Guthrie now wants the ball all the time which should see us cut out the long ball a bit. On the other hand we now have the Pog, which means we'll do it more! If we start playing long balls towards Pogrebnyak, we'll fail unfortunately. He prefers the ball to feet, similar to Jason Roberts. On the fe...

And did I hear the commentator say 'Alan Federici', or is my hearing on the fritz?

We mustn't fool ourselves - yesterday was a disappointing performance against a team that we need to finish above if we are to stay up. Sure we had the better of the opening exchanges and were the better team until they scored against the run of play but after that it was like we'd had the wind kno...

I'm sure there are lots of reasons why the excitement seems to be less, but for me it's that: 1) We have Stoke up first game, which I expect to be a pretty drab game 2) The biggest reason is that I just can't afford to go to games any more. £25 seemed a lot more affordable. Having said that, I'm sur...

McDermott said he'd give the players a chance to shine in pre-season, so the next four games might be quite crucial in his decision making process. Failure to score a few, which is quite possible given the level of opposition we have left, might persuade him that he needs to sign another striker/cre...

POG, POG, wherever you may be!
He scores goals and he joined for free,
And he wears the hoops,
Of super Reading FC,
McDermott's barmy army!

BRIAN MCDERMOTT'S BARMY ARMY! Clap, clap, clap, clap...

Hasn't McAnuff been used almost exclusively in central midfield so far in pre-season?