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by Armadillo Roadkill
24 May 2024 13:22
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

ITK Eddie reporting on Twitter the hold up is Chiron want the loans taken off the asking price, sounds reasonable to me. Surely this would have been covered in the exclusivity agreement>? Seems eminently reasonable to me, otherwise its wouldn't have been a loan, it would have been a gift. Thing abo...
by Armadillo Roadkill
23 May 2024 11:59
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2635
Views: 3437655

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

If an invoice doesn't quote a purchase order that matches one that was approved it isn't getting paid. Unless you operate your company without any sort of accounting / finance software this scam would never work. I didn't do that, even as a sole trader. Auto approval under a certain value still need...
by Armadillo Roadkill
15 May 2024 19:05
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2635
Views: 3437655

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

As he's about to become extravagantly rich and his time at Reading was a major part of making that possible, perhaps Michael would like to pay some or all of the fine himself?
by Armadillo Roadkill
01 May 2024 14:44
Forum: The Team
Topic: On this day
Replies: 64
Views: 8508

Re: On this day

Black boots should be mandatory. I would have said the same thing a few years ago. At one time only Alex Pearce wore black boots, and it fitted his solid no-nonsense style. Now black boots just look like the equivalent of having to do PE in your underwear because you forgot your kit. Colourful boot...
by Armadillo Roadkill
29 Apr 2024 14:48
Forum: The Team
Topic: New Owners Prediction League
Replies: 45
Views: 6957

Re: New Owners Prediction League

Tuesday 7th of May.
by Armadillo Roadkill
26 Apr 2024 12:56
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Blackpool (h)
Replies: 143
Views: 13812

Re: MATCHWATCH : Blackpool (h)

Clyde1998 Just as a reminder, the match kicks-off at 12:30.


I though this was a wind up, so I checked....

It's a really good job you reminded us (me) or I would have been sailing down the A33 at 14:00 wondering where everyone was.

Thanks.
by Armadillo Roadkill
22 Apr 2024 13:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The Selles comments in the local news underline just how important it could be to get the new owners fully committed in the next few weeks. The planning for pre-season and for contracts has already started. Possibly the most important thing the new owners will do is provide the guidance and backing ...
by Armadillo Roadkill
17 Apr 2024 23:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Mid-table Championship. Football at three o'clock on a Saturday. £400 season tickets. Go into most games knowing a win is possible. Team made up of academy products and a few seasoned pros. Good cup run and dump out one of the top six PL teams at home. Premier league. Get dicked by billionaires at o...
by Armadillo Roadkill
14 Apr 2024 16:27
Forum: The Team
Topic: New owners' top 5 priorities
Replies: 31
Views: 3260

Re: New owners' top 5 priorities

I probably should wait until a takeover is confirmed, but hopefully Dai is on his way out. In terms of how I'd like to see incoming owners go about business, I think there are several priorities to focus on: 1) Communicate with the fans Oh how we have missed communication. What is your vision and a...
by Armadillo Roadkill
11 Apr 2024 18:22
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The parties will need to go in depth into expensive legal and financial analysis, that then gets reviewed, amendements proposed and negotiated, projections and models created etc. etc. Most of this I assume will not have been done before exclusivity because lawyers and accountants cost a lot of mone...
by Armadillo Roadkill
09 Apr 2024 18:31
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)
Replies: 184
Views: 12362

Re: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)

I'm with IR on this: VAR = more correct decisions. Now, for some reason almost every VAR intervention seems to take for ages in the Premeir League. The Bundelsiga and Ligue 1 seem to get most VAR referrals done in seconds - it's really rare for them to drag on. We don't need to get rid of VAR, we ju...
by Armadillo Roadkill
09 Apr 2024 17:08
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)
Replies: 184
Views: 12362

Re: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)

WestYorksRoyal If people are debating it, it can't have been a clear error. Compare it to Derby where even their fans were admitting we'd been mugged.


This.
by Armadillo Roadkill
06 Apr 2024 18:34
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)
Replies: 184
Views: 12362

Re: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)

Not a great performance - not sure how many attempts on goal we made, but it felt distinctly disjointed and tepid. Didn’t think the ref was bad really - I know a lot of people believe he should have given a penalty for handball, but if he doesn’t see it, he can’t give it. Hence my criticism of the r...
by Armadillo Roadkill
06 Apr 2024 11:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-06/chiron-sports-said-to-make-site-visit-for-reading-football-deal?embedded-checkout=true Chiron Sports Said to Make Site Visit for Reading Football Deal A consortium backed by Chiron Sports Group visited Reading FC on Friday, as the investor group ze...
by Armadillo Roadkill
04 Apr 2024 23:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3615
Views: 2083906

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

What about Off at Eleven (OAE)? I vaguely remember that, but not what format it took. I first signed up to this portal when it was a shade of pale blue and lots of cascading messages down the page like a Windows Explorer tree, with titles of "X" then "Re: X" then "Re: Re: X...
by Armadillo Roadkill
03 Apr 2024 11:21
Forum: The Team
Topic: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24
Replies: 44
Views: 3086

Re: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24

Bit dissapointed the poll has no Ian Royal option. Assume it was an oversight.
by Armadillo Roadkill
03 Apr 2024 11:19
Forum: The Team
Topic: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24
Replies: 44
Views: 3086

Re: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24

I voted Wing. Bindon has improved throughout the season and is now starting to regularly put in very good performances. But, for me, Wing has been our most consistent, industrious, effective, and at times spectacular, player. Yiadom would be in with a shout too if he hadn't missed so many games, but...
by Armadillo Roadkill
29 Mar 2024 18:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)
Replies: 106
Views: 10519

Re: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)

Sometimes an ugly win when the crowd gets the team over the finish line can be amongst the best feelings in football. Maybe not a game for the purists, but it’s not City versus Real Madrid; it’s a scrap in League One. I was entertained throughout. Northampton are a decent side; without some borderli...
by Armadillo Roadkill
29 Mar 2024 18:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)
Replies: 106
Views: 10519

Re: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)

2 of the worst decisions I’ve seen on a football field since Bodin getting sent off instead of Davies. Not to mention the 4th, who twice got in the way of players trying to take quick throws. That corner which he gave to us as a GK was unbelievable. Crowd laughed at that. Plenty more to choose from...
by Armadillo Roadkill
25 Mar 2024 12:31
Forum: The Team
Topic: Selles In
Replies: 613
Views: 2098519

Re: Selles In

If someone was suggesting after ten games that Selles was some sort of tactical and motivational genius they weren't doing it on any rational basis. Even his Madre would have been wondering how long he could hang on to his job the way things were going. Anyone saying now they always knew it would wo...
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