Gus the teenage cow Howe lacks credibility, he's not a football man
Someone is bored.
Please kill him.
by readingbedding » 15 Nov 2007 16:08
Gus the teenage cow Howe lacks credibility, he's not a football man
by Old Biscuitman » 15 Nov 2007 16:10
by brendywendy » 15 Nov 2007 16:13
KitsonistabrendywendyAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
Go and support Torquay you killjoy.
Great comeback
Reading - talking big since 2001. Just please stop.
It's called ambition, you Devonian.
Brick by Brick
I don't doubt they have ambition or the way they go about it, but this nonsense doesn't need to be out in the open. Reading will never be as big as some of those clubs mentioned, so what if we have 38,000 seats soon, they will rarely be filled IMO, when we just about manage to sell out 24,000 I could see us getting around 30,000 ish for the big games? Do we have another 14,000 fans just waiting to get through the door? No, IMO.
Reading HAVE to spend big to try and compete with those clubs named, need some names here and need to go forward and replace half our current team if they are to rival those clubs in the short- medium term. That's not going to happen - probably rightly so. So why spout this sort of talk?
Best location? says who!!?
nob
we sell out every week, 24 k is no problem for us
30-38k just gives us the potential to reduce prices for kids, and casual fans
we have the biggest catchment area in the prem, no other prem club for miles in every direction, and no other decent football club close, in any division either IMHO-southhampton and pompey to the south
london to the east, and vast swathes of the country up to birmingham in the north
and bristol and cardiff to the west. that is a massive area
allied to that its also the most disirable area to live in the country,one of the most densely populated, and the richest.
seems pretty good to me
we have come from third tier to top tier in a very short space of time, having spent very little
this years money will see us financially secure for many years to come, and increased capacity and gates can only see us get bigger and better
once that money, and prem survival is safe we can really push on and start spending to match that ambition
and is this the same half of the team(belonging in the championship)that won the chamionship on record points and got to 8th in their 1st ever season in the top flight?
cLOLueless
However, we have the greatest density of Private Schools and the Egg Chasers and Boat Rowers are on the increase. You also have the high concentration of other League teams in leagues 1 and 2 etc and I can't see a S*****n born person ever, ever becoming a Royals supporter, or Wycombe or O****d or Ald****t either. The cachement area is predominantly about 10 mile zone around Reading.
by MartinRdg » 15 Nov 2007 16:43
Alan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
Go and support Torquay you killjoy.
Great comeback
Reading - talking big since 2001. Just please stop.
by Alan Partridge » 15 Nov 2007 17:07
MartinRdgAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
Go and support Torquay you killjoy.
Great comeback
Reading - talking big since 2001. Just please stop.
And I suppose you don't think we've moved on much in 6 years then?
by floyd__streete » 15 Nov 2007 17:11
brendywendy nob
by Alan Partridge » 15 Nov 2007 17:13
floyd__streetebrendywendy nob
See this is my problem with HNA and the RTG brigade in general which I have pointed out on my own thread recently - you can't but help throw in an insult can you? AP argues very reasonably about the wisdom of expansion and then to be fair you put the counter point eloquently too....but you have to resort to calling him a nob and cLOLueless just because his opinion differs. He didn't feel the need to insult back at any point.
by Tails » 15 Nov 2007 17:14
Alan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
Go and support Torquay you killjoy.
Great comeback
Reading - talking big since 2001. Just please stop.
It's called ambition, you Devonian.
Brick by Brick
I don't doubt they have ambition or the way they go about it, but this nonsense doesn't need to be out in the open. Reading will never be as big as some of those clubs mentioned, so what if we have 38,000 seats soon, they will rarely be filled IMO, when we just about manage to sell out 24,000 I could see us getting around 30,000 ish for the big games? Do we have another 14,000 fans just waiting to get through the door? No, IMO.
Reading HAVE to spend big to try and compete with those clubs named, need some names here and need to go forward and replace half our current team if they are to rival those clubs in the short- medium term. That's not going to happen - probably rightly so. So why spout this sort of talk?
