Frome Town. H 10th March

[RebelVilla]

Whatever was said at half time obviously did the trick. We were able to put pressure on Frome in the second half and they buckled.

 

I, for one, appreciate the effort the the management and team are currently putting in and will continue to put in over the next 8 weeks or so. With two or three games per week to play until the end of the season, i would urge the supporters to consider the commitment which the players will be putting in, juggling a working day with long midweek trips and not getting home until the early hours of the morning and then presumably going to work early the next day.

 

Further, I thought that the ref probably had one of the weakest performances which i have seen all season making many questionable decisions for both sides. Only the lino on the dugout side appeared to have any idea of what was going on.

 

I now look forward to hearing the unbiased opinion of the game from Reading Rebel!!!!

[Irishadrian]

3 points are 3 points however achieved We must be thankful that Frome made it 5 consecutive losses as their very poor run continues Leaves us well in the PO mix!

[GlenSTFC]

I’m confident we’ll make the play offs it’s just that golden ticket of 2nd and 3rd place which is still open to question. I think the next 5 away could give us the answer of if we’re good enough to grab one of those 2 places. I see no reason why we can’t win at Bishops Stortford, St. Ives and Dunstable. A draw at Kings Lynn and at least a draw at Basingstoke should also be achievable and I think 10 points should be the minimum we’re looking for (obviously hope we go out looking to win all 5!).

[HorshamRebel]

Match Photos

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[rebelade]

I'm not 100% sure but I think their right back got 2 yellows and stayed on the pitch. He definitely got booked in the 1st half for dissent but thought I saw another yellow late in 2nd half, maybe referee got confused with Miller 3 and Miller 8 or the late yellow was to someone else

[Gashimoto]

I did t think he actually was carded in the first half, the ref spoke to him but from behind the goal I didn't see the yellow card shown.

[Sir Rebel1965]

Adrian, those of us behind the goal did our best to encourage the ref to give the 2 a second card as he was a right little sh1t with his shirt pulling, fouling, gobbing off etc, but were not successful.

 

The second yellow you may have seen was for their 8 who had the 2 stood next to him whining at the ref – incidentally I thought the ref had a good game, although the lino our end in the first half was hopeless.

 

However at the end of the game the 2 refused to shake hands with a number of the Slough players – I might now even go to their racist cabbage patch for the return game just to get on his back and wind him up.

[Guest route104]

Sure not pretty first half,but early goal second half settled us we started to play some good stuff.This stage of the season its all about results now,If we have to win ugly fine by me all to play for COYR. 

[Reading Rebel]

Absolutely delighted to get the 3 points against a dour and resolute side.

 

Frome did a job on us first half by closing us down early and continually breaking play up to put a stop to any sign of good football breaking out.

 

We started the second half on the front foot, got the early goal and then continued to dominate proceedings to get the thoroughly deserved 3 points.  

 

Great character and fight back by the lads!

 

COYR!!!

[rebelbrewer]

I was only able to see the second half yesterday as I was coaching in the UK Champs of a different sport. So to add my tuppence I think Jon's comments in his interview are spot on! We are entitled to have our say but if we want the best out of the team then encouragement is the best role we can play. I see the difference all the time in the athletes I coach between those whose parents are fundamentally supportive and those who are generally critical - it affects the athletes self confidence, training and performance directly - I saw it make the difference yesterday between a season capping performance and not even finishing the race.

 

Having heard the commentary on my drive down it was a great fight back for 3 points yesterday. Could easily have been more convincing had it not been for a generally excellent goalkeeping performance. Confidence building ahead of Tuesday which should make that a great game.

 

I'm still optimistic that we can get 2nd or 3rd and a home play-off tie.

[Manor Park Rebel]

Fantastic stuff and a real achievement to be approaching the business end of the season still in the mix for promotion at this stage after the welcome but demanding distraction of some great cup results. Everyone involved with the running of the club deserves much credit.

[Reading Rebel]

We have played some great stuff this season particularly at home and perhaps we've been spoilt but the moaners need to get real, no team plays fantastic football every week and at this stage of the season it's points that count.

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

rr that is classic gold coming from you you moan so much we thought you were one of the injured.

[HorshamRebel]

I couldn't believe some of the things I heard from a few "fans" behind me in the second half.

 

​They were slagging off a few specific players by name, saying that they should be out the door and never play for us again, and that other people had absolutely no idea what they were doing.

 

​That was when we were playing better, and after we had equalised.

 

​Some people are just never happy, but the actual wording of those comments were completely out of order.

[Reading Rebel]

rr that is classic gold coming from you you moan so much we thought you were one of the injured.

 

 

I think most of us have a moan about certain things but as always there is a line to be drawn.

[Reading Rebel]

I couldn't believe some of the things I heard from a few "fans" behind me in the second half.

 

​They were slagging off a few specific players by name, saying that they should be out the door and never play for us again, and that other people had absolutely no idea what they were doing.

 

​That was when we were playing better, and after we had equalised.

 

​Some people are just never happy, but the actual wording of those comments were completely out of order.

 

 

Unfortunately every club has these type of supporters, fortunately they are in the tiny minority.

Edited March 12, 2018 by Reading Rebel

[Gashimoto]

To be fair I didn't hear anything out of order where I was.

 

I do moan when players don't perform as they usually do but that's football.

 

Everyone needs to get behind the team for our final push for the playoffs.

 

Coyr

[Curtis]

As I believe has been said by Jon & Neil, we are for whatever reason not playing the exciting, attacking, entertaining & free-flowing football of earlier in the season, and it is reflected in our goal-scoring statistics:-

 

1st 10 league matches 33 goals scored

2nd 10 league matches 26 goals scored

3rd 10 league matches 17 goals scored

 

I do recall at some stage Jon &/or Neil saying publicly they admired the way that Chippenham successfully ground out results last season, and at times do wonder whether we are attempting to play a safer, tighter, less adventurous type of game to replicate their success.

 

Jon is right though, the last ten matches have produced 20 points, and although some might say eight of those 10 matches have been at home, our away record is almost as good as our home record.

 

I don’t think I would be alone in saying we look far better going forward than defending, that we look to have the skill, pace and quality in the squad to score at least three goals against the vast majority of teams in our league (and we showed that over the first 20 league matches), and it has been both surprising and frustrating that the goals and number of goal scoring opportunities seem to have dried up over the last 10 matches.

 

I’m confident though that we will win at least 10 of our last 15 league matches and finish in a play-off position.

[GlenSTFC]

I wouldn’t say the goal scoring chances have dried up at all. I can recall a number of recent games where we’ve had numerous chances but not scored through a variety of poor finishing, hitting the woodwork, goalkeeper saves and goalbound clearances. But i do agree that our attacking is superior to our defending.

[Jafooly]

The goals scored column could get a healthy boost by the end of the month as we face Dunstable who we put 8 past earlier in the season.

 

 

Again on Dunstable, they could get another spanking on the weekend as they travel to Weymouth. Tiverton just put 7 past Dunstable and Weymouth will be looking to avenge their earlier loss and regain some pride.