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CLASSY ROYALS HAVE GOT PULLING POWER

by
The LeaguePaper Team
2 May 2021

STYLE: Veljko Paunovic

READING fell agonisingly short of the play-offs but they have been a credit to the Championship this season.
Attacking. Expansive. Adventurous. Manager Veljko Paunovic has turned a drab, functional side unloved by anyone outside of Berkshire into a latter day version of Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle.
Royals players have completed 510 successful dribbles this term, over a hundred more than any other team in the division. That tells you everything about the freedom Paunovic gives men like Michael Olise and Ovie Ejaria to express their talent. And isn’t tha...

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