Any idea how good the Colchester side was? I presume they probably made a few changes as well but how close was their starting XI to what their fans would expect for a league game? Pretty close in terms of a 23, although possibly some a bit of swapping from first to bench Lineup for last night Gilm...

current age doesn't matter, the rule is to compensate the developing clubs throughout the players career via transfer fees. I am confused at some of the detail though. Was just reading on the old Solidarity Mechanism before it was updated and it said that one prominent case was Robbie Keane moving ...

RichTea94 I'd be pleasantly surprised if we pull off both!

They might be more alarmed than surprised. You'd never know though

I also noticed that the majority of Kempson's articles start with the headline of "Why..." "Why there's no reason for Reading FC fans to panic just yet" "Why Aston Villa were crazy to sign John Terry after Chelsea release" "Why Huddersfield's promising pre-season ...

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On a side note, I see that Rhodes is being talked about for other clubs. What are peoples thoughts if Rhodes or Lord Nelson (as the canaries fans call him) was our option, who would you choose?

Ha, not even a nanosecond of thought over that, would definitely be Oliveira

*Interesting only to those who regard random numbers as more significant than expert opinions. Might be *interesting to see how whoscored ranked our entire team last year in comparison to how we did. They're not random numbers. They're useful and objective data that don't tell the whole story. As f...

Why worry over the loans, if it gets us into PREMIER then the reward is 100 million. Unless a loanee has keys to the Premier Inn, there's clearly not much of a guarantee of anything from loans. Who was our last successful loan? Define successful? You could argue last season was successful in that w...

JIM Why worry over the loans, if it gets us into PREMIER then the reward is 100 million.

Unless a loanee has keys to the Premier Inn, there's clearly not much of a guarantee of anything from loans. Who was our last successful loan?

Given the quality of sports journalism I wouldn't get too excited about someone getting in the team of the week or a star rating. Especially seeing as selections for teams of the week are regularly ridiculed. I pass no comment on his actual performance against Birmingham. Interestingly* given his m...

The Times has Moore as its Championship Player of the Week, and also has both him and Gunter in the Championship team of the week Gunter??? That completely overrated waste of space who only knows how to go backwards, can't defend and is usually the only reason we concede? :shock: Clearly The Times ...

To suggest a 50 yard run and fierce shot that took a deflection into the goal isn't an 'assist' is barking ! In my mind that was 100% Popa's goal and in the era of proper goal attribution it wouldn't have even been put down as an 'own goal' ! Agree totally. For the purposes of NewCorkSeth's little ...

can he put a fcuking tackle in? Yes, as it happens. 3 successful per game last season according to whoscored. which is higher than any of our midfielders managed. For comparison, Danny Williams was 1.7, Joey 2.1, Swift 1.1 Also played 37 games last season, so clearly isn't fragile. Hmmm interesting...

Seriously, £7.00 is one step up from begging :| If you can't be arsed to spend a tenner stay at home. All these people who think they support the club because they sing a few songs yet begrudge putting their hand in their pocket to pay a fair price for a match ticket. In my view, most of our cup ti...

leon can he put a fcuking tackle in?

Yes, as it happens. 3 successful per game last season according to whoscored. which is higher than any of our midfielders managed.

For comparison, Danny Williams was 1.7, Joey 2.1, Swift 1.1

Also played 37 games last season, so clearly isn't fragile.

According to Twitter, we've only sold 500. Absolute shambles. £20 and 2 hours away. If true that is embarrassing tbf. Cue the Twitter pictures of our away end followed by "tinpot" comments. So what? It doesn't make a difference when we smash them 3-0 on the pitch And similarly the thousan...

Royality creeps In When is the next round?
Have holidays coming up

week commencing 18th September

I'm confused as to how they work out these Royal Rewards points. For example I had 2330 points before last night's game (Millwall, EFL Cup 2), but just checked this afternoon and my total has somehow risen to 2530. Can't see how I would have got as many as 200 points from one game. Would be useful ...

In all seriousness, I am open to extending to the global market and that there is massive opportunity in China but surely the EFL (clue in the name) should be the priority? And what's with it not being broadcast - afraid they might make a mistake? Given the shambles the previous two draws have been...

Allegedly interested

https://twitter.com/ReadingFCHQ/status/ ... 2120427520

Given he took out half our midfield on Saturday, training could get a bit dangerous

I think it is just an Irish thing-my daughter is marrying one next month but, as far as I know, he is not related to this one. Yep, Whyte rather than White, Smyth rather than Smith. No I have no idea why, it's just always been like that. Literally know 3 Irish Smith families and 2 White families (Y...