themadstad One thing Anton may not be the guy we thought though. In that he may not be that much richer than Madejski is or at least was. Therefore, happy to go with the Reading way as alluded to.
The top 10 prem team stuff, I don't think he's even close to be able to fund.
themadstad One thing Anton may not be the guy we thought though. In that he may not be that much richer than Madejski is or at least was. Therefore, happy to go with the Reading way as alluded to.
The top 10 prem team stuff, I don't think he's even close to be able to fund.
SPARTAthemadstad One thing Anton may not be the guy we thought though. In that he may not be that much richer than Madejski is or at least was. Therefore, happy to go with the Reading way as alluded to.
The top 10 prem team stuff, I don't think he's even close to be able to fund.
You have no idea though do you, it's just idle spaculation.
The idea is to stabilise in the Premiership and in five years be a top ten side. That isn't that tough a job in all honesty. In the coming seasons we will improve the squad bit by bit and replace the average to above average Championship players that are still here, and we will get stronger. Our reputation would also grow, and we would eventually be seen as a club players wanted to come to. The hardest job is this first season, because the squad wasn't ready for the step up and is largely made up of average overachievers from the Championship.
MmmMonsterMunchankeny Thats two
LOL - 2 cracking examples that culminated in two of the greatest seasons in our history not enough then?!
How about Gorkss? Mariappa?
Has it also occurred to you that BM is not the scout any more? He is the manager.
You are also forgetting that the likes of Williams & KARL Sheppard were brought in before the TSI era, i.e. cheap.
Are you honestly having a pop at BM on the basis that not every signing is straight into the 1st team? Name a manager that has managed to do that then - eagerly awaiting your response! Honestly the mind boggles at the amount of divs supporting this club.
says it for me....but for the moonheads, anything less than being a Chelsea will just not do.Man Friday Can't believe we're talking seriously about the possibility of Mc D being sacked after just 8 games...where did fans expect us to be? Top 6? Feckin ridiculous. We've only lost 4. We nearly won 2 of the 4 we've drawn. Had we won just one of those we'd be out of the relegation zone. The young players bought can only get better. If McD is sacked in the next couple of months the club can kiss my admission fee goodbye this season, that's for sure. If I wanted to support a QPR type team with maniacal owners I'd do so.
Snowball I'm not surprised at this thread, but Jeez it's dumb.
Reading are clearly improving and have played the clubs currently top, fourth, 7th, 8th,10th, 11th, 12th, 13th.
We have just drawn 3-3 with Fulham, who beat Norwich 5-0. Our GD is only -6 after 8 games, despite shipping
4 at Chelsea, and the bad defeat at home to Spurs (now 4th).
We have shown, quite clearly that we can score whenever we go for it, and though we haven't yet won at home
we are staring to build a decent record of at least avoiding defeat 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. Our defeat at Liverpool by a single
goal is starting to look like a much better result than it did on the day And Liverpool look top-eight at the very worst.
Of COURSE we are going to be out-possessed by the majority of clubs in this league. Why is anyone surprised?
ATM we are logging a number of goals-against which have been truly excellent. Ba's first, Sterling's, Ruiz, Berbatov, Swansea etc
and I don't think we've had much luck (Torres, Ba)
But we are drawing, losing by a single goal (Liverpool, WBA) wheres other sides are building bad GDs
We are effectively a point clear of Saints and 2 clear of QPR with a game in hand on both of them. Villa look poor.
There are very good reasons to think we can finish above these three and we must have a good chance of finishing in the mix with Norwich, Wigan
with neither Stoke or Sunderland likely to be streets clear of the bottom 3.
We haven't won, but only one of our defeats was a really bad one (Spurs). We competed at Chelsea, were a bit toothless at WBA, and were decent in
the second half at Liverpool. That game in hand and that reasonable GD might be important. We've lost 4/8 whereas Saints have lost 7/9, QPR 6.
I REALLY think McDermott is pulling it round and we can still end up comfortably clear of the drop. It just needs that one win and it will look a lot better.
Having said all the above, the games v QPR, Norwich, Saints, Wigan and Villa are absolutely massive and I dearly hope the lads go into the game
at Loftus Road with the right attitude. (I'm worried, TBH). We don't need to win there, but a defeat would be horrible.
themadstadSPARTAthemadstad One thing Anton may not be the guy we thought though. In that he may not be that much richer than Madejski is or at least was. Therefore, happy to go with the Reading way as alluded to.
The top 10 prem team stuff, I don't think he's even close to be able to fund.
You have no idea though do you, it's just idle spaculation.
The idea is to stabilise in the Premiership and in five years be a top ten side. That isn't that tough a job in all honesty. In the coming seasons we will improve the squad bit by bit and replace the average to above average Championship players that are still here, and we will get stronger. Our reputation would also grow, and we would eventually be seen as a club players wanted to come to. The hardest job is this first season, because the squad wasn't ready for the step up and is largely made up of average overachievers from the Championship.
