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Re: Match Day Thread: Reading
I totally understand why people are angry and frustrated about Saturday but I am sad that some are using that as a reason to not bother with the Morecambe game. To put things into perspective, Reading are bottom of the table and in massive trouble off the field but they still had nearly 2,000 fans giving them noisy support throughout on Saturday. Being a supporter is about sticking with your club through the bad times as well as the good and we’ve had more of the latter in recent years.
Re: Match Day Thread: Reading
Just want to pass on my thoughts, however as very much a part time fan these days i appreciate my views don't count for much.
I used to go to every game, home and away in the days of the great Martin Oneil.
Remembering fantastic days at Carlisle, Lincoln, Preston etc etc.
These days, I've moved away from the area and have a family, so my visits sadly are very few and far between.
I was really looking forward to yesterdays game, not having been on the terrace for a year. I had a spring in my step walking up Hillbottom Road.
Walking back down Hillbottom Road 3 hours later i was truly wandering why i had bothered investing time and money in what i had just experienced.
The game itself was so poor. 2 really poor teams. A really well worked goal for us seemed out of character.
The quality of play from us was just so lacklustre, uninspiring and insipid.
Obviously we have injuries and key players out, however our defense looked so fragile - Taffazoli whenever I see him just disappoints me for someone of his stature.
Our system of play, from left to right then right to left accross the defensive line to then just lump it up to poor McCleary was uneducated at best.
I was however impressed with Wheelers ability in the air.
Josh put in a good shift. However so many were innocuous.
My biggest let down was the powderpuff atmosphere.
What on earth has happened !!!
Taking my usual place behind the goal, i remember chanting player names before each game, singing before the game and a good racket during the game.
It was clear to me that our new generation of fans is more interested in premier league scores and instagram which is what i witnessed 2 guys about aged 17 doing throughout the game.
Crickey, at 17, i used to go home with a sore throat after singing endlessly for games every game without fail.
In the terrace directly behind the goal, i would say A good 50% of people around me weren't singing and were not in any way vocal - i dont get it !!
I appreciate our performance was so poor it gave us nothing to get up for, however before the game our singing effort for the team was pathetic.
When you've got an amazing 75 year old fully committed man stood behind me as one of our main singers, then the younger ones really need to look at themselves.
Or maybe it's just a sign of the times.
For 15 minutes at the start of the 2nd half, i started to get my love for the experience back, my voice was croaking, a few of us were giving it our all. Sadly we were not backed up by the vast majority.
I was left just feeling so deflated at the whole experience. I so wanted to be returning for the fa cup game next week, but apart from blind loyalty there is nothing that could drag me back.
As i say, i appreciate that i speak with a tiny voice as a very part time supporter nowdays - i just felt i needed to put my view in words for those a lot more worthy than me to digest !
Re: Match Day Thread: Reading
I usually try to come on here and balance negative comments with a few positive thoughts, but not today. That was one of the worst home performances I have seen for a long time and although the absence of key players was a big factor, it doesn’t excuse such an insipid, disjointed display by a team that still had enough talent to pose Reading more problems than it did. I don’t agree with talk of a relegation battle, much less suggestions of changing the manager, but we need a big improvement and we need it quickly. Today just wasn’t good enough.
The brilliance of our comms and co-comms
I know we point out during match threads how good our comms is (and during the Championship season, Middlesbrough fans who were accidentally tuned in to our comms asked if they could transfer for @bluntphil and co) but I wanted a thread to highlight just how brilliant it has been to have the players on. As far as I can tell, we have had JJ, JMac, GMac, Nick Freeman, Jack Grimmer, Sam Vokes (I think?), Jasper Pattenden, Darius Charles and others I am sure I have forgotten. From what Phil and Jack were saying recently, it sounds as though KVY may be lined up too once Grimmer is back in the team.
Player or ex-player insights are always great (the old boys like Danny Senda coming on are always fantastic) but it has been such a joy to hear from current players. I am not sure if other clubs do this (and if so, to what degree) but it really adds to the experience from afar to hear the chemistry of the different players.
I also think it may be testament to our club, so focused on encouraging individuals to be themselves, that so many current players have taken the plunge and picked up a mic. They have been fascinating to a man, and some of them could have a career in broadcasting if we ever move away from the current cliche-laden setups on other televised commentary teams!
It really is a brilliant tradition we have built up, and as someone that has to watch (almost) every game from afar, I have to applaud the club for somehow becoming even more relatable!
Re: Lyle Taylor Signs
Whereas your views, as frequently expressed in your posts as ''Fuck the Tories'', are perfectly sensible and rational, and could not possibly leave anything to be desired.
Re: Match Day Thread: Stevenage
I have been going to Adams Park since the ground was opened and that is possibly the worst game I have ever witnessed for so many reasons. First, we have two players in hospital and our thoughts should be with them, much more important than the result. Second, we didn’t play well and didn’t threaten their goal at any stage. Third, any decent move we did put together was ended by a cynical foul by an opposition player. Fourth, the referee should have shown yellow cards much earlier than he did rather than allow Stevenage to get away with their blatant fouls. Fifth, the behaviour of their coaching staff was, as usual, unacceptable and should also have been dealt with by the referee. Finally, I have sadly become accustomed to poor behaviour by football fans but a lot of what happened today was beyond the pale. I feel sad and angry about a game that left such an unpleasant taste in the mouth. I never want to witness anything like that again.
Re: Ainsworth leaves QPR
correct! poem will be in place for R2. Or i may save for the semi-final vs Everton.
Re: Match Day Thread: Oxford
Here's my tuppence worth:
Under Gareth Ainsworth there was a clear message from the very top that ours was a club where people of all beliefs, faiths, skin colour, nationality, sexual orientation and opinions were permitted and indeed encouraged to be themselves without fear of judgement or criticism from others.
It's pretty much the thing that makes me most proud to be a Wycombe supporter.
If anyone thinks it is acceptable to abuse one of our young players for some perceived lack of respect (it clearly was no such thing) then they should go and support someone else. Such behaviour would be so far removed from what we are as a club.
I'm hoping that Phillips plays tonight because a) he's a bloody good footballer and b) he deserves to hear the support that I'm sure he will get from the Wycombe fans.
It's really dismal to have to address such matters, but it's even more dismal to read some of the comments that have been posted on Twitter and elsewhere.
Let's show Killian and the wider football community what we're all about tonight
Re: Ainsworth leaves QPR
It was always a distinct possibility that it would turn sour at QPR, a club with such a high turnover of managers and questionable squad cohesion.
Staying with us would have been the easy decision, though someone as ambitious and driven as Gaz was always going to test himself at a larger club than us. I'm sure most people on the Gasroom will have made a personal or career decision going out on a limb, only for things to not work out as hoped.
Taking Ainsworth back and dumping Bloomfield would be disgraceful and shameful disrespect of a club legend who has earned the right to put his stamp on things and have the time and space afforded to Ainsworth previously.