He will play for them at some stage, shirley. It's just so happened that all the call-ups have come at very important times for Reading. Maybe a call-up in late Sept/Oct (I think there are internationals around then) will see a positive response. It is very honourable for a player to choose club ov...

Muskrat Bikey has a reputation that he seems to be living up to. Don't sign him - if he can get sent off in a pre season friendly for an off the ball incident then there's no way he'll handle the English game.

Couldn't agree more. Wouldn't want that Wayne Rooney or Paul Scholes either.

why do u get less points for travelling away?!....its should be more surely!! Because the club wants to reward its frequent customers, just like Tesco and Morrisons. It doesn't make money on the away tickets. This isn;t about loyalty to the team, but loyalty (and worth) to the brand. Which is why t...

Schards#2 Just checked our points total and, whilst I would have had enough for the first tranche of Villa tickets, my wife would have been 5 points short had we not bought the Feyernoord tickets.

Which rather illustrates my point.

Or just shows that you've been to more games that RL.

Fulham would be fun as the away game falls on my mate's 30th. He's a Fulham STH.

Yeah, I saw that. According to OS it's a minor groin injury but as it will definitely keep him out of the Orgoyte match they've sent him home early for treatment.

For years now, Arsenal have gone to Austria, played a non-league team, thrashed them and come home to play Boreham Wood. It's never done them any harm. The purpose of going to Sweden is to get the team together, get them used to being with each other day after day and to keep fitness levels up. Sid...

For years now, Arsenal have gone to Austria, played a non-league team, thrashed them and come home to play Boreham Wood. It's never done them any harm. The purpose of going to Sweden is to get the team together, get them used to being with each other day after day and to keep fitness levels up. Sid...

For years now, Arsenal have gone to Austria, played a non-league team, thrashed them and come home to play Boreham Wood. It's never done them any harm. The purpose of going to Sweden is to get the team together, get them used to being with each other day after day and to keep fitness levels up. Sid...

Could I just point out that Kitson has had a very similar moan in the Post today. He also states that he and room mate Convey have been bored to tears at times. Isn't sure about the effectiveness of the tour as a bonding issue and also raises concerns over the quality of opposition. It would appear ...

Trouble is, it looks like a lack of ambition. I don't know the numbers, but I suspect we haven't sold as many season tickets as the club expected. The club seem to have been caught short by the "floating" fans not kicking their door down for tickets. All, or most, of us who had season tic...

Of course, but lets face it, footballers aren't exactly blessed in the brains department.

There goes Sidwell again with his "the lads are all saying the same thing." They're not saying it to the press, are they. Let other people speak for themselves, just like in the contract case. Sidwell is really beginning to get on my tits. For whoever saud we wouldn;t pay attention if it ...

I'm sure the Moscow coach said he was free to go. £1m wouldn't be a bad price if Coppell rates him though.

Maguire

SpaceCruiser I'm shocked that Russia seems to be a backward country. What possessed Bikey to go there in the first place?

I believe he was offered a contract of employment by a professional football club.

I think that could well be it Maguire, good call.

Kitson said similar things last season (although it was more to do with it not being a very good team-building exercise), and he had a good season. It's just a whinge. Yes it is just a whinge and if it was any other player who said it it would probably have gone pretty much unnoticed. But it is our...

:roll: if you want to maximise your royalty points in order to stand any chance of getting to the big away games - i.e. Chelsea Man Utd etc, then those 20 are necessary. In order to get them you have to go (or at least pay for a ticket) to watch a pre-season friendly. They'll only be necessary to p...

I've got no problem with those comments at all. Just seems like he is raring to get going rather than play in what was no more than a training match.

Just seems that people are moaning because Sidwell came out with the comments, if Shorey, Sonko or Convey had said it doubt most would say anything.

Royal Lady they might be working on it, but it doesn't guarantee any other players will want to sign for us.

True but that's hardly the clubs fault.

There's more to it than the lack of signings, it's the latent greed of the club and the players alike. For the first time in history, supply is exceeding demand and the attitude has been tosqueeze every last penny imaginable from the fans. If we'd said that we would use the windfall to clear debt e...