Love - Ivar, model professional
kitson, honest and hard working
Harp's for 'wwwwiiiiiiinnnnneeeee gums'
Hate - for no real reason Doyle and Long
I Love Him, I Love Him Not
Love - Leroy, Absolutely amazing the way he has turned a lot of heads and has changed his attitude completely. Since putting more effort in he has banged in goal after goal and his finish is just getting better and better! ...Am looking forward to seeing him progress even more, one day he could possibly, and note *possibly* become a good captain - If his attitude and maturity keeps on improving he could become a very influential and powerful captain and player to have around on the pitch.
Hate - That number 13.
Hate - That number 13.
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Love
Convey
One from the past... Sammy Igoe, Jimmy McIntyre.
Hate
Hunt because I don't think he's Prem standard even though he proves me wrong each week.
One from the past... Stuart Gray, plain awful. How he made it as a professional footballer I will never know. He had the one 'trick' of knocking it outside his opponent and losing the ball because he was so overweight and slow. And he never learnt.
Convey
One from the past... Sammy Igoe, Jimmy McIntyre.
Hate
Hunt because I don't think he's Prem standard even though he proves me wrong each week.
One from the past... Stuart Gray, plain awful. How he made it as a professional footballer I will never know. He had the one 'trick' of knocking it outside his opponent and losing the ball because he was so overweight and slow. And he never learnt.
Just to be contrary:
Love - SEOL Unlike most of our journeymen, lower league hopefuls and big club rejects he's a proper international star. This fact is based solely on the fact he was in the Nike advert with Ronaldo and Henry when they were all on an oil tanker captained by Cantona playing football in the hold. I love the fact there are people in a country hundreds of miles away which I have never been to and will never visit, probably wearing Reading shirts because of him. Also he hits the ball as if it has done some awful wrong to a close family member, i.e. hard. And he (indirectly) got Pardew the sack. Hopefully Coppell will see sense soon and drop that show pony Little for someone who can cross a ball and shoot.
Hate - Sidwell - Even before the contract shenanigans I had a deeply irrational hatred of Siddy. Yes he's got a great engine, he gets stuck in, blah, blah, blah. But he's a billy big b0ll0cks who believes his own hype which first started with the 4-4-2 magazine thing. He has a lot of anonymous games (though his fans always counter that with the quite frankly ridiculous, 'yes but he does the important things that go un-noticed' argument). Rubbish, he should be scoring at least one goal a game and ideally getting at least one assist too if he wants to impress me. I still remember last season when Harper and Gunnarsson played a lot of games in midfield and we did very well without Sid - I think we'll carry on doing well next season without him whilst he's rotting in Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham/Some other mid table non-entity's reserves. And he's ginger. And he's a chav.
From the past: Love - Martin Butler (ok not that far back, but his commitment was outstanding - still gutted he never made it to the Prem)
Hate - Booty - just really bad, and he came from Dario Gradi's Crewe Academy of football science fabulousness conveyor belt so there was no excuse.
Love - SEOL Unlike most of our journeymen, lower league hopefuls and big club rejects he's a proper international star. This fact is based solely on the fact he was in the Nike advert with Ronaldo and Henry when they were all on an oil tanker captained by Cantona playing football in the hold. I love the fact there are people in a country hundreds of miles away which I have never been to and will never visit, probably wearing Reading shirts because of him. Also he hits the ball as if it has done some awful wrong to a close family member, i.e. hard. And he (indirectly) got Pardew the sack. Hopefully Coppell will see sense soon and drop that show pony Little for someone who can cross a ball and shoot.
Hate - Sidwell - Even before the contract shenanigans I had a deeply irrational hatred of Siddy. Yes he's got a great engine, he gets stuck in, blah, blah, blah. But he's a billy big b0ll0cks who believes his own hype which first started with the 4-4-2 magazine thing. He has a lot of anonymous games (though his fans always counter that with the quite frankly ridiculous, 'yes but he does the important things that go un-noticed' argument). Rubbish, he should be scoring at least one goal a game and ideally getting at least one assist too if he wants to impress me. I still remember last season when Harper and Gunnarsson played a lot of games in midfield and we did very well without Sid - I think we'll carry on doing well next season without him whilst he's rotting in Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham/Some other mid table non-entity's reserves. And he's ginger. And he's a chav.
