[A57owl]

Well that was garbage. Reading came and did a job on us and won the battle. Our midfield showed very little fight and attacking prowess. If Carlos can't get it sorted quickly, I fear the crowd will soon turn. There was no sign of the promised attacking football. It was a terrible game of football with too many owls not up for the battle.

Price 6 - Had little to do but didn't fill me with confidence. Spilled a couple

Hunt 7 - Played well. Tried to move us forward
Loovens 4 - Didn't look right from the start. Got injured. Should not have started???
Lees 6 - Did little wrong. Played OK.
Wiggins 6 - Good defensively, offered little up front. Too keen to pass back or sideways. Did make runs like Hunt

Hutchinson 6 - Got stuck in, had lots of the ball but too often passed sideways or back

McGugan 4 - Not at the races. Out battled and looked lost
Lopez 5 - Tried at the start but lost impact. Out battled. May have a good pass completion rate BUT too many sideways and back passes!!

Matias 4 - Not in the game. Was moaning about passes not reaching him. Made very few penetrating, forward runs
Wallace 6 - Work hard with Hunt, too many crosses beyond back post or into an empty danger zone

Joao 6 - Got out battled by CB's. Poor movement, touch and strength. A young boy against 2 strong CBs. Wrong choice??

Sougou - looked lively. Sasso 6- defended well. Bus - no time to make impact

From tonight it seems clear we need more bite in the middle of the park. Our so called play makers were non existent. We had a boy up front who was out muscled from the start. I think Carlos got a few things wrong tonight and too many players were not up for the fight or unable to push forward meaningfully. The stats show a very defensive Reading set up manged far more shots than we did despite our attacking 'flair' and set up!!! Sadly, the crowd began to turn, not a good sign.

Can't say I'm looking forward to Saturday!!