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... probably, and hopefully, complete bollocks

£75k per week?!

lets be honest, there aren't many Champ quality, under 8.5p/w, 1 year contract only, Joao replacements knocking about is there? whatever we get in will be a big compromise on the skills required, or just some massive gamble we can't really afford. So yes, just adapt the system to play with Puscas o...

This is the bit where we need more clarity. IIRC, we were under an embargo the summer that we brought in Joao and Puscas (among others), then suddenly we're throwing money around. So did we just blatantly ignore the fact that the EFL had their eyes on us and gamble on getting promotion that season ...

I hear the club are not producing programmes this season. Is this a cost cutting excise as I am surprised in their 150 year..... There is a global paper shortage and the cost is increasing, so they might have decided to bin them off. I would be surprised though. I wonder how many programmes they se...

He’s converted debt into shares in the same way SJM did. I don’t think the rules actually allow him to just ‘give’ the money. Of course he’s not loading ‘us’ with debt, he’s loading himself with debt, except when he’s found ways to legitimately transfer money into the clubs account from other accou...

I'd be happy for you to replace my purely figurative amount with an accurate one. if you can..... It's as likely amount as any really. The equivalent of £1m a year from a company already sponsoring the shirt that only has an annual turnover of about £40m? In other words it's giving away over 2% of ...

We may end up playing a whole team of graduates at some point this season with injuries. Southwood Holmes Bristow Dorsett Mcintyre Tetek Rinhomota Sackey Azeez Melvin Lambert Ehibhatiomhan When was the last time a team did that not sure how well they would do. might get Ehibhatiomhan on my shirt at...

My first live game was the Simod Cup final. Had been a Reading fan for a few years (since the 85/86 season), but my Dad isn't into football, so he never took me until we reached a cup final. Can't remember my first game at EP, I was probably around 14 at the time, so would have been either the 93/94...

Don’t get carried away this is very flattering. Tough on Barnsley. But they haven’t helped themselves. This. Flattering thanks to silly defensive decisions made by Barnsley. Before then it was the standard issues Reading have always had at home for the last 3 seasons. This is what needs to be addre...

Given the momentum we'd like to build, the get uine possibility of winning, if we field a good team, the fruits of our labour if we did win, I'd be fielding as strong a team as possible. Echoing most people here, and resting key players Ejaria, João, but keeping the core there. We have Miete return...

I'm shocked you don't think Meite should start URRZZZ :lol: It’s not that, just would be wary of changing an XI that’s just picked up a very good away win Don’t think any player has the divine right to just walk back in, regardless of who they are Yeah I'm just mucking about. But seriously, it's on...

I don’t I’m afraid. And the sale of Hogwood, iirc, is actually to a company controlled by Mr Dai based in The British Virgin Islands or Cayman. So technically the club still owns it. It was just another ruse to increase profits for the year to help with Profit and Sustainability regs I think that w...

Our new man will not be in charge for the Colchester games as he will still be in quarantine. So what’s the point of the club going to Portugal then as if he’s in quarantine the only way to see/talk to him will be via Teams/Zoom/Skype etc. which could all be done from the U.K. just as easily while ...

Cooper, Stacey, Dickie, Fosu....we really dropped the ball. It was clear at the time they were not far off the required standard (they are not another Antonio who was sold at the right time). What is their collective value now? Was it Stam and Tevreden who shipped them out? I think a mixture of Cla...

I was born in Reading, lived there for many years and support the club, always will. Past, what, five (ish) years have been, well a number of words could be used. A joke, tedious, turgid, embarrassing, waste of time/money etc and it’s a crying shame having that following the success, the football, ...

As well as the obvious public unrest, things are an absolute mess with the back room staff at the stadium too, even before the disruption of the pandemic. Based on some of the information I’m receiving, the owners have gone from honestly naive to just being negligible. ‘Negligible’ ? What do you me...

Too early to tell obviously, but any signs Obita will be able to challenge Richards? It'll be interesting if/when he does come back to full fitness. It's such a difficult call to make, isn't it. I would love to see him on the bench as soon as possible, maybe even Saturday, but we have to be so care...

My daughter has just moved next door to Jimmy Wheeler. Before my time even but a true Reading Legend. Ask your daughter to pass on my best wishes to him One of my great memories of following Reading FC is when he lead the reserves to promotion, and shouting "Up on your shoulders lads" and...

Woke up this morning feeling like I enjoyed the game, but I certainly didn't think that in the first half. We were very poor with the ball. Offensively we struggled to get Boyé and Joao working as a partnership, but that will hopefully improve with time. I thought both players did OK, but in isolati...

1-1 was a fair result in the end. But another very good performance against a team that has designs on automatic promotion. It's hard not to get carried away, given the last two results, but I still think we should be satisfied with a top 12 finish. We lack squad strength at right back, in midfield ...