‘He was incredible’
READING FC forward Andy Carroll praised the individual performances of Yakou Meite and Cesare Casadei in the Royals’ win over Blackpool.
Meite played his part and was a livewire in attack for Reading, while Casadei showed his creative influence in just his second appearance for the club since joining on loan from Chelsea.
“Yakou Meite was brilliant today (Saturday),” said Carroll, who captained the side in their home victory last weekend.
“Cesare Casadei was brilliant, I thought he was fantastic in midfield.
“Cesare was everywhere, he was defending, attacking and all sorts. Same with Yakou, he was incredible.
“All the lads were great, we all grafted and everyone played their part.
“All the lads are dancing around happy in the dressing room, that’s what we’ve got as a team in the dressing room.
“When we’ve played poorly we know and we put it right.”
Carroll expressed his delight to take the captain’s armband in Andy Yiadom’s absence, but is looking forward to the club captain returning to the team this weekend.
He continued: “We’ve got some really good players and we’re still missing some of the lads too.
“Andy Yiadom is one of those and of course I’ve been really happy to take the armband for a couple of games and take that responsibility, that’s no problem, but we’ve got a club captain ready to come back next weekend at Middlesbrough.
“I say it all the time - it’s a tough league. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing the top team or the bottom team, it’s going to be a difficult game.
“We’ve just got to play like we did against Blackpool and give 100%, not fall into the trap of thinking we’ve won a game and can relax.
“We’re going into the next game to win and the one after that again. That’s what we need to have in this team.”