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by muirinho
10 Jan 2023 15:23
Forum: The Team
Topic: The magic of the FA Cup
Replies: 325
Views: 35893

Re: The magic of the FA Cup

I think that was more of an emotional thing - voting was just a couple of weeks after his FA Cup semi-final howler and all the press coverage about how devastated he was... Have to admit I looked at some of the winners and runners up and just thought What??? Mo Barrow was 2nd one year for instance....
by muirinho
10 Jan 2023 14:44
Forum: The Team
Topic: The magic of the FA Cup
Replies: 325
Views: 35893

Re: The magic of the FA Cup

Having said that Federici did win POTS in 2014/2015 I think that was more of an emotional thing - voting was just a couple of weeks after his FA Cup semi-final howler and all the press coverage about how devastated he was... Have to admit I looked at some of the winners and runners up and just thou...
by muirinho
10 Jan 2023 13:52
Forum: The Team
Topic: The magic of the FA Cup
Replies: 325
Views: 35893

Re: The magic of the FA Cup

On the other hand, the year we got promoted he kept the most clean sheets in the league and won POTS (I think). Nope, he came second to Alex Pearce. Oh, ok - runner up. My bad :roll: POTS and runner up etc doesn't always mean a lot I think - often it's acknowledging a new player has impressed in hi...
by muirinho
10 Jan 2023 08:58
Forum: The Team
Topic: Injury watch 2022/23
Replies: 807
Views: 94457

Re: Injury watch 2022/23

Winston Bogarde? One case nearly 20 years ago? Demands of the game have moved on even further since then. And were Moore to have that mindset, I very much doubt he would have played on in games when he had dislocated his shoulder and risk further dislocations by resuming playing too soon after that...
by muirinho
05 Jan 2023 16:01
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17132
Views: 2932684

Re: Rival Watch

McCleary signed his just as he had been a massive part of Stam season 1. Of course soon as he did he got injured and his firm dropped iirc Gunter was just an example of him getting a big deal because everyone else was. Could have picked up a better player at half the price Not exactly - Boro came i...
by muirinho
04 Jan 2023 12:51
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Garang Kuol
Replies: 14
Views: 3121

Re: Garang Kuol

Promising I suppose, if not a bit of an unknown. It's another option in attacking areas nonetheless if this was to happen, I wonder if that means Azeez might go out on loan for half a season for some game time if we were to pull off something like this. Given how pInce tends to value experience ove...
by muirinho
04 Jan 2023 12:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ex Players
Replies: 3096
Views: 1239889

Re: Ex Players

hmmm. Not always in agreement with Ian, but Olde Biscuit's claim that the knee " is not a gesture in favour of racial equality, it is just a fashion that young men love to go along with and be part of, it’s not for unity, it’s for fun " should not go unchallenged. Still cannot see why it ...
by muirinho
28 Dec 2022 19:40
Forum: The Team
Topic: Magic Number
Replies: 302
Views: 41647

Re: Magic Number

Lots of people missing the point, it seems. The magic number is the points swing required to be mathematically certain of the desired result, in this case, safety from relegation . It's a precise number determined by actual results, not guesswork based on probability. Exactly. Could have an entirel...
by muirinho
28 Dec 2022 19:38
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)
Replies: 190
Views: 23749

Re: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)

Hound
muirinho
RoyalBlue
Fully agree but I think you may have inadvertently referred to the wrong player/keeper when you talk about the aggressive press?


I meant to say Joe Allen, brain misfire!


