by Ian Royal »
13 Apr 2013 15:57
Reading look like a team that know they're relegated and will lose this game and are just going through the motions. Liverpool look like they think it's a training match and even with no urgency and playing in first gear, they're carving us open at will. McCarthy is the only player to come out of that half with any credit for us and he's had a very solid half. Guthrie's passing is all over the place. McAnuff, Kelly and Mariappa the only others I haven't noticed repeatedly giving the ball away cheaply, but they haven't exactly been positives. Karacan has only not been worse than Guthrie, because he hasn't had the ball enough to actually try many passes. Guthrie still shows signs of being a far better player, even when he's doing virtually everything wrong.
We have nothing in midfield and are either defending way too deep in incompetent numbers, or are losing it in attack and leaving Liverpool free to run 60 yards. We're marking the pitch not the players and Liverpool are causally passing round us. TBH Liverpool look pretty shit, but they are utterly superior to us.
Adkins must realise 4-4-2 is just not viable for us. We need a midfielder on for a striker. Maybe, just maybe, we can sneak a draw.