The squad in July

[Royal_jimmy]

Well, we were clearly in a mess in the 80's and a pretty big mess in the 90s before Madejski took over, and a collossal mess under Zingarovich. In all three periods, the club was in imminent and real danger of going out of existance/into administration.

Thought Madejski bought us in 1990?

[From Despair To Where?]

Which is in the 90's is it not? We're talking different problems to those in the early 80s.

The club was a damn sight closer to folding when he bought us than it is now, as in an unsustainable level of losses and an owner who'd just seen his wealth pretty much wiped out by an economic slump. We were reportedly losing something like £40,000 a week which in those days was an astronomical sum. For context, It cost about £3 to get in and average attendances were less than 5,000.

[Brogue]

puscas confimred as gone to Genoa on the official site

[NathStPaul]

Meite officially gone.

[Stranded]

No surprise, but the number of tweets coming out of the club definitely ramped up today, which suggests everyone is back at work and we may start to see more news - maybe even some positive.

Hoilett looking likely to join Huddersfield shortly, leaving only Mbengue as a potential to re-sign. Which he probably won't.

[Clyde1998]

No surprise, but the number of tweets coming out of the club definitely ramped up today, which suggests everyone is back at work and we may start to see more news - maybe even some positive.

Hoilett looking likely to join Huddersfield shortly, leaving only Mbengue as a potential to re-sign. Which he probably won't.

I think Hoilett was on international duty for Canada, so he might sign for Huddersfield once he returns.

[Royal_jimmy]

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

[Snowflake Royal]

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

Most people didn’t want Hoilett, didn't expect Meite to sign, hoped Mbengue would. We all wanted shot of Puscas. No one expected Joao to stay. Plenty didn’t want him to.

Sarr sodding off is no loss.

These aren't major disappointments so far.

[Stranded]

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

Most people didn’t want Hoilett, didn't expect Meite to sign, hoped Mbengue would. We all wanted shot of Puscas. No one expected Joao to stay. Plenty didn’t want him to.

Sarr sodding off is no loss.

These aren't major disappointments so far.

Agreed. Just needs to be followed by a few weeks of solid recruitment to be competitive next season.

[Pepe the Horseman]

puscas confimred as gone to Genoa on the official site

Goneoa more like lol

[Sutekh]

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

Most people didn’t want Hoilett, didn't expect Meite to sign, hoped Mbengue would. We all wanted shot of Puscas. No one expected Joao to stay. Plenty didn’t want him to.

Sarr sodding off is no loss.

These aren't major disappointments so far.

Agree. Only Ince going for naff all is annoying.

[Hound]

Yeah hoping Mbengue, Carson and Dorsett sign. Couldn’t give a toss about Hoilett. Meite was never staying

[Snowflake Royal]

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

Most people didn’t want Hoilett, didn't expect Meite to sign, hoped Mbengue would. We all wanted shot of Puscas. No one expected Joao to stay. Plenty didn’t want him to.

Sarr sodding off is no loss.

These aren't major disappointments so far.

Agree. Only Ince going for naff all is annoying.

Even that isn't surprising and has positives to it.

[Crowbar6753]

On the "Reading FC Real fans" site stating we have had a bid accepted for Esneyder Mena dubbed the Columbian "Trent Alexander Arnold" and the player has accepted to join.
Not sure on the "Sauce' but he plays anywhere on the right side according to "TransferMarkt". Is rumored to have a wicked cross on him which sounds promising!!

[Sutekh]

On the "Reading FC Real fans" site stating we have had a bid accepted for Esneyder Mena dubbed the Columbian "Trent Alexander Arnold" and the player has accepted to join.
Not sure on the "Sauce' but he plays anywhere on the right side according to "TransferMarkt". Is rumored to have a wicked cross on him which sounds promising!!

[Royal_jimmy]

Yeah Mbengue is the key one, Hoilett would have been ok, Southwood going is disappointing as he could have been ok for L1 but maybe he decided to leave.

[Hound]

No guarantee of anything but pic posted by John Clarke of him and Carson at training. So hopefully both staying

[Stranded]

Quick look at the transfers happened to date and only ourselves, Wigan, Wycombe and Carlisle have yet to bring in a new player. The other 3 do also currently have more than 8 senior players on the books.

[Hound]

Quick look at the transfers happened to date and only ourselves, Wigan, Wycombe and Carlisle have yet to bring in a new player. The other 3 do also currently have more than 8 senior players on the books.

How are we defining a senior player? Is Azeez one? Jahmari? Keep seeing this 8 player thing thrown about.

[Snowflake Royal]

Quick look at the transfers happened to date and only ourselves, Wigan, Wycombe and Carlisle have yet to bring in a new player. The other 3 do also currently have more than 8 senior players on the books.

How are we defining a senior player? Is Azeez one? Jahmari? Keep seeing this 8 player thing thrown about.

Arbitrarily I imagine.

If you pushed me to a criteria I'd probably say more than 1 start or 5 appearances.