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by royalgrumpy
11 Aug 2014 23:06
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: RUMOUR - Hogan Ephraim
Replies: 18
Views: 7000

RUMOUR - Hogan Ephraim

Apparently in talks with us, if you can believe the Daily Mail. He looked a decent player for QPR, once upon a time. Now a free after a loan at P'Boro last season.
by royalgrumpy
13 Jun 2014 20:41
Forum: The Team
Topic: Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club
Replies: 8683
Views: 1007811

Re: Buyout

Not a consortium from what I was told this afternoon. The guy behind this has his own money and unlike Anton, isn't reliable on backers (i.e. his father). He's also very ambitious and the feeling after the talks is he would match those ambitions with investment. If it happens, expect it to be wrappe...
by royalgrumpy
21 May 2014 17:48
Forum: The Team
Topic: Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club
Replies: 8683
Views: 1007811

Re: Buyout

Today's visitors are indeed American. They were also greeted by both Sir John and Nigel Howe and have been telling enquiring parties that the visitors were only there for the PlayStation event being held at stadium, the latter is via a friend at the Reading Chronicle.
by royalgrumpy
15 May 2014 20:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: SJM Interview - BBC South Today (Wednesday)
Replies: 116
Views: 25172

Re: SJM Interview - BBC South Today (Wednesday)

Perhaps SJM has gone very quiet because he is aware of the media attention about his finances, and also a high profile journalist who is close to releasing his story that RFC have suddenly become a very big part of. It seems our John has been in a lot of trouble for a very long time, and the take-ov...
by royalgrumpy
15 May 2014 18:30
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Administration
Replies: 408
Views: 78978

Re: Administration

The club have been relying on loans for at least the last 8 months just to pay the wage bill. Obviously you can't run any business like that in the long-term, and ultimately it's going to catch up with you. The rumours around December and January about not being able to pay the wage bill were correc...
by royalgrumpy
10 May 2014 09:52
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Next seasons kit choice?
Replies: 6005
Views: 1241033

Re: Next seasons kit choice?

The Puma contract runs until the end of next season (14/15), but they haven't signed a new deal yet. They've been speaking to new suppliers over the last couple of months. No idea about the Waitrose contract.
by royalgrumpy
03 May 2014 19:40
Forum: The Team
Topic: Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club
Replies: 8683
Views: 1007811

Re: Buyout

The club needs to find approximately £4m by the end of next week. I don't know if this is a loan repayment, or wages. Where will we find it? Perhaps yet another loan from Boris Zingarevich or a bank, but things are very concerning at the club. The need for a new owner couldn't be more apparent. We a...
by royalgrumpy
14 Apr 2014 18:22
Forum: The Team
Topic: Team for Leicester
Replies: 73
Views: 16776

Re: Team for Leicester

Kuhl looks to have more about him than Tshibola, but to be honest either would be a refreshing change to the God awful Akpan. Still, the summer's coming thick and fast and we may well get to see both next season. There'll be a lot of changes this summer.
by royalgrumpy
14 Apr 2014 18:00
Forum: The Team
Topic: Team for Leicester
Replies: 73
Views: 16776

Re: Team for Leicester

The Rouge I think promoting Kuhl and the gang to the first team too soon would be a bad move personally..


When wont be too soon? Bearing in mind there's 5 games left, and next season they'll almost certainly be in and around the first-team squad.
by royalgrumpy
14 Apr 2014 17:43
Forum: The Team
Topic: Team for Leicester
Replies: 73
Views: 16776

Re: Team for Leicester

Seems there's a lot of fans calling for Leigertwood to play, but many seem to forget he was always barracked on here for being inconsistent. "Always" being used in an unconventional definition meaning "for a few months before McDermott's sacking". There are some very short memor...
by royalgrumpy
14 Apr 2014 17:39
Forum: The Team
Topic: Team for Leicester
Replies: 73
Views: 16776

Re: Team for Leicester

Kuhl has traveled with the U21's to Boro.
by royalgrumpy
14 Apr 2014 17:29
Forum: The Team
Topic: Chants we should adopt
Replies: 120
Views: 25942

Re: Chants we should adopt

This has great potential for a football song. True Love Ways Just you know why Why you and I Will by and by Know true love plays Sometimes we'll sigh Sometimes we'll cry And we'll know why Just you and I know true love plays Throughout the games Our true love plays Will bring us joys to share With ...
by royalgrumpy
13 Apr 2014 17:29
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: season ticket prices 14/15
Replies: 44
Views: 8663

Re: season ticket prices 14/15

Great value once again. You can't argue with £375 for an adult and only £99 for kids. We were considering not renewing next season and picking our games, but realistically at those prices, we would only spend that and more on the games we do go to, so we'll be renewing shortly. Roll on the summer ch...
by royalgrumpy
24 Mar 2014 21:04
Forum: The Team
Topic: Chants we should adopt
Replies: 120
Views: 25942

Re: Chants we should adopt

Catchy and noisy.. exactly why we wont have it. "Since I was young I followed THE The RFC The Team for me la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la (repeat)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLz-t7o_2vg same old response from this boring lot though. others sing it so we wont... oh and it...
by royalgrumpy
22 Mar 2014 20:45
Forum: The Team
Topic: Hooliganism at Reading
Replies: 454
Views: 125682

Re: Hooliganism at Reading

A friend of mine works at the Chronicle and says the editor still stands by the story, and is pretty smug about the attention it's received. His superiors aren't as happy, especially with sales of the paper on the decline. Short-term they may have sold a few more papers, long-term they could face fu...
by royalgrumpy
22 Mar 2014 20:33
Forum: General Football
Topic: Portsmouth fc
Replies: 1558
Views: 213499

Re: Portsmouth fc

1 place and 3 points above Northampton in the relation zone. :lol: they play each other in the penultimate game of the season If there's a chance they can go down then I'm going to that and will be a Northampton fan for the day! 8) I'll join you! :D I'll also have some of that. Tickets by the away ...
by royalgrumpy
18 Mar 2014 18:44
Forum: The Team
Topic: Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club
Replies: 8683
Views: 1007811

Re: Buyout

Oh yeah, I'm sure a working Journalist spends his time getting rumours from a bunch of nerds on the internet. :roll: Have you never wondered why he gets so much stick on Twitter? You can't really blame him. He's a journo and you need to fill pages in the off-season, and he added some of the nonsens...
by royalgrumpy
11 Mar 2014 19:52
Forum: The Team
Topic: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!
Replies: 371
Views: 51324

Re: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!

Royal Ginger
royalgrumpy They dislike Hunt and Kebe. Quite funny really.

I'd take Hunt back. We miss his tenacity and partnering.


He hasn't scored all season. He runs a lot, but I don't think we miss him. Very average player who suited Brian's workman like football (or did).
by royalgrumpy
11 Mar 2014 19:43
Forum: The Team
Topic: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!
Replies: 371
Views: 51324

Re: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!

They dislike Hunt and Kebe. Quite funny really.
by royalgrumpy
11 Mar 2014 19:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!
Replies: 371
Views: 51324

Re: LOLeeds Match Thread - Sponsored by McDermott OUT!

That line-up is baffling. HRK up front as the lone striker. He is bloody terrible as a winger, even worse up front and more so on his own. HRK tried convincing McDermott he could be a striker. He's obviously very convincing!
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