I haven’t followed much of what’s been posted on HNA about recent points deductions. If my opinions have been covered and I’m clearly wrong then ignore this. My understanding is that the owner has frequently mismanaged the finances causing problems with the club salaries (players and management) and...

Silva 100%

I think we'll need two red cards to win this one.

Leon, you're right - maybe BM could've delivered success but I wouldn't have put my beer money on it. The key question is "What constitutes success?" My guess is that the various people involved will give different answers depending upon their degree of investment - which includes both fin...

Making the decision to sack a popular manager wasn't easy. But they want success. And you and I want success. So would BM have brought us success? Almost certainly not. They're probably "thinking Leicester" right now and why not? So who is most likely to deliver that? Maybe one or two in y...

I think SC's made a very big mistake from which there isn't a painless exit route. It would have been different if it had been a Premiership club - but then he would almost certainly have gone. Buf Fulham!! And then not going. Suicidal. People say that a contract cuts both ways but that's not strict...

Not sure comparing the goalkeeper of the 2nd worst defence in the Premiership (Bournemouth) playing away against the team with the most prolific attack (Man City) with the goalkeeper of the team with the tightest defence in the Championship has any value. And anyway we still love AF and I'd love to ...

Clearly the C5 show is poor with little significant analysis. However we should be quietly pleased that we're not in the spotlight because the pressure increases greatly when you're being lauded as champion favourites or the form team. Indeed our new song helps because many non-Royals will view it a...

Too much information.

Is it easily possible to find out his record refereeing Middlesbrough matches?

Good harmless fun! And well produced. Love it!

Expect negative crap from negative crappy people.

This should really be a new thread but let's keep our heads down....a playoff place is possible. Didn't Palace do it a few years back climbing the table to a play-off place in the last few months? It's all about belief and BM and the team (especially the strikers) have belief. Of course a few negati...

:? Instability in the middle of the season is not the answer. If we're going to change, change at the end of the season so the changes have time to stabilise themselves. The stability of no goals, uncreative midfield and dubious defence is the sort of stability we don't need. If there's a problem, ...

If we're going to have one, please, please, please wait until the season ends. Cheers. If a shake-up is needed, it must be done immediately. We're not scoring goals, the midfield looks ineffective and the defence is starting to leak. Comparing ourselves with the pants performance of Wolves and Brum...

Wednesday October 4th 1967. Reading beat Swindon (including Don Rogers) 2-1. What's a pension anyway?

The best players have both great skill and the right attitude. The best teams have a good number of best players plus a great team attitude: all for one and one for all. Few of the Reading players could claim to be in the best category but for the past two and a half seasons they have had an over-ab...

A couple of posts have mentioned getting the basics right. Others have spoken about players having the right attitude. For any player in the Premiership being paid more in a week than most of us get in a year, these elements should be taken for granted. Basic mistakes - especially in the penalty are...

Only posted as this topic's slipping.

We played brilliantly to go 2-0 up. It was like a dream. It was magic. Then that penalty miss. Doubts crept in. The whole game changed. Bolton could smell our fear. At the end I cried in my garage in Old Basing. My bastard brother in law phoned singing "Come on Bolton". Bastard. Whatever h...

So whose historical record is this after 8 games in the top flight? P:8 W:4 D:1 L:3 GD:3 POS:7th Not disimilar to ours after 8 games. Here's a clue: the previous season they were promoted as champions. Just like we were They had a quiet unassuming professional manager. Ditto By Christmas they were 4...