by Basingstoke Royal » 29 Jan 2011 18:20
by Skin » 29 Jan 2011 18:30
by Basingstoke Royal » 29 Jan 2011 18:37
Skin did it 'go off'? Any of our 'top boys' show?
by andrew1957 » 29 Jan 2011 18:44
by Royalwaster » 29 Jan 2011 18:47
by tomrfcurz » 29 Jan 2011 18:48
Royalwaster Very surprised Cummings didn't play instead of Griff ... thought he deserved it after his game vs WBA!
by Bucks Dave » 29 Jan 2011 18:54
by Mr Angry » 29 Jan 2011 18:58
by parky » 29 Jan 2011 19:01
by paultheroyal » 29 Jan 2011 19:42
by pea » 29 Jan 2011 19:48
tomrfcurzRoyalwaster Very surprised Cummings didn't play instead of Griff ... thought he deserved it after his game vs WBA!
That said, Griff played well minus one error i believe
by RoyalJames101 » 29 Jan 2011 19:56
by LJ » 29 Jan 2011 20:00
parky We played well in the first half, always looking good when coming forward. Sinclair came on for Stevenage and that changed the game for them, our back four simply couldn't handle him, Ingimarsson then took him out for what looked like a stonewall penalty. Had the benefit of being in with their fans behind the goal and it happening right in front of me. This then spurred them on which created a dodgey 10 mins thereafter. We fully deserved the win though.
by westongeezer » 29 Jan 2011 20:35
by londinium » 29 Jan 2011 20:38
LJparky We played well in the first half, always looking good when coming forward. Sinclair came on for Stevenage and that changed the game for them, our back four simply couldn't handle him, Ingimarsson then took him out for what looked like a stonewall penalty. Had the benefit of being in with their fans behind the goal and it happening right in front of me. This then spurred them on which created a dodgey 10 mins thereafter. We fully deserved the win though.
Yeah we were sat in the North Terrace too. Seemed like we were the only Reading fans in there, everyone was in Stevenage scarves, and calling Shane Long a diver and Simon Church Welsh, both of which are true statements. Just out of interest were you to the right of the goal or the left? And did you show any emotion for the goals? I nearly let out an expletive when Matt Mills let both Rob Sinclair and Darius Charles wade past him, in a matter of minutes., and I felt for Stevenage, because they wasted some great opportunities. But really glad we took our chance and came out on top in the end. Good day out, made the 1h 45 minute queue outside the ticket office all worth it.Was a definite penalty
by Billy The Fish » 29 Jan 2011 20:46
by BenReadingFC » 29 Jan 2011 21:09
by Upper West Ginger » 29 Jan 2011 21:17
Bucks Dave Best chant "One punch and he knocked you out".
by paultheroyal » 29 Jan 2011 21:44
paultheroyal Enjoyed the day out but that was freezing. Please tickets were on the right side of stand, good atmosphere, good banter and stood for the whole game.
First half, deserved the lead without really testing the keeper, and then saying that they had better chances.
For the next 30 mins of the second half i thought we were a mess. Not sure what happened or a change of tactics from them but they had a header chance which was probably easier to miss and they were a real threat running at the defence. Certainly nervous times after they scored. Last 15 we got hold of the game, and had chances to make it 3 or even 4. Mcdermott left it to late to make the change, and it showed with Antonio waiting to come on when they equalised. No coincidence we improved when he came on and took Robson-Kanu off.
In summary, Karacan went missing, Harte was loose again with his defending and passing. Leigertwood was great first half, had a poor 15 or so in second half but improved. Robson Kanu frustrated the hell out of me as did Church. Long looks so composed and a player full of confidence right now.
Biggest Lolz was the group of lads to my right screaming all game at Scott Minto from Sky to get his attention. He did not look up once.....because it was Johnny Phillips you numpties!!
by Franchise FC » 29 Jan 2011 21:55
andrew1957 Reading totally controlled the game for 65 minutes but it looked like they were happy to keep it 1-0 which is always dangerous. Then Stevenage had a good penalty shout which was turned down by the ref. The replay suggested that the ref was right and the player had looked for a leg that was not there. It gave Stevenage hope, however and they had a very good 10 minutes and scored a good goal. We weathered the pressure and showed great determination to come back from what looked like a certain draw to win late on. All in all a good day but we really should have put the game to bed much earlier.
No one stood out massively. Legs probably MOTM again. McAnuff did some very good things and a superb cross for the winner. Church completely anonymous apart from one shot. It really was his chance to shine and he did not. Antonio seemed to liven things up when he came on. Everyone else was 5 or 6 out of 10.
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