Murty back at Reading!!!???

[ankeny]

We are very short of legends, I can only think of Parky and Murty

[roberto_11]

Legend, typically, is a short (mono-) episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode, reflecting on a psychological level a symbolic representation of folk belief and collective experiences and serving as a reaffirmation of commonly held values of the group to whose tradition it belongs.

[Deathy]

We are very short of legends, I can only think of Parky and Murty

You can't think of Robin Friday? Are you 9 years old or something?

[percy_freeman]

Not to mention Steve Death, Gilksey, Trevor Senior and Jamie Cureton. Could throw in Martin Hicks and Steve Hetske and Dariusz, or even Simon Shepard for a giggle.

[Ian Royal]

Legends should be scarce. I don't think we have many and that's as it should be.

Parky, Murty, Death, Friday, Gilkes, Hicks, Senior, Blackman.


But you can add in a huge number of Greats who don't quite step up to Legend but are still worthy of note.

Gooding, Hahnemann, Ingimarsson, Quinn, Sonko, Shorey, Shaka, Sidwell, Harper, Little, Kitson, Wdowczyk, Convey, SHunt, Doyle, Caskey, Gunnarsson, Bernal, Cureton, Forster...

Thats only players from the last 20 years.

[Royal Rother]

Blimey Ian, I doubt even Convey's mum wouldn't suggest he was a Reading Great!!

[Ian Royal]

Blimey Ian, I doubt even Convey's mum wouldn't suggest he was a Reading Great!!

You may notice a theme hidden amongst all those names. Tell me when you see it.

[Gordons Cumming]

I'm afraid I can't class Murty as a legend.

[Elm Park Old Boy]

I'm afraid I can't class Murty as a legend.

Never mind, I'm sure he'll cope.

[Royal Rother]

Blimey Ian, I doubt even Convey's mum wouldn't suggest he was a Reading Great!!

You may notice a theme hidden amongst all those names. Tell me when you see it.

I'm gonna need some help with that one I'm afraid...

[Ian Royal]

Legends should be scarce. I don't think we have many and that's as it should be.

Parky, Murty, Death, Friday, Gilkes, Hicks, Senior, Blackman.


But you can add in a huge number of Greats who don't quite step up to Legend but are still worthy of note.

Gooding, Hahnemann, Ingimarsson, Quinn, Sonko, Shorey, Shaka, Sidwell, Harper, Little, Kitson, Wdowczyk, Convey, SHunt, Doyle, Caskey, Gunnarsson, Bernal, Cureton, Forster...

Thats only players from the last 20 years.

Does the number 106 mean anything to you? I probably should have included Oster, Long, Lita & Makin as well as Gunnarsson. But I thought that was pushing things a step too far.

[Royal Rother]

Blimey, that's a bit obtuse. Anyway, 106 pah!

A couple of handfuls (at most) of good performances does not a Reading Great make...

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Lovell,Webb and Sanchez.

Nicky Forster.

[Ian Royal]

Blimey, that's a bit obtuse. Anyway, 106 pah!

A couple of handfuls (at most) of good performances does not a Reading Great make...

No, but being part of the most successful Reading Team ever that broke the league points record and was promoted to the top flight for the first time in the club's 135 year history does.

[Royal Rother]

We'll just have to disagree on that one.

[Ian Royal]

We'll just have to disagree on that one.

I can live with that.