on my way BFTG: Millwall H

[bcubed]

The most entertaining thing today was Danny Shittu. Hilarious how fat he is.

Despite playing the full game seemingly in slow motion, he was always in the right place and would have been my man of the match had he not manhandled the ref.

Agreed - fat but too good for us

[bcubed]

Just seen the highlights on FLS. Shocking defending to leave McDonald in so much space and Feds was too slow off his line.

Too slow and then dived in when maybe he could have stayed on his feet

[bobby1413]

Felt a bit of a loss and Millwall deserved that draw as they never gave up. Reading once again did.

Thought the atmosphere was good, and enjoyed the chants to millwall fans, especially "peado", "pCunt like a bucket, she's hot a pCunt like a bucket", "are you saville in disguise".

I never understand our fans though. Go 1 nil up after 8 minutes, and the chants are all about how shit millwall are, why do t you go home, etc...

I'd love it if once we just sang about the goal scorer, or 106, or something positive.

I think the players need a kick up the backside. They dominate most matches for a very small period and then just relax and let the other team back in.

[windermere_royal]

Just seen the penalty incident, yes the Millwall player had too much space, but there was no immediate danger of him getting a shot away , and there were two covering defenders on the line. why mister calamity dived in I will never know

[Waylenstreet]

I love being a Royals supporter. It gives you a sense of outlook. It restores your sense of proportion.
Just as you start to think to yourself, ' maybe I was overly pessimistic, maybe things are beginning to click.....' Cold reality descends once again like drizzle on an orphan's family vault...

[The Quiet Man]

Slow one paced centre back combination; slow one paced centre midfield combination; slow one paced forward combination. Right back who struggles defensively but has pace, slow left back with no pace, one young winger learning his trade and one winger who plays when he feels like it but no consistently. Struggle for the play offs on this basis very average championship stuff.

[Ian Royal]

Did you notice none of them wear club shirts!

They can't be real fans then.

There really were absolutely none of them in club shirts. I spent a lot of time looking and there were none at all, not one. (I found this more entertaining than the game!) Must be considered plastic to do so. Can't remember seeing this with any other fans

There were. I certainly saw some.

[Ian Royal]

Surprise, Surprise, Adam Federici at fault for yet another goal.

The quicker we get McCarthy back the better.

Took a lot longer than I expected for one of these idiotic comments to come up!

Ignore several other very good saves that he made to keep it 1-0. Of course, it was a mistake by Feds that cost us two points, nothing whatsoever to do with poor defending by 10 other outfield players v their 9, and completely ignore the fact that it was the bad miss by golden boy ALF that really cost us the 2 points. 2-0 up and they wouldn't have come back. What's more, even had Feds then made a mistake (and I'm not sure it was), we would have still won the game.

I think it's harsh to place blame on Le Fondre for not winning by missing a shot, when the reason we conceeded was because we gifted the opposition pressure on us and then gifted them a penalty in the last couple of minutes. That's a far greater crime than not putting your team 2-0 up.

Although I would agree that blaming Federici is pathetic. He may have been able to do better, but then so should Adkins with his shape. So should the midfield with retaining possession. So should the defence with clearing to midfielders.

And absolutely so should the defence in getting tighter on McDonald and not playing him onside, the far greater mistake in giving away the goal.

[St. Brynjar]

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[RoyalBlue]

Just seen the penalty incident, yes the Millwall player had too much space, but there was no immediate danger of him getting a shot away , and there were two covering defenders on the line. why mister calamity dived in I will never know

No immediate danger of him being able to get a shot away? Thought he had the ball at his feet with no defender near him!

Absolutely ridiculous to describe a keeper as good as Feds as mister calamity!

If you have to pick out a single player to blame for the loss of two points yesterday, you'd be better looking at one of our strikers. But then strikers seem to be able to miss excellent chances but never be blamed for costing a team two points.

Surprise, Surprise, Adam Federici at fault for yet another goal.

The quicker we get McCarthy back the better.

Took a lot longer than I expected for one of these idiotic comments to come up!

Ignore several other very good saves that he made to keep it 1-0. Of course, it was a mistake by Feds that cost us two points, nothing whatsoever to do with poor defending by 10 other outfield players v their 9, and completely ignore the fact that it was the bad miss by golden boy ALF that really cost us the 2 points. 2-0 up and they wouldn't have come back. What's more, even had Feds then made a mistake (and I'm not sure it was), we would have still won the game.

