Well he came across well here a couple of months ago.

Just to say, this is the first team I've seen something Reading FC related in the global trending list on Twitter

If it tells one thing, it's how unattractive we are to good experienced managers. Or that following the shoddy process of hiring Gomes, the club decided to get some form of succession planning in place so brought Bowen in as a consultant initially to see how he works - they liked what they saw so c...

I think our owners are very well intentioned if you look at their investment in the club and gestures like away day travel. But they clearly don't know football well and seem to have the wrong people advising them. It's been a catalogue of bad decisions since they took over. I know Kia Joorabchian i...

Who else would you recommend? I'm not sure if this is trolling or not, but Howe was CEO for the most successful era in our history. If things are still this shit in 4 years time, you can ask the question again.

one advantage of Bowen, is it really shouldn't mean a case of trying to ship out a load of players/make loads of new signings again. Is that really an advantage ? there are players here that collectively have got multiple managers the sack. The clear out needs to continue for a few windows yet. Act...

Wasnt Clarke rated highly as a coach? Doesnt guarentee being a good or even decent manager. He is a good coach and manager though, has done reasonably well everywhere he has been. Yeah, sure. But you get my point. Good coach does not mean good manager which is why I think it is a stretch to put it ...

Apparently he interviewed well at Swansea last year but they, understandably, went for Potter. If this was an external appointment, I think there would be more understanding. An experienced, highly rated coach who is looking at moving into management. A risky move but potentially an ambitious one to...

It may be he had some very clear views as DoF on what Gomes was doing wrong, and considers himself best placed to fix quickly. In which case, good luck and I hope he's right. I'm interested to see if we get a new DoF. And if he's not very good, does he go back upstairs? Or is his time at the club fi...

Just a quick question but does anybody know if Mark Bowen has links to Kia Joorabchian i.e. does he retain him as an adviser/agent? wouldn't be surprised. Hughes obviously had his links In terms of being a stitch up - maybe. On the other hand, Howe may well have been very impressed actually seeing ...

Football is a very different game now, all it is. Whats changed? I see a pitch, ball, lines, 22 men, referee and 2 assistants, dugout, manager, tweaked with the laws, but help me out here. The pressures on managers to get instant result, the finances, the patience of supporters, the demands of play...

Interesting we've had as many managers in the last 6 years since SJM relinquished control than the 25 years after he appointed McGhee. McGhee Gooding/Quinn Bullivant Burns Pardew Coppell Rodgers McDermott Vs Adkins Clarke McDermott Stam Clement Gomes Bowen?? Very stark Football is a very different ...

He went for the Wayne Hennessey defence. It's a breach of FA rules and, as Liverpool have stated, a breach of their code of conduct. It's not that big a punishment, he'll miss 1 game which in all likelihood he wouldn't have started anyway. To be fair, a 16 year old not understanding why that is off...

Interesting we've had as many managers in the last 6 years since SJM relinquished control than the 25 years after he appointed McGhee.

McGhee
Gooding/Quinn
Bullivant
Burns
Pardew
Coppell
Rodgers
McDermott

Vs

Adkins
Clarke
McDermott
Stam
Clement
Gomes
Bowen??

Very stark

We won't see this kind of rubbish once we're rid of gourlay Feel very uneasy about this. Internal appointments worked with Pardew and McDermott because they understood the club and knew the players. Bowen is fresher than Gomes and has no managerial experience. Could be proven wrong; if so great. Al...

Stand by my view. I'd rather there was a better option than Winks, but he is the only option who plays the role we're missing. I'd love to see TAA end up in midfield, but would be a stupid move right now

I do rate Declan Rice but England may be a step up too high for him. He’s better at regaining possession and doing a simple pass. Not really needed in an England team to be fair Sorry but what? It really is needed. I think winning Euro 2020 or WC 2022 would be hard in any circumstances given there ...

Sutekh Neil Harris now in the betting at 8/1

GetReading have also suggested Ian Culverhouse and Željko Buvač if the club was looking for some real leftfield options though on no real grounds other than who they’ve worked with as assistants.

Also suggested Cesare Prandelli.

Fair comment and the point about two games in such a short turnaround is justified. However do you think Southgate knows his best starting line up? I think he's probably pretty close it yeah. The balance in midfield will be the main area for contention, and perhaps the best pairing at centre half. ...

I should also add, when we won in Spain our midfield was Dier, Winks, Barkley. Doesn't that just sound more naturally balanced to everybody? I know we withstood a lot of pressure in the 2nd half, but the first half was as accomplished an England performance as I can remember.