Reading FC Women’s manager Liam Gilbert admitted that ‘hard conversations’ need to be had after his team were thrashed 5-1 at Sheffield United.
The Royals have now suffered three damaging defeats in the space of the week and have conceded 14 goals in three games.
With four games left to go in the Women’s Championship, the Royals are in 10th spot, just one place and two points above the drop zone.
“We have to be accountable for the mistakes we made and today (Sunday) we were totally punished,” said Gilbert.
“I don’t have the answers right now in terms of moving forward. We need to take a long look at it from a fresh perspective, assess everything and some hard honest conversations need to be had.
“In terms of going forward we were much brighter than we have been in the last four or five games which is something we’ve worked on.
“But conceding from set pieces in the way we did so easily, that’s something I cannot understand when we work on them.
“I’d like to see the replays back of the two goals we had taken away in the first half. If they count it’s a different game but we cannot allow for that in the second half, especially straight from scaring ourselves.
“But we must learn, we need to learn quickly together and stay together.”
