Reading FC Match Report: 2017/2018 Season - Championship
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Westwood52
» 06 May 2018 14:56
We again offered very little, and nothing on target against a very limited team . We did show some fight , but totally lacking in any quality.
However we get a 2nd chance , and today that's all that matters.
When you think about it, we have gone a whole season with next to no convincing performances.
IMHO:
Mannone 4: A couple of flaps, and poor kicks-but for all Cardiff's superiority, had little to do.
Gunter 7: MOM-probably his best game of the season;however got caught out once.
Ilori 5: Bit of a wus again, in the tackle.
Moore 6: Nothing special, couple of good clearances-but this is clearly his level.
Elphick 5: Jurys out on him. Doubt he is worth a contract-which is disappointing. Two very poor moments.
Joey 4: Sometimes very poor-he really is a Pub player at best.
Edwards 4: Non existent-just not a footballer.
Barrow 3: Bright start, then totally disappeared.
Bod 2: Morrison had him on toast, and that's saying something.
Aluko 1: An apology of a player-dismal season. Stealing a living.
Bacuna 3: Disappointing-hes better than this.
Kelly: Couple of nice passes;but little impact.
Kermit: Same old problem-no longer has the gas at this level.
McShane: Some important contributions.
Ref: Average at best-few basic mistakes; but he is a Prem Ref so better than we usually have to put up with.
Gunny Fishcake
» 06 May 2018 15:14
Now it's good riddance to this dreadful season and hopefully good riddance to the vast majority of the squad.
Hopefully a huge clear our this summer and the chance for Clement to build his own team rather than work with this load of crap. I appreciate that may be easier said than done with resources and players contracts .
Apart from getting relegated it can't be any worse next season than this shockingly bad season, without doubt the worst season in the history of the Mad Stad.
Hound
» 06 May 2018 15:25
This ratings don’t reflect the effort put in at all. We got what we came for and did well. Though Gunter, Moore, Elphick Bacuna and Edwards all deserve a lot of credit particularly. Bod did pretty well as well
MoorgateRoyal
» 06 May 2018 15:35
A decent showing on the final day and thankfully we can now get this season out of the way and look forward to next year.
My one concern is that we'll struggle to get rid of the dead weight, as a lot of them are on long contracts and based on this season I can't see us being deluged with offers.
Gunter man of the match for taking that throw-in on the shadow line, about 10 yards in from the touch-line. I also enjoyed watching Joey cheer when the pitch invader was taken out.
Denver Royal
» 06 May 2018 18:02
Ratings a bit harsh. Hard to base much on this game the way it played out because of results elsewhere, but at least we showed up and fought. Effort and determination was there. We played smarter, too.
Ilori - Agree, lightweight for a CB in Champ. Not sure that can/should be his position in this league long term
Elphick - Has he shown enough? Wanted more games to evaluate. Ok today, but couple of glaring mistakes
Moore - Agree, not sure he's a PL player. Did well today, though. Will he stay?
Gunter - Looked well up for this. Needed to put last week behind him, and did. Decent game overall
Joey - Made mistakes, but did ok, got stuck in, prolly justified his selection for this game
McShane - Looked lively, got involved quickly, made an impact. Did well, considering long layoff
Barrow - A couple of early moments, but hasn't been the same player under Clement
Aluko - Showed some effort. New boss has a side project over the Summer...
Kelly - See Barrow
Bacuna - Needed to make up for absence, did ok, put himself about. Arrived at club with questions, some still exist
Bod - Meh. Not scored once under new boss. Subbed off in every game under new gaffer. Does Clement rate him?
Yann - Off the pace, but adds presence and experience. Opponents respect him, made himself a nuisance
Clement - Set us up well. Had plan to combat their aerial threat. We had few, if any, shots on goal again, though. Much work ahead. Next season big for him and club. Has seen this lot for 2 months now, won't be coming in blind.
Royal Rother
» 06 May 2018 18:37
Warnock said before he joined Cardiff that he knew he could do a job for anyone in the Championship, he loves that league but if he won promotion he really wasn’t interested in managing in the PL. He doesn’t enjoy it, it’s just not for him.
We shall see.
Barney
» 06 May 2018 18:42
Am finding the love fest for Bolton very embarrassing Parky's record as a manager is woeful. Karacan is dreadfully injury prone.
And Alfie is 31, and far too old to even contemplate bringing back to RFC. Get over your Bolton dreamboat and look forward to what is happening at RFC.
