It was all too convenient that T Ince got injured the game after he threw an almighty hissy fit at anyone who didn't do the exact thing he wanted. I have a feeling we wont see him again this season until he has apologised to the team. As its been a while now I wont hold my breath.

It was an agreed business plan. Post Covid tbe EFL or the regulators must surely have discussed the ability for us to sell players in that market Again I don’t know the ins and outs but weren’t some clubs (cough Stoke) allowed to write off a ton of loss due to player deprecation due to Covid? Did w...

Can they not just give points deductions of say 15 for promoted clubs that cheat if they come back down? Do the clubs even need to provide evidence to allow a decision to be made? You could have a penalty waiting to apply for a decade in those circumstances. Pretty unworkable imo. I'd like to see p...

Or if we sold more hot dogs? Or if the stay away fans had not stayed away? Bowen's statement makes it quite clear that not being able to shift players was the reason. Lose track with the timelines but this was agreed before Bowen came back wasn’t it? Hence ince calling it a historical thing I guess...

Just about still Ince In. He needs to grow a pair and do 2 things though. 1- Give his son a proper dressing down in front of the players - his attitude was unacceptable on Sat + plenty other times he has acted similar. If this isn't addressed it will stink out the place. 2 - Admit his approach is to...

You were dragging me with you until you brought in Dann the fossil. :lol: Think he is better communicator and organiser than all our other CB...except maybe Moore. But didn't mention him as his name is a big trigger on here. I am not saying he is good, I am not sure any of our defence can say they ...

Mbengue's biggest weakness is his positioning and spacial awareness, its why he often struggles at wing/full back imo. Put him in the middle of the park with the game going on all around him and I think he'll be at sixs and sevens constantly His biggest weakness is his positioning but his biggest s...

Ah the sun lit uplands of being relegated. Where all our academy become league ready and better than the established pros. The attendances get bigger and we become a better footballing side, all on a smaller budget with worse players to chose from.... Its the brexit argument all over again. Lets not...

League 1 would mean less money. Less money means a new lower band of players to pick from*. Lower band of players means the football standard would be awful to watch**. Awful football would mean the fans wont be coming in their droves to watch us. The transfer embargo has meant we're pretty much al...

League 1 would mean less money. Less money means a new lower band of players to pick from*. Lower band of players means the football standard would be awful to watch**. Awful football would mean the fans wont be coming in their droves to watch us. *might get lucky with unearthing a gem. **might win ...

........................Lumley Yiadom, Mbengue, Dann, Holmes ,NGW ....................Hendrick ....Azeez.............Ince............Long ....................Joao or Carroll not fussed which Sticking with 5 at the back, slight tweak in midfield...ie none. 5131 formation, might as well skip the midfi...

The way he is used pretty much sets the tone for the game. Clear tactic by Ince is lump up to the big man and feed off 2nd balls, flick ons absolutely fine its been in football for decades. However for us, that translates on the pitch to lump it up to Carroll. Its irrelevant if he wins it as he is 2...

I enjoyed the game tbh. One pass was the difference between the sides. However its got to the point were us having a shot on target is a good result these days so its not exactly a high bar. Thought the subs were wrong, thought Azeez should have come on for Holmes and put Yids at RCB. The Moore sub ...

Will be the return of 5 at the back. Its tried and tested and it has got us points. Lets just hope we have been on crossing practice last few days though as on Saturday it was embarrassing. Lumley Yiadom Mbengue Sarr Holmes NGW Loum Ince Hendrick Azeez Carroll Fornah, Meite, Casadei, Joao, McIntyre,...

So, we got caught breaching FFP, were docked 6 points and set a business plan to adhere to which if we didn't meet then we were to be docked another 6 points. We are now being docked 6 points for something that happened prior to the business plan being set (a period we have already been punished fo...

Snowflake Royal

Hound Oh Moore’s back as well just to cheer Ian up

Like he'll play.

The points deduction causing waste of space.

We'll hear news of another injury set back before we hear clarification on wtf is going on with the EFL

I think its the word historical that has riled me.
If they came out and said Reading FC are well out of line towards the business plan agreed upon this season. Then I might would have sucked it up.

Genuinely cant be based on players we signed or revenue streams as they are up. The only thing I can think that could be classed as a loophole around EFL could be some backroom staff. i know we brought in a few mid season and EFL might be looking at the impact on that. As we have the suspended 6 poi...

If true - which I think atm its all hyperbole - it would prove that the EFL business plan was impossible to follow and its intention was to make sure we fail.

Ince, Hoilet, and Azeez can all cross a decent ball in. NGW, Baba and Yids are very hit and miss. But Ince has clearly got his mind set on playing one style with this group of players. It will probably get us over the line but it wont be pretty. After his latest comments you got to question how comm...