More concrete rumours coming in to corroborate. I think this is better news for Dai than Reading FC, sadly. Having worked on a few M&A deals in my time, the consideration is often adjusted for cash within the business. E.g., if the club has an extra £5m cash, the price goes up £5m and it's fair...
Yeah, you can't stop them from competing whilst they are innocent. Imagine the court cases if they were forced to sit a season or two out and were then found not guilty on all counts or only on some of the lesser charges and were only fined or had a small points deduction. This very much feels like...
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Manchester City get relegated down to L1 or even L2, and have all of their trophies stripped of them as part of the punishment when the Premier League FINALLY get around to having a look at those 115 charges........... It would greatly surprise me if there is...
A disaster for any match going fans who face the inconvenience of early kick-off times in order to accommodate live TV and also for the club who will be worse off. I've heard RoyalsTV is a nice revenue generator for them, particularly on a midweek when a number of STH's won't attend home matches bu...
It's easy to be sanctimonious but did any of us really give a shit when Derby and Portsmouth were in the shit? I mean really give a shit? Reader, I'll be honest, I didn't. I did about Portsmouth - and not in a good way. It made me rage at the time - the club were paying £100k a week to players whil...
It's easy to be sanctimonious but did any of us really give a shit when Derby and Portsmouth were in the shit? I mean really give a shit? Reader, I'll be honest, I didn't. I did about Portsmouth - and not in a good way. It made me rage at the time - the club were paying £100k a week to players whil...
Given the amount of stick Selles got a while back, I think it's only fair he gets praise now. I think he's done a great job at turning it around under these circumstances. Agreed reckon we are going to make the playoffs which would be a successful season all things told. Nice to dream, but dont thn...
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/49456e0769142e7fb2c2a7c8fb62a1798531aa35/0_1375_3729_2236/master/3729.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=c81d41f9bde1980b6711c8148d962afb Andy Gray's really let himself go. Wonder where he gets his jeans now that Millets a...
The post appears to have been deleted. If it is £300k for both then that's disappointing, but hopefully we'll have a sell on clause for both of them. If that figures is true, it just shows how desperate the club is for money right now. If it is true then I hope people in the club remember how certa...
All this going on and, of course, SKY not showing the slightest interest - shows how utterly meaningless Reading are in the scope of things and that this isn't actually going to do much of anything. No surprise there. Football's financial problems are mostly the result of the huge riches they throw...
The Cowley Brothers appointed by Colchester - looks like a very decent appointment for a club in their position - wouldn't have been against them coming to us in the summer. Our chameleon, comedian, corinthian and caricature owner, Dai Yongge, would have got us the Bewlay Brothers instead Well, thi...
Everton docked 10 points :shock: Opens the door for Burnley, Leeds and Leicester to sue Everton for relegation damages. This. Everton have chosen a great season for the punishments because the 3 promoted teams are so poor and Dyche is a good manager. Any of the last 2 seasons, this would have been ...
There's a post on Twitter claiming that after Ejaria refused to go on at Hull he left the ground there and then in his track suit and got the train home. The same post claims he has lunch away from the players in his car. Saw that, quite an interesting read - https://twitter.com/ThomasH_1871/status...
Re Caicedo vs. Bellingham, one essential difference in the transfers is the level of wages, bonuses, signing fees and agents fees associated with any Bellingham transfer that don't exist to the same extent with Caicedo. It's a cracking signing - and totally hilarious that they have taken him from u...