Oh dear.....

[Royalee]

We need to get rid of Hunt, not build a team of them. Dreadful if this is true.

[Alan Partridge]

We need to get rid of Hunt, not build a team of them. Dreadful if this is true.

Bit like a park side where the manager is really stuck for players and can't get anyone in, one of the players pipes up 'well my brother's not bad he plays a bit'

Quick get him signed on!

[Stranded]

Always good to base your views of a player on his brother's talent (or lack thereof).

Do you judge John Terry's ability by that of Paul Terry or Jolean Lescott's by that of Aaron?

[Alan Partridge]

Foreign striker, LOL is that really neccesary for an Irish lad?

[Gordons Cumming]

We need to get rid of Hunt, not build a team of them. Dreadful if this is true.

Bit like a park side where the manager is really stuck for players and can't get anyone in, one of the players pipes up 'well my brother's not bad he plays a bit'

Quick get him signed on!

You are so cynical.

You spout this long winded, wordy, so called "sensible" bollocking posts ( someone complimented you recently ), and then come out and critisise someone you've never seen play.

Good grief.

[Alan Partridge]

We need to get rid of Hunt, not build a team of them. Dreadful if this is true.

Bit like a park side where the manager is really stuck for players and can't get anyone in, one of the players pipes up 'well my brother's not bad he plays a bit'

Quick get him signed on!

You are so cynical.

I think it will be the other one anyway fwiw. Alan Bennett's cousin maybe?

[Southbank Old Boy]

According to the guy on SSN JUST NOW we are in talks with a foreign striker at the moment but are very cagey about the details.

Face facts.......we are always cagey until deal is finalised. The Reading way and so it should be.
Reading will never go public about transfer dealings until deal is done. Any talk by the management in public is designed to get the best price for any deal coming in or out.

Consequently we are all going to be really frustrated.......................

As I said earlier, I don't buy that for a second.

Coppell doesn't work like that anyway, he speaks from the heart at the time of being asked a question. He might hide the odd fact here or there or put some spin on a few things but I can't imagine he or anyone else at the club believing that a few choice words on our website or in the general media is going to save us a couple of hundred grand on a transfer fee.

Also, perhaps the club should concentrate a bit more of it's PR on looking after it's most important assets, the fans, their good will and their love and enthusiasm for the club. Time and time again we see and hear comments coming out of the club that damage the morale of a lot of the support. Thats poor PR and poor stakeholder management if you ask me.

How long will it be before JM, Coppell and his staff are trying to raise a battle cry to get a positive and passionate atmosphere for the first home game of the season. If they continue to beat down any positive vibe about the place with PR like this it's going to be a much tougher task than if they give us something to be positive about.

[brendywendy]

being linked with loads of people from all sorts of sources

the article talks about coppell looking at different options for people he can bring in

he went to look at hunts brother play the other day

how does any of that get spun into we arent buying anyone

[Gordons Cumming]

According to the guy on SSN JUST NOW we are in talks with a foreign striker at the moment but are very cagey about the details.

Face facts.......we are always cagey until deal is finalised. The Reading way and so it should be.
Reading will never go public about transfer dealings until deal is done. Any talk by the management in public is designed to get the best price for any deal coming in or out.

Consequently we are all going to be really frustrated.......................

As I said earlier, I don't buy that for a second.

Coppell doesn't work like that anyway, he speaks from the heart at the time of being asked a question. He might hide the odd fact here or there or put some spin on a few things but I can't imagine he or anyone else at the club believing that a few choice words on our website or in the general media is going to save us a couple of hundred grand on a transfer fee.

Also, perhaps the club should concentrate a bit more of it's PR on looking after it's most important assets, the fans, their good will and their love and enthusiasm for the club. Time and time again we see and hear comments coming out of the club that damage the morale of a lot of the support. Thats poor PR and poor stakeholder management if you ask me.

How long will it be before JM, Coppell and his staff are trying to raise a battle cry to get a positive and passionate atmosphere for the first home game of the season. If they continue to beat down any positive vibe about the place with PR like this it's going to be a much tougher task than if they give us something to be positive about.

Coppell only speaks from the heart?

Give him some credit. He's an intelligent guy and thinks very carefully what he says. He just keeps his cards very close to his chest.

[Vision]

Coppell doesn't work like that anyway, he speaks from the heart at the time of being asked a question. He might hide the odd fact here or there or put some spin on a few things but I can't imagine he or anyone else at the club believing that a few choice words on our website or in the general media is going to save us a couple of hundred grand on a transfer fee.

Also, perhaps the club should concentrate a bit more of it's PR on looking after it's most important assets, the fans, their good will and their love and enthusiasm for the club. Time and time again we see and hear comments coming out of the club that damage the morale of a lot of the support. Thats poor PR and poor stakeholder management if you ask me.

