BFTG Forrst (H)

[paultheroyal]

Oh and the ref was a oxf*rd, thought he let too much go, was alternately off the pace and in the way

How does anyone know the ref was off the pace, lol. Surely if he was in the way he was on the pace and up with play, no?

Let too much go, enlighten me. Thought he was quite picky!

IMO his positioning was poor. He was EITHER too far away or too close.
If he isn't up with play and making decisions from too far away he is off the pace. Simple?!
Alternatively he sometimes got in the way, impeding players on two or thee occasions

And I thought he was very lenient, you obviously didnt

Watch the game. HTH.

[blueroyals]

I'm unimpressed with Chalobah too. But Norwood, Guthrie, Apkan and a half-fit Karacan are not an improvement on him.

[UpThePrem]

Heres the video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1732878430271798

If the reports are accurate then it's a oxf*rd disgrace. The soul sapping atmosphere is large part of the reason why my trips to the Mad Stad are so infrequent.

And this is the petition to get the club to apologise for the treatment of the fans:

https://www.change.org/p/reading-footba ... -behaviour

[Pepe the Horseman]

Heres the video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1732878430271798

If the reports are accurate then it's a oxf*rd disgrace. The soul sapping atmosphere is large part of the reason why my trips to the Mad Stad are so infrequent.

And this is the petition to get the club to apologise for the treatment of the fans:

https://www.change.org/p/reading-footba ... -behaviour

Madjeski Stadium

OUT

[Cureton's Volley]

Heres the video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1732878430271798

If the reports are accurate then it's a oxf*rd disgrace. The soul sapping atmosphere is large part of the reason why my trips to the Mad Stad are so infrequent.

And this is the petition to get the club to apologise for the treatment of the fans:

https://www.change.org/p/reading-footba ... -behaviour

Further cements my away only policy.

Signed

[loyalroyaldaz]

Don't know where this ejection happened but there is no issue from stewards in East Stand. Many people stand each game and I have stood every game this season and no one says a thing

+1 You'd have to be being a total bellend to get thrown out.

In fact at a game a month or two ago I saw several people complaining to stewards in Y26 about people standing up a few rows in front and the stewards just placated them and did nothing about it because they clearly weren't blocking the view.

If a steward asks you to sit down, sit down and then stand up 5 minutes later. If you're being told you're swearing too much, stop swearing for a while. THere's no reason to shout more than the odd expletive anyway.

Why do you have to voice an opinion about absolutely everything?
You didn't see the incident, you weren't even at the game. Be quiet!

+10000000

[Sutekh]

We lost today due to two goals out of nowhere and awful finishing from what we have that masquerades as a strike force.

Much improved from the utter crap that made an appearance v Wigan but still a way to go to be anything like a top end team in this division.

The end of this miserable waste of time that's been a league season can't come quick enough as far as I'm concerned.

[Royal Ginger]

Enjoyed the bloke rallying the crowd, made for the best atmosphere in ages, but playing devil's advocate for just a moment, everyone is sat down and he's the only person standing, and he's mostly on the steps. A solitary steward heads up and appears to have a quiet word with him. Assuming he's asked him to sit down and has been ignored he pops off and comes back with 3 more stewards who appear to have a slightly less quiet word. When that doesn't work they come on mass.

I fully agree, he wasn't hurting anyone, he got a good atmosphere going, i enjoyed it, but given that people had supposedly complained, and once the original steward's been ignored, what was he supposed to do?

Sat next to a bloke with a sense of humor for once. As a non season ticket holder i roll the dice each time with who i end up next to, and 8 times out of ten it's an octogenarian or someone's disinterested wife. Hats off to the chap.

[bobby1413]

but playing devil's advocate for just a moment...

This is it though. We all say he's great for getting the crowd up.

Others will say he's annoying by shouting, by standing up in the way of the game and shouting rude words.

If someone complains then the stewards are going to take action.

[Ian Royal]

but playing devil's advocate for just a moment...

This is it though. We all say he's great for getting the crowd up.

Others will say he's annoying by shouting, by standing up in the way of the game and shouting rude words.

If someone complains then the stewards are going to take action.

And this is exactly what I was talking about. If you make a point of standing up to a steward and not complying with a request, you're going to get chucked out. A nod and a wink, sit down. Then stand up a bit later. No problem. They've done their job, you've let them do it. You then get to carry on a bit later and everything is fine.

What do people expect is going to happen if someone with a responsibility for safety and security asks you to do something and you refuse? You've just challenged their authority and they have no option but to respond.

[RoyalBlue]

but playing devil's advocate for just a moment...

This is it though. We all say he's great for getting the crowd up.

Others will say he's annoying by shouting, by standing up in the way of the game and shouting rude words.

If someone complains then the stewards are going to take action.

And this is exactly what I was talking about. If you make a point of standing up to a steward and not complying with a request, you're going to get chucked out. A nod and a wink, sit down. Then stand up a bit later. No problem. They've done their job, you've let them do it. You then get to carry on a bit later and everything is fine.

What do people expect is going to happen if someone with a responsibility for safety and security asks you to do something and you refuse? You've just challenged their authority and they have no option but to respond.

So why don't the spineless cowards adopt the same policy with the masses of away support?!

Seems like the only way to beat the barstewards and be treated the same way as the away supporters is mass disobedience, as happened today when the stewards were trying to kick the guy out. This season is a good time to do it because , quiet frankly, the threat of having your season ticket taken away is of no concern whatsoever. In fact it might well be seen as a reward for disobedience!

[Gunny Fishcake]

Says a lot about how crap we were today when majority of comments on the game are about the tosser stewards.....roll on Bradford must improve all over the pitch to have a chance, wonder how many of us next week will be standing up !

