Reading Hall of Shame?

[wolsey]

Brian Bromley
Hughie Cheetham.

Two of our big money signings in the 70's (£10k and £20k respectively iirc)

[Berry]

Lea Barkus, Sean Evers, Kevin "Sideways" Watson, Michael "Physio Bench" Meaker in Midfield.
With Barn Doors Brayson and Keith "I cant walk anymore " Scott up front.
Elroy "6-1" Kromheer, Stuart"My Dads Famous" Gray, Paul "Not today" Bodin and Barry "Microphone head" Hunter at the rear
With Simon"The Swan" Sheppard in goal
Would be the worse team imaginable, I swear Kevin Watsons eyes actually started to move to the side of his head as his sideways passing evolved.

[Jackson Corner]

4 pages and not a word for Roger Joslyn.

He was useless, I remember he came with a great track record of having been promoted with every club he had played for mainly at Watford when they went up through all the divisions. Needless to say that run ended with us...........

[dennis nelson]

michael o'neil
pat earls
simon sheppard
bruce stuckey

[chandog]

Oster, Fae, Ferdinand, Halls

[sandman]

Based on players I've seen in the 17 years watching Reading:


CB: Paul Bodin,

Harsh judging his as a centre back when he played left back for us.

Can I add Keven Doyle was a rubbish right back and I never rated Shaka in central midfield ?

Someone clearly didn't see Parky's testimonial. Shaka was a brilliant central midfielder.

[W&E Royal]

Lea Barkus, Sean Evers, Kevin "Sideways" Watson, Michael "Physio Bench" Meaker in Midfield.
With Barn Doors Brayson and Keith "I cant walk anymore " Scott up front.
Elroy "6-1" Kromheer, Stuart"My Dads Famous" Gray, Paul "Not today" Bodin and Barry "Microphone head" Hunter at the rear
With Simon"The Swan" Sheppard in goal
Would be the worse team imaginable, I swear Kevin Watsons eyes actually started to move to the side of his head as his sideways passing evolved.

Kevin Watson was good

[Handsome Man]

Nicky Platnauer
I saw him once when we lost 6-0 v Wallsall, the season we broke the record and won the old Div 3. That year we had 11 good players and nobody else, from memory.

I think I usually answer James MacIntyre and Martin Keown for this thread.

[Sun Tzu]

Based on players I've seen in the 17 years watching Reading:


CB: Paul Bodin,

Harsh judging his as a centre back when he played left back for us.

Can I add Keven Doyle was a rubbish right back and I never rated Shaka in central midfield ?

Someone clearly didn't see Parky's testimonial. Shaka was a brilliant central midfielder.

Shaka played up from in that game.....

[Riseley]

Malcolm Swain was given the most awful time by the South-bank. The polite booing of the modern generation cannot compare to the spiteful taunting of us oldies.

[wolsey]

I don't understand the flack that Jim McIntyre is getting (well, I do partly in that one of the nominators is Royalee).

He struggled when Burns played him as an out and out striker, but once he played him in a wide position he was one of our most consistant (in a good way, that is) performers.

[Royal Rother]

Whenever I saw him, McIntyre was bloody useless.

(I seem to remember that Royal Lady liked him.)

[Ian Royal]

Whenever I saw him, McIntyre was bloody useless.

(I seem to remember that Royal Lady liked him.)

He got better once he was converted from striker to midfielder iirc. Never particularly good, just average made to look brilliant by the dross around him.

[Royal Rother]

Had a decent career elsewhere (10 international caps!) but was pretty crap for us on loan.

[PEARCEY]

Whenever I saw him, McIntyre was bloody useless.

(I seem to remember that Royal Lady liked him.)

He got better once he was converted from striker to midfielder iirc. Never particularly good, just average made to look brilliant by the dross around him.

Yes I agree. After a barren start he did improve and was a bit unlucky not to get a new contract. He cost around £400,000 so perhaps Burns paid a bit over for him but not a bad player

[PEARCEY]

Nicky Platnauer
I saw him once when we lost 6-0 v Wallsall, the season we broke the record and won the old Div 3. That year we had 11 good players and nobody else, from memory.

I think I usually answer James MacIntyre and Martin Keown for this thread.

I was there that day...freezing cold in bloody Walsall at the start of February 1986. I'd forgotten that Platnauer ever played for us until Royal Blue reminded me he played in that game.

[URZZ]

Matthew Robinson..

Ooof, ......and back to the opposing midfield.

[jonnyroyal1871]

Barry Hunter wasn't brilliant by any means, but in no way lives in this list, nor does Steve Mautone, and as defended by others, McIntyre was a decent player is a terrible side. I'm trying to think of the other Scottish midfielder who was good, and went on to have a decent SPL career, including a few caps. Damn, it won't come, oh hang on, its was.......no bollox. I still forget. Tsk getting old. Its thinking about the terrible times in the early 90's...

[Ian Royal]

Barry Hunter wasn't brilliant by any means, but in no way lives in this list, nor does Steve Mautone, and as defended by others, McIntyre was a decent player is a terrible side. I'm trying to think of the other Scottish midfielder who was good, and went on to have a decent SPL career, including a few caps. Damn, it won't come, oh hang on, its was.......no bollox. I still forget. Tsk getting old. Its thinking about the terrible times in the early 90's...

Agree with all that.

[PEARCEY]

Barry Hunter wasn't brilliant by any means, but in no way lives in this list, nor does Steve Mautone, and as defended by others, McIntyre was a decent player is a terrible side. I'm trying to think of the other Scottish midfielder who was good, and went on to have a decent SPL career, including a few caps. Damn, it won't come, oh hang on, its was.......no bollox. I still forget. Tsk getting old. Its thinking about the terrible times in the early 90's...

Agree with all that.

Grant Brebner