FA Cup 14-15

[Madejski]

Tactically superb in both legs, brilliant. Best FA Cup run in 88 years for the club, and a visit to Wembley.

Who cares when we lose to Arsenal, we made it.

 

[mnb089mnb]

I went to the game this evening. I'd forgotten how tiresome some football fans can be with their 'banter'.

Woman sat next to me spent the whole game screeching Reading songs on her own, yet left with a few minutes to go. If your team has made the semi final of the FA Cup for the first time in almost 90 years you'd stick around. Odd.

Some Reading fans goading Bradford fans at the end of the game and throwing missiles/flares into the away end. Hopefully the police will be taking a look at some videos tomorrow morning...

Neither team were great. Reading won the right to lose against Arsenal.

£15 a ticket though. Not bad.

 

[mnb089mnb]

And the stewards/police at Reading were shit. Gonna be fined quite a bit by the FA for not dealing with the pitch invader.

 

[The Southbank]

Just a shame the victory was marred somewhat by the racist abuse aimed at Garath McCleary, other than that the Bradford fans were very complimentary.

 

[Dolph Ziggler]

Bradford are lucky they got this far....If it weren't for their swamp like pitch they'd have gone out to Sunderland.

...and your excuse is what? You really are a bitter moron.

As for Reading - Well done, you were the far better side and deserved it. But Jesus Christ, if you're 3-0 up in an F.A Cup Quarter Final, you'd think you'd atleast make a little noise?

 

[BlueBee]

...and your excuse is what? You really are a bitter moron.

As for Reading - Well done, you were the far better side and deserved it. But Jesus Christ, if you're 3-0 up in an F.A Cup Quarter Final, you'd think you'd atleast make a little noise?

You didn't seen my next post or did you but you're just going to ignore it as an excuse to call me bitter. You deserved to beat us....you're pitch had a major say in beating Sunderland and getting a replay against Reading though. You'd have to fairly deluded to think differently.

I'm glad Bradford didn't make it to Wembley....Wembley doesn't need another club singing that 'everywhere we go' chant every other minute.

 

[mnb089mnb]

Reading didn't really use much of the pitch last night, long balls to the lanky Russian lad appeared to be the main tactic.

I think the quality (or lack of quality) of a pitch as a decider in games is overplayed - unless it's a 3G/plastic one. If Bradford's pitch is so good for them they should be running away with their division. They're not.

 

[mistermagic]

your* (@ BlueBee)

 

[Madejski]

Reading didn't really use much of the pitch last night, long balls to the lanky Russian lad appeared to be the main tactic.

I think the quality (or lack of quality) of a pitch as a decider in games is overplayed - unless it's a 3G/plastic one. If Bradford's pitch is so good for them they should be running away with their division. They're not.

It was about the same as we have been all season. Half hoofball, half play it along the ground. Whichever method is most effective at the time.

After the first minute we'd probably completed more passes along the floor than up at Valley Parade, our pitch isn't great, but much better than at Bradford.

I was more surprised that Bradford continued their hoofball from the original tie at the Madejski, especially as the Chelsea game showed they can pass it on the floor. Our centrebacks cope with long balls very very easily, and it showed last night, Hanson and Stead never got into the game.

 

[Dolph Ziggler]

You didn't seen my next post or did you but you're just going to ignore it as an excuse to call me bitter. You deserved to beat us....you're pitch had a major say in beating Sunderland and getting a replay against Reading though. You'd have to fairly deluded to think differently.

I'm glad Bradford didn't make it to Wembley....Wembley doesn't need another club singing that 'everywhere we go' chant every other minute.

You'd much prefer the fans sitting in silence or tearing their own team apart ala Chelsea.

 

[BlueBee]

You'd much prefer the fans sitting in silence or tearing their own team apart ala Chelsea.

I would actually.

 

[The Southbank]

Rather annoying caller on Talksport this morning (I know, I know). He was getting quite worked up at Reading getting the same allocation as Arsenal. He claimed that it would be 'fairer' if Arsenal got 60,000 tickets, therefore reducing the Reading allocation because we were not a Premier League club.

 

[mnb089mnb]

Rather annoying caller on Talksport this morning (I know, I know). He was getting quite worked up at Reading getting the same allocation as Arsenal. He claimed that it would be 'fairer' if Arsenal got 60,000 tickets, therefore reducing the Reading allocation because we were not a Premier League club.

I disagree with him.

However, I can see some logic in that. Arsenal's support it 10x that of Reading's.

 

[Madejski]

Wouldn't surprise me.

There was one the other day claiming that we would never sell out our allocation of 31,500 because we only had 20,000 fans at the QF (a sell out I might add).

 

[Dazza]

The semi final causes a lot of problems for some of our plastic fans.Do they support Reading or their premier league team Arsenal.You will spot them a mile off.They will be the ones with the half and half scarfs.

 

[The Southbank]

Reading v Arsenal, Saturday 18th April, 5:20pm, BBC One.

Going to be a heavy day.

 

[Robert Molenaar]

Best of luck. We've beaten Arsenal before so you should comfortably beat them.

 

[Super_horns]

Arsenal v Reading: Saturday 18th, 5:20pm, BBC One.
Liverpool/Blackburn v Aston Villa: Sunday 19th, 3pm, BT.

 

[Dazza]

Can't see many people watching our game apart from our own fans and Arsenal fans as Chelsea v Man United is on Sky around the same time.

 

[Dazza]

On the plus side it does mean more drinking time before the game.

 

[The Southbank]

On the plus side it does mean more drinking time before the game.

In 2011, to avoid the bustling pubs around Wembley, our party took a detour up towards Ruislip and Northolt for a session before getting the tube into Wembley. It was absolutely packed with Reading and the pub had a big 'Ruislip Royals' flag hanging over the front, in an area that is predominately QPR and Chelsea, it was a better moment than the game itself.

 

[Dazza]

In 2011, to avoid the bustling pubs around Wembley, our party took a detour up towards Ruislip and Northolt for a session before getting the tube into Wembley. It was absolutely packed with Reading and the pub had a big 'Ruislip Royals' flag hanging over the front, in an area that is predominately QPR and Chelsea, it was a better moment than the game itself.

Which pub in Northolt? I used to work in nearby Greenford so know that area well.No idea what pub to go in this time.

 

[Modernist]

I always like lower division teams reaching the semi finals but you know both Reading and Blackburn will be going out.

 

[The Southbank]

Which pub in Northolt? I used to work in nearby Greenford so know that area well.No idea what pub to go in this time.

I can't really remember off the top of my head, it was near the station. The pubs were packed around Paddington last time around, I'd imagine that to be the case again.

 

[Dazza]

I'm getting the train into London Waterloo and then the tube from there.Will probably find a pub around Baker Street tube station to go to.

 

[roversfan2001]

Heading towards a sellout for our replay

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Can you head towards a win too please? We can have a repeat of the League Cup semi in 2010. Preferrably the second leg, but I'll take a repeat of the first too.

 

[TomPNE94]

All forgiven for the Venky's then I see