After reading this, and listening to BBC Radio Berkshire, it seems like the arguments being made (with my careless and pithy responses to both sides of the debate): We need a change to stop the defeats and below-par performances: I'm not convinced. Just changing because it's not working now, does no...

I'm fully on board with Hunt, I think he's doing and will continue to do well here. We have had to replace most of the team, this window. And with players out of contact and the returning loan players, we'll probably have to do the same next year too. Over achieving last season has massively increa...

I'm fully on board with Hunt, I think he's doing and will continue to do well here. We have had to replace most of the team, this window. And with players out of contact and the returning loan players, we'll probably have to do the same next year too. Over achieving last season has massively increas...

Wow, that's a lot of information in a short space of time, thanks Brogue. Seems like the realism of being a mid-table league 1 team taking effect. Financials making life hard, not big enough to lure talent away from their home towns etc. Interesting to see how many options the club looks at before a...

A transfer that would really leave a mark. One that's not just a sticking plaster. Heal do well here.

Well it's about time. Let's face it, we're only hearing about this second hand.

Pepe the Horseman £500k would've been a good deal for Jack Marriot 5 years ago.

That's probably the age of the data used to train the club's new AI scouting model.

Snowflake Royal

Esteban Highlights reel for anyone who's interested:

https://youtu.be/1MaEGRFa58I?si=Uv_mPHceNWc9wdUQ

The absolute state of that division

I did love the goalkeeper who stayed in position long after letting the ball in.

Not exactly an unexpected result. I do hope Wing is ok, that was concerning to see him go off. Some of our passing looks really slick, that was nice to see. Getting possession out to the flanks nicely, and watching Daniel K trying to draw the final foul in the penalty area. I felt the quality of the...

At the next home win, when the team are doing their lap, let's all start by singing "oooooohhhhh" for as long as we can and see who steps up to start the cheers.

My season expectation is lower mid-table after losing some players over the summer and I'll take anything equal to or better than a draw, as an absolute success today. My sights are higher. I think our squad is objectively quite strong. We have a mix of proven L1 quality like Pereira, O'Connor, Sav...

My season expectation is lower mid-table after losing some players over the summer and I'll take anything equal to or better than a draw, as an absolute success today.

Is anyone here a Beatles fan? I've had a great idea for a song for Paddy.... Yellow Submarine

That's just the situation we're in, we lost hundreds of millions under Dai, didn't we? We had a few years of massively going over budget in the hopes of getting promoted from the championship and we didn't. I don't think we can really offset that with a few years of reducing budget, because we're pr...

OK, if its winding people up i won't bother anymore. thought I'd been bang on the money with my posts, i'll keep it to myself going forward Nah, keep doing your thing! You're nearly always bang on the money. You're the only/most ITK person on here. Its actually interesting to know how active the cl...

Are we about to get Tommy Smithed again? That would be a shame.

To be fair, Knibbs has been great for us and kept a good relationship with the fans. He deserves a shot higher up the league. I would hate to see him go, but if he does go, I wish him well. The difficulty for us becomes getting someone else in who we can build around. If we don't go up next year, we...

Was this all part of McDermott's long term plan? Fill the Reading squad (both as scout and manager) with players destined to become agents and then use those relationships to help get players in? I doff my hat to the man, he's a visionary.

I'm getting the impression that life in L1 is very much a case of basically doing a yearly squad rebuild. You can't really build long term, anyone young enough and developing well will take their shot at a step up to the champ. I'm really grateful we have a pipeline of promising youngsters coming t...

I'm getting the impression that life in L1 is very much a case of basically doing a yearly squad rebuild. You can't really build long term, anyone young enough and developing well will take their shot at a step up to the champ. I'm really grateful we have a pipeline of promising youngsters coming th...