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Reading manager Brian McDermott doesn't want to inflict pain on Andre Villas-Boas

Image: Brian McDermott: Reading manager is not looking to inflict pain on Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas

Reading manager Brian McDermott insists he is focused solely on his own team and not putting Tottenham counterpart Andre Villas-Boas under pressure.

Reading have gone three-and-a-half weeks without a league fixture and McDermott has revealed his squad are champing at the bit to kick-start their campaign. He said: "I can just sense that the lads are desperate to get back and I've got all the internationals back today, we will train today, prepare the team tomorrow and be right for Sunday and be ready. "Obviously we had the Peterborough game (in the Capital One Cup) in between and we had to find a game which we went to Dublin and played against Bray, which we were very grateful to have, and now we play Sunday so by the time everyone else has played four games we have played only two."

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