Sorry, you can blame him for one of the goals (their second) for sure, he gave the ball away with one of his MANY terrible passes. He also gave away the free-kick stupidly.
Just face it, he was crap today, there were others in that first half I admit, but generally he was useless.
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Mills at fault for second, fed or wall at fault for third, have to see it again but free kicks as soft as that should not be going in.
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Really surprised that Rodgers did not come back in for any of the players he signed last summer, please come and take Howard at the very least, and for £3m he can take Mills as well.
I can see why the referee gave the red in full speed, and in the context of Holt being in Hartes face thirty seconds before it just looked malicious and he appeared to go over the ball, even if the replays show it wasn't that bad.
Norwich can't really complain though, I thought they were terrible and we gifted them three goals that they'd never have made for themselves. Should've hammered them 10-0 really.
Norwich can't really complain though, I thought they were terrible and we gifted them three goals that they'd never have made for themselves. Should've hammered them 10-0 really.
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Harpers So Solid Crew Really surprised that Rodgers did not come back in for any of the players he signed last summer, please come and take Howard at the very least, and for £3m he can take Mills as well.
And reduce the quality of his team?
Anyway, I can tell you that never in a million, billion, gazillion years would Rodgers come in for Mills
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well, the krakow royals have made it back from the pub
defending - awful again, that 3 games in 4
howard - dreadful
ref - dire but it worked to our advantage as the sending off reallyc hanged the game
never a sending off, jem coul dhave walked for his lunge at the end, it was worse that the red card offense.
penalty, I thought it was a stonewaller but SKY were saying that long went down easily and norwich we re unlucky.
defending - awful again, that 3 games in 4
howard - dreadful
ref - dire but it worked to our advantage as the sending off reallyc hanged the game
never a sending off, jem coul dhave walked for his lunge at the end, it was worse that the red card offense.
penalty, I thought it was a stonewaller but SKY were saying that long went down easily and norwich we re unlucky.
pea Norwich can't really complain though, I thought they were terrible and we gifted them three goals that they'd never have made for themselves. Should've hammered them 10-0 really.
Are you taking the piss?
We were shocking first half and were very lucky to go in only 3-1 down. If it wasn't for the debatable red card, more than likely we'd have been soundly beaten. We've conceded thee goals in three of our last four games, defensively we are god awful so its not some sort of fluke they were gifted goals.
James Harper>>>>Sean Evers>>>>>Brian Howard
They created nothing we gifted them three easy goals (free run at the keeper from thirty yards away, awful backpass, worst wall I've ever seen). Can't remember them creating anything else and they had 25% possession in both halves. We defended awfully 11 vs 11 but Karacan and Long were superb, Church did his role well, Antonio was exciting, and going forward our full backs were decent unlike last weekend.
Maybe it came across differently actually at the ground but I thought Norwich were terrible.
Maybe it came across differently actually at the ground but I thought Norwich were terrible.
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pea I can see why the referee gave the red in full speed, and in the context of Holt being in Hartes face thirty seconds before it just looked malicious and he appeared to go over the ball, even if the replays show it wasn't that bad.
Me too - I especially agree about the context of the fracas that happened just a minute earlier when Norwich were given a non-contested drop ball to play into touch and then decided to dribble it away!
Never seen any team do that before, not even teams managed by the likes of Billy Davies & Colin W who stoop to every low bit of gamesmanship going. My first thought was that Holt had clocked Harte in relatiation for something that had gone on then - I wonder if the ref thought the same?
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Our defence was woeful today.
The only reason they looked better in the 2nd half was because they had naff all to do.
Missed the first goal.
Mills at fault for the 2nd
Howard for giving away the free kick and Feds at fault for their third.
10 goals conceded in last 4 games (three games of which were at home). Not good enough!
IMHO drop Mills for Pearce and Harte for Cummings. Cant be any worse.
The only reason they looked better in the 2nd half was because they had naff all to do.
Missed the first goal.
Mills at fault for the 2nd
Howard for giving away the free kick and Feds at fault for their third.
10 goals conceded in last 4 games (three games of which were at home). Not good enough!
IMHO drop Mills for Pearce and Harte for Cummings. Cant be any worse.
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Where to start.
Sat in the North Stand so first of all, a massive feck off to the people behind me who told me to sit down when Long was getting ready to take the penalty. Obviously people who had never been to a game before 2006.
