I cannot believe the stick SJM is getting on here. Please make no mistake that without SJM we would now be in administration. Over the years, despite saving us from the brink, funding the rise through the leagues, building a new stadium and adding stability, he is still slated. No matter what happen...

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It's a no brainer surely. Has more experience than our current midfielders. Flexible with positions too. Potentially a minimal transfer fee (next season). I don't think for a second he will be breaking into the first team anytime soon but he could be a suitable squad player to see out this season a...

So if he has just signed a new 3 year contract, what's changed? Isn't he happy with the 1 year deal he had anymore? Why didn't he use his ever so strong position to negotiate earlier? It may have something to do with the new owners rather than the 'deal'. Under Madejski there was a great element of...

I don't think this is as silly as it sounds.... Has a £1.85 million release clause so not stupid money. Has said he wants to leave Doncaster... seemed odds on to sign for leicester and turned them down. It does seem unlikely this was due to his wage demands... So why turn them down.... Perhaps he wa...

Thames Sports Investment Ltd, a newly-founded private investment company, are very pleased to have signed Heads of Agreement with Sir John Madejski on Friday to acquire a significant holding in Reading Football Club. Our agreement is now subject to due diligence and the normal procedures from the Fo...

We got around £1 million for the cup run last year - will a possible further 2 games really generate 3 or 4 times that? :| I believe it is much more than that, by my calculations we got... 350,000 from prize money, 300,000 for both liverpool games been on tv 67,000 for the burnley game been on inte...

BWP, as everyone already knew before the deal, has had long standing knee problems. The idea of a medical is not to find out of the player is fit to play in the next game but rather protect the club from future injuries (and therefore expenditure) which they would percieve as more likely as a result...

Can someone tot up all of the transfer dealings since 2006/2007 including this one at say £4.25M? From the last 3 seasons i.e. since relegation, from memory I make it around.... 08/09 Out Shorey – 3 Mill Kitson – 5.5 Mill Fae – 3Mill Sonko – 2Mill Convey – Free Oster – Free Little - Free In Armstro...

IcelandicStokie Gylfi has agreed terms. Off for a medical.

Whilst this is probably true as you are not usually that far off the mark...are you part of the negotiations?!?! as that is either a guess or you are very close to the player to know that level of information that quickly!!!!

4 mill is a steal and I would not be at all suprised to see him at a huge club competing for the biggest honours in the game in 5 years, genuinly a great talent. A great all round player with fantastic technique, vision, creativity, dead ball specilist, great passer not afraid to work hard for the t...

I have just spoken to a close friend who has close links to the club who has been right on things like this before. They have said this is true and gylfi has been given permission by Reading to talk to them and the iceland camp have given permission to link up with them on tuesday or wednesday depen...

Ok I can genuinely put this one to bed. I went round my mums for dinner last night, who lives in New Malden and bumped into Mike Kelly (Fulham's assistant manager) and he said that they were looking at a goal scoring Icelandic midfielder, to bring a bit of colour to their game - it's not Siggy. htt...

If we keep the squad we have a great change to go up next year. Of the three relegated clubs two are facing financial ruin and the thrid are nothing special. If cardiff do not go up they are also facing significant financial troubles. QPR, Swansea, Forest, Leicester, Bristol will be good / better ne...

So if barnsley beat us, does the season start the game after? I kind of like this, its like the big game doesn't actually start until we get a win :lol: I don't actually see anyone on this thread suggesting the 'season starts' on saturday. It happens that the next game and the next 3 available poin...

FFS grow a pair you whingeing gimps. We are a relegation threatened side, Notts Forest and Sheff Utd are promotion chasing sides. Relegation threatened sides don't generally get results at promotion challanging sides. It's all about the next 6-7 games. Less than ten points and were f**ked, we are n...

Brian McD said in his pre Forest interview ( on reading player) that Marek is out with a Stomach problem, and they were keeping an eye on Gylfi who has a 'foot problem'. They were also 'monitoring' Gunnar, he didn't mention any specific injury with him but said he was incredible on Wed and put in a ...

The whole year inn When does his contract run until?

Signed a new 2 and a half year one a few months ago.

A question for the stats people... ...have any team ever won the fa cup and been relegated in the same season? ...has a team reached the the final or semi finals and been relegated in the same season? ...what is the furthest a relegated team from the championship/second tier of english football got ...