MATCHWATCH : MK Dons (h)

[Royal_jimmy]

Good to win a game and get some confidence

[Hound]

Well it’s a win. Doesn’t sound convincing and fairly meaningless in the grand scheme but all good

[Crowbar6753]

Our midweek opponents Brizzle Rovers scored 7 today!! mean's diddly squat....however, they've played pretty well since they sacked Joey!!!

[Royal_jimmy]

It was only franchise fakes FC but a wins a win

[CholseyRoyal]

Well it’s a win. Doesn’t sound convincing and fairly meaningless in the grand scheme but all good

It does mean we are £47K better off though

[paultheroyal]

Flat first half and you could argue MK DONS were the better treat. Whatever that defensive line up was in the first half needs to stop. So open at the back certainly from our defensive left side. Any decent winger would have a field day and be allowed to have so many one on ones running into space.

Subs again made a positive difference second half and far more direct. Missed quite a few opportunities and could easily of been 5. Another good display from Azeez when outside the box, but by god that bloke needs a goal, and sharpish.

Not entirely sure what wing brings to the team either. Not a lot of running, energy and I am sure is part of the problem being so powder puff in the middle.

Anyway, win is a win, some momentum into Tuesday and a real must win game.

Aldershot or Eastleigh away please in the next round.

[rabidbee]

…or we could just throw numerous tennis balls, get the match abandoned and let the EFL invent a new 15 point deduction for us

On the plus side, I doubt the league can give us any kind of sanction for events in another organisation’s competition.

[Hound]

Not entirely sure what wing brings to the team either.

Other than a goal and 2 assists you mean?

[karbota]

Great result and for the first time in 20 years Reading are in the hat for the 2nd round of the Fa Cup.

[Crowbar6753]

Flat first half and you could argue MK DONS were the better treat. Whatever that defensive line up was in the first half needs to stop. So open at the back certainly from our defensive left side. Any decent winger would have a field day and be allowed to have so many one on ones running into space.

Subs again made a positive difference second half and far more direct. Missed quite a few opportunities and could easily of been 5. Another good display from Azeez when outside the box, but by god that bloke needs a goal, and sharpish.

Not entirely sure what wing brings to the team either. Not a lot of running, energy and I am sure is part of the problem being so powder puff in the middle.

Anyway, win is a win, some momentum into Tuesday and a real must win game.

Aldershot or Eastleigh away please in the next round.

Hi Paul, Yes, Aldershite away has to be the prized ticket for me, maybe Poxford away would also be fun especially for us folk with fond memories of these rivalries from the late 70s and 80s
Had some friends who were Donny Rovers fans, and when ever they played down South at Swindon and Aldershot we would watch in the away end with them, super nice guys.
At the Aldershot game me and my mate were wearing a jacket and Donny rovers scarf with our Reading shirts underneath for shits and giggles!! Anyway, during the second have we had this fun idea to take our jackets off and parade our colours to the aldershite fans, the Donny fans thought this was hilarious and started chanting "We love you Reading we do" all quiet surreal really....well this wasn't our greatest moment and we almost got lynched especially when they were mob handed and waiting for us outside!! Luckily the Donny Rovers supporters ushered us onto their supporters coach and the driver dropped us of at North Camp train station a few miles down the road.
Good times had by all, great gesture by the Donny fans.

[percy_freeman]

Aldershot home or away will do. Glad there are still some on here that remember the rivalry between us and as someone from Yateley who got the train from Sandhurst back in the day, there's some great memories of our meetings.

[From Despair To Where?]

I was at our last competitive fixture against the Shits. Not the greatest of evenings.

[Royal_jimmy]

Aldershot home or away will do. Glad there are still some on here that remember the rivalry between us and as someone from Yateley who got the train from Sandhurst back in the day, there's some great memories of our meetings.

No thanks we'd lose to them

[Orion1871]

Aldershot home or away will do. Glad there are still some on here that remember the rivalry between us and as someone from Yateley who got the train from Sandhurst back in the day, there's some great memories of our meetings.

No thanks we'd lose to them

We'll have them in the National League in a couple of years anyway.

[Snowflake Royal]

Not entirely sure what wing brings to the team either.

