Re: 1-1
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There seems to be some negativity in this thread. I’d like to offer a different perspective. I think today went far, far better than I had expected. Great to see proper quality back in Pidge and NT - it showed too - and Phillips put in a superb performance in the first half and a solidly competent one in the second. Revs clearly knew what was needed and acted on it - the team came out pumped up for that first half and produced a performance noticeably hungrier and more energetic than seen for a long time. I thought some real desire was on display, especially from Kemp who ran his arse off all game, chased down every ball even into injury time, and tallied a well-deserved goal. I had a lot more confidence that the team and Revs knew what had to be done.
Sadly, the second half was slightly off the pace and accuracy of the first half, and as Reading came at us repeatedly it was clear we were going to concede unless the astounding Cooper kept us in it. We could hardly claim their goal was unexpected. The annoying thing about it was that we could have stopped that build-up play all the way through, from Reid lazily failing to challenge at the halfway line to the final pass back at the by-line, so the team can’t complain that they scored, but very frustrating for us fans.
All in all a transformation from previous games and if you’d offered me 1-1 before the match I’d have taken it. Let’s hope that level of confidence and enthusiasm continues into the next match.
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