Can we keep a clean sheet?

[Baldyboy 1]

Will we keep a clean sheet tmorrow at Reading and get this monkey off our back of not keeping clean sheets away from home? This is surely the best chance we will have all season?

[ZLF 335]

That will be easier said than done - Reading have not found it difficult to score - only twice this season have they failed and even then away from home and they have scored significantly more goals than we have.

 

Our challenge is to score more than once and that I think will decide the outcome of this game

 

 

[ROBFLECK 134]

I''m with Zipper on this one, their attack is strong and we''ll have to do some defending! I think it''s important that we take the game to them, try to get a goal before they do...which puts all the pressure on them! I don''t agree that this is the best chance we have or have had for a clean sheet away from home

[marvin the martian 0]

At the moment our best chance of a clean sheet away would be at Sunderland

[Pyro Pete 2,354]

As long as we don''t give them any encouragement and don''t make any no silly errors, like at Villa, we have a chance. Keep the Reading crowd frustrated and quiet for as long as possible. I also hope Hughton has had the lads working on counter attacks. QPR had plenty of these against Reading and failed to capitalise.

[ROBFLECK 134]

Good point Pyro, the break aways are going to be important, cause they are gonna try to put the pressure on, high up the field.

[Davo 0]

This is going to be a tough game. Reading can score but we can''t, I strngly feel we''re going to have to get at least two goals to win this one.

 

Davo

[ZLF 335]

Cue a dull nil nil!

 

Which I would be quite pleased with [:-)]

[Salopian 1]

Does it matter? I am more concerned about the goal difference, which is shockingly high, negatively. I would prefer a 3-2 win to a 0-0 draw.

[lake district canary 0]

[quote user="Davo"]

This is going to be a tough game. Reading can score but we can''t, I strngly feel we''re going to have to get at least two goals to win this one.

Davo

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Funny I could have sworn we scored last week --- and the week before --- and the week before that against....who was it...oh yes! Arsenal, and we scored two against Liverpool.....................Spurs.................But I agree it will be a tough game.

[ZLF 335]

Thats true we have scored twice twice,  both at home so we can do it,  once when the game was lost and the other in a cup game.

But generally, if we have scored it is just the once,  we are creating chances but not taking them.  Away from home it is worse,  with just 3 goals all season.     If it clicks, we can win this sat but we will have to be on our game and focused across the pitch.

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

[quote user="marvin the martian"]At the moment our best chance of a clean sheet away would be at Sunderland[/quote]You can say that again....Right now their second highest goalscorer is Newcastle''s Ba with an OG [:D]

[Baldyboy 1]

Thought we would but expected to win TBH!!

[ZLF 335]

excellent effort by the back 5 nullified a decent reading attack.

if only we could take our chances.

but a point is still a great result for us