1-2. Struggling to envisage us winning this one. At best, I think we might scrape a draw. Would like to be proved wrong.
Wouldn’t surprise me if we drew today and lost next two. Potentially a bit of pressure going into the Northampton game.
They troubled us from set pieces at their place, took the lead from one and with Durand giving away free headers all over the place could quite easily have gone two or three up before we got going. Ironically our three goals came from three of the biggest current targets of the irrational boo-boys in Kane, Cole and Watters. Those three goals revealed a soft centre to Reading's defence that if we attack (big 'if' with Jock McDull in charge I know) I can see us winning this. If we sit back and let them attack and get on top they have enough up front to punish us and win comfortably. I live in hope of a damascene conversion of the coach's mindset and a 3-0 Reds win.
The head is telling me 1-1 though the heart is shouting 2-0 with a Cosgrove brace Either way, I've plumped Barnsley double chance and both teams to score at 20/23