Well Thank God For James Harper
By: Prederick | March 2nd, 2008Big win. Big, big, big win. No, it doesn’t move Reading out of the bottom three, but it stops the rot, and gives us that most necessary of things, hope. We’re not doomed, we’re in a dogfight with five other teams.
Was Reading lucky? Yes, pretty much. Boro were the better team on the day, thankfully, Mr. Hahnemann is keeping net like his life depends on it. Moreover, Reading were luckly that Referee Howard Webb had such a good view of Stewart Downing’s dive (it was), as it certainly could’ve been a unfair penalty on another day.
This isn’t a salve for all the problems, of course. Three total shots on target and Kitson and Doyle still looking like they’ve forgotten what being a Premiership striker requires. But that’s all beside the point, because, by god, Reading have three of them. Yes, the next two games are incredibly difficult (Manchester City and Liverpoool), but now, the hope that maybe Reading can snatch a point from those two, and go into the six-pointer with Birmingham still in the fight is real and tangible.
Category: Game Recaps
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