Royals and Racers 1 change Boye replaces Joao

Hope he knows how to hold the ball up, reckon we'll be under the kosh tonight. That West Brom line up looks a bit too strong for us, I fear.

I walked into the stadium with my son telling me he doesn't want to watch Reading anymore.

We left with him singing Sweet Caroline and begging for a shirt with Puscas on the back.

Why?

Because my son is a demanding little shit!

Oh and we were awesome today.

Yiadom beaten far too easily, Virginia absolutely dreadful and who was ball watching and not following up?

I still don;t understand about 10 days ago we were under a soft embargo, and now we've spent millions in fees and wages, without really letting anyone go, well certainly not in the numbers we were expecting. Is Mr Dai going shot or bust, hoping to get out of the Chump and so escape any retribution ...

Incoming...

Wednesday fan at work said he is a good impact sub, but tends to go missing whenever he starts. His goal scoring record seems to support that.

Wouldn't write him off though, Gomes may be able to get the best out of him.

Never heard of him, but I quite like the idea of having Moore, Pele and Puscas starting for us.

Interesting. Not sure we would use another loan on a goalkeeper, so could it be a permanent transfer?

Otherwise, the loan move for Virginia is a bit of a waste.

Trying to avoid a kneejerk reaction. Midfield needs two more and we need a striker that can hold the ball up. Nothing we didn't already know.

Struggling to find any positives tbh.

Well. It begins tomorrow. This is the squad as far as I can tell (I included CBC as someone said Gomes named him as our 3rd choice?) and we still have 2 big holes. Exciting times ahead. Is Barrett an AML? GK - Virginia, Walker, Andresson/CBC DR - Yiadom, Watson, Howe DC - Moore, Miazga, Morrison, M...

Is a winger who can play up front what we need? More experienced option than Loader, Barrett and Olise who can play there. But genuine out and out striker is surely more important? Maybe the club are trying their best to bring one of them in too and we should just be happy with extra options. Those...

Is a winger who can play up front what we need? More experienced option than Loader, Barrett and Olise who can play there. But genuine out and out striker is surely more important? Maybe the club are trying their best to bring one of them in too and we should just be happy with extra options. Those...

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Zip I can’t remember many chances created by Swift last season.

I can’t either tbh.

There was that game at home where he won the ball deep and played it with the outside of his boot to Barrow on the left, who crossed for Meite to score.

A glimpse of what he is capable of.

How many times these days do you watch a boring draw and yet afterwards both managers seem delighted that they "controlled the game". Well maybe, but you didn't bloody win! Football should bring in a bonus point for goals scored, similar to Rugby. It would probably ruin the game in the lon...

John Halls is a model.

Unlike previous poster I though McNulty was excellent tonight. A really clever player who always added something positive with every touch and who has that bit of extra vision. On a night when he didn’t have many clear cut chances he still made a reading by his vision and work rate. his ball for me...

Read Clement's comments about "doing some business in the loan window with 2 or 3 on the radar" and Popa back in training. Apparently, a "wide man" is the priority. No, no it's not. A centre forward is the priority. Everyone can see that, shirley? I just don’t see how we could g...

OK here goes.....I just wonder if, (run for cover) we might have been better to have sacked Stam and risked relegation with a caretaker manager rather than bring in Clement. There were a few decent managers about this summer. Interesting the man I would have liked is not having a good start at Swan...

I have the experience of watching Reading for twenty years or so, which has given me a decent enough basis for recognising when football is good or bad. One thing I don’t have, is the experience and/or knowledge of someone who has worked in football coaching or management as a full time vocation. W...

I am loathed to say it, but if you gave Neil Warnock this squad, he'd have us in the top half at the very least. I was Stam in until the last few games, but nothing I have seen recently makes me think we'll stay up with him in charge. Time to go.