How far in trouble are we? Typically, 50 points is needed to avoid the drop, so we are roughly 5 points behind where we need to be after 26 games. That just needs two or three quick wins to get back on target, then you're looking at maintaining an average of a point per game from there. It won't be ...

Those were the days ... shortly before I moved away and could no longer get to home games. The 2-1 win against Stoke was great, particularly sweet when observing the generally obnoxious behaviour of the away fans afterwards. I was gutted that the 3-3 with Bournemouth was ultimately only a draw, but ...

I think that, no matter what our opinions are about Tommy Burns as manager of Reading, it's probably all been said before. From what I've heard today he was a decent, well-liked human being, a family man, and he died at a relatively young age of a horrible illness. We should at least respect that an...

The fun of "what ifs". Had we lost to Fulham 0-1 or 1-2, then we would only have needed one more goal. Really though, we lost too many games by more than the odd goal (3-0 at home to Bolton springs to mind), whereas Fulham and others lost a lot of matches narrowly. How many teams win 10 ma...

I could not agree with Arch more. That championship winning season was as good as it gets. We're never going to win anything in the prem, so the best you can hope for is (a) staying up and (b) causing a few shocks along the way (ie taking points off the big boys). Reading habitually don't stay put f...

As a NW based fan, I have rarely (if ever) encountered negativity towards RFC. This is probably because for all but two of our 137 years we've been below the radar, but also there's no genuine rivalry due to distance - this should therefore apply to all clubs bar three or four. Most feedback I've ha...

All this talk of Blackpool away makes me shudder at the memory of the bad old days - 2-0 defeat on my birthday in '99, when the highlights were another stag do arriving dressed as women, and those of us who coped to the bitter end celebrating in the 89th minute that we'd finally had a shot on goal. ...

Becoming a yo yo team would be just fine. After all, for clubs such as Reading (include in the same bracket West Brom, Birmingham etc.) our season is all about promotion or relegation. For those that "belong" in the premier league (the big four, Everton, Spurs, Villa) relegation is almost ...