Played really well first 35 mins I thought Quite a handful Quietened down and was much less effective second half Could be due to whole team shape / services though
Great first half, poor second and disappointingly crap substitutions. Still, three points is three points. Reading’s players are a right bunch of ****ers, some decent footballers, but they need to stop been ****.
Dan on Facebook... Today, at half time I was told by an ‘under cover security guard’ that if I continued to text about the football match at the KCOM stadium I’d be ejected from the ground. At half time a man in casual gear followed by a steward, came up to me and said ‘tell me what this says’ holding a badge up that said security. I said (spoiler alert) ‘...security?’ He then explained he’d been watching me text throughout the first half, he asked what I’d been texting (in a not so friendly manner) I felt on edge telling a stranger what I’ve been texting, felt a bit invasive, and I felt uncomfortable saying I’d been innocently texting opinions on the match and my thoughts on what was happening to friends and family. My Dad explained we text friends the score. The man said if we continued to do so we’d be ejected from the ground. When we asked why, he said there’s trouble with people notifying betting companies/or gamblers of events at a match so they could cash out/make a bet void. So basically he was assuming I was some sort of gamblers informant at the KC Stadium (when I was just texting my girlfriend dumb stuff about Tom Eaves’s hair) I couldn’t get my head around it. I explained Hull City tweet details of the match faster than I ever could due to having stadium WiFi, along with Phil Buckingham and David Burns both tweeting details faster than I ever could (unless the security guard thinks I’m psychic and can see a goal coming) I pointed out that thousands of fans text and tweet throughout the match regarding the game, the club even asks you to vote for a man of the match via social media... I asked ‘what if I text a minute after an event has happened, or even 15 mins?’ Mr security man said we shouldn’t be texting about the match at all. And that this has been stated upon entering the ground (can you see that in the picture?!) and that these texts can’t include time of goals or goal scorers. I knew this was a lie, I asked how he could have possibly known what I was texting about, to which he didn’t have an answer. That made me feel incredibly watched. To reiterate these are private texts, one of which I sent to my girlfriend and me mum. I explained I’d text score updates and opinions for years to which he replied it was a new thing starting this year, and as it’s the first match of the new season he didn’t want to kick me out having not known these new ‘rules’... He softened at this point as if this was all a nice chilled run of the mill conversation (never happened to me in 20 years of watching live football) I didn’t text throughout the second half, my phone vibrated with updates and I didn’t have the nerve to look cos I’m a geek and a stickler for the rules. I felt a bit on edge for the rest of the game and subsequently didn’t text anyone. I’ve been following city since I was 7, home and away nearly every game since I was 13, and not once has anyone told me not to text updates privately to friends. If anyone has any clarity on this that’d be great as I’d like to let my friends know thoughts and opinions on the game as it happens, but don’t want to feel like I’m going to get kicked out of watching Hull City every time I do so!
Totally agree. Got to sort out left back and centre midfield. Honeyman looked tidy in little time he was on field, Toral invisible. Long good shot stopper but looks hesitant coming off his line. Hopefully McCann will settle on his best line up after a few more games.
Great day out. Proper Championship football, end to end stuff spoilt a bit by Readings constant diving and that appalling blatant elbow on Irvine in the second half. Do that in town tonight to someone and you'd get three months, do it in front of the ref and the linesman on a football field and they debate about handing out a yellow card. I thought we were spectacular in the first half. Obviously the wind played a factor and Reading switched things a bit in the second ( what else could they do?) and they upped the physical stuff and the cheating, but we held on and won. The atmosphere in the East Stand was the best I've witnessed for a long time and the piss taking of the Reading fan wearing the Superman shirt was hilarious. Another plus was you could sit/stand where you want. So, I for one loved it, every one of our team, subs included having a go and playing for the shirt. What more can you ask for ? Those who chose to stay away are the losers. PS The offer of free travel for the Reading fans was underwhelming too, 300 max ? Piss poor away support.
Good u turn Ehab We should never have turfed people from E1, E2, and E3 in the first place, If the north stand looks **** it's because not enough people attend.
The referee was ****ing dreadful. We should have had a clear penalty for hand ball which wasn’t given.
Did well to hang on for the win in the end, as Reading missed some simple chances. New manager and lots of new players mean it's a work in progress. 3 points are welcome, & GM will have plenty of stuff to think about after he saw us go from 2-0 up after 20 mins and just needing a 3rd goal against a demoralised team to kill it off, to hanging on for the last 20 mins. It was like watching DQPRlite with their conning the official and dirty play, and the ref was an utter **** as was the linesman.I sometimes think these officials' priority is not to draw attention to themselves by giving out red cards or pens. as they risk getting demoted down the officials' ladder if their stats are too alarming. ****s were infuriating today with their pettiness one minute and their blatant errors the next. Sooner we get Grozzer, Bowen and Eaves on the same page, the happier we shall be. COME ON HAL.
But it's true DBT. The stay aways, for what ever reason missed a good day out. Those that cannot go fair enough, but those who chose not to go are missing out.
