Championship Football ..

[brendywendy]

i loved elm park too, the piss waterfall, uncovered away end, stands, the fact i could park in an old peoples home for free etc

but can you really imagine playing man u, chelsea, arsenal every week in front of the 5000 people you could fit in there if it was all seater?

i cant

[SpaceCruiser]

Looks like Coppell agrees on this season being better than last season.

[Adz1871]

Where in my post do i say that i want Reading to go down? .. All i asked was whether you preferred the Championship to the Premiership!
I gave my reasons for enjoying the Championship more but didnt state anywhere that i want Reading to go down.
I love this club and i want us to do well in all leagues, but i was just saying i preferred last season to this current one.

Some people need to chill out! God!

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Looks like Coppell agrees on this season being better than last season.

We were 25/1 to win the title last season.

We were a 5/4 ON to stay up this season with more or less the same squad.

I think Coppell is just wisely talking up a mid table finish to deflect all the talk about a UEFA Spot.

[fester_royal_blue]

Even worse than some of the 'plastics' is the influx of those pretending to have been fans for years.....





sounds like a certain chris terrant and mr parkinson to me

[phil in cornwall]

Anyone who prefers Reading to be in a lower division over the one that they currently are in is clearly a fool.

100% correct Mr Space Man

Absolutely agree.

Adz1871 - Why don't you go off and support Ald*rsh*t, Sw*nd*n, or *xf*rd?

Then you can grow up with one of them like we have with Reading.

Phil"I'm a better supporter then you" in Cornwall,I think it is you who needs to grow up! Why the attitude? I know Adz1871 and he has grown up supporting Reading,not for as many years as you, obviously, but then he's not quite as old as you.Chill!!

I'm cool. And I'm not a better supporter than anyone. I get to about 6 games per year.

I just don't understand anyone wishing they were in a lower division. If it's the promotions they like, they'd better start with a lower division club.

I've been there, done that, and I'm really enjoying where we are now.

[Arch]

Why slate the original poster when he's just trying to create some debate?

Maybe we should look at it this way. Which of the following do you prefer:

a) winning the championship, breaking all records, on the pitch, open top bus, or
b) mid table in the Prem and skint for the previlage, and major hassle getting tickets for big away games that we have next to no chance of winning?

the answer is B

and i havent slated anyone, just trying to be a little realistic

fair enough.

Personally, i enjoyed last season much more than the current one.

But it's not a fair comparison (never mind that option B seriously misdescribes the case). Last season was 100% a one off. You'll never get that again, and certainly not every year. As others have said, most of even our recent years have seen a plentiful supply of dross football. At the end of the season two years ago, people were panning the team and the administration. Our football was terrible and we only came ninth because most of the opposition were worse. Horrible games against the likes of Rotherham and Wimbledon; big time charlies like Quashie and AJ showing as little respect for the game as any Premiership prima donna.

For me it boils down to this (and I realize that being an exile gives me a skewed view): is the football better - ours and the oppositions? And surely the answer is yes, it's miles better.

[Royal Fleet]

Anyone who prefers Reading to be in a lower division over the one that they currently are in is clearly a fool.

Absolutely. Every single game has felt like a cup final this year. There are no easy wins, and you just hope to be there when we get an unexpected result like drawing with Chelsea, or putting 6 past West Ham.

Boro on the first day will rate as one of the best games I have ever been to.

I hope we stay in the Prem for a long time.