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Coppell enjoys Royals rise

06 Oct 2008 - 10:57:40

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Reading boss Steve Coppell has been delighted with his side's recent from, which has catapulted them towards the top of the Championship table.

The Royals have won their last three games, seeing off Swansea City, Wolves and Burnley to rev up their charge for an immediate return to the top-flight.

He told the club's official website: "You look at the three games as difficult fixtures and we knew we had to play well.

"But lo and behold we've got nine points out of nine and we played very well in two out of the three games.

"On paper people might think Burnley won't be a Wolves, or even a Swansea, but they'd won six and drawn three out of their last nine, so we knew it would be hard.

"Their shape creates problems, they've got Graham Alexander in front of the back four, he does a great job. But we played into their hands a little in the first half.

"In the second half we had more width, much more urgency and we got the result."