Source: TheGuardian
Reading frustrated after failing to find way past Barnsley’s Adam Davies
It was a performance that left Jaap Stam scratching his head, after Reading were held to a goalless draw at home by a resurgent and gritty Barnsley side. Stam had spent much of the previous week pouring cold water on talk of his side gatecrashing the top two in the Championship and the Royals, while extending their unbeaten run to five matches, proved his caution was justified – and they still have work to do to cement a play-off berth.Stam accused Barnsley of playing for a draw and, in his post-match press conference, his opening move was to ask journalists what they thought of the visitors’ tactics. “What were their intentions?” Stam said. “The opposition came here and they play in a certain way. They normally want to go forward, now they come here, they sit, they make it as tight as they can and they wait for the moment to score the goal. At the end of the game you can see they are happy.” Related: Birmingham’s Gianfranco Zola sanguine in defeat by Sheffield Wednesday Continue reading......read full article
