Depends how it’s seen and presumably the ref saw it as accidental because he felt the players momentum was already in force when he gave the free kick. The argument then becomes a refereeing decision and as we know those standards are not high in any division currently. I can see the argument for d...

Long term season ticket holders I know aren’t going because it’s so shit. I go because I’m a fcuking stoic legend. I get where papes is coming from but I’m afraid neither he nor Ian go to the home games and that is where you perform in front of your fans. And the performances have been shocking. La...

Long term season ticket holders I know aren’t going because it’s so shit. I go because I’m a fcuking stoic legend. I get where papes is coming from but I’m afraid neither he nor Ian go to the home games and that is where you perform in front of your fans. And the performances have been shocking. La...

LOL yeah it’s the fitness that’s the issue :roll: who exactly is not up to the required fitness? It’s just nonsense. Kelvin. Marriott. Yiadom. Rinomhota. Nyambe. Ritchie. Maybe Lane, he's struggled with a couple of injuries and looked leggy at times. If you include pace in that certainly O'Connor a...

Although I have yet to really warm to him as a person, I did find Richardson's interview after the game addressed most of the points we're all making pretty well. Impressively realistic about where we are. We all desperately want an instant turn around, promotion, liquid football etc. It is obviousl...

We keep getting deeper and deeper as games wear on, so the long clearance to no one is the only option - there’s no one up front to aim for, and you need to get rid of quickly because you’re being pressed hard by all ten opposition players. A panicked hoof may be the only thing you can do. At one po...

Reading Fans February 2025 - “The club means everything to me, it’s the heart of the community, I just don’t know what we’d do if we lose this club.”

 Reading Fans February 2026 “There’s too much side ways passing and we’re not blowing every other team off the park. Winning isn't enough, I want to...

Reading Fans February 2025 - “The club means everything to me, it’s the heart of the community, I just don’t know what we’d do if we lose this club.”

 Reading Fans February 2026 “There’s too much side ways passing and we’re not blowing every other team off the park. Winning isn't enough, I want to ...

It was hardly a game to make the neutral fall in love with football was it? Maybe I’ve been watching too much PL, CL and Serie A games recently, because that really was dire. But, Dorsett is coming along really well. He’s all round a lot more solid and there are fewer of the silly mistakes that bli...

It was hardly a game to make the neutral fall in love with football was it? Maybe I’ve been watching too much PL, CL and Serie A games recently, because that really was dire. But, Dorsett is coming along really well. He’s all round a lot more solid and there are fewer of the silly mistakes that blig...

Orion1871 Why are the twitter twats so weirdly obsessed with Jayden Wareham's father? Very strange.

I think it's because the story goes when Wareham joined Exeter, his Dad insisted he get the shirt number that was retired when the previous owner died young. Not a great look if true.

A good signing.

Replaces Mbengue on long throw duties. Fits in well. Fit, strong and fast.

Rakels - RIP sweet prince The sort of comedy goal hanger we kinda needed*, I thought looked OK in his first season then never saw him again until it turns out we're releasing him two seasons and two managers later. Injured for best part of a season and yeah never got another chance. *strike force t...

he can go fcuk himself https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liam-rosenior-no-love-reading-4232659 He was a pcunt when he was here, and he's still a pcunt. Maybe if he wasnt shit, and didn't spend his whole time falling over his own feet and agitating against Coppell he would ha...

Abrefa's not injured, Yiadom is starting ahead of him because of competition for places (from the Chronicle). I think this is a good thing. Obviously Yiadom has been playing well, and seems to be getter game by game. Abfrefa is still relatively inexperienced. Managers often say that playing too many...

A very good game of football; two evenly matched teams playing to win. We might need to find a way to accommodate both Savage and Fraser - Savage’s energy, ability to have the ball played into feet when surrounded, tackling / recovery of the ball, and effective distribution means he must start, but ...

A fairly comfortable win, although they did hit the post and Pereira had to make a few decent saves. Fraser, Burns, Kyerewaa and Marriott all very good. No one was poor, although Dorsett is very inconsistent and does create a few scares. I actually thought there were quite a few times when we put to...

I'm just assuming brogue has a suit of ai bots scouring the internet 24/7 for any tiny scrap of info he can post up on here and shout "Seeeeeee! I told you Couhig/Trosclair/Jacobson/Richardson were shit!!!!1!!" Yeah feel the same, would rather hear if this is good/bad/indifferent news fro...

I'm probably going to try to ignore this and all other shreds of information that instantly get taken as proof of imminent catastrophe until I see the bailiffs actually putting the chains on Bearwood or the SCL.

Snowflake Royal Speaking of Millwall games, that 5-0 with the Convey break from their corner was pretty good.

One of my top three goals of all time, from one of my top three players of all time.