Yep think it was Russell Martin who did the aggressive press on Lumley

:lol:
by muirinho
28 Dec 2022 19:20
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)
Replies: 190
Views: 23749

Re: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)

The thing is, he made 3 / 4 really poor errors. And I can't say I really noticed a lot of particular quality he did . Though I was watching on my phone, so less than ideal conditions. Two terrible passes under no pressure to turn over possession in fairly quick succession first half. Like, the sort...
by muirinho
28 Dec 2022 15:21
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)
Replies: 190
Views: 23749

Re: MATCHWATCH : Swansea City (h)

The ref was decent enough. Felt he fell for a number of the Swansea dives but overall he was pretty good Don’t get the Loum was poor comments. Thought he was excellent bar a couple of misplaced passes out of touch. Looks much quicker and more energetic than when he first joined. The thing is, he ma...
by muirinho
21 Nov 2022 09:30
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ex Players
Replies: 3096
Views: 1239889

Re: Ex Players

Bit of agreement with g_s’s comment. Signed up for commencement of our last Prem league season, promptly left following our relegation. Possibly not even his ‘fault’ (maybe, just having a good agent) but it came across as a bit “mercenary” to some of us. Sold him for nearly as much as we bought him...
by muirinho
16 Nov 2022 20:30
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: The Local Journo Thread
Replies: 891
Views: 287752

Re: The Local Journo Thread

See that the getreading site is ramping up for a month of no Reading news by giving two startling snippets of news. 1. That apparently it’ll be down to AC and his agent whether his deal is extended in January and 2. That Reading are going to trial giving opponent team news before a game - as if it’...
by muirinho
15 Nov 2022 16:54
Forum: The Team
Topic: The place to keep track of RFC players at the World Cup
Replies: 50
Views: 8746

Re: The place to keep track RFC players at the World Cup

Absolutely no idea. There may be something in the loan contract which stipulates. Maybe something similar to the wage %, for example if we're paying 90% of Loum's wages we get 90% of the WC money. But yeah, no idea. It's (inevitably) more complicated then that. The amount of compensation per player...
by muirinho
15 Nov 2022 12:54
Forum: The Team
Topic: The place to keep track of RFC players at the World Cup
Replies: 50
Views: 8746

Re: The place to keep track RFC players at the World Cup

Absolutely no idea. There may be something in the loan contract which stipulates. Maybe something similar to the wage %, for example if we're paying 90% of Loum's wages we get 90% of the WC money. But yeah, no idea. It's (inevitably) more complicated then that. The amount of compensation per player...
by muirinho
29 Oct 2022 00:12
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17132
Views: 2932684

Re: Rival Watch

Any time an organisation fails to pay wages on time it's a sign that there is something seriously wrong. Even when they come back with some platitudes about an administrative error, you just know that there is more going on. Exhibit A, April 2019 - Reading fail to pay salaries, and blame it on a Ho...
by muirinho
25 Oct 2022 13:52
Forum: The Team
Topic: Opposition fans back from the game
Replies: 4463
Views: 1414184

Re: Opposition fans back from the game

Indeed - I'm sure that we've also said after defeats we've been crap as well - rather than how good the opposition were. WBA being the prime example of that. There are only a small handful of clubs in the Championship that regularly play notably well imo. Everyone else has the odd great game and is...
by muirinho
25 Oct 2022 13:38
Forum: The Team
Topic: Kids going to Reading games in other teams colours.
Replies: 24
Views: 3966

Re: Kids going to Reading games in other teams colours.

Agree with those that have no issue-the good news is that the kid has attended a Reading match. We have a relative who has an Arsenal fanatic father so the boy has always had everything Arsenal and has been to many of their matches. He is now 15 and his mates watch Reading and he has become a conve...
by muirinho
24 Oct 2022 13:23
Forum: The Team
Topic: BTFG - Bristol City
Replies: 60
Views: 10000

Re: BTFG - Bristol City

Sat in the car after the game listening to BBCRB and some old fella made me laugh as he had a very high opinion of P Ince but it was good to hear that he was still enjoying listening to the games. Ady was saying that as fans we shouldn’t be worrying about relegation this season and we should be loo...
by muirinho
22 Oct 2022 19:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: BTFG - Bristol City
Replies: 60
Views: 10000

Re: BTFG - Bristol City

Had a bit of a funny conversation with my Dad before the first goal: *Win a corner* Dad: Our corners have been pretty poor so far Me: Yeah but those were on the right, Ince normally has better delivery *Goal is scored* Me: Yeah, like that Me, literally, to guy beside me! POT 1st Half, Mbengue. POT ...
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