MATCH REPORT: 2004/2005 Season
5 March 2005: LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
QPR 0 READING 0
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goals
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Reading: QPR: |
Half Time: 0-0 Attendance: 16,971
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teams
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Reading: Hahnemann, Hughes, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Shorey, Little, Newman, Sidwell, Brooker, Kitson, Ferdinand (Morgan 33).
Subs Not Used: Young, Owusu, Harper, Convey.
QPR: Royce, Bignot, Shittu, Rose, Edghill (Ainsworth 67), Rowlands, Bircham (Cureton 73), Santos, Cook (Thorpe 73), Gallen, Furlong. Subs Not Used: Padula, Rossi. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bookings
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Reading: - QPR: - Referee: T Leake (Lancashire). |
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report
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Another game, another uneventful 0-0 draw as Reading shared the points at QPR this afternoon. Despite Reading extending their run of games without a win to a massive eleven fixtures, the Royals somehow find themselves back in the play-off positions tonight as they moved up a place to sixth. The Royals had next weeks visitors to the Madejski Stadium, West Ham United, to thank as the Hammers went down 1-2 at home to Preston. With West Ham and Reading on equal league points, next week it's going to be another crunch encounter with both teams desperate for the win to have a chance of grabbing that final play-off spot at the end of the season. It's hard to believe we still have a chance of going up with our lack of both goals and points this season, but if we can end our barren run next weekend then the season is not yet over.
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FANS' POST MATCH OPINION
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Unfotunately it is begining to look like mis-management! Ferdinand and Keown are looking like joke signings and the joke is on them! Their signings must also be causing a very dispirited attitude in the camp. We cannot rely on Dave Kitson and we need to look for young energetic proven goal scorers and fast. The lower Divisions have much to offer in this respect and it would be well worth a look. This league still remains wide open in terms of playoff places and we can easily do it but please Mr.Coppell do spend a liitle more wisely and let us get some real pace up front and players who are not afraid to shoot. There is a great opportunity for an ambitious player from the lower Divisions. Goals win games and remove pressure all round and if prioity is not soon exercised then this season will be a failure and questions asked about our management of the club as whole and not leaving out the Chairman!
We went in force to this one. My brother and myself both dragged our girlfriends along on a cold gloomy saturday in March.
My expectations of the game were not high given recent performances, so along with the wooly hats and open minds we settled down for 90 minutes.
Within the first couple of minutes what turned out to be the best opportunity of the game came, as one of our boys (it was up the other end so I couild not see, possibly Brooker) was put through one-on-one with the keeper. This is it we thought 90 minutes of this we could take!
But oh no, sit yourselves back down everyone, this game, as the match report suggests, was a hard, scrappy nil nil.
An exhibition of craft and guile, two leading contenders looking to outwit each other on tactics and strength to overcome
their opponents to achieve the ultimate glory... that was the IBF boxing on Friday night anyway. In boxing if the fighters
don't show enough aggression and desire to win the contest the referee calls a halt to proceedings. Unfortunately,
until a rule change comes into effect mugs like us have to endure the full 90 mins in the hope that something, anything,
happens. Nothing less than a full refund should suffice after the fare served up at Loftus. Yet, that point was not to be
sneezed at and the Royals (winless in 2005) are now unbeaten in 3 games, rising above the Hammers and back into the playoff
fray. Talking of the Hammers, they're our guests at the "Mad house" on Saturday. If we're ever going to win again let it
be on Saturday.
Another 0-0, another afternoon lacking any imagination or spirit. Whatever, the situation with Fozzie (or Harper) we
are seriously lacking any spark in the team. You can't expect to win a game with two battlers in the middle of the
park and no-one out wide looking to be creative. Defensively a sound job, but just so poor in all other areas. Even
Kitson looked like he couldn't be bothered. Biggest cheer of the day - Curo coming on as sub.
Worst Chant - "We've got Les Ferdinand, we've got Les Ferdinand...." Crowd was poor all game, all negatvity against
QPR rather than trying to raise the Royals. Huge improvement required against West Ham. Bring back Fozzie and Harps,
please don't let Brooker play again this season.
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