The FA Cup

[Dazza]

If it's the one that played well at Wolves,Cardiff and Fulham where we played well despite losing 2-1 then we have a chance.If it's the one that played badly against Leeds last Tuesday then we have no chance of anything but a heavy defeat.

 

[The Southbank]

If it's the one that played well at Wolves,Cardiff and Fulham where we played well despite losing 2-1 then we have a chance.If it's the one that played badly against Leeds last Tuesday then we have no chance of anything but a heavy defeat.

If it's the team with Nick Blackman in it then we're heading for a heavy, heavy loss.

 

[Dazza]

Nick Blackman's problem is he tries to do too much with the ball.He beats a man and has a chance to shoot or cross but he always wants to beat another player and ends up losing the ball.You could also say the same about Robson-Kanu.He looked a very good player in our last season in the Premier League.Since then he hasn't kicked on.I hope Clarke does not play Pog up front on his own tomorrow.Should play 4-4-2 and really go for it.

 

[Luke_1884]

Whilst another game is the last thing we need I really don't want to lose tomorrow. I'm sure most clubs still in the competition have had a look at the ties and fancy themselves to stake a good claim for a semi final spot if the draw is kind (and if our teams actually get through this round of course).
Plenty of the big guns already out, there's two or three all PL ties too.

 

[Luke_1884]

Stephen Warnock has really let the team down today. Two silly fouls from a player who has all that experience. Unless Forsyth gets injured I doubt he'll ever play for us again after that.

Couldn't have gone any worse.
Out the cup, a player suspended, no Thorne and a hard graft for 70 minutes with 10 against eleven. Hopefully it won't hurt us too much on Tuesday away at Rotherham.

Congrats Reading. Hopefully you get a decent draw, best chance to get to Wembley in a while for clubs of our level!

 

[Madejski]

3 FA Cup Quarter Finals in five years

3 Championship away games in a row, wouldn't mind Blackburn next round.

 

[ChelloRam]

As I mentioned before, we didn't want a replay. Mac stated in his interview the same and that's why he didn't bring on defenders and went as attacking as we did. Says a lot his we were pushing for the winner and they counter attack and score. Reading fans getting carried away in the car park I use after the game, trying to goad Derby fans, we all laughed and that seemed to bother them.

 

[Mr Elmo]

Worst ref I have seen all season, for both sides. We went through different stages in the game, starting to get in the ascendancy and Warnock gets sent off, but that's football.

Second half we started poor and they got a goal, before we played really well for the next 25 mins before going off again and they score.

Not too bothered, 7 changes won't make a tired side, Warnock isn't a starter anyway and we didn't want the extra games. League is more important now.

 

[ChelloRam]

We played some great stuff today though, 18 attempts at goal, Federici in inspired form and 61% possession - whilst having 10 men for nearly 70 minutes.

 

[Rammy]

If Warnock hadn't got sent off, we'd have won that quite comfortably. Glad someone got a late winner, as the last thing we needed in these next few weeks was a replay to add yet another game! Good luck Reading, a kind draw will give you a great chance of a Wembley SF.

Now we can concentrate on winning this league!

 

[Madejski]

We're going to lose 3 games to you this season, so nice to win the one game that matters towards our season.

If you need 3 points on the last day of the season we will oblige.

 

[Rammy]

We're going to lose 3 games to you this season, so nice to win the one game that matters towards our season.

If you need 3 points on the last day of the season we will oblige.

Please do, it will be muchly appreciated!!!

 

[The Southbank]

Best result in years.

 

[Dazza]

Nightmare journey up to Derby yesterday with the M40 and M1 shut in part.Ended up having to up the M5 and along the M42.Got there in plenty of time thankfully.

Very good performance even when it was 11 v 11.After the first 5 minutes i feared the worst with Derby starting well..Shows what a good side Derby are that even with 10 men they still gave a good go.What a stupid challenge by Warnock though especially when you are already on a yellow.That was one of the few things the ref got right.Piss poor performance from him for both sides.

