Strange with Elliott - was getting picked when not playing regularly, breaks through as a regular, dropped by his country. Can only assume it is because of the fact he won't have played for over a month by the time of the games. Could be a fitness thing or the manager has decided to look at some di...

Strange with Elliott - was getting picked when not playing regularly, breaks through as a regular, dropped by his country.

Can only assume it is because of the fact he won't have played for over a month by the time of the games.

Looking at the prize money on offer, it is surprising that more teams don't take the EFL Trophy slightly more seriously - appreciate that there are costs involved in putting on/getting to a game but just taking our run to the last 16 in to account - this would have banked the club 39k - not a massiv...

Scottish League Cup announced new prize fund today.

A team that enters and loses every group game will get £36k.

A side entering Round 1 in England only makes that money if they reach the quarter finals.

However that was for the season 2022/23 when the format was changed from under 23 to under 21 and might have been a transitional phase. Confusing now because the Premier League are also saying for 2023/2024 the players must be under 21! So how some of the over age players qualified is a bit of a my...

Thank you - didn't think it would be as early as January. So that gives another season of U21 football for CBC, Borgnis and Wareham and only three starters from yesterday becoming overage for next season (Carson, who we already know to be leaving; Stickland; Wellens). If we're allowed three overage...

rabidbee Five over-age players and one over-age keeper: https://www.premierleague.com/news/2677866

Cheers - so it is more of a reserve league than a true u21 league then.

Everyone would be better off going with the mantra, what happens, happens. We have zero control on this process now and whilst we all want it done, it will either be done or collapse when it happens - until then, no ITK tweet changes a god damn thing. Just in the last few days, we've had a usually f...

Looking increasingly likely that Kieron McKenna will jump ship from Ipswich having got them to the PL - Brighton seemingly the most likely destination. Would make absolute sense for his career but would make Ipswich's task in staying up much much harder. That always makes me feel so disappointed. Y...

What is the rule on players over-21 playing - Liverpool have Jay Spearing playing semi regularly so clearly some leeway and Holmes played earlier in the year.

Looking increasingly likely that Kieron McKenna will jump ship from Ipswich having got them to the PL - Brighton seemingly the most likely destination.

Would make absolute sense for his career but would make Ipswich's task in staying up much much harder.

blythspartan Is Jamie Hodder reliable. He’s reporting that we have lost one of the investors and that exclusivity has been extended.

He *can* be but also Pete O'Rourke who reported on FI last week can also be very accurate.

Now that there is no football at all from a Reading perspective, the focus is purely on the effing takeover getting done. As someone has already said, we are now in the time that means every day without it could impact the recruitement - for example we were rumoured to be interested in Rafferty but...

Also, what the circumstances of the club have shown is that if we stabilise, what a fantastic club we are for a young player to be at. Competitive at PL2 level with a crystal clear path to the first team. Strong argument that any player just below the very top talents, could do a lot worse that comi...

:?: Pretty much no chance with any goals. Multiple crucial saves. One poor pass. :| Do you really think he looks ready for the first team? Think he could do with a loan to help him improve his decision making and distribution. Agree that none of the goals were his fault but he kicked numerous balls...

Now that there is no football at all from a Reading perspective, the focus is purely on the effing takeover getting done. As someone has already said, we are now in the time that means every day without it could impact the recruitement - for example we were rumoured to be interested in Rafferty but ...

George Puscas currently on the bench for Bari in the 1st leg of the Serie B relegation play-out.

Loser of the tie drops to Serie C.

One other thing that is helping here with VAR and its use - there is a Sunday morning highlights show and most weeks, they have one of the refs who officiated a game the day before to explain the thought process of why a division was given and why VAR was used. The ref of the Cologne- Union game was...

The 2024/25 season will mark the 40th Anniversary of a side not called Celtic or Rangers winning the league.

Feels very shortsighted to me, just getting rid. They just need to vote or putting strict rules in place on how/when it can be used and even applying a time limit i.e. if you spot nothing obvous in 30 secs, the decision stays as it was given on the pitch. Removing it will just see PL clubs playing ...