Agreed...the less Mr Mad talks football, the better.

Oh and yes, I'm very grateful for all that he's done for the club.

If we hadn't of gone down this season, we likely would have next. Or the season after. It was just a matter of time because we aren't prepared to spend the wages. We only went down on goal difference. Further proof, if any were needed, that we didn't need to 'mortgage our future' and spend 'massivel...

He could be gone either way, but I think there is more chance that he stays if we stay up. Everyone agree?

I don't think I saw you posting this last season. Everything's great in retrospect and when the going's tough eh...Typical! Huh? When you are done with the 'I'm a better and more loyal fan than you' rubbish... You didn't see me posting it last season because...we weren't in the bottom 3! Results ha...

Before we got promoted, were you of the opinion that teams can 'stand still' in the Premiership?

readingbedding They are learning that you cannot stand still in this Division etc, etc.

They are only just learning that now? You and I could have told them that years ago.

readingbedding RFC will have learnt a lot from the last couple of years.

What do you suppose they will have learnt?

Perhaps Coppell may look back and regret not strengthening the squad. There's no 'perhaps' or 'maybe' about it. The table doesn't lie and we're in the bottom 3. We have screwed up this season, end of. As a result, we have put ourselves in a position whereby we have a very good chance of going down....

weybridgewanderer who voted for stephen hunt? go on, own up

It wasn't me, boss, I swear.

There's such fun to be had in the plight we now find ourselves in if you look hard enough eh? Should we struggle for the rest of the season I am sure there will be a thousand opportunities for the so-called "RTG brigade" to have their noses rubbed in it. If it brightens your weekends in s...

brendywendy I quite enjoy wallowing in the depression.

I bet you hated it last year then when we finished 8th

STG's view - We have basically the same team as 2 years ago No Ian, the STG view (and they are right) is that without Sidwell and Little we currently have a worse team - in the Premiership - than what we had 2 years ago in the Championship. On the wage bill - I remember an article in the Times towa...

http://www.frenchleague.com/joueur/index.asp?no_joueur=105020 5 goals in 16 games from midfield in Ligue 2 this season. Great. Just what we need. Does he speak English? Is Ligue 2 = English Prem League? Our reserves are already pretty strong enough aren't they? Fingers crossed he's our midfield Kev...

Brilliant isn't it, a Mali international whose so important to them he's not in their ANC squad and a Maltese international which is probably just as good as a signing from Yeovil. Just for the record they won't even be new nationalities to play for the Royals Can't wait to see them compete with Fa...

Hey Woodcote, do you reckon we might have another greedy bollox on our hands in Doyle? :P Doyle is convinced greedy bollox made the right decision. He added: "Anyone in his position would have done the same thing. I don't know anyone at this club who would have turned that down. "He hasn't...

Heh, a few days ago I made a confident prediction at the pub. I said get ready for the 'I didn't really mean that, I was taken out of context, it has been blown out of proportion' retractions to appear. Its taken longer than I thought, though. :P At the very least he's laid the groundwork so that wh...

brendywendy maybe thats why i never became a top class football manager

Yep, reckon thats about the only thing thats held you back, brendy

I think what we are seeing is what we suspected, and what we feared, based on Coppell's managerial history. That is, he's a good front-runner when everythings going well. But he's perhaps not the best man for a crises. And its hard to see how he could consistently be a front runner, long term, in th...

Dickie Davies Question should read... 'Is Bobby Convey the player we thought he was?

Answer - No.

Question should actually read...'Is Bobby Convey the player some thought he was?

The answer is still correct.

Coppell has done an unrivalled job here to anyone else in 136 years of history so deserves to be backed during this sticky time. He does, and I wasn't calling for his head. And to be clear, I wasn't lobbying for McGhee or Pards tp take his place. What I was saying was that, in our 136 year history,...