Official Deadline Day Thread......

[MmmMonsterMunch]

Cast you mind back to this time last year....

We'd just lost the play-off final, sold Mills, sold Long & the cloth cutting was in full swing.

DESPITE all that we went on to miraculously win the league, we've not had to sell any players to balance the books & have signed some fcuking good players. We are in the PL FFS - way beyond even the most optimistic RFC fan's expectation!!

Some people need to stop moaning & get a fcuking grip on reality seriously.

I wouldn't even say I am a happy clapper fan far from it but fcuk me some people are never bloody happy! I think it's encouraging that the new owners actually want to secure a long term future for the club & not spunk money on players they can't afford.

Promotion was cemented by an injection of cash in January to make key signings and secure key players and staff. Making reasonable outlay at the right time and in the right areas.

And I'm sure they will do that again IF they need to.

[Hampshire Royal]

How did Doyle do in our previous visit to the Prem? What about Shorey (at least in the first season)? Where did we get those two from and how much did we pay? Pog looks a very good player, together with McGreary and Guthrie.

All that's now required is for Brian to dust off the same magic wand he used for the last couple of years and I have no doubts at all that we will at least survive in the Prem.

Just my opinion, like.

[Tamworth_Royal]

Cast you mind back to this time last year....

We'd just lost the play-off final, sold Mills, sold Long & the cloth cutting was in full swing.

DESPITE all that we went on to miraculously win the league, we've not had to sell any players to balance the books & have signed some fcuking good players. We are in the PL FFS - way beyond even the most optimistic RFC fan's expectation!!

Some people need to stop moaning & get a fcuking grip on reality seriously.

I wouldn't even say I am a happy clapper fan far from it but fcuk me some people are never bloody happy! I think it's encouraging that the new owners actually want to secure a long term future for the club & not spunk money on players they can't afford.

Promotion was cemented by an injection of cash in January to make key signings and secure key players and staff. Making reasonable outlay at the right time and in the right areas.

Correct and now we needed to move onwards and upwards and compete and other than POG we haven't

[sandman]

2 actually - Guthrie?

my point, Newcatle felt he wasn't good enough for the Prem and let him go, hence the proven

Untrue - Pardew wanted him to stay.

You can more or less guarantee that Pardew had something to do with that signing. Whatever people think of him Pardew wouldn't recommend Brian and Reading to Guthrie if Pards didn't think he was PL quality.

[MmmMonsterMunch]

Bollocks[/quote]

No it's not. Ask most Newcastle fans - he went on good terms & most wanted him to stay. He is a good player. Newcastle came what 5th last season? How does letting Guthrie go constitute him not being good enough for the Prem?! Get your head out of your ass & accept the fact he is a PL quality player.

[FRIDDY109]

So we don't sign anyone today but what happens when Pearce or Gorkss get suspended or injured?

[Ian Royal]

The beauty of the way RFC is run is that it's always about the team rather than the individuals. With that in mind, you will always have someone hungry wanting a chance to prove what they can do - there will always be bargains to be had if they fit the Reading mould. It's a good way to be & hasn't done us wrong so far. We don't have to spend zillions.

Ultimately yes the net spend will go up year on year but we don't need to just endlessly oxf*rd money.

You do realise that we have only spent two previous years in the history of RFC in the top flight?

Yes, all three of our PL years are in the last six/seven. And we've got here from having been League 1 only about 12 years ago. I think it's fairly safe to say that the club knows what's doing. It fuked up in 2007/08 and we got relegated by the narrowest of margins, we're hardly in the same position as then.

This season was always going to potentially be a long hard slog against relegation. We have decided that the the amount we'd need to spend on players to improve our squad, is not proportionate to the potential difference they'd make. We have a solid squad, we've done well in the games we've had, and we've made some excellent signings already.

