James Beattie ‘Very Happy’ With Reading’s Win Over Wigan

The Royals climbed back into the playoffs with an excellent 3-0 victory against Wigan Athletic at the SCL Stadium on Saturday. A brace from Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan and a Wigan own goal secured the points in an overall good performance for the Royals. Reading are now sixth with Stevenage one point behind, but Stevenage have two games in hand.

First-team coach James Beattie was on media duty. Here is what he had to say, he spoke to Royals TV. Beattie on the victory “After last week’s disappointment, the fans stuck with us, they were good today and we were good as well, so very happy.

“From the team, the collective, and from certain individuals as well, they came back really strong today with some really good performances. I’d be happy with the clean sheet and three goals. “They’ve played well and they’re a good team since Gary [Caldwell]’s gone in there and we knew that it was going to be a tough game, but we said to the lads today that we need to work hard in possession, out of possession, and I thought both of them things, we executed very well today, and yeah, it was a great result.

” Beattie on Leam Richardson “He’s not been well all week, but he turned up today and saw the team put in a great performance. ” Beattie on Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan “Kelvin’s been working hard, he’s listening to what we’re saying and taken up some much better positions in the box which suit his profile. On the deliveries, he’s got to be in the right position and with his physique he’s going to be hard to stop if he gets in the air.