Reading the BFTG reports got me thinking....(many thanks to those that post btw)
It may sound ridiculous but I'd rather Reading play well and lose the odd game then win by any manner.
For some reason I can accept a good performance loss more than a bad performance win.
I have never been prouder than when the team first got into the old division 2 and played away from home to a Wolves team that were hot favourites and we played them off the park....but lost ....the early McGee era of Osbourne,Williams/Shaka et al.
I not only enjoyed the teams playing method but also the admiration from other teams /journos and opposing fans for our style.....and of course we have had more than our fair share of good moments since.
However despite getting older and supposedly more mature I continue to find reading reports of our poor style and winning far worse than good style and glorious defeat.
I have followed Reading through lots of thick and thin since the early 70,s and yet every time every season I am the same........when I have witnessed a poor game and when I have heard about poor games it just pains me to read about it.
Irrational/dumb/sentimental but I do love Reading as the underdog,Reading as the unexpected..... So much sweeter when we eventually get things right in the odd season.
I fear it won't be this season but the next (assuming we stay in the Chump) will be better ...won't it