Well that was a complete shambles, we looked completely disinterested, disorganised and pretty clueless. Preston were a pretty average team who worked hard, and thanks to a homer ref got a dodgy penalty and that was it. Despite us being completely shit Bond stopped it being 2 or 3, and despite his kicking was probably our best player. We deserved nothing from this game but it's annoying that we rolled over pretty lamely and looked so poor.

There were few positives, Blackman missed our only decent chance by chipping his one on one with the keeper over the bar. Vydra ran around a lot but was completely incapable of passing to a team mate. Generally our passing was poor and we seemed to lack any ideas.

McShane was at fault for the penalty, he make a mistake and tried too eagerly to make up for it, a slight touch on the back was enough to send the forward tumbling. Gunter was poor and you'd think he'd never played with McCleary before. The rest were pretty anonymous.
PieEater

Given that the worst player on the field today probably earns more in a month than I can earn in a couple of years, every single person playing should take a long hard look at their commitment to the club and decide whether they want to play or to coast. This was a game to blot out of the memory.

Tickets at £24 each plus the cost of travel and I wonder whether any of these pampered gits understand just what it means to pay out that sort of money for the misery endured today. Reading were appalling - lackadaisical, unmotivated, arrogant and stupid. Get with the plot guys and start to earn the money and the salary I pay for.

I wouldn't have minded losing quite so much if the team had actually played a half decent game of football but alas ....
Doyleh

Reading manager Martin Kuhl:
We had a good chance with Nick Blackman and we come away disappointed. Whatever it is, a slight tightness or belief or whatever it is, he goes through and you're just thinking 'go on' and he puts it over, but at the beginning of the year he could shut his eyes and hit the back of the net - but that's football. I believe at the moment I'm in charge until anything happens. I'm sure (the board) are trying to get something in place and hopefully the sooner the better.