Have replied with... Dear Fiona, Thank you for responding on John's behalf. I'm afraid that the White Paper does little for Reading FC's very immediate plight, especially in light of the EFL's admission yesterday that there is little that they can do if the owner refuses to sell. What is necessary, ...

I emailed John on Saturday morning and to be fair to his constituency office they replied on Monday. Unfortunately, it was a response to say don’t worry the Tories are championing an independent football regulator. Didn’t expect a decent response from one of the most inept MPs you can come across -...

I've tried Joh Howell (although hold only the faintest of hopes that he'll even respond)! "Dear John, I hope this email finds you well and recovered from the party's turmoil over the previous few years. I write a constituent and Reading FC fan to implore you to speak to the Secretary of State f...

I understand the frustration but feel that pushing the abandonment was against the best interests of the team (given how they've regained form). We now risk (at worst) a points deduction, fine and being behind closed doors or (at best) playing the fixture again but at a time when Dai has sold off th...

lol at you. Hi seb, how’s things? Pretty good, generally. As I said earlier on in this thread, however, despite my general trolly attitude and my pretend disdain for the club and the fans, I am really quite upset by all the developments of late. In terms of our approach, we appear to have the suffr...

The sad likelihood is that we are being crippled financially by the academy. If it does cost £5 million a year to run, as has been suggested, and we've also lost about £4 million in tv revenue after relegation, then the academy could account for 30-40% of our total expenditure, but also isn't comin...

So whilst it stinks, it could be argued that the club are just bringing their staffing down to a L1, which given we will be L1 next year too (at best) does make a form of sense and naturally brings the expenditure levels down further. The sad likelihood is that we are being crippled financially by ...

Rehne now having just under 11.5 million more shares than the same point last year, I assume this relates to the money “generated” in June and April (?) to cover the debts (unpaid loans and wages)? Reading Asia still hold the same amount as before (I assume this is the remaining Thai owner rather t...

Confirmation statement issued today on RFC. Variation in share issue possibly ? Rehne now having just under 11.5 million more shares than the same point last year, I assume this relates to the money “generated” in June and April (?) to cover the debts (unpaid loans and wages)? Reading Asia still ho...

I can possibly see a swap deal between TT and NGW / Hutch who have both fallen out of favour

I neither see the point, or how we could sign anyone from another club given we can't pay fees. He's a Centre back / Left back. At Centre back we have: Holmes, Abbey, McIntyre, Bindon, Dean, Mbengue and Dorsett. At Left back we have: Dorsett, McIntyre, NGW, Carson and Mola Meanwhile, at Right back ...

A final thought on yesterday.

Almost all of Posh's team looked like athletes, with the exception of Dorsett and Azeez ours looked a touch lightweight by comparison.

Does it make a difference? Is fitness why we fade in games in comparison to other teams? Is this just my perception?

Azeez's goal was great - hooking a bouncing ball high into the net. His run for the first was good as well and he hit the bar. He is on brilliant form at the moment. Their goals were a soft one from a corner and one that didn't look right from 100 yards away - maybe it beat Button too easily. Peter...

Feel we could really do with a winger as none of Elliott, Camara, Rushesha or Vickers are currently consistent enough for first team football. I'd rather we brought in a 30 year old journeyman than kept trying to force children to play there when they're not yet ready. The only player in the current...

How was Azeez's goal? What were the two we conceded like? Caught Smith by luck just checking in now and then. Azeez's goal was great - hooking a bouncing ball high into the net. His run for the first was good as well and he hit the bar. He is on brilliant form at the moment. Their goals were a soft...

Azeez certainly displaying Nick Blackman vibes at the moment.

Elliott awful today.

Wing ands Abbey leaving it for each other from the corner was particularly frustrating

Thoughts from the SCL... Vickers is utterly powder puff and frankly offered nothing, bar one run a minute before he was finally subbed. Elliott is wasted on the wing. Should be 10 if he's going to play. Craig is excellent. Dorsett looks like a CB playing LB - NGW anyone? Holmes at fault for their go...

Mola, Carson, Elliot, Savage, Mbengue and Holmes were all very poor. The commentators were discussing where we might have been without Smith's injury, but our key player is Wing. He moves between the lines and always seems to be in the right place. Knibbs was largely non-existent. Craig continues to...

Has Hutch been picked since his comments on 13th Nov? Has he been punished for speaking out?