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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.

Martin Jol has quickly dismissed suggestions that his preferred strike partnership is Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov following their good link up in the 3-1 victory over Wigan on the weekend.

He said: “They did well but we don’t have a best partnership. We saw Robbie Keane against Leverkusen and Besiktas and against Chelsea in our best match of the season,”

On the performance against Wigan he added: “It’s always nice to have a win after a Thursday game - I thought we were terrific,”

Martin Jol is likely to shuffle his big squad in order to rest regulars Ledley King, Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane for the Carling Cup match against Port Vale tonight.

Steed Malbranque is likely to make his debut, with Danny Murphy, Tom Huddlestone and Edgar Davids also in line to start the match.

Martin Jol has praised forward Robbie Keane following our convincing 2-0 victory over Sheffield United.

Jol said: “Keane’s had so many good games,”

“The problem was they played with five at the back but Robbie’s so clever, he dropped off at the right moments, he turned and faced and (Dimitar) Berbatov played well and we caused a lot of problems.”

In regards to the battle for starting spots upfront (Between Defoe, Berbatov and Keane) Jol added: “It’s not a problem, it’s a luxury because if they are injured like Robbie Keane was you would miss them so for us it is pleasing when everybody is available and wants to play for us,”

“They never moan, they always give 100 percent and Jermain Defoe did that today. Unfortunately he didn’t score.”

He added: “We didn’t play well (against Bolton) and we had to put it straight but luckily enough we had a game tonight, Tuesday, it’s better not to wait and we can bounce back straight away.

“I thought that was what we did, it was a very good team performance and everybody was pleased.

“We want to do well, but we’ve got a different team now. Last year we had a settled team but now we have to work to be a settled team as soon as possible.

“Saturday against Bolton said everything but today I think we bounced back with one of the best performances so I was very pleased.”