The Tilehurst End & other Reading blogs

[Wimb]

Jonny continues his in depth look at what went wrong by looking back at our transfer business.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/6/4 ... -transfers

[Wimb]

Plenty up on the site recently, though as I'm still without regular internet I've had less ability to plug it here, so keep checking back.

Latest is the final report card, this time on the forwards.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2012-13- ... s-forwards

[Wimb]

A look at the fixture list etc

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/6/1 ... 14-edition

[Wimb]

Bit of analysis on the captaincy question.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/6/2 ... reading-fc

[Wimb]

Tommy looks at whether the 'Reading Way' is a thing of the past.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/1 ... eading-way

[Wimb]

Bit of a link dump but as I've had limited internet over the past few weeks....

Dirkers looks at EPPP in the wake of our academy getting Cat1 status

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/1 ... tures-eppp

Hoops looks at the Carrico move.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/1 ... wrong-time

A few thoughts on the pre-season

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/1 ... reading-fc

And Marc Mayo gives his thoughts on the atmosphere at the Madejski.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/2 ... -the-sound

We're always looking for new contributors so if you fancy getting involved feel free to PM me or get us on twitter, email or the usual spots.

[Royalclapper]

Interesting read about the EPPP. I was following the story about Jeremy Peace the WBA chairman discussing the merits and costs of their academy when the news broke that the Chelsea vultures are circling above 16 yr old Albion academy player Isaiah Brown.

He even suggested that the 2.5m cost of the Cat 1 youth operation could be better spent on transfers. I can see his point tbh and there is a whiff of the English football super powers ensuring their status is maintained through racketeering the top talent for peanuts at the expense of the smaller clubs good work. A bit like stealing another smaller firm's R&D developments for your own corporate gain, as if we needed any more reminders that football is hard ball business these days.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Interesting read about the EPPP. I was following the story about Jeremy Peace the WBA chairman discussing the merits and costs of their academy when the news broke that the Chelsea vultures are circling above 16 yr old Albion academy player Isaiah Brown.

He even suggested that the 2.5m cost of the Cat 1 youth operation could be better spent on transfers. I can see his point tbh and there is a whiff of the English football super powers ensuring their status is maintained through racketeering the top talent for peanuts at the expense of the smaller clubs good work. A bit like stealing another smaller firm's R&D developments for your own corporate gain, as if we needed any more reminders that football is hard ball business these days.

Peace has the option to sign Brown onto a professional contract - if he doesn't then he can't complain about losing the player.

Unless brown is a greedy twat who is more interested in the size of wage packet than breaking through, because surely he's so much more likely to make an impact at WBA than at Chelsea.

And if Peace wants to abandon youth development and just buy players, firstly how many players will he be able to buy for £2.5M, and just who is going to develop young players for him to buy? Short-term short-sightedness at its best!

[Wimb]

Bit of a look at the Pog.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/2 ... -fc-player

[Wimb]

Previews well under way, amongst them the start of our club-by-club look at the division as bloggers from around the league tell us how their club is looking ahead of the new campaign.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/7/3 ... rds-part-1

[Wimb]

Club-by-club - Part 2 now up.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... rds-part-2

[Wimb]

First of our two-part positional previews now up.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... -defenders

And as mentioned in the Royals Post thread, our new podcast also launched today.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... on-preview

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Brief biog for ESPN on the state of the squad and what's still missing : http://t.co/tqu9pl496O

[chilipepper91]

Match Report
http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/3 ... the-tables

And the player ratings - vote on your MOTM here
http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/3 ... er-ratings

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Thoughts on the Ipswich match for ESPN : http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/reading?cc=5739

[Wimb]

Tons of stuff on the site,

http://www.thetilehurstend.com

Not least the latest view from the town end on Bolton.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/8 ... reading-fc

Podcast should also be up tomorrow

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Reflections following the Bolton game : http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/reading/id/806?cc=5739

[Wimb]

And like AL, some reflections on Bolton

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... sures-draw

And player ratings

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... er-ratings

Next podcast should be up Thursday morning all being well.

[Wimb]

Oh and five talking points from the game.

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... -v-reading

[Wimb]

Tweets of the week returns

http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2013/8/1 ... s-and-more