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by Crusader Royal
01 May 2025 08:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

The one signature left to be signed is Rob Couhigs. A table will be set up on the pitch and he will sign in front of the fans on Saturday! It’s gonna be pandemonium!! If this is the case and time that could be spent securing playing staff & planning etc is being focused on a performative signin...
by Crusader Royal
30 Apr 2025 18:36
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

Huang Kad eat your heart out, I have ITK news ... the deal is done and just needs a signature. Sadly my ITK did not specify whose signature. Thank you for reading my insider knowledge Not sure if you're serious! But I'd heard the same thing. And it's not Dai's signature we're waiting on... Presumab...
by Crusader Royal
30 Apr 2025 16:49
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

Huang Kad eat your heart out, I have ITK news ... the deal is done and just needs a signature. Sadly my ITK did not specify whose signature. Thank you for reading my insider knowledge Or, put another way and possibly taking a legalistically pure view, the deal isn’t yet done. No fat lady performing...
by Crusader Royal
30 Apr 2025 16:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

katweslowski and maybe even alluding to an announcement on Friday.

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That would be quite a trick if they do get him along.

In twenty years time hundreds of thousands will claim to have been there to see him rise from the ashes.
by Crusader Royal
30 Apr 2025 14:39
Forum: The Team
Topic: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?
Replies: 39
Views: 2003

Re: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?

Three reasons 1. Less likely to have got the itch from their dads 2. Put off by the perception or reality of the racism that still goes on in football stands around the country 3. Reading's football and financial situation do not exactly make a compelling case for a Berkshire-based neutral who coul...
by Crusader Royal
29 Apr 2025 19:15
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

The Times are reporting the Premier League advised the EFL to not sanction Dai's takeover in 2017 and they were told he'd have to sell if Reading were promoted to the Premier League. Is this news? The big problem is that the PL has the money and the financial clout to fight a legal case from someon...
by Crusader Royal
29 Apr 2025 15:38
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ex Players
Replies: 3884
Views: 2328992

Re: Ex Players

Rumours that summer will see Estoril midfielder Jordan Holsgrove move to the Premier League…. Fair play to him. It just didn't quite work out for him here, I think he may have just not been quite physical enough for the Championship when he moved on from us. But seeing him potentially going into th...
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 16:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?
Replies: 39
Views: 2003

Re: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?

I was at the West Ham U18s match last week and at the Tilehurst Charity Cup thing at Madstad a while back. Both games had a significantly higher proportion of black fans. Dont know quite what that suggests. A comparative lack of identification with the first team? The club as a whole? Friends, fami...
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 14:55
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Rumour - Semi Ajayi
Replies: 12
Views: 3557

Re: Rumour - Semi Ajayi

Expected comment from Joe Jacobsen but interesting his head has popped above the parapet. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/exclusive-reading-fc-joe-jacobson-concern-addressed-amid-west-brom-semi-ajayi-transfer-link/ He’s certainly brighter than Gourlay or Pang as he reckons the off the field cr@p ...
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 14:53
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

My second game of the season although I can’t remember which was the other one ! Fortunate that non league finished on Saturday and no clash of fixtures so looking forward to it. Expecting us to win convincingly and Orient to concede a dramatic late equaliser meaning we all have to wait for ages to ...
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 14:49
Forum: The Team
Topic: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?
Replies: 39
Views: 2003

Re: why don't more people from Ethnic Minorities support Reading?

Surely Spurs is a good example of a club with a huge ethnic minority following, they just happen to not have brown skin…..
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 12:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

Ian just dial it down !
You’ve kind of proved the point, perhaps just for once gracefully leave it alone….
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 11:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

Snowflake Royal I think some people may be reading rather too much into my, very, minor personal taste criticism.


I think people are just chatting, it’s more about Rob than you !
by Crusader Royal
28 Apr 2025 10:19
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown

I’m not sure it is necessary to jump to any conclusions about what Couhig may or may not be like as an owner based on a couple of minor PR stunts. As has been pointed out our ‘greatest ever owner’ had more than his fair share of cringe worthy moments. If Couhig gets the keys to the stadium this week...
by Crusader Royal
27 Apr 2025 07:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17742
Views: 4649883

Re: Rival Watch

No fan should want to departed staff or players do well for other teams, unless they are products of our academy. That’s not how football works. . This is utter garbage. First of all thinking you can tell all fans what is acceptable… And secondly why would you not want SSC, MCdermott, Doyle, Curo, ...
by Crusader Royal
25 Apr 2025 13:59
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The final countdown

Efl deadline is a bank holiday Monday so last banking day is Friday 2 nd will a deal be announced before our final game , would be great if it happens Secret player to be announced as on the bench. As secret player comes on in the 80th minute the stadium announcer says the sub coming on is our new ...
by Crusader Royal
25 Apr 2025 13:57
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Rumour - Semi Ajayi
Replies: 12
Views: 3557

Re: Rumour - Semi Ajayi

Just imagine that discussion - ‘we can offer you a deal up until May 5th this year’
by Crusader Royal
23 Apr 2025 19:55
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Snitching on fans
Replies: 23
Views: 4762

Re: Snitching on fans

I would say worrying about being a grass is something kids and teenagers do, just report them IMO You have to be a bit careful in getting children evicted from football grounds and them getting a potential criminal record because I don't want to make someone's life an awful lot harder just because ...
by Crusader Royal
22 Apr 2025 13:58
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Mansfield Town (a)
Replies: 143
Views: 12083

Re: MATCHWATCH : Mansfield Town (a)

I’ve only just found out we scored 5 !
Checked the score around what I thought was FT and was pleasantly surprised to see a 4-1win.
Had a look at this thread to see people discussing a 5th goal !
by Crusader Royal
16 Apr 2025 14:54
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - The 2nd final countdown
Replies: 9044
Views: 4109994

Re: CONFIMRED - The final countdown

Allowing 7th I to the playoffs at this late stage would not be possible surely ? It would require a rule change.
The logical thing is for us to forfeit our semi final and our opponent go straight to the final. There would be no clubs disadvantaged by that and no grounds for anyone challenging it.
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