Dai clearing out aside, where do we think this big clear out will come? The playing squad is bare bones really and will lose some of the out of contract players plus we’ve already had a number of cost cutting initiatives in the last couple of years. The only thing left that would make a significant...

Not sure about the £6 million number, but the 1871 podcast reported someone inside the club had said it was last minute dropping off the price by Couhig that made Dai pull out. They may have been right, they may have been wrong, neither you nor I will know, but they are / were at least a credible s...

Is Akande injured?

He's raw and in any logical circumstance "not ready" but needs must. He does however possess explosive pace which could work from the bench especially on a day like today when we're creating nothing else.

Edit. Lol Hound.

15k home fans isn’t to be sniffed at is it?

Regular Saturday at 3 would make this 17k plus. Perfectly ok I’d have thought

I watched the Couhig interview which was posted on here somewhere, He addressed the speculation about the academy and more or less said it has to pay for itself, Now he is a businessman so he'll be looking at a longer term payoff rather than breaking even every season but he did say the Michael Oli...

In very simplistic terms, I’d say he has a fair shout to say if he’d taken over the club, it would have had an excellent chance of being a champ club next season and hence worth double the price he signed up for Difficult to argue that one imo Especially if his brief successfully quoted the legal p...

Genuinely shocking news this. Probably the person I interacted most with on here.

So sorry for your loss CR.

Would imagine Brian Carey played a massive role. It was all down to Carey. He has a very good rep out there. Bowen certainly seemed to be some part of the original signings - but does seem Carey has been involved throughout Obvs those signings of Savage, Elliott and even Perreira may one day bring ...

Substitutions on the hour, you know they're pre-planned and nothing to do with how shit we've been.

Lol 1-2

Snowflake Royal We just can't cope if you actually mark us tightly. A lesson it would be nice if we learnt rather than always starting 10 yards off our man when defending, ourselves.

Thats the area we miss Elliot's ability to wriggle out of tight spots to create space.

Sutekh Norwood credited with an assist for both

Not sure how unless he somehow managed to head his own corner for the first goal.

Personally, I'd be more confident of Forest NOT making CL than Liverpool winning the title. Liverpool have been brilliant for large parts of the 1st half of the season, whereas Arsenal have been rather underwhelming - yet they sit only 4 points behind, are (maybe) about to sign a much-needed strike...

Personally, I'd be more confident of Forest NOT making CL than Liverpool winning the title. Liverpool have been brilliant for large parts of the 1st half of the season, whereas Arsenal have been rather underwhelming - yet they sit only 4 points behind, are (maybe) about to sign a much-needed strike...

I posted his stats elsewhere, but Doyle basically did this. 4 seasons that coincide with our best, kept in on for one season post-relegation and then goes for big money. Solid career thereafter but nothing as great as his time here. Slight tangent but for managers, going to go Pardew. The sense of ...

John salako my recollection of the John Salako story was that while on loan he was amazing - so much so that Pardew did a data-driven PowerPoint presentation for the Board (before such things became mainstream) to convince them to sign him permanently - with all sorts of Opta style data points (bef...

Linden Jones' Tash

bakerlou WRTtOP as Brayson has already had a mention, Jimmy Crawford.

in my 39 years of watching Reading, I can honestly say that Jimmy Crawford was singularly the worst player I have ever seen don the hoops

Only because Mark Reilly was so anonymous that everyone forgets him.

Some very good performances by all the aforementioned (Pereira tends to get overlooked a little) but the answer is Bindon by a country mile in my opinion.

I’d have thrown Elliott into the mix as well as he adds something to the team in transition that we don’t otherwise have.

I'd definitely rotate, but keep it fairly strong. Why out of interest? More so than usual? If someone is carrying an injury or desperate for a break then fair enough. Otherwise don’t see any reason to Protection, plus best opportunity to give those on the edge minutes they may need for jumping in. ...

I hope it’s just a bit of mind over matter, but what Hunt said about Craig below has made me wonder if Craig or his agent is angling for a move. “The scan came back, and it looked okay but he’s still feeling pain so we can only go off Michael. We have to take it day-by-day and see how it goes but a...

I hope it’s just a bit of mind over matter, but what Hunt said about Craig below has made me wonder if Craig or his agent is angling for a move. “The scan came back, and it looked okay but he’s still feeling pain so we can only go off Michael. We have to take it day-by-day and see how it goes but a...