Vote For Your April/May 2025 Reading Player Of The Month
Which of these five players gets your vote?
We’ve got one more of these to do before we run our player of the season vote this week, so let’s get cracking.
Overall April/May was a mixed period results- and performance-wise for Reading. The Royals played eight games, winning four of them (Wycombe Wanderers at home, plus Shrewsbury Town, Mansfield Town and Bristol Rovers away), losing three times (Blackpool away, plus Lincoln City and Barnsley at home) and drawing once (Northampton Town away).
While there were some very good away performances that led to comfortable wins (Shrewsbury, Mansfield), Reading were also comfortably beaten by sides that bullied them somewhat (Blackpool, Lincoln, Barnsley). Overall though, our player ratings average of 5.6 for April/May is in fact dead on the season-wide average.
So then, who was your standout from April and May in the Reading squad? We’ve narrowed it down to a shortlist of five players, based on a mixture of our ratings, man of the match voting done by you guys and goal involvements.
Tyler Bindon
Average rating: 6.43 / Man of the match awards: 1st (Wycombe Wanderers H), 3rd (Shrewsbury Town A), 3rd (Lincoln City H)
It’s not a player of the month vote without a Bindon inclusion, apparently. Again the most highly rated outfield player, the young centre-half was also the winner of one MOTM award, when the Royals shut out the Chairboys for a big clean sheet at the SCL.
Harvey Knibbs
Average rating: 6 / Man of the match awards: 3rd (Blackpool A), 3rd (Wycombe Wanderers H)
One of the highest-rated players in the squad over April/May, Knibbs was a consistent performer in the heart of midfield. He also popped up with a few goal contributions, netting a vital penalty against the Chairboys before also setting up Billy Bodin and Chem Campbell for goals at Mansfield and Bristol Rovers respectively.
Joel Pereira
Average rating: 6.75 / Man of the match awards: 2nd (Blackpool A), 2nd (Wycombe Wanderers H), 1st (Shrewsbury Town A), 1st (Northampton Town A), 1st (Lincoln City H), 1st (Bristol Rovers A), 1st (Barnsley H)
An absolutely outstanding month for Pereira, who pipped Bindon to the highest average rating of anyone in the squad. Besides doing an awful lot to help the Royals earn three clean sheets, Pereira won five MOTM awards, finished as runner-up twice and only missed out on the top three when Reading stuck five past Mansfield.
Charlie Savage
Average rating: 5.88 / Man of the match awards: 1st (Blackpool A), 2nd (Lincoln City H), Joint-2nd (Mansfield Town A), Joint-2nd (Bristol Rovers A)
Another good month or so for Savage, who continued his upturn in form under Noel Hunt in the heart of midfield. Although he didn’t find the net himself, he added four assists, taking his season-long league tally to nine. The pick of the bunch was a lovely little pass for Wing, in Bristol Rovers’ area, before Savage’s midfield partner slotted home for 1-0.
Lewis Wing
Average rating: 6.13 / Man of the match awards: Joint-2nd (Mansfield Town A), Joint-2nd (Bristol Rovers A), 2nd (Barnsley H)
Speaking of that midfield partner, Wing had his best month under Hunt, going by his average score at least. He was also a lot stronger for goal contributions, with five being his best monthly return (I know ‘April/May isn’t a month but ignore that bit) of the entire campaign. Wing contributed a goal and an assist at Shrewsbury before netting once in each of Reading’s final three games of the season, really stepping up when needed.
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