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Good to see Nathan and Pidge back in.
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Two shit teams and Murphy Cooper
Our players just gave up on 75 minutes, couldn't be less bothered.
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What was you watching I thought we done great today just a shame they pulled one back
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We had a really good first half. The second half we were poor and they were all over us .. they should have scored at least 3, we were lucky to escape with a draw at the end.
We need to be more consistent for 90 mins.
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Yep.
Dont see how anyone can see it differently, got absolutely battered 2nd half.
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No Revel changed the shape and told them to sit back at 75 minutes. Exactly the same as the Guisely game. With exactly the same result
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2 points dropped. Revs has to go!
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So I heard people saying. Some also said this;
After a decent first half, all the hard work was undone by a stream of clueless tactics. Revs is still out of his depth.
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Re: 2 points dropped. Revs has to go!
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People often talk crap at football revs is staying well I hope he is who would you like to be nanager
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Re: 2 points dropped. Revs has to go!
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2 points dropped for Reading for me,our keeper got us a point to day.we came out second half and sat back hoping to hang on to a 1-0 lead yet again.Revels subs was to late in the game to bring on.A piss poor second half again with no fire power up from.
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Re: 2 points dropped. Revs has to go!
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If we had one 5-0 You would want him gone wouldn’t you
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Re: 2 points dropped. Revs has to go!
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Don't want to see him gone but 1 point out of 12 c'mon
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Thought Reading were decent to be fair. Just couldnt finish.
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You will create chances when you get given the ball every thirty seconds.
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Avoided losing 4 in a row, at least.
Next 4 games against teams currently below us (albeit not much of a points difference), so you'd hope to pick up more than the 1 from 12 we've got from the last 4.
Edit: I have heard some people saying it might be a good time to appoint a new manager with a break next week and an easier run of games on paper for a new manager to come in and turn things around, but that's not me.
Edited by Sev at 17:05:00 on 9th November 2024
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Yeah I heard that too today Thought Phillips , Kemp plus Butler all put good shifts in today.
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Agree with that...Murphy to add...kept us in it with some amazing saves.
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Thick Reading fans
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Trying to count seconds.
I hate them
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They're actually counting beats but the drummer is missing his cue each time. They'll figure it out.
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Reading fans have recently learned how to count past 10 it would seem.
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TBH all returnees back quicker than expected. Fit or just a necessity ?
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Not sure why Young is so out of favour? Looks our best forward option, when played in the right position.
Edited by RockyBottom at 14:36:37 on 9th November 2024
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Re: 1-0
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Sounds like it came from a cross. Who'd have thought.
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Who'd have thought when we had actual CBs (including a RCB) back we would look solid like we did for the opening eleven games before they were all unavilable, and would be picking up a result?
Edited by Chuds at 16:01:41 on 9th November 2024
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I refuse to believe that Harvey Knibbs is the name of a real person.
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Butler trying to defend their goal with his shirt pulled over his head.
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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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I do think a large part of the second half and them coming at us (along with them needing a goal) was tiredness.
A lot of those players have played a lot of minutes recently out if necessity, and a number were making their first appearance after a while out of playing and training through injury. Pidge really looked to be struggling on about 70 minutes for instance, as had NT been for a while. But we didn't have any options on the bench to change it up for many of them so had to stick with it.
I was disappointed we didn't hang on but was perfectly happy with the performance and desire on show. Pidge, NT and Phillips being back made all the difference. And we now have a fortnight until out next league match for them to get fully back to fitness, then we have three very winnable games against Orient, Northampton and Crawley. If they go well, we will be nicely settled in midtable again and looking forwards, with even more players nearing a return from injury.
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Agreed. The tiredness was almost certainly contributed to by the energy expended in the first half, which is another reason why today’s performance pleased me.
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Like you I thought it was.much better than expected. I did think Rev's should have made a.change in midfield earlier to provide more energy, still might not have been enough but may have given us a bit more protection and drive going forwards.
Most if not all around me clapped the team off at half time. I wonder what the roverall reaction would have been if the two half's were reversed...a lot of fans seem to judges game on the last 20 minutes rather than the 90 minutes.
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I think the shitarsedness of our recent form has made people happy to slurp down some pretty thin gruel. Being able to field something resembling a proper back four probably rescued us from another tonking. Phillips will run through a brick wall for you to pass the ball five yards to an opposition player.
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"Being able to field something resembling a proper back four probably rescued us from another tonking"
Bravo, you understand how football works
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One third of a functioning team and still relying on multiple good saves isn't that positive to me.
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2 shots on target and 34% possession Where's the performance in that game?
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Some people are never happy on a Saturday
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