MATCHWATCH : Barnsley (a)

[The Green Programme]

Drinkwater MOM by far.

Some of his tackles were immense.

He rescued Ince, Swift, Joao and Laurent after loose passes and was the perfect defensive midfielder, breaking up play and building again.

Morrison was excellent too.

Great team performance- should have buried them -

Ince has definitely developed some fight.

We improved markedly when TDB replaced Ejaria, who remains too static and never takes the ball on the run.

Atmosphere in the away end was buzzing and it all kicked off when Josh scored.

Special moment. Journey worthwhile.

[PieEater]

Hopefully Joao hits his brilliant cycle next week -

Brilliant, shit, injured

[The Green Programme]

And can we stop the oxf*rd, embarrassing booing of Drinkwater - he was our best player by miles today and has contributed to the fighting spirit: we should be getting behind him.

Once again that moment of booing our own player (unbelievable) made us appear a brainless group of fans - can we please get our act together and recognise when a player gives everything; gives more than anyone else…

Please.

[windermereROYAL]

Drinkwater MOM by far.

Some of his tackles were immense.

He rescued Ince, Swift, Joao and Laurent after loose passes and was the perfect defensive midfielder, breaking up play and building again.

Morrison was excellent too.

Great team performance- should have buried them -

Ince has definitely developed some fight.

We improved markedly when TDB replaced Ejaria, who remains too static and never takes the ball on the run.

Atmosphere in the away end was buzzing and it all kicked off when Josh scored.

Special moment. Journey worthwhile.

Tim And Gooding said it was shit, but what do they know?

[Tails]

Drinkwater was clearly one of the better players today.

Like with Maguire, I find it utterly bizarre people booing.

[Elm Park Kid]

^^^ He earns £100k a week and spent numerous months looking extremely poor. We're just expressing a bit of frustration, pretty much par for the course for football fans to boo one minute then cheer the next.

Back to today, we were a bit lucky that Barnsley bottled it in the second half. We were absolutely nowhere in the first 45 mins and didn't look like we could get into the game. But they fell back and let us come on to them and then never recovered. We made the absolute most of it and looked strong when TDB came one. Should have won the game and sunk Barnsley there and then - but this will be a big knock for them and hopefully could send them spiralling.

[The Green Programme]

^^^ He earns £100k a week and spent numerous months looking extremely poor. We're just expressing a bit of frustration, pretty much par for the course for football fans to boo one minute then cheer the next.

Back to today, we were a bit lucky that Barnsley bottled it in the second half. We were absolutely nowhere in the first 45 mins and didn't look like we could get into the game. But they fell back and let us come on to them and then never recovered. We made the absolute most of it and looked strong when TDB came one. Should have won the game and sunk Barnsley there and then - but this will be a big knock for them and hopefully could send them spiralling.

Drinkwater was very good today and we’re lucky to have a player of his quality giving it 100% for us.

Booing him or any of our players is brainless.

[yuomi]

Pleased with the point, obviously but Ejaria is quickly transitioning from a pointless luxury to being plain pointless. His ability to cross seems to have evaporated, he doesn't pass (and when he tries to he's not very good at that either), and >80% of his runs/ambles end in the ball being lost.

I don't know what he brings to us other than yet another way to kill momentum and give opposition defences a chance to reorganise before tackling him or him tripping over himself/the ball.

[Elm Park Kid]

^^^ He earns £100k a week and spent numerous months looking extremely poor. We're just expressing a bit of frustration, pretty much par for the course for football fans to boo one minute then cheer the next.

Back to today, we were a bit lucky that Barnsley bottled it in the second half. We were absolutely nowhere in the first 45 mins and didn't look like we could get into the game. But they fell back and let us come on to them and then never recovered. We made the absolute most of it and looked strong when TDB came one. Should have won the game and sunk Barnsley there and then - but this will be a big knock for them and hopefully could send them spiralling.

Drinkwater was very good today and we’re lucky to have a player of his quality giving it 100% for us.

Booing him or any of our players is brainless.

It's football. A lot of what fans do and say is 'brainless'. It's all part of the game.

[Snowflake Royal]

^^^ He earns £100k a week and spent numerous months looking extremely poor. We're just expressing a bit of frustration, pretty much par for the course for football fans to boo one minute then cheer the next.

Back to today, we were a bit lucky that Barnsley bottled it in the second half. We were absolutely nowhere in the first 45 mins and didn't look like we could get into the game. But they fell back and let us come on to them and then never recovered. We made the absolute most of it and looked strong when TDB came one. Should have won the game and sunk Barnsley there and then - but this will be a big knock for them and hopefully could send them spiralling.

Drinkwater was very good today and we’re lucky to have a player of his quality giving it 100% for us.

Booing him or any of our players is brainless.

LOL. He's been mediocre to shit the entire season. One of about three good performances today. He can still oxf*rd off.

[Snowflake Royal]

Nyland - 5 weak on the goal, and some terrible kicking
Yiadon - 5 can't cross to save his life
Morrison - 7 solid
Holmes - 8 cleared up loads
McIntyre - 7 crucial block and solid game
Drinkwater - 8 best game in a Reading shirt by far
Laurent - 7 crucial goal but very mixed performance
Swift - 6 luxury who didn't really perform
Ince - 7 ran all day, but still didn't produce an end product
Ejaria - 6 played quite well until the crucial moment, but couldn't deliver a pizza
Joao - 5 not very involved, so often held on to the ball too long or took his first touch into a second player

TDB - 7 good cameo

Glad to come up against another team without the fitness to last the game, few goals and a tendency to fall apart. We were terrible first half, and pretty poor much of the second. But then the game in general was desperately low in quality. We stepped it up when Barnsley began caving and did enough, but still nearly managed to throw it all away at the death

[URZZZZ]

Drinkwater having a good game means we move onto our next culprit, Ejaria

[Hound]

Drinkwater was pretty good in our last two games as well

Booing him is moronic. And he’s experience and ability could be crucial in the next few weeks

Obvs not been a roaring success but he hasn’t been awful by any stretch

[windermereROYAL]

So Clinton Morrison says we will be ok an then he says Derby can get out of it, FFS man they both can`t be right.

