Match Day Reading v Crystal Palace - FA Cup Quarter-Final

[The Southbank]

Up the Reading!

 

[Madejski]

Expecting a loss, but it's Reading in the Cup so anything can happen.

I think i'll have to close my eyes every time Zaha and Bolasie run at our defence, won't be a pretty sight.

 

[Dazza]

Sounds like Wickham is a doubt for Palace. Just need Bolasie to get injured getting off the Palace team coach. Think it will end up a draw.

 

[JimJams]

What a shite penalty to give away.

 

[silkyman]

Wondr what Pardew will have to say... 'There was contact'

 

[G-Dragon]

Lets see what Pardew thinks of that pen decision.

 

[silkyman]

Doesn't make yours any less of a dive.

 

[silkyman]

I hope he just says 'last week you all told me that any contact was a penalty. There was contact. It was a penalty.'

 

[G-Dragon]

Doesn't make yours any less of a dive.

It wasn't?

 

[silkyman]

Yes. It was. Unless a slight touch on one leg makes the other leg spasm like 50,000 Volts. He anticipated the contact and went down. He dived.

 

[G-Dragon]

On a closer look it was physically impossible for him to keep standing. He had no choice but to go down. Just because he is a big lad does not mean he is immune to the law of physics.

 

[Super_horns]

Another pen where you can see why it was given but again the player made the most of it.

Palace deserved to win anyway.

 

[The Southbank]

That's it. Stop the football, we've failed again.

Wasn't at the game, but what the fuck was this all about?

 

[Madejski]

The police/steward presence seemed very OTT. Maybe because of the actions of one or two fans last years QF?

The last 15 mins+ of the game, there was just a line of stewards in front of the away fans/Y25/Y26.

Also it was apparently a sell out, but the official attendance was about 1000 off. Seemed quite a bit of segregation around the away end which must have taken a few hundred off.

 

[Dazza]

That's it. Stop the football, we've failed again.

Wasn't at the game, but what the fuck was this all about?

A complete over reaction is what it was. No point what so ever in the coppers standing in front of Y26-Y25. Had we won and people wanted to get on the pitch they would have just climed over further down the stand. Probably a reaction to the coin throwing in the last round and as Madejski has said due to last season's quarter final replay.

 

[The Southbank]

What a waste of money.

Horses?!