How impressed are you with BMcD's return to the club?

[genome]

All in the space of a a few months my gr8 m8.

It's a throwaway st8ment anyway, just to illustr8 the competitiveness of the league

[Winston Smith]

All in the space of a a few months my gr8 m8.

It's a throwaway st8ment anyway, just to illustr8 the competitiveness of the league

I disagree that it is more or less competitive than many other leagues. The boys who spend the most usually finish near the top, those that spend the least finish near the bottom and the results obv have to fall in line with that. There are always exceptions to that but they are just that, exceptions.

I remember when we went up under Bri Bri and it was all 'wahay little ol Reading against all odds' etc then a few months later it was shown that the 3 promoted teams that season were 3 of the 4 highest wage payers in the division.

[Pandoras Box]

Personally, at RB

McCleary >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gunter
Top marks for McD experimenting and finding that one out - he could have used a few other options.

[genome]

All in the space of a a few months my gr8 m8.

It's a throwaway st8ment anyway, just to illustr8 the competitiveness of the league

I disagree that it is more or less competitive than many other leagues. The boys who spend the most usually finish near the top, those that spend the least finish near the bottom and the results obv have to fall in line with that. There are always exceptions to that but they are just that, exceptions.

I remember when we went up under Bri Bri and it was all 'wahay little ol Reading against all odds' etc then a few months later it was shown that the 3 promoted teams that season were 3 of the 4 highest wage payers in the division.

I didn't say that other leagues weren't competitive, and over the course of the season it does tend to iron out like that. But I still think it's a highly competitive league and you certainly get your fair share of upsets.

[Winston Smith]

All in the space of a a few months my gr8 m8.

It's a throwaway st8ment anyway, just to illustr8 the competitiveness of the league

I disagree that it is more or less competitive than many other leagues. The boys who spend the most usually finish near the top, those that spend the least finish near the bottom and the results obv have to fall in line with that. There are always exceptions to that but they are just that, exceptions.

I remember when we went up under Bri Bri and it was all 'wahay little ol Reading against all odds' etc then a few months later it was shown that the 3 promoted teams that season were 3 of the 4 highest wage payers in the division.

I didn't say that other leagues weren't competitive, and over the course of the season it does tend to iron out like that. But I still think it's a highly competitive league and you certainly get your fair share of upsets.

I'll upsets you in a minute!

[floyd__streete]

Personally, at RB

McCleary >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gunter

I saw the goals on Sky and it looked to me that their player waltzed through the right hand side of our team with relative ease for the winner

Anyway, of more concern is the persistence with the soon-to-be-put-out-to-pasture Vydra whilst we have young players apparently not trusted to gain experience in these dead rubber fixtures. Either Brian is utterly incompetent or - just as likely - our shadowy owners have stitched him up with some sort of guarantee that the likes of Vydra gets game time (equally Mr Teflon, the used car salesman Nick(y) Hammond has some questions to answer, he's been very quiet lately of course and he tends to be when results are as diabolical as they have been....).

[Vision]

All in the space of a a few months my gr8 m8.

It's a throwaway st8ment anyway, just to illustr8 the competitiveness of the league

i remember when we went up under Bri Bri and it was all 'wahay little ol Reading against all odds' etc then a few months later it was shown that the 3 promoted teams that season were 3 of the 4 highest wage payers in the division.

Isn't that skewed somewhat by the promoted clubs paying promotion bonuses though.

It's certainly been true in our case and I can't imagine most clubs don't operate that much differently.

[genome]

Personally, at RB

McCleary >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gunter

I saw the goals on Sky and it looked to me that their player waltzed through the right hand side of our team with relative ease for the winner

He was outpaced for the goal which is a shame as he was otherwise superb.

[3points]

Personally, at RB

McCleary >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gunter

I saw the goals on Sky and it looked to me that their player waltzed through the right hand side of our team with relative ease for the winner

He was outpaced for the goal which is a shame as he was otherwise superb.

But the diamond formation didn't help either. McCleary had no-one in front of him to challenge Robertson before he even got as far as McCleary. He may have done better as well, but Robertson is pretty quick. Hector should also probably have got across to cover as well given he's the defensive midlfielder and should be picking up runners and stopping them getting as far as the back four

[No Fixed Abode]

Yeah I do think we need to cut Brian some slack here.

He's had 5 months to work with the players now and results have really improved. He's galvanised the squad that they show passion by head butting fellow team mates on the pitch. The entertaining football has really got the crowds in.

[tidus_mi2]

Yeah I do think we need to cut Brian some slack here.

He's had 5 months to work with the players now and results have really improved. He's galvanised the squad that they show passion by head butting fellow team mates on the pitch. The entertaining football has really got the crowds in.

You really caught my eye with the first sentence, I authentically thought you were going to cut Brian some slack, how naive I was!

[Snowball]

myth perpetuated by lazy journalists and swallowed up whole by gullible fans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35693543
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35509572
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35948786
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35738618
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35229560

well if those happened then it's an open and shut case I guess. What a competitive league it is!!!

Reading winning at Burnley, beating Boro...

[No Fixed Abode]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35693543
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35509572
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35948786
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35738618
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35229560

well if those happened then it's an open and shut case I guess. What a competitive league it is!!!

Reading winning at Burnley, beating Boro...

Who was in charge then?

[royalp-we]

[The Royal Forester]

Do you think No Fixed Abode will go away if we all swear at him at the same time? The word that hopefully will make him go back to Chelsea is STEVIE HUNT.

[genome]

Who was it Kesmond, tell us

[No Fixed Abode]

Do you think No Fixed Abode will go away if we all swear at him at the same time? The word that hopefully will make him go back to Chelsea is STEVIE HUNT.

Oh yeah - use a life threatening incident - stay classy m8.

[Maneki Neko]

that's genius coming from our kes, that is

[No Fixed Abode]

:lol:
that's genius coming from our kes, that is

? You've never seen me mock the likes of Chris Armstrong etc have you?

[Winston Smith]

You've never seen me mock the likes of Chris Armstrong etc have you?

are you mocking the lack of strength in Chris's arms?