Glad it’s behind us now. Good point most of us would have taken if it was offered before the game. Can’t help feel a little disappointed it wasn’t all 3 esp. given some useful set pieces. That’s 4 points from the last 2 making the likely stuffing at the Hawthorns largely irrelevant. Andy Carroll mot...

Now 10th, eleven points clear of Huddersfield in 22nd and a 12 goal deficit away from the play offs. 1 Burnley 25 15 8 2 26 53 2 Sheffield United 25 15 5 5 21 50 ==================================== 3 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 0 12 -1 39 4 Sunderland 25 10 7 8 9 37 5 Watford 25 10 7 8 2 37 6 Middlesbro...

Hound Is it bilic at Watford nowadays

He must be starting to pack his bags

Yep. Stuffed 4-0 today. Stoke lost and Hull grabbed a 1-0 at Brum.

Millsy pENALTY!

WHy does NGW never start he's amazing

Really don’t get why he doesn’t start games. He’s not perfect but I think he’s been a whole lot better than Rahman and yet he’s now not even getting ahead of a central defender playing in his position.

Brogue How long is sarr’s contract?

To 2026.

Joao in for Meite

YorkshireRoyal99 Was Mannone not in goal against QPR when they missed the penalty? Pretty sure he saved it as well? Or am I thinking a season earlier than what's quoted?

Yes, Mannone did save 2 penalties for Reading (one v Leeds and one v QPR) but they were both in season 2017/18.

windermereROYAL Andy Carroll, taken 1 scored 1 (100% success rate)

Thanks, have amended the OP to reflect that one!

Some penalty statistics for Reading league games since 2018-2019 Total penalties awarded - 28 (home: 16, away: 12) Total penalties scored - 22 (home: 13, away: 9 ) Total penalties missed - 6 (home: 3, away: 3) Total penalties conceded - 20 (home: 8, away: 12) Total penalties scored - 18 (home: 7, a...

Good news. The new Norwich caretaker manager thinks they should be beating ‘teams like Reading.’ One for the dressing room wall. https://twitter.com/pinkun/status/1608383670280245252?s=46&t=NTw4uUOg-tUOm3z3RcKadA With all due respect to interim managers like Allan Russell, who the oxf*rd is All...

Do Swansea have any French players or was the French tricolore just small time inferiority sad sack World Cup related? Did seem odd for people who utterly flopped at the WC to try and windup others who actually had a very decent tournament…. Swansea are Frenchless, the two players you might think a...

QPR being shown up for what they are by Luton - they are really a poor side. Luton up to 5th Division is so weird (but good). Thought they were the worst side except Huddersfield we’ve played this season I note now that those early relegation strugglers Middlesbrough and WBA are 6th and 9th respect...

Two real duds amongst a sea of trophy-winning signings, Klopp has a fantastic record with the chequebook. Hard to keep track of the Fernandez rumours, everyone linked to him, but seems Chelsea now the favoured destination for the Argentinian. I'm going to go against the grain here and say that IMO ...

Meanwhile back on topic Generally Swansea fans aren't too bothered by Reading although Lumley and time wasting gets a bit of a mention as well as the ref being a bit of a homer. They're more concerned by their own shortcomings (though that was not helped as both Obafemi and Ntcham were ill and unava...

AthleticoSpizz Preposterous nonsense….just leave as is.

Exactly. It’s not really broken is it? Trouble is that’s the sort of thing FIFA likes to fix….

Nothing at all can happen until players leave either permanently or on loan. The club wants to keep both Mbengue and Carroll and the last I’ve seen in the media indicates both of those players want to stay. This really leaves the only option for new recruits arriving being players like Tetek and Cam...

Thanks Sutekh On red button this one I believe Basically got to do what we did against Swansea. Fight hard, be aggressive, take our chances Think it may be an idea to freshen things up a little. Carroll back on the bench maybe (though he played well last night), maybe NGW in on the LHS but that pro...

Paul Ince said after the game yesterday that Fornah was injured in an 8 a side in training on Monday after clashing with Femi Azeez and his knee has come up like a balloon and is expected to be out for a couple of weeks. I think we're seeing Azeez's problem here.... not only injuring himself, but