Not entirely sure how he was allowed to stay on the pitch for the entire game. This was comfortably his worst showing in a Reading shirt, and has visibly regressed under Richardson’s coaching – worrying so, given he is one of “Richardson’s boys”.Finley Burns: 5Unlucky to concede a foul and a free kick In the 22nd minute but it led to nothing. Caught flat footed by the through-ball that led to Rotherham’s opener but he was not helped by the open midfield in front of him and Nyambe going missing.Had a header at the Rotherham goal near the end of the first half from a Wing free kick but was unable to direct it on target.

In the second half, seemed to go missing when Rotherham’s effort hit the bar in the 65th minute.Seems to be the shell of the player we had on our hands at the start of the season, and probably needs to go somewhere else now where he feels loved and trusted by a manager who would rather do without his services and isn’t shy about showing it.Paudie O’Connor: 5Some smart early touches and passes into the midfield. However, his lack of pace was exposed for the Rotherham counter that led to the goal and he was unable to get back to prevent the goal.In the second half, he seemed to go missing when Rotherham’s effort hit the bar in the 65th minute.

It was far from his worst day today but, given the quality of the opposition, he needed to assert his dominance far more.Jeriel Dorsett: 5Formed part of a good passing triangle with Lane and Roberts on the left in the 36th minute that led to a Kyerewaa shot that was well saved. Struggled to deal with the Rotherham winger in the 42nd minute.He was the catalyst for the attacking move in 47th minute that led to Reading’s equaliser, collecting the ball on the left and passing the ball up the pitch to find Lane in space.Gave the ball away in the 72nd minute on the left, which led to Rotherham intercepting it and getting a shot away.

Seemed to pick up an unpleasant knee injury in the 83rd minute, by pure bad luck. Subbed off for Matt Ritchie, pushing Roberts into left back.Like O’Connor, it was far from his worst day today but, given the quality of the opposition, he needed to assert his dominance far more.Haydon Roberts: 6Not a great free kick delivery in the 14th minute from deep. Good link up play with Lane that led to Lane’s shot in the 31st minute.

Formed part of a good passing triangle with Lane and Dorsett on the left in the 36th minute that led to a Kyerewaa shot that was well saved.Great pass to set Lane free down the left in the 38th minute. Great run through the middle in the 43rd minute to get the ball much further up the pitch, but was unable to find Kyerewaa with the pass.Moved to left back after Dorsett went off injured. Shortly after, went down injured himself and received attention off the pitch, then picked up a yellow card by bringing himself back on without consent from the ref.

Subbed off for Kelvin Abrefa in the 88th minute, likely linked to the injury break.Generally seemed like one of the only Reading players willing to pick up the ball and run with it and put Rotherham under any kind of direct pressure.Daniel Kyerewaa: 6Got off a good shot in the 36th minute after receiving a pass in the box from Roberts, which was well saved by the Rotherham goalkeeper.Timed his run well into the Rotherham box to find space and meet Lane’s cross to convert the ball smartly, with his weaker left foot, to level the scores. Generally started the second half looking a lot more lively, likely helped by the change in shape which saw him play wider than in the first half.Good cross in the 53rd minute which the keeper had to do well to catch, but no Reading player was there in the box to challenge for it unfortunately.Made a great run down the right and cut inside in the 60th minute but made the wrong choice to shoot rather than put in a cross that led a corner.His impact fizzled out in the second half of the second half, possibly owing to the fact that Reading just didn’t seem to want to be competitive today.

However, overall, was probably Reading’s best on the day. This is possibly also damning by faint praise.Lewis Wing: 4Passing was a mixed bag in the early stages of the game. Went missing as Rotherham were given too much time in midfield to launch a counter attack for the