Nigerian striker (would be for Academy) https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=33979 Has a half brother called Sam Mark Oke Pot, kind of a chilled out dude. His father Sinclair Terrence Raymond Oke, died last year of some mysterious problem. His mother is called Bernadette Lucy Oke, but...

Underwhelmed.... although to be fair, I was also underwhelmed with with Alan Pardew and Brian McDermott and they did okay. Then again Mr Mad seemed to have the ability to pull people from nowhere and get them to work. Mr Dai seems to have the ability to get anyone who's useless and allow them to be...

So we took a nobody portuguese with a poor record, to a guy who's management record is LOST EVERY GAME HE'S EVER MANAGED. Okay, it was against Man Utd, so we know if we get them in the FA cup we'll lose. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20374677 And that was 7 years ago. What does Bowen bring that...

Hughes would be a very sensible option and will do very well here, I’m sure if it. I personally would have him over Hughton. I just can’t understand people horror that it will be Hughes. He’s a decent manager. Plenty of experience and hopefully will give the players a kick up the back side they nee...

Wrong decision. Gutted. I'd have said it was the wrong decision if he'd actually done something. His win rate is appalling at 23.7% of games won. He's in the relegation zone after bringing in players. Okay, he had to get rid of some, but the team shouldn't be where it is. His record as a manager is...

Pretty horrendous league run coming up against current form teams Swansea A Fulham H Bristol city A Preston H QPR A Forest A Fully expect us to be bottom 3 after that lot, would rip your arm off for 8-10 points but expect 4-6 somehow. Don't we do better against good teams, and then when we play tea...

When he first arrived I posted about his managerial statistics. He's on a win rate of 25.7%. That's worse than his last two teams at 31.3% and 26.3%. His previous one was 7.7% over 13 games, he had a spell at three clubs where he was between 42% and 56% but in tinpot leagues. I'm not saying he shoul...

billy no mates Well, I live in China, no sky, no local team to even support, the team got moved before I even arrived here for the first time. Though Man Citeh have apparently bought a team so far on the edge of the city that it's kind of impossible. Impossible?... to be what? I'll give you a clue,...

Fans watch football on sky down the Pub. Supporters go and watch their local team. So, I don't watch games on Sky down the pub, nor do I go watch my local team. What am I then? billy no mates Well, I live in China, no sky, no local team to even support, the team got moved before I even arrived here...

72 bus Fans watch football on sky down the Pub.
Supporters go and watch their local team.

So, I don't watch games on Sky down the pub, nor do I go watch my local team.

What am I then?

Clubs have always gone bust. Owners (and to some extent, fans) have to find ways to NOT go bust Bury Newport County Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Town Kettering Darlington New Brighton Tower Bradford Park Avenue Accrington Accrington Stanley Halifax Town Wigan Borough Stalybridge Celtic Middle...

I think the thing here is about FOOTBALL. Bury are part of what makes football in the UK. Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs etc are all part of the international jetsetting multi-billion pound industry that has taken over from real football. You have Chinese people supporting th...

I think the thing here is about FOOTBALL. Bury are part of what makes football in the UK. Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs etc are all part of the international jetsetting multi-billion pound industry that has taken over from real football. You have Chinese people supporting the...

This is going to be a fun thread to look back on.

I'm getting the same feeling as Stam's second season, that the corner is just around the corner and things will turn, eventually, just, after the next game, or that game after that. Though there's always a next game where things might just turn.

CountryRoyal

The guy should win the "best Reading chairman of 2019" award.

Surely:

"dai, dai, dai, we're all going to dai." Would be better.

What a strange post... Why is it strange? There's negativity around the Chinese owners. I'm replying to someone who said this and giving reasons why I think that this negativity will never go away. Except you have compared two different things. We have Chinese owners, they employ the likes of Nigel...

"And for our owner, Mr Dai, this already represents a £50m plus project" :shock: this should stop the negativity around the owners surely. But i'm sure it won't. I live in China. A Chinese owner will always have negativity surrounding him because he's a Chinese boss, and Chinese bosses ar...

"And for our owner, Mr Dai, this already represents a £50m plus project" :shock: this should stop the negativity around the owners surely. But i'm sure it won't. I live in China. A Chinese owner will always have negativity surrounding him because he's a Chinese boss, and Chinese bosses ar...

Well, people don't have to apply for minimum wage jobs, now, do they?