Slightly puzzled by the BBC report... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46766459 ...which talks about us "defending in numbers" and only looking better once Forest were down to 10 men. At no stage in the game did Forest ever have a spell of pressure and look on top. I wouldn't say it w...

Gravenberch was signed about three days before he was sacked in the summer, and was pretty clearly a Tevreden signing. I think it's fair to say that a couple of signings in January and then getting the boot for no reason isn't much of a chance to recruit. Rakels was an owners signing as well. McDer...

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Schmeichel the dog

Old Man Andrews Ex Chancellor of the Exchequer Geoffrey Howe?

Would be the greatest return ever considering he died over three years ago.....

I'd still take him over a Gourlay return though.

yep

Old Man Andrews

UpNorth Howe to return??

Ex Chancellor of the Exchequer Geoffrey Howe?

Would be the greatest return ever considering he died over three years ago.....

Score flattered us certainly. Jaakkola had a blinder, we got a VERY luck penalty (superbly put away by Baldock) and Meite had his best game in a Reading shirt. Even the subs worked. But we rode our luck. Could have been a different score on a different day against a different team. That said, we gav...

Why are people thinking that entire performance and a point was good enough? Seriously? We’re a shambles. And it’s getting worse. Leeds were a dreadful away side and they scored two and got a draw. But hey! We got a point. Are you all totally fcuking mad? Indeed. As I left I heard someone say ‘oh w...

Yes we pretty much gifted Derby three goals, and had a terrible twenty mins or so at the start of the second half, but that was the first game this season that I have actually enjoyed watching! At last a bit of excitement at the Madjeski! Such a change from the turgid crap we normally serve up. Just...

I suppose it's an easy phantom to blame. The club are pretty closed up so too the unsuspecting fan it's a fair excuse. It's the obvious morale problem that I'm worried about. I still firmly believe that, on paper, we have a good team. So it's hard to lay blame anywhere but Stam at the moment. Even ...

It’s not the result. Leicester drew with Fleetwood. Stoke lost to Cov. It’s the manner of this result and recent results. Just shockingly poor and above all BORING! It feels worse than under Brendan (he had a transitional team full of kids) and Adkins (we were never so low in the league). It’s all b...

I just don't get the criticism of Edwards for today's performance. He was one of the few players who looked like he cared and was constantly trying to drive us forwards. I thought his overall play was tidy too and was staggered when Stam hoiked him off first. +1 Not Edwards greatest fan but felt he...

Liam Moore's reaction at the end was interesting. Looks like he could be off and who could blame him after that shambles.

Was that Jaap's 'Brendan' moment?

Well that was awful In my mind Jaap's team selection cost Reading the points as i feel that if you have a fit striker then you should play that striker and not stick them on the bench. Playing a ton of wingers up front just seemed to confuse the hell out of the team as they didn't seem to be on the...

not only that, but they sneaked in a 33% price increase for a cheeseburger (£4.50 to £6.00) the only possible excuse is that they now offer a wrinkled piece of lettuce in addition to the onions and slice of processed cheese so it is now slower and more expensive.... Stam out! But seriously, this is...

A solid start to the season against a Preston team that really didn't offer a lot. But, as they say, you can only beat whats in front of you. All the new lads did well. I love Joey VDB already. An inspiration to fat blokes everywhere. Williams was all over the pitch, and we're a different team when ...

Yes, would also have taken a point before the game. It was a decent performance against a (sometimes overly) physical Burnley side and a draw was probably fair overall. The penalty would have been a real kick in the teeth had they have scored. Al-Habsi has to be man of the match for obvious reasons,...

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Am I the only one who didn't like that 10 minutes of passing sideways? Yes Would have much preferred for us to have gone for the jugular once we went ahead against a team that offered virtually nothing and were completely shot once they went down to ten men and their park the bus game plan had fail...

It's a position where mistakes are more likely to be picked up on and if he isn't inspiring confidence in us, then no matter what soundbites the club make the defence will be thinking the same privately. I agree but I'd suggest that the current defence looks far less jittery on the field in front o...

Can't get too down hearted. We were pretty decent in the first half and at least deserved a point overall. But we were always going to be up against it after the sending off against a solid if unspectacular Derby. I didn't see the incident but of it was as is reported then Sa is an idiot and Clarke ...