Great afternoon in the cold & wet MadStad on Sat, big numbers travelled and gave the team a noisy backing - especially 2nd half. Bees not at our best, but still more than decent and on another day, with better clinical finishing, we'd have walked away with a more convincing score line. Interesting tactically as Reading passed more than us, shades of a poor man's version of Warbs team - overplaying at the back - we pressed hard and high up the pitch and broke quickly. This was a big win as they have far better players than their results suggest. Vibe got the key goal and tormented them, but was guilty of missing a couple of far easier chances and really should have waked off with the match ball. Lots of great hard working performances, Mepham and Bjelland make us so much more solid. Nico was decent, Woods, Sawyers 2nd half, a couple of big stops from Bentley, Vibe a handful, jozefsoon pacy and direct. But the stand our player for me was Mokotjo, the general. His best game for us and really settling into this team now. If we do lose a big midfielder in the window this boy is the real deal and ready to slot in. Finally a shout to Canos, for all the good things we did it was his introduction that got us over the line, bristling with energy and passion and involved in the goal. Great scents when it went in, then at the end of the game.
No doubt a huge 3 points, safety is in sight and we can start looking upwards and potentially at the top 6. We have a lot of work to do and that poor start to make up for, more clinical finishing a must, tough games ahead too. But are we peaking at the right time? The turn out on Sat suggests that the fans sniff an opportunity. What a fickle lot we are, but good to see that the support is there.
So on to another big game at GP with Norwich, this needs to be a sell out and everyone must turn up to back this talented young team, they deserve it. We've not beaten Norwich at GP since our arrival in the championship, time to end that stat and a decent chance this time around given their form. We could have done without the negative media surrounding judgey this week. Comments twisted and used to unsettle the club by another journo trying to dig us out - they don't like us do they. In fairness Alan perhaps could have been a bit more careful with his comments, head down and he'll be back in the side in no time, Smith can't be disrupting team unity to change a winning side under pressure from the player.
Be nice to see comments from others on here, just to know the site is still used and read - come on people, there is loads to talk about.
COYB
No doubt a huge 3 points, safety is in sight and we can start looking upwards and potentially at the top 6. We have a lot of work to do and that poor start to make up for, more clinical finishing a must, tough games ahead too. But are we peaking at the right time? The turn out on Sat suggests that the fans sniff an opportunity. What a fickle lot we are, but good to see that the support is there.
So on to another big game at GP with Norwich, this needs to be a sell out and everyone must turn up to back this talented young team, they deserve it. We've not beaten Norwich at GP since our arrival in the championship, time to end that stat and a decent chance this time around given their form. We could have done without the negative media surrounding judgey this week. Comments twisted and used to unsettle the club by another journo trying to dig us out - they don't like us do they. In fairness Alan perhaps could have been a bit more careful with his comments, head down and he'll be back in the side in no time, Smith can't be disrupting team unity to change a winning side under pressure from the player.
Be nice to see comments from others on here, just to know the site is still used and read - come on people, there is loads to talk about.
COYB
