For some reason that's how it seems to work. Easier to take out a small loan for a club where the value is low because of the debts (that themselves don't need to be immediately paid off) than it is to take out a massive loan to buy a club with no debts. Or at least it appears to make more sense to...

Agree - look at Watford last season; apparently in real trouble financially, but can still sign 3-4 decent players on loan which helped them do really well first half of season ... and survive in the league. But that's not the Reading way isn't it ....

Not the best display from either teams. Federici blunder aside, he made some impressive saves and can't be blamed for our performance/result today. Man of the Match was Brian Howard who worked very well in midfield, getting forward and getting back in defence. The defence was solid today and why do...

Because there is a £4m gap to be bridged. That gap would have existed in January as well. Besides that gap should be well on the way to being bridged with the savings on wages re Cisse, Matejovsky, Rasiak, Henry and others off-loaded earlier in the summer. No, in January we still had the parachute ...

Haven't seen anywhere else to put this but how about this for a team: (I know it won't happen but fun to speculate) -----------------Federici------------------ -McAnuff--Griffin---Mills----Williams--- -Kebe----Karacan---Howard---Sigurdsson ------------Hunt---Church---------------- I think that has ...

Wouldn't we all laff though if he gets injured in his first match and it out for a few months with Cardiff picking up the bill .... :D Truth is - looking at our experience and how quickly the Prem league millions evaporated, even if they make it to the holy land this year I can't really see how they...

And what made u think it was his Bentley - did his number plate say: ZURABKHIZANISHVILI90923?

Because if it did, it must have been a big number plate, mate.

McAnuff 1,000 weekly - that can't be possible.

Hopefully if these takeover talks for Blackburn happen in the very near future, this could cause for players like Khiz to be released and make it easier for us to come to some sort of agreement? He has been told he can leave for no fee.. We just cant afford his wages! I've been told we can't even a...

Got a text from a mate who leaves next to the MadStad and he said that he saw Robbie Fowler arriving to have a medical.

Royal Monk

Alex Pearce to Swansea for a club record fee

What more than we got for Doyle ... i doubt it

Much, much more as we all know that Pearce is a better player.

What a crazy situation - ManCity are so flush with cash that they'd prefer to loan him out to a Championship side and presumably pay a large proportion of his wages than sell him to a rival club for several million £; it's particular weird as either they rate him (which means he should be in their s...

Strange the way McD said something along the lines of 'Not sure about Matt Mills, we'll have to have a look at him', when it was completely obvious he wasn't going to play as he's not trained all week.

Pseud O'Nym Just had a text from someone who lives near the Madstad claiming that Khizanishvili was there this afternoon. I don't think it was a windup.

I do think so.

Terminal Boardom Half time, 0-0 and no shots on target by either side.

Wish I was there, glad I'm not.

dontbedaft Taylor is also good enough to be on international duty - http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDet ... 73,00.html

Really surprised we have put out such a strong team - also where are the likes of Rowe, Walcott, J.Mills etc - strange they are behind Obita and D'Ath. Think we might even win now. Yes and what about Taylor who was good enough to come on our pre-season tour but not good enough to make the bench ton...

I would be amazed if Armstrong was picked for Saturday. Brian's comments on the OS are a bit ambiguous He says: 'Jem is OK, Millsy, Shane and Jobi are in the treatment room but are in with a shout for Saturday. Noel Hunt is in their too and Chris Armstrong as well.' Armstrong is in the treatment bu...

Clubs like Scunthorpe always amaze me - they are said to have no money, but seem to manage to sign some cracking players; maybe it was a one-off but their two centre-backs played really well against us on Saturday .... and their LB looked good too (i.e. they managed to replace Williams with not too ...

Quote from Sir Steve C before tonight's Carling Cup game:

"I always take the Carling Cup seriously and on the back of a defeat we just want to win a game. "