Derby - Back from the game.

[andrew1957]

Excellent performance all round.

Cannot believe those saying Cisse just did his job - he was really good today and a candidate for man of the match. But that would be a close run thing between him, Bikey (superb again) and Doyle - great goals.

Everyone did ok. Thought Hunt S was a bit variable - some excellent touches and some very poor ones.

Matejovsky looked classy when he came on and I cannot help thinking that at this level Cisse and Matejovsky would be unstoppable.

[mg1976royal]

Good result especially with birmingham slipping up.

Officials were poor today. I found myself waiting before celebrating doyle's second goal.

I felt central midfield did not boss the game enough with more attacks through the centre once marek came on. Kebe's end product was poor again today he put them on the back foot on many occasions but even he put his head in his hands at one of his crosses / clearances at the end of a good run.

Dare I say it on here thought shane long actual looked quite useful with a much better first touch and making some good runs.

[Royalwaster]

Went to the game with my boss who is a Derby supporter and even he thought the referee was shocking. Agree with others that Cisse and Bikey were great - Cisse seems to have gained so much confidence in recent games; some really nice touches and great tackling.

[Man Friday]

Another game, another crap set of officials.

It's unbelievable. I thought they were determined to even the sides to avoid us thrashing them. Almost as if ITV had said "look ref, we know Reading are far superior to Derby but we don't want Reading 3-0 up by half-time, it'll be boring as a spectacle if that's the case so keep it as tight for as long as you can."

[Man Friday]

Bikey was MOM for me today - absolutely immense in every sense of the word.

I'd like to see a replay of the disallowed goal that was an own goal and I'd like to see a replay of the penalty shout - looked nailed on from where I was sitting. Referee was poor. I'd give everyone 8 and give Bikey a 9 personally.

Goal was supposedly disallowed due to shirt pulling. Not that i saw anything wrong with that. Innocuous compared to some of the climbing, barging and pulling back going on from the opposition.

There were several replays of this on the big screen at half-time - surprisingly! Absolutely nothing wrong with it from what I could see. One Derby player appealed for pushing but the ref clearly gave it for shirt-pulling - but in 4 replays I couldn't see anything even vaguely like that. Should definitely have been a goal from what I could see.

Would it have been an own goal? I couldn't tell but it seemed to come off a Derby player's head.

[rg6royal]

Ever since this respect campaign has come into action the referees seem to have become poor!

[chandog]

A good all round performance against a pretty poor derby side and awful officials

i was disappointed that long did not make much of an impact from the bench again. perhaps the time has come for mooney or church to be given a chance.

defence looked solid
midfield worked hard in the middle and there was a lot of creativity on the wings
strikers scored 3 goals between them and looked like we would score on just about every attack

good to see marek back. didnt seem to have lost any ability so we just need to get him match fit ASAP

[Dirk Gently]

Goal was supposedly disallowed due to shirt pulling. Not that i saw anything wrong with that. Innocuous compared to some of the climbing, barging and pulling back going on from the opposition.

There were several replays of this on the big screen at half-time - surprisingly! Absolutely nothing wrong with it from what I could see. One Derby player appealed for pushing but the ref clearly gave it for shirt-pulling - but in 4 replays I couldn't see anything even vaguely like that. Should definitely have been a goal from what I could see.

Would it have been an own goal? I couldn't tell but it seemed to come off a Derby player's head.

Certainly would have been - and no-one was near the Derby player who scored it.

[sam1]

The final score was actually 5-0 in my head.

[Stretts]

Certainly would have been - and no-one was near the Derby player who scored it.

'Greed - I was 2 rows behind the goal and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. Quality own goal.

[Chaney]

seems to me the ref had poor old Derby,s misjustice from last week against Forest in his head and thats why he leveled it up by disallowing that goal..as for the penalty, I`m convinced he actually gave it and then changed his mind for some strange reason.
as for the game itself..a competent rather than convincing performance, SHunt seems to be believing all the hype and its effecting his game, I thought he was pretty poor apart from that great 2nd half run into the box, also disappointed with our choice of ball on occasions, playing tight football on the wings rather than spreading the ball out across the midfield, Cisse gives us some much needed grit in the centre..a real black Phil Parkinson type Matty is a must to start next to him.

[Bacon Double Cheese]

Thoroughly enjoyed the result and the performance. Shame about the performance of two of the three match officials.

I had an interesting walk back from the match to my car via the bonnet of an Audi in Bennet Road, or rather on the pavement next to Bennet Road Mrs BDC had a narrow escape too, narrowly avoiding being squished between the car and the brick wall/railings.

