Who has said "don't sign non-league players" btw? The list is a lot longer of those who have tried to step up and not made the grade. But it's a low risk strategy. The player will cost relative peanuts for a club our size. That is my original concern. We are potentially taking punts on no...

Yes, or in other words, less than half the distance to the Mad Stad.

Not everyone on here lives in or near Reading

Lower West

From Despair To Where? In for a trip to Carlisle, not that it will happen.

Weekend in the Lake District. Nice.

Nah, a ground within 100 miles of my house that I've not been to.

Seem to remember he tried getting a Vale player off in that game as well by taking a dive. He was of course also the player who took a dive to win a penalty against us at Elland Rd.

He doesn't actually exist, he's merely the synthesised spirit of Leeds Utd.

In for a trip to Carlisle, not that it will happen.

Mind you, after his Yermas Dildo shocker, Jonathan Low might run with the rumour that we're signing Bolivian U21 fullback Rembrandt Pussyhorse.

But they've been performing well at a lower level, not struggling in the same league.

Am I alone in questioning the wisdom of being linked to a striker playing for one of the few teams actually still below us in the table?

leon Oh just fcuk off you cnuts.

You'd change your tune if we signed a Big Black footballer.

suggestions from West Ham fans on twitter that the reason Jake Livermore tried to get into the crowd to get to one of their lot last night was because their supporter shouted at Livermore that he was glad his baby had died. a bit lost for words on just how much of a pcunt you would have to be to sh...

Clean sheet away from home and we're still in the cup!!!!

Yep, i'm looking for positives.

74' Attempt missed. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Right, you're on the bloody transfer list! I don;t want any more shots in this game thank you, my Dutch Total Non-football System does not allow shots, you should have learnt that by now. ...

Hopefully we get Everton in the next round of the cup and he can get a couple of goals against Allar-Allar-Allardyce........ My taxi's here..... Unless he plays for Derby at the weekend, in which case he'd be cup tied. Which Cold Play song is that? I think Pepe had a rush of blood to the head there.

Pretty sure most pundits predicted us to be mid table.

Get over yourself oilroyal.

It's not genome spouting opinion as fact like he thinks he's some self ordained, all seeing oracle.

What do you seriously expect Gourlay to say in a radio interview?

I suspect tonight is the last straw but does anyone expect the chief executive to publicly hang the manager out to dry pre match? Absolutely deluded if you think that is the case. He has to publicly back the manager and manage expectation. If the owners are coming to the next match, it wouldn't surp...

That is true but what do you expect him to say? "Yeah, it's shit and we're going to sack him if we don't win".

I bet most of the people complaining about him don't even understand what his role at the club is.

To be honest, I've been on here getting on for 20 years and one thing I've learned is that when times are bad and you need a clueless idiot to come on here spouting shite then 2 world wars, 1 world cup is your go to guy.

Not a oxf*rd peep from him last season.

This has the same gut-feel as the awful 1-2 defeat to Scunthorpe close to the end of Bodgers' reign. I would never overtly call for a Reading boss to be fired, but surely Stam's position is now untenable. This reminds me of 2007-08. Comfortably mid table coming up to Christmas then our form collaps...