[talkSAFT]

"Brilliant performance" according to E&S

[drewks]

A win!
25 - 4 shots, 11 - 0 on target..... that's a lorra lorra shots to end up scrambling to a 1-0 win.
Still, with all the absentees, we should be pretty pleased with the result..... shouldn't we?

[Salopbaggie]

I wonder if there are some of our old academy players looking on, watching from the reserves bench of some third tier club they are on loan with, thinking if only I had not been so impatient and greedy.

[Sanjay]

Good football, good team-work, plenty of chances, particularly in the first half, and I must say makes the three hours drive back home a real change! Well done the lads.

[Arcane Astral Aeons]

not a bad performance this afternoon , considering what val had to work with
usual story created numerous chances but no-one(and their goalkeeper)on the end of them
still three points another game unbeaten at home

one gripe though...please get shot of hugill waste of a shirt

[Baggiebob(BBB)]

A win!
25 - 4 shots, 11 - 0 on target..... that's a lorra lorra shots to end up scrambling to a 1-0 win.
Still, with all the absentees, we should be pretty pleased with the result..... shouldn't we?

It's been the same in nearly every match this season, which high lights why we desperately need 1 or 2 goal scorers added in the Jan window. However, as you say 'pleased with the result'

[talkSAFT]

I've just read the attendance yesterday was 11,000. Is that right or misprint? Was the weather appalling? Was this due to Covid-fear?

How can attendance drop by half (no sign of same at other Grounds)?

[BaggieSteve]

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

[Dingle-Dingle]

I wonder if there are some of our old academy players looking on, watching from the reserves bench of some third tier club they are on loan with, thinking if only I had not been so impatient and greedy.

"But look at my car".

DD

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

Was hoping to get a Christmas thread up by today, but hopelessly pressed for time; sadly it won't happen. Feel free to use this thread for discussion of tonight's match at Barnsley.