Now that’s an iconic image. Tyler Bindon draped in the NZ flag... following yet another commanding defensive showcase. There’s no way he was going to drop his standards at this stage of the season. Reading had to dig deep away against Bristol Rovers, with both teams looking capable of scoring throughout the contest, but goals from Lewis Wing (67’) and Chem Campbell (90+4’) eventually gave the Royals a hard-earned 2-0 victory. Bindon made a whopping 16 defensive clearances in a match where defences in both directions had to do a lot more resisting than retaliating. But he got the job done.
The annoying thing is that Leyton Orient also won. They beat Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 which means they’ve won five on the trot to stay ahead of Reading on goal difference. These two teams are scrapping it out for the last spot in the promotion playoffs. Birmingham and Wrexham are already confirmed to be going up. Reading, despite all their off-field dramas, still have a chance to join them... but they’ll need to better Orient’s result in next week’s final round. Leyton Orient are away against mid-table Huddersfield while Reading are at home against mid-table Barnsley. The goal difference swing is eight so there’s no way that becomes a factor. Reading need Leyton Orient to slip up, which they haven’t done for over a month, and they need to capitalise themselves.
In other news, the EFL Awards have happened and it was Richard Kone (Wycombe Wanderers) who got presented with the League One Young Player of the Year trophy ahead of Tyler Bindon. Kone then also got presented with the overall League One Player of the Season gong so fair enough. If he’s the best in the division then he’s also going to be the best young player. We’ll assume Bindon came second in the voting. Little bit annoying that there wasn’t a single Reading player in the Team of the Season though, not Bindon nor any of his teammates. Oh well, so it goes. None of those players got signed by a club that’ll potentially qualify for Champions League.
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Now that’s an iconic image. Tyler Bindon draped in the NZ flag... following yet another commanding defensive showcase. There’s no way he was going to drop his standards at this stage of the season. Reading had to dig deep away against Bristol Rovers, with both teams looking capable of scoring throughout the contest, but goals from Lewis Wing (67’) and Chem Campbell (90+4’) eventually gave the Royals a hard-earned 2-0 victory. Bindon made a whopping 16 defensive clearances in a match where defences in both directions had to do a lot more resisting than retaliating. But he got the job done.
The annoying thing is that Leyton Orient also won. They beat Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 which means they’ve won five on the trot to stay ahead of Reading on goal difference. These two teams are scrapping it out for the last spot in the promotion playoffs. Birmingham and Wrexham are already confirmed to be going up. Reading, despite all their off-field dramas, still have a chance to join them... but they’ll need to better Orient’s result in next week’s final round. Leyton Orient are away against mid-table Huddersfield while Reading are at home against mid-table Barnsley. The goal difference swing is eight so there’s no way that becomes a factor. Reading need Leyton Orient to slip up, which they haven’t done for over a month, and they need to capitalise themselves.
In other news, the EFL Awards have happened and it was Richard Kone (Wycombe Wanderers) who got presented with the League One Young Player of the Year trophy ahead of Tyler Bindon. Kone then also got presented with the overall League One Player of the Season gong so fair enough. If he’s the best in the division then he’s also going to be the best young player. We’ll assume Bindon came second in the voting. Little bit annoying that there wasn’t a single Reading player in the Team of the Season though, not Bindon nor any of his teammates. Oh well, so it goes. None of those players got signed by a club that’ll potentially qualify for Champions League.
