by Hemenbruff Royal » 26 Nov 2010 23:11
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 26 Nov 2010 23:12
RoyalBlueHampshire Royal As far as the way Madejski runs the club, I just can't see what's wrong with it. We are not wasting money on over-priced foreign 'stars' (remember Derby, Pompey and Bradford?) but we have a very good chance of still being in business as long as JM doesn't 'do a Ridsdale or Mandaric'.
And still the Madejski rectum brigade spout the rollox and suggest we should celebrate merely because we have a good chance of still being in business!!
That would be in common with virtually all the other clubs in the English professional set up it would seem. They keep talking about clubs folding but time after time those clubs come back from the brink.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 26 Nov 2010 23:21
Hoop Blah It's not really spot on though is it. It's not just Stoke that have taken their chance with a bit more gusto than we did is it?
What about Blackburn, Fulham, Wigan, Bolton, Birmingham? All sides with similar natural resources to us and most who we've competed with well over the last 15 years or so.
by Millsy » 27 Nov 2010 11:16
RoyaleePlasticRoyale Do you actually ENJOY watching Reading play?
Not a dig but a genuine question. I just wonder what motivates the vitriol.
I used to, I actually don't at the moment, we play hoofball to Shane Long the most mediocre striker in the world and very rarely am I entertained. It was bearable last season when we had Sigurdsson who'd come up with something brilliant and make you forget about the other 89 minutes, but alas we've sold him and won't bring in a replacement (much like the other players we've flogged since we went down). It just feels like we had an opportunity to really push on like other promoted clubs and we CHOSE not to take it, which makes it so hard to take - we had a great platform to build on but kicked it all down instead.
by PlasticRoyale » 27 Nov 2010 17:46
by brendywendy » 28 Nov 2010 15:59
2 world wars, 1 world cupRoyaleePlasticRoyale Do you actually ENJOY watching Reading play?
Not a dig but a genuine question. I just wonder what motivates the vitriol.
I used to, I actually don't at the moment, we play hoofball to Shane Long the most mediocre striker in the world and very rarely am I entertained. It was bearable last season when we had Sigurdsson who'd come up with something brilliant and make you forget about the other 89 minutes, but alas we've sold him and won't bring in a replacement (much like the other players we've flogged since we went down). It just feels like we had an opportunity to really push on like other promoted clubs and we CHOSE not to take it, which makes it so hard to take - we had a great platform to build on but kicked it all down instead.
One of the best paragraphs I've read on HNA in a long while.
by Millsy » 29 Nov 2010 19:30
brendywendy2 world wars, 1 world cupRoyalee I used to, I actually don't at the moment, we play hoofball to Shane Long the most mediocre striker in the world and very rarely am I entertained. It was bearable last season when we had Sigurdsson who'd come up with something brilliant and make you forget about the other 89 minutes, but alas we've sold him and won't bring in a replacement (much like the other players we've flogged since we went down). It just feels like we had an opportunity to really push on like other promoted clubs and we CHOSE not to take it, which makes it so hard to take - we had a great platform to build on but kicked it all down instead.
One of the best paragraphs I've read on HNA in a long while.
i dont- not all of it.even with sig gone, i think kebe is worth the entrance fee alone when hes fit- was superb yesterday-would have had a hatful if hed been on from the start.rest is spot on though.
and i worry for us if kebe is sold in the summer
by floyd__streete » 29 Nov 2010 19:40
brendywendy i worry for us if kebe is sold in the summer
by FiNeRaIn » 29 Nov 2010 20:15
by FiNeRaIn » 29 Nov 2010 20:20
2 world wars, 1 world cupRoyalee
I used to, I actually don't at the moment, we play hoofball to Shane Long the most mediocre striker in the world and very rarely am I entertained. It was bearable last season when we had Sigurdsson who'd come up with something brilliant and make you forget about the other 89 minutes, but alas we've sold him and won't bring in a replacement (much like the other players we've flogged since we went down). It just feels like we had an opportunity to really push on like other promoted clubs and we CHOSE not to take it, which makes it so hard to take - we had a great platform to build on but kicked it all down instead.
