A positive that I’m going to take away from last night is that, even though we played terribly, we were still able to get a result after being behind. How many times have we done that in recent years? It’s got to be less than a one handful. This means that we are moving in the right direction. We can’t always play well and when we don’t, particularly away, we can still get a result.
As for Reading on Saturday, I’d like us to bring in Barry for Brunt, Hoolahan for Rodriguez and Phillips (Burke or Edwards if Phillips isn’t fit) for Mears and switch to 4231. Reading play 4231 with pace so I don’t trust us playing 3 centre backs and 2 wing-backs against that.
As for Reading on Saturday, I’d like us to bring in Barry for Brunt, Hoolahan for Rodriguez and Phillips (Burke or Edwards if Phillips isn’t fit) for Mears and switch to 4231. Reading play 4231 with pace so I don’t trust us playing 3 centre backs and 2 wing-backs against that.