Spaculation? Really, you're probably older than me and you talk like that when somone has an opinion. Just wow!
Yes, we know the idea. However, squad still lacks and I wouldn't expect them to be top 10 straight away in any case. Top 10 is very tough to consistantly achieve anyway. Big investment certainly required for that and whilst I'm not saying massive amounts should have been spent I think we need that little bit more.
And perhaps over time that may be possible with bigger attendances and commercial revenue. Success though is what breeds that for which we will need to compete a bit higher.
Snowball I'm not surprised at this thread, but Jeez it's dumb.
Reading are clearly improving and have played the clubs currently top, fourth, 7th, 8th,10th, 11th, 12th, 13th.
We have just drawn 3-3 with Fulham, who beat Norwich 5-0. Our GD is only -6 after 8 games, despite shipping
4 at Chelsea, and the bad defeat at home to Spurs (now 4th).
We have shown, quite clearly that we can score whenever we go for it, and though we haven't yet won at home
we are staring to build a decent record of at least avoiding defeat 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. Our defeat at Liverpool by a single
goal is starting to look like a much better result than it did on the day And Liverpool look top-eight at the very worst.
Of COURSE we are going to be out-possessed by the majority of clubs in this league. Why is anyone surprised?
ATM we are logging a number of goals-against which have been truly excellent. Ba's first, Sterling's, Ruiz, Berbatov, Swansea etc
and I don't think we've had much luck (Torres, Ba)
But we are drawing, losing by a single goal (Liverpool, WBA) wheres other sides are building bad GDs
We are effectively a point clear of Saints and 2 clear of QPR with a game in hand on both of them. Villa look poor.
There are very good reasons to think we can finish above these three and we must have a good chance of finishing in the mix with Norwich, Wigan
with neither Stoke or Sunderland likely to be streets clear of the bottom 3.
We haven't won, but only one of our defeats was a really bad one (Spurs). We competed at Chelsea, were a bit toothless at WBA, and were decent in
the second half at Liverpool. That game in hand and that reasonable GD might be important. We've lost 4/8 whereas Saints have lost 7/9, QPR 6.
I REALLY think McDermott is pulling it round and we can still end up comfortably clear of the drop. It just needs that one win and it will look a lot better.
Having said all the above, the games v QPR, Norwich, Saints, Wigan and Villa are absolutely massive and I dearly hope the lads go into the game
at Loftus Road with the right attitude. (I'm worried, TBH). We don't need to win there, but a defeat would be horrible.
Royal91 McDermott needs a Mike Basset moment!
Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
leonRoyal91 McDermott needs a Mike Basset moment!
Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
seriously
Snowball I'm not surprised at this thread, but Jeez it's dumb.
Reading are clearly improving and have played the clubs currently top, fourth, 7th, 8th,10th, 11th, 12th, 13th.
We have just drawn 3-3 with Fulham, who beat Norwich 5-0. Our GD is only -6 after 8 games, despite shipping
4 at Chelsea, and the bad defeat at home to Spurs (now 4th).
We have shown, quite clearly that we can score whenever we go for it, and though we haven't yet won at home
we are staring to build a decent record of at least avoiding defeat 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. Our defeat at Liverpool by a single
goal is starting to look like a much better result than it did on the day And Liverpool look top-eight at the very worst.
Of COURSE we are going to be out-possessed by the majority of clubs in this league. Why is anyone surprised?
ATM we are logging a number of goals-against which have been truly excellent. Ba's first, Sterling's, Ruiz, Berbatov, Swansea etc
and I don't think we've had much luck (Torres, Ba)
But we are drawing, losing by a single goal (Liverpool, WBA) wheres other sides are building bad GDs
We are effectively a point clear of Saints and 2 clear of QPR with a game in hand on both of them. Villa look poor.
There are very good reasons to think we can finish above these three and we must have a good chance of finishing in the mix with Norwich, Wigan
with neither Stoke or Sunderland likely to be streets clear of the bottom 3.
We haven't won, but only one of our defeats was a really bad one (Spurs). We competed at Chelsea, were a bit toothless at WBA, and were decent in
the second half at Liverpool. That game in hand and that reasonable GD might be important. We've lost 4/8 whereas Saints have lost 7/9, QPR 6.
I REALLY think McDermott is pulling it round and we can still end up comfortably clear of the drop. It just needs that one win and it will look a lot better.
Having said all the above, the games v QPR, Norwich, Saints, Wigan and Villa are absolutely massive and I dearly hope the lads go into the game
at Loftus Road with the right attitude. (I'm worried, TBH). We don't need to win there, but a defeat would be horrible.
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