Wasn't McDermott the Leeds manager when Karacan did his knee ligaments? If that was the game where Pugh and Brown both put horrendous tackles in on him then no it was definitely Warnock. McDermott was Reading manager at the time. If I remember correctly Le Fondre scored twice in a 2-0 win. Yep that...

It does feel like the club were playing a bluff, knowing that the clause would never pass muster legally and could never be included in a written contract. It does seem a bit harsh to be penalised for something that was never activated, and in all likelihood was never going to be included in a cont...

Safe to say wouldn’t be hard to exploit our lack of business acumen over the last 6 years to get improvement.

The agent has a prior offence as well.

So when Bowen said there wasn't a sell on clause he wasn't telling the truth?..... I'm shocked... I’m reading the FA decision to mean the agent got 10% of what the club received for Olise when we sold him to Palace (or would’ve done if the clause was active) - I can’t see any reference to a sell on...

Anyway, just trying to lend a different perspective so maybe we could have a bit of a different conversation other than "lol Spurs" all the time, and I thought I presented a pretty well-reasoned argument. I'm sorry none of us can understand a football rivalry because we're not proper fans...

Let's see shall we but it would be good to have it all sorted well before the start of next season which is just over a couple of months away-that is why the "months" concerned me. Yes Stranded there has been a lot going on between us and the EFL but not for the right reasons so let's hop...

Armadillo Roadkill As he's about to become extravagantly rich and his time at Reading was a major part of making that possible, perhaps Michael would like to pay some or all of the fine himself?

The FA really don't help themselves do they? 5 years for this to be sorted plus, it seems, precedents have been much less harsh. Question has to be asked though, how did they go down this route in the first place, they must have known it's illegal. Would the agent concerned also face some form of p...

No respect for the guy. Karacan’s injury (which massively hobbled his career) was not a coincidence. Tetek’s injury (which seems to have effectively ended his career) was not a coincidence. He was a thug of a manager who had no respect for opposing players or officials. That’s the real Warnock, not...

Nigel Howe has been fined £5,000 and issued an immediate six-month suspension from involvement with player contract negotiations and transfer related activity, and a further six-month suspension from all football related activity to commence upon the expiry of the first suspension. I wonder the sus...

Just another £200,000 for the club to find. It needs a lot more than my season ticket renewal to cover this latest tale of woe. By the way, a bot OTT about "many years developing the player" when his early years were away at Chelsea and City. He was with us for about three/four seasons. T...

We only play one upfront. Unless we're going to change that, we have a first choice player. So we're effectively looking for a bench player whp can step in if needed.

He sounds too expensive for that. He's on the downward arc of performance.

It's a no from me.

2 more charges on Bearwood from Redwood published on Companies House - appears they have loaned the club 2.83m over the exclusivity period. So either the deal completes soon or the club is even more financially handicapped than it was a few months back. Been lots of speculation on exactly how much ...

Stranded Also married in Oxford, so whilst I enjoyed playing them again, doesn't bother me in the slightest if they go up. Not sure why it would bother anyone really but football does strange things to people.

It's just a pantomime.

Yeah really good read that.

Would be super if he can deliver progress on the pitch.

I'm so sick of those short bursts of success that trick you into thinking something has chamged for the good, only to fall apart in shambles again shortly after.

If the takeover goes through and we're bottom half in October, there'll be a lot of people changing their tune pretty quickly IMO.

We're far better off trying to carefully build a competitive squad of good value by increments and taking a couple of years of substantial losses over going all out, likely failing and having to to it all again the next season, with spiralling wages and a huge loss. I think on balance at the moment...

Seen a few articles blowing smoke up Spurs' arse because their U21s topped the league. I know I'm biased but surely the real story is the cash strapped League 1 team who are now in the semis and are offering a genuine path to 1st team football. Doesn't fit the narrative of being a big club that eve...

Cheers Houndy, will take a read at some point.