Mon 2 Apr 2007
Attacking midfield gem Jermaine Jenas is confident we can achieve our aim of finishing in the top six of the Premiership.
Speaking after the 1-0 win, Jenas said: “We are a stronger side, we have got over a blip and are moving forward now.
“It was end to end, Reading are a top side and come to attack you.
“Reading are brilliant on the counter-attack and we were cautious about that.”
Mon 2 Apr 2007
Boss Martin Jol is worried skipper Ledley might return from injury prematurely.
“I talked to him last week and he said ‘I feel I’ll be back against Chelsea away’ and I said don’t gamble on it,” said Jol.
“I can’t push him. It wasn’t only his left foot but his right as well.
“It’s a matter of not pushing him, and giving him the right stretches all the time.
“He could be back in a week but I’ve said that before. I don’t want to say anything to the supporters because he fell back before. You can’t take a risk.
“It wasn’t even broken. Robin van Persie at Arsenal had the same - they had to break his foot to get it right.
“We didn’t want to break a bruised foot, which can be even worse than a broken one.
“He’s increasing his volume of running and doing a lot of ball work now.”
Sun 1 Apr 2007
Martin Jol has told the lads to be more clinical after we got a 1-0 victory over Reading yesterday.
Jermaine Defoe and Keano were the worst culprits but we will forgive them now that we know it didn’t effect our top six aspirations.
Jol said: “We had three big chances early on and in the second half we had lots of chances to finish them off. We should have got three or four goals.
“This was a must-win game - it was a marvellous result.”
He added: “They had good chances too. They put a lot of bodies forward and took chances so credit to them.
“They are in the top eight because they are a terrific team who get a lot of men forward. They play good football. With their style it is always difficult and there is always pressure.
The SCUM GOONERS are on a downnnnnner lately and I still think we can catch them and get some CL football at White Hart Lane next season.