by readingfc13 » 24 Feb 2008 21:57
by AthleticoSpizz » 24 Feb 2008 21:59
by PEARCEY » 24 Feb 2008 22:00
AthleticoSpizz at least we can still do the double over Liverpool
by AthleticoSpizz » 24 Feb 2008 22:09
no point in being a moany old buggerPEARCEYAthleticoSpizz at least we can still do the double over Liverpool
Athletico you have become the ultimate RTG with this comment
by PEARCEY » 24 Feb 2008 22:13
AthleticoSpizzno point in being a moany old buggerPEARCEYAthleticoSpizz at least we can still do the double over Liverpool
Athletico you have become the ultimate RTG with this comment
If the worst should happen, the 3-1 will live forever
by Archie's penalty » 24 Feb 2008 22:28
by weybridgewanderer » 25 Feb 2008 00:14
by Upper West Ginger » 25 Feb 2008 00:25
by Platypuss » 25 Feb 2008 08:02
2 world wars, 1 world cup Ok, that should be enough time for all the doom brigade and people of fickle fragile faith to have their rants, orgasms and field days.
And now relax.
Back to reality.
We just lost at home to the 6th best side in the country.
by PremAddict » 25 Feb 2008 18:21
by Cookie » 25 Feb 2008 22:01
Upper West Ginger I am simply so UTTERLY DESPERATELY HACKED OFF that - having achieved top-flight status after so many years - we are now in the process of throwing it away. Last season, I could have forgiven the team if they under-performed against the mighty Premier League teams - after all, we are only little old Reading. To many people's surprise, we did well. This season it is all imploding, and it hurts.
Relax, the man says. HA!
by Ian Royal » 25 Feb 2008 23:35
Gordons Cumming strap
get a grip!!!
You need to take some medication.
We'll be OK. Honest.....................
by floyd__streete » 25 Feb 2008 23:40
Ian Royal It's bizarre seeing people slate that performance. Bar never looking like scoring and a lot of stupid mistakes at the back - most of which we got away with or tidied up ourselves we came close to matching Villa for most of th egame. Yes Villa could easily have scored 4 or 5, but equally we could easily have scored 3 or 4, we're just really struggling with goals.
I thought we played a lot of nice positive stuff in the middle of the park.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 25 Feb 2008 23:48
CookieUpper West Ginger I am simply so UTTERLY DESPERATELY HACKED OFF that - having achieved top-flight status after so many years - we are now in the process of throwing it away. Last season, I could have forgiven the team if they under-performed against the mighty Premier League teams - after all, we are only little old Reading. To many people's surprise, we did well. This season it is all imploding, and it hurts.
Relax, the man says. HA!
I can't relax either.
by Arch » 26 Feb 2008 00:26
I relaxed a while ago. For a team who hasn't had a sniff of a point for two months, we're still absurdly far from being relegated. The fewer games there are left, the less form matters and the more it's all about who gets what luck on what day. I love the numpties who take Fulham's won over Villa as evidence that Villa aren't as good as their table position. Look at the table, guys. Fulham are still three points behind us, despite beating the team in sixth place. Good result, that. They played well. Just like they got a good result when they beat us. But in the final analysis, it doesn't mean a damn thing. They need two more points than we do in the remaining games. Let's kick back and see what happens.2 world wars, 1 world cup Ok, that should be enough time for all the doom brigade and people of fickle fragile faith to have their rants, orgasms and field days.
And now relax.
Back to reality.
Cisse, whilst playing well against tough opposition most of the time, made enough silly errors to mean he should never put on a Reading shirt again. That's essentially what lost it for us. Otherwise...
We just lost at home to the 6th best side in the country.
This isn't about taking positives, it's about looking objectively at what happened. And I'll repeat. All that happened is that we (just) lost to a very good team - the 6th best in the country. We weren't battered. We weren't played off the park. We were just outplayed slighly by a team who's not only better than us but better than 13 (thirteen) other Premiership teams. So what's the big deal exactly? No, seriously, what?
This performance/ result could easily have happened last season and apart from the above rant against Cisse, no-one would have bothered complaining. It was a normal day for the Royals as far as I'm concerned. Last season we wouldn't have demanded a win at home against such a side so why on earth would we now? Why oh why is a relegation-scrapping team suddenly expected to perform like a title winning team with uproar for not beating a class team???? The mind boggles.
We didn't lose 6-0. We didn't look like we didn't match them. We did very well in the second half and thoroughly deserved our goal. We look like a Premiership side. We are a Premiership side. And if we continue to play like one there's no reason why we won't continue to be a Premiership side next season.
Again, well done boys you did good. Cisse, sorry but you were a bit clueless today. Welcome back Ivar.
Kebe - changed the game. Fantastic!
Business as normal.
I for one am not expecting us to play incredibly all of a sudden, but just normally. And a narrow defeat at home to a very strong side isn't far off normal.
OVER A QUARTER of the season to go. Back to normality and we'll be fine. We don't need more.
Calm down, there's every chance we'll be fine.
by West Stand Man » 26 Feb 2008 11:10
ankeny Its the teams around us you should judge us on and we cant even beat them so Mr RTG where is our next win coming from?
by Tilehurst Mike » 26 Feb 2008 11:23
2 world wars, 1 world cup Ok, that should be enough time for all the doom brigade and people of fickle fragile faith to have their rants, orgasms and field days.
And now relax.
Back to reality.
Cisse, whilst playing well against tough opposition most of the time, made enough silly errors to mean he should never put on a Reading shirt again. That's essentially what lost it for us. Otherwise...
We just lost at home to the 6th best side in the country.
This isn't about taking positives, it's about looking objectively at what happened. And I'll repeat. All that happened is that we (just) lost to a very good team - the 6th best in the country. We weren't battered. We weren't played off the park. We were just outplayed slighly by a team who's not only better than us but better than 13 (thirteen) other Premiership teams. So what's the big deal exactly? No, seriously, what?
This performance/ result could easily have happened last season and apart from the above rant against Cisse, no-one would have bothered complaining. It was a normal day for the Royals as far as I'm concerned. Last season we wouldn't have demanded a win at home against such a side so why on earth would we now? Why oh why is a relegation-scrapping team suddenly expected to perform like a title winning team with uproar for not beating a class team???? The mind boggles.
We didn't lose 6-0. We didn't look like we didn't match them. We did very well in the second half and thoroughly deserved our goal. We look like a Premiership side. We are a Premiership side. And if we continue to play like one there's no reason why we won't continue to be a Premiership side next season.
Again, well done boys you did good. Cisse, sorry but you were a bit clueless today. Welcome back Ivar.
Kebe - changed the game. Fantastic!
Business as normal.
I for one am not expecting us to play incredibly all of a sudden, but just normally. And a narrow defeat at home to a very strong side isn't far off normal.
OVER A QUARTER of the season to go. Back to normality and we'll be fine. We don't need more.
Calm down, there's every chance we'll be fine.
by BR2 » 26 Feb 2008 11:50
by 3 veesinarow » 26 Feb 2008 11:57
Rev Algenon Stickleback H I've never found relegation battles that stressful. Depressing, yes, but they always tend to have that feel of inevitible gloom about them that makes staying up a bonus.
Personally I found the promotion attempts in 2001 and 2002 much more stressful, particularly that agonizing run of draws in 2002.
by West Stand Man » 26 Feb 2008 12:15
BR2 As 2 World Wars is obviously keen on history perhaps he should change his name to King Canute.
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