Other than a goal and 2 assists you mean?

Bit baffled by that comment, obviously wasn't able to watch this one, but Wing has been the standout (damning with faint praise perhaps) midfielder in our squad. Drives the ball forward. Mostly does his defensive work. Looks to be positive and make attacking passes, not afraid to have a crack at goal. Willing to take a yellow when needed.

[Brogue]

Wing the new hendrick

[Snowflake Royal]

Wing the new hendrick

Nah, Wing has some pace and ambition.

[paultheroyal]

Not entirely sure what wing brings to the team either.

Other than a goal and 2 assists you mean?

Struggling to see it myself, stats may not lie today, but I struggle to see the quality. Just my opinion of course.

[rabidbee]

1-1

I generally like Dellor but f**king hell I hate how he comentates with goals. Never seems to learn. It's often not instantly and unequivocally clear, when you're just listening, that a goal has been scored. He often dicks around with several long vaguely descriptive paragraphs of fluff while you can hear a cheer in the background not quite knowing if a goal has been scored or some other thing has happened. And eventually you'll glean from something he says a minute later that it was actually a goal at that moment.

Eg instead of "and they take a shot and... GOAL, It's 1-1!" he does something like "and they take a shot and... oh goodness what a shot, keeper didn't get to it, *crowd going wild cheering in background* and it was such a good move. Perhaps defence didn't see it. Seems against the run of play. I wonder what Selles is thinking now, what a great move. Who'd have thought they would let the opposition equalise [ah ok so they've scored have they, idiot!?]..."

Stupid pillock.

I think he assumes everyone is watching it live alongside him.

Yeah, I spotted that myself listening today. Almost every time it's like he's talking to someone who's watching the game with him, rather than actually informing us of what's happening.

His actual commentary can be heard with the video highlights on the Beeb, and goes something like this for the first MK goal: “…good early ball in, Pereira <cheering> tries to turn the ball away, and Alex Gilby, the MK captain, is on hand to score.” Similar for the second: “here’s the shot, through a crowd, Pereira makes a good first save <cheering>, but the second follow-up shot is there, Max Deans scored for MK Dons…” For all of the things he can be criticised for, this seems a tad harsh.

For the Reading goals there’s no mucking around:
“Kelvin into the box, here’s his shot… 1-0 Reading!”
“Wing delivers, header, GOAL!”
“Great chance, here’s Wing… 3-1!”

[Brogue]

1-1

I generally like Dellor but f**king hell I hate how he comentates with goals. Never seems to learn. It's often not instantly and unequivocally clear, when you're just listening, that a goal has been scored. He often dicks around with several long vaguely descriptive paragraphs of fluff while you can hear a cheer in the background not quite knowing if a goal has been scored or some other thing has happened. And eventually you'll glean from something he says a minute later that it was actually a goal at that moment.

Eg instead of "and they take a shot and... GOAL, It's 1-1!" he does something like "and they take a shot and... oh goodness what a shot, keeper didn't get to it, *crowd going wild cheering in background* and it was such a good move. Perhaps defence didn't see it. Seems against the run of play. I wonder what Selles is thinking now, what a great move. Who'd have thought they would let the opposition equalise [ah ok so they've scored have they, idiot!?]..."

Stupid pillock.

I think he assumes everyone is watching it live alongside him.

Yeah, I spotted that myself listening today. Almost every time it's like he's talking to someone who's watching the game with him, rather than actually informing us of what's happening.

His actual commentary can be heard with the video highlights on the Beeb, and goes something like this for the first MK goal: “…good early ball in, Pereira <cheering> tries to turn the ball away, and Alex Gilby, the MK captain, is on hand to score.” Similar for the second: “here’s the shot, through a crowd, Pereira makes a good first save <cheering>, but the second follow-up shot is there, Max Deans scored for MK Dons…” For all of the things he can be criticised for, this seems a tad harsh.

For the Reading goals there’s no mucking around:
“Kelvin into the box, here’s his shot… 1-0 Reading!”
“Wing delivers, header, GOAL!”
“Great chance, here’s Wing… 3-1!”

Oof, not sure how millsy is going to come back from this one