Meh. Not a bad initial schedule. Should allow a good early test for Stam. Getting a few of the tougher opponents out the way early may not be such a bad thing.

The new Düsseldorf templates are a bit of alright http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/stories/fortuna-dusseldorf-2016-17-away-kit/fortuna-dusseldorf-2016-17-away-kit-a.jpg http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/stories/fortuna-dusseldorf-2016-17-puma-third-kit/fortuna-dusseldorf-2016-17-t...

My thoughts go out to his family. Such terrible news. Top man, the clubman. RIP

They didn't mean rely on youth entirely. From their comments I think they just wanted to make it clear that Middlesbrough like millions ain't gonna happen. Regardless, As you say, that may have changed now. The kitty grows with sponsorship deals etc. A few player sales and salaries off the books and...

So that's Carabao confirmed for both home and away kits for the next 3 years

Oh I do love the assumptions :D if the board keep quiet, they have zero pounds to spend. If they announce there was no money, they'd get ridiculed for it. If they announced they do have £X to spend, it wouldn't be the reading way :wink: I'm still optimistic and I still feel we have too strong a squa...

Looks like the fridge is leaving for valarenga.

Who was given time. He arrived in 2013, took three seasons to get Middlesbrough promoted, and that with a lot more money than Reading managers are going to get. Let's not forget they sacked the second most successful manager in Reading's history, after 5 months, when he had a track record of making...

TFF

royalp-we confimration

Good effort

Or the Man Utd chant:

Yip Jaap Stam is a big Dutchman,
Get past him if you f*cking can,
Try a little trick and he'll make you look a dick,
Yip Yap Jaap Stam

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JWJGBEdOxps

Works, but far less effective using Paul McShane & Irishman

Seriously Are you lot going to go round and round and round all season discussing the Thais (yes the ones who only a few years ago 'reportedly' saved us) on every single thread. Stam is now Reading manager. This thread is about his appointment/confimration. Let's hope he has a successful tenure and ...

Step forward Aitor Karanka... etc etc Who was given time. He arrived in 2013, took three seasons to get Middlesbrough promoted, and that with a lot more money than Reading managers are going to get. Let's not forget they sacked the second most successful manager in Reading's history, after 5 months...

Step forward Aitor Karanka... etc etc

No, not for coaching in England

But he has won a Dutch jupiler with Zwolle as assistant; and the eredivisie as a coach with Ajax. So I wouldn't call that zero

in the early stages of his career managerial career. That's an understatement. Managing an u21 side that finished 9th last season. :? True, the U21's were in a professional league, some players twice their age; and he started coaching at Zwolle about 4 or 5 years back. Won the Dutch version of our ...

I think he will do a decent job here. A lot better than who we could have ended up with, names like Parky returning, did not fill me with confidence. Some people don't like it but the Championship is evolving and you only have to look at Dyche, Karanka, Bruce from the promoted clubs and the likes of...

A good read... And more I read the more I want Stam in.... Following the departure of Brian McDermott from the Madejski after a particularly tough end of the season which saw Reading once again struggling in the league; there has been one name that has been getting mentioned time and time again in ...

yip, with Tevreden, Gravenberch, Stam, you kind of get that feeling...

Nameless The Avram Grant connection must have legs.
Grant as Dof F and Dutch Brian as assistant perhaps ?

Why must it? Maybe he is happy coaching Ghana? I imagine there's a nicer work/life balance being an international manager anyway

Although, tis an appointment i'd welcome.

Speaking to Dutch website http://www.ajaxshowtime.com today, Tevreden said: "I know nothing. "I do my job thoroughly and so take the time to appoint a new coach." GetReading have picked the above article up and have headlined it as "Brian Tevreden denies Jaap Stam appointment&quo...