posted Nov 13, 2006

Let's take nothing away from Steve Coppel and his modest Redaing team. They do not possess any class players(except one or two),very workman approach,would almost certainly(and inevitably) go down at the end of the season,but let the Royals celebrate this victory. It's due to them really!

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Why don't you wake up and smell the coffee Reading have proved not over 1 game but over 12 that we will not be relegated we have just had 4 of the hardest games of our season and we are still above Tottenham. When will people realise we are not a one win team are win yesturday showed what reading are about we never quit and have quality.

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Tottenham thought that getting a result against Chelsea last week meant their season had kicked off, but reality will always come back to haunt you.

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posted Nov 13, 2006

consistency & compactness is the secret in the premiership,not tinkering week in week out like Rafa is doing at L/pool.They will not land the title until one can name the starting XI straight from the dreams.Reading maybe even be a better side than Spurs judging by their pertfomances against Man U & Chelski

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Lets face it the game was wide open the whole time and spurs didn't play particuluarly bad Reading outplayed them.They were smothering the spurs players whenever they touched the ball giving them no chance to move it hence they couldn't create anything.Reading looked well organised and like they hada plan to bring down spurs and they stuck to it and it worked.Spurs can't complain because they were outclassed by a hard working organised team.They are clearly the best of the promoted teams and as such look set to stay in the premiership this season.More performances and Reading finding an away form and they can do very well in the premiership. Their results against Chelsea who beat them with a lucky goal and Man utd show that.

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Watched the game live on telly, and Spurs had no penetration in the second half. Instead of shooting on sight, they decided to thread the ball through, which did not work. Zokora was a passenger in midfield, while Ghaly was an improvement from last-week. And is it just me or is Robbo getting beat from distance to often nowadays. Got to roll up your sleeves against Rovers next week lads. PS: Where is Mido, cause Defoe has lost the plot a bit.

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Reading deserved their victory yesterday, and no disrepect to Reading but what i think everyone is getting at is that when you start the game as strongly as Tottenham did for the first 35mins, go 1-0 up just to collapse as they did is a frustrating and dissapointing result. We were shocking going forward and defensivly in the second half, ive noticed that Spurs are quite often making breaks only just to pass it square across the defence, usually the ball is then played back into the midfield due to lack of runs from attackers (or possibly lack of vision from midfield)

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Reading fans enjoyed their afternoon (as I know only too well having been at the game) but, in truth, their team had little to do other than get in position and knock the ball in the net. Spurs players, to a man, were so poor a League 2 team would have had every chance of getting the same result. Reading will rarely have an easier afternoon.

For me, attitude played a key part in this. There was an instinctive lack of respect for Reading that would never have entered the players heads againt Chelsea. The casual, careless play and lack of any real determination to get the result(a factor so vital to the 5th November win) was symptomatic of that.

The league is about points not glorious wins. The 3 points we gained against Chelsea are now of little value.

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posted Nov 13, 2006

As someone who grew up in a Spurs household and more recently become a season ticket holder at Orient I do wonder which of the teams would actually win if they played each other?

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posted Nov 13, 2006

Reading for europe!!!

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