Ian Royal Pretty poor display from Reading. Too many hopeful long searching balls or hoofs clear straight to Stoke when we needed to play it short. No movement in midfield because Legs stands and watches too much. Still, fairly solid defensively apart from totally ignoring Huth from a corner. Great finish from Jerome with little room to do so. Harte's set piece delivery was dire apart from the corner we scored from.
Don't think Blackman showed any more quality than against Sunderland. Still early days, but not impressed with him at over £1m. So far looks maybe good enough for the Championship. ALF continues to ooze quality. Pog needs to stop collapsing under close guard just because he's lost the challenge. Akpan looks great when we pass the ball well. An absolute steal from Crawley. Legs really needs to move towards the ball more rather than waiting for it, pass short more and when he plays a through ball weight it properly, rather than belt it. But he's still our best physical defensive midfielder by some way.
Good display by Fed apart from the spilled stop that Pearce had to save him with. Mariappa brilliant.
Great write-up. Could not agree more.
