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Re: Rival Watch

by From Despair To Where? » 19 Apr 2021 11:19

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tidus_mi2 I had a moan about parachute payments on Twitter, just had Norwich fans telling me to cry more and that a Reading fan shouldn't be lecturing others on club finances.

If anything, Reading's financial mess is caused in part by the massive gap in finances between Prem, Champ and the parachute payments and trying to chase the Prem money. Plenty of teams gamble and fail, plenty gamble and succeed. The stark reality is that the majority of teams that go between the Prem and Champ is largely becoming a smaller pool of teams.

West Brom, Norwich, Fulham and Watford are constantly yo-yoing and I can only see this increase, if Swansea don't go up soon they will probably fall into a similar mess as we have unless they shed a large chunk of their wages.


Our financial mess was self made. We had a huge and bloated squad. Players on unsustainable wages and long contracts. Madness for the size of the club. We were warned about it and went into a soft embargo. Gomes was brought in to apparently bring on Academy players. What do we then do? Go on another financial splurge and rack up huge debts again. Appalling stewardship.

I hope lessons have finally been learnt. No big spending please. Sell our best players. Use the loan market and bring on our best Academy players. It will be tough. We might struggle but I think we have enough in the squad to stay at this level.


We were a financial clusterfuck long before Gourlay. Under TSI, we spaffed our parachute payments on a payday loan from Vibrac. We sold Le Fondre to pay the tax bill.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Snowflake Royal » 19 Apr 2021 12:21

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Hound Esteves was ok. Did a reasonable job - definitely not as much as hoped but don't really get the hate

He made about 2 errors which got punished, otherwise was fairly solid.


I thought he was improving and getting used to the Championship but we have barely seen him over the past three months.

Esteves looked decent but soft in the middle of the park. Too used to being the best kid in the game imo.

At either end he just looked a bit clueless. Hell of a strike on him, but the aim isn't to narrowly miss or hit the woodwork at a million miles an hour, it's to score.

His positioning was just too poor in defence.

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Re: Rival Watch

by tidus_mi2 » 19 Apr 2021 12:27

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Hound Esteves was ok. Did a reasonable job - definitely not as much as hoped but don't really get the hate

He made about 2 errors which got punished, otherwise was fairly solid.


I thought he was improving and getting used to the Championship but we have barely seen him over the past three months.

Esteves looked decent but soft in the middle of the park. Too used to being the best kid in the game imo.

At either end he just looked a bit clueless. Hell of a strike on him, but the aim isn't to narrowly miss or hit the woodwork at a million miles an hour, it's to score.

His positioning was just too poor in defence.

I think that's fair and there's nothing to suggest he won't have a great career but perhaps the pace and physicality was too soon for him, he'll get a positive experience out of this even if we don't really benefit from it, so not really a great loan signing all in all.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Snowflake Royal » 19 Apr 2021 12:33

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I thought he was improving and getting used to the Championship but we have barely seen him over the past three months.

Esteves looked decent but soft in the middle of the park. Too used to being the best kid in the game imo.

At either end he just looked a bit clueless. Hell of a strike on him, but the aim isn't to narrowly miss or hit the woodwork at a million miles an hour, it's to score.

His positioning was just too poor in defence.

I think that's fair and there's nothing to suggest he won't have a great career but perhaps the pace and physicality was too soon for him, he'll get a positive experience out of this even if we don't really benefit from it, so not really a great loan signing all in all.

There's something there. And at least he wasn't Virginia. Not a signing I'm a fan of though.

But for Yiadom and Araruna's injuries I doubt he'd have got a kick.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Hound » 19 Apr 2021 13:16

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I thought he was improving and getting used to the Championship but we have barely seen him over the past three months.

Esteves looked decent but soft in the middle of the park. Too used to being the best kid in the game imo.

At either end he just looked a bit clueless. Hell of a strike on him, but the aim isn't to narrowly miss or hit the woodwork at a million miles an hour, it's to score.

His positioning was just too poor in defence.