Special mention to Robson Kanu who had his best game this season by a long way. A constant threat, scored a superb goal and the through ball to Yakubu was perfect. Cox had a good game, got an assist, linked up the midfield and attack well and should have scored a goal himself with the 2 or 3 chances he had.Overall another very good performance and apart from the Leeds home game last Tuesday night we are looking a decent side.

Need to take yesterdays good performance into Tuesday nights home game with Wigan.

 

[Dazza]

As I mentioned before, we didn't want a replay. Mac stated in his interview the same and that's why he didn't bring on defenders and went as attacking as we did. Says a lot his we were pushing for the winner and they counter attack and score. Reading fans getting carried away in the car park I use after the game, trying to goad Derby fans, we all laughed and that seemed to bother them.

Was this by the away end? I was walking back to the supporters coach where there were some Reading fans giving it a load of mouth stood by the stewards.If it's the same group then believe me the rest of us Reading fans who go every week think they are a bunch of little shits.Thankfully they don't go every week.

 

[Dazza]

3 FA Cup Quarter Finals in five years

3 Championship away games in a row, wouldn't mind Blackburn next round.

Agree.Blackburn at home or even away will give us our best chance of getting to the semi finals.

 

[The Southbank]

Nightmare journey up to Derby yesterday with the M40 and M1 shut in part.Ended up having to up the M5 and along the M42.Got there in plenty of time thankfully.

Sounds like an awfully long way to go. Why go up the M5? I drove up from Portsmouth, but managed to get off the A34 and cut through some Oxfordshire backroads and cut back onto the M40.

 

[Dazza]

Sounds like an awfully long way to go. Why go up the M5? I drove up from Portsmouth, but managed to get off the A34 and cut through some Oxfordshire backroads and cut back onto the M40.

It wasn't my choice.I went by the Star coaches.It went down the M4 to Swindon and then through and up to the M5.Had i been driving i would have done the same as you.

 

[The Southbank]

It wasn't my choice.I went by the Star coaches.It went down the M4 to Swindon and then through and up to the M5.Had i been driving i would have done the same as you.

Oh I see. Nightmare journey, no wonder quite a few had to turn back.

 

[Dazza]

Oh I see. Nightmare journey, no wonder quite a few had to turn back.

Did seem like a rather long diversion.Yeah was listening to BBC Berks on the way back and a few fans were on there saying they had to turn back.You would have though they would have looked at the travel news before they left especially as one accident happened at 06:45 and the other about an hour later.

Missed the entire first of half of Wigan away on the first day of the season when there was an accident on the M6 that happened minutes before i got to it.Had no chance of finding a different route that day.

 

[blademan89]

Agree.Blackburn at home or even away will give us our best chance of getting to the semi finals.

Bradford?

 

[Madejski]

Has to be Bradford at home for me. The dream tie.

 

[Dazza]

Bradford?

Yeah i said Blackburn before Bradford played their game just now.If we draw them at home i would hope we would be good enough to beat them.Would be very tough at their place though although it is one of the few grounds i haven't been to.Would also be happy with Blackburn or Aston Villa.Need to avoid Arsenal and Liverpool though.

 

[The Southbank]

Missed the entire first of half of Wigan away on the first day of the season when there was an accident on the M6 that happened minutes before i got to it.Had no chance of finding a different route that day.

Funnily enough I had the same trouble!

 

[HertsWolf]

I can remember where I was the day Villa scored two goals in the same match. At a pub in Stoford in Wiltshire. It will live long in my memory and will be passed on to grandchildren. Two. In the same match.

 

[blademan89]

I can remember where I was the day Villa scored two goals in the same match. At a pub in Stoford in Wiltshire. It will live long in my memory and will be passed on to grandchildren. Two. In the same match.

They did it in the last round too

 

[Dazza]

Cracking draw.Will be a very tough game though.

 

[Rammy]

We could have got bloody Bradford. Would have been an excellent chance to make the SF.

You just know after beating Chelsea and Sunderland, they'd go and lose to a team in a division below.

 

[Luke_1884]

Yeah huge chance to get to Wembley for the Royals. Bradford won't be pushovers, they'll be up for it just as much and clearly have some quality in their team to upset the applecart as seen in the previous two games.

 

[The Southbank]

What a fucking tie, 4,000 Royals at Bradford, should be a great one.