Reading boss Paul Ince is calling on his players to be brave and 'fear nobody' as the club look for their first away win.
Winning all of their home matches, it is on their travels where the Royals have found it tricky.
A close 1-0 defeat to Blackpool on the opening day and a 4-0 hammering a Rotherham United have seen Ince's team pointless and goalless on the road.
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Travelling to the Den on Saturday to face Millwall, former England captain Ince is calling for his side to battle, saying: "Maybe not so much at home now we have a bit of a fortress going on, some momentum, but every game we play away we can’t be afraid. We can’t be afraid of Millwall and we can’t be afraid of Sheffield United. We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing and take it game by game."
As mentioned earlier, the Royals have won all three of their home matches, including back-to-back clean sheets, something the former Manchester United and Liverpool star doesn't think his team get enough credit for.
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"We don’t get any credit for it," he bemoaned. "There wasn’t anything about Reading playing really well, getting their tactics right and pressing. We never get any credit as a football club if we do well. If you beat the big teams, it’s because they were crap not because we were good. It doesn’t bother me, but it annoys me sometimes. They were happy when we got beat by Rotherham 4-0 that Reading were diabolical but when we beat Blackburn ‘oh they were terrible’. The lads know that and that’s why we have this siege mentality, every game is going to be a challenge."
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