chandog Brilliant result from a game that could easily have turned out differently had brighton been able to take any of the chances they created in the second half.
The back 5 looked pretty solid despite brighton making 3 or 4 clear goalscoring chances, but this is going to happen in a competitive league where every team can match each other. The bottom line of it is that we have 3 clean sheets in a row against 3 promotion chasing teams, maybe not so much the case for brighton now. For the rest of the season i am going to be terrified of one of pearce or gorkss picking up and injury or suspension. They are a brilliant partnership, its great to see pearce developing into a first team regular thanks to the influence of gorkss alongside him.
Thought karacan and leigertwood worked really hard and did a good job of breaking up play and keeping possession in the first half. Bit disappointing that we reverted to a bit of long ball stuff for the second half and seemed unwilling to keep the ball on the deck like the first half. Neither are particularly creative on the ball, karacan especially today was only looking for the simple pass back or across the pitch, but that keeps us in possession which is a good thing. Leigertwood was attempting quite a few runs forward to be fair to him.
The front two worked their socks off and had very little service to feed off. The second half was frustrating for them both as we were just punting the ball up to them and as neither are the biggest of targets that style of play is unlikely to suit them that well.
Mcanuff was brilliant, easily our best and most productive player today.
The only negative for me was unfortunately my favourite player, kebe. He really didnt seem interested once we went one up. He was getting involved nicely for the first half hour and was very unlucky not to open the scoring and also did well for the assist of jobi's first. But after that i cant really think of any times that he broke out of a jog and attacked the full backs with any real commitment. He did get another assist with the last goal but he was passed the ball and just played it across the box.
I really want to see kebe in a reading shirt every week as on his day he is our best player and will scare any defender in the country with his pace. But when he is clearly not that interested it is a bit of a wasted position as we have young and hungry players on the bench and in the reserves who would give their all if they were given a chance. I was watching him at the end of the game and perhaps worringly he was the first off the pitch, before all the brighton players. I hope im reading too much into this but yesterday his overall body language and effort didnt reflect a player who was happy at the club and enjoying the brilliant season we are having so far.
+1 pretty much sums up my thoughts:
a) If Brighton had put away one of the several chances they had in the second half I reckon they'd have gone on to win - but they didn't so all's well that ends well
b) great pressing on their 'play it out from the back' approach
c) I got scared whenever Lua Lua got the ball and was pleased to see him substituted
d) CMS was very good apart from failing to score (yes, I know that's his main purpose but on another day he'd have had a hat-trick)
e) Jobi and Jimmy seemed to have the easy beating of their full backs - so why on earth didn't we do more of it second half (or even after the first goal)
) and when they are shown to be wrong it's because IT'S A POOR LEAGUE and now, as we surge into a playoff place having beaten all of West Ham, Leeds and Brighton in recent weeks we did it by PLAYING LIKE WIMBLEDON 