One of the best paragraphs I've read on HNA in a long while.
by handbags_harris » 30 Nov 2010 18:41
FiNeRaIn2 world wars, 1 world cupRoyalee
I used to, I actually don't at the moment, we play hoofball to Shane Long the most mediocre striker in the world and very rarely am I entertained. It was bearable last season when we had Sigurdsson who'd come up with something brilliant and make you forget about the other 89 minutes, but alas we've sold him and won't bring in a replacement (much like the other players we've flogged since we went down). It just feels like we had an opportunity to really push on like other promoted clubs and we CHOSE not to take it, which makes it so hard to take - we had a great platform to build on but kicked it all down instead.
One of the best paragraphs I've read on HNA in a long while.
Seconded. Hits the nail firmly on the head, I don't think Shane long is Mediocre though as he does some good work, he's just frankly not good enough for a play-off team or above and can't hit a barn door other than from the penalty spot.
by southstand67 » 30 Nov 2010 19:08
Hemenbruff Royal But success is relative. Anyone who stood on the terraces (or sat in the stand) of Elm Park in the mid seventies, i.e. me and approximately 3,500 others, continued survival in the 'second' division is fine cos its what we aspired to as dreamland. Two years in the 'first' division against Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal was fantasy land, only ever played out in 'cup' matches in Subbuteo (and sometimes Reading had to play West Germany in the world cup final though can't remember how that scenario came about.)
So if you think upper mid table in the 'second' division (with the season barely a third the way through and a decent chance of a sprint finish for the play offs) is failure then you are deluded. We are a small club similar to Bury and Rochdale where the local support all sod off to watch the 'big' teams, in their case in Manchester, ours in London. On that basis we are punching well above our weight. Sir JM has done a fine job and given time Brian McD will mould this team into one that will get us back to the 'first' division for another year or so (in the same way that Sir SC did), and then we will relegated again. And I for one won't care cos we are still well clear of division four.
by Millsy » 30 Nov 2010 22:30
handbags_harrisFiNeRaIn I'd go a bit further than that - he mainly doesn't get into the position to hit a barn door, or is tackled before he can take aim at said door.
by under the tin » 01 Dec 2010 07:32
Hemenbruff Royal Anyone who stood on the terraces (or sat in the stand) of Elm Park in the mid seventies, i.e. me and approximately 3,500 others, continued survival in the 'second' division is fine cos its what we aspired to as dreamland.
by under the tin » 01 Dec 2010 07:37
Hemenbruff Royal We are a small club similar to Bury and Rochdale where the local support all sod off to watch the 'big' teams, in their case in Manchester, ours in London.
by Hampshire Royal » 01 Dec 2010 07:39
2 world wars, 1 world cuphandbags_harrisFiNeRaIn I'd go a bit further than that - he mainly doesn't get into the position to hit a barn door, or is tackled before he can take aim at said door.
Either way, not fit for purpose.
I'd honest-to-God prefer Keith Scott or Brayson.
by under the tin » 01 Dec 2010 07:42
Hemenbruff Royal Sir JM has done a fine job
by Hampshire Royal » 01 Dec 2010 07:49
under the tinHemenbruff Royal We are a small club similar to Bury and Rochdale where the local support all sod off to watch the 'big' teams, in their case in Manchester, ours in London.
Your mind is still in the seventies, my friend. In those days, those probably were our peer clubs.
However, today, the comparison is daft. Give me a ring when Bury or Rochdale start averaging 15-16000 crowds in a £40+million stadium.
by under the tin » 01 Dec 2010 08:15
Hemenbruff Royal given time Brian McD will mould this team into one that will get us back to the 'first' division for another year or so (in the same way that Sir SC did)
by under the tin » 01 Dec 2010 08:20
Hampshire Royalunder the tinHemenbruff Royal We are a small club similar to Bury and Rochdale where the local support all sod off to watch the 'big' teams, in their case in Manchester, ours in London.
Your mind is still in the seventies, my friend. In those days, those probably were our peer clubs.
However, today, the comparison is daft. Give me a ring when Bury or Rochdale start averaging 15-16000 crowds in a £40+million stadium.
Maybe that just shows what a good job Madejski has done. As testament to how well he is doing now, look at our league position. We have more chance of staying in this division than of going up or going down. Going up (or at least getting to the play offs) is the second favourite. The fact that we are still attracting 15-16000 (perhaps five times the seventies crowds) is maybe a clue as to how much the Reading public appreciate what's being done at the club.
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