Hope the driver is OK; he had to be removed from the car by cutting the roof off. Many thanks to the Reading fans who dealt with the immediate situation and called the Ambulance, Police and Fire and Rescue teams.

I feel very lucky to have walked away with a few aches and pains in my arms and legs, some scratches on my hand and a tear in my jacket sleeve.

And yes, this probably shouldn't be in "The Team"

[AlexY25]

Ever since this respect campaign has come into action the referees seem to have become poor!

+1

good point actually.

[rg6royal]

Ever since this respect campaign has come into action the referees seem to have become poor!

+1

good point actually.

In a way it's like when a player gets rewarded with a new contract they think they are the best. And maybe because Refs now know they have the support from the F.A about repect they can just have a jolly!

[winchester_royal]

Pretty average game, made good by BK's superiority, and Marek's wonderful cameo at the end.l

[rg6royal]

Pretty average game, made good by BK's superiority, and Marek's wonderful cameo at the end.l

he just found it far to easy and decided to take the piss!

[Ian Royal]

I thought it was a good match that should have end about 6-3.
Derby had some glorious chances they managed to miss from, I have no idea how. Kebe managed his obligatory two misses from good chances, but played fairly well. A bit quiet though I thought.

The first dissallowed goal, I couldn't see anything wrong, even after replays from 4 different angles and slow motion in the concourse at half time. The second dissallowed goal I can only assume was because the ball had gone out at some point before being fired into the net.

The penalty denial was soft, but unquestionably a penalty. I have no idea how the ref gave them a free kick. Shocking decision.

Bikey was immense, but looked like he'd got bored after about 10 minutes into the second half. Like he knew he had the beating of his player and so relaxed a bit too much. Way too good for this level.
Harps and Cisse did a good job, I thought they both had their moments bursting through, but generally just held the middle to allow Kebe, SHunt and the fullbacks to attack. Superb recovery tackle by Harper in the box in the first half.

Hahnemann did pretty well, though not conceeding was more down to apalling Derby shooting than spectacular saves. One wobbly moment from a cross early on. Nothing wrong with his kicking.

SHunt should have had a goal but didn't want to pull the trigger with his right. Doyle's second was superb. Best goal I've seen in a long while. Looking forward to some replays. NHunt's from the corner was well worked too.

All in all very happy. We'd clearly stopped trying with about 5 or 10 minutes to go. Better finishing from Derby may have seen us in a bit of trouble, but I think once we got our nose in front it was our game.

Very very pleased with that. Nice to see Marek back on the pitch, but he'll have to work hard to break into the team if Cisse and Harper continue to build on their partnership. We did look a little light bursting into the box sometimes when they were both sitting deep though.

[Ian Royal]

Thoroughly enjoyed the result and the performance. Shame about the performance of two of the three match officials.

I had an interesting walk back from the match to my car via the bonnet of an Audi in Bennet Road, or rather on the pavement next to Bennet Road Mrs BDC had a narrow escape too, narrowly avoiding being squished between the car and the brick wall/railings.

Hope the driver is OK; he had to be removed from the car by cutting the roof off. Many thanks to the Reading fans who dealt with the immediate situation and called the Ambulance, Police and Fire and Rescue teams.

I feel very lucky to have walked away with a few aches and pains in my arms and legs, some scratches on my hand and a tear in my jacket sleeve.

And yes, this probably shouldn't be in "The Team"

Glad to hear you're just a bit shaken and bruised and nothing worse BDC! Same goes for the Missus.

[winchester_royal]

He didn't do anything special. Just did his job.

He was good in the tackle and pushed the game forward. Made some good passes.

Have to agree with rg6 here. Cisse was good, but he didn't stand out.

[Rex]

Thoroughly enjoyed the result and the performance. Shame about the performance of two of the three match officials.

I had an interesting walk back from the match to my car via the bonnet of an Audi in Bennet Road, or rather on the pavement next to Bennet Road Mrs BDC had a narrow escape too, narrowly avoiding being squished between the car and the brick wall/railings.

Hope the driver is OK; he had to be removed from the car by cutting the roof off. Many thanks to the Reading fans who dealt with the immediate situation and called the Ambulance, Police and Fire and Rescue teams.

I feel very lucky to have walked away with a few aches and pains in my arms and legs, some scratches on my hand and a tear in my jacket sleeve.

And yes, this probably shouldn't be in "The Team"

Glad to hear you're just a bit shaken and bruised and nothing worse BDC! Same goes for the Missus.

We thank god that was all that happened. Very lucky escape for you and your other half.