marlowuk Schmeichel the dog Given what has gone before, it was always going to be a tight game and anyone thinking otherwise is deluded. Rotherham are not the best team but were always going to put up a fight. We were comfortable at 1-0 but after half time sat back far too much. Bringing on O’Shea with over 20mins left was stupidly negative and I think cost us ultimately. We have too attack these sorts of games. Recent results demonstrate that we are simply not a 1-0 sort of team. After they scored we had three decent chances to win the game which showed that Rotherham were there for the taking, had we adopted a more positive approach. My two Rotherham supporting mates admitted Reading were the better team but that the game demonstrated why both teams are where they are. Rotherham’s lack of ability and Reading’s lack of balls. Still think we’ll be OK though....just!
PS Honorable mention for no. 13 today. Best performance in a long while!
One of the more sensible posts I've read in this thread today. Our players
were fighting for the ball and putting their hearts into the game - and that's why the crowd were so unusually vocal in their support. At the start of the second half we stupidly sat back and Rotherham pressed us very high and they controlled the game for about 20 minutes but, in truth, they never looked like scoring. We got back into the ascendancy and it was then that they scored. Thereafter we played pretty well, I thought, and really should have scored a couple of goals.
We've done ourselves no favours by failing to win this game but we still have a fighting chance of staying up.
Yep, well said, both of you. You people that post/say the least, say the most, have class, and I respect more. No 'big boy coward, look at me' stuff behind a keyboard, and they've driven nobody away from this forum. Anyway...
sandman Now it appears we are going all out to stay up at any cost
Well, we didn't buy anyone, and sold a player for 8mil, which most everyone said at the time was good business.
Crowbar6753 One standout for me today was Meite, this guy is a joke of a footballer, no skill, no first touch, no ability to beat his man or cross a ball and he had numerous chances to get down the flank today and beat his man, only to stop and put his foot on the ball and go backwards.
Today, looked out of his depth/low in confidence. Doesn’t look fit/looks slower. (Cometh the hour, where's Bod?)
JR If anything the Millers the better side.
Disagree, but they're unbeaten in 6, and a few in here b4 game on match thread actually predicted we’d lose.
Notts Royal Only the most deluded of fans believed we weren’t in a relegation battle at the onset of the season.
Ha, so you never believed the fans that predicted Top 10 in pre-season then?
Notts Royal Were fans too quick to judge Clement? 100% yes. And did it hack me off? 100% yes.
So, how do you feel about those judging Gomes after...2 months?
Born Again Royalist You omly have to look at the bench today to see negativity on selection 4 of them were defensive, Gunter, O shea, Mc Shane plus keeper. This was a game we had to Win not defend
The starting lineup and formation looked attacking/positive to me.