I've been banging on about how we get bullied against these ugly teams. So I can sort of understand why we might think Semedo helps as he has got a physical presence and is not afraid to put himself about. I think the balance between tackler and play makers is something we havent resolved and perha...

Relying too much on Joao for goals now, playing every game appears to be losing his edge, badly in need of a rest, we need Meite and Puscas back soon to help with the heavy lifting. More a problem of being marked out of the game now teams know he's our only real threat.Often had 3 players on him. O...

Scored 52 goals 102 games foreign MLS

Helen Glover is going to the Olympics. - what a let down and stupid build up. Not your best moment Dellor!!!

Announced on local radio this morning that he has some truly massive news but has been sworn to secrecy until tomorrow morning. He just said sports news so may not be anything to to with Reading. Any guesses?

Need to remember it's not a normal season and there wasn't a normal pre-season either and its not just us at the top end who have had injuries. Both Watford and Norwich have had 6 or 7 out for a while at some point, the difference is they have premier league size squads to cope. Look at Bristol, th...

Pepe the Horseman

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Pepe the Horseman Even with half our team out we'll win this comfortably. Looking forward to enjoying a 3-0 win with a glass of baileys.

Do you have ice in your baileys?

Open to suggestions.

Team held Bournemouth to a comfortable draw last game. Cant really see us beating anyone without a forward line

According to the internet Olise has a release clause of just £8m. If correct it looks like we could lose him for a paltry figure compared to what he's worth. This would be a big blow for Reading if true

Only one for me after watching for 60 years. The draw at Leicester that took us up to the top league for the first time in our history.

South Country Royal touched on something earlier about Bournemouth's speed hurting us down the flanks. If i remember correctly from the days Bournemouth were steam rollering the championship and then being the upstarts in the Premiership it was the sheer pace they had in there squad and the speed a...

Cant believe how bad Ejaria was last night. He needs to be in the middle. Also worrying was how poor Meite was as well. We obviously sacrificed playing football to avoid losing. To me that was one of our poorest performances of the season but from a pragmatic point of view we got a point. Just would...

I understand why people are sceptical of Aluko but oxf*rd hell, have people already forgotten that he scored a goal against Bournemouth? Put in a really good defensive shift in the first half too. Seems like a bit of a double standard that Aluko is being blamed for the first goal because he got a b...

Cut out the errors and we’ve a decent side. Easier said than done of course Motm Richards who was excellent Agreed. This has the makings of a decent playoff side, with an outside chance of a top 2 finish. Big improvements on last season, onwards and upwards. The luck of the first 9 games is being p...

We can blame their first 3 goals on our errors but looking at them again they were just very well worked goals. Yes had we a better RB we could possibly have stopped the first 2. but overall we have a much better team than last year that play some exciting football. But we have a major weakness on r...

Cabral - 5 basically giving away a goal a game at the moment. oxf*rd terrible form Esteves - 4 Morrison spends half the game shouting at him. He's got talent but it's like no one has ever taught him how to play RB. Positionally awful. Richards - 6 don't remember much wrong Morrison - 6 don't think ...

I’m surprised people are bothering to give ratings. Coventry I can accept as we were good enough., the last two games I can’t. Two 3-0 home defeats in a row raises eyebrows and serious question marks even in a relegation season with a manager on his way out. To be facing this when top of the table ...

Anyone think the forward line moved a lot quicker with some crisp inter passing? Ejaria tends to hold onto the ball and slow things down a lot. The pace up front was a big change.

Saw Dougie about 2 years ago with Neil as they dropped off my car. Neil said he loved staying in his caravan down at Hayling. Cant get much more Reading than that. Great little goalscorer, brings back great memories

Used to watch Chelsea when younger as it was easy to get in in those days. About 6 years ago had a season ticket for both! Also followed Man City as my next door neighbour in Manchester was Mick Mcarthy. When I lived in London it was also QPR. Despite these extra teams I hardly ever missed a Reading...

Simmops Congrats on creating the most pointless thread of 2020. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Deeply ashamed but not sure why