MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)

[Ark Royal]

Absolute limbs in the Arkers' seats when TMc equalised. I thought we got a lot closer to them in the second half and you could sense that we could, if not win, get something out of the game. With less than five minutes left, I told my daughter we would get one more chance. Never thought it would be an almost exact duplicate of the winner at Bramall Lane.

Not on the same level as the Plymouth comeback of '85, but close. Also, the first 4-4 draw I have witnessed following Reading for over 56 years.

Brilliant stuff, but I am in a bit of a mess!

[Ark Royal]

According to my stats, Reading's first 4-4 draw since 26th September 1959 away to Mansfield.

[From Despair To Where?]

I guess we were drawing 4-4 with Arsenal at full time in "that" game.

[windermereROYAL]

Had to laugh at the swans fans giving it big at 4-1. are we Cardiff in disguise? nah.

[Hendo]

Had to laugh at the swans fans giving it big at 4-1. are we Cardiff in disguise? nah.

Was chatting to a Swansea fan on the F1 back to town and he said it was all fun joining in the songs at 4-1, but there was always a thought in the back of his mind that it could come back to bite them in the arse

[Hound]

Great game of course

Swansea kicked our arse for the first 25. Did think they’d tire though and after that first quarter thought we were the better side. As ince said, we stopped standing off them, got right into them and forced mistakes

Their 3rd (poor free kick decision leading to the pen?) and 4th came out of nowhere

Then felt we battered them until we went 3-4 - but then Swansea got right back on top and looked far more likely to score in the last 10 than us - but then TMc and what a buzz after that

Lots of positives - scoring 4 without swift, Joao on top form, Hoilett and Ince creating. Great mentality and I actually really like watching us for the first time for what seems like years. We’re an exciting team to watch again and loved watching us physically dominate

Negatives - Morro was awful, Nyland looked poor. TDB isn’t a patch on Ovie.

Very good to send the Swansea fans home miserable - bunch of bellends didn’t seem to realise they are midtable. Swansea players constantly diving and whining at the ref as well.

[Hound]

Seeing Martin’s comments summed them up. ‘ we allowed it become a stereotypical championship game and we aren’t very good at that’

Proper sense of superiority yet they are 13th. Thought they got very lucky a number of times with their overplaying - lots of miscontrols, poor touches and just not being anywhere near as good as they seem to think they were.

Couple of cracking goals and moves from them when it did come off tbf. But as an oppo manager you’d like at how they failed to handle us getting into them and just do it to them every game.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Was just going to touch on our results given both Swift and Rino, two key players in our midfield, have been missing the last couple of games as well. To come away with 4 points over the difficult Easter period against a play off chasing side and an in-form team is no mean feat either. One more game and that should do it for us as well now, thankfully.

[Mr Optimist]

Had to laugh at the swans fans giving it big at 4-1. are we Cardiff in disguise? nah.

Was chatting to a Swansea fan on the F1 back to town and he said it was all fun joining in the songs at 4-1, but there was always a thought in the back of his mind that it could come back to bite them in the arse

I wasn’t there today but I’d imagine their smug fans were giving it plenty at 4-1. You could see their self satisfied gurning faces on Sky when their fourth went in. I’d like to think those in C1871 were giving it back in spades at the end….4-1 and you fked it up.

[PieEater]

What’s the position with Derby ?

You mean Wayne Rooney's Derby?

[SCIAG]

Seeing Martin’s comments summed them up. ‘ we allowed it become a stereotypical championship game and we aren’t very good at that’

Proper sense of superiority yet they are 13th.

Clearly he's right, they're not very good at playing in the Championship...

[Zip]

This game will surely go down in Reading FC fokelore. What a fightback.
I felt the turning point came when Swansea took off their number four who had been excellent.

Joao deserves a lot of credit. Two more goals, an assist and a lot of hard defensive work. Ince didn’t stop working. Yids again terrific and he is my player PoTS. His desire, determination and incredible workrate have been hugely impressive. He has even put over some cracking crosses in recent games. He deserves a new two year deal.

PInce has got this team fighting for each other. He deserves a lot of credit. Interesting that Laurent says he would be more likely to stay if Ince takes the manager’s job.

This should be closed off next weekend. I can’t see a demoralised Barnsley side winning at Huddersfield. Posh will do very well to beat Forest. We also have every chance of beating Hull.

Finally commiserations to the BBC on Derby’s relegation.

[windermereROYAL]

Finally commiserations to the BBC on Derby’s relegation.

so true.

Enjoy your retirement.

[Gunny Fishcake]

Only Reading, just wonderful

[Zip]

Finally commiserations to the BBC on Derby’s relegation.

so true.

Enjoy your retirement.

I think I can now!

[Hound]

Finally commiserations to the BBC on Derby’s relegation.

so true.

Enjoy your retirement.

I think I can now!

Happy retirement Zip!

[Snowflake Royal]

We’re an exciting team to watch again and loved watching us physically dominate

That's because we play with pace and tempo without Ejaria.

[AthleticoSpizz]

…..another work-shy sponging liability

Happy retirement Welsh

HAGO

[Snowflake Royal]

This game will surely go down in Reading FC fokelore. What a fightback.
I felt the turning point came when Swansea took off their number four who had been excellent.

Joao deserves a lot of credit. Two more goals, an assist and a lot of hard defensive work. Ince didn’t stop working. Yids again terrific and he is my player PoTS. His desire, determination and incredible workrate have been hugely impressive. He has even put over some cracking crosses in recent games. He deserves a new two year deal.

PInce has got this team fighting for each other. He deserves a lot of credit. Interesting that Laurent says he would be more likely to stay if Ince takes the manager’s job.

This should be closed off next weekend. I can’t see a demoralised Barnsley side winning at Huddersfield. Posh will do very well to beat Forest. We also have every chance of beating Hull.

Finally commiserations to the BBC on Derby’s relegation.

I can see Laurent idolising Ince and he could learn a huge amount from him.

[Zip]

so true.

Enjoy your retirement.

I think I can now!

Happy retirement Zip!

Not quite there. Four more working days. On holiday this week. Finish on 29th and then a lads night out on the 30th with a good number of close mates who I have worked with over the past 37 years coming from all over the country to Cheltenham. Missing our last home game because of it. One mate is coming from London and a big Derby fan. He told me TMac’s winner ruined his night on Friday....can’t think he will be too happy tonight.