Leaving aside fitness issues, I really don't see where Rafa vdV would fit in Stam's preferred 4-3-3 formation. If we were playing 4-4-1-1 or 4-2-3-1, then maybe, with Rafa behind the striker, but in a 4-3-3? Nah.
A Reading under 21 X1 won 4-0 at Enfield last night. Not sure why the official site doesn't bother reporting it. A goal for Cardwell and an o.g. - don't know who scored the other two. There is a bit of a report on the Enfield Town site. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to post the link, as I'm rather an ...
Brentford season ticket holder tells me that Swift looks like he has the talent to be very decent but is extremely lazy and they ended up with the fans on his back a lot as he appeared to regularly not put the effort in required and was the first who's head dropped when things were not going well. ...
Jaakkola Gunter McShane Campi Obita Norwood Van der Bergh Swift or Quinn McCleary Samuel Beerens or Swift If Beerens signs, then him on the left wing and Swift at centre / left midfield. If no Beerens, then Quinn in midfield and Swift on the wing. Norwood is the difficult player to accommodate, good...
Roberts signed for 18 months in Jan 2012 and officially retired in March 2014. He had pretty much a year out injured but I don't think there was a renewed contract while he was injured. 1 year extension given at start of PL season, before he was injured. http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/f...
I think I am OK with this one, as long as the contract is just for 18 months and he doesn't have a clause whereby he can trigger an extension of another year (unless of course it suit the club as well to extend in 18 months). IIRC Roberts was able to trigger such an extension, at a time when he was ...
There seems to be a lot of just remembering people rather than identifying unsung heroes on here. Either that or people are struggling with the definition. Richie Bowman was here for around 5 seasons and won player of the year twice. Steve Death and Mick Gooding won it three times. I think that pre...
Afternoon Nobbers, Thought the older (about 25 and up) generation would appreciate this, had an interview with Graham Poll for the bwin news site and couldn't resist asking about the time he became a Reading hero...sending off two Premier League Southampton players, paving the way for Jamie Lambert...
Most likely would be Shorey cheap buy to England international, was a good gamble that one. For the level we were playing at the time Colin Meldrum was pretty useful. This. Shorey overall, Meldrum top man in his day. Honourable mention also for Mark White. Ray Reeves was just before my time. My lat...
MoorgateRoyal I'm ruling him out on the basis that he's shit.
This. If ever there was a good player who turned rapidly shit, it was Roger Johnson. Plenty of speculation as to the reason, drink often being mentioned. Really don't care why he is shit, - he just is.
It's all about the financing. If someone else wants to match his current terms then good luck to them and him. If we can find an equal or better replacement for less money, which I believe is a strong possiblity, then so be it. Well, as I said, those are some big "ifs" there and I don't s...
Yes, got to mention Jimmy Wallbanks - the physio who had a couple of spells as Acting Manager. He lived in Wantage Road, next to the Elm Park ground, as a matter of interest.
As for Gibbs, I think I've said before that I'm not his biggest fan but he has kicked on pretty well this season to be fair to him. He's not done enough for me to get above Cole or Baines though, and Shaw just looks better than him both now and as a prospect for the future. He's stonger, probably e...