I've been thinking that Richardson might want to play Marriott and Keane up front together, but our full back positions are possibly too weak to play it confidently. Whether that's 442 or 352, Dorsett isn't a full back and Yiadom is getting on a bit now. Good positions to sign for me and means Dorse...

I think it’s more likely you pick those up end of season but yeah it’d be nice to pick up a few more of the Savage types we did a couple of years ago and more time for academy lads I do think it’s prob experience that gets you out of this division generally though Yeah, absolutely agree with this. ...

Thinking more realistically with what we've been told about the new ownership, what would the AI prompt look like for the 'ideal' CF needed from Jan til May? Desired attributes in order of priority...? The script you'd give our Head of AI to enter into the exclusive AI algorithm & database Read...

I'd say Savage is better at those cute little through balls and 1-2's around the top of the box than Wing is (his ball to Wing for his goal against Bristol Rovers away last season, for example). Wing is probably better at the longer balls over the top (see Marriott's goal vs Plymouth) and we all kno...

We're a bang average League 1 team and squad. Richardson/Hunt/A N Other probably couldn't do much better. We need better players. Over to Mr Couhig and JJ.

The Simod Cup semi-final vs Coventry Reading 3-3 Forest (a brilliant come back from 3-1 down and that Steve Stone miss) Tranmere 1-3 Reading in the play-off semi-final Reading 1-0 Brentford (a random Saturday afternoon game, Ady Williams scored with a bullet header from a corner. Felt like we were t...

Do the sensible thing and don’t have one. If there is an insistence on playing a 4 3 3, play a flat three that pushes and drops, in and out of possession. When Knibbs was here, he actually played more of a free role off of Smith, more than as a creative number 10. He was never a midfield player and...

I could easily see tonight being our first tonking of the season. Between ol' wet lettuice wrists Stevens and at least one of Burns and Stickland, maybe both, likely to start, Stevenage will have a field day. Stevens is a huge worry Are Williams and Paudie definitely out? I’m expecting both to star...

[Ruffles anorak :D ]...not sure which level you believe they ought to be at? : - they are now handily placed (4th) at STEP02 (beat Maidenhead 2-1 last night in the National South) - they have come a long way from Vase Runners-up in 06-07 - was the year the 'new' Wembley opened - they lost there in ...

link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=8I6sXSd0FUE Agree or disagree with him, you can’t fault his commitment to engagement and transparency. No mindless cliches there. Just a frank conversation. And lol at how much Dellor's burnt his bridge with the club. Glad you are able to l...

Isn't Josh Bowen responsible for this department at Reading FC....? Yes - but I don't think any of the players have been out longer than anticipated apart from maybe O'Conner. All these muscle injuries/fatigue have been caused at least partly by Hunt's training regime which he admitted himself was ...

andrew1957 Just ha ha. We wouldn’t have lost that game if Hunt had been in charge.

Same players, very similar system. Hunt's record was average. Quite likely we'd have been beaten

Anyone heard any updates on the progress of John Clarke? Always liked what I have seen (albeit not that much) Would love to see him play that left back role this season but he does appear to be made of bubbles. I spoke to him at one of the Unders games. He said he's hopeful of being back at Christm...

Just out of interest what has he done right.? Not trying to be contrary, but in his first 6 months what’s he done right?. And I get all the steadying the ship financially, I’m not interested in all that, that’s a given and something any new owner would have done. I’m on about the day to day operati...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2l0m355k3o Dellor's take on things - has a real problem with the new owners and the last paragraph is childish. In one breath he's bemoaning the lack of quality transfer activities and in the next, saying he's been unlucky with injuries. Both statemen...

It shouldn't be forgotten that Couhig isn't the only person with skin in the game. He's the chairman, but he has other investors who may be more impatient than him. It won't have been Couhig’s decision alone.

Given how solid Elliott Anderson looks alongside Declan Rice, it's easy to imagine a situation where Adam Wharton reaches 25 years old without playing 20 times for England. Question for me though is why Tuchel might take Jordan Henderson to the World Cup, and not Wharton, as backup. Hope the Novemb...

I doubt we'll pay compensation for a manager, so I'd stick with Hunt until a manager becomes available that we feel might improve us and evaluate then. If ultimately we think Hunt is the right man for the job, then we carry on. In the meantime, results might start to improve, in which case, he's lik...

Snowflake Royal Yes. We've gone back in our shell.

Great way to describe it succinctly.

It wasn’t a great watch really. As I said above it’s all very coach book. I don’t see a lot of individual thought, flair or bravery. Everyone goes into the positions they are meant to be and do what the book tells them to do. Which also makes it very easy to counter against Kyeweera added something...