Oh the inevitability of it all. Should have put a bet on it. Villa should really be tearing it up with the foward options they have but defensively they were shoddy, full of panicky miskicks. Moving on to reading, even at 1 1 there was a clear sense we didn't have the guile for a winner. We have a s...

We've gone from the sublime to the rediculous with Kermorgant. We've been begging for a threat in the air for years, an now we have one the ball won't stick to his feet, just bounces off him. He wins practically everything in the air but there's never anyone in the right place. He gets the little f...

Its ok stam has put his hand in the european tombola and has apparently picked another random defensive midfielder, already a journeyman and free agent at 23 and has been in trouble for causing a bad injury to another player...

Think its best to have a serious look at other options. Not sure im too fussed on moores arrival. Whilst he did impress in leicesters championship promotion season, his form since then has tailed off quite alarmingly. Brentford fans i know thought he was dire in his second spell and he didnt impress...

Jeez and we could have got at least twice that before he signed his new contact, bizarre that we would lose 500k on what we paid forest if this is true. Villa seem to be linked with our starting 11..

Thankfully my last game of one of the most frustrating seasons in years. I guess it just reinforces that despite whether you think a team look good on paper its worthless if they cannot gel or become mentally shot. Whilst I think the summer has really got be right this time In terms of transfer tar...

Thankfully my last game of one of the most frustrating seasons in years. I guess it just reinforces that despite whether you think a team look good on paper its worthless if they cannot gel or become mentally shot. Whilst I think the summer has really got be right this time In terms of transfer targ...

Interesting to note the scout working for the owner admission, not sure what that says about our transfer strategy(ie purchasing rough gems,buying younger players to sell on etc)- leaves it a tad cloudy for me. Scouting cannot be underestimated in arming the manager with a squad capable of playing h...

Difficult to say what has gone on really but there has to be something going on behind the scenes. Interesting that fernandez who has had far fewer opportunities during his time here does appear far more integrated despite his lack of pitch time, with Brian openly applauding his conduct...

Dear God no!!!!! Did he really only play 80 odd games in 6 years or so for villa.?!. Can't see why any prem or championship team would be too interested given his form since leaving villa dipped even further.

Yes the amount of managers coming and going at reading fc have been a little too many which is not ideal. However it's hard to argue the downward spiral clarke has created in conduct and tactical ability was ever likely to be rescued here and the board have made a 'professional' decision. Brian mcde...

Worrying times for the Royals as we lurch back towards the dark days of last season. From being far too open recently with the tactics and personnel Clarke employed to a complete lack of creativity and drive tonight maybe to counter the extremely disappointing Forest performance. This however doesn'...

Freezing,almost rivalled by the home game v watford some years back! An understandably muted atmosphere,probably worst I've seen us winning for a long while. A wins a win to keep the pressure off clarke for now. Having said that very weak defensively across back 4, hector has 1000 mistakes in him at...

Clarke: "You have to go and see what their plans are and see if it is more tempting than here. It wasn't." He was interviewed by Fulham last year so already knew of their plans and set up. This is exactly it though - the fact that he was interviewed for the Fulham job only around a year a...

Surely not another twist....

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I keep hearing that clarke had been interviewed for the fulham job before but it was given to symons due to the good run he had last season. If that's the case maybe it's fulham coming running back to their former front runner?. If so thats a real smack in the face and did the board not look at his ...

In no real particular order- Mowbray,hasselbaink,McCarthy,jackett,di matteo

Please God no to McLeish,Sherwood or Rodgers and I'm not fussed about rosler after his time at Wigan and Leeds.

It will probably be someone in ligue 2 France or in Portugal...

The amount of loans in this transfer window reading fc have been involved in has surely been a suprise. However on reflection it is symptomatic of a totally ludicrous transfer market,akin to the housing market. I guess it's the new way to ensure a team can improve its squad,without comitting huge wa...

That would be the brother of collins John at Fulham then. I'm sure we have been linked with him in the recent past. Another exciting/creative player though we really need to look at the central striker role. We only have sa as a typical centre forward,with Samuel injured and liburd a real unknown(al...

Well that was quite a coup,well done nicky hammond, I thought that boat had sailed and his contract would have run down. Yeah he held the ball up ok and worked pretty hard, but his aerial ability for his size was woeful (Chelsea away and Fulham away last season being the fleeting exceptions) and he ...