Reading Match Thread

[LoftusRoadLad]

[LoftusRoadLad]

Looking forward to seeing Celar....long time since we had a proper striker !!

[SheepRanger]

There can't be anything going on with the sale of JCS if we're playing him.

If a £7m bid was pending surely we wouldn't play him? Or, is a run out in a friendly a good thing?

[davieqpr]

More intriguing why Chair is not in again.

[SheepRanger]

More intriguing why Chair is not in again.

Slight back problem from picking up rubbish in Brussels?

[QPROslo]

Poor start against a weak Reading side. Very pedestrian and we lose the ball too easily.

[Dedders]

Slight back problem from picking up rubbish in Brussels?

Spending all last season carrying most of the team more like!

[eam1882]

Is there any score

[QPROslo]

Is there any score

0-0

[Sleeping Giants]

Sorry fellas, but there is something missing still.
There is no threat.
Smythy I like, but we need a better more consistent crosser. He can only pick out the man, about one in five crosses.
We desperately need another Chair type player.
We have created nothing, apart from a long pass from Anderson.
We have the ball but get caught up in just passing around our own half.
Don't expect top 6 that some of our supporters are predicting unless we have more personel changes.
Imo of course

There must be more incomings. We've lost loads of players.

[Sleeping Giants]

More intriguing why Chair is not in again.

There is something worrying in this. Usually, there will be mention of why a player is missing but there is nothing. There was mention a while back of a slight back issue but I've heard nothing since. I'm concerned that there is more to his absence than we are led to believe. I hope to be proved wrong.

[Sleeping Giants]

Reading 1 QPR 0 Paal fails to intercept ball.

[QPROslo]

We have lost 11 players and signed 4 (or 5 if you count Bennie, but he was signed for the Development squad).

I think a few more players will leave (i.e., speculations surrounding Dykes, Paal and JCS), so I expect us to sign 8-10 players from now until the window closes. Hence, the team we field on September 1st will look different from the one we have seen today.

But I agree that today has been a very disappointing showing, and so different from the Spurs match. It feels a big step backwards, even though I know it is just a friendly.

[LoftusRoadLad]

Terrible game

[lordflashhart]

A little uninspiring. Squad wasn't sharp. I don't care about scores. It is a little concerning about real chances being made and the fluidity of our play. Chair missing is a huge problem as we will lose him for the ACN. Hopefully, if Eze is sold and we have an influx of cash we can make a signing or two along with quality loan signings. Not worried but if no quality signings are made I will be.