Reading (H)

[Steejay]

46 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

Tell me about it - hours from oblivion, Bury down the pan, bile in my guts, anger, frustration, a sense of loss. I even remember debating whether I could bring myself to support another team and realising I couldn't, resigning myself to a future of non-league and attempted impartiality. Fucking horrible, the Anderson period.

The upside (as it turned out) is that I feel for supporters of other clubs that have to go through anything like what we went through and that whoever you support, it's a life sentence.

Except for Wig***

[Wanderlust]

4 minutes ago, Steejay said:

Except for Wig***

Obvs.

And Rovers.

[Leyther_Matt]

Bury’s fallout was a tea party compared to what we’d have faced. 

[Zico]

Until you've got bassini making a fool out of himself on TV whilst claiming he loves your club, and yet somehow he's seen to be a viable option, you are nowhere near as bad as it gets

[FrancisFogarty]

8 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Bury’s fallout was a tea party compared to what we’d have faced. 

That's right, but just on that day when FV came in I was happy as fuck for us, but I was sad for Bury at the same time. I thought there's a few down the road feeling exactly the opposite to me, and what would I do in their position ?

[FrancisFogarty]

35 minutes ago, Zico said:

Until you've got bassini making a fool out of himself on TV whilst claiming he loves your club, and yet somehow he's seen to be a viable option, you are nowhere near as bad as it gets

in beige loafers with no socks.

[marple whites]

Win this and derby lose, it’s back on 

[Lostock Whites]

Is this the most home supporters we will have had for a game since the Prem?

Barely any seats left in 3 tiers and most the south lower have been sold. Great uptake.

But 3 points is all that matters Monday, don't care if we play like shit just get it done, no excuses. 

Edited March 30, 2024 by Lostock Whites

[Mounts Kipper]

2 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said:

Is this the most home supporters we will have had for a game since the Prem?

Barely any seats left in 3 tiers and most the south lower have been sold. Great uptake.

But 3 points is all that matters Monday, don't care if we play like shit just get it done, no excuses. 

If we were playing well this would have sold out. Big crowd adds extra pressure and that’s a worry. Any win please.🙏 

[desperado]

1 hour ago, marple whites said:

Win this and derby lose, it’s back on 

Brilliant mate. 🤣 24 hours on from our chat outside the toilets at the Old Post Office in Stevenage where we questioned our existence, sanity and had written off any hope, now 24 hours on, we win Monday and it’s back on 🤣.

I’ll be buying a Bristol ticket come 5pm Monday 🤣

[FrancisFogarty]

A win, but more importantly a good performance and who knows ?

I go an amended  3 - 1 to us.

[marple whites]

7 hours ago, desperado said:

Brilliant mate. 🤣 24 hours on from our chat outside the toilets at the Old Post Office in Stevenage where we questioned our existence, sanity and had written off any hope, now 24 hours on, we win Monday and it’s back on 🤣.

I’ll be buying a Bristol ticket come 5pm Monday 🤣

I know, but I already have a Bristol ticket and train so I am clutching onto the last straw. I know deep down the chat we had was right, but……

I had also been drinking heavily again

Edited March 31, 2024 by marple whites

[Whitesince63]

10 hours ago, marple whites said:

Win this and derby lose, it’s back on 

Really? We’d still be two results behind them with their goal difference and we’ve Pompey to play as well remember. There’s still hope I agree but I think it’s a long one. 🙂

[L/H White]

No confidence in them at all at the minute 

2-2

[1969]

We'll win this 3-0 so our hope's are raised again then probably dashed when Derby beat Portsmouth 

[Johnnyrotten]

If (big if) we finish on 93 points, Derby need 13 points to guarantee 2nd.  Goal difference of 7 can soon be reduced with 3 of our 4 home games being very winnable, we could win one of them 5-0 if we're on form.  So if they were to lose at Pompey its all to play for because they can't get 13 points from the last 4!

Edited March 31, 2024 by Johnnyrotten

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, Whitesince63 said:

Really? We’d still be two results behind them with their goal difference and we’ve Pompey to play as well remember. There’s still hope I agree but I think it’s a long one. 🙂

We win tomorrow, they lose to Pompey and we’re three behind with a game in hand (fat lot of use they were last time, mind)

I too was in the ‘not a chance’ club but I was talked back round to it at the rugby last night 

[Arrested development]

12 hours ago, marple whites said:

Win this and derby lose, it’s back on 

Exactly. If it goes the other way it might be off but let's get behind the team on Monday. Won't be easy as reading are playing well but pompey will hopefully be up for trying to get the title almost sewed up. 

[radcliffe white]

It would keep things interesting for another week

i do think derby have the favourable fixtures remaining and our goal difference could be our shortfall unless we pull another Oxford out the bag 

 

 

[Wanderlust]

We just need better performances from here on in and I'm hoping that the narrative within the club is to take the pressure off the players rather than pile it on. I have no doubt they were trying their hardest on Friday - in fact they seemed to be trying too hard, dithering about looking for the perfect pass instead of taking whatever was available, hesitating on the ball and getting caught instead of doing what comes naturally - it looked overthought and far from their natural game. Nobody seemed to want to risk losing the ball in the final third attempting a killer pass or shot - well at least until Kyle Shoot on Sight Dempsey came on when we were desperate. Regardless of who is available to play, we just need them to play with the freedom and natural instinct they played with earlier in the season and the results will look after themselves.

Not even thinking about Derby or anyone else now - it's all about us finding our natural game and playing with freedom again because we have the talent to succeed.

[tomski]

1-1

Too wind me up even more, Derby then lose at Portsmouth 

[Lostock Whites]

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

We just need better performances from here on in and I'm hoping that the narrative within the club is to take the pressure off the players rather than pile it on. I have no doubt they were trying their hardest on Friday - in fact they seemed to be trying too hard, dithering about looking for the perfect pass instead of taking whatever was available, hesitating on the ball and getting caught instead of doing what comes naturally - it looked overthought and far from their natural game. Nobody seemed to want to risk losing the ball in the final third attempting a killer pass or shot - well at least until Kyle Shoot on Sight Dempsey came on when we were desperate. Regardless of who is available to play, we just need them to play with the freedom and natural instinct they played with earlier in the season and the results will look after themselves.

Not even thinking about Derby or anyone else now - it's all about us finding our natural game and playing with freedom again because we have the talent to succeed.

Completely agree.

As stupid as it sounds, promotion is still completely within our hands, wether is autos or play offs. Win our games and it's done.

Easier said than done, but that's promotion for you. 

[Walkden White]

The Bolton Bottlers take a few small steps to lose that tag - 2-0 to the Whites

[Johnnyrotten]

3 hours ago, Lostock Whites said:

Completely agree.

As stupid as it sounds, promotion is still completely within our hands, wether is autos or play offs. Win our games and it's done.

Easier said than done, but that's promotion for you. 

I suppose all the top 8 know promotion is in their hands, anyone down to Stevenage "just" have to win all their games and they'll go up.

Difference for us is we can probably afford to lose the next 6, then draw 3 games and win a couple of pen shoot outs and we'd be up!  Sounds relatively easy put like that.

[only1swanny]

10 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I suppose all the top 8 know promotion is in their hands, anyone down to Stevenage "just" have to win all their games and they'll go up.

Difference for us is we can probably afford to lose the next 6, then draw 3 games and win a couple of pen shoot outs and we'd be up!  Sounds relatively easy put like that.

Not sure (if based on current form) it's a great idea to go up, we would struggle like crazy, 

Not saying I wouldn't love to FWIW, 

We'd really need to improve a few areas, as we're still reliant on loan players.