Back from the game - Barnsley (h)

[Binfield Royal]

At last a home win that we looked good for.

Gunnarsson was excellent all game in fact every one played their part.

Well done boys and may we march on to safety.

[moo]

Firstt home game ive missed in a while... bet it was still drab.

STAY AT HOME AND MASTURB8

And dont sell ur ST cos then you give Madejski monies in the form of food and crap.

[rotherwick_royal]

Not sure what to make of today. It was the ugliest we've played all season and yet we won, and should have won a lot more comfortably. It says a lot about what you need to do to succeed in the Championship I suppose. Having said that, I thought Barnsley were dire, and hardly posed any threat. Was that down to the way we played? I don't think so.

[FiNeRaIn]

LOL at the standard of football i've just witnessed. I can't remember a game where two sides were so bad. How are barnsley 13th? The standard of passing was embarrassing at times but 3 points is 3 points. We need to build on it.

[Royalwaster]

LOL at the standard of football i've just witnessed. I can't remember a game where two sides were so bad. How are barnsley 13th? The standard of passing was embarrassing at times but 3 points is 3 points. We need to build on it.

I thought we were good - just couldnt' score more than the one goal. With some confident strikers in the team we'd have won that game 4:0 or so and everyone on here would have been raving about the performance.

[SHORT AND CURLY]

Shane Long my MOM closely followed by Mills. Special mention to Boris who was very solid and extremely unlucky to be booked for what appeared to be a superb tackle.

Back to long who worked really hard and well done to him for winning his dual with that big lump Moore.

By the way, I am not a Long fan but he deserves recognition this evening.

[rob9182]

A win that will certainly help, however if we are to ever recover properly from bad form then we MUST take our chances. We must of had 3 or 4 clear chances before actually scoring and then the goal itself was very scrappy. Long does no where near the work of Church or Thorvaldsson and doesn't have a finish, just like the rest of the striking force at them moment. So am I the only one that thinks Long is getting starts from goals rather than performance which isn't a bad thing but he is not scoring enough and doesn't finish well ENOUGH!

[PieEater]

It was chalk and cheese today, in patches we knocked the ball around really well then we couldn't string a series of passes together and resorted to head tennis.

We had loads of chances and every time the final ball or finish/shot was dire, I'm still encouraged we are creating chances and hopefully the goals will come as we pick up points and start winning games.

Choosing MOTM today was tough, maybe Gunnar, Mills or Long, but they all had their poor moments. Long always looked threatening and has vastly improved his heading. His passing and general decision making is still dire, but that should come with confidence and goals. He took his goal well but it was laid on plate by Sig. Mills generally solid but a lot of silly fouls and misplaced passes, and Gunnar generally solid and remarkably skillful but with little result.

Barnsley though were crap, maybe they had on off day but you have to wonder how they are so far above us in the table.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

A vital three points, but a generally poor performance. I thought Shane Long did very well today, whilst on the other hand Jobi McAnuff looked terrible, lazy and not with it.

The defence looked competent and assured, whilst Gunnarsson and Sigurdsson put in good performances.

A much-needed win at home and hopefully we can build on it for Doncaster, next weekend.

[moo]

LOL at the standard of football i've just witnessed. I can't remember a game where two sides were so bad. How are barnsley 13th? The standard of passing was embarrassing at times but 3 points is 3 points. We need to build on it.

I thought we were good - just couldnt' score more than the one goal. With some confident strikers in the team we'd have won that game 4:0 or so and everyone on here would have been raving about the performance.

Erm no offence... but statements like this are laughable. Surely thats the kind of thing that seperates promotion hopefuls from relegation battlers

[RoyalBlue]

Very grateful for the three points but, in another game, the hatful of great opportunities created only to be missed would have cost us dear, asindeed it has in the past.

McDermott says he will be happy with 1-0 wins but I hope he doesn't really mean that. If he does, I can only assume he was unconscious when we got relegated from the PL on goal difference!

The funds must be made available to sign a clinical finisher at this level. McDermott has already made it clear that tightarse won't sanction a permanent signing so it will have to be the wages and loan fee for a class player.

And before the disciples of Madejski bleat on about financial prudence, problems at Palace, Cardiff etc. the money is there in the form of the unexpected windfall from the FA cup run. Afterall, being such prudent and expert businessmen, Madejski and co would not have built that into their budget at the start of the season.

[winchester_royal]

The team can't seem to do anything right according to this board. Should have had 5, and Federici didn't have to make a save, yet somehow it's a poor performance????? Christ.

Anyway, Long and Mills were immense today, and Griffin was very solid yet again.

Disappointed with McAnuff and Karacan though.....

[rob the royal]

Long does no where near the work of Church or Thorvaldsson and doesn't have a finish, just like the rest of the striking force at them moment. So am I the only one that thinks Long is getting starts from goals rather than performance which isn't a bad thing but he is not scoring enough and doesn't finish well ENOUGH!

Just like the rest of them... like you said. Long did just as much work as Church today from what I saw and looked more of a threat.

[The Cap]

Eh, 3 points is 3 points. Ugly win,beautiful win? Who cares from now on in.

By the way was anybody privvy to the Barnslee crew trying to break through the dividing fence, outside the East Stand, at the end of the game. Just like our defence during the ninety minutes, they had no joy. Bloke next to me said the last time he saw that happening was when we played the 'Wall at home. And let's face it, how many moons ago was that?

[Maguire]

Well it wasn't pretty but a wins a win. My first at the 25th time of askin
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Mill my motm but my word there was precious little quality in that game. Don't think the pitch helped - tough going in the middle and Jem had a bit of a shocker.

[rob the royal]

Eh, 3 points is 3 points. Ugly win,beautiful win? Who cares from now on in.

By the way was anybody privvy to the Barnslee crew trying to break through the dividing fence, outside the East Stand, at the end of the game. Just like our defence during the ninety minutes, they had no joy. Bloke next to me said the last time he saw that happening was when we played the 'Wall at home. And let's face it, how many moons ago was that?

Yeah was just like Millwall away... a bunch of morons who think that if they shake the fence hard enough it might just fall apart. 'WHO ARE YA!'

[Stranded]

Very grateful for the three points but, in another game, the hatful of great opportunities created only to be missed would have cost us dear, asindeed it has in the past.

McDermott says he will be happy with 1-0 wins but I hope he doesn't really mean that. If he does, I can only assume he was unconscious when we got relegated from the PL on goal difference!

The funds must be made available to sign a clinical finisher at this level. McDermott has already made it clear that tightarse won't sanction a permanent signing so it will have to be the wages and loan fee for a class player.

And before the disciples of Madejski bleat on about financial prudence, problems at Palace, Cardiff etc. the money is there in the form of the unexpected windfall from the FA cup run. Afterall, being such prudent and expert businessmen, Madejski and co would not have built that into their budget at the start of the season.

Win enough games 1-0 and GD becomes irrelevant. He won't be thinking of staying up by the skin of our teeth, in fact I doubt the only target he has is 1-0 or better at Doncaster.

[winchester_royal]

So you're not happy with the win today then RB?

[brendywendy]

Woohoo. WNG. That is all.

[Dick Habbin's hairdo]

*not back from the game, obviously*

But, 3 pts is 3 pts, no matter how we get 'em.... it's all about aggression, will to win and getting stuck in now..... it won't be pretty.