Do you think we tried our best to win against Charlton?

[Hoop Blah]

Prior to his injury he had also only scored 2 in 8 appearances, and those 2 were against West Ham, a match in which Ron Grant could probably have socred a couple if he had been playing.

Personally I don't consider going back to performances over four months ago a good way of gauging current form. I guess thats just a personal thing though.

Doyle and Kitson are not in golascoring form, and yes that form will return, but in the meantime the others deserve their chance to show what they can do. If they don't get that chance then it sends out a very demotivating message to the other members of the squad who aren't first choice in their respective positions.

I'm all for players getting a chance etc etc, but that chance has to be earned. For me, Long hasn't earned that chance with his performances and is much more effective coming off the bench against tired legs. As someone has probably already said though, Coppell does get to see them train every day and has one eye on the future too, but I don't think we tried our hardest to win that game. Am I overly bothered about it? No not really as I think I've started my count down to the summer and next season already, much like I think the club have.

[SpaceCruiser]

Personally I don't consider going back to performances over four months ago a good way of gauging current form. I guess thats just a personal thing though.

Maybe so, but remember that we had only played two games in the entire month of March......which is ridiculous. I think that knocked us out of our rhythm.

[Wycombe Royal]

Personally I don't consider going back to performances over four months ago a good way of gauging current form. I guess thats just a personal thing though.

You have a decent point there, but I was jut illustrating the fact that Doyle was out of golascoring form before his injury and hasn't rediscovered it since.

[Royalee]

Looks like we have 50 complete morons who have never watched the game on here.

[Archie's penalty]

Looks like we have 50 complete morons who have never watched the game on here.

Totally agree Royalee thought we gave it our all. It certainly wasn't a tedious draw and we contributed to an engrossing game. Good performance from the lads - the best since the second half against Manure...

[Schards#2]

Looks like we have 50 complete morons who have never watched the game on here.

Yes, that must be it, the 50+ people who don't agree with your opinion don't simply have a different point of view, they have just never been to a game before.

[Nick Shorey my Lord!]

Looks like we have 50 complete morons who have never watched the game on here.

Incorrect.

[Archie's penalty]

Looks like we have 50 complete morons who have never watched the game on here.

Incorrect.

What because we have a lot more?

[RoyalBlue]

The neutrals I have spoken to spoke highly of our efforts to win the game and reflected the pundits view that Charlton looked the away team restricted to the occasional attempt at a counter-attack on the break.

[Schards#2]

Steve Coppell on the Official Site Said:

"Coming to the end of the season, it's not just about winning, We certainly want to win 100% but there are other situations to consider."

The prosecution rests.

I've never said Coppell is actually wrong, just that we weren't doing everything we could to win the Charlton game, a fact now endorsed by Coppell himself.

My personal opinion is i'd rather not travel away when we are at this stage where we are not doing all we can to win but what do I know, i've never been to a match apparently, the 900+ Reading games i've been to were just a Life on Mars type experience.

Don't feel, those of you that slagged my opinion, need to apologise.

[Stranded]

I'm not really sure how that comment proves your point as being correct as I could equally use it to say - Look he says they were trying to win the game 100%.

Depends on what you want to read from it.

[Behindu]

I'd have thought someone who has been to 900+ games would have sussed that football is about more than just one game.

We performed well against Charlton, there was no evidence what so ever that over the 90 minutes we were doing anything other than going for a win and the team changes added interest rather than weakened the team.

I have no problem with Coppell actually 'managing' the team and trying variations or planning ahead. I have no problem with him looking at 2 games in 3 days and deciding that he needed to use his squad to try and get the best performances overall.

I've always thought that the real joy of watching a team is seeing a large number of games and watching players / the team evolve over time. Games are like chapters in a book - they can be great on their own but really work as a complete story. Leicester way last season was a great experience but hugely better becasue of all the games that had preceded it than just on it's own.

[Schards#2]

I'm not really sure how that comment proves your point as being correct as I could equally use it to say - Look he says they were trying to win the game 100%.

