll all die from drought, so jokes on them.

[southstand67]

I am completely lost on this. As far as I saw it Araenal were a team of players that can't get in the first team, youngsters and players coming back from injury and they looked exactly that for the first 44 minutes! How on earth did we then go on to lose 7-1 over the next 80 minutes or so? The reason being is that we had no plan B and no players to bring on to close a game out.

I'm sorry but if we get that sort of turnover from that Araenal side it really doesn't bode well for any premier league game.[/quote]



Sorry, but have you seen our league position this season?

[RobRoyal]

As others have said, if a manager can't hold onto a 4 goal lead against a bunch of kids, then he's a complete fukcwit.

Our problem this season is closing out games, that much is obvious - what the hell is McD doing about it? oxf*rd all on tonight's evidence.

What bothers me most about this is that the way accomplished teams see out games is by doing what McDermott seems to have a pathological fear of - keeping posession.

If it were just shitness - well, ok. But he's deliberately retarding this team tactically, i think. We haven't got the best ball-players here but Christ, you've got to try haven't you?

[PistolPete]

Reading are the first ever team in the either the League Cup or FA Cup to score five goals and lose the game.

FACT

Forgot the penalty call and the extra time in the 90mins

That was awful


Discuss

You are an idiot. Yes we were poor, but we were 5 seconds away from a 4-3 win. We were a poor refereeing decision away from playing 10 men in extra time. We were a a refereeing decision away from being 5-0 up when we were not given a penalty.

Yes other things went for us but it could have been very different.

[SLAMMED]

Yep, I've already cut my season card in half.

Twat

[John Peel]

Let's get a bit of perspective eh....

Reading 5 - 7 Arsenal >>>>>>>>>>>> Reading 0 - 6 Bristol Rovers

Like anyone gives a flying fuck about some lower league nothing game.

There will be people in remote African villages laughing at us tonight.

And they'll all die from drought so jokes on them.

Says it all really.

[Ups and Downs]

As stated, would rather have lost 7-0. That would have been less embarrassing.

[MmmMonsterMunch]

And we thought the Plymouth result was legend, oh and by the way welcome back Feds

If that's a dig at Feds then you're completely wrong. He made some great saves during the game and would have been remembered for that had his teammates not conspired to throw away the game with their naievety. Twice they had the opportunity to play safe and see themselves through to the whistle by keeping the ball in the corner and twice they decided to try to attack still, conceded possession and gave away a goal at a critical time. Then when they got so close to penalties they did the same for a third time. So, So STUPID!

I have to agree here. Totally naive. Particularly when we got it back to 5-5. I honestly don't know what to say.

Are we tactically inept or is our back 4 just shit for this level? Or both? I actually thought Legs was phenomenal tonight - I don't think the midfielders did much wrong.

There needs to be a scratching my head in bewilderment icon on here.

[Ian Royal]

Reading are the first ever team in the either the League Cup or FA Cup to score five goals and lose the game.

FACT

Forgot the penalty call and the extra time in the 90mins

That was awful


Discuss

You are an idiot. Yes we were poor, but we were 5 seconds away from a 4-3 win. We were a poor refereeing decision away from playing 10 men in extra time. We were a a refereeing decision away from being 5-0 up when we were not given a penalty.

Yes other things went for us but it could have been very different.

Coulda woulda shoulda gets you 4 points from 8 games and out of the cup when seeing out leads would have given you 13 points and still in the cup.

Otherwise known as relegationa relegationa relegationa.

[Optimist]

Reading 0-18 Preston North End still haunts me more tbh.

[RoyalBlue]

Fine you've added on 2 mins more than you should of. Why I don't know, the is REF IS A oxf*rd.

More annoyingly though

koscielny should have been sent off twice.

Face it, extra-time with 10 men having played 90mins, is a lot more difficult than 11. koscielny started the attack for the 6th goal as well.

But these are excuses, sorry McDermott but as much as I like you, you're tactically inept and should go.

At 4-2 Guthrie who should of been at least on the bench, should have come on and slowed the tempo.

Federici is SHIT

I can see why QPR got rid of Gorkss he is simply woeful and has been in every single game!

Yeh, Feds made a series of shit saves - funny how they kept us in it for so long. Maybe to blame for one - unlike Legs who also showed why QPR released him. Lost count of how many times he failed to do the simple things, gifting them with possession when we should have been running down the clock,