RR God that's poor. (Incidentally you are one of a collective to whom my comments were directed; if anyone else feels the need to reply I hope they do a better job.)
What a load of noncesense..
by Yorkshire Royal » 15 Aug 2008 17:42
RR God that's poor. (Incidentally you are one of a collective to whom my comments were directed; if anyone else feels the need to reply I hope they do a better job.)
by Stranded » 15 Aug 2008 17:45
howser We might be only 1 game in but we are talking about potential winners of the Championship or potential runners up or play-off possibilities, and at the moment we do not look like we have the desire or ambition to fill any of those spots, following on from last years dismal attempt to stay in the premiership. We have made considerable funds from the players that have left, and rumours are circling about Doyle's possible departure as well, most clubs in fact all clubs lose better players but in general terms when this happens they get new blood in or they have an ideal replacement waiting to fill the void, we on the other hand start moving players around, out of position to fll the gaps left. At no point since the turn of the year have Reading made it look like they are a premiership team, either during the end of last season or in the build up to this one. The two competative matches we have played this season so far we have come up well short of what should be expected from a relegated Preiership team, last sunday we looked lost, no passing ability, no drive and no passion, that point cant be contested. Karacan alledgedly played well against Villa but hasn't featured yet, surly he cant still be getting speed up to the pace of the Championship. Our transfer record over recent times has been more than poor, Marek apart, we are buying cheap, second rate players, with minimal ability, Kebe, Cisse, Sodje.....all do not have the level of game to perform at the level we now find ourselves at, and more names could be addeed to that. We have gone into this season without a recognised Right winger, left back and creative midfielder, that all spells of a club happy at the level we are now at, no surprise there are disruptive attitudes in the dressing room. Anyone who doesn't feel, even at this early stage of the season, that we are being fed lines by the club just to keep the fans and media interested are to be admired, for thier faith in the management, but a bad result tomorrow, and the same style of "hoof it"play we have adopted and the general cant be arsed attitude by the players, then the fans are going to start becoming very viciferous towards the Manager, owner and Director of Football.
by SCIAG » 15 Aug 2008 18:03
by clauski » 15 Aug 2008 18:17
by loyalroyal4life » 15 Aug 2008 18:22
by Agent Balti » 15 Aug 2008 18:59
SCIAG Hammond is our best ever DoF, no doubt about that.
by howser » 15 Aug 2008 19:06
by strap » 15 Aug 2008 19:14
Big Ern ....John Madejski, Steve Coppell and Nicky Hammond.
Please do the club and supporters a favour a fook off.
by PEARCEY » 15 Aug 2008 19:16
juanpablo John made this club
where would we be without him?
time and time again people have said the moneys there, Coppell wont spend..... blame him if you want to blame somebody
Diviosn 3 old
Home Away
P GD Pt Res Res
1 Cambridge United 46 +30 86 D2-2 L0-3
2 Southend United 46 +16 85 L2-4 W2-1
3 Grimsby Town 46 +32 83 W2-0 L0-3
4 Bolton Wanderers 46 +14 83 L0-1 L1-3
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 +18 78 W1-0 D0-0
6 Brentford 46 +12 76 L1-2 L0-1
7 Bury 46 +11 73 W1-0 L1-2
8 Bradford City 46 +8 70 L1-2 L1-2
9 Bournemouth 46 0 70 W2-1 L0-2
10 Wigan Athletic 46 +17 69 W3-1 L0-1
11 Huddersfield Town 46 +6 67 L1-2 W2-0
12 Birmingham City 46 -4 65 D2-2 D1-1
13 Leyton Orient 46 -3 64 L1-2 L0-4
14 Stoke City 46 -4 60 W1-0 W1-0
15 Reading 46 -13 59
16 Exeter City 46 +6 57 W1-0 W3-1
17 Preston North End 46 -13 56 D3-3 W2-1
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 -7 52 L1-2 L1-5
19 Chester City 46 -12 51 D2-2 L0-1
20 Swansea City 46 -23 48 D0-0 L1-3
21 Fulham 46 -15 46 W1-0 D1-1
22 Crewe Alexandra 46 -18 44 W2-1 L0-1
23 Rotherham United 46 -37 42 W2-0 W2-0
24 Mansfield Town 46 -21
Id say Johns done alright since his arrival wouldnt you?
by rg6royal » 15 Aug 2008 19:17
by Platypuss » 15 Aug 2008 19:26
rg6royal Typical Reading fans having high expectations though.
by Agent Balti » 15 Aug 2008 19:26
rg6royal I don't see why people are complaining about the Club. We have come along way and I'm quite content with where we are tbh. Typical Reading fans having high expectations though.
by PEARCEY » 15 Aug 2008 19:27
rg6royal I don't see why people are complaining about the Club. We have come along way and I'm quite content with where we are tbh. Typical Reading fans having high expectations though.
by West Stand Man » 15 Aug 2008 20:10
urz_1871CMRoyal I'm officially bored with people saying 'bored of' when they mean 'bored with'.
Record A Level results? Give me strength!
Well you will be pleased to know that i didn't do A-Levels so i don't really give a shit.
Oh and this is a forum not some spelling test. If it was something important then i would "have" checked it.
Anyhow thank you for pointing out my punctuation mistake, i will take note and use it for the future.
by Platypuss » 15 Aug 2008 20:11
West Stand Man It is not about spelling tests. It is about the ability to communicate properly and cohernetly.
by rg6royal » 15 Aug 2008 20:25
by andrew1957 » 15 Aug 2008 20:31
PEARCEYrg6royal I don't see why people are complaining about the Club. We have come along way and I'm quite content with where we are tbh. Typical Reading fans having high expectations though.
I think a lot of us are seeing the squad strength going in reverse.
I would have thought the club had made enough money following the recent transfers...to sell Doyle as well is one too many for me and I believe the squad would then be weaker than the start of 2005/06...that is hardly progress. Given the amount of money coming into the club in that three year period including the increase in costs to us as fans its difficult to justify...
As a club we have underperformed for too many years and just when the team appears to be going places complacency as admitted by Coppell takes over. We were promised lessons had been learned but with two weeks of the transfer window left that does not appear to be the case.
I still want Steve Coppell to manage this club and provided there are no more sales of our better players remain optimistic that we will go back up but if Doyle goes as well...I fear a long and difficult season lies ahead of us.
by working class hero » 15 Aug 2008 20:38
where we managed to not spend any money while ending up with a weaker team, and are now repeating those mistakes, even though Coppell said he had learnt from them
by PEARCEY » 15 Aug 2008 20:40
by andrew1957 » 15 Aug 2008 20:47
PEARCEY Andrew I dont think you are too wide of the mark here...as things stand our current squad is just about on a par with 2005/2006...you could argue Matejovski, Bikey, Rosenior and Noel Hunt are a fair trade off for the loss of Sidwell, Kitson, Little and Shorey...only just though.
You could also contend the ageing of Murty, Hahneman and Ingimarsson is counter-balanced with the promise of youth in Pearce and Karacan..again just about..but any more sales and we start looking weaker than three years ago and that is not good enough when you consider the amount of money coming into the club in that time.
As things stand its ok...but lets not see any more of our better players go just because it happens to be a good deal...thats surely a short term selling club mentality rather than the brick by brick approach the club have promoted in recent years
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