After watching him for over a year, I think his fitness is far more lacking than his work ethic. We shouldn't expect him to be like Doyle and Hunt. They're superhuman. It is unbelievable that they can do what they do for 90 minutes, because they do waste a ton of energy. When you have as much energy...

at least booing shows you care. And it sounded like it was in good fun, I think.

Much worse to act as if he were just another player.

I don't know who any of those people are, but just from the one page, Paul Walsh seems like an idiot.

What was up with Bocanegro's assault on Doyle (maybe 80th minute)? How was that not at least a yellow card? And no foul was called at all? Unbelievable. Also, I don't see how Bryn is getting such high marks. He missed two sitters and completely disappeared in the second half. He had about 5 good min...

Seol dominated the first half offensively. I can't even believe what I'm reading. He almost created a goal by stealing the ball from the defender and laying in the perfect pass to Bryn, who managed to kick it right at the keeper. And, he was the one who got it into the box on the goal. Can he ever d...

I thought Seol had a great game last night. Split the defense and got a great shot that I was actually pretty stunned didn't go in. And he worked pretty hard on defense as well. As back and forth as the game was, I was surprised he was still running in the 90th minute, but it shows he was working ha...

Liverpool's away form was atrocious in the early season. The way they've been playing lately I'm not sure it matters where the game is held, unfortunately.

I'm still pissed about Hulse's offside goal against us in September. Meaningless, but shouldn't have counted.

Beating Man U would be unbelievable.

Of course .... my hatred for Che£$ea can barely be measured so anything that contributes to their odds of winning the title would bother me, but in this case I think I could get over it!

Coppell was relieved to be eliminated from the Carling Cup because he didn't want to have to focus on the extra set of fixtures. If we qualified for Europe, we'd have to add at least 4 or 5 quality players, including a quality backup goaltender. Don't just look at Ipswich, either. What about Spurs, ...

I personally think that qualifying for Europe may not be the best thing. We don't have the deepest side as it is and adding all those extra fixtures (important ones at that) might make us susceptible to relegation. Ipswich anyone? Or even West Ham for another example this year. I think 10th would be...

I don't know how you could say that Liverpool barely got out of 4th gear and could have added more goals any time they wanted. Both of the goals they did score were pretty soft ones. As previously mentioned the marking on the first one was piss poor and on the second, Hahnemann spilled an easily ca...

I don't know how you could say that Liverpool barely got out of 4th gear and could have added more goals any time they wanted. Both of the goals they did score were pretty soft ones. As previously mentioned the marking on the first one was piss poor and on the second, Hahnemann spilled an easily cat...

Wow, this match is getting ugly. Chelsea are a bunch of whiners, aren't they? Lampard is my new least favorite player. And Terry, who I used to like quite a bit, is gaining quickly.

Away from home I'll take 35% possession and a 1 nil victory any day. Anything we can get on the road is a bonus. TBH I thought we'd lose today and would have been pleased with a point. If we play like that at home (against anyone other that the big 4) would be the time to worry. I completely agree....

I think it's really unfair to blame Murty for Ronaldo's goal. There were several times when a midfielder came back to help out and the attack was stifled. On the goal, the rest of them just left Murty on an island with Ronaldo. Murty could either give him the endline or the middle, he pushed him to ...

I think we'll score one goal, just because we're at home, but they could score anywhere between 1 and 4 goals, and I don't think I'd be surprised either way.

So, I'll say 2-1, Man U wins.

You're very welcome. It's wonderful having new fans and interest: anyone who doesn't want the fanbase to grow is mad and probably never stood with four thousand when we were half way down the fourth division. But if you want to be a real Reading fan, you must be prepared to suffer, because this is ...

Welcome, hopefully you'll get a chance to come and watch the Royals in action, and seal that Fandom. My sister's husband has been transferred to London, where they'll be until next June. I'm hoping to make a trip out to Berkshire to see a match firsthand when I visit next spring. The fans sounded a...

Sorry to resurrect a somewhat old topic, but I'm a new Reading fan from the States as well. I discovered Fox Soccer Channel about 8 months ago, and followed the World Cup pretty closely and decided I wanted to pick a team in the Premier League to follow. Reading was one I looked at because they were...