Reading V Chelsea match thread

[AbovetheI]

YR, if he actually stamped then he would have seen a strait red. Keep clutching at those straws chum.

[Yorkshire Royal]

Hmm.. I'm going to stop posting now.. Clearly many disgruntled Reading fans.. It looked like a stamp to me.. Completely pointless.. Right in front of the ref.. Cisse knew he was going off.. no argument... no protest..

I was far more annoyed with Styles on Sunday actually, but there you go.

Fundamentally tonight we were not good enough in the 2nd half. Gutting after such a great first half... Must have been one heck of a half time team talk.. Mourinho looked thrilled to bits for the win. It says a lot that every game we play Chelsea they look absolutely shattered afterwards and clearly find playing us hard...

[AndyRFC]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

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Yorkshire being controversial for the sake of it is so passe

[AthleticoSpizz]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

so were Chelsea


Sometimes it takes Royalee to spell it out

[AndyRFC]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

so were Chelsea

He's going to be unreplaceable for the time being, Cisse > dump

[72 bus]

Chelsea were a lot better without sidwell as the second half showed

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

so were Chelsea

He's going to be unreplaceable for the time being, Cisse > dump

[Arch]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

[Yorkshire Royal]

Yorkshire being controversial for the sake of it is so passe

Seriously.. I thought he deserved both his cards. Sorry.

[AndyRFC]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

Did you watch the game? Hmm. Heads went down, couldnt contain Chelsea. Seol, no interest, Couldnt get forward. As soon as the first went in the second was coming.

[Arch]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

Did you watch the game? Hmm. Heads went down, couldnt contain Chelsea. Seol, no interest, Couldnt get forward. As soon as the first went in the second was coming.

Yes, I watched the game. We were well beaten in the second half, and did not play as well, no question. But to put that down to "no passion, pride or belief" is the stupidest remark I've read in a while.

[Chaney]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

Did you watch the game? Hmm. Heads went down, couldnt contain Chelsea. Seol, no interest, Couldnt get forward. As soon as the first went in the second was coming.

jesus christ, I knew it wouldnt take long for somebody to blame Seol for the defeat tonight.
he came on for 12 minutes or so, what did you expect???

[AndyRFC]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

Did you watch the game? Hmm. Heads went down, couldnt contain Chelsea. Seol, no interest, Couldnt get forward. As soon as the first went in the second was coming.

Yes, I watched the game. We were well beaten in the second half, and did not play as well, no question. But to put that down to "no passion, pride or belief" is the stupidest remark I've read in a while.

It was same old Reading, play well, score, concede = heads down, no confidence

[Row Z Royal]

Just seen the second yellow card.

Can you appeal against them? Cisse didn't touch Pizarro.

[floyd__streete]

to put that down to "no passion, pride or belief" is the stupidest remark I've read in a while.

No belief, certainly. Not helped by some of the daftest tactics I have seen in a while - name another side who would take a striker off when down to ten men 2-1 down at home.

[Yorkshire Royal]

In the most blatant u-turn in the history of HNA, that was never a sending off... having now seen in up close on MOTD, there was no contact and that Pizarro chap should be ashamed of himself..

Big girls blouse.. Apologies Ian...

[AndyRFC]

Absolutely furious with the second half performance, no pride/belief or passion. Reading we're a man short of a game- Steve Sidwell

Complete bullshit, Andy. That was nothing to do with pride, belief or passion. We got rattled by tactical changes that left their team flooded with attacking players. After ten minutes we steadied the ship, but never got the same attacking rhythm as in the first half. I'd love to see you go into the dressing room and tell them there was no pride, belief or passion. Truly daft!

Did you watch the game? Hmm. Heads went down, couldnt contain Chelsea. Seol, no interest, Couldnt get forward. As soon as the first went in the second was coming.

jesus christ, I knew it wouldnt take long for somebody to blame Seol for the defeat tonight.
he came on for 12 minutes or so, what did you expect???

Where do I blame SEOL for the defeat? He came on at 2-1 with 10 men - and was completely ineffective.

[Arch]

It was same old Reading, play well, score, concede = heads down, no confidence

But that doesn't describe the Reading of the last two seasons at all. Get over it. It was Chelsea, FFS.

[Arch]

to put that down to "no passion, pride or belief" is the stupidest remark I've read in a while.

No belief, certainly. Not helped by some of the daftest tactics I have seen in a while - name another side who would take a striker off when down to ten men 2-1 down at home.

Just about everyone. We were getting killed in midfield and needed Cisse replaced. You could hardly take off a defender or a midfielder with the players Chelsea had out there.

[AndyRFC]

It was same old Reading, play well, score, concede = heads down, no confidence

But that doesn't describe the Reading of the last two seasons at all. Get over it. It was Chelsea, FFS.

See 'Blackburn' and 'Watford' at home. (ok we didnt score against Watford)