Peterborough United Fans Verdict: Terrible Posh Put To The Sword

Performances like Saturday evening’s are as frustrating as they are impressive as they are difficult to surmise. Frustrating because: why on earth can’t we be that ruthless all the time away from home? Impressive because, well, we scored five goals. And difficult to surmise because, let’s face it, the opposition were awful.The game was done and dusted as a contest by half-time, thanks to some clinical finishing from us, but just as much some suicidal defending from the hosts.Two more goals after the break sealed our spot in the draw for the second round, but how much can substantially be drawn from the game remains to be seen. Here’s how the fans reacted to the win…Much improvedWith the painful context of Wednesday’s loss to those lot, the main thing for the fans was that we saw a reaction from the players. And we did.There were some solid performances all over the pitch, particularly Liam Fraser and Charlie Savage in the middle of pitch, who have thrown their name into the conversation for some starts in the league. Weak opposition, yes, but the players could only play what was in from them, and scored five goals in the process…Reid all about it, a Savage performance by the Royals to win convincingly. Knight and day from Wednesday against Oxford, going to Wing it and say that was our best performance of the season, Patton the back for the entire team #sorrynotsorryforpuns#readingfc— Stephen Palmer (@TankySte) November 7, 2026Very good performance, Fraser should 100% start the next game ahead of Wing. Thought there were quite a few good individual performances and the team as a collective played some really good football at times. Need to transfer that to the league! #readingfc— Tom Maynard (@ttmaynard) November 7, 2026Last night was EVERYTHING that this team can be but even then we can be even better. Was a joy to watch on to the next. #readingfc— JDM (@RFC_Smurf93) November 8, 2026Much better, well done! #readingfc— Paul Simon carey (@PaulSimoncarey1) November 7, 2026Great win. Savage, Fraser, Reid, knight, POC all brilliant so good to see. Looked so much better tonight with a different midfield #readingfc— RFC News (@TransfernewsRFC) November 7, 2026Exact response that was needed after Oxford. Dominant and passion was back in the side. Hope for a better draw in the next round. Any non league side away 🔥#readingfc— Reading FC Stats (@ReadingFC_Stats) November 7, 2026What a performance and what a win , away from home and biggest FA cup win for Reading …. We have to find this form in the league. Great to have a squad all performing #readingfc— Olly_URZ (@OllyURZ) November 7, 2026Cracking performance. Player proper football, savage was class tonight, reidy on scoresheet too which is always a good thing. All round complete performance. Is it any wonder #readingfc— mitch (@mitchrfc1) November 7, 2026Poor oppositionIt’s not often the opposition gets much of a mention from the fans after a game, but I think we were all in agreement that we came up against a pretty poor team in Peterborough United.I must admit I do have some sympathy for Posh fans at the moment. There was a horrible familiarity watching their kamikaze defending and you could sense the toxicity rise and rise as the game went on. Been there, got the t-shirt.There’s also the question about how much we can take from the goals, the performance and the result, with it all coming against such a weak side…Posh are one of the worst teams I’ve ever seen. We didn’t get out of 1st gear and still cruised to a 5-0 win. Destined for league 2#ReadingFC#pufc#FACup— rfc_max (@rfc_max_) November 7, 2026Who were worse, Posh or MK Dons? 🤔 #readingfc— Matt Joy (@MattJoy96) November 7, 2026What’s happened to #pufc? Their side looks so poor. I wonder if their edge on signing from the league below or L1 has gone with lots of others doing the same, even #Readingfc with Malife, Lisbie, Ward etc.— L (@notrating1) November 8, 2026I still maintain we are flat track bully’s and play when the opposition don’t turn up #readingfc— Paul Towner (@PaulTowner7) November 8, 2026Still can’t work out if we were that good last night or they were that bad 😅 #readingfchttps://t.co/pp1Dfkt2mD— Lisbie = 🐐 (@MaxClarke0998) November 8, 2026Great win BUT how bad are Peterborough?? Absolutely awful. Long season ahead for them if they defend like that every week. Up the f’ing ding!!#readingfc#pufc— Dan P’trage (@ptragedan) November 7, 2026Charlie SavageIt’s only right that Savage gets a bit of a shoutout here. The only reason this game was on TV was that the producers at TNT thought the father/son dynamic was too good to turn it down. Because of that, all the attention was on the Savages, and thankfully it was ours who came out on top.Not only that, but he played ruddy well too. I’ll hold my hand up, when I saw he was playing in the 10 I was not hopeful, but perhaps he can be an effective tool there after all…Savage been very vocal now about wanting his inclusion in the starting 11. Time for Richardson to make some key decisions for the better of the team. #readingfc— londonroyal89 (@stixflix06) November 7, 2026Wing needs to earn his way back into the team after that! Savage was unreal And Fraser who I’ve not been the biggest fan of, CLASS! #readingfc— Webber (@webber1871) November 7, 2026Charlie Savage is a great guy. Give him a new contract. Dad should be proud. And no, you're not loaning him in January. #ReadingFC#Posh— The Royal Client (@TheRoyalClient) November 7, 2026Shame Savage will be grounded for a month.. #readingfc— Ian (@iframpton) November 7, 2026Start savage in the 10 Saturday and give Fraser more games #Readingfc— Cameron Harris (@Cameron60580751) November 7, 2026I’m Charlie Savage biggest hater, but he’s head and shoulders better than Josh Stokes #ReadingFC— JimNo (@JimNo1871) November 7, 2026ConclusionYou can’t moan too much at a 5-0 win, but what you can do is appreciate we came up against a really weak team and will face much, much sterner tests in the coming weeks.There are some big winners and losers from the game of course; with the likes of Fraser and Savage firmly in the former camp. It’ll be interesting to see just how Leam Richardson moves forward with this, but I guess we’ll see at Stockport County on Saturday.