Our inability to keep clean sheets is pathetic- we are supposed to have an experienced back line in Gunter and mcshane and a star player in Moore-what the hell is going on with how we set them up. Stam can’t expect generous bahaviour from fans when our defending from the back and inability to keep c...

The failure in pre season not to adapt his football philosophy is costing Stam. A rigid ‘way’ of playing but with different formations and players-how on earth is that ever going to create consistency?! The summer transfer purchases have been desperately underwhelming/unrequired. Chock full of midfi...

I’d have mark mcghee’s passing style of football over stams project any day of the week. McGhee got us switching play from one side to the other(Darius at the back in particular and completely different to short ineffective tappy passes) and with precision and pace which caused opposition players to...

Isn't the obvious comment that Reading's strategy is dependent on having a decent forward on the pitch - i.e. Yann Kermogant. Any club that wants to be successfull needs to have a decent striker on the pitch. It has to be the strategy of every club in football. You can complain about why someone el...

The last three games are representative of where the wheels are starting to fall off. No settled side(ok you can argue injuries play a part but stam has not stuck to team when possible), alternative tactics,slow build up,front three issue,lack of concentration at key moments and now only one clean s...

As I had previously posted on the match thread, it's now not only the slow ponderous football and lack of goals that is an issue, it's an alarming lack of concentration and failure to keep a clean sheet. So basically everything needs addressing at this early stage. I simply cannot understand why he ...

Back from the game compounded by missing earlier south Bermondsey train urghh. Christ make no mistake we are regressing and at a depressing rate. I thought the summer would have been productive in terms of tactics and looking at how better to blend our total football,but not a bit of it. A largely f...

Venue: birds nest stadium

Drawing the balls: Donald trump,saint and greavsie.

FA adjudicator: Nigel Howe

just someone.. someone better than Sir Joseph Mendes...

Ahhh brings it back 92/93 i remember David McDonald being decent little right back from spurs.

Hmm interesting one, not an entirely unexpected target I guess. The kind of player that fits our model and with Stam not being too fussed on the central striker role I can see his interest. Would be a decent squad option,probably better than popa/berens who could be looking over their shoulder. I li...

Rather have button moon.

Just more evidence that over analysis from media outlets is skewing opinions on what is in effect a simple game. This is the championship full of blood,sweat and tears for goodness sake! I could count on my tiny finger the amount of teams able to entertain their fans week in week out. Clearly they d...

After Saturday I don't fancy us against anyone. Tomorrow is massive another Norwich performance and I can see us missing out. I can't see us beating Villa but I also can't see us getting pasted again. A draw would be a massive result. Yes we 'should' beat Rotherham... With Forest losing to blackbur...

Oh look a 7 page thread so that's 1 goal conceded for every page And I can recall Reading losing 6-0 at Walsall in 1985/86 so it wouldn't be the first time to get promoted on a back of a season with league result like that in it But surely not also containing a 5-0,4-1,4-1 defeat within the same se...

Well and truly dispatched today from a team looking forward to their first premiership adventure. Relatively nip and tuck for 25-30mins but no real pressure and intent and then awful loss of possession on the attack and its two nil possibly mcshane at fault. If we kept it 0 0 at half time who knows ...

Christ, van den berg looked every inch the pub player his physique portays. Might spray it about ok at times but his keeping of the ball and concentration makes sean evers look competent. Not a cb and a general liability elsewhere, file alongside blackett. Essential we get a cb to fit in and complim...

ahh contract ends 2017-2018 season so that changes it slightly i guess..

I think he is a fantastic little player and looked sharp against us a few months back. However whatever appears to be the norm in paying over the odds for a striker, surely this is really overpaying based on the fact his contract ends in the summer unless i am wrong? I mean we all laughed our way to...

Mutch ado about nothing