Ler's talk about the Reading game

[roversdude]

Dave Kitson is at today’s game doing a fanzone Q&A if anyone is interested…

Saw a cock in the corporate area

[drfchound]

It could have got a deflection, I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Moly looked knackered after an hour and cramped up before he went off. Is he not fit?

Agree, for whatever reason (illness?) Moly doesn't look 100% fit.

Watched on TV today, could we have had a pen from George's shot, first half? Defender raised a wing before it hit his elbow for me.

Mols hasn’t been his usual self since he was kicked out of a match a few weeks back and was forced into going off.

[Bessie Red]

It could have got a deflection, I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Moly looked knackered after an hour and cramped up before he went off. Is he not fit?

Agree, for whatever reason (illness?) Moly doesn't look 100% fit.

Watched on TV today, could we have had a pen from George's shot, first half? Defender raised a wing before it hit his elbow for me.

Mols hasn’t been his usual self since he was kicked out of a match a few weeks back and was forced into going off.

Grant said in his interview that Mols has been dealing with some personal issues recently but felt like he was getting back into form after todays performance.

[les@donr]

A point gained at a place in the past we’ve got nowt. Hope it raises the confidence in the squad.

[drfchound]

It could have got a deflection, I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Moly looked knackered after an hour and cramped up before he went off. Is he not fit?

Agree, for whatever reason (illness?) Moly doesn't look 100% fit.

Watched on TV today, could we have had a pen from George's shot, first half? Defender raised a wing before it hit his elbow for me.

Mols hasn’t been his usual self since he was kicked out of a match a few weeks back and was forced into going off.

Grant said in his interview that Mols has been dealing with some personal issues recently but felt like he was getting back into form after todays performance.

I hadn’t heard that.
Interesting and something that fans don’t consider.

[Sammy Chung was King]

We’ve missed that little bit of class in midfield for a few seasons at least now. In league two you can get away with it, but if you want to go any higher up you have to have control of the midfield. As we all know since Street went back from his loan we are light up front.

 Great that Billy scored and the draw stops a bad run of losses. For me we are two or three players away from being capable of beating anybody in this league. A midfield creator and two forwards are needed.

[Padge_DRFC]

I'd imagine Molyneux will be down to illness. I go to the gym every morning week days. It's took me over a fortnight to do what I was doing before since illness stopped me going for a week.

Second half he looked like himself or closer to anyway

[DRFCSouth]

I thought had a good game. He was finding space and making positive things happen.

Middleton contributes with outstanding crossing, and we just need to keep piling players into the box to get on the end of them.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Thought some of our passing today was very good, although we didn’t make it count in front of goal, but we seemed to be more positive today with the general play. We challenged for the ball well in midfield, just unfortunate TLT made the mistake.
For me we should’ve a penalty, their number 10 had his elbow stuck out so not in a normal position, but also not sure if he also moved his elbow towards the ball.

There was a stuck on penalty for the challenge when Molyneux was clean through after 40 mins. He was caught late by a reckless challenge. That is a foul and a yellow card everywhere else on the pitch, but the ref bottled it.

He was clearly aware of having bottled it. He gave a yellow card immediately afterwards for a nothing foul on Molyneux.

Was that the one where he got his shot away and the keeper saved it?

Yep. That one. The one where he had to get his shot off early before he got wiped out by the late challenge.

Just a thought. If a player got a pass away in the centre circle then got wiped out, would you be appealing for a foul?

[Ian Nimmo]

Thought some of our passing today was very good, although we didn’t make it count in front of goal, but we seemed to be more positive today with the general play. We challenged for the ball well in midfield, just unfortunate TLT made the mistake.
For me we should’ve a penalty, their number 10 had his elbow stuck out so not in a normal position, but also not sure if he also moved his elbow towards the ball.

There was a stuck on penalty for the challenge when Molyneux was clean through after 40 mins. He was caught late by a reckless challenge. That is a foul and a yellow card everywhere else on the pitch, but the ref bottled it.

He was clearly aware of having bottled it. He gave a yellow card immediately afterwards for a nothing foul on Molyneux.

Was that the one where he got his shot away and the keeper saved it?

[Ian Nimmo]

It could have got a deflection, I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Moly looked knackered after an hour and cramped up before he went off. Is he not fit?

Agree, for whatever reason (illness?) Moly doesn't look 100% fit.

Watched on TV today, could we have had a pen from George's shot, first half? Defender raised a wing before it hit his elbow for me.

Yes definitely, that the incident I mentioned in my post.
Also agree with others regarding mols, high possibility VAR would have given both.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Looking at the handball again, I think it would have been harsh. The defender has his lower arm across his stomach, precisely so as NOT to run the risk of handball. In doing so, his elbow has gone maybe 6 inches past his waist. I don't think you can give a penalty for that.

[selby]

  Happy we have got something out of the game and were tighter at  the back now to push on.

[Chris Black come back]

Reading sack their manager.

[Alan Southstand]

I notice from watching the extended highlights that we were guilty of leaving a massive amount of space between the midfield and defence. No wonder there were so many shots from distance! We’ve got to pick up on that and put it right.

I thought the late challenge on Mols was dangerous and should have been given. The handball, imho, their defender moved his arm toward the ball. 2 decisions that could have seen us put daylight on the scoreline.

[GazLaz]

Thought some of our passing today was very good, although we didn’t make it count in front of goal, but we seemed to be more positive today with the general play. We challenged for the ball well in midfield, just unfortunate TLT made the mistake.
For me we should’ve a penalty, their number 10 had his elbow stuck out so not in a normal position, but also not sure if he also moved his elbow towards the ball.

There was a stuck on penalty for the challenge when Molyneux was clean through after 40 mins. He was caught late by a reckless challenge. That is a foul and a yellow card everywhere else on the pitch, but the ref bottled it.

He was clearly aware of having bottled it. He gave a yellow card immediately afterwards for a nothing foul on Molyneux.

Was that the one where he got his shot away and the keeper saved it?

Yep. That one. The one where he had to get his shot off early before he got wiped out by the late challenge.

Just a thought. If a player got a pass away in the centre circle then got wiped out, would you be appealing for a foul?

I don’t disagree. It’s like an unwritten rule in football that as long as a player gets a shot away you can leave anything you like on them.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Thought some of our passing today was very good, although we didn’t make it count in front of goal, but we seemed to be more positive today with the general play. We challenged for the ball well in midfield, just unfortunate TLT made the mistake.
For me we should’ve a penalty, their number 10 had his elbow stuck out so not in a normal position, but also not sure if he also moved his elbow towards the ball.

There was a stuck on penalty for the challenge when Molyneux was clean through after 40 mins. He was caught late by a reckless challenge. That is a foul and a yellow card everywhere else on the pitch, but the ref bottled it.

He was clearly aware of having bottled it. He gave a yellow card immediately afterwards for a nothing foul on Molyneux.

Was that the one where he got his shot away and the keeper saved it?

Yep. That one. The one where he had to get his shot off early before he got wiped out by the late challenge.

Just a thought. If a player got a pass away in the centre circle then got wiped out, would you be appealing for a foul?

I don’t disagree. It’s like an unwritten rule in football that as long as a player gets a shot away you can leave anything you like on them.

It was also a far more deliberate, reckless and dangerous challenge that the stupid one that got Rowe sent off a couple of years ago.

[Jimmydee]

Before they equalised, the Reading keeper came 3 yards out of his box and the ball hit his left arm, it should have been a hand ball decision from the ref when the goalie chose to leave his box.
Did anyone else see it?