JJpool
Well-known member
Firstly great to be back.
Interesting line up and I thought some of the passing though the lines was far better 1st half.
You could see much more positivity in the setup and selection.
Some good performances from the midfield.
All Reading really had was some corners.
Solid defensively although not sure why Marv kept passing it to them, his passing is really poor at times.
Got the goal we deserved and Connolly really can hit them, good player.
The atmosphere started well but then fell off a cliff, thought it was really poor and flat for a lot of it. Were the muckers asleep for a lot of it? Felt like Hoggy wasn't there to me.
I was really looking forward to the 2nd half but sadly for most of it we seemed to revert to the old sit back and hang on not being able to put many passes together side.
A few great opportunities completely wasted, Bowler hits the post, Madine has a free header and heads it tamely at their keeper and Lavery has a great chance and fails to pull the trigger 1 on 1, the ball falls to someone else and they lose it rather than shoot and suddenly they're on the break.
Prerty poor 2nd half but fairly solid.
Thompson looked way better than Garbutt defensively.
All in all great to get the win, just felt a bit flat though for parts and also a poor attendance, hospitality looked nowhere near as full. Maybe a combination of the summer we've had, price increases in a cost of living crisis, people on holiday etc. But expected more than that.
Some good signs and with more to join and improve us further im quietly confident.
Interesting line up and I thought some of the passing though the lines was far better 1st half.
You could see much more positivity in the setup and selection.
Some good performances from the midfield.
All Reading really had was some corners.
Solid defensively although not sure why Marv kept passing it to them, his passing is really poor at times.
Got the goal we deserved and Connolly really can hit them, good player.
The atmosphere started well but then fell off a cliff, thought it was really poor and flat for a lot of it. Were the muckers asleep for a lot of it? Felt like Hoggy wasn't there to me.
I was really looking forward to the 2nd half but sadly for most of it we seemed to revert to the old sit back and hang on not being able to put many passes together side.
A few great opportunities completely wasted, Bowler hits the post, Madine has a free header and heads it tamely at their keeper and Lavery has a great chance and fails to pull the trigger 1 on 1, the ball falls to someone else and they lose it rather than shoot and suddenly they're on the break.
Prerty poor 2nd half but fairly solid.
Thompson looked way better than Garbutt defensively.
All in all great to get the win, just felt a bit flat though for parts and also a poor attendance, hospitality looked nowhere near as full. Maybe a combination of the summer we've had, price increases in a cost of living crisis, people on holiday etc. But expected more than that.
Some good signs and with more to join and improve us further im quietly confident.