Relegation the Reading Way

[Silver Fox]

IN for the westongeezer post love-in

[paddy20]

Lovely sentiments but all businesses have to invest, sometimes that is significant. Do we really want to lose the likes of Kebe, Feds, Pearce, Guthrie, Pog et al who will all want to stay Premiership footballers. Do we want to lose the extra £20m next year and the next . Just look at Bolton, Blackburn, Wolves returning is not easy. Paying £8m now could be the best investment we have ever made. Looking back and regretting and saying we dont want to be Portsmouth is no good. Wise investment is whats needed now, and thats a quality ACM. I hope I am proved wrong but unfortunately I doubt it!

[melonhead]

we are investing.
we are investing what we can afford to, in infrastructure and in the team
quite heavily.
the most weve ever spent over three windows

[Esteban]

Lovely sentiments but all businesses have to invest, sometimes that is significant. Do we really want to lose the likes of Kebe, Feds, Pearce, Guthrie, Pog et al who will all want to stay Premiership footballers. Do we want to lose the extra £20m next year and the next . Just look at Bolton, Blackburn, Wolves returning is not easy. Paying £8m now could be the best investment we have ever made. Looking back and regretting and saying we dont want to be Portsmouth is no good. Wise investment is whats needed now, and thats a quality ACM. I hope I am proved wrong but unfortunately I doubt it!

If you can find a quality CAM who'll want to join us, won't break the bank in terms of transfer fees and wages, won't upset the spirit in the squad and is good enough to make the gamble worth while (i.e. is likely to make a significant impact), then e-mail the club. I'm sure they'd love to hear about him.

We've invested a lot of money already.

[melonhead]

Bolton, Blackburn, Wolves

add brum to that


all spent way above their means, mortgaged their clubs in the hope of being in the prem for ever

and payed the price.

[Norfolk Royal]

I think we're falling into a different trap than the same trap which we've fallen into before.

[southbank1871]

Shut your trap Norrers.

[Silver Fox]

I keep falling into the trap of replying to nonsense on the team board

[floyd__streete]

WE'RE CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

[leon]

trap 2, more like

[floyd__streete]

I CAN'T WALK OUT.

[RoyalBlue]

I think we play some pretty exciting football, im happy with the current squad and it goes to show no matter who you buy in at millions that aint going to help you (QPR)..

So added to Portsmouth we now have QPR as conclusive proof that the 'Reading way' is the only true way and any different approach will inevitably lead to tears!

Well I would like to test that theory by throwing in Southampton. They have spent a reasonable amount in PL terms (i.e. proving there is a middle way between the Reading and QPR extremes) and, despite the lunatic dismissal of Adkins, look as though they will ensure their PL survival for another season.

[floyd__streete]

So added to Portsmouth we now have QPR as conclusive proof that the 'Reading way' is the only true way and any different approach will inevitably lead to tears!

Well I would like to test that theory by throwing in Southampton. They have spent a reasonable amount in PL terms (i.e. proving there is a middle way between the Reading and QPR extremes) and, despite the lunatic dismissal of Adkins, look as though they will ensure their PL survival for another season.

While I agree to some extent, the fact is Saints are 4 points ahead of us, a meere 4points given their vast outlay in comparison to us. The argument against what you've said above is that Saints have to some extent gambled their financial health on staying up and only marginally more likely - as it stands - of staying up than Reading.

[maffff]

Saints also have a more difficult run in IIRC. Wigan's looks awful....

[Ouroboros]

WE'RE CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

My favourite-ever example of a misheard lyric was one person hearing this as "Carrouting a Trout," presuming it to be an American version of "flogging a dead horse." (Back in the days of lo-fi music devices).

True story.

[Pepe the Horseman]

:roll:

we are investing.
we are investing what we can afford to, in infrastructure and in the team
quite heavily.
the most weve ever spent over three windows

To the tune of "Sailing"?

[melonhead]

I think we play some pretty exciting football, im happy with the current squad and it goes to show no matter who you buy in at millions that aint going to help you (QPR)..

So added to Portsmouth we now have QPR as conclusive proof that the 'Reading way' is the only true way and any different approach will inevitably lead to tears!

Well I would like to test that theory by throwing in Southampton. They have spent a reasonable amount in PL terms (i.e. proving there is a middle way between the Reading and QPR extremes) and, despite the lunatic dismissal of Adkins, look as though they will ensure their PL survival for another season.

didnt say it was th eonlyu true way, just saying its our way, and im glad it is.

[melonhead]

:roll:

we are investing.
we are investing what we can afford to, in infrastructure and in the team
quite heavily.
the most weve ever spent over three windows

To the tune of "Sailing"?

yes

[Rex]

[Sir Dodger Royal]

Real Facts:
RFC Net Transfer Fees Season 2011/12 Plus £8.1million (more out than in)
RFC Net Transfer Fees Season 2012/13 - £7.5million (more in than out includes Stephen Kelly)
Equals - To date RFC have spent no new money on players over TWO SEASONS.

Quote McDonet "RFC will not be doing £5mill deals" or "you have 2 find another way"
"We haven't broken the bank. Certainly haven't in the last 3 years & we probly haven't in last 12 years."

Just a reminder McDonet you have spent NOTHING in the past two seasons plus their is £70 million at stake next season in TV money.
Plus £40 million this season. Where's the money going? Certainly not on transfer fees.

RFC have spent NOTHING in net transfer fees in TWO seasons. They deserve what they get and unless they pull their finger out in the next 10 days and buy some quality they will be relegated.

Real Facts. Ambition? It's laughable. Get a lifeeeeeeeee