by Snowball »
13 Jan 2019 14:14
Some people need an awful lot.
In his first game we played 80 minutes with a man short. A few down to nine men. We were one down when we lost a defender, played eighty minutes without conceding.
We then played at an in form QPR, were, according to many, the better side and got a thoroughly deserved 0-0 draw
For a side that previously had barely heard of a clean sheet, that was 170+ consecutive minutes without conceding
We played away to Man Utd, a side in sixth place in the Prem, held our own, had 60% possession, had more shots, the same as United on target and went down to a VAR penalty and one clinical Lukaku goal.
Even though we the blipped against Swansea, we had sixteen shots, five on target versus their 8 shots, 5 on target
The difference on the day was they scored 4/5
Fifth game we totally dominated Forest even when they had eleven men, for a thoroughly deserved win.
We are playing faster, more attractive football and from five games have had 6 x45 minutes with a clean sheet
And that is against a Premiership side, two side chasing the playoffs and mid table Swansea who won their next game after us 3-0 away
And in those five games the shots on target total is 22-20 in Reading’s favour
The improvement is obvious