:roll: Don't let the fact Kelly is 'one of our own' cloud your judgement. All 3 midfielders have shown that they have great potential, but to suggest Kelly is miles ahead of them is laughable. To put it in perspective for you, Kelly has now equalled his goal tally in 21(9) Championship games last y...

Stats and figures are one thing... overall performances and effort are another. I has been clear to me that Swift in particular looks jaded, his effort has been lacking. He has ability and that is clear to see, yet his application is poor. Evans less so, he demonstrates little to suggest he has any...

True.... but Kelly is only 21 and shows much more in terms of presence, effort and overall ability. :roll: Don't let the fact Kelly is 'one of our own' cloud your judgement. All 3 midfielders have shown that they have great potential, but to suggest Kelly is miles ahead of them is laughable. To put...

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MeMeMe Has to be a step up from Swift & Evans.

Seeing that these lads are still only 22. Just the sort of experienced pro that's required in the squad.

True.... but Kelly is only 21 and shows much more in terms of presence, effort and overall ability.

Has to be a step up from Swift & Evans. Both of them seem to lack the appetite and ability to step up and make a solid controlling midfield for us together from what I have seen.
Kelly - Van Den Berg - Barcuna - Mc Cleary - Berens..... all much better

In fact it should be 305 according to the site... you've been robbed.

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/tickets/seas ... arly-bird/

Err just went buy mine online and it's 350... what happened to the 25 off for 'early birds' have I missed something ?

We looked a bit blunt today & Derby sussed us out quite quickly, we need a decent Plan B and Plan C. Also...why such hate towards Blackman when he came on ? The way he left on a peak, because he stole a living for all but the last 3 months of his time in Reading, the glaring at the fans when he...

We looked a bit blunt today & Derby sussed us out quite quickly, we need a decent Plan B and Plan C. Also...why such hate towards Blackman when he came on ?

Wow, there is so much in that letter from the club where they could fall foul it's unreal. For one, they have absolutely no way of proving the person they sent the letter to was the person posting on social media (without legal investigation potentially involving the Police). Secondly asking the per...

Yesterday clearly demonstrated how demotivated the players are. End of season, nothing the win or lose so only a token effort put in at best by most players. Hammond has left, two loan players gone, no loanees in the starting line-up. Look back at the start of the season, Williams, Mcleary and Norwo...

One8Seven1* McDermott returning
Infighting
Clarke's promising start ruined by an unexplained dip in form and his sudden urge to leave (more to this than we understand)
Overpaid under-performers
The Thai's disappearing act (property before football)

^This

starbug After listening to that interview, McDermott is a dead man walking.

Agree. I think he's lost the dressing room too.

Answering the original question.. NOT. Just listened to his post match interview and he's lost it. Can't handle any criticism, totally defensive an ineffective. The club needs to show more ambition.

I did consider that, but then it's not a rumour or gossip... it's a genuine question about the team.

So the Hob Nob write up states "Reading manager Brian McDermott expects Kermorgant to play a major role this season - perhaps linking up with Matej Vydra who scored a hattrick in Tuesday night's 5-2 FA Cup win over Huddersfield Town: "In Yann we have an experienced striker with an excellen...

I'm not... for me it shows a real lack of aptitude by the people who run the club to move the club forwards in a similar manner as Soton, Leicester etc. We have the backing from the people who own the club, they now need the right people in place to move the club forwards and I don't mean the players

Leicester, Soton & Swansea... we may have loaded owners too, but the idiots that ran our club are still running our club !.. until otherwise... service is as expected.

Not a radical change surely. We saw for a month or more this season that we have the players in the squad who can play really good exciting football with a very solid defence behind them. The new manager doesn't have to make any radical changes, just restore the confidence to the side that was ther...

Reminded me a whole lot of Kevin Keegan style tactics.... as long as we score one more goal than you. Entertaining until you are found out and don't have a plan B.... quick legit !