Staying up with the big money increase would be a huge advantage, but we've already shown once that we are quite capable of getting relegated and competing for promotion again, even on a shoestring budget. Staying up is not the be-all and end-all. Most of us will still be here next season PL or Champ. We'll still enjoy games and hate games.

On the we should spend more and be "more ambitious" front, there is 1 season out of the last 7 of evidence in support. On the carefully does it side there are 5 out of the last 7.

This transfer fever has mostly come out of absolutely nowhere. We should not be panic buying simply because Saints sign someone good. Or we made hard work of Posh.

Brian's not perfect, but he's damn good at identifying holes in the team and plugging them. And he's damn good at getting a mediocre team playing brilliantly. He'll get seriously found out eventually, and it may be this season. But I for one have no intention of ruining my enjoyment of what could be a short topflight holiday whatever we do, worrying about whether we're good enough so early on.

[Tamworth_Royal]

Cast you mind back to this time last year....

We'd just lost the play-off final, sold Mills, sold Long & the cloth cutting was in full swing.

DESPITE all that we went on to miraculously win the league, we've not had to sell any players to balance the books & have signed some fcuking good players. We are in the PL FFS - way beyond even the most optimistic RFC fan's expectation!!

Some people need to stop moaning & get a fcuking grip on reality seriously.

I wouldn't even say I am a happy clapper fan far from it but fcuk me some people are never bloody happy! I think it's encouraging that the new owners actually want to secure a long term future for the club & not spunk money on players they can't afford.

Promotion was cemented by an injection of cash in January to make key signings and secure key players and staff. Making reasonable outlay at the right time and in the right areas.

And I'm sure they will do that again IF they need to.

there's a huge difference between challenging & surviving the main point nobody wants to come to a struggling club in January where as in August it's the unknown hence why our rivals for relegation have spent well

[RobRoyal]

Nice to see some of the fans are still keeping the small club mentality...might need it again in the not too distant future.

It'll be interesting to revisit this thread as we close in on the new year. If I am wrong I will gladly admit it. But while the signings we made up until now were good ones, we, one, still had a couple holes to fill and, two, the others clubs improved themselves. And we could have picked up those couple players (re: see Dempsey's £6M transfer) at a fee which wouldn't have broken the bank or our wage structure...but we stood pat.

Seriously, in what world does Dempsey leave Fulham and join us for £6m? Stop looking at the price tag and understand where we are in the football feeding chain.

Think you kind of proved his point for him Rob.......

But you don't make that ground up in one summer of spending. Does anyone really think that established premiership players would be queing up to join us over mid-table regulars if we'd only gone and blown millions on Jordan Rhodes?

Are we complaining that the club won't compete with Spurs now?

[LoyalRoyalFan]

So we don't sign anyone today but what happens when Pearce or Gorkss get suspended or injured?

I posed this question many weeks ago and the replies I got were far from encouraging.

[Ian Royal]

So we don't sign anyone today but what happens when Pearce or Gorkss get suspended or injured?

Mariappa, our highly promising and PL experienced young CB steps in, with Morrison on the bench as cover.

[MmmMonsterMunch]

Cast you mind back to this time last year....

We'd just lost the play-off final, sold Mills, sold Long & the cloth cutting was in full swing.

DESPITE all that we went on to miraculously win the league, we've not had to sell any players to balance the books & have signed some fcuking good players. We are in the PL FFS - way beyond even the most optimistic RFC fan's expectation!!

Some people need to stop moaning & get a fcuking grip on reality seriously.

I wouldn't even say I am a happy clapper fan far from it but fcuk me some people are never bloody happy! I think it's encouraging that the new owners actually want to secure a long term future for the club & not spunk money on players they can't afford.

This is the Premiership the big boys league to compete you have to spend and with Anton brainwashed by Madejski we are in big trouble

And what if we still get relegated? Just have loads of players on expensive contracts that we can't offload and be fcuked for years after? Money does not guarantee success I'm afraid. We are not exactly fashionable so would have to fork out ridiculous sign on fees & wages to attract 'sexy' players.

