12-12-2021, 14:59
My first home game of the season with my bro. I saw the absentees pre match and feared the worst but I thought we played very well. Kept possession well and won it back when needed. I don’t players create enough space when they don’t have the ball but there was no hoofball. But as everyone says we desperately need a goal scorer- there was no shortage of chances and half chances but no finishing touch. Hugill tries hard but is not the answer, Robinson got the goal but was very wasteful. I thought the makeshift defence, marshalled well by Bartley, was excellent and Mowatt & Mulumby did well in midfield.
In all this I thought we were helped by an abject Reading team, admittedly also hit by illness and injury. I remember some interest in signing Andy Carroll a few weeks ago; thank goodness we didn’t. Completely disinterested, there was a guy stealing a living- his only contribution occurred on his own goal line. For all Hugill’s faults, I prefer him to Carroll…of course, my real preference is neither
In all this I thought we were helped by an abject Reading team, admittedly also hit by illness and injury. I remember some interest in signing Andy Carroll a few weeks ago; thank goodness we didn’t. Completely disinterested, there was a guy stealing a living- his only contribution occurred on his own goal line. For all Hugill’s faults, I prefer him to Carroll…of course, my real preference is neither
The light at the end of the tunnel is the light of an oncoming train