Match Day Thread : Reading

All over these.

Just like Tuesday night, some of the balls from free kicks and corners delivered by Leahy are a bit floaty. I wish he would fizz the ball in with a bit more pace and a lower trajectory and just go for the direct header rather than the knockdown.

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We’ve been absolutely superb so far but I am a bit worried about Simons in the run in. Very hot headed. Can see him getting sent off unnecessarily in this run in.

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His temper is a bit of a liability, although he did get absolutely taken out there.

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This is the first time under Dodds we’ve actually looked like a team challenging for promotion.

Also, I do love a 20 man scrap.

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Kone spins his defender and kills a 50 yard pass dead as a stone and gets booked for his trouble.

What a joke

Kone has really got to start watching his arms and elbows

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Really can’t see this finishing eleven a side.

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Great rumble, loving it. Go Blues, it’s there for us to take.

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Wish the cameraman would zoom in a bit

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King kone needs to watch his elbows, especially in a hothouse game like this. We are controlling things. Need to finish it. Wrexham not going to let a man advantage slip.

Hear absolutely hear! Hard to identify our players.

been the better side here though have let them back into the game a bit, really need to get that crucial first goal

Hear hear !

Limited chances but similar possession/eye test domination to Tuesday night. Just need to take our chances and not allow them to get settled on the ball. Reach impressive again with their left back having a difficult game, I expect Lowry to come on down the left wing after around 65 mins and play some incisive balls as per Tuesday night as well. Come on Wycombe!

Fantastic half of football, great advert for the league. I’ve criticised him plenty over the last few weeks but Will Norris’s distribution has been superb today, pinpoint balls both short and long. I do think Kone is less effective without a second striker in support of him but no real complaints so far – except we’ll probably need to sub Simons and Kone at some early point - can’t have either out for any length of time.

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How was that not a straight red for the two-footed studs-up assault on Simons? Or did it look worse from behind the goal than it did on the TV?

Excellent performance. Just missing a goal again

Played well.

GMac and Reach aren’t doing enough.

From my view in the corner I thought I saw a hand in his face as well… Ref had little control over that scuffle. Questionable attempt to play the ball and certainly not in control, certainly grounds for a red in my opinion but I’m not a ā€œprofessionalā€ ref. He’ll be walking on a tight rope now I hope but you never know with these officials.

I think the ref let a couple of early fouls by Reading go unpunished and has now created a rod for his own back. I wouldn’t even chance it with Simons for picking up a 2nd yellow. Due to this I’d pop Reach to LB, Leahy into CM with Scowen and maybe Kodua where Reach is currently playing.

Oh, and f#cking Burton Albion picking up a red :man_facepalming: