The Weekly Bobbins: The Bin Of Disappointment
Bobbins delves into a 1-1 draw at Rotherham United, and the subsequent fallout, as the mood at Reading gets ever sourer.
We’re almost there, folks. Almost at the end. Not the polished, finished article we all hoped to see on the pitch – just the end of a season that looks exhausted, frayed and ready to be cast into the bin of disappointment.
All any of us want now is for this sorry campaign to be over. The latest tepid, football‑by‑numbers, lifeless corpse of a performance against already‑relegated Rotherham United was turgid in the extreme. They were down, checked out, the dictionary definition of “on the beach,” and we still couldn’t muster a win.
Next weekend brings Blackpool, who are also on the beach – quite literally – and it promises to be just as soulless, if not worse. But that’s how it has felt for most of the season. Empty.
Hollow. A matchday experience stripped of jeopardy, thrill, tension or even the faintest spark of expectation. I still love my club – that never changes – but the soft, fluffy sentiments have withered away.
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