Reading vs Burnley Match Thread

[Buxtonclaret]

Unlucky!
Jay shoots. Corner.

[Pearcey]

Playing some lovely stuff.

[Buxtonclaret]

So close.
Foster hirs the post.

[colne-claret]

Very impressed with McDermott so far

[CoolClaret]

Not a fan of the young midfield as it is akin to sacking off the competition

They're both playing really well - both put through some very clever balls leading to half chances. Sometimes they just need a chance...

[Pearcey]

Foster hits the post.

[BobSykes]

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[Buxtonclaret]

Eagan down.

[Tricky Trevor]

12 mins in and we are bossing this. Anybody spotted who has the armband? I haven’t seen any close-ups of it.

[HahaYeah]

They are struggling to contain us.

[gawthorpe_view]

12 mins in and we are bossing this. Anybody spotted who has the armband? I haven’t seen any close-ups of it.

Jayrod.

[jtv]

12 mins in and we are bossing this. Anybody spotted who has the armband? I haven’t seen any close-ups of it.

Jay Rod

[Den_Perry]

Excellent start so far

[taio]

The team looks horrific ( as in this XI never played together or anything like it ) 2 kids in midfield is almost bizzare . Reading at home and in good form too . Though our back line is loaded with experience and our ancient front line knows where the net is .

Give them a chance. We've been well on top and McDermott and Bauress have looked decent so far.

[jos]

Veevers on the bench….er who?

[Buxtonclaret]

Good 15 minutes.
It's all Burnley.

[Goliath]

Best I've seen hs play all season. The 2 in midfield have been fantastic as have Sonne, Jay Rod and Foster.

[Buxtonclaret]

Give them a chance. We've been well on top and McDermott and Bauress have looked decent so far.

They have.

[blatherwickstattoos]

McDermott looks really really tidy

[blatherwickstattoos]

Jay in that deep role looks great too.

[Buxtonclaret]

First bit of Reading pressure.
Keeper does well.

[HollandsPies]

Excellent start so far. Don't know why some folk are moaning.
Could be 0-2 up by now as well.

[HahaYeah]

McDermott like Maradona then.

[ecc]

McDermott looks a player.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Loving the system. A fantastic 20 minutes

[box_of_frogs]

Two young lads are doing absolutely fine in the middle so far. Nothing to fear

[Cooclaret]

Sick to death of the mentality of some of the board members on here.

Kids have earned an opportunity and some overweight old bloke moans about them before they’ve kicked a ball!!

They’re more talented than any one of you armchair critics!

I hope they both do brilliantly in spite of the planks on here.

[agreenwood]

The absolute state of this “fan”. Is he on here?

[yosserhughes]

Sick to death of the mentality of some of the board members on here.

Kids have earned an opportunity and some overweight old bloke moans about them before they’ve kicked a ball!!

They’re more talented than any one of you armchair critics!

I hope they both do brilliantly in spite of the planks on here.

Don't sugar coat it tell them what you think.

[HahaYeah]

"There were enough revolutions on that ball to take it behind." - Motsonesque commentating.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Not why we have moaning about moaners about not playing development squad players in cups - it is a fair opinion and one aimed at most big clubs not just us. It’s just a shame the FA Cup isn’t valued like it was.

Not the young lads fault. Obviously a big day for them and their families and we all wish them well.

[123EasyasBFC]

Sick to death of the mentality of some of the board members on here.

Kids have earned an opportunity and some overweight old bloke moans about them before they’ve kicked a ball!!

They’re more talented than any one of you armchair critics!

I hope they both do brilliantly in spite of the planks on here.

Who has criticised any of the young lads before they have kicked a ball, a rant there about nothing.

The first 20 minutes has shown both McDermott and bauress need to go to league 1 or league 2 and play week in week out

[expoultryboy]

Playing okay , good to see the two young lads having a game .

[Stonehouse]

Last 10 mins have lapsed back into decidedly average,

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Certainly the better side, just need a goal now. Really enjoying watching McDermott and Bauress, with TM looking slightly the better of the two so far.

[HahaYeah]

Games a bit more even now.

[jedi_master]

The two young lads are playing really well, definitely got something about them.

[Stonehouse]

The two young lads are playing really well, definitely got something about them.

Thought it might have been better playing 3 in midfield to put someone with experience along side them.

[Colburn_Claret]

Only had a stream up for the last 6 mins, and we look very sloppy on the ball. Giving it away with poor passes.

[jojomk1]

Muricesque there when coming out

[Colburn_Claret]

Pires chases a flick on by Reading, easy favourite for ir, stops. allows the Reading player to get infront of him, then fouls him. WTF

[123EasyasBFC]

Thought it might have been better playing 3 in midfield to put someone with experience along side them.

I agree I was just thinking as well as the two boys are playing they could just do with that experience to help control the middle more

[HahaYeah]

Lucky not to go 0-1 there with the lads poor header, Hladky nowhere near it.

[ClaretTony]

The two young lads are playing really well, definitely got something about them.

Joe Bauress has settled back in this season having missed the whole of 2023/24 with a cruciate. Really pleased he's got this opportunity.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Both the young lads look excellent

Perhaps that’s why we have let massengo go

[Stonehouse]

Commentary a lot better when they’res no so called pundit wittering on.

[agreenwood]

Some of these players haven’t had any competitive minutes of senior football for months. Add in the fact that it’s a scratch team containing two kids in the centre of the park and I’d say this performance isn’t bad at all so far.

[HahaYeah]

Sonne has shown some good touches.

[Claretrew]

Foster unlucky there

[123EasyasBFC]

Both the young lads look excellent

Perhaps that’s why we have let massengo go

I wouldn’t say that’s the reason, both McDermott and bauress need to go out on loan