Hard to judge how it goes in cup knock out of course but as said the fact they we seemed to outplay Forest over 1.25 games recently will make us favourites. Of the potential semi final opponents - we beat Sunderland 2-1 but did not play West Ham, who finished 2nd, in the League phase. Hoping for 3 ...
And talking of Reading record signings, only Steve "the greatest ever short goalkeeper the world has ever seen" Death (£20k in 1970, Terry Hurlock £92k in 1986, Keith Curle £150k in 1988 and Darren Caskey £750k in 1996) could be said to have been successful. The rest, Steve Moran, Craig Ma...
Aluko + a manager/coach who knows what he's doing rather than Aluko + a chain of complete failures without a clue between them. He knew what he was doing by giving Aluko one 88th minute appearance from the bench this season, Still - it dispels some of the nonsense you saw about his “bad attitude” g...
Results Saturday 4th/Sunday 5th May IL1-South Central PO Result Sun 5th Marlow 3-1 Leatherhead – att 1,589 - Got to this – club were advising all to arrive early and extra parking sites were arranged, as well as two additional outside bars and hot food outlets. Understandably queues were pretty lar...
Imagine it’s the club looking after his welfare and letting him train to get fit rather than having intent to sign him. Wish him all the best, however his future lies away from Reading. I wonder if that was part of the termination agreement - he can continue to train at the club's facilities until ...
Maguire out injured So no centre or left backs available for tomorrow :lol: Calling the loss now! Isn't it a plus that Maguire is out? :wink: Unfortunately for England he has just about 7 weeks to get fit. Unfortunately for England, he remains one of the best two CB’s available, so he’d better be f...
If I remember correctly, when Qxf*rd came into the League the number of Tappin's Coaches of Didcot parked up outside Elm Park fell from 3 or 4 for most games to zero. if each coach had 40-45 seats that would have been quite a drop in our attendance figures at the time. Just out of interest for thos...
Realistically yeah. I think ourselves, Watford and Oxford all have higher ceilings than Wycombe - all have bigger fanbases; bigger catchment areas; better transport links; etc. That's without considering London clubs. I imagine Wycombe was simply really cheap in comparison to other clubs in this br...
Echo IR's sentiment that basic lessons of geography put a cap on what Wycombe can achieve. Relatively small town with London and bigger clubs nearby; I don't keep who they're kidding with all this talk of shooting for the stars. A few years in the Championship is the best they can hope for. Realist...
And yet Doku's chest high kick on Mc Allister, even more blatant, wasn't given in a game that might have had a real bearing on the title whereas yesterday Arsenal would have won regardless. The worst I feel was the Havertz penalty. Players have been deliberately leaving a leg behind to get a penalt...
Think this is how ownership changes should be done. Largely quietly and in the background with the first news really being confirmation that all is done and dusted. Meanwhile at Reading... :roll: The new owner says: "The football world is evolving very fast and our priority will be to integrate...
You have to laugh at Birmingham; they survived easily the season we got relegated and looking good lying in 6th in early October, when the new American owners decided to sack the Manager John Eustace and bring in someone to "instill the winning mentality and positive culture" that the new...
And another thing, which will no doubt crop up sooner or later. The top 16 U21 sides qualify for the EFL Trophy. However, there is a rule that says U21 sides of clubs in Leagues 1 or 2 are excluded. So we don't get to enter twice, and presumably 17th-placed Southampton get a place instead. Boo! Sho...
Got me thinking, we must have played some of them in the 4th tier too. How long would that list be? Four clubs by the looks of it: Portsmouth; Swansea; Watford; Wigan. In addition, we played Portsmouth; Swansea and Watford in the Southern League before joining the league. Swansea and Watford are th...