From the past: Love - Martin Butler (ok not that far back, but his commitment was outstanding - still gutted he never made it to the Prem)
Hate - Booty - just really bad, and he came from Dario Gradi's Crewe Academy of football science fabulousness conveyor belt so there was no excuse.
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Royalcop Just to be contrary:
Love - SEOL I love the fact there are people in a country hundreds of miles away which I have never been to and will never visit, probably wearing Reading shirts because of him.
Hate
Seol (for the moment), because if he doesn't play, which is the case now, Korean TV choose to broadcast the Spurs or United game instead. With Seol playing they always opt for the Reading match.
Royalcop- Every Korean knows about Reading FC and the number of kids I teach who can name several Reading players is quite high. Most of my co-teachers have asked why Soel has been dropped, as the story has been carried extensively in all the papers.
Love
Now: Little and Lita. Before Gilksey, Morley, Archie and Jimmy Quinn
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Royalcop Just to be contrary:
Love - SEOL Unlike most of our journeymen, lower league hopefuls and big club rejects he's a proper international star. This fact is based solely on the fact he was in the Nike advert with Ronaldo and Henry when they were all on an oil tanker captained by Cantona playing football in the hold. I love the fact there are people in a country hundreds of miles away which I have never been to and will never visit, probably wearing Reading shirts because of him. Also he hits the ball as if it has done some awful wrong to a close family member, i.e. hard. And he (indirectly) got Pardew the sack. Hopefully Coppell will see sense soon and drop that show pony Little for someone who can cross a ball and shoot.
Hate - Sidwell - Even before the contract shenanigans I had a deeply irrational hatred of Siddy. Yes he's got a great engine, he gets stuck in, blah, blah, blah. But he's a billy big b0ll0cks who believes his own hype which first started with the 4-4-2 magazine thing. He has a lot of anonymous games (though his fans always counter that with the quite frankly ridiculous, 'yes but he does the important things that go un-noticed' argument). Rubbish, he should be scoring at least one goal a game and ideally getting at least one assist too if he wants to impress me. I still remember last season when Harper and Gunnarsson played a lot of games in midfield and we did very well without Sid - I think we'll carry on doing well next season without him whilst he's rotting in Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham/Some other mid table non-entity's reserves. And he's ginger. And he's a chav.
From the past: Love - Martin Butler (ok not that far back, but his commitment was outstanding - still gutted he never made it to the Prem)
Hate - Booty - just really bad, and he came from Dario Gradi's Crewe Academy of football science fabulousness conveyor belt so there was no excuse.
I respect that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, I really hope that both the Love and Hate were written tongue in cheek. Either that or you are bloody mental.
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Hahnemann. Purely and simply one of the most mediocre goalkeepers we have had, seems to live on some sort of reputation gained from not being as shit as Whitehead and Howie. Goes down like a sack of shit for low saves, then tends to spill them if he gets there as well. Goes to prove that Wesley Snipes was right in not only basketball but also American goalkeepers, might help if he lost some bulk by not going to Chilli's three times a week. Comes over to the crowd after every game as if he is some sort of hero. No matter what he does, i'm blinded by his inability.
That is the same MH who is right up among the best according to Actim? But why should we let facts cloud an emotional issue?
I don't allow my judgement to be clouded by some clown that thinks a striker shooting a trickler from 35 yards that a goalkeeper picks up, counts as a save.
Ah, so no emotional bias there then??
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Finchley Royal Team board in interesting thread shocker.
love
Although my favourite player is Nicky Shorey, I can see when he does something wrong. And, perhaps because I think that he is so good, when he has a rare bad patch like before Christmas, it infuriates me.
However, I do have an irrational love for Kitson. Can't do anything wrong. Proper big and ugly centre forward. What sealed it for me was his West Ham 2-0 game. Not so much for his goals, but for when he appeared to be 20 yards away from the ball and, without running, was able to tackle the defender simply by stretching out his leg.
