Coppell has faith Oster can beat the boo boys.

[Alan Partridge]

Oster was ok, he's a Championship player really. He's not quite good enough for this league but he's an easy target for people. I LOVE ingimarsson but i thought he was well below par today easily beaten for their goal, generally shaky in the 1st half with some awful passing, just below par day for him today. Hunt was worse than Oster, far worse imo. Matejovsky at times looks great then gives the ball away too easily, Rosenior slipped and they missed a sitter, these things people look past but they remember everything Oster does wrong. Some people have players in their mind who can do no right, and even if they play well can't bear to praise them. Oster's ball for the first goal was far superior to anything Hunt produced from the other flank yet 'Hunt MOTM ran around loads, great energy' Nonsence. I'm no fan of Oster, as already stated imo he's a CCC player but he did ok today and not half as bad as some make out.

[Fubar]

Love him or hate him, he still earns more than the majority of posters on this board do....

[taipeiroyal]

Love him or hate him, he still earns more than the majority of posters on this board do....

wouldn't that be "more than the majority of posters combined" ?

[SpaceCruiser]

I thought Oster did well yesterday, despite the odd mistake. He took the free kicks quite well, so you can't really complain about him.

Yesterday, I thought Bikey was awesome, but I watched MOTD today, the goal we conceded was the fault of both Inigmarsson and Bikey. Ingimarsson allowed himself to be beat and Bikey allowed his marker to get to the ball before him.

Still, a win is a win and I think we'll be ok. Oster is good enough for now.

[Jerry St Clair]

Felt a bit sorry for Oster yesterday. Ingi, Marek and Bikey all gave the ball away early on without a murmur from the crowd, but the first mistake Oster made generated howls of derision.

My problem is that he is a very average football, at best, but he still earns far more in a month than I do in a couple of years. That's not his fault though - it's this ridiculous circus of a league that rewards mediocrity so handsomely.

[RoyalBlue]

I thought Oster did well yesterday, despite the odd mistake. He took the free kicks quite well, so you can't really complain about him.

Yesterday, I thought Bikey was awesome, but I watched MOTD today, the goal we conceded was the fault of both Inigmarsson and Bikey. Ingimarsson allowed himself to be beat and Bikey allowed his marker to get to the ball before him.

Still, a win is a win and I think we'll be ok. Oster is good enough for now.

Oster played the diagonal cross-field pass that led to the foul on Hunt and then placed the resulting free-kick perfectly for Bikey to score. All the pundits raved about the quality of the delivery. Two assists now in two games for Oster - not bad!!

Gooding made some very valid points about Oster being a very good player but coming in for critcism because he sometimes looks to have a laid back attitude and doesn't appear to be the high energy, 110%, battling player that a section of the Reading fans always appear to prefer. No doubt that section of fans were the same group of people who liked to get on the backs of players like Caskey.

As for Bikey - Football First reckoned he got a hat-trick. They played the Birmingham goal in slow motion and then froze it at the point where Bikey appears to slide a foot in between Zarate's legs and knock the ball over the line.

[Hampshire Royal]

I've read some boll*x on here over the years but this is taking it to the extremes of the universe. Class player. Vision. Too good for his teammates. Even putting him in the same category as Matty. I didn't boo Oster and never will but where was the "vision" when in the first half he was running through on goal and had at least 2 teammates to thread the ball through too? Where was the "class" in the second half when he had the whole goal in front of him and skied it over the goal because of poor technique. Class player my absolute ar*e. Yes he made a few decent crosses - almost made up for the carp ones. Can't even be trusted to take corners and free kicks. Played o.k.? Possibly. But is that really good enough? Just because we won don't let's cloud another unsatisfactory performance from "the player who's too good for his teammates". I've never heard so much drivel.

Blimey, two mistakes in a game. Phew, the rest of the team must be pretty damned good to make less than that. He deserves all the booing and vitriol given to him by the fans. Just think, if he hadn't made the pass to Marek last week or the cross for Bikey's first they would justifiably have lynched him (but they were just lucky, and in the case of the Marek goal, overhit).

[brendywendy]

agree with alot of whats been said about the oyster on this page

he played well, set up another goal, contributed more-in terms of end product, and equal in terms of work ethic than hunt did IMHO
getting better every game-not perfect, but no one was yesterday
will never be as good as blakey, but id rather have oster than seol, and i never thought id say that.

ill be cheering him double loud to make up for the booing morons

[doylefan]

agree with alot of whats been said about the oyster on this page

he played well, set up another goal, contributed more-in terms of end product, and equal in terms of work ethic than hunt did IMHO
getting better every game-not perfect, but no one was yesterday
will never be as good as blakey, but id rather have oster than seol, and i never thought id say that.

ill be cheering him double loud to make up for the booing morons

again another assist making that 2 in 2 now annd both were vital goals.
it amazes me that when other players muck up their passes, no one remembers, but why is it whenever Oster makes a mistake, everyone remembers it and are straigh away on his back????

have to agree that i would rather have Oster than Seol anyday and i too will be cheering him on even louder to make up for the booing (esp the guy behind me who boos him before he's even touched the ball and continues to do so even though he has just created the chance for our goal!)

[brighton_royal]

I'll never boo a Reading player but the simple fact remains that Oyster is our weakest regular midfielder and deserves to be replaced asap.

[Royalee]

He had a better game today, but he's still not good enough.

Royalee in uneducated crap comment shock!!

Bless

[handbags_harris]

I'll never boo a Reading player but the simple fact remains that Oyster is our weakest regular midfielder and deserves to be replaced asap.

How many goals have we conceded down from our right hand side with Oster in the team? Just a question, I genuinely don't know. In comparison, how many goals have we scored from Oster direct assists with him in the side? Again, just a question, I genuinely don't know. If the latter question is greater than the former, then that alone carries enough weight for me to say keep him in the side.

[West Stand Man]

He had a better game today, but he's still not good enough.

Royalee in uneducated crap comment shock!!

Bless

That's kind of you.

[Royal Rother]

I can't answer the questions in full but Oster has started 8 games this season, that's all.

We have won 3 of them and conceded only 9 goals.

[Man Friday]

ok folks, I'm now backing out of this particular debate. I can see that I'm clashing with people who I normally agree with and I don't want to fall out with these good people! Oster did ok yesterday and my criticisms might have been a tad harsh but, (and this is no excuse I know for a fully grown man) they were a(n over-)reaction to the comments that, effectively, Oster is too good for his teammates as in they're not good enoughto cope with his vision and read his amazingly penetrating passes. I just felt I couldn't allow these absolutely ridiculous comments to go unchallenged. Anyway, good luck Johnny O, here's to you getting better and better every week and helping Reading stay up.

[Cookie]

ok folks, I'm now backing out of this particular debate. I can see that I'm clashing with people who I normally agree with and I don't want to fall out with these good people! Oster did ok yesterday and my criticisms might have been a tad harsh but, (and this is no excuse I know for a fully grown man) they were a(n over-)reaction to the comments that, effectively, Oster is too good for his teammates as in they're not good enoughto cope with his vision and read his amazingly penetrating passes. I just felt I couldn't allow these absolutely ridiculous comments to go unchallenged. Anyway, good luck Johnny O, here's to you getting better and better every week and helping Reading stay up.

Trust the manager.
Stone-cold Steve.

[Jeffers217]

Question, who set up Bikey's first goal?
Question no. 2- who set up Matejovsky last wk?
Answer...John Oster.

He is linking up well with the other players, he tries to be creative. Hunt never should have got MOTM yday. IMO Oster is a better technical player and has more skill but is low on confuidence. Give the man a break, he's good enough