Depends on what you want to read from it.

I was tempted to end the quote at "it's not just about winning" but felt that would be a bit misleading.

I don't doubt for a second that he told the players on the pitch to go out there and give it everything but the starting line up and the lack of subs tell you it wasn't "all about winning".

Can you honestly imagine him saying this about games earlier in the season? Of course not because it was all about winning then.

I quite understand the reasons but by personal choice I won't invest huge sums of money and time to watch this experimental phase and my personal preference should be respected.

[brendywendy]

Steve Coppell on the Official Site Said:

"Coming to the end of the season, it's not just about winning, We certainly want to win 100% but there are other situations to consider."

The prosecution rests.

I've never said Coppell is actually wrong, just that we weren't doing everything we could to win the Charlton game, a fact now endorsed by Coppell himself.

My personal opinion is i'd rather not travel away when we are at this stage where we are not doing all we can to win but what do I know, i've never been to a match apparently, the 900+ Reading games i've been to were just a Life on Mars type experience.

Don't feel, those of you that slagged my opinion, need to apologise.

dont go then schards, stop whining about it

and its not quite what he has said there is it?!

[Stranded]

I'm not really sure how that comment proves your point as being correct as I could equally use it to say - Look he says they were trying to win the game 100%.

Depends on what you want to read from it.

I was tempted to end the quote at "it's not just about winning" but felt that would be a bit misleading.

I don't doubt for a second that he told the players on the pitch to go out there and give it everything but the starting line up and the lack of subs tell you it wasn't "all about winning".

Can you honestly imagine him saying this about games earlier in the season? Of course not because it was all about winning then.

I quite understand the reasons but by personal choice I won't invest huge sums of money and time to watch this experimental phase and my personal preference should be respected.

And I can respect that, my personal umbridge with your earlier posts was not that sentiment but the way it was conveyed.

[Schards#2]

Steve Coppell on the Official Site Said:

"Coming to the end of the season, it's not just about winning, We certainly want to win 100% but there are other situations to consider."

The prosecution rests.

I've never said Coppell is actually wrong, just that we weren't doing everything we could to win the Charlton game, a fact now endorsed by Coppell himself.

My personal opinion is i'd rather not travel away when we are at this stage where we are not doing all we can to win but what do I know, i've never been to a match apparently, the 900+ Reading games i've been to were just a Life on Mars type experience.

Don't feel, those of you that slagged my opinion, need to apologise.

dont go then schards, stop whining about it

and its not quite what he has said there is it?!

Firstly, that's exactly what he said.

Secondly, stop whining about me voicing my opinion on a discussion board you tedious bore.

[papereyes]

Look he says they were trying to win the game 100%.

No it doesn't.

[brendywendy]

Steve Coppell on the Official Site Said:

"Coming to the end of the season, it's not just about winning, We certainly want to win 100% but there are other situations to consider."

The prosecution rests.

I've never said Coppell is actually wrong, just that we weren't doing everything we could to win the Charlton game, a fact now endorsed by Coppell himself.

My personal opinion is i'd rather not travel away when we are at this stage where we are not doing all we can to win but what do I know, i've never been to a match apparently, the 900+ Reading games i've been to were just a Life on Mars type experience.

Don't feel, those of you that slagged my opinion, need to apologise.

dont go then schards, stop whining about it

and its not quite what he has said there is it?!

Firstly, that's exactly what he said.
no, no it isnt, where does coppell say we werent doing everything we could to win at charlton, where?, you big fibber

Secondly, stop whining about me voicing my opinion on a discussion board you tedious bore.

but you keep doing it, saying the same thing over and over. i just dont think we or the club are that interested if you decide to boycott the last few games due to us playing player X instead of player Y.
or was that schards 1?if it was i apologise profusely, from the bottom of my undercrackers. or are you one and the same?

[Schards#2]

In the light of Coppell's remarks, wouldn't it be more dignified to just admit that you were wrong rather than throwing your toys out the pram like a spoilt child?