RG30 Did Hunt say post game why he was subbed off?

He went down with cramp just before getting hooked - don’t think he’s quite match fit yet.

Poor first half but improved in the second half and just about deserved the three points, though Vale offered very little going forward. I think we have to be a bit patient as the team are still working each other out - players today were not reading each other’s passes but that will come with time;...

We look very flat, Kyerewaa has made some good runs but no end product. Need to get Wing on the ball more in the second half.

Decent performance overall, Elliot was the key player for us - though a few times he kept dribbling when an earlier pass might have created a shooting opportunity. Always felt that at 2-1 we needed a third goal to see the game out, thought Wing had it with a long range effort and MoM unlucky to hit ...

Warnock, Warnock and Warnock

Genuine injury or covering up a gentlemen’s agreement that he doesn’t play against his former club?

Knibbs gets a last minute winner for Charlton today. Wareham starts and scores for Exeter.

We as fans might not lose patience if we have a slow start but I’m not sure we can say the same about the owners. Incumbent managers often don’t last long after an ownership change and I think the new regime won’t be slow to make a change if we start badly. What’s Gareth Ainsworth up to now anyway?...

We as fans might not lose patience if we have a slow start but I’m not sure we can say the same about the owners. Incumbent managers often don’t last long after an ownership change and I think the new regime won’t be slow to make a change if we start badly. What’s Gareth Ainsworth up to now anyway?

That makes more sense - and presumably means Hunt has the funds to sign an upgrade on JW.

Their being under contract notwithstanding, can we be confident that we keep Knibbs and/or Savage? Feels like both have admirers in the leagues above and we may not be able to resist decent offers for them, especially if the general financial picture is so terrible. Will be even more frustrating if ...

Feels to me that CB should be one of the more straightforward positions to recruit into, especially at L1 level and there’ll be plenty of opportunity to loan in from the leagues above. We just need to identify the new Matt Upson who can excel with us then become an international regular!

Talking of former players, Tom Ince is barely getting a look in at Watford at the moment and might be out of contract (he signed a 2 year deal in 2023 with an option to extend for one year which I doubt will be taken up). Even at 33 he’d be a cut above in L1 and would also be a great role model for ...

Harsh on The Rouge, he was consistently decent for us.

Drenthe was unbelievable on his debut but then was useless after that.

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Lino missed that their target man was always offside from a goal kick (happened every time).

You can’t be offside from a goal kick.

Felt in the first 5 minutes we were going to struggle in this game, vibe just felt off - I’ve not checked the stats but seems like we always find it difficult to get going after international breaks? CBC really should be out on loan making those mistakes somewhere else and learning from them before ...

Very comfortable win and great to start the season with a cohesive team of players rather than a group of strangers trying to gel. Worst Wigan team I can ever remember though, no fight or quality in the side and expect they will struggle. Thought Savage was superb today, all-action and using the bal...

Agree on Elliott, too lightweight for this league at the moment - I was amazed he didn’t get hooked at HT given he was on a yellow. JP played well, especially the one-on-one after Elliott’s mistake. I feel like the defence has more confidence in him and is more settled as a result. Azeez just wasn’t...

tmesis Let's go formal....The Reading Football Club.

I think that’s already the official name of the club? I’m sure I’ve seen it on a letterhead before.

Not sure Upson was underrated, remember Pardew saying at the end of his loan that he would go on and get England caps, certainly one of the most dominant CBs I’ve ever seen play for us. I tend to think Cureton was underrated as his all round game was a bit lacking but I’ve never seen a more natural ...