The only other thing I’ll add is that both Derby and Barnsley showed nothing up top, no presence at all.

Cardiff will be a real test for our defence next week with Kieffer Moore and with Watford the following week; there’s some far tougher games ahead.

We certainly still need to start games better at home. I think everyone can agree it really wasn’t impressive up to Barnsley going down to 10. If we persist with 1 up top at home, to actually create anything we NEED Swift, Olise and Ejaria to play closer together to create openings between them. Oli...

Wise words from Paunovic: "We have to stay humble. This is just the beginning and we haven't done anything. It's a good start but it's just the start. I don't want anyone to think this is going to be easy. It's a long season and we have to manage the expectations we are creating. I'll be the fi...

What is reassuring is that if things don’t go well with the first choice system, Meite, Aluko and Riquelme from the bench would offer something different as we saw today. Big test for us next week in Cardiff and then Watford the following week. Lots of time to recharge the batteries and hopefully Pa...

Royalp-we gets First team to Score with exact time! I’ll take that! Still think this is your season Snowy, you’re never far away with all of your predictions A difficult few months for many, but I appreciate it’s been really tough for you and you still continue to keep this thing up and running. Le...

Reading 0-0 Barnsley HT
Reading 1-0 Barnsley FT

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1-0 Reading 67 (Ejaria)

Just don’t think he’s worth the money being reported. At Monaco he’ll be on the roughly the same wage as the likes of Puscas and Moore. But he’ll probably be a back up here to Rino / Laurent. Where’s the logic in that? I guess a loan is low risk - he’s an ‘ok’ player. But if we aren’t careful we wil...

We could do better for 5 million GBP

Did well last year.

Just don’t particularly like him after his embarrassing first half performance against Wigan at home. Nobody played well that day - but he was especially shite. Think he got hooked at half time for Charlie Adam

The crux of it - we’ve won 2 home games in 15 during 2020. Saying ‘it’s just the league cup’ isn’t a valid excuse looking at some of the effort given. The youngsters in the back line did quite well. They were cannon fodder at times. The ‘senior’ attackers that played can hang their heads in shame. D...

Agreed. We have had just one league game and there is an international break in a few weeks' time so I would like to see us start with our perceived best eleven and bring on a few others if and when the game looks to be won. Partly agree, but we need to get Puscas playing Apparently we’re making 11...

Reading 0-0 Luton HT
Reading 1-0 Luton FT

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1-0 Reading 67 (Puscas)

Stop it Pepe, it’s pretty obvious we have more senior strikers than we have senior LB’s.

Mendes looks like he will be a really good signing. But we clearly need reinforcements in other areas.

Of course it does

Crazy that Wolves now have 11 Portuguese players in their first team squad (and 1 out on loan!) and I thought AEK’s 4 Portuguese players was a lot to have from one nation!

Agree with the general consensus. Club needs to get busy touting Smith / McNulty / Baldock to potential suitors if we do sign Mendes. Only a month to do so. Plus the fact they still need to get a wriggle on and sign a winger or two; and a back up for Richards. João / Puscas / Mendes / Meite is a rea...

All aboard the new manager bounce train!

My only complaint about today was that we weren’t ruthless enough, given the standard of opposition I would have liked to see us press for more goals. To be fair we could have scored at least 4... in the second half João almost broke the cross bar with that volley and on another day Swift might hav...

It’s not gonna happen. Need assurances that others can leave first

Which I totally agree with, we don’t need 7 strikers

Royal Monkey

Derby 1-0 Reading HT
Derby 2-3 Reading FT

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1-0 Derby 14
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1-1 Reading 49 (Swift)
2-1 Derby 57
2-2 Reading 72 ( João)
2-3 Reading 84 (Puscas)