Bring on next season, this one is finally, mercifully now over. Burnley scored two well struck second half goals to knock the stuffing out of the Royals, and the home side were left to rue a season that in January began a long slow descent into terminal decline. A first half performance was dynamic and full of urgency, but once again lacked any cutting edge. No real chances were carved out, although Simon Church had a promising 45 minutes. Marcus Hahnemann could have been at fault for both goals, but hey, who really cares. Once the goals went in the last 30 minutes made for painful viewing as Reading looked every inch the well beaten side they were. We haven't been good enough this season, simple as that, and good luck to Burnley who deserved it over the two games. However well we played at Turf Moor, the fact is that we failed to score over the two play-off legs, and that is massively disappointing. None will feel more disappointed than Steve Coppell, and it needs to be made clear that he cannot be blamed for everything that has gone wrong this year.
So we clearly need a rethink, to regroup and clear out some of the dead wood, but that's for another time. Tonight at least we have a chance to look forward to better things...
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