v Reading (a) - 17/8/22 - Mark 1

[booth]

Blimey Pickering is a bad fullback.

[Tugay-is-God]

We need an 'angry Jason Roberts'-style performance from Dack, coming on for the second half. 

[Neal]

Vale isn't good enough. Loan him to league 1. 

[bluebruce]

Very stupid push from BBD. Should be booked for it but complains it was given instead. Looks frustrated.

Pickering doesn't look good enough to me. Not been convinced since he came back from injury last season.

Edit- BBD then got pissy with a Reading fan. Definitely frustrated. Needs to focus himself.

Edited August 17, 2022 by bluebruce

[davulsukur]

Big Half time coming up from JDT.

Sounds like changes are needed.

Let's see what he does (if anything)

[Tugay-is-God]

One of their fans chucking the ball at BB? That's not on. 

[LDRover]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

Very stupid push from BBD. Should be booked for it but complains it was given instead. Looks frustrated.

Pickering doesn't look good enough to me. Not been convinced since he came back from injury last season.

I've not been convinced since he signed to be honest.

[BigBar]

Buckley absolutely anonymous. Hasn't even been mentioned or involved in anything.

[benhben]

Sounds like the only positive is its only 1-0 at half time. 

Apart from the goal, sounds like Smodicz has barely been involved in any of the games. A game for Dack to nick one I think. 

[booth]

Mowbray's definitely lost this team.

[Andy]

As good as the first few games have been, that first half was worse than anything that a TM side ever produced.

We haven't coped with their pressing, we look disorganised at set pieces and the front 3 have been absolutely dire. If scouts are here to watch BB, he isn't getting a move this window.

MUST be better second half...

[DE.]

An embarrassing half. Hard to believe we're a team who have won four on the spin, I would say we look like a League Two team but that would be unfair on League Two teams. JDT should be spitting fire at half time - most of them look like they're hungover and would rather be tucked up in bed watching Netflix. I don't ask for top quality performances every match but at least attempt to look like you give a shit, lads. Just because you've won a few on the bounce doesn't mean you get to phone it in tonight. Top teams keep going, ruthlessly. This isn't the Mowbray era anymore and I hope JDT makes sure these players realise that. 

Huge improvement needed in the second half. Big, big team talk and some brave decisions needed here.

[rovers11]

Horrible half. No fight, desire, or quality. Reading will be kicking themselves its only one. 

[bluebruce]

Well, I hope that's the worst half we have for a long time.

If it's not the worst half we have tonight, this will be truly embarrassing.

[duckson]

Death spiral-esque performance. 

[Hasta]

Well that was bad.

Im all for making the pitch as big as possible, but not when you haven’t got the ball. They need to get closer to each other, with and without the ball

[JohnD]

Half time and very lucky not to be 3 down, very poor.

There are far worse players than Pickering on the pitch but the boo boys must have their pint of blood

[superniko]

Despite Chaddys unwavering opinion after 2.5 games, this lad Szmodics isn’t fit to lace Dacks boots. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Absoloutely atrocious. 

Only Ayala can hold his head up this half.  The rest, to a man have been bloody awful. 

Tactics clearly aren't working. 

Big half coming up.  

 

[J*B]

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

Buckley absolutely anonymous. Hasn't even been mentioned or involved in anything.

Agreed. For all the talent he obviously has, getting a hold of games from central midfield will be vital to his success. You can’t just play when they let you play, he needs to find a way to control the game. 

[rigger]

30 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

It was obvious from QPR game...I can bang an hattrick v Darwen no problem

That was Burns wasn't it ?

[Tom]

Decent half that

[Danny O.Brien]

Absolutely abysmal. Get pickering, vale and Dolan off. Gally dack and edun on. The only positive is that it's only 1-0. 

[waynerovers]

Our midfield was non existent in that first half.

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

As good as the first few games have been, that first half was worse than anything that a TM side ever produced.

Nah, not having that, not at all. Probably wouldn't make a top (bottom) ten. Poor though. Very poor.