Burnley were the best team at the Madejski this year, standing higher above every other pile of dross that has visited. Some decent passing, Eagles looked classy, could've got a draw had chances gone their way and ours not gone our way. We look clinical, early goals are regular and we never look like throwing leads away. Every ball into the box has 'goal' written all over it, I've cautioned against complacency from the start but if we keep these players fit we should roll over most teams at home.
No need for the diving (number 16), wrestling to stop a free-kick (number 10), or general twattishness from Burnley, referee was awful. Didn't pull up Burnley defenders for WWE moves on Doyle and Long but did stop play to book someone when Reading had a 3 on 1 situation in the second half. One of the linesmen (East Stand in the 2nd half) needs to lose some weight.
at Paterson rugby tackling whoever it was who was clean through on goal, a video of that would be much appreciated.
Hahnemann - 7 - didn't have much to do, couple of decent saves
Rosenior - 8 - quick, strong, doesn't give the ball away/fall over anymore - probably good enough for Premiership
Bikey - 9 - far, far, far too good for this league. Almost felt sorry for the Burnley attackers.
Ingimarsson - 8 - reads the game better than anyone
Armstrong - 8 - Nicky who? Why did Sheff U let him go for 500k or whatever it was?
Kebe - 7 - quiet but his crossing has improved by miles
Karacan - 8 - simple but effective, won the ball more than Harper does in 5 games
Gunnarsson - 7 - see above
Hunt - 7 - same as Kebe, except did the 'head down and run' trick a bit too much today
Doyle - 8 - too good for their defence, too intelligent, too quick, too sharp even though he didn't score
Long - 6 - decent goal, still not convinced. Bit sluggish, doesn't seem to read the game well
