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Reading Earn Home Point
20 November 2021
By Hob Nob Anyone?
Reading fans had barely had time to settle into their seats before they saw their team 'switch off' defensively and allow Forest's Zinckernagel weave his way unchallenged through their team's midfield and defence and drill the ball past an unprotected Luke Southwood. With the news of a six point deduction during the week which saw Reading drop perilously close to the relegation zone, this was not the start required to boost morale. To their credit for the remaining eighty plus minutes Reading were resolute in the their defending, enterprising going forward, and ultimately salvaged a well-deserved and much needed point courtesy of a second half equaliser from Scott Dann.
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John Madejski's Wallet
Quite an enjoyable game all in.
Moore made some absolute howlers and Drinkwater was wasteful. I've had enough of Ejaria, he ruins every attack. Did it even more when he dropped deep in the last 20.
Most of our attacking play went through Yids, absolutely nothing through Ejaria.
Rahman and Holmes were bloody great. Holmes MOTM for me, his reading of the play is exceptional and somewhat makes up for his lack of pace.
Moore made some absolute howlers and Drinkwater was wasteful. I've had enough of Ejaria, he ruins every attack. Did it even more when he dropped deep in the last 20.
Most of our attacking play went through Yids, absolutely nothing through Ejaria.
Rahman and Holmes were bloody great. Holmes MOTM for me, his reading of the play is exceptional and somewhat makes up for his lack of pace.
Pepe the Horseman
HATED the Forest kit.
Good game between two good teams. Draw was a fair result.
Holmes MoM. Carroll a hell of a lot more mobile than I was expecting - he runs like a stallion.
Ref was shite, can't believe he gave a foul for that lovely tackle by Rahman after he put Forest in.
Colback had a very good game. Reckon Forest will be in the POs.
Good game between two good teams. Draw was a fair result.
Holmes MoM. Carroll a hell of a lot more mobile than I was expecting - he runs like a stallion.
Ref was shite, can't believe he gave a foul for that lovely tackle by Rahman after he put Forest in.
Colback had a very good game. Reckon Forest will be in the POs.
JR
Hopefully Mods will delete the same thread I started 30 seconds too late…
That’s the most enjoyable game I’ve been to in a long time. Two teams going at it hammer and tongs for the whole match. Either could have won. Fair result.
Dreadful referee.
Moore redeemed himself slightly for his first half display with the goal line clearance and great to see Pauno go two up top with the substitution.
Carroll signing is a masterstroke. He changed the game coming on and we scored the equaliser because of his presence in the box. Looked sharp and fit.
Hope this is the start of Holmes being a starter at centre back regardless of formation / personnel.
That’s the most enjoyable game I’ve been to in a long time. Two teams going at it hammer and tongs for the whole match. Either could have won. Fair result.
Dreadful referee.
Moore redeemed himself slightly for his first half display with the goal line clearance and great to see Pauno go two up top with the substitution.
Carroll signing is a masterstroke. He changed the game coming on and we scored the equaliser because of his presence in the box. Looked sharp and fit.
Hope this is the start of Holmes being a starter at centre back regardless of formation / personnel.
Zip
Holmes my MoTM. Very composed although he did get done for pace a couple of times. Both Dann and Moore struggled. Yids was Yids. He did well to get into good positions but the final ball was poor apart from the chance he set up early on. I can only reiterate we need a decent winger or two.
Ejaria just doesn’t do it in or around the penalty box. Swift was quiet. Forest looked decent going forward but shaky at the back. In the end a decent point.
Ejaria just doesn’t do it in or around the penalty box. Swift was quiet. Forest looked decent going forward but shaky at the back. In the end a decent point.
Hound
Really enjoyable game I thought - a proper match with two half decent if flawed teams both trying to go for the win
ref was annoyingly shit - obvs biased but seem to give Forest any number of 50/50s their way, which again stopped our momentum a number of times. A couple of horrifically poor decisions towards the end.
Thought generally nearly everyone did pretty well. Puscas looked sharp and hungry and was a goal away from an 8 or 9/10 performance. Like him up front in a 2. Though did think there was a lot of space for Forest to exploit in our midfield when we did that though. Esp as TDB didn't do too much right when he came on.
Moore is a pain in the backside. He does plenty of good stuff, but you can't make the errors he does at this level. the first goal was a horrendously weak challenge, and far too often giving the ball away with a poor pass. Not good enough really. Holmes had a good day bar the rubbish defending when Grabban almost scored.
Dann didn't have his best day but a nice goal. Swift likewise with the assist. Ejaria was fine and did a good job both attacking and defending. DD did pretty well but came off at the right time. Laurent an improved showing. Yiadom and Baba did some good stuff but tired. Baba does worry me with his positioning - they were targeting that ball over him today. We're still far too easy to run at at the back.
Not really buying the forest will make the POs. They played some nice stuff, but mixed in with some appalling playing out from the back at times. Really seem to think they are a lot better than they are. Mid table at best i suspect.
Anyway, overall a positive. Nice to see Pauno be flexible.
ref was annoyingly shit - obvs biased but seem to give Forest any number of 50/50s their way, which again stopped our momentum a number of times. A couple of horrifically poor decisions towards the end.
Thought generally nearly everyone did pretty well. Puscas looked sharp and hungry and was a goal away from an 8 or 9/10 performance. Like him up front in a 2. Though did think there was a lot of space for Forest to exploit in our midfield when we did that though. Esp as TDB didn't do too much right when he came on.
Moore is a pain in the backside. He does plenty of good stuff, but you can't make the errors he does at this level. the first goal was a horrendously weak challenge, and far too often giving the ball away with a poor pass. Not good enough really. Holmes had a good day bar the rubbish defending when Grabban almost scored.
Dann didn't have his best day but a nice goal. Swift likewise with the assist. Ejaria was fine and did a good job both attacking and defending. DD did pretty well but came off at the right time. Laurent an improved showing. Yiadom and Baba did some good stuff but tired. Baba does worry me with his positioning - they were targeting that ball over him today. We're still far too easy to run at at the back.
Not really buying the forest will make the POs. They played some nice stuff, but mixed in with some appalling playing out from the back at times. Really seem to think they are a lot better than they are. Mid table at best i suspect.
Anyway, overall a positive. Nice to see Pauno be flexible.
SCIAG
Very fun game.
Moore is a shadow of the player he was even a few months ago, I think he has to be fifth choice when everyone is fit and on current form I'd prefer to give Abbey a game.
On the flip side, Holmes is looking better than ever, and Carroll gives us the option of two up-top which is nice.
Moore is a shadow of the player he was even a few months ago, I think he has to be fifth choice when everyone is fit and on current form I'd prefer to give Abbey a game.
On the flip side, Holmes is looking better than ever, and Carroll gives us the option of two up-top which is nice.
Snowflake Royal
I thought Dann was just as poor as Moore today. Good to have some decent bench options today but disappointing we still have so many out.
Dann's been a bit of a disappointment for me. Looks like he used to be a good player but doesn't really have it anymore.
McIntyre and Holmes should have the two slots locked up when they're fit, unless Morro makes a huge recovery.
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