Reading were sold in the middle on May. As much as I hate Dai, the poor recruitment over the summer was not down to him.

2 urgent problems that need addressing right now are the lack of a physical presence up front and the non existent pace in defence. The problem is that neither of those things are something that can be worked on in training. Richardson has basically got about a month to assess the squad, see if he ...

One of the shocking things is how little effort the players made in extra time. It reminded me of the Kiddermister game, where we just accepted defeat and went through the motions.

the only disappointments were Doyle and Kyeweraa who I can’t see LR sticking with at all It could just be "off the top of my head" thinking, but Kyeweraa might just be the worst ever wide player I've seen in a Reading shirt. I can't think of a single thing he does adequately, let alone we...

The information the club has told him is wrong based on that. You shouldn't need to download an app to have the ticket on your phone - you should be able to simply add it to your Apple/Google Wallet (depending on what phone you have). I think his phone is pretty old, so might not be something added...

One thing I can't work out is why this great new system doesn't extend to loading FA Cup games to a season ticket card. A friend of mine wanted to buy a ticket for the Carlisle cup tie, but was told his only options are to download an app (which he doesn't want to do) or print at home (which he can'...

I never want to see a manager sacked, especially one with such strong links to the club and he is a decent coach, but it's not even just the results, I don't see the team having any identity, which is baffling. Everything has felt so flat this season. The players don't seem to have the hunger and s...

The thread and its existence is a product of the reality we are in. There are those who believe that changing a manager will achieve some sort of positive impact on results. This would only happen if the manager has lost the dressing room and the players are either bickering with each other or not ...

Booing always helps new team of youngsters improve. Top work. It's senior football and we're losing at home to relegation favourites. Get used to the pressure. I wasn't there but I can't say I blame anyone for booing. We've looked flat all season and clearly well short of our best. The players and ...

And the 8 second rule that keepers can keep hold of the ball worked very well today. Also the cheating toad that went down holding his face in the 92nd minute with nobody near him, why are the refs so damn useless in this league? Him, and the physio timewasting too, refusing to leave the pitch. Eve...

Do wonder if Hunt's being set up for a fall, was that a vote of confidence in the week Owner's are impatient for instant results. A revolving door creates instability. Successfull clubs stick wth their manager's. Phil Parkinson is now the 7th longest serving manager out of the 92. Building teams is...

Maybe the worrying thing was that Huddersfield didn't get out of first gear. They looked weirdly uninterested, like it was a pre-season friendly. WTAF, what do you base this comment on exactly? From where I was sat that certainly looked up for it, bugger off to Twitter you melt. Did they have a pro...

Maybe the worrying thing was that Huddersfield didn't get out of first gear. They looked weirdly uninterested, like it was a pre-season friendly. The sad truth is that we lost some of our best players, and have brought in players who'll add depth, at best. We just aren't very good. Last season we ov...

This is the post of a cnut that has no friends and it's sat at home having a conversation with himself, imagining there is a reasoned debate going on amongst a number of in the know types. Yeah, we kind of worked that out when he resurrected a 5 and a half year old thread. also this. It seem Readin...

... as a lot of the issues he runs into is down to coaches/players thinking they know the rules when they don't, or intepret them incorrectly. They could solve a lot of that problem by making it compulsory for anyone commentating or summarising on TV to also have some form of referee badge... Or at...

I only learned today that in the 1982 world cup draw, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland were not allowed to be put into the same group as Argentina due to the Falklands war. The draw took place nearly three months before Argentina invaded, so unless FIFA had some inside information from the th...

I don’t think there are 600 odd better teams than us in the world. This is why the Club World Cup should include everyone. I actually really like this idea. Make the CWC a straight knockout tournament. The top 1024 teams based on those rankings qualify and it's a random draw right the way to the fi...

How long it takes for a trophy to be presented now. I checked footage, and for the 1981 cup final, the time between the game ending and the cup being lifted was only three minutes. This season, from the game ending to the official on the pitch presentation, took 29 minutes. Even if you count just th...

I get it's about 'half-empty modern souless bowls' and maybe rubbish football. But its just madness to put these sort of perfectly decent stadia at the bottom whilst choosing decrepit terraces, uncomfortable outdated stands and terrible sight lines at obsolescent stadia ahead of them. It's not 'mad...

The Bolton game was, without doubt, the worst I've felt after a Reading game. It felt like we were robbed of promotion that year. Bolton should have been down to 10 for an hour, and their player who should have been sent off set up their equaliser. Walsall and Huddersfield were really annoying, but ...