STAM REALITY CHECK

FOUR defeats in five games have left Reading just two points above the relegation zone and manager Jaap Stam was refreshingly honest about his future. ‘I like the club to do well, so if the club can find a manager which they think can do a lot better than myself then I’m very happy to say, “You step in and you do that”,’ said the Dutchman. Reading lost 2-0 to Middlesbrough on Saturday.