by CountryRoyal » 07 May 2016 22:10
by AthleticoSpizz » 07 May 2016 22:12
by Top Flight » 07 May 2016 22:26
by John Madejski's Wallet » 07 May 2016 22:38
CountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
by Mid Sussex Royal » 07 May 2016 22:55
John Madejski's WalletCountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
^^ same
Maybe this has been so appalling that its managed to bring out the optimist in me. It can't get any worse...... can it?
by AthleticoSpizz » 07 May 2016 22:57
by genome » 07 May 2016 23:00
by Lower West » 07 May 2016 23:10
CountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
by bobby1413 » 07 May 2016 23:12
AthleticoSpizz ^hark at Bobby1413 there
by CountryRoyal » 07 May 2016 23:55
by 72 bus » 07 May 2016 23:57
Lower WestCountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
8 academy players in the matchday squad today. Sign of the future.
by One8Seven1* » 08 May 2016 00:26
by CountryRoyal » 08 May 2016 00:30
One8Seven1* Too many changes ahead this summer for us to do anything positive next season. McDermott hasn't got a prayer.
by tmesis » 08 May 2016 08:33
One8Seven1* Too many changes ahead this summer for us to do anything positive next season. McDermott hasn't got a prayer.
by Maneki Neko » 08 May 2016 09:17
by Ian Royal » 08 May 2016 10:55
CountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
by paultheroyal » 08 May 2016 11:23
by RoyalinBracknell » 08 May 2016 12:06
by RoyalCrisp » 08 May 2016 12:27
Ian RoyalCountryRoyal No idea why. That's all.
McDermott is good at identifying the gaps and weak links in squads and fixing them.
Mcdermott is good at building a team ethos and producing something greater than the sum of its parts.
The Thais have previously shown solid, but not crazy backing for signings.
We're losing the disappointing loanees.
None of those that are out of contract are crucial or consistently good performers.
We've got a host of young players who've been gaining valuable experience elsewhere to come into contention.
McDermott has clearly been trying to foster a more technical and controlling style of play than he had with us at the end of his last spell.
We can't do much worse than the last 2-3 seasons.
Surely we have to win more than 8 home league games next seson.
Expectations must surely only be to improve into the top 2/3rds of the table, which we should be easily capable of, rather than gaining promotion which is much much hardervto achieve.
by royal67 » 08 May 2016 15:29
RoyalCrisp
McDermott is tactically stubborn and even when a formation hasn't worked for months he persists with it.
McDermott is good at building teams with ethos when he has say over transfer policy, not something he has with the Thais.
The Thais have shown their backing to be frugal at best, if last summer was their top end (and most of the signings bombed) who knows what their cheap end signings will be like?
Can't deny losing the loanees is a good thing, but it was the Thais way of avoiding genuine long term investment. Short term fix which didn't work, and it'll end up meaning we'll lose half of this squad (which is only a good thing if we can replace them).
Hal and Ferdinand both impressed when they played this year, though considering their wages and their lack of game time, I agree this isn't a big loss. Cox doesn't need mentioning here.
Our youth is promising, but we can't rely on them alone, .
I wouldn't call our approach technical at the moment, I've never seen a Reading team look less like scoring every week. You'd rather we played long ball and put the ball in the net wouldn't you?
Of course we can do worse than the last 2-3 seasons, reckon a few Villa or Charlton fans might've said that about their last few seasons. Can't be complacent about relegation when we've had 2 seasons as poor as we've had. We're not going to get a Blackpool or a Bolton every year.
Again, you can't base this on anything, just saying 'surely we must?' is wishful thinking, there's no guarentee we'll do any better next year.
Completely agree expectations have to be lower from the fans next year, but if the expectation/ambition from the owners remains as low as it has been since they came in we'll find ourselves sliding further.
I can't see much reason to be optimistic about next year, the only thing that'll improve my spirits is if I discover the PA man has been sent on a trip to Belize, but I fear he's the most committed man at the club right now.
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