[hobnob]

With a 5 and a 7 year old, I'm in the "family corner" nowadays, and my boys were loving the atmosphere. It's pretty difficult trying to explain why 20 stewards are gathered around two fans who are trying to have a good time and having a positive impact on the crowd. I can't see how anyone could complain - there were empty seats if it was really bothering anyone. If the club want to encourage the next generation of fan they need to encourage support like that to make the "experience" exciting, rather than suppressed. They're much more excited about a decent atmosphere than a man in a lion costume. I'm lucky they're still hooked as it's a hard season to keep them motivated.

Game itself - I thought we were pretty decent in the first half - McCleary was well up for it. After we went a goal behind the energy levels dropped.

[Ian Royal]

And this is exactly what I was talking about. If you make a point of standing up to a steward and not complying with a request, you're going to get chucked out. A nod and a wink, sit down. Then stand up a bit later. No problem. They've done their job, you've let them do it. You then get to carry on a bit later and everything is fine.

What do people expect is going to happen if someone with a responsibility for safety and security asks you to do something and you refuse? You've just challenged their authority and they have no option but to respond.

So why don't the spineless cowards adopt the same policy with the masses of away support?!

Seems like the only way to beat the barstewards and be treated the same way as the away supporters is mass disobedience, as happened today when the stewards were trying to kick the guy out. This season is a good time to do it because , quiet frankly, the threat of having your season ticket taken away is of no concern whatsoever. In fact it might well be seen as a reward for disobedience!

Fairly obviously because away attendance is more traditional in its make up, so there are likely to be fewer complaints and more people standing. And there are bigger safety concerns about it kicking off if action is taken and provoking a bigger and more dangerous incident. And there are fewer longer term repercussions available for the stewards to enforce on away fans. The stewards certainly do nab away fans in some cases.

[bcubed]

How does anyone know the ref was off the pace, lol. Surely if he was in the way he was on the pace and up with play, no?

Let too much go, enlighten me. Thought he was quite picky!

IMO his positioning was poor. He was EITHER too far away or too close.
If he isn't up with play and making decisions from too far away he is off the pace. Simple?!
Alternatively he sometimes got in the way, impeding players on two or thee occasions

And I thought he was very lenient, you obviously didnt

Watch the game. HTH.

Hmm quite a strong argument you make there but having considered your well made point might I suggest you shut the oxf*rd up
HTH

[Snowball]

Don't know where this ejection happened but there is no issue from stewards in East Stand. Many people stand each game and I have stood every game this season and no one says a thing

+1 You'd have to be being a total bellend to get thrown out. At least where I sit, maybe it's different elsewhere.

Stewards in your front room?

[PieEater]

We lost today due to two goals out of nowhere and awful finishing from what we have that masquerades as a strike force.

Much improved from the utter crap that made an appearance v Wigan but still a way to go to be anything like a top end team in this division.

The end of this miserable waste of time that's been a league season can't come quick enough as far as I'm concerned.

Pretty much how I saw it. The end of the first half we had them on the ropes and Cox in particular wasted two great chances. I really thought we'd win in the second half.

As soon as they scored out of nowhere that was game over. We just done do comebacks.

HRK missed a sitter, and Chabolah was utterly shit, otherwise I thought the rest of the team did ok.

[Caversham Royal]

If your main interest is in stewards and swearing, please ignore the following as I am commenting on the game ...

We were undone by two wonder-strikes either side of a scrappy scrambled goal. Even a number of our own supporters applauded that last goal!

But the writing was on the wall in the first half. After an entertaining half hour between two well-matched sides we took the initiative and penned Forest back in their own half for most of the closing 15-20 minutes. Gunter was working really well with McCleary and it was his (Gunter's) excellent cross which invited a volley at goal from Pog (or was it Cox?). Other chances were spurned in that time too and it was not surprising that we would pay for our profligacy in that period of play.

And so it proved in the second half. We didn't play badly and the team played with passion so the 'booing' at full time was, in my opinion, unjustified. Having got ahead, Forest did not 'park the bus' but, understandably, were more defensive minded and we really struggle to break down such sides. Williams and Chalobah were joining the attack leaving wide spaces in our mid-field which Forest exploited with several dangerous counter attacks. We still had opportunities to score and should have scored but somehow we never looked like doing so.

No blame attached to Feds for the goals and he pulled off one magnificent save in the top left hand corner of his goal. I thought Obita had a good game and contained Antonio (who got a pretty good reception from the Reading crowd). Chalobah showed some nice touches but was guilty of giving away the ball too often. Pearce and Hector were solid with both Forest's first and third goals coming from shots from distance. Cox worked hard but without much end product and HRK was pretty anonymous for me. Williams and Gunter were MOTM with Pog and McCleary not far behind.

All in all this was much better than those woeful home performances against Leeds and Wigan and there was a better atmosphere in the crowd too. We need to be finding the target more often and to do that we need to be releasing the ball more quickly instead of dwelling on it while the opposition regroup. But 0 - 3 flattered Forest as I'm sure they would admit(?!).

Federici definitely at fault for 3rd. He was caught too far off his line & even though it was swerving a bit, the ball was hit practically straight at him. V poor & the latest in what's getting to be a collection of errors from the arrogant Aussie that have cost goals. He's not the only one under-performing of course though

[blueroyals]

"You are annoying people over here. Why don't you sit over there near the empty seats where you won't bother anyone?"

Or - summon 10+ stewards to physically remove him

Stewards are shit in general to be fair. Anybody got the video of the one from Bolton grabbing a fan by the neck a few years back?

[paultheroyal]

Hmm quite a strong argument you make there but having considered your well made point might I suggest you shut the oxf*rd up
HTH

Lame. X