To have a decent season (around playoffs with 77 pts) you need to get points as follows - Top 6 - draw at home lose away - 5 from this group assumign a top 6 finish) Second 6 - draw at home draw away - 12 pts from this group Third 6 - win at home draw away - 24 pts from this group Bottom 6 - win at...
I walked out after 70 minites. Utter rubbish from reading and stam. Good bye and good riddince. Worst football I have ever seen in 27 years of supporting reading no wonder why I decided to support another team. Terrible manager and terrible football. The club should refund fans for these performanc...
I walked out after 70 minites. Utter rubbish from reading and stam. Good bye and good riddince. Worst football I have ever seen in 27 years of supporting reading no wonder why I decided to support another team. Terrible manager and terrible football. The club should refund fans for these performanc...
I haven't been to a single game this season. After my travels up the M4 to watch turgid boring football for the last couple of years I have decided to give it a break and just listen to BBCRB. It is a normal thing for my kids and me to do one of the Chrimbo home games together; this year they have s...
When have we had a fit team? This is irrelevant. Most of our injuries, (often unreported), occur on the training ground. With the size of squad Stam has, and the amount of money he has spent, it is his responsibility to get a BALANCED squad that is capable of dealing with injuries. It is also his r...
I suppose the selling point for us over Leeds and Hull right now is that, due to our limited striking options, he's probably more likely to get game time with us. in centre midfield though probably :) He'll need to drop back there to have any chance of someone passing it to him - and only then if h...
I cant believe that this discussion is getting so animated over a set of figures that have no provenance. The whole lot is based on what the press says we spent or received not actual numbers from club accounts. With that in mind I am out.
Football finances are in a ridiculous state. If Stam had been manager when Coppell was, it is absolutely certain that the figure he spent on players would be so much less. You can't even use the usual inflation figures to compare spending. Comparisons of spending by one manager against another are ...
I would imagine an analysis of similar sized clubs over the same period would show a similar trend in transfer spending. I was arguing all summer that £7m for Aluko was a mad but it's how the market's going. I think you are reading a lot into the figures to suit your agenda. I thought that there wa...
Where do the numbers come from? The club is always hiding the numbers by saying 'undisclosed fee' so it would be interesting to know how these ones have been generated.
You're confusing better results with excitement on the pitch. They are not the same thing. We've barely had any excitement on the pitch since Stam arrived. Just trying to recall the exciting moments and can only remember the PO game v Fulham (well that was something to be decided on the night so no...
The atmosphere reflects what is happening on the pitch. :shock: It was the same last season and we cam 3rd. Your point is invalid. Not really. Yes we came 3rd but the entertainment value was pretty much as low as it is this season. It 'reflects what is happening on the pitch' does not, necessarily,...
John Smith If you like your central defenders to be the type to give away a penalty every game, have little to no concentration span and the technical ability of a toddler then Ibrahima Sonko is your man. Awful, awful footballer.
Those who cite Ollie Kearns in this list clearly never really saw him. His RFC record was pretty good even though he didn't look like a footballer. He was one of those players who could have scored a hat trick per game and the boo boys would still have knocked him. Matt Robinson is also misplaced he...
Apparently I was spotted in the stands at the Norwich game fuelling rumours that Stam's time could almost be up and the owners are looking to go for a more traditional-minded, British manager. I definitely know the league, do you think I'd be a good fit for us? Thoughts? (Or, insert anyone else who...
Apparently I was spotted in the stands at the Norwich game fuelling rumours that Stam's time could almost be up and the owners are looking to go for a more traditional-minded, British manager. I definitely know the league, do you think I'd be a good fit for us? Thoughts? (Or, insert anyone else who ...
'Only a matter of time now' really is one of the daftest cliches in the English language. Of course it is only a matter of time. From the moment a new manager accepts the job it is 'only a matter of time' before he leaves. They all leave eventually.
My second rant of the day (for the first see the "in or out" thread). I just don't understand Reading fans views and criticisms of Gunter. I don't think he had a great game against Norwich and made two really big errors in the second half which nearly led to a goal. But he wasn't our wors...