Boycott is completely meaningless. 90+% of fans have already paid for their tickets. With regard to the impact of abandonment, It depends on what you think the Dai mindset is. Now his Prem dream has gone I don’t think he gives a monkeys about the football team. He just wants to asset strip which is...

Would rather people boycotted games than got another one abandoned. The protest was losing support the longer it went on and doing it again and again would make the fanbase more and more fractious Boycott is completely meaningless. 90+% of fans have already paid for their tickets. With regard to th...

I know I've kind of already made this point in my responses to others but I think it needs emphasising. Reading Football Club is on the verge of extinction. It's not just about the possibility of us falling into league two because of points deductions, there's a very real possibility the club won't...

I understand the frustration but feel that pushing the abandonment was against the best interests of the team (given how they've regained form). We now risk (at worst) a points deduction, fine and being behind closed doors or (at best) playing the fixture again but at a time when Dai has sold off t...

Cheltenham were very well organised as you might expect with a proven manager at this level. High line, sweeper keeper and every pass was a forward pass mainly into full back areas from where they won the second ball and put it into our box. Could easily have been 6-0 before we scored and credit to ...

Complete shambles. Regardless of how many tickets we take the simple insurance policy against chaos / discontent is the points system. Whoever came up with this method of sale is probably standing in a dark room facing the wall at this precise moment. Or writing their resignation letter...

Paul Ince has only "improved" us back to the level we were at for the first 3rd of the season in that we would finish 17th in both periods based on points per game. Based on the middle section form we would be relegated. On the one hand you have to give him credit for the change in momentu...

When I was watching Cheltenham Town players bust a gut today it really hit home. Their players won’t be on a fraction most of our lot are on but they worked their hearts out to close down and press the opposition. Then I see the highlights of today’s latest capitulation with opposition players in a...

In some ways the nightmare is to stay up, lose some of our better players, yet still be under spending restrictions and be unable to replace them. The thought of us having to play a full championship season with a team not much better than the one we put out at Kidderminster is frightening. Much be...

Does anyone know 1. Do Reading F.C have an HR department and internal code I’d conduct ? 2. Can public statements about current / ongoing employees such as this one be made under employment law without consequences ? My knowledge in this field is limited but I wonder if this leaves the club open to...

Does anyone know 1. Do Reading F.C have an HR department and internal code I’d conduct ? 2. Can public statements about current / ongoing employees such as this one be made under employment law without consequences ? My knowledge in this field is limited but I wonder if this leaves the club open to ...

Some of our “fans” also managed to produce a performance of epic proportions. Flare man has already been mentioned but the clown that launched a 6ft by 3ft advertising board down the terrace into the back of another fans head at half time was probably the star of the show. Not the best of days for R...

If a pay rise clause in Rino's contract was true then hopefully the sale of just one player, be it Puscas or Rafael for example, would be enough to see us able to meet that as well as ensure we can keep Holmes signed on as well. This is pretty much how I see it playing out. I would expect some play...

I followed Tom Mac into the ground yesterday and he wasn’t moving too well at all. I followed Rin into the ground 2 months ago and he was walking without any sign of a limp. Something odd going on with him. I’m wondering if he’s one appearance away from triggering a contract extension / pay rise cla...

I get the sense that our sales office consists of no more than 1 or 2 people at present. Ordered my tickets today and now hoping it doesn’t turn into the same shambles as Stoke where tickets never arrived in the post and supposed placement on the collect at stadium list didn’t happen either. Fortuna...

Early next week apparently. Waiting on ticket allocation from Stoke

First time I've been really disappointed with Mark Bowen last night. Not so much with team selection (players ultimately make that right or wrong) but with his inability to tactically adjust during the game. Two things were obvious from the first 10 minutes. Firstly, that Wigan had a plan to let Mor...

Don't we have one of the highest wages / turnover ratios in the league with wages at around £30m ? My take with FFP and the ground sale is that we have two more seasons to spend at these levels before we have to undertake significant cost cutting actions. For example, assume we breakeven this year w...

What a great Xmas period and a fantastic atmosphere at Fulham yesterday. The work rate of the Swift, Ejaria and Pele was incredible as they tracked run after run from Fulham players. Ejaria then ran Christie back the other way time after time which ultimately made the difference. With that combinati...

Interesting views as always. For me Eze is currently ahead of Ejaria. Eze wasn't playing against Pele or Gunter last night he was playing wherever the space was. He is excellent at drifting into space between the lines and then attacking the back four if he gets the ball in the right area. He is als...