A competitive first half but we were hardly in it during the second. Most of the 50/50s were won by Bradford and there is no excuse for that. I liked the Bradford commentary, the main man knew his stuff and wasn't biased although early on he did describe Big Kelvin as being "burly" which w...

Snowflake Royal I imagine it may have changed a little in more than 20 years oldebiscuit

Although Millsy was probably talking to some RW loon

Isn't it now the current city of culture?

Both teams playing hoofball and if anything we have had the better chances-both teams playing old fashioned 3rd division football..
Doyle or Kelvin should have scored after their error.

Unless we are losing I hope the manager doesn't change the line-up after 60 minutes again.

No Ritchie (injured?) or Rino (has he already left for Afcon?) on the bench. Assuming he still lives down this way it's a bit of a long journey for Ritchie at his age and let's not forget that he has played at least 3 hours of football for us this season so he probably needs a rest. As a very gener...

So Rino has joined Reading as a sort of paid holiday now that he is off to the AFCON till January. I would have thought that he would have played today to beef up the midfield. Famous last words that Bradford don't score many so there is hope -a draw would be a good result. Hopefully their pitch is ...

There have been many that were much worse than on Tuesday night. 3 that come to mind:- THAT Oxford game already mentioned (my in-laws lived about 400 yards from the Manor Ground and were OTT sympathetic after the game). Reading 0 Bristol Rovers 6 (the only good thing to come out of the game was the ...

BRO_BOT Really enjoying the current fall out

What fall out would that be?
A fall out is when players like Rashford, Garnacho, McTominay, Sancho ,Hojlund, Antony and Mainoo have issues with their employer.

One player not happy about playing is hardly an issue.

I'm glad a few posters were as bemused as I was by the substitutions. Kelvin had scored a rare poacher's goal and he is a player who thrives when his confidence is up so, on about 60 minutes, the presumably planned , substitution is made regardless of the state of the game. I posted at the time that...

One of the last passes of the half from Wing to Abrefa was too high and summed up the half. We are back to playing long ball, particularly from the centre-backs when we know that neither Kelvin or whoever is in an advanced position will often win the header. I would like to see Savage and Wing on th...

Having seen highlights of their flukey draw with Bournemouth and dreadful performance v Liverpool I thought West Ham looked certs for relegation but maybe not if they show as much commitment as they did yesterday v Brighton. I would however much prefer to see them get relegated than Fulham or Brent...

Having not seen the table in a while, things that surprised me. Just how close it is at the top, I thought apart from Arsenal the others were further back. Everton 5th :shock: Bournemouth dropped to 13th :shock: I’m no fan of Leeds but I like to see ‘established’ premier league teams get relegated ...

Having not seen the table in a while, things that surprised me. Just how close it is at the top, I thought apart from Arsenal the others were further back. Everton 5th :shock: Bournemouth dropped to 13th :shock: I’m no fan of Leeds but I like to see ‘established’ premier league teams get relegated ...

Currently, 3 points between Arsenal, City, and Villa. Some run Villa have been on since that awful start (Aug to end of Sept) Be great to see Villa win the title Crazy to think John McGinn could win the premier league and World Cup in the same year If Player of the Year were decided now then McGinn...

It is very much part of the modern game for managers to worry about the next game. Last night with Liverpool cruising Slot decided to make changes, probably because of having played earlier in the week and a European game next Tuesday. Unfortunately it backfired. Gomez for Bradley was understandable...

Watched the Villa v Arsenal game. You wouldn't have known Arsenal were playing anybody else the amount of gushing that the commentator did about them. He kept on about their movement when through midfield Villa's movement and creation of space was better IMHO. On the balance of play I thought Villa ...

After the first half showing last night v Sunderland I was wondering if the Liverpool players had been drugged-the play was so slow and ponderous. Some time ago I suggested that Slot wanted to play a more considered style of play rather than the Klopp style full on attacking approach. I now think he...

Blimey, now that was a game! Fulham 4-5 Man City Made the wrong choice and watched the Bournemouth v Everton game which was really dull, so dull that a team like Everton were the better side. Dewsbury-Hall now looking the player that Chelsea bought for quite a lot of money. Early talk of Bournemout...

I remember Oldham playing in the top league when Andy Ritchie, Andy Goram, Gunnar Halle, John Sheridan etc were playing for them so, despite where they find themselves now, they are surely the "biggest" of the clubs in the Manchester area and they are getting good crowds for the National ...

If you had to pick a team to play against when you were desperate for a win and needed to get your season back what team would you choose? Yes , those fancy dans from the East End. A boring game but a handy 3 points for the ex-champions for whom Wirtz started to show what he is all about. Worst gam...

Arguably Oldham have been that third club because geographically they've been the North East side of Manchester as opposed to United in the West and City in the south. Potentially Stockport to the South as well (not forgetting Bury and Rochdale). Surely it's no coincidence that their slide down the...