December
Premier League
Reading 0-2 QPR
Far from good enough! Shocking performance and there's no excuses for losing a game such as this. New tactic I think
Premier League
West Ham 0-1 Reading
( Drage )
FINALLY! First win in quite a few games. Tried out a wacky tactic and it paid off!
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Premier League
Reading 0-1 Liverpool
Used the tactic again, and we played well. A point was a fair result in my opinion and that's what we would of got if it wasn't for a late Jordan Henderson winner.
Premier League
Reading 1-1 Chelsea
( Gorkss )
A really good point. We were on the back foot for the majority of the game so to earn anything is amazing.
Premier League
Man Utd 5-1 Reading
( Hunt )
Tried to park the bus but it failed MISERABLY! They ended up with a shot total of 34 by full time. Didn't expect anything from this game anyway.
Premier League
Aston Villa 1-2 Reading
( Kebe, Le Fondre )
We were 1-0 down at HT but we didn't deserve to be. We fought back and came out eventual winners against a Villa side also fighting relegation.
Premier League
Tottenham 3-0
Reading
Didn't expect anything from this game. Tottenham are sitting top of the table with only 1 loss all season. Moving on..
Player of the Month
Has to be Thomas Drage.. brilliant, consistent performances from this exciting prospect.
January
Transfers
I bought Jelle Vossen for a total fee of 5.5m, as I needed a goalscorer. I also signed David Ospina on a pre-contract. He arrives in January, Federici likely to go the other way.
I let Jimmy Kebe go for a fee of 3.3m, wasn't a key player, 3.3m is useful. Shaun Cummings also went the other way for 130k.
Premier League
Norwich 0-1 Reading
( Guthrie )
Priceless 3 points! Tactic is really working well for me.
FA Cup (Third Round)
Millwall 2-1 Reading
( Robson-Kanu )
Left this game to my assistant as I wanted to concentrate on staying up the relegation zone. Not too concerned.
Premier League
Reading 4-3 Newcastle
( Gouffran OG, Le Fondre, Robson-Kanu x2 )
An absolute thriller of a game with fellow relegation battlers Newcastle! End to end stuff but in the end I think we deserved the win.
Premier League
Reading 1-1 Southampton
( Le Fondre )
A solid point for us against in-form Southampton. Also good to see Le Fondre getting some goals (eventually!)
Premier League
Swansea 2-2 Reading
( Drage, Gorkss )
Brilliant point! We were 2-0 down before a 69th minute Drage goal got us back in with a shout. We were looking down and out until a Kaspars Gorkss 90th minute rebound got us a solid point!
Premier League
Man City 3-0 Reading
Under-achievers Man City were in no mood to mess about when they played us. Didn't expect a win here, not too bothered.
Player of the Month
Got to be Le Fondre! Been consistent and bagged some important goals.
League Table
This is what the league table looks like as of 2nd February. The position doesn't look too good but look how many points away we are from the relegation zone! Looking good.
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Next update either later tonight or tomorrow. As always, any feedback is welcome.