I think it's harsh to place blame on Le Fondre for not winning by missing a shot, when the reason we conceeded was because we gifted the opposition pressure on us and then gifted them a penalty in the last couple of minutes. That's a far greater crime than not putting your team 2-0 up.

Although I would agree that blaming Federici is pathetic. He may have been able to do better, but then so should Adkins with his shape. So should the midfield with retaining possession. So should the defence with clearing to midfielders.

And absolutely so should the defence in getting tighter on McDonald and not playing him onside, the far greater mistake in giving away the goal.

I just do not understand why strikers, who are paid bloody good money to put the ball in the net, seem immune from criticism when the miss very good opportunities. 2-0 up at that stage of the game and it turns into a very different contest. I'm not the only one to think that way, after the game Mick Gooding was very critical of the fact that we do not score enough goals when we have the opportunity and said that puts a great deal of pressure on the defence when a mistake by them at 1-0 can cost the team two points.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Surprise, Surprise, Adam Federici at fault for yet another goal.

The quicker we get McCarthy back the better.

Took a lot longer than I expected for one of these idiotic comments to come up!

Ignore several other very good saves that he made to keep it 1-0. Of course, it was a mistake by Feds that cost us two points, nothing whatsoever to do with poor defending by 10 other outfield players v their 9, and completely ignore the fact that it was the bad miss by golden boy ALF that really cost us the 2 points. 2-0 up and they wouldn't have come back. What's more, even had Feds then made a mistake (and I'm not sure it was), we would have still won the game.

Not ignoring the saves, nor the miss by Le Fondre, I was merely stating that once again Federici makes a mistake that costs us the game. He was one of the reasons we went down, his calamitous start to the season cost us numerous points from which we never fully recovered.

[Will95]

Dull game, we were poor, Millwall were equally shit, draw was probably fair but it was still disappointing. Pog wasn't half the player he's been the last few games. Silly of Feds to give away the penalty.

Atmosphere was decent, Millwall fans were and the best thing about yesterday. Found myself wishing they'd try harder and actually get in our end for a bit more excitement/to see our end run but most of them looked to old to give it a proper go. Sad really...

[bcubed]

There really were absolutely none of them in club shirts. I spent a lot of time looking and there were none at all, not one. (I found this more entertaining than the game!) Must be considered plastic to do so. Can't remember seeing this with any other fans

There were. I certainly saw some.

I saw none, maybe you had binoculars!

[Ian Royal]

There really were absolutely none of them in club shirts. I spent a lot of time looking and there were none at all, not one. (I found this more entertaining than the game!) Must be considered plastic to do so. Can't remember seeing this with any other fans

There were. I certainly saw some.

I saw none, maybe you had binoculars!

To be fair to you, they were on the tube laterz.

[Franchise FC]

Usual rubbish

Didn't think the ref was as bad as suggested, people sl8 the ref after every game. Though he did allow Kelly to be subbed on and play was then restarted with a throw on.....which Kelly took.

Someone's Shirley asked the question as to why this isn't within the laws of the game

[paultheroyal]

I blame the fans for that defeat. The Ashes chant to Federici was decent last week and cringeworthy at best this week, loss of concentration, rush of blood and boom 1:1

[floyd__streete]

1.53


That is the amount of shots Alf has per game. For any side that is a poor stat for a striker to have.

That is a stat for a poor striker to have, more like.

[floyd__streete]

If McDermott had put out a team that performed like that he would have been slated but I suppose this will go down as all part of the "evolution" by the Adkins lovers

+1.

Anyone enjoying the football on offer now substantially more than they did before Adkins took over?

No?

Me neither.

[floyd__streete]

I was under the impression that Adkins teams play attractive attacking passing football. I've seen about 60 mins of that all season. This really isn't the great football that all the TB dickheads were crowing about in the summer.

If we're going to play high possession football we need to pass the ball QUICKLY.

+1 to all that, particularly the last bit. Sadly we haven't got players capable of playing fast-paced possession football.

[floyd__streete]

The most entertaining thing today was Danny Shittu. Hilarious how fat he is.

His girth was probably exaggerated by the 12 stone or so of ALF sat nicely in his pocket today,