John Madejski-Legend

[RoyalBlue]

Think he deserves his own thread.

This guy wanted out of here by now and who would blame him, but unlike other owners, he is still knocking around not because he wants to be but because he feels he needs to be.

Most owners would have just sold out to the highest bidder to get their money back, but even in these uncertain times he's still there guaranteeing funds in the Jan transfer window. He has no reason to do this bur he clearly still wants the club to succeed and progress.

I just feel so safe with him in the boardroom! He's like an older brother that will look over you, repelling bullies and ensuring your safety.

Sir John, you are a legend, we would have been fcuked without you.

Is he still knocking around because he feels that he needs to be or is it because currently his stake in the club is worth the square root of bugger all?! Who the hell would want to buy 49% of Reading Football Club?

He and/or his advisors now appear to have made the one of the cock ups of the century in selling 51% of the club to AZ. If they have, then we are probably fcucked with him too!

Guaranteeing funds in the transfer window? What level of funds, and are those real funds or will we once again be told that the funds were available but the right players weren't? Alternatively, will those funds be part of the proceeds that we get from selling our better players?

As Madejski said, he and AZ have a common interest in getting us to the PL. That is presumably because it would make it far easier for them both to sell their shares if the club were in the PL. However, that behind that common interest, the relationship between the Brit and the Russian is similar to that between the Brits, the Yanks and the Russians in WW2. I suspect that there may well be another period of cold war once JM and AZ realise their common interest.

Certainly not my cup of Darjeeling. Everything he has done for the Club has been on a business basis. No money has been given as it has always been as a loan - albeit on generous terms. The worst bit of cloth cutting he did was to effectively force McGhee out of the club at a time when we were playing the best football witnessed for a generation.

The bit about agreeing to stay and then fùcking off to Leicester was SJM's fault then?

I have a very interesting letter from the then Chairman of Leicester, which suggests that the events of that time were somewhat different to how they were explained to the fans. McGhee (and I joined in with great gusto with all of the vitriol that was subsequently thrown at him) also maintained that the circumstances and events of his meeting with JM were a bit different from JM's own recollection which was broadcast on the radio.

[SydenhamRoyal]

When he does go we should maybe name a stand after him or something

is this a wind up?

It's a great idea. Perhaps even name the stadium after him, add a few white seats with his name emblazoned on them.

That's a fantastic, ad truly original idea. My hat off to yo ahhh wait.

[RoyalBlue]

is this a wind up?

It's a great idea. Perhaps even name the stadium after him, add a few white seats with his name emblazoned on them.

That's a fantastic, ad truly original idea. My hat off to yo ahhh wait.

The idea's not stupid at all because, rest assured, when Madejski finally manages to sell the new owner(s) will understandably want to take full advantage of the commercial opportunities that come with the naming rights to the stadium. For the same reason, unless Madejski wants to pay for the privilege of naming a stand after him, I would be against that too.

I wonder what we could have made from the naming rights to the Stadium during the time that we have been there and how that compares to the amount of money that our benefactor has given to the club.