MY VIEW / OPINION:
I HONESTLY THOUGHT WE WOULD WIN THIS GAME AGAINST AN INRURY HIT READING SIDE & A POOR SIDE IN MY VIEW AGAINST MORISONS TEAM REALLY WANTING IT, BUT SADLY FADED WHEN LOSING.
MORISON WENT IN TO THIS GAME WITH A VERY STRING SQUAD, WHILST PAUL INCE MOANED ABOUT HIS INJURY HIT SQUAD.
Nelson came in for Ng. Philogene and Etete came on to the bench. Ollie Tanner dropped out of the squad.
Sawyer did not much today, Watters / Harris ??? Collins not like last week??
Reading had seven players missing for the clash. Lucas Joao, Sam Hutchinson, Scott Dann, Femi Azeez, Dejan Tetek, George Puscas and Liam Moore.
I was on such a high last Saturday, today we have been brought back down to earth
FIRST-HALF: Great start by Cardiff, early goal
but a blatant penalty by Nelson put a poor Reading side back in to the game. Cardiff took the foot of the peddle and 1-1 was fair.
SECOND-HALF: Cardiff went behind to a brilliant Ince goal, Reading started to look the better side, Morison in the 73rd min did 3 subs. By the 75th min Morison had used his 5 subs. We did not have a plan B?
READING 2 CARDIFF CITY 1
H-T 1-1
Crowd
Away Support: 2,000 Bluebirds
Cardiff City: Allsop; Romeo, Nelson, Kipre, Collins; Wintle, Sawyers, Rinomhota; Ojo, Watters, O'Dowda.
Subs: Alnwick, Denham, Sang, Ralls, Philogene, Harris.
GOAL! Reading 0-1 Cardiff City (O'Dowda 4)
Wintle hits a deep cross from the free-kick and O'Dowda rises highest and sends a clever header low and back across goal and it nestles into the bottom corner.
PENALTY READING!
Nelson pulls down Ince, who was clean through. Calls for a red, but it's just a yellow.
Blatant penalty, lucky not sent off.
GOAL! Reading 1-1 Cardiff City (Long 27)
Long scores.
Allsop banks on him going down the middle and Long drags it to the keeper's right.
H-T 1-1
Ralls replaces Rinomhota.
52mins:Watters off, Harris on.
Look at the space Ince had.
GOAL! Reading 2-1 Cardiff City (Ince 63)
Goal. Ince with a stunner.what a shot
Yellow card for Jamilu Collins.
73 mins:Ojo off, Etete on.
Sawyers off, Sang on.
Romeo off, Philogene on.
Reading were poor and I honestly thought we would win this.