Historical: Gilkes - run, run, run, Gilkesy, keep running. Cross the ball now. Oh dear that was shit. Never mind.
hate
It's got to be Oster. What a oxf*rd. I firmly believe that there is no game that he couldn't lose for us if he really put his mind to it. What's that? You've played the ball back to Murty but he isn't there because he's run into a better position? Why don't you make up for it by shooting into the side netting instead of crossing the ball to the 3 players in the middle. You red-cheeked twat.
Historical: Steve Moran. You broke my heart Steve. You were shit and more importantly, you weren't Trevor.
You beat me to it - Steve Moran,came with a reputation,never lived up to it!
Love - Harper
Hate - Seol
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Nick Shorey my Lord!
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The gayer alert machine broke down on page 3 - this is seriously pink.
Love (current): My name-sake of course. Cheap as chips, a cheeky chappy and a oxf*rd good player to boot. Tidy as and economical with the ball. He can't half strike a sweet one too.
Hate (current): Marcus. He's cost us a fair few points this season and nobody seems to mind. Apart from me. Nice chap, terrible taste in music.
Love (old skool): There is only one. Our Polish international Dariusz Wdowczyk. The greatest defender I've seen in the hoops.
Hate (old skool): This could be a long list but I've wittled it down to two; Paul Brayson and Sean Evers. Simply the worst.
Love (current): My name-sake of course. Cheap as chips, a cheeky chappy and a oxf*rd good player to boot. Tidy as and economical with the ball. He can't half strike a sweet one too.
Hate (current): Marcus. He's cost us a fair few points this season and nobody seems to mind. Apart from me. Nice chap, terrible taste in music.
Love (old skool): There is only one. Our Polish international Dariusz Wdowczyk. The greatest defender I've seen in the hoops.
Hate (old skool): This could be a long list but I've wittled it down to two; Paul Brayson and Sean Evers. Simply the worst.
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Love: Nicky Shorey.
In the ‘80s players could open a tin of peas with their left feet. How times have changed. Shorey has a left foot that can take him down the local organic farmers’ market for fresh peas, pod them, crush other ingredients in a pestle and mortar, cook the pasta to a perfect al dente and serve up a delicious pea, mint, and pesto with farfalle and a glass of mellow Sangiovese.
Hate: Leroy Lita.
Lightening quick, hugely strong, bags of guile and superb predator. Cocky little shit, though.
In the ‘80s players could open a tin of peas with their left feet. How times have changed. Shorey has a left foot that can take him down the local organic farmers’ market for fresh peas, pod them, crush other ingredients in a pestle and mortar, cook the pasta to a perfect al dente and serve up a delicious pea, mint, and pesto with farfalle and a glass of mellow Sangiovese.
Hate: Leroy Lita.
Lightening quick, hugely strong, bags of guile and superb predator. Cocky little shit, though.
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Love: Nicky Shorey.
In the ‘80s players could open a tin of peas with their left feet. How times have changed. Shorey has a left foot that can take him down the local organic farmers’ market for fresh peas, pod them, crush other ingredients in a pestle and mortar, cook the pasta to a perfect al dente and serve up a delicious pea, mint, and pesto with farfalle and a glass of mellow Sangiovese.
Bored at work already so I thought I'd put down a couple of my thoughts:
Hate: Again too strong but how anyone can love Harps is beyond me. Sideways ball always, is never willing to run at the opposition even though his dribbling is excellent and let Fabregas go for Arsenal's first. Also the fact that Hughes kept him out of the team in our promotion season shows it all really. Also one of the goals at Newcastle was deflected and I remember Stoke away a few years back when he gave the ball to Hoekstra which he then repeated this season by gifting the ball to Emre. Special mentions go to Hunt who could not beat his full back if he tried and Oster who doesn't have the pace to play on the wing and doesn't have the passing ability to play in the middle.
Love: Phil Whitehead - mainly for playing away to Swindon when he was clearly injured and producing a blinder and many other great saves to get us out of Div 2. I always felt that it was unfair when he got dropped for Marcus.
Curo - well what can you say about him other than class and still showing it.
Anyway currently it would have to be Glendinho just for the way he has zero pace but his control, skill and awareness are awesome. Oh and brilliant skill cross for Kitson to score last season against wolves away.
Also Nicky who surely has the best left foot in the country (if only he had a right foot) and also Sonks just for being Sonks.
