Nicky Shorey

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Agreed, if there has been a more consistant player EVER to wear a Reading shirt I'd like to hear it. Shorey has been consistently excellent for Reading since his debut away at Aston Villa. 6 years worth of progression and achievement that ended with playing for England against Brazil at Wembley. Yet he got booed during the match yesterday while Stephen Hunt collected the player of the season award, that is just absolutely incredible. Some of you are an utter disgrace.

Shorey has had by far his worst season for the club yet there has been no tolerance or no room for error, first opportunity and made him of all people a scapegoat, minutes earlier he stopped a certain Spurs 2nd goal.

If relegation means that a good proportion of you utter oxf*rd who have hopped on the bandwagon, stay the fcuk away for the Madejski next season then i will gladly take that.

I'll say again though. That yesterday was not proper Booing like Hughsey used to get. It was just an outpouring of frustration at a really tense end to the game. Unfortunately for SHorey he copped it, as his set peieces were responsible for wasting a lot of our attacks with overhit croners. He was sh*te yesterday and, fantastic goal saving block aside, was woeful in defense. (Did anyone see him stop, or even try to close down a cross today??)

But as AP said, he has been great and it is a real shame his Reading career ends in a Booing from a small number of frustrated fans. But I dont think it was that personal, just an outpouring of frustration

And for the record AP, the people that were Booing were not the plastics, but people I recognise as having been here ages. Your RTGs about the great Reading support is strange. Our "hardcore" fans are as quick to boo as any plastic. More so infact

[aardvark]

I don't care that he was good in the past. He's not trying - he deserves to be booed. And dropped. And sold (or given away). I hope West Ham loose interest in him and he drifts into non-league obscurity. Good riddance.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Of course he has been trying. you could just see yesterday that he was lacking in confidence

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

Calm Down AP. I booed Shorey at that corner and Ive been going to REading for decades. In fact its the first time Ive directly booed anyone. Essentially Ive sat through 3 bloody awful home games all of which we should have got something from, but we havent partly because we seem to have the two worst full backs in the league. If you think Shorey was 'Consistent' against Bolton, Fulham and Spurs, then youve been drinking too much beforehand. Rosenior is worse, but he doesnt seem to know better. Shorey does though. HE was an England full back once and now he's out of position, lazy and doesnt even look up when he passes. In his head, he's on a beach in Benidorm (sunbathing with Hunt) whilst the rest are in a relegation battle. That is, quite simply, not good enough and if he gets a section of the crowd on him for a tiny section of the game, then sod it, he deserves it.

Ironically, of course, his reaction displayed perfectly why he was booed in the first place.

[earleyroyal]

I feel sorry for Shorey that the majority of supporters will remember this season on it's own when his legacy at RFC has been superb, been a model pro and will make this football club a handsome profit, yet that will all be easily forgotten.

Agreed, if there has been a more consistant player EVER to wear a Reading shirt I'd like to hear it. Shorey has been consistently excellent for Reading since his debut away at Aston Villa. 6 years worth of progression and achievement that ended with playing for England against Brazil at Wembley. Yet he got booed during the match yesterday while Stephen Hunt collected the player of the season award, that is just absolutely incredible. Some of you are an utter disgrace.

Shorey has had by far his worst season for the club yet there has been no tolerance or no room for error, first opportunity and made him of all people a scapegoat, minutes earlier he stopped a certain Spurs 2nd goal.

If relegation means that a good proportion of you utter oxf*rd who have hopped on the bandwagon, stay the fcuk away for the Madejski next season then i will gladly take that.

Agree with most of that, I'm not sure what to make of him this season. At times he's seemed like he's been coasting, but that may be deceptive. He's got comfortably the most assists in our team. If he deserves to get booed, then so do half the team - if he's just not playing as well as last season, then Doyle etc. should be getting booed along with him; if he's not trying, who stopped a certain 2nd goal?

Either way the booing was stupid, the most important game of the season and some fans couldn't put their opinions aside until the end of the game! If you really felt that strongly then a chorus of 'Shorey is a oxf*rd' after the game as he left the field would've sufficed, not during the match. Still you pays your money you takes your choice.

Agree strongly with the bit in bold as I said somewhere else in my rant about the plastic family in front of me.

[TheRealRoyal]

[quote="Shaka's Giant Hands"] I hope that I'm wrong but it is more than a possibility.

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I hope that your right

[Cookie]

£1.2M Huh!

[Cookie]

This week's Chronicle (page 5 Thur May 1st)

States that Shorey is earning £1,200,000. Coppell is also earning £1,200,000.

The average full time wage in Reading is £28,379.

It's quite clear that Madejski won't sanction salaries like that in the Champoinship.

[Royal Lady]

Makes Shorey's attitude this season even worse if you ask me. He earns the same as the manager, is hoping to earn a lot more at a bigger club next season but can't bring himself, on a salary of £1.2 million a year, to play to the best of his ability and show a bit loyalty to this club for the last few games. Shame on him.

[Maguire]

Shorey laughing at the booing wasn't very sensible.

If he'd opened his arms, shrugged and gone "WTF?! LOL!!!!!" then I may have forgiven him.

[Y25]

his performance on Saturday was shocking

I went to the England Brazil game and was chuffed to see a Reading player in the England team but Saturday was an all time low

put simply he was SHIT

[largetrousers]

Shorey laughing at the booing wasn't very sensible.

