Another plus point for Meite is that he left everything out on the pitch, every game. You forgive players not doing so well, when they're always putting in 100%. Also his treatment of young kids outside the ground before games is always great - he'll take a selfie, have a chat, and just generally be...

I'm cautiously optimistic. I recently became aware of the region beta paradox, which doesn't exactly apply here but is sort of adjacent. In short, for those that don't know, the region beta paradox contends that people put up with a situation which is a bit shit but is just good enough to be bearabl...

Nice, but more of an indictment of our “lovely” training facilities? If he wasn’t up to playing 90 minutes, he shouldn’t have been started. Still not getting it how a pro kid gets ‘cramp’ playing on a billiard surface after just 70 He's not had many 90 mins this season and has been nursing injuries...

I might be being rose tinted, but it just looked like cramp to me. He’s barely any football the past few months, so it’s understandable. Yeah it was cramp cramp?….how old is he? Does he do a day job somewhere? Cramp….a professionally trained sportsman?….jeez……not having that….I sometimes used to ge...

I claim no knowledge of the ins and outs but perhaps the fact that Olise hadn't really been with us that long, made up part of the reason we couldn't push for a bigger release clause. If he'd been in the Academy since he was 8, we might have been able to factor that in to negotiations. Either way, a...

I presume that Namaso is Portuguese for Loader http://sportwitness.co.uk/young-naive-inexperienced-player-talks-reading-departure/ Always happy to see an Academy player doing well, especially Namaso as he's now playing in the Champions League and seems to be flourishing. Can only be a good thing fo...

Regardless of whether we stay up (and I think we have a chance) we need next season to be one where we look to sign players who have something to prove, and a bit of humility. That's what we've always had before but something that's been missing these past years. Tantamount to any success is the man...

All this Oxford guff reminds me of a Brighton fan who used to work at the same company as me. He found out I was a Reading fan when I started and sought me out, to tell me Reading were tinpot and Brighton didn't care about us at all. He then proceeded to moan about how we stole Steve Coppell and wer...

I imagine it'll be Wembley. Seems odd to say this but I don't think our benches are actually big enough for Premier League games as it stands. They'd have to extend them up into the Lower West or something to accommodate all the subs and auxiliary staff, although I guess if a ground share were to ha...

Just seen Danny Loader got five minutes in the Champions League for Porto last night. Happy to see an academy player doing well.

but all the bad times make the good times even better. Some of our younger fan base may need to keep this in mind. I'm too young to really remember '95 but 2001 in Cardiff was so painful. It was my first experience of a big defeat and I just remember looking over at the tiny amount of Walsall fans ...

Alfie Mawson retires age 29 through injury Tough for him as that's relatively young these days. Still, a player that got to the PL after being released by us at 15 has definitely got the drive and determination to overcome setbacks, hope he thrives in whatever he chooses to do next. It's very sad a...

Sutekh Michael Hector is now a Charlton Athletic player.

Must admit the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul inspired announcement gave me a chuckle.

Glad to see Hec get a contract somewhere, he's got a lot to offer especially in League One.

It's a freebie really. Regardless of the team we put out, if we play OK and limit it to maybe 1- or 2-0 we'll come out with some credit. Doubtless any youngsters put into the team will do pretty well and everyone will be full of praise for us. If we do the unthinkable and win, it should galvanise th...

Graham Potter is now rebuilding Swansea into a good side and is gonna be an excellent manager that we missed out on. (Sorry I had to throw that in) Interesting post from early days when this thread had more compelling content. Were we ever linked with Potter as a manager, or was this just a remark ...

Think we should move early for Tielemans.

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Sutekh Marc McNulty has signed for Orange County SC in the American USL

Blimey - that's worse than playing in Scotland in terms of standards

Probably still above his level to be honest.

Over his time with us, I would say it was harsh to label him as a liability. Every goalie is liable to make a howler once or twice in a career and shouldn’t just be remembered for that unfortunate moment. The man was fairly solid between the sticks after taking over from Marcus, and who can forget ...

Pepe the Horseman Oliver Pendlebury signs for Aldershot. What happened there? Scored twice in his second game for Wycombe but then only made a total of 4 appearances.

He's a tidy, technical, central midfielder who's a bit slight. I wonder why it didn't work out at Gareth Ainsworth's Wycombe...

Stranded Stoke apparently willing to let Josh Laurent go this month.

Let's make a call.