[oldebiscuit]

Drinkwater was clearly one of the better players today.

Like with Maguire, I find it utterly bizarre people booing.

A gentleman will never boo. Only low lives boo!

[oldebiscuit]

^^^ He earns £100k a week and spent numerous months looking extremely poor. We're just expressing a bit of frustration, pretty much par for the course for football fans to boo one minute then cheer the next.

Back to today, we were a bit lucky that Barnsley bottled it in the second half. We were absolutely nowhere in the first 45 mins and didn't look like we could get into the game. But they fell back and let us come on to them and then never recovered. We made the absolute most of it and looked strong when TDB came one. Should have won the game and sunk Barnsley there and then - but this will be a big knock for them and hopefully could send them spiralling.

Drinkwater was very good today and we’re lucky to have a player of his quality giving it 100% for us.

Booing him or any of our players is brainless.

LOL. He's been mediocre to shit the entire season. One of about three good performances today. He can still oxf*rd off.

Quality! Real quality. Do you holiday in Magaluf by any chance?

[Zip]

Nyland - 5 weak on the goal, and some terrible kicking
Yiadon - 5 can't cross to save his life
Morrison - 7 solid
Holmes - 8 cleared up loads
McIntyre - 7 crucial block and solid game
Drinkwater - 8 best game in a Reading shirt by far
Laurent - 7 crucial goal but very mixed performance
Swift - 6 luxury who didn't really perform
Ince - 7 ran all day, but still didn't produce an end product
Ejaria - 6 played quite well until the crucial moment, but couldn't deliver a pizza
Joao - 5 not very involved, so often held on to the ball too long or took his first touch into a second player

TDB - 7 good cameo

Glad to come up against another team without the fitness to last the game, few goals and a tendency to fall apart. We were terrible first half, and pretty poor much of the second. But then the game in general was desperately low in quality. We stepped it up when Barnsley began caving and did enough, but still nearly managed to throw it all away at the death

Now then master Royal. I have a bone to pick with you. I have been saying for two years that Yiadom couldn’t cross for toffee and you always disagreed with me. Finally the penny has dropped.

It seems from your ratings that Holmes is recovering his form which is good to hear.

[Royal Rother]

Drinkwater having a good game means we move onto our next culprit, Ejaria

It really is pathetic that you are right.

As I said a couple of weeks ago, many Reading fans can’t operate without a target to abuse.

IIRC it took about 6 months for Snowball to get through to the muppets that Shane Long was actually bloody good.

I’d like to see Snowball’s analysis of Drinkwater’s contribution because he’s actually been middling to decent all season imo, and, by what seems to be a unanimous vote, MOTM today.

Booing your own player because he is paid a ridiculous amount of money by somebody else is beyond pathetic.

The player I don’t like is Joao, because I can’t abide players with great talent but blow hot and cold and wave their arms about, sulk and go head down when they are on a cold spell - but booing him would never enter my mind.

[Snowflake Royal]

Nyland - 5 weak on the goal, and some terrible kicking
Yiadon - 5 can't cross to save his life
Morrison - 7 solid
Holmes - 8 cleared up loads
McIntyre - 7 crucial block and solid game
Drinkwater - 8 best game in a Reading shirt by far
Laurent - 7 crucial goal but very mixed performance
Swift - 6 luxury who didn't really perform
Ince - 7 ran all day, but still didn't produce an end product
Ejaria - 6 played quite well until the crucial moment, but couldn't deliver a pizza
Joao - 5 not very involved, so often held on to the ball too long or took his first touch into a second player

TDB - 7 good cameo

Glad to come up against another team without the fitness to last the game, few goals and a tendency to fall apart. We were terrible first half, and pretty poor much of the second. But then the game in general was desperately low in quality. We stepped it up when Barnsley began caving and did enough, but still nearly managed to throw it all away at the death

Now then master Royal. I have a bone to pick with you. I have been saying for two years that Yiadom couldn’t cross for toffee and you always disagreed with me. Finally the penny has dropped.

It seems from your ratings that Holmes is recovering his form which is good to hear.

Yep. He always occasionally had a good ball in him before but just cut inside instead. But today he put in low balls and high and they were all dreadful.

[Snowflake Royal]

Drinkwater having a good game means we move onto our next culprit, Ejaria

It really is pathetic that you are right.

As I said a couple of weeks ago, many Reading fans can’t operate without a target to abuse.

IIRC it took about 6 months for Snowball to get through to the muppets that Shane Long was actually bloody good.

I’d like to see Snowball’s analysis of Drinkwater’s contribution because he’s actually been middling to decent all season imo, and, by what seems to be a unanimous vote, MOTM today.

Booing your own player because he is paid a ridiculous amount of money by somebody else is beyond pathetic.

The player I don’t like is Joao, because I can’t abide players with great talent but blow hot and cold and wave their arms about, sulk and go head down when they are on a cold spell - but booing him would never enter my mind.

It's almost like when someone actually plays well they get praised, and when they play badly they get stick isn't it.

It doesn’t take a genius to realise that if you're 21st on less than 35 points after almost 40 games, quite a lot of players in your side are going to have regularly played badly through the season. And so can expect to have been criticised.