There was a slight arrogance about the way he laughed at the boos, as though he wanted to say 'i'm not having a bad game its everyone elses fault and you lot haven't got a clue'. However it seemed to give him a kick in the right direction and he started to try a bit from then on. Up to that point, it did seem like he gave a toss, and he kept getting caught out in simple footballing situations. IMO he was key to their goal, he could have sprinted back, but he hardly jogged in an attempt to do so before the ball got worked across, I wouldn't stand for that from a player in my sunday side!

Listened to Murts on the radio this morning when someone phoned in and said it was a discrace the whole team didn't acknowledge the players at the end. Murts said in Shoreys defence that he didnt want to go out to a crowd which booed him. I can understand that, however they should not be so narrow-minded to forget that us fans have supported the team through thick and thin all season, paying their wage and paying a fortune to follow them everywhere.

[Hoop Blah]

This week's Chronicle (page 5 Thur May 1st)

States that Shorey is earning £1,200,000. Coppell is also earning £1,200,000.

The average full time wage in Reading is £28,379.

It's quite clear that Madejski won't sanction salaries like that in the Champoinship.

Why does that come as such a surprise?

Our top earners are on £20-25k, there's no secret in that and Shorey is one of our top earners.

I would assume that those top earners will have some sort of wage cut stipulated in their contract in case we go down though.

[Alan Partridge]

This week's Chronicle (page 5 Thur May 1st)

States that Shorey is earning £1,200,000. Coppell is also earning £1,200,000.

The average full time wage in Reading is £28,379.

It's quite clear that Madejski won't sanction salaries like that in the Champoinship.

Why does that come as such a surprise?

Our top earners are on £20-25k, there's no secret in that and Shorey is one of our top earners.

I would assume that those top earners will have some sort of wage cut stipulated in their contract in case we go down though.

called a transfer!

[Thaumagurist*]

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[RoyalBlue]

Shorey laughing at the booing wasn't very sensible.

There was a slight arrogance about the way he laughed at the boos, as though he wanted to say 'i'm not having a bad game its everyone elses fault and you lot haven't got a clue'. However it seemed to give him a kick in the right direction and he started to try a bit from then on. Up to that point, it did seem like he gave a toss, and he kept getting caught out in simple footballing situations. IMO he was key to their goal, he could have sprinted back, but he hardly jogged in an attempt to do so before the ball got worked across, I wouldn't stand for that from a player in my sunday side!

Listened to Murts on the radio this morning when someone phoned in and said it was a discrace the whole team didn't acknowledge the players at the end. Murts said in Shoreys defence that he didnt want to go out to a crowd which booed him.

So what was the excuse given in defence of the rest of the players?!

As for Shorey, it was only a small minority booing him. In the past, Oster has received far more stick, yet has still acknowledged the fans support at the end of a game.

Rather than booing, maybe we should resurrect PANTS Day just for Shorey!!

[Hoop Blah]

Shorey laughing at the booing wasn't very sensible.

There was a slight arrogance about the way he laughed at the boos, as though he wanted to say 'i'm not having a bad game its everyone elses fault and you lot haven't got a clue'. However it seemed to give him a kick in the right direction and he started to try a bit from then on. Up to that point, it did seem like he gave a toss, and he kept getting caught out in simple footballing situations. IMO he was key to their goal, he could have sprinted back, but he hardly jogged in an attempt to do so before the ball got worked across, I wouldn't stand for that from a player in my sunday side!

Listened to Murts on the radio this morning when someone phoned in and said it was a discrace the whole team didn't acknowledge the players at the end. Murts said in Shoreys defence that he didnt want to go out to a crowd which booed him.

So what was the excuse given in defence of the rest of the players?!

As for Shorey, it was only a small minority booing him. In the past, Oster has received far more stick, yet has still acknowledged the fans support at the end of a game.

Rather than booing, maybe we should resurrect PANTS Day just for Shorey!!

Exactly, it was a feeble excuse by a squad who have just lost any empathy with the crowd, probably because they've lost all confidence and they're pulling their hair out at the dire situation the club now finds itself in.

I can understand they didn't really fancy a 'lap of honour' considering they're displays over the last few months, but to blame it on a little bit of boo'ing is just pathetic. Fair play to Murty though, he pretty much said that if he'd have been out there he wouldn't have let them meekly run away without acknowledging the support.

[Seal]

I was in the North Stand on Saturday and I thought the booing was more to do with the 3 PATHETIC set pieces he had just consecutively delivered, rather than any ongoing animosity towards his general performance.

Interesting to note that his set pieces did notably improve after that kick up the @ss too.

I would never dream of booing Shorey in general, but I was certainly shouting at him to deliver at least one decent oxf*rd corner on Saturday, and don’t really see a problem with that.

[Royalee]

Shorey laughing at the booing wasn't very sensible.

If he'd opened his arms, shrugged and gone "WTF?! LOL!!!!!" then I may have forgiven him.

I didn't realise he laughed at our retarded fanbase, but if so then good on him. Any fans which vote Hunt and Harper as the two best players at the club are hilariously stupid.

[andrew1957]

Like most fans I have been disappointed with Shorey this season although I fear that like Sidwell we will notice his absence if he does move on BUT I really cannot understand the booing on Saturday.

We were only 1-0 down on Saturday and it is hardly motivational when we could still have got back in the game. We should all really get behind the team against Derby. There will be plenty of time for recriminations if we do go down but if we win the game we probably have a 60% chance of staying up.