[Hampshire Royal]

What happened when £1 million Lita got injured? He had to be replaced by bargain basement Doyle.

[winchester_royal]

This thread is going to be fun to bump in 9 months time.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

So we don't sign anyone today but what happens when Pearce or Gorkss get suspended or injured?

Mariappa, our highly promising and PL experienced young CB steps in, with Morrison on the bench as cover.

Has Morrison even played for the club, let alone played for us at Old Trafford?

[MmmMonsterMunch]

LOL at saying our rivals have spent well when some of the players purchased haven't even kicked a ball in the PL yet! Andy Carroll could stutter at WHU & have the fans on his back really early on. Sorry but no one knows how the season will pan out.

[Ian Royal]

So we don't sign anyone today but what happens when Pearce or Gorkss get suspended or injured?

Mariappa, our highly promising and PL experienced young CB steps in, with Morrison on the bench as cover.

Has Morrison even played for the club, let alone played for us at Old Trafford?

You don't know whether Morrison's ever played for us and you're writing him off as not good enough?

Just shows, regularly going to matches doesn't help you know what you're talking about if you view them with your head so far up your arse your nose has displaced your adams apple.

[Tamworth_Royal]

The beauty of the way RFC is run is that it's always about the team rather than the individuals. With that in mind, you will always have someone hungry wanting a chance to prove what they can do - there will always be bargains to be had if they fit the Reading mould. It's a good way to be & hasn't done us wrong so far. We don't have to spend zillions.

Ultimately yes the net spend will go up year on year but we don't need to just endlessly oxf*rd money.

You do realise that we have only spent two previous years in the history of RFC in the top flight?

Yes, all three of our PL years are in the last six/seven. And we've got here from having been League 1 only about 12 years ago. I think it's fairly safe to say that the club knows what's doing. It fuked up in 2007/08 and we got relegated by the narrowest of margins, we're hardly in the same position as then.

This season was always going to potentially be a long hard slog against relegation. We have decided that the the amount we'd need to spend on players to improve our squad, is not proportionate to the potential difference they'd make. We have a solid squad, we've done well in the games we've had, and we've made some excellent signings already.

Staying up with the big money increase would be a huge advantage, but we've already shown once that we are quite capable of getting relegated and competing for promotion again, even on a shoestring budget. Staying up is not the be-all and end-all. Most of us will still be here next season PL or Champ. We'll still enjoy games and hate games.

On the we should spend more and be "more ambitious" front, there is 1 season out of the last 7 of evidence in support. On the carefully does it side there are 5 out of the last 7.

This transfer fever has mostly come out of absolutely nowhere. We should not be panic buying simply because Saints sign someone good. Or we made hard work of Posh.

Brian's not perfect, but he's damn good at identifying holes in the team and plugging them. And he's damn good at getting a mediocre team playing brilliantly. He'll get seriously found out eventually, and it may be this season. But I for one have no intention of ruining my enjoyment of what could be a short topflight holiday whatever we do, worrying about whether we're good enough so early on.

Well done Ian ........... so we can take it your accepting relegation as a huge possibility but it's not Brian's and the clubs fault but your happy competing in the Championship once again. Hopefully get promoted, one season in the Prem, spend feck all, get relegated and repeat numerous times.
Here's one for you, how about let's get in the Prem spend on decent players get a strong squad and stay in the prem?. A bit like Stoke who RFC praised so much as a model Prem team two weeks ago !

[cmonurz]

Given most of this board consider Huddersfield's Rhodes a waste of time it's bizarre Morisson, whose career in the English league extends not past Huddersfield, might be considered adequate cover.

[MmmMonsterMunch]

This thread is embarrassing. People foaming at the mouth because we've not oxf*rd £10m today just to get on SSN. The mind boggles. Fcuk off to Chelsea or Citeh if you don't like it.

What do people actually expect?! Genuinely want to know.