Fed 5 - sat right behind the goal I have never experinced such a quiet goalkeeper. No communication with the back 4 at all.
Griff 6 - showed Harte where he should have been playing in the second half
Harte 5 - way too slow in getting forward and I do not mean leg speed but brain speed. Dead ball delivery laughable.
Mills 4 - great through ball for the second. Really can not play against a strong centre forward. Flat track bully
Khiz 5 - too indecisive throughout the first half. Out of position too often and way too casual at times
MacAnuff 6 - ran around a bit and should not have been moved into centre midfield as he failed to time a single pass when he did move inside
Hunt 7 - little to show in the first half but came alive in the second. Great finish
Karacan 6 - poor first half but got more involved in the second. Too lightweight to boss the midfield.
Howard * (does not warrant a score. Hw is the worst midfielder I have seen in the hoops for a long time. First half gave away the ball at least 10-15 times. NOT.GOOD.ENOUGH
Church 6 - Good movement but not much else. Did not get any help from Harte second half on the left
Long 7 - Gives everything and good movement to win the pen
Antonio 7 - made a big difference when he came on
First Half
Why lump the ball to Long when he is being muscled out of it by 2 CDs who are at least 6 inches taller (and 4 feet wider)? Woeful performance from far too many players. Thakfully the ref took pity and sent off Holt. From where I was sat it looked a poor challenge.
Second Half
Played the way we should have played in the first half. No long hoofs to Long apart from the last 5 minutes. Good movement and looked a million times better when Howard went off.
Severely pissed off with the referee failing to clamp down on the blatant time wasting. Great atmos second half but Reading fans really need to support the team when 3-1 down and not once we get it back to 3-2.
Sat in the North Stand so first of all, a massive feck off to the people behind me who told me to sit down when Long was getting ready to take the penalty. Obviously people who had never been to a game before 2006.
Fed 5 - sat right behind the goal I have never experinced such a quiet goalkeeper. No communication with the back 4 at all.
Griff 6 - showed Harte where he should have been playing in the second half
Harte 5 - way too slow in getting forward and I do not mean leg speed but brain speed. Dead ball delivery laughable.
Mills 4 - great through ball for the second. Really can not play against a strong centre forward. Flat track bully
Khiz 5 - too indecisive throughout the first half. Out of position too often and way too casual at times
MacAnuff 6 - ran around a bit and should not have been moved into centre midfield as he failed to time a single pass when he did move inside
Hunt 7 - little to show in the first half but came alive in the second. Great finish
Karacan 6 - poor first half but got more involved in the second. Too lightweight to boss the midfield.
Howard * (does not warrant a score. Hw is the worst midfielder I have seen in the hoops for a long time. First half gave away the ball at least 10-15 times. NOT.GOOD.ENOUGH
Church 6 - Good movement but not much else. Did not get any help from Harte second half on the left
Long 7 - Gives everything and good movement to win the pen
Antonio 7 - made a big difference when he came on
First Half
Why lump the ball to Long when he is being muscled out of it by 2 CDs who are at least 6 inches taller (and 4 feet wider)? Woeful performance from far too many players. Thakfully the ref took pity and sent off Holt. From where I was sat it looked a poor challenge.
Second Half
Played the way we should have played in the first half. No long hoofs to Long apart from the last 5 minutes. Good movement and looked a million times better when Howard went off.
Severely pissed off with the referee failing to clamp down on the blatant time wasting. Great atmos second half but Reading fans really need to support the team when 3-1 down and not once we get it back to 3-2.
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I watched this in Ox on Foxtel and it's the first time I have seen Reading for a couple of years. I thought the sending off was a dreadful decision by the ref - but this 25 year old ref is starting to create a really, really bad reputation for himself. Sending Paul Lambert to the stands was just stupid. The penalty decsion was 50/50.
For what it's worth there is a real lack of pace in the Reading team. There's nothing wrong with the "patience, possession and passing" way of playing the game but only if you have the likes of Zidane Zidane with Dennis Bergkamp to finish things off. I'm not suggesting long ball tactics but if Reading are going to play in such a fashion they need more creativity in midfield.
The McGhee team of, gosh, almost ten years ago, was in my opinion the best Reading side I have ever seen. But we had Shaka Hislop and Simon Osborne playing for us. There is absolutely nobody of that quality in the current side.