Hate: Again too strong but how anyone can love Harps is beyond me. Sideways ball always, is never willing to run at the opposition even though his dribbling is excellent and let Fabregas go for Arsenal's first. Also the fact that Hughes kept him out of the team in our promotion season shows it all really. Also one of the goals at Newcastle was deflected and I remember Stoke away a few years back when he gave the ball to Hoekstra which he then repeated this season by gifting the ball to Emre. Special mentions go to Hunt who could not beat his full back if he tried and Oster who doesn't have the pace to play on the wing and doesn't have the passing ability to play in the middle.
Love: Phil Whitehead - mainly for playing away to Swindon when he was clearly injured and producing a blinder and many other great saves to get us out of Div 2. I always felt that it was unfair when he got dropped for Marcus.
Curo - well what can you say about him other than class and still showing it.
Anyway currently it would have to be Glendinho just for the way he has zero pace but his control, skill and awareness are awesome. Oh and brilliant skill cross for Kitson to score last season against wolves away.
Also Nicky who surely has the best left foot in the country (if only he had a right foot) and also Sonks just for being Sonks.
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Love: Kitson for his defending from the front, subtle touches and, of course, goals. (I also get big kick out of Sonko's physical challenges when the opposition players bounce off him - "you've been Sonko'd")
Hate: I have to go with Seol as well. With the talent that guy has, all he needs to do is work a bit harder. He gives up on "almost no hopers", he doesn't track back and defend consistenly, and he isn't one to put his foot in is he.
From the past:
Love: Parky - in the dark mid winter, when we were shit, Parky would get stuck into a tackle and make me laugh.
Hate: Robinson - thank god Shorey came along and put us out of that misery.
Hate: I have to go with Seol as well. With the talent that guy has, all he needs to do is work a bit harder. He gives up on "almost no hopers", he doesn't track back and defend consistenly, and he isn't one to put his foot in is he.
From the past:
Love: Parky - in the dark mid winter, when we were shit, Parky would get stuck into a tackle and make me laugh.
Hate: Robinson - thank god Shorey came along and put us out of that misery.
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Well, as some have pointed out I feel dirty and a tad closer to buying a Bronski Beat album just for reading this thread but here's my 2p's worth
LOVE
Current player-Blakey-what hasn't been said about the white Pele already? Except that he has overcome a hideous deformity to make it to the top
Former player-ANdy Hughes-I think the whole original point of this thread was that the love option was somehow irrational and flew in the face of popular opinion. How many times do I have to tell people that HUghesy added a whole lot to our rise over the last few years. Never give up, never surrender, he was truly the Elliot Ness of Reading FC
HNA poster-Magayer-what an interesting thread
HATE
Current player-Seol-I don't hate Seol at all (or any other payer) but he frustrates me as much as I ever saw anone get frustrated by Hughes, Sarr, Rougier etc in the past. Especially annoyed that he had a gilt edged chance to show us all that he still had it against Burnley in the cup and played as if the game had been postponed again.
Former player-Caskey-So much talent but couldn't you have found it in you to pass the ball forwards a couple of times? As you are represented by Eric Hall you go down further.
HNA poster-H&P-How dare you say such horrid things about Marcus!
LOVE
Current player-Blakey-what hasn't been said about the white Pele already? Except that he has overcome a hideous deformity to make it to the top
Former player-ANdy Hughes-I think the whole original point of this thread was that the love option was somehow irrational and flew in the face of popular opinion. How many times do I have to tell people that HUghesy added a whole lot to our rise over the last few years. Never give up, never surrender, he was truly the Elliot Ness of Reading FC
HNA poster-Magayer-what an interesting thread
HATE
Current player-Seol-I don't hate Seol at all (or any other payer) but he frustrates me as much as I ever saw anone get frustrated by Hughes, Sarr, Rougier etc in the past. Especially annoyed that he had a gilt edged chance to show us all that he still had it against Burnley in the cup and played as if the game had been postponed again.
Former player-Caskey-So much talent but couldn't you have found it in you to pass the ball forwards a couple of times? As you are represented by Eric Hall you go down further.
HNA poster-H&P-How dare you say such horrid things about Marcus!
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