How long will it be before JM, Coppell and his staff are trying to raise a battle cry to get a positive and passionate atmosphere for the first home game of the season. If they continue to beat down any positive vibe about the place with PR like this it's going to be a much tougher task than if they give us something to be positive about.

Agree with a lot of that but really they're damned if they do and damned if they don't in a way.

If they talk things up then they're accused of spinning and trying to pull the wool over the fans eyes. If they are more realistic and downbeat then they get accused of crap PR.

There's so much media attention these days with the internet/tv/radio/newspapers etc that the vast majority of what comes out is totally meaningless and designed purely to fulfill certain media obligations.

Frankly I'm quite surprised how so many people put so much store by what comes out really.

[brendywendy]

http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1315479,00.html

good news from the club website

[Southbank Old Boy]

Coppell only speaks from the heart?

Give him some credit. He's an intelligent guy and thinks very carefully what he says. He just keeps his cards very close to his chest.

In that case he needs to think a little harder at times then.

We've seen plenty of examples where he's said things that would just be better avoided, like it being about time he took a break from football, or "I don't know whats wrong with the team" or the number of times he plays down the club or our chances etc etc etc

People always refer to him as being straight talking and honest. I think you might be thinking of a different Coppell

[Southbank Old Boy]

Coppell doesn't work like that anyway, he speaks from the heart at the time of being asked a question. He might hide the odd fact here or there or put some spin on a few things but I can't imagine he or anyone else at the club believing that a few choice words on our website or in the general media is going to save us a couple of hundred grand on a transfer fee.

Also, perhaps the club should concentrate a bit more of it's PR on looking after it's most important assets, the fans, their good will and their love and enthusiasm for the club. Time and time again we see and hear comments coming out of the club that damage the morale of a lot of the support. Thats poor PR and poor stakeholder management if you ask me.

How long will it be before JM, Coppell and his staff are trying to raise a battle cry to get a positive and passionate atmosphere for the first home game of the season. If they continue to beat down any positive vibe about the place with PR like this it's going to be a much tougher task than if they give us something to be positive about.

Agree with a lot of that but really they're damned if they do and damned if they don't in a way.

If they talk things up then they're accused of spinning and trying to pull the wool over the fans eyes. If they are more realistic and downbeat then they get accused of crap PR.

There's so much media attention these days with the internet/tv/radio/newspapers etc that the vast majority of what comes out is totally meaningless and designed purely to fulfill certain media obligations.

Frankly I'm quite surprised how so many people put so much store by what comes out really.

Very true, there is so much bullshit and the tired old cliches trawled out to fill column inches and drive website traffic that most of it shouldn't be believed.

BUT, there is a hppy medium that the club, with it's professional marketing department and media specialists should be able to find. A good start would to be honest with us.

[Vision]

Coppell doesn't work like that anyway, he speaks from the heart at the time of being asked a question. He might hide the odd fact here or there or put some spin on a few things but I can't imagine he or anyone else at the club believing that a few choice words on our website or in the general media is going to save us a couple of hundred grand on a transfer fee.

Also, perhaps the club should concentrate a bit more of it's PR on looking after it's most important assets, the fans, their good will and their love and enthusiasm for the club. Time and time again we see and hear comments coming out of the club that damage the morale of a lot of the support. Thats poor PR and poor stakeholder management if you ask me.

How long will it be before JM, Coppell and his staff are trying to raise a battle cry to get a positive and passionate atmosphere for the first home game of the season. If they continue to beat down any positive vibe about the place with PR like this it's going to be a much tougher task than if they give us something to be positive about.

Agree with a lot of that but really they're damned if they do and damned if they don't in a way.

If they talk things up then they're accused of spinning and trying to pull the wool over the fans eyes. If they are more realistic and downbeat then they get accused of crap PR.

There's so much media attention these days with the internet/tv/radio/newspapers etc that the vast majority of what comes out is totally meaningless and designed purely to fulfill certain media obligations.

Frankly I'm quite surprised how so many people put so much store by what comes out really.

Very true, there is so much bullshit and the tired old cliches trawled out to fill column inches and drive website traffic that most of it shouldn't be believed.

BUT, there is a hppy medium that the club, with it's professional marketing department and media specialists should be able to find. A good start would to be honest with us.

Thats the point though, being honest isn't necessarily condusive to good PR as your above points about Coppell point out.

[Alan Partridge]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 520011.stm

Obvious

[Gordons Cumming]

Just a matter of time..............

[Alan Partridge]

FoROFLeign

[brendywendy]

Just a matter of time..............

till what?

[Toadie]

Just a matter of time..............

till what?

Until we can boast a complete pair of Hunts up front!

[kwik-silva]

Just a matter of time..............

till what?

Until we can boast a complete pair of Hunts up front!

You think?? I doubt reading will splash out, so I don't think Utd will sell