For what it's worth there is a real lack of pace in the Reading team. There's nothing wrong with the "patience, possession and passing" way of playing the game but only if you have the likes of Zidane Zidane with Dennis Bergkamp to finish things off. I'm not suggesting long ball tactics but if Reading are going to play in such a fashion they need more creativity in midfield.
The McGhee team of, gosh, almost ten years ago, was in my opinion the best Reading side I have ever seen. But we had Shaka Hislop and Simon Osborne playing for us. There is absolutely nobody of that quality in the current side.
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LOL at some of you idiots blaming feds.
The "WALL" should have stood firm, khiz in particular, so the ball wouldnt have even gone through it. unfortunately they didn't and the ball went right through the wall!
Feds 6 - nothing he could about the goals. made one great save from holt's one on one.
Griffin 7 - didn't do much wrong thought he was one of our better defenders today.
Khiz 4 - what the hell was he playing at today. partly at fault for the goal from the free kick. his indecision and lack of communication
with mills was also the reason for the norwich 1st goal.
mills 4 -great assist for the second norwich goal. Would like to see Pearce back in the team too as he was playing well before he got dropped. Plus, I don't want McD to keep playing underperforming players as it doesn't send the right message to the team.
Harte 6 - did ok. nice finish
McAnuff 7 - played well i thought
Howard 5.5 - gave the silly free kick away for the goal. apart from that at least tried to make things happen. a few wayward passes. notably the one to no-one that led to norwich's second goal via an assist from mills. not a fan of him though.
Karacan 7.5 - took him a little while to get going but was our best player i thought. worked hard. his passing was much improved (only 1 bad pass the whole game!), great assist for n.hunt and broke up play well. should have been booked for that challenge in the second half though.
n.hunt 7 - good finish, worked hard and good alround play.
church 6 - unlucky to hit the post after a great save from Ruddy but not as dangerous as the other 2 strikers
LOLong 7 - was the most dangerous of our strikers today, did well to win the pen!
Sub - Antonio 6 - did ok when he came on needs to work on his touch a bit though.
ref 1 - the only decision he got right was the pen and their free kick. felt sorry for norwich.
The "WALL" should have stood firm, khiz in particular, so the ball wouldnt have even gone through it. unfortunately they didn't and the ball went right through the wall!
Feds 6 - nothing he could about the goals. made one great save from holt's one on one.
Griffin 7 - didn't do much wrong thought he was one of our better defenders today.
Khiz 4 - what the hell was he playing at today. partly at fault for the goal from the free kick. his indecision and lack of communication
with mills was also the reason for the norwich 1st goal.
mills 4 -great assist for the second norwich goal. Would like to see Pearce back in the team too as he was playing well before he got dropped. Plus, I don't want McD to keep playing underperforming players as it doesn't send the right message to the team.
Harte 6 - did ok. nice finish
McAnuff 7 - played well i thought
Howard 5.5 - gave the silly free kick away for the goal. apart from that at least tried to make things happen. a few wayward passes. notably the one to no-one that led to norwich's second goal via an assist from mills. not a fan of him though.
Karacan 7.5 - took him a little while to get going but was our best player i thought. worked hard. his passing was much improved (only 1 bad pass the whole game!), great assist for n.hunt and broke up play well. should have been booked for that challenge in the second half though.
n.hunt 7 - good finish, worked hard and good alround play.
church 6 - unlucky to hit the post after a great save from Ruddy but not as dangerous as the other 2 strikers
LOLong 7 - was the most dangerous of our strikers today, did well to win the pen!
Sub - Antonio 6 - did ok when he came on needs to work on his touch a bit though.
ref 1 - the only decision he got right was the pen and their free kick. felt sorry for norwich.
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Terminal Boardom MacAnuff 6 - ran around a bit and should not have been moved into centre midfield as he failed to time a single pass when he did move inside.
I couldn't disagree more with your comment about McAnuff. I thought he was ineffective when out wide but influenced the game much more when he came inside. He kept possession where Howard had repeatedly lost it.
Terminal Boardom First Half - Why lump the ball to Long when he is being muscled out of it by 2 CDs who are at least 6 inches taller (and 4 feet wider)? Woeful performance from far too many players.
Second Half -Played the way we should have played in the first half. No long hoofs to Long apart from the last 5 minutes. Good movement and looked a million times better when Howard went off.
