JAAP STAM insists there is no pressure on Reading as they make the trip to Millwall tonight.
Royals have so far struggled to live up to the standards they set last season with just two league wins from eight.
The latest struggle came at home to Hull City on Saturday where Jon Dadi Bodvarsson rescued a late point.
But Stam, who hit out at Reading fans for booing his side at the weekend, is not panicking yet.
“You can use the word pressure as many times as you want,” he said.
“But there’s no pressure from us.
“Everybody knows that we want to win. If you want to end in the top two then you need to win, we know that.
“But we’re not going to say there’s a lot of pressure on us because we haven’t won
“We’re working very hard every day to get a win, but it’s not as easy as it sometimes looks to be honest.”
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Royals are set to be without Jordan Obita for tonight’s trip to London.
The left-back, who has only just recovered from injury, suffered a fresh knock right at the
end of Saturday’s draw and Stam is sweating on his fitness.
“Jordan is not feeling to well to be honest,” said the Reading boss on Saturday evening.
“Hopefully it’s not too bad but from what I saw, it doesn’t look good at the moment.
“It’s his knee. I think (he did it) when he slid down the slope from the pitch, so they need to assess him.”
Obita himself tweeted: “Appreciate the messages, let’s hope it’s nothing serious!!! #staypositive”
Elsewhere on the injury front, Yann Kermorgant remains a couple of weeks away from fitness but Leandro Bacuna and Mo Barrow are both closing in on returns from their respective knee injuries.
