Audio. As soon as I log on, Marcus with a good save on Whitehead. "He's (Marcus) kept them in this game so far."
Here to help. Getting the overall feeling that Reading's holding on for deal life. Except the last couple of minutes. Marcus with another, albeit easy, stop.
Wow. Penalty to the Royals. Shorey feeds Sidwell, takes a run, gets taken down in the box. Kitson to take...
Wow, RichardL is going to have a big orgasm on this one... The importance of a win here can not be overstated...
So how big was marcus in this one? Waiting for richardl's report(possibly not forthcoming until he recovers from celebrating)
Its huge for Reading too. They are by no means a lock for a promotion spot, and there was little expectation of points in this one (given how well Sunderland has played of late)
[result] (Games Played, Points, Goal Differential) Sunderland 42 84 32 Wigan 42 79 40 --------------------------- Ipswich 41 79 27 Preston 42 71 9 Derby 41 67 11 Reading 42 67 11 --------------------------- West Ham 41 65 9 Sheff Utd 41 65 5 Millwall 42 58 4 Leeds 42 57 -1 QPR 41 57 -2 [/result]
Not much of a report to make. I didn't go. It's about a six-hour drive to Sunderland, which has to be driven every mile of the way - no turning on the cruise control and nudging the steering wheel once every half an hour when you hit a bend. I could have watched it on SKY, except I don't have SKY. I could have watched it in a pub, but I'm not sure if the anti-biotics I'm taking to get rid of a persistent cough (it's approaching a month now - if it hangs around much longer I'm going to have to name it and put it down for a local school) are acceptable with alcohol. I could go to a pub, watch it on SKY, and not drink, but going to a pub and not drinking is like chewing a toffee with the wrapper on. I could have listened on the radio, but I find listening on the radio frays my nerves. Every single attack sound like it's an almost certain goal. The only way I can take it is turning on the radio every 10 minutes or so. As a result, even in a tense promotion game, I stay calm. Too calm to be honest. I feel cold and unemotional, like a wet afternoon in Austria. So I can offer nothing at all about Hahnemann, except to say in an internet poll among Reading fans he was 3rd in the player of the year voting. Convey didn't make the voting list. Some say he wasn't given a fair chance to get on the list, while some said he hadn't earned the right to be on the list. A few said he'd been good enough to be on lists before so he ought to be good enough now, but others said he'd never been pushed to get on a list before. The official wording is that he has an allergy to the list, which prevented him from being on there.