Great result for Reading and overall a good performance , after all you can't complain after beating top of the league and in Wigan I thought we saw the best team so far to visit the Mad Stad this season . Wigan played some lovely football at times and we found it hard to get the ball . When we did get it , we often needlessly gave it away , and though he scored a great goal , Hughes was the worst culprit . He really does exasperate the fans , does all the hard work , then makes a right balls up of crosses and passes , he's now an honorary member of the Barry Hunter Giraffe Academy of Passing ! Murty did well on his return and Ingi Iceman had a good game too and looks a good buy , we're going to need him with Ade's injury . Three players who continue to perform well below expectations are Shorey who seems totally to have lost the plot , Murray though unlucky to go off injured has really failed to produce the goods , so much for being a legend as I boldly predicted at he start of the season , I still have faith though , and the Goat ! Sorry but I've seen enough , get rid . Millwall should be fun next week and with Alan Patridge continuing to make a complete arse of himself at West Ham , we're now only a point behind , maybe we're quietly getting the show back on track.
Nick Newbury

Today we beat the league leaders. OK it may not have been the most fashionable team to wear that name, but that is what they were, and had we been there we would have said it was on merit. Wigan certainly played with a great deal of confidence and we hear so often what that means in the professional game. To show what it meant to us, you just had to see the contrast in our performance after we had scored. It was then that we moved the ball around with confidence and more importantly, pace.
The goal itself was a triumph for two individuals. Firstly it was a superb cross by our best player, namely, Salako. He scarcely gave the ball away at all and showed what experience has taught him. He also popped up occasionally in places that would not have been allowed under the previous regime. That the cross was put in by Hughes was a triumph for persistency. In truth he had a poor game, but he did what he always does, and that is gave 100% for the cause. He was asked to perform a different role again, that of containing the Wigan midfield. the fact that we did not let Wigan score shows that he did that well along with Harper, but neither of them offered much in the offensive part of the game. Hughes keeps going, Harper well.......
To keep a clean sheet was a major triumph for the back four and those playing in front of them. Given that we lost Williams, our outstanding player this season, was a great testimony to them all, especially Newman when he came on. It was also good to see Murty back and he had a fine game, even weighing in with a couple of subtle passes. He must have been learning whilst doing the commentaries! This was a terrific result. There really is so little between many of the teams in this division, that can be seen by our results. A good run by any team in the top half would have a dramatic effect, so why not us? Ultimately it will be because we are still too dependent on Forster to score. We are still not getting the best out of The Goat and I do not know if that is our play or his. If Salako keeps getting the ball into the box like he did today then more will follow for him, but he needs to win more on his own account as well.
The real big plus today was the performance of Savage. Yes he did miss an easy header, but if you had said this time last year that he would have come on and played like he did, then nobody would have believed you. The result was everything today - even better than the West Ham result!!
Ken C

Once more Reading follow up a disappointing result with very good one against strong opposition. Although I'd say there was no way Wigan 'outplayed' us, as many of their texters on 'good old Berks' seemed to think, Reading didn't completely convince with their display. The midfield was.....the usual. I hope the management are going to buy someone with experience & presence to sort out the middle of the park now Watson is transfer listed. Hughes showed both the positives & negatives of his game; constant running, popping up with a vital goal vs. awful passing at times & again costing us a couple of good opportunities with his carelessness. Surely he (like Harper) could benefit with playing with someone organised & creative. Full credit to Newman for the way he stepped in for Williams & played such a full part in shackling Wigan's supposedly 'deadly' strike force. Savage did pretty well, although he's obviously not suited to the wing. It's also disappointing to see Tyson transfer listed having, like Watson, had little chance to prove his worth. Despite the concerning aspects of the performance, Reading have once again proved themselves capable of competing with & beating one of the leading sides in the division. And Pardew still hasn't won a match yet. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! COME ON.....
Caversham Royal