Reading secured a much needed dramatic victory in the eighth minute of stoppage time when Matt Miazga fired home the rebound from Jordan Obita's superb strike from outside the box. Newly appointed Mark Bowen could not have wished for a better start to his tenure as Royals manager. Bowen's impact was immediate and obvious for all to see and his reward of three points was richly deserved. In a refreshing change of tactics, the tedious exchange of passes around their own penalty area were replaced by a desire to get the ball forward quicker and more directly. Defensively the marking was tighter and every Reading player was quick to close down opponents on the ball to such an extent North End were restricted a mere four goal attempts on target to Reading's twelve. The players looked more comfortable with the change in tactics and the fans went home happy for the first time since the win against Cardiff way back in August.
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SR Snowflake Royal 19 Oct 2019 · 6:32pm
Really good result and quite deserved. A few words of caution to start though. I though Preston were the worst side I've seen this season except us, so baffled how they're riding so high. Plus despite better defending and play in general they still got a couple of alarming free headers they didn't do anything with. We'll need to play better to get a run of results. Ref: 4 no control over the game at all. Let loads of their shithousery go and blew up every time one of them fancied a sit down. Cabral 6 solid. There when called on but nothing spectacular. Couple of shit kicks. Yiadom 6 much more present in defence, but still allergic…
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RW royalp-we 19 Oct 2019 · 6:47pm
Subtle changes. Less risky at the back and got it to the strikers, Puscas and Meite, well in the first half. Bowen said we need to do that better, but the players did as they were told. Far better game management, didn’t make wholesale, risky changes throughout the match. Which is wise, really as we have a lot of games coming up and I really hope steady progress can be made with a slightly different, direct but mixed style and confidence from that. We were positive in our play, fought till the end, got lucky and nabbed our THIRD win of the season. Against a high-flying Preston side, too. Delighted for the players, delighted for…
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PI PieEater 19 Oct 2019 · 6:50pm
I'm also wondering how Preston were second in the table, they were pretty woeful. A team whose game plan was to get players booked, feign injury, harass the ref , then nick a win from a set piece. We battled as we have done previously, missed our few chances ( Puscas, Ejaria) then nicked it at the end. It couldn't have been sweeter given Preston's antics
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SD Singing Defective 19 Oct 2019 · 6:53pm
Really good result and quite deserved. A few words of caution to start though. I though Preston were the worst side I've seen this season except us, so baffled how they're riding so high. Plus despite better defending and play in general they still got a couple of alarming free headers they didn't do anything with. We'll need to play better to get a run of results. Ref: 4 no control over the game at all. Let loads of their shithousery go and blew up every time one of them fancied a sit down. Cabral 6 solid. There when called on but nothing spectacular. Couple of shit kicks. Yiadom 6 much more present in defence, but still allergic…
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HO Hound 19 Oct 2019 · 6:58pm
No arguments with this ratings Ian, exactly how I saw it. At a push thought Pele was a 7 and did well esp in the first half Preston started well and I was a bit concerned but yeah they didn’t do a lot. Genuine wtf were they doing with all the play acting, time wasting and getting in the refs ear at 0-0 against a bottom 3 side. Bizarre behaviour and deserved their defeat Side note - I enjoyed the game a lot more. More controlled but direct forward play, far better movement up top (esp with Baldock on) and great to see the spirit hasn’t been damaged with Gomes sacking Early days but saw nothing to make me think sacking Gomes was…
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ZI Zip 19 Oct 2019 · 7:00pm
Really good result and quite deserved. A few words of caution to start though. I though Preston were the worst side I've seen this season except us, so baffled how they're riding so high. Plus despite better defending and play in general they still got a couple of alarming free headers they didn't do anything with. We'll need to play better to get a run of results. Ref: 4 no control over the game at all. Let loads of their shithousery go and blew up every time one of them fancied a sit down. Cabral 6 solid. There when called on but nothing spectacular. Couple of shit kicks. Yiadom 6 much more present in defence, but still allergic…
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ZI Zip 19 Oct 2019 · 7:01pm
No arguments with this ratings Ian, exactly how I saw it. At a push thought Pele was a 7 and did well esp in the first half Preston started well and I was a bit concerned but yeah they didn’t do a lot. Genuine wtf were they doing with all the play acting, time wasting and getting in the refs ear at 0-0 against a bottom 3 side. Bizarre behaviour and deserved their defeat Side note - I enjoyed the game a lot more. More controlled but direct forward play, far better movement up top (esp with Baldock on) and great to see the spirit hasn’t been damaged with Gomes sacking Early days but saw nothing to make me think sacking Gomes was…
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PI PieEater 19 Oct 2019 · 7:04pm
Can I just add a message for Bowen for the next game..... KEEP THE SAME FUCKING TEAM!!!