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LoyalRoyalFan At least McAnuff is back.

Doing reaalllly well by the sounds of it.

It would be nice if the players could actually pass it to him though, wouldn't it?

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Handsome Man In the space of just a couple of weeks we have gone from the worst in the division to the best! Good times.

Pog has one good game and we sign an out of favour striker for a couple of months on loan, and it all changes.

Weird.

Make that two

^ Don't think anyone doubted Guthrie's ability. Even in his short spells in the side pre-McDermott bust-up he showed glimpses of his quality. I think we all just thought he was a d ick. I'm glad he's enjoying his time at the club now and acknowledging the fans (clapping us before corners etc). He's...

I'm not saying he was wholly to blame though I said he was "part of". Learn to read I'm begging ya. Fair dos, I take your point. I just hate it when some people judge a player as being crap just because he's had a bad season, aka Ledge in my opinion, would still do a job in the championsh...

creative_username_1 Atkins >>>>> McDonut

Who are these two folks then?

Kaspars Gorkss, plays for Reading, noticeably struggled last season in the PL, went on loan and was then part of a team that got relegated from this division. Come on Melonomahead even your drug addled brain can remember all that. :wink: I think they were more talking about your appalling phrasing....

God can we stop this thread please? McDermott done wonders for us and will be remembered for the good years he gave us but Adkins is here now and we need to back him.

Jeering Blackman off? And people wonder why some of our players have no confidence, re: reaction to Ledge against Villa?

God I love some of our fans

Sorry if you thought we were gonna walk the league, well.....

Christ on a bike, as some have said already, new style will sort itself out, teething in problems.

Striker & attacking midfielder and everyone will be laughing next weekend.

Why aren't they opening the North Stand doors at half time this season? It was a cracking plan last year as it meant smokers didn't need to rush their pint and it was also a winner for the less cool fans as the concourse was fewer busy and queues for food outlets were reduced as it was easier to us...

Good to see Blackman score, maybe the 'moaners' celebrated the pen. Can't understand the hate for a guy who's jumped from League One to the Premiership! At least judge him this season and not 2 games in!

LOL When you are manager of a club like Leeds you play up on their history, the size of the club both in the past and potentially in the future as that is what is important to the fans and the City. When you are manager of Reading who are you play on living in the now, enjoying the success that you...

Yeah...because the Mirror are always been good boys haven't they?

Hint: Don't believe everything you read in the media.

What has McAnuff actually done to deserve the amount of crap he got last season and is still getting now? Totally undeserved, he works bloody hard for the team and is a good player. I'm glad when he walked over to take a corner by the North Stand quite a few people clapped him, he in return clapped ...

Definition of Reading fans: never bloody happy!!!!

The reception Blackman's received since joining is confirmation, if any was needed, that the majority of RFC fans are complete bells. I'd say it was more an indication that McDermott had begun to lose the plot. Sheff Utd were absolutely dire against us. Therefore, the fact that Blackman supposedly ...

I don't get the praise for him as a captain. He's undeniably a nice bloke, but in what ways is he a good captain? He seems just about as mercenary and indifferent as any other footballer. With the players coming in, he'd be no great loss. It'd be a shame as he seems to like it at the club, but we h...

What a joke, why should we get punished for what happened at Sheffield United! Also Blackman has jumped straight from League One to the Premiership and thrown in the deep end by McD, surely it's fair to judge him this season? Na on second thoughts seems it's the 'Reading way' to slag our players off...

I'll throw my team in (as it stands):

GK: McCarthy
RB: Gunter
CB: Marappia
CB: Morrison
LB: Bridge
CM: Guthrie
CM: Karacan:
RW: Kebe/McCleary
LW: Drenthe/HRK
AM: McAnuff
ST: Pog/ALF

So you clearly didn't attend any matches last season then? McCleary: one of our stand out performers last season. McAnuff: Club captain and a great person to have around the place Guthrie: Our best player of the adkins era so far, you'd be a fool if you wanted to see him leave. Pogrebnyak: If we ar...