Are Reading like us under poyet?

[Berty23]

There was lots of talk the other night about how Reading had three quarters of the possession at Leeds and still lost. My best mate is a Leeds season ticket holder and they were getting out "ole" every time their centre backs knocked it about.

This tweet from a Reading fan makes an interesting observation that their two centre backs made more passes than the whole of Leeds. What a pointless stat but it is the sort of thing that would have had poyet excited (don't get me wrong I liked him) but has stam taken this too far? https://twitter.com/talkreading/status/809100944705224704

I can imagine the Reading fans turning quite quickly if this is served up week after week! 2 shots on target from 77% possession really is quite something to behold!

Has anyone seen more of reading to judge if this is typical of them?

Poyet must be purring.

 

[BBassic]

Stating the obvious here but possession is all well and good however it means f**k all if you don't do anything with it.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I can't quite work out how they're third with a zero goal difference either.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Apart from seeing an understrength Reading side beat Albion in the EFL Cup, I haven't seen anything at all of them. Stam though has a similar fottballing philosophy to Gus, so I can well see this being the case..Plenty of patient possession based football. Little end result.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

This- apparently from that game- rather suggests that a significant quantity of their nice neat passing is between their centre halves and goalkeeper.

Very Poyet-esque.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Stating the obvious here but possession is all well and good however it means f**k all if you don't do anything with it.

They're third.

 

[Giraffe]

I can't quite work out how they're third with a zero goal difference either.

Quite a lot of the games they have won have been by very narrow margins. Poyet esque.

 

[Icy Gull]

There was lots of talk the other night about how Reading had three quarters of the possession at Leeds and still lost. My best mate is a Leeds season ticket holder and they were getting out "ole" every time their centre backs knocked it about.

This tweet from a Reading fan makes an interesting observation that their two centre backs made more passes than the whole of Leeds. What a pointless stat but it is the sort of thing that would have had poyet excited (don't get me wrong I liked him) but has stam taken this too far? https://twitter.com/talkreading/status/809100944705224704

I can imagine the Reading fans turning quite quickly if this is served up week after week! 2 shots on target from 77% possession really is quite something to behold!

Has anyone seen more of reading to judge if this is typical of them?

Poyet must be purring.

I remember games under Poyet where we had ZERO shots on target but looked very pretty knocking the ball around in our own half.

 

[Blackadder]

I can't quite work out how they're third with a zero goal difference either.

Exactly. Mind you, if they had a GD of -1, they would only be 4th!

 

[AmexRuislip]

I know under GP, the Albion were playing some cracking football, but according to this article from November, I cannot agree with Martin Allen
Quote;
It’s just like watching Barcelona!

That’s what Martin Allen had to say when quizzed on Reading FC this season.

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/barcelona-lionel-messi-reading-fc-12205825

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Will we hear the cries of ****GET IT FORWARD**** when Reading come to the Amex ?

 

[BBassic]

They're third.

I meant in the context of the Leeds game.

 

[Foolg]

Will we hear the cries of ****GET IT FORWARD**** when Reading come to the Amex ?

Be surprised if we hear anything from the Reading fans.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I know under GP, the Albion were playing some cracking football, but according to this article from November, I cannot agree with Martin Allen
Quote;
It’s just like watching Barcelona!

That’s what Martin Allen had to say when quizzed on Reading FC this season.

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/barcelona-lionel-messi-reading-fc-12205825

That is Martin Allen though, a man who's made a managerial career out of hoofing his way around the bottom division of the Football League and the Conference. Any team who makes more than four passes without belting it into touch must conjure up visions of the Dutch side of the 1970s in his eyes.

 

[AmexRuislip]

That is Martin Allen though, a man who's made a managerial career out of hoofing his way around the bottom division of the Football League and the Conference. Any team who makes more than four passes without belting it into touch must conjure up visions of the Dutch side of the 1970s in his eyes.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

This- apparently from that game- rather suggests that a significant quantity of their nice neat passing is between their centre halves and goalkeeper.

Very Poyet-esque.

Rather more Piccasso-esque I would have thought..

 

[Whitechapel]

That is Martin Allen though, a man who's made a managerial career out of hoofing his way around the bottom division of the Football League and the Conference. Any team who makes more than four passes without belting it into touch must conjure up visions of the Dutch side of the 1970s in his eyes.

Yes, more L2 clubs need to attempt the cultured footballing philosophy we had whilst in L2. "Hoof it to Zamora and hope he scores." or perhaps our back-up plan "Win a free kick for Watson to take. Hope Zamora scores."

 

[GT49er]

Rather than keeping stats on possession, I'd prefer to see stats on how long the ball was in each half. After all, all the possession in the world is useless if it's all in your own half.

 

[GT49er]

Yes, more L2 clubs need to attempt the cultured footballing philosophy we had whilst in L2. "Hoof it to Zamora and hope he scores." or perhaps our back-up plan "Win a free kick for Watson to take. Hope Zamora scores."

Oh happy days!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Yes, more L2 clubs need to attempt the cultured footballing philosophy we had whilst in L2. "Hoof it to Zamora and hope he scores." or perhaps our back-up plan "Win a free kick for Watson to take. Hope Zamora scores."

Well joking apart, that's often the best way of getting promotion out of the lower divisions. The higher up the league one goes, the more cultured football becomes. Wild generalisation I know.