Looking at the teams we have played so far this season I think it is fair to say that the only lucky point we have had is the one against Swansea. On the other hand we threw 3 points away against Peterborough and were very unlucky against Cardiff, Ipswich and Leicester. On balance this season we hav...
Well I woke up this morning feeling really pleased with myself. It is fantastic when a world class plan starts coming together. The QPR match last night just could not have gone any better. The first part of my plan to disillusion, frustrate and alienate the fans is nearly complete. I am not sure e...
One of the best refs for a while but he did wind me up with some of the overly pedantic placements of free kicks etc. Generally let the game flow. Really could not see if it was a penalty or not from where I was in the East Stand so will give him the benefit of the doubt.
A huge contributing factor to getting results in football is confidence and what I find most encouraging is that Reading seem to be getting more and more confident each time I see them play. At times the passing between players was brilliant - particularly in the first 25 minutes - when we should ha...
I am confident we will end the non winning streak tomorrow - 3-1 to the Royal and a standing ovation from the 80% of the crowd that have not left early. Not a bad shout either - except that maybe 90% actually stayed til the end. I can understand people walking out 5 minutes early when we are losing...
I am confident we will end the non winning streak tomorrow - 3-1 to the Royal and a standing ovation from the 80% of the crowd that have not left early.
Come back to me at the end of the season and tell me who is better and has scored more goals. I stick by my comments. I've seen plenty of both of their games and Church has been the more impressive as far as I'm concerned. They are the best or second best combination we could put out IMO and seem t...
This is only speculation, but we did have interest in Darren Ferguson before Brendan Rodgers took the Reading hot seat. I believe we even made an approach but were told in no uncertain terms to politely be on our way. Ferguson has today left P'boro, and with mounting speculation over Brendan Rodger...
I rarely post rumours but do know a youth team coach at a London Premiership club. They reckon that Adams has been lined up if Rodgers gets the chop. Was widely discussed at a recent England game as well. I bloody hope it is not true personally. Also said that Paul Hart is no way getting the chop a...
21 Nov Blackpool H Win 28 Nov Derby A Draw 5 Dec Sheff Wed A Win 8 Dec Crystal Palace H Win 12 Dec Scunthorpe H Win 19 Dec Bristol City A Lose 26 Dec Swansea H Draw
My take on it is that neither Reading or Ipswich will be relegated - both are clearly improving teams. Our only major issue is the lack of competition in the striking department now that Hunt is out all season. It was always going to be a tight game and I predicted 1-1 so was not surprised. Fed 6 - ...
This is largely an irrelevant argument as for the Coventry game because with long term injuries to Kelly, Hunt and Armstrong and short term one to Mills, Kebe and Robson-Kanu we had exactly 18 fit players out of 24 - so by default they were all selected. With injuries through the season and a smalle...
We got 200k for him, not bad http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2060051_liam_rosenior_can_play_against_reading_fc_for_ipswich_town From the article: "If Rosenior signs a permanent deal at the club this summer, Reading are expected to get another cash windfall for the defend...
I just hope we will all give him a good clap on Saturday. Bollox to that. I am not usually churlish enough to give returning ex-players stick, in fact I usually tend to prefer ex-players to our current crop and I am first to put my hands together and applaud them. Rosenior, however, was absolute po...