Well, Derby first goal was Mannone. Their 2nd was a peach, and not really down to individual errors, imo. (Although I did say Richards may have done better defending the cross out wide).

Clean sheets in every game? You aren't asking for much. Nobody in the entire league has had that. I didn’t ask for it in every game, just pointed out our points total if we had. Yeah, it was your hypothesis (a proposed explanation for a phenomenon). And, an unlikely one, since nobody has accomplish...

Clean sheets in every game? You aren't asking for much. Nobody in the entire league has had that.

You can't if you don't score goals. We've scored one goal in 3 games. A 3-1 win would have been nice. Help the defense out a bit. Even a clean sheet and 0-0 would have been a poor result.

H oping Bolton are going to be a surprise team this year in the league otherwise I am really concerned. bracksroyal, good post, as usual. Yeah, early doors, but Bolton are in Top 6, and we're 7 points behind them already. That said, not a good sign we hype opponents. Have we played a really good te...

I thought people were saying the defence WASN'T the problem? It really wasn't. People posting McShane didn't win a header all game, then the stats show otherwise, but 'they aren't credible'. Defence has been the least of our worries. They have kept us in every game and given us a chance. Derby, For...

I'd rate Bielsa on how Leeds finish, not how they start. And keep in mind they have been in much less of a dire state than us. Well, they haven't been in PL for many years. They haven't even made the playoffs in more than a decade. Btw, Bielsa wasn't even their first choice. Before appointing him, ...

"Reading FC: Chief executive Ron Gourlay hints at major summer spending spree"

Ian, we don't need to drop.
We came within a pen of going up.
Cardiff were bottom, a year later PL. No surprise, and no 5 year plan.
Burnley went up, stayed up, now in Europe.
Bournemouth stayed up
Hudders went up
No massive budgets with these teams, then or now.

Encouraging that the 4 lowest rated players are our 4 new signings.

I agree

As Kes would say, calm down to a panic mate. We are not worse than last year. Baldock doesn't look anything like as bad a signing as Aluko and I certainly don't recall seeing £5m bandied about for him. 5 mil was the figure Tim Dellor quoted. Ah, now I think I've spotted your mistake here. Is this l...

I’d be seriously concerned about the judgement of anyone who thought McShane was MOM today. He was absolutely awful Gooding gave him MOTM. I would have thought the ex legend player and manager and professional footy pundit would have decent enough judgement. The credentials of whom, a few of us dis...

Would still like to see another target man come in regardless but that won't happen now, think Meite should be put on the wing and Bodvarsson therefore would be our only target man striker (I think?) with Kermorgant terminating his contract, could do with another one especially if we are playing on...

Good to see the usual level of patience and perspective from the Reading fans on here :D :roll: I'm a pessimistic fan, always have been. I thought that our squad was poor before the summer dealings and not a lot better afterwards. So I wasn't expecting much from this season to begin with. Clement h...

If we stick with him and allow him to build a team over the next few seasons, even if we drop down a division it will be the correct thing to do. There’s no magic fix to be had. As fans we need to understand the situation for what it is and give him time to love this club as we do. He's a massive u...

Yeah Brum were terrible but still. And it was spin to say it was their reserves, I think their midfield was the same as they played va Swansea I was led to believe it was virtually a totally changed side from their previous game. It was. For Carabao Cup game, Brum made 10 (ten) changes to starting ...

It was a dreadful performance. He admitted it. The players need a rocket not mollycoddling. It’s about time the squad started taking responsibility for so many pitiful performances. If they don’t like it then get rid. Not easy to get rid of players at this point. No probs with a rocket...behind clo...

Unlike some, was less than thrilled with Clement post-match. Basically threw players under the bus, heads will roll, etc. It’s his team and tactics, can only pull that stuff for so long. Assume he’s looking for reaction, we’ll see. In general, rather a manager who defends his players publically. No...

Kelly can't drive us forward with the ball because his legs are so short he just can't get away from anyone. Swift's going to have to play better for me to prefer him though. He was out of position, but for every trick he does better than Kelly, Kelly puts in a challenge Swift wouldn't get close to...