I think that's fair and there's nothing to suggest he won't have a great career but perhaps the pace and physicality was too soon for him, he'll get a positive experience out of this even if we don't really benefit from it, so not really a great loan signing all in all.


yeah wouldnt particularly disagree

probably done him a lot more good than it did us. Which is great for him and Porto.


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Re: Rival Watch

by oldebiscuit » 19 Apr 2021 20:26

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The people saying we were drifting out of the play offs were actually correct. Because we have. And now we’re desperately hoping Barnsley fcuk it up.

No amount of playground talk is going to change that. Especially from this urine sodden clown.


And also, if by some kind of freak occurrence we actually make the Play-offs, the minimum requirement is 2 wins and a draw fom 3 games. Can anyone see that happening with our form and confidence of late?


No the minimum requirement is 4 points if Barnsley lose their last 4 games


You’re not reading it properly, I said “If we make the Play-Offs”.

Would you like to re-calculate?

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Re: Rival Watch

by Zip » 19 Apr 2021 20:35

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And also, if by some kind of freak occurrence we actually make the Play-offs, the minimum requirement is 2 wins and a draw fom 3 games. Can anyone see that happening with our form and confidence of late?


No the minimum requirement is 4 points if Barnsley lose their last 4 games


You’re not reading it properly, I said “If we make the Play-Offs”.

Would you like to re-calculate?


oldebiscuit, You’ve been posting on here since 2006 as oldebuscuit. Surely you must be a crumbly olde (biscuit) by now

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Re: Rival Watch

by Stranded » 20 Apr 2021 07:19

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And also, if by some kind of freak occurrence we actually make the Play-offs, the minimum requirement is 2 wins and a draw fom 3 games. Can anyone see that happening with our form and confidence of late?


No the minimum requirement is 4 points if Barnsley lose their last 4 games


You’re not reading it properly, I said “If we make the Play-Offs”.

Would you like to re-calculate?


Ah you mean if we get in we need 2 wins and a draw?

Probably need to check Huddersfield's successful play-off campaign. 3 draws.

Also, 1 win and 2 draws would do it as could 1 win, 1 defeat and 1 draw.

We are definitely capable of anybody those though don't really back us on shootouts.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Snowball » 20 Apr 2021 19:19

Brentford 0-1 Cardiff

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Re: Rival Watch

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Re: Rival Watch

by windermereROYAL » 20 Apr 2021 19:25

Norwich on the beach already, who can get the better result against them?

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Re: Rival Watch

by Hound » 20 Apr 2021 19:57

Brentford have gone a bit shit haven’t they?


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Re: Rival Watch

by Zip » 20 Apr 2021 20:19

Hound Brentford have gone a bit shit haven’t they?


Very odd. They looked like a top side against us but have been mediocre since.

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Re: Rival Watch

by windermereROYAL » 20 Apr 2021 20:21

I reckon Bournemouth have a free ride in the play-offs if we don`t make it.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Hound » 20 Apr 2021 20:51

windermereROYAL I reckon Bournemouth have a free ride in the play-offs if we don`t make it.


May well do. Swansea losing now.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Zip » 20 Apr 2021 20:57

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windermereROYAL I reckon Bournemouth have a free ride in the play-offs if we don`t make it.


May well do. Swansea losing now.


If we were to win tomorrow and beat Swansea we would be just three behind them with two to play, Just as well we held on for a point against the fakes as otherwise they would be just two points off us.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Zip » 20 Apr 2021 21:07

Important that Derby lose again at the weekend. We need Rotherham motivated to try and get something at Oakwell.

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Re: Rival Watch

by genome » 20 Apr 2021 21:08

Derby really are bobbins. Terrible decision to appoint Rooney.

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Re: Rival Watch

by windermereROYAL » 20 Apr 2021 21:19

You have to laugh at (as it was then) Frank Lampard`s Derby celebrating like they won the league with a last minute winner here a couple of years ago, I`m betting they will be L1 next season,

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