Reading FC Match Report: 2016/2017 Season - Championship
BARNSLEY 1 READING 2
Reading: G McCleary (9), J Swift (27)
Barnsley: A Armstrong (81)
Post Match Fans' Opinion
winchester_royal
» 17 Sep 2016 18:46
Westwood52
» 17 Sep 2016 18:52
Just looked at the Sky highlights-Swift looks as if he played for the Pen-sending off very harsh , not helped by the Barnsley player making a meal of it .A lot of Pros have very little respect for their fellow professionals.
Listened to the game on Radio Berks-Deller's commentary still awful.
K.URZ13
» 17 Sep 2016 18:53
Al Habsi was excellent. Swift is a match winner. Gunter, Moore and McShane look excellent and there are no problems at left back either.
LoyalRoyal22
» 17 Sep 2016 19:15
Benefit of having a back three is that it's easier to play out, a triangle of defenders not including the keeper, normally Al Habsi would be part of it but not in this new shape. Very positive signs.
Kitsondinho
» 17 Sep 2016 19:41
GMac was amazing until his (sadly) deserved red. I know the Barnsley captain got Williams with a nasty tackle and then got in his face.....but you can't run over and push someone like that without getting a red. It may have been harsh, but as soon as GMac raised his arms, he was off. Agree that Gunter had the same thing happen to him 3 mins later, but he didn't roll round like a pig in ox***d. Suspect it looked less obvious to the ref so he didn't react. He wasn't great today....far too card happy and certainly influenced by the home fans (see Blackett's yellow for 'time wasting').
In terms of the team, thought Obita did an excellent job when came on and really helped close off their main threats. Evans is looking better with each game and Al-Habsi had one of his outstanding days. Overall a very enjoyable day out!
Snowball
» 17 Sep 2016 20:01
Not my favourite midfielder, but fair play to him.
Just one point behind 3rd place and we've played
3rd Away
4th Away
5th Home
7th Home
10th Away
11th Home
That is a tough start, so maybe we have the makings of a real side here.
(and 19th H and 24th A)
Stockport Royal
» 17 Sep 2016 20:53
McCleary was stupid, good of him to hang about after the game for pictures with the fans though after the game.
Most positive I've felt in a while about reading fc
Good times are coming back I reckon
CountryRoyal
» 17 Sep 2016 20:58
We looked sharp, bright, and hungry. We defended astutely and attacked with purpose. Don't really remember us passing around the back four. Our passes were quicker and more accurate, there were overlapping runs, people coming in short, running behind... Everything was at a much higher tempo and there seemed to be a greater understanding.
I thought the referee was dire and that the red was harsh (didn't they stamp on someone?). He pushed him over.. big deal. How many times have we seen that and it has been a yellow? His hands didn't touch his face, he didn't punch him, slap him, spit at him...etc He oxf*rd pushed him. Big deal. Unfortunately this is probably going to mean McCleary out for the next 3 games as it falls under the category of "violent conduct". I'm just so glad it didn't fully spoil the game. In fact such, was our dominance and level of performance, even after the sending off we still looked like we had more players on the pitch and were the only team likely to get a goal.
Half time came and it was always going to be a different encounter second half, but it was far from being one sided imo. Barnsley put us under the cosh at times and did have their chances, but through a combination of poor finishing and excellent defending we prevailed.
I can't be bothered to do ratings as everyone was terrific but special shout out to Williams who I thought was excellent.
Not many negatives from the game bar we still don't create a huge amount of really clear cut chances, a long range effort and another (still counts) penalty, obviously we may have created more had we not been down to 10 men for most of the game. BUT please don't think I'm criticizing the performance, I said if I had to find a negative. After seeing that I am far more confident in the direction we are going and that in time we will start scoring more goals and creating more clear cut chances. The play in the middle of the park was fantastic today and coupled with our more resolute defending as of late there are certainly grounds for optimism (if we continue to improve now we have demonstrated that we can actually play). Every successful team needs to build from the back and that's exactly what we have done.
Happy days.
Just to add well done to those that travelled and i thought the fans were pretty good. I also really like Oakwell, nice ground and the stewards were class.
Match Stats
Full Time: 1-2
Half Time: 0-2
Attendance: 12675
Referee: D Coote
Teams
Reading: A Al Habsi, P McShane, C Gunter, L Moore, T Blackett, G McCleary, D Williams, J Swift (J Obita, 52), G Evans, R Beerens (S Quinn, 72), Y Kermorgant (J Mendes, 86).
Subs not used: C Harriott, T Watson, A Jaakkola, L Kelly.
Barnsley: A Davies, A Yiadom, A White (C Kpekawa, 17), M Roberts, A MacDonald, A Hammill, C Hourihane, J Scowen, R Kent (S Janko, 68), S Winnall (T Bradshaw, 68), A Armstrong.
Subs not used: S Morsy, N Townsend, A Jackson, M Watkins.
Bookings / Red Cards
Reading: Y Kermorgant, T Blackett, D Williams, J Swift
Sent Off: G McCleary (34 mins)
Barnsley: A Armstrong, A Hammill, C Hourihane
This Championship game took place 2987 days ago in the 2016/2017 season.