DEFENCE IS VITAL FOR US – SWIFT

By Mark Gittins

JOHN Swift has stressed the importance of “defending as a team” if Reading are to pull away from trouble towards the foot of the table.The Royals have struggled for clean sheets, but have not struggled to score goals with 26-yearold midfielder Swift reaching double figures for the season.Swift knows new boss Paul Ince will be working hard to strike a winning balance, and said: “He’s big on defensive shape, so I think we’ll be focusing on that a bit.“Hopefully we can stop conceding late goals or goals that will kill us in ga...

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