大象传媒

Joey van den Berg thinks the Royals' fortunes will eventually change this season.

Reading FC have lost six of their twelve league games this season.

"It's better to start poor than finish poor," van den Berg told 大象传媒 Radio Berkshire's Jack Winstanley. "Everybody realises this is not the position we want to be in.

"We can't look back to how good it was last year, that is the past."

And van den Berg knows the danger of underestimating Middlesbrough this weekend.

"They also can be a threat...they haven't won in six so they have nothing to lose.

"We are confident we can still win games and can play good football."