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mambo3 now we are rid of the academy players

Thankfully, not all of them

We still have his assistants contracts, I'm guessing so don't speak too soon

You're a whiny scrote, aren't you.

John Smith The joke is on the Oxford United and Coventry fans though - crowds boycotted the tournament throughout then when the final comes around 45k Cov fans pay through the nose to go and watch it. Unbelievable really.

Or shockingly predictable.

2 years from now, not additional to the remaining one on his last contract So won't we just be in the same position next summer? Having a manager with 1 year left on his contract that has to be sorted before investing in players... If he has a good season but doesn't get us up, there's a decent cha...

Jonathan Low's equivalent up in Boro suggesting Gunter will snub Boro and sign a new deal with us. Wonder if that has anything to do with Stam signing? Totally unsurprising. It's typical of Gunter to fanny about at the halfway line, give up on going forward and then take the cautious path back into...

And how many players had prem experience in our first season when we finished 8th? When did Huddersfield win the league at a canter with at least 3 of the tiers best players over the previous couple of years? Which 3 players are you talking about? I'm assuming one is Mooy? Kitson, Sidwell and Shore...

Thought it was something like 1 million release clause To be honest would almost take it so didn't have to read the constant noise on here about whether he is good or not He has but only to a higher division club That would be laughable. If he was good enough to attract PL interest we should be aft...

I rate Wagner as a manager very highly, but barely any of the signings they have made have any prem experience at all. Mooy is a good player, but again no Prem experience. The strikers they have signed likewise, may be good but haven't played in that league. Tom Ince is a complete head scratch - no...

We'll struggle to replace him.

We need some good news on the transfer front soon. I'm starting to get a little downbeat about the season starting. Next Month.

blueroyals Hoffenheim fans called him the "Struggle Pig". At first I had no idea what that meant. It makes more sense now. Lots of hard work, but little end product.

Pig has great end product!

What are you? A oxf*rd vegatarian!?

thought it worked well for us last year etc. got semi competitive football for our youngsters which is what it was all about not really bothered about the crowds If "not really bothered about the crowds" wasn't an option, can you provide me with your estimate of how many Reading fans woul...

I want a goalkeeper who can stop shots and claim crosses. Al-Habsi's consistently done that after an iffy start with us. Let the outfield players worry about passing. And when I say worry about it, I mean not pass their goalkeeper into trouble so he has to be good on the ball to get away with one.

CountryRoyal Gunter is the best right back in the league, letting him go for anything less than £10m would be disastersous and surely signal impending relegation.

AthleticoSpizz Novakovich loaned out to Dutch club SC Telstar

He needs some first team football, so good news, maybe.

£1m - £2m would be delightful.

This is just business as usual for the Academy, same as it's always been. Each year we have a crop of young players with talent and potential and each year we have to lose some because they're not quite there or there's no opening for them. Last season Kelly made it through and Watson got game time....

I wish Williams the best of luck in his career should it be away from Reading. I think he wanted to go up with us, hence his emotion at the end of the game. I've always liked him, sure there's a few things of his game which frustrate me, but to compare him to HRK is insulting. DW is a much better p...

First of all, welcome to the club. You've got to assume Tev and Jaap know what they're doing having been here a full season and knowing the league he comes from. I quite like the approach of buying younger players with potential and maybe giving them a bit part in their first season whilst they sett...

Anything that decreases the likelihood of me watching Chris Gunter fanny about like a terrified lamb near the halfway line on a regular basis next season is good in my book.

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Stranded Ins could start filling up soon. Tevreden posted a pic of him getting on a BA flight somewhere a couple of days ago with just the hashtags #busy #work

Looked like an Amsterdam flight from T5

And what cologne was he wearing Poirot?

We're signing Modeste and Jonas Hector!?! Wow.

Realistically we can only have two or three Academy products making a transition into the first team squad each season at absolute most and our academy is chock full of potential. Centre back is a hard spot to break through at the best of times because it requires a lot of strength and maturity, and...