Me: "Oh look, there's been lots of posts in Opposition fans back from the game. Always interested to see what the Forest fans are saying, I'll have a read of that.." Me (two minutes later - pages of the usual suspects engaging in pitiful bickering.): "So that's why I hardly bother wit...

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Tricky selection for Bowen. We need to concentrate on the league,but a cup run would be nice. Jao and Moore will be out,plus I would rest Swift and Ovie. Rafael Gunter Morrison Miazga Obita Pele Rino Barret Olise Baldock. Meite This looks about right to me. Maybe Loader somewhere in there? Yep, if ...

You would imagine Leeds will be a Premier League side next season, and yet Reading largely nullified their swift passing all-out attacking style to a small number of good chances. The margin was much smaller than the league table would suggest, and with just a little bit of extra luck we could have ...

Twitter virgins losing their collective minds as if we announced Adolf Hitler as manager. Agreed, utter embarrassment. Having a scroll now I see.... "protest march" "booing on announcing his name" "turning their backs upon his entrance" "off to support a non leagu...

Not what I expected or wanted. But now it's happened I'm hoping it all works out, and will no doubt be loudly proclaiming my membership in his "Barmy Army" should we go on anything like a decent run.

I could probably make a few half decent recommendations to a manager. Doesn't make me a manager.

Yeah, because Gomes’ record was great before he joined us! Al these bitter fans that their hero Gomes has gone are pathetic. The bloke failed, simple as that. Give the new guy a chance FFS. Hate the self entitlement of our fans. He’s now going to be under pressure from day 1 which is just embarrass...

Look at Clement's coaching experience - didn't translate into the managerial role too well.

Top of the list of attributes required in a new manager at Reading - experience.

Bowen - no relevant experience.

Bowen - chose himself, effectively.

I think that may be why many people will be massively disappointed if this happens.

Bowen. Been in football a long time at many clubs and has never been a manager. What makes anyone anywhere think now would be a good time to try it? Clearly what we need in a manager experience (obviously good experience, not repeated experience of failing) more than anything else. No point in spend...

Can we stop sacking managers? Seriously we need to give the manager a chance, surely? We could do with hiring one first. I’d have agreed with you before the Blackburn and Fulham match leon But he looks hopelessly out of his depth. There are decent managers available. Tonight was as bad a performanc...

Fulham's passing was crisp and neat, their movement off the ball excellent, and their niggly fouling and play acting unsurpassed. Reading were slow, inaccurate, sloppy, weak, disorganised, lethargic, incompetent and naive. I would include Puscas along with Rafael, Meite and Rihnamota (and maybe Yiad...

Pele (I hate calling him that) was not our worst player: he was generally OK, but it's hard to be the defensive midfielder winning the ball when the so-called creative players just stand around getting marked out of the game. Yiadom can't cross like Obita can - few players outside the top six in La ...

Charlton were excellent. First half was well balanced, and if we had scored when Puscas was through one on one with their keeper, or the shot that hit the bar had been a few centimetres lower, we may have carried on in the same style and picked up the points. Second half we came out lethargic, error...

No Reading player put in less than an 8 out of ten performance. Pretty much everything went right. The thing that seems to have changed most is the confidence of players to play their way out of a situation, rather than just trying to release the ball as quickly as possible, thereby putting their te...

Head says 14th to 16th.

Heart says - if all the stars align, the youngsters step up, and the addition of an in-form goal scorer and a Lewis Baker type midfielder - 6th.

We're going to have to find another Icelander from somewhere if we are going to do anything this season.

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Pepe the Horseman I don't get it.

Eel have not quite understood how this board works.

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bobby m's syrup I wish the club would get their skates on over this.

The club isn't holding Barrow back. It's more about the structure of the fee and his wages from what I can gather.

I don't get it.

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