STAR Liaison wrote:When Adkins was manager he was responsible for team selection but apparently it was news to him !

Corrected for you.

On the OP, the answer is yes. Never understood the signing from the word go, just put it down to another of Stam’s abberation's. Gutting that he's still got nearly three years left on his contract

11.30 - 12.00. A good 25 minutes worth. Usual anecdotes and some mock commentary of his famous goal v Tranmere. Was very interesting to hear Dunphy's memories as someone who actually played alongside him. Said RF was unbelievably skillful but very slow. Not surprising given his lifestyle. ..

Anybody else listen to Adrian Chiles on Radio 5 live do a piece on Robin Friday today? Had Eamon Dunphy in the studio as well as Friday's wife and Paulo Hewitt. Also interviewed Mark Lawrenson about the sh1t bag incident, which apparently never actually occurred.

Abject. Again. Aluko should never play for the club again but the problem runs so much deeper. Relegation is more than just a possibility, for me it's now probable. And consecutive ones is not beyond the realms of possibility if this apparent mismanagement of the club continues. Clement got the team...

I actually think we were 2-0 down at half time if that game is the play-off season and McGhee was still around then. Remember Simon Osborn scoring.... I'm pretty sure we were along the touchline somewhere as the ground was in the middle of re-development; I could be completely wrong though and that...

Wigan have been winning for fun at home for the last year and get less than us.

Wigan is a Rugby League town. HTH

Literally no idea what the score might be, but to lose at home to a Nigel Adkins side would rip the bones from my back.

Cue PNE to sack their manager on Monday. Always happens after a defeat by Reading.

Thank fukk for that, I thought we were in a bit of trouble there for a minute

Just heard his interview on BBC RB and nothing in it convinced me that he's up to the job. Just a load of meaningless platitudes and clichés - "we are where we are" being the pick of them. Interestingly though, when Tim Dellor did ask him about Clement's position, he went very quiet, quite...

Doesn't matter who the manager is at the moment, the squad is not good enough. Clement probably has enough in his locker to get us out of trouble this season but as to where we go from there, who knows. Until the squad is dismantled and rebuilt from goalkeeper upwards we're going nowhere.

Errrr, yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KveFiNkPG3Q Jesus H Christ on a bike if this is the level of intel on which we've signed this player then god help us. It's got the makings of a Carl Asaba level fukk up from what I can see. Anyone think he's going to show up on December afternoon in Rot...

Our xG cumulation plot from the game shows we were completely unable to generate meaningful chances once being one down. (Approx) 0.6 xG built up in the first half / before their goal, with only 0.3 xG built in the second half / after their goal. https://experimental361.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/...

Well I sat through the whole 94 minutes and what little we did create was through Kelly or Swift so I'm broadly in agreement with SR/IR. Myler however was bog standard I'm afraid. I sincerely hope his form improves. Also not really getting the love for Meite, he seems an extremely limited footballer...

Last 25 games at fortress Madejski, W5 D8 L12. something needs to change before fans desert us in their droves. personally pissed off with having my Saturday night ruined, and the cat has left home. They are deserting already with only 13,300 today. It was very quiet outside the ground pre kick off...

What an utterly dispiriting game. We never looked like scoring and looked lightweight up against a well drilled Bolton side. No width whatsoever and hence no service to the strikers. I'm not getting the baiting of Swift, he was the only one who looked likely to create anything at all for us. Likewis...

Denver Royal wrote: Was bummed the week Cardiff bought him, for only 30k

No wonder that sticks in your memory! . Still, I expect the £30k set you up nicely in 1976

Norfolk Royal wrote:Robin was also one of the first in Reading to become a Teddy Boy in the 50s.

Bizarre post award goes to NR. However Robin Friday did play a couple of games for Reading's Youth team in 1968/9 season.

genome wrote:RE: Aluko. I didn't think he was bad last night. He looked motivated, ran with purpose. He got lucky with the break of the ball at times but he looked positive.

Playing for a move, obvs...