Best location? says who!!?
by brendywendy » 15 Nov 2007 17:16
floyd__streetebrendywendy nob
See this is my problem with HNA and the RTG brigade in general which I have pointed out on my own thread recently - you can't but help throw in an insult can you? AP argues very reasonably about the wisdom of expansion and then to be fair you put the counter point eloquently too....but you have to resort to calling him a nob and cLOLueless just because his opinion differs. He didn't feel the need to insult back at any point.
by Dirk Gently » 15 Nov 2007 17:18
Tails Agreed, we may, geographically, have the best location but unfortunately there is no large residual footballing culture in our parts..... no great affinity no great legends, no great past. We have a wealth of people who do not follow football, until you chip away at that, things wont change permenantly... and this chipping away would take more than just decades of relative success in the premiership.
by Kevin Doyles Right Foot » 15 Nov 2007 17:20
relax?Nigel Howe says...
by floyd__streete » 15 Nov 2007 17:43
brendywendy it was totally uncalled for and i apologise unreservedly
by brendywendy » 15 Nov 2007 17:46
floyd__streetebrendywendy it was totally uncalled for and i apologise unreservedly
Fair play to you. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, you ****ing ****
by Ian Royal » 15 Nov 2007 18:17
KitsonistabrendywendyAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan PartridgeGordons CummingAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
Go and support Torquay you killjoy.
Great comeback
Reading - talking big since 2001. Just please stop.
It's called ambition, you Devonian.
Brick by Brick
I don't doubt they have ambition or the way they go about it, but this nonsense doesn't need to be out in the open. Reading will never be as big as some of those clubs mentioned, so what if we have 38,000 seats soon, they will rarely be filled IMO, when we just about manage to sell out 24,000 I could see us getting around 30,000 ish for the big games? Do we have another 14,000 fans just waiting to get through the door? No, IMO.
Reading HAVE to spend big to try and compete with those clubs named, need some names here and need to go forward and replace half our current team if they are to rival those clubs in the short- medium term. That's not going to happen - probably rightly so. So why spout this sort of talk?
Best location? says who!!?
nob
we sell out every week, 24 k is no problem for us
30-38k just gives us the potential to reduce prices for kids, and casual fans
we have the biggest catchment area in the prem, no other prem club for miles in every direction, and no other decent football club close, in any division either IMHO-southhampton and pompey to the south
london to the east, and vast swathes of the country up to birmingham in the north
and bristol and cardiff to the west. that is a massive area
allied to that its also the most disirable area to live in the country,one of the most densely populated, and the richest.
seems pretty good to me
we have come from third tier to top tier in a very short space of time, having spent very little
this years money will see us financially secure for many years to come, and increased capacity and gates can only see us get bigger and better
once that money, and prem survival is safe we can really push on and start spending to match that ambition
and is this the same half of the team(belonging in the championship)that won the chamionship on record points and got to 8th in their 1st ever season in the top flight?
cLOLueless
However, we have the greatest density of Private Schools and the Egg Chasers and Boat Rowers are on the increase. You also have the high concentration of other League teams in leagues 1 and 2 etc and I can't see a S*****n born person ever, ever becoming a Royals supporter, or Wycombe or O****d or Ald****t either. The cachement area is predominantly about 10 mile zone around Reading.
by RoyalBlue » 15 Nov 2007 18:24
Behindu If only Howe had said 'We're not sure what we want to be really, perhaps we'll muddle alomg for another season or two and then get relegated. Who knows...'
Would Mr PArtridge have been happy ?
Frankly what Howe says is what you'd expect him to say - they want to move up a level from where they have now got to.
BehinduGus the teenage cow Howe lacks credibility, he's not a football man
Gus lacks credibility
The Team isn;t part of Howe's remit. We employ Hammond and Coppell to look after that and Howe sorts out the rest.
And ask his uncle Don if Nigel has any football heritage.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 15 Nov 2007 18:35
Alan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
by Gordons Cumming » 15 Nov 2007 18:42
Rev Algenon Stickleback HAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
I think you should write and tell him that in order to be a big club we'll also need better players.
It's amazing that nobody at the club has realised that. I'm sure they are planning to be fielding the very same championship winning team in 5-10 years time without buying anyone else.
It's a good thing you are here. A flaw in the plan like that could confuse a stupid person.
by Alan Partridge » 15 Nov 2007 18:48
Rev Algenon Stickleback HAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
I think you should write and tell him that in order to be a big club we'll also need better players.
It's amazing that nobody at the club has realised that. I'm sure they are planning to be fielding the very same championship winning team in 5-10 years time without buying anyone else.
It's a good thing you are here. A flaw in the plan like that could confuse a stupid person.
by Ian Royal » 15 Nov 2007 18:56
Alan PartridgeRev Algenon Stickleback HAlan Partridge Nigel....football is played on the pitch mate, and as long as half our team belongs in the Championship we will never rival those clubs you mention, sorry to burst the bubble of big club bullshit.
I think you should write and tell him that in order to be a big club we'll also need better players.
It's amazing that nobody at the club has realised that. I'm sure they are planning to be fielding the very same championship winning team in 5-10 years time without buying anyone else.
It's a good thing you are here. A flaw in the plan like that could confuse a stupid person.
They've made a good effort of doing that plan over the last couple of years.
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