Agree with all of this. For some reason we just lumped the ball forward in the first half which would be just what the Norwich defenders would have wanted us to do. Our midfield looked really lightweight and Norwich just passed the ball around us just as Doncaster did for part of that game. As for the defence Mills and Zurab had a shocking half and every time Norwich attacked down Harte's side in particular they carved us open.
Apart from the obvious fact that we were playing against ten men and the ref gave us a free kick almost every time we lost the ball I thought some other reasons for our improvement in the second half were that Norwich sat too deep allowing our full backs to play as auxiliary wingers and both our first half wingers were much more effective when they moved into central roles - McAnuff in midfield and Hunt up front.
Im happy with the point feel we could have won it thought, especialy with all the chances created. although if norwich didnt have the man sent off the game would have been completely different. so we got very lucky with that. but will take the point better than nothing.
07 Federici... His one save when it mattered earned us a point. Not sure how much the free-kick was his fault. Thought he did very well even tho Holt scored.
07 Harte...... Another priceless goal. Let down a coupla times by Church. Variable crosses but at least two peaches. Hunt should've scored from one.
05 Mills....... IMO there's something wrong in his head at the moment, and when it goes wrong he just seems to get angry.Horrible back-pass
06 Zurab..... Some real errors but good stuff also
09 Griffin.... Much better attacking today, wanted to equalise/win. I wish he was our captain.
09 Karacan... Like a tiger again. I'd hate to play against him. Some great passes. Excellent assist
07 Howard... He made some errors but had a real go at making the game work. Did not deserve to be booed
08 Hunt...... Very nice finish for his goal, the three-striker combo will get better
08 McAnuff.. I thought he played well today both wide and when central
06 Church... He looked out of sorts for me, and first touch let him down. Cracking drive that hit post, but not a great game
08 Long...... Awful service most of first half. Nice volley, VG break into box for cross, did good work. Second half even better, won and scored the pen, and slso brought out a good save. Wasted very little.
08 Antonio... Very raw but eager, and direct. Gonna be a great player
09 Manager... Even against ten men it looked all but over. Got the guys fired up and shooting from range. Reading Mk II (second half) would have beaten Reading Mk I 5-0
07 Harte...... Another priceless goal. Let down a coupla times by Church. Variable crosses but at least two peaches. Hunt should've scored from one.
05 Mills....... IMO there's something wrong in his head at the moment, and when it goes wrong he just seems to get angry.Horrible back-pass
06 Zurab..... Some real errors but good stuff also
09 Griffin.... Much better attacking today, wanted to equalise/win. I wish he was our captain.
09 Karacan... Like a tiger again. I'd hate to play against him. Some great passes. Excellent assist
07 Howard... He made some errors but had a real go at making the game work. Did not deserve to be booed
08 Hunt...... Very nice finish for his goal, the three-striker combo will get better
08 McAnuff.. I thought he played well today both wide and when central
06 Church... He looked out of sorts for me, and first touch let him down. Cracking drive that hit post, but not a great game
08 Long...... Awful service most of first half. Nice volley, VG break into box for cross, did good work. Second half even better, won and scored the pen, and slso brought out a good save. Wasted very little.
08 Antonio... Very raw but eager, and direct. Gonna be a great player
09 Manager... Even against ten men it looked all but over. Got the guys fired up and shooting from range. Reading Mk II (second half) would have beaten Reading Mk I 5-0
Plymouth_Royal LOL at some of you idiots blaming feds.
The "WALL" should have stood firm, khiz in particular, so the ball wouldnt have even gone through it. unfortunately they didn't and the ball went right through the wall!
Feds 6 - nothing he could about the goals. made one great save from holt's one on one.
Just to pick up on this, Kishanishvili wasn't even in the wall he was behind it. Not really sure why we only had 3 in the wall when most keepers would probably want at least 4. Hunt, on the end of the 3, could possibly have reacted a bit and flicked his head at the ball, but only having 3 in there gave them a big target to aim at on the walls side of the goal.
Not blaming Federici as such, but I think he could possibly have done more. I don't think Hahnemann would've conceded to Holt goal either.
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Howard certainly had a poor game today. But he's been good otherwise and creates a lot of our goals for us, so you'd surely have to be pushing a personal agenda to call for him to be dropped.
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