Let me know when that total reaches 200+

Long has been here 6 years. Forget age for a second. To make some comparisons, Kitson was stacking shelves in Sainsburys when he was the same age as Long was when he signed for Reading. He came into the professional game late. Kitson learnt quicker and improved drastically more than Long has over t...

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Snowball

Focher did you used to work in Newbury

I'm self-employed, have been since 1986, a writer since 1992, so yes, I work in Newbury, but not for any company

Not in a department store?

Never worked in a department store, or been a contract-killer. I did a short stint as a barrista once.

MR. CYNICAL Snowball, almost 4000 posts? You need to get out more!!!

Only 4,000? Well that's just as Snowball...

Focher did you used to work in Newbury

I'm self-employed, have been since 1986, a writer since 1992, so yes, I work in Newbury, but not for any company

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Snowball

Royal With Cheese Do you mind me asking where you originally hailed from (presuming that you're not actually Shane Long's father)?

No, I don't mind you asking...

OK - where do you hail from?

I didn't say I would ANSWER



(Newport, Mon) Half-Irish (really)

Royal With Cheese Do you mind me asking where you originally hailed from (presuming that you're not actually Shane Long's father)?

No, I don't mind you asking...

Snowball - If you're not English - why the obsession with Reading Football Club? Cos I've lived in Newbury the last 10+ years, before that Bath, before that Southampton... Started watching the Royals simply because they were local, absolutely LOVED Mr Murty and Kevin, loved the "little club&qu...

Ian Royal What? Don't like it when it's dished back out at you?

Royal you sick oxf*rd, if you think jokes about a son sucking off his dead father
are funny you need treatment and you do NOT want to meet me face to face.





But if you DO, PM for my telephone number.

M0J0

Wokingham was a very nice place to grow up in the 1950s and as for being English, who could ever want to be anything else.

Osama Bin Laden?

Ian Royal It's completely subjective and dependent on the individual's interpretation. As scientific or statistical evidence it's less than worthless.

DUH. Really?

I diddun no dat.

For clarity, this is a direct comparison of Kitson and Long for the last 2.33 seasons 22 Goals in 55 (39) = 61.5 Games in 2.33 Seasons = 1 Goal every 2.75 Games : Long 14 Goals in 51 (18) = 54.0 Games in 2.33 Seasons = 1 Goal every 3.86 Games : Kitson No doubt Kitson's boots were too tight, the wea...

It's good that Harte is soooooooo good at free kicks because at this rate as EVERY championship side sees he's our real weakness they'll send everything down his side and walk past him. He'll need to be scoring every week. Snowball how many free kicks has he coverted. How many goals has he been at ...

I think it's unfair on Long because he has been working really hard, just the formation is wrong for him. Howard is Howard, not got a shot, not very good at corners, always late for tackles (at least he's starting tackling this season, oh no, penalty at QPR he was lucky not to be off). Not got a sh...

Just for those who think Howard should be dropped. He has played a significant role in 8 of our league goals this season and we've been scoring almost for fun since he came back into the side. We've conceeded a lot of goals as well and he's certainly contributed, but I think you could place more of...

For clarity, this is a direct comparison of Kitson and Long for the last 2.33 seasons 22 Goals in 55 (39) = 61.5 Games in 2.33 Seasons = 1 Goal every 2.75 Games : Long 14 Goals in 51 (18) = 54.0 Games in 2.33 Seasons = 1 Goal every 3.86 Games : Kitson No doubt Kitson's boots were too tight, the weat...

[ I have no agenda, I'm asking your opinion that if Kitson 'a man on his way downhill' despite outscoring Long 4/1 (with less league starts) then how good does that make Shane Long goalscoring wise RIGHT NOW? Kitson is NOT outscoring Long at ALL, this season. ABSOLUTE, UNDENIABLE FACT. Nor is he ou...

The day Shane Long goes for £5.5 million I'll eat my hat. Long's nowhere near as bad as some people on here make out, but to compare him with a Kitson in his prime is the joke my friend. You folks keep doing this. I am NOT saying Long EVER WAS as good as Kitson WAS or Kitson IS, right now. What I A...

Simple fact. Howard has not scored a single free-kick in 4.333 seasons. it may be a lot longer but I haven't gone any further back. We have only one genuine free-kick taker, and until we have one at least 90% as good we need to accommodate him maybe at CB, maybe LW, dunno, but we need that close to ...

So you're saying a striker with 4 open play goals in the Championship this year is rubbish? god what does that leave a striker with say... 1 goal from open play this year I'd say a striker with 4 goals, playing in the best first 11 in the Championship is not worth 5.5 Million and is on his way down...