Clement was brought into the club to stop the rot, and to avoid relegation. He succeeded.
It's been a tough season. Injuries were beyond belief. I couldn't care less about Jem or Parky or Alfie or Bolton. It is about US.
Re-group. Give Clement a few bob. Clear out a few players. And let's come back in August with a better mindset.
From Despair To Where?
» 06 May 2018 18:47
Burton on the other hand are a club who punch above their weight by being well run and well managed. Barnsley too to a lesser extent. I know which I'd rather see in the Championship next season.
Anyway, draw a line under this season then regroup and rebuild for August.
Victor Meldrew
» 06 May 2018 19:00
Can't see Cardiff and whoever goes up through the play-offs doing any good next season but West Brom and Stoke both look like sides (like Cardiff) who look made for a promotion bid from the Championship.
The next few weeks will be interesting to see who goes and who comes in and hopefully Clement will be backed financially just as much as Stam was.
The only players that I would be disappointed to see leave are Moore, Barrow , Swift and Richards-like a lot of other posters I don't really like most of our current squad and would prefer most of them to leave but our club just loves giving long term contracts to anybody so I suspect that a lot of the old lags will still be here.
paultheroyal
» 06 May 2018 19:24
Some of the comments on here are utter bollocks.
Reading fans infuriate the hell out of me.
Anyway - job done, absolutely turgid season, look forward to the re-build and be interested to see what Clement can get out of these players.
Onwards and upwards.
Well done Clement and thank you Mannone for "that" penalty save.
Barney
» 06 May 2018 19:34
Jesus chill out. It's not about his record as a manager and neither is it about whether or not 2 former players could come back and be good. It's nice to see them succeed against expectations.
Rubbish. Thankfully , other sensible posters (From where to Despair as an example) agree with me. This thread is NOTHING to do with Bolton. Get over Parky, Jem, Alfie.
Who cares whether Bolton succeeded against expectations !!! Who the frigging hell cares how Bolton did.
Maybe you didn't go to the 1995 play off final.
It is about what WE did.
Snowflake Royal
» 06 May 2018 19:41
Jesus chill out. It's not about his record as a manager and neither is it about whether or not 2 former players could come back and be good. It's nice to see them succeed against expectations.
Rubbish. Thankfully , other sensible posters (From where to Despair as an example) agree with me. This thread is NOTHING to do with Bolton. Get over Parky, Jem, Alfie.
Who cares whether Bolton succeeded against expectations !!! Who the frigging hell cares how Bolton did.
Maybe you didn't go to the 1995 play off final.
It is about what WE did.
I do.
I do.
I did.
What we did, didn't matter in the slightest.
NewCorkSeth
» 06 May 2018 19:41
Jesus chill out. It's not about his record as a manager and neither is it about whether or not 2 former players could come back and be good. It's nice to see them succeed against expectations.
Rubbish. Thankfully , other sensible posters (From where to Despair as an example) agree with me. This thread is NOTHING to do with Bolton. Get over Parky, Jem, Alfie.
Who cares whether Bolton succeeded against expectations !!! Who the frigging hell cares how Bolton did.
Maybe you didn't go to the 1995 play off final.
It is about what WE did.
You're a barrel of laughs aren't you. Yes this thread is not to discuss them but you decided to go into more depth talking about them than anyone else on this thread. Take a big step back and you might see how idiotic you're being getting worked up over nothing.
Match Stats
Full Time: 0-0
Half Time: 0-0
Attendance: 32478
Referee: R Madley
Teams
Reading: V Mannone, L Moore, T Elphick, T Ilori (L Kelly, 34), C Gunter, L Bacuna, D Edwards, J van den Berg, S Aluko (P McShane, 84), J Bodvarsson (Y Kermorgant, 70), M Barrow.
Subs not used: A Jaakkola, J Swift, C Martin, G Evans.
Cardiff: N Etheridge, L Peltier, J Bennett, S Bamba, S Morrison, J Ralls, C Bryson, C Paterson, D Hoilett (J Ward, 78), K Zohore (G Madine, 86), N Mendez-Laing.
Subs not used: A Richards, B Ecuele Manga, B Murphy, M Grujic, A Pilkington.
Bookings / Red Cards
Reading: Y Kermorgant, T Elphick
Cardiff: D Hoilett
Championship on 06 May 2018
This Championship game took place 2403 days ago in the 2017/2018 season.