New manager Brendan Rodgers *confirmed*

[Archie's penalty]

My natural reaction was a very happy and one, so I'm guessing I'm quite pleased about this. Let the BR era begin.

That's a bit of a silly photo of him. He looks like a penguin.

[who are ya?]

Any better?

[Archie's penalty]

Any better?

Hmmm.

[who are ya?]

New Reading gaffer rubbing shoulders with Inters special one any better then?

[Archie's penalty]

New Reading gaffer rubbing shoulders with Inters special one any better then?

Big thumbs up for that one!

[TFF]

My natural reaction was a very happy and one, so I'm guessing I'm quite pleased about this. Let the BR era begin.

That's a bit of a silly photo of him. He looks like a penguin.

Nah. Don't see it.

[Deathy]

New Reading gaffer rubbing shoulders with Inters special one any better then?

Big thumbs up for that one!

Loan signings please Jose.

[Scrappy]

Gotta say, next season's game against Watford will be very interesting. Ghost goal and taking their manager after he said he'd be "loyal" to the club just last week.

Still, I hope this turns out to be a moment we remember for the right reasons.

[SpaceCruiser]

Done deal!

Brendan Rodgers is returning to Reading as the club's new manager.

Royals are set to announce the appointment of the Watford boss within the next 24 hours.

A compensation package of £800,000 has been agreed between the clubs following detailed talks.

As we exclusively revealed last Friday, Royals pressed home their interest in Rodgers and Hornets have now reluctantly allowed him to leave.

Rodgers, a former Academy boss at Reading, will want to bring in his own backroom staff.

That includes Watford coaches Frank Lampard Senior, Dean Austin and football physiologist Karl Halabi, who was on Reading’s books as a youngster.

GTFI FWANK!!

so figures of 800k are being touted about yet for an extra £200k we couldnt go for ferguson jnr?

I read somewhere that if we were to go for Ferguson, it wouldn't just be a million. Peterbrough also wanted another million if we should achieve promotion....

[Scrappy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YiuSbBdaQ

I can see the Watford game next season being very interesting...

[Archie's penalty]

This is great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdaynw2M0wY

[Readingfanman]

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/foo ... nt-manager Victor chandler still taking bets I think at 1/2 despite Rodgers being all but confirmed.

[Millsy]

Please please please tell me this isn't true.

I was right about Parj, right about Coppell, let's hope I'm bloody wrong about this being a very big gamble if it's the 27-game 13th place nobody.

Wahay let;s get so far and then gamble it all away.

Very disappointed.

[PlasticRoyale]

RODGERS OUT

[Arch]

Please please please tell me this isn't true.

I was right about Parj, right about Coppell, let's hope I'm bloody wrong about this being a very big gamble if it's the 27-game 13th place nobody.

Wahay let;s get so far and then gamble it all away.

Very disappointed.

Worst post ever

[Rawlie19]

Both are about personal choice. Sure, FergieSon has 2 promotions under his belt (and genuinely well done to him for that), but they are both young. Buck shows a LOT of promise as does FergieSon, but Buck knows the club already. I would be equally as happy with either to be honest. Both were on my shortlist of 3. (My shortlist was realistic and didn't include the likes of FergieSnr et al).

Not that it matters but who was the other on your shortlist?

I'm not even sure FergieSon would have come to RFC even if we had agreed a deal with Peterborough. Their chairman seems ambitious and can probably offer him similar amounts of money to us (not a bad reflection on our board imo). Also who's to say that when we said fine we'll pay £1m, that they wouldn't have just raised the price.

Roberto.

[Franchise FC]

Please please please tell me this isn't true.

I was right about Parj, right about Coppell, let's hope I'm bloody wrong about this being a very big gamble if it's the 27-game 13th place nobody.

Wahay let;s get so far and then gamble it all away.

Very disappointed.

Go on - I'll bite

You don't say what your opinion of the Pardew and Coppell appointments was. Please enlighten us.

[Royal Rother]

Please please please tell me this isn't true.

I was right about Parj, right about Coppell, let's hope I'm bloody wrong about this being a very big gamble if it's the 27-game 13th place nobody.

Wahay let;s get so far and then gamble it all away.

Very disappointed.

You were right about Pardew and Coppell were you? Bully for you mate.

When thinking about Rodgers' forthcoming appointment, of far more relevance is the fact that THE CLUB were right about Pardew and Coppell....

[Rawlie19]

Have they announced a press conference yet? Might not be happening today if not...

[Agent Balti]

QPR get Jim Magilton, we get Brendan - thank our lucky stars, I say!