Jesus. Look - I would have taken a battling 2-2 before the game. I would have taken any point before the game to lift off us level points with Q.P.R. . But to give away two penalties to throw the game away is unforgivable. As always recently, it could have been worse. Blackburn squandered numerous chances in the first half to punish defensive lapses. Instead hitting the bar on one occasion, and almost cushioning the ball back to Mannone on another. At the other end things started, for once, brightly. Three goals in three Championship starts for the Iceman, capitalising on a loose ball behind the defence to finish well for his first before he followed up on Meite's cross for goal two. Worth mentioning that Tyler Blackett - who's been quietly going about his business so far this season - put in a very good cross for the second. In the second half Blackburn switched to match us up and, as we have often seen under Clement, Reading lacked an out ball. Baldock seems to have s...
From the man who's still convinced that Nick Blackman is a good player.