“Football can change very quickly.”
That was the message from Jaap Stam as Reading climbed up to fourth in the Championship table with a 1-0 win over previous league leaders Huddersfield Town at Madejski Stadium this afternoon.
The victory extends Royals unbeaten run to eight in all competitions and six in the league with Stam still yet to taste defeat at home in his tenure.
Roy Beerens netted the only goal after Huddersfield had been reduced to 10 men on 26 minutes following the dismissal of Rajiv van la Parra, but Stam is refusing to get carried away.
“Up to now we’re doing quite well,” admitted the manager.
“But we’re still not looking for a top six spot.
“Basically our philosophy within the club is playing a certain way, succeeding in that, working on that and improving that every time.
“Then of course results eventually are very important.”
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He continued: “We need to look to the future in terms of how many games we need to play.
“It’s only a few games into the start of the season and everything is going well, but it’s still a very long way to go.
“We play Tuesday now and Saturday again and if you lose a couple you probably drop a couple of places.
“It’s not going to be easy.”
He added: “If you mention (the league position) then you’re thinking OK, we’re doing very well in how we play and the results we get but there’s not a lot of time really to think about that.
“We know as well in football it can change very quick.
“The only thing that we do is focus on the style of playing and eventually getting results as well.”
