Sudden outbreak of negativity?
A view based on long years of experience in these situations? or
Superstitious view of those secretly confident of a win but not daring to appear over confident or want to jinx it?

[quote="melonhead"][quote]melonhead wrote:

will our academy be able to be a class 1?
- edit no not without building accomodation(or could we buy some barracks from arborfield?)

Oh, excellent! All we need is another reason to sell better players to raise yet more money.

3-0 win for us. Goal difference back to zero. Around half the teams on 5 and 6 points not to pick up any points. We go up to around 17th. Crisis over. That's RTG for you!

Great day on HNA!

SJM's interview was worrying. Either he doesn't fully know what is going on or he was being deliberately obscure. Alternatively, maybe he is just poor at communicating. Much of this discussion would be avoided by real transparency. But then HNA wouldn't be such fun!

And you can have the ambition to gain promotion, through careful financial management and development of players. Which is the way we do things. Madejski's primary aim is to build a club for the Reading community, he's achieved that, and he's going to do everything he can to reduce the risk of the ...

Royal Lady ^^ superb letter. Send it!!

Thanks RL! Maybe I should sent it. Doubt I'd get a reply though!

Dear Sir John, I know things are rather tough at the moment what with the on-going financial crisis and all, and I dare say running all your businesses must be a real headache at the moment. So I do feel a bit bad about raising some issues with you concerning Reading FC, but needs must. I am just an...

North Stand: Slow, rubbish service, and expensive & poor quality drinks. I ordered Guinness which when it arrived had clearly been poured at least 30 minutes previously - my friend was good enough not to complain too much. Had to insist twice that the server give me full pint measures of bitter....

Good news! "It is an on-going process but we want to offer Jimmy a new contract. In fact, we're hoping to keep everyone - that includes Shane Long, Matt Mills, Adam Federici, Simon Church and Jimmy Kebe. That's the perfect scenario for us. "There's not so much of a rush with those players...

You know what homophobia really means don't you? yes i do fella 1TeaminBerksRFC, please, please, please stop tour idiotic, inane, unstructured, barely intelligible, often contradictory and frequently abusive posts. Like everyone you are entitled to your view and all views are welcomed but you seem ...

I'd just like honesty. Honesty about the ambitions of the club and honesty about the finances. If he did that I'd respect SJM a lot more.

Agreed, well said. Not that it's anything unusual. Same at Mad Stad. I moved my season ticket seat to the north stand at beginning of this season, and have regretted it ever since. I have had to contend with a whole season of constant foul, abusive and racist language from a family of young and old ...

Yeah, just a bit too much for us to do now. Not that that it bothers me. IMHO Play-offs this season would be a step too far, and if the incredible were to happen and we went up we would have a torrid time!!! Can't help thinking though, if only we'd had a reasonable start to the season.....

I'm going for 2-2. Long and Sigurdsson for us. Lita at least 1 for Boro.

2-1 to Palace. Reading still struggling to score, especially without Long. Will hate enduring Warnock's post-match comments.

2-1 again.

1-1. Tough game against in-form Forest, especially after Wednesday's exertions. A point would be a good result.

Agree relagation is now a very distinct possibility - maybe even inevitable. If we do go down, I believe it will be entirely due to the gross mismanagement of the club by SJM and the board. The continuing cloth cutting and under-investment, failure to bring in players to effectively replace all thos...

Royalee, that is a great post. Well presented, logical argument.

Just found out, and both shocked and feel sorry for BR. Sadly, he had everything stacked against him. Timing's poor (esp. in realtionship to January transfer window) - should have been done much sooner or not for a while.