Obviously we got a bit better, but we could hardly have been worse than in the first half. Exeter look like a poor side to me. In the bottom four at this stage of the season is worrying. By this stage the table doesn't lie. We are in trouble. One or two more performances like that and I think there ...
Ritchie should be able to play 90 mins or else don’t think we should have signed him (though he is obvs doing a job as sub) Again he’s only 36. England have picked a 35 year old midfielder in their latest squad (alright he’s rubbish but still). 36 isn’t THAT old… Riche gives us something we don't h...
The thing is, you can only start eleven players. So you can't start all the players you think have a role to play. So you may have to bring them on a substitutes. Ritchie is already worth his weight in gold to us. A super sub with his sort of impact is invaluable. But he probably can't play a full 9...
The Sky commentator got it right... Excellent in the first half, then Wrexham's extra quality eventually told. Commentator was actually well informed and pretty cliché free. OK game, the result we probably expected, opportunity to jokes about concentrating on the League, won't linger in the memory p...
On Saturday, it wasn't going well, Hunt made changes, and it completely changed things. Changing a game through substitutions is perhaps the biggest match-day impact a manager can have, and Hunt got his 100% right against Orient. The commitment of the whole team was absolutely undeniable. Two good t...
Car Park 6 is now back on sale for Saturday, it will be available up until Stevenage at the moment and then hopefully we will be able to continue with it through the season That's great it's fixed for now, and thanks for the update. In the longer term, parking and transport generally is obviously g...
This is showing as not available for the Orient game. Is it because it's already sold out, or is it simply not in operation? If it's the latter, that's a lot of capacity removed with no mention that I've seen, putting extra strain on the already crowded buses, and making life difficult for non-bus u...
Indeed, I think he will be kept. not so sure - get to mid October and we're still in trouble there will be serious questions getting asked. The owners aren't interested in sentimentality and a trip to L2 is not part of the plan. Relying on one player coming back and fixing everything is hardly a st...
I said in the survey I might stay around, but only if there's a viable bus service to Tilehurst available. TVP would take a dim view of me driving, as I'm not going to hang around without a few more pints.
Thoroughly entertaining evening out for £12. Wimbledon's second string were pretty good and created quite a few chances. And they absolutely should have had a penalty. Made for an even game. We scored two fantastic goals - a wonder strike and a beautiful, flowing team effort. A lot of effort and som...
4-4-2 is almost always 4-4-1-1 anyway. 4-2-3-1 is what we usually play, I think. It's a matter of interpretation anyway. Because 4-3-3 easily morphs into 4-3-2-1 or 4-2-3-1. No simple sequence of numbers can really sum up the tactical sophistication teams need to use today anyway. It changes in diff...
I find this suggestion that he doesn't know what he's doing tactically laughable. He's got a UEFA Pro license. Whilst it's no guarantee of success, it does mean that his tactical awareness will be better than 99% of us on here. Of course, we're fans, and we're entitled to our opinions and interpreta...
At one point in the first half our pass completion was under 50%. That is the first thing that needs to be addressed. Presumably the professional footballers haven't lost the ability to kick a football with a reasonable degree of accuracy; it's more that they're too far apart, or the intended recipi...
You lose the players that contributed to two thirds of your goals the previous season. You manage a club that has been hollowed out of resources for years until it's only just operating. You lose two of the best centre halves to play in League 1 for many seasons - one to a Premier League club, the o...
I hope I'm not one to over react, but that really was one of the worst Reading performances I've seen in 25 years. Rarely have I seen us so outclassed - maybe once at Old Trafford, once for 20 minutes at Pride Park in the FA Cup (when we went on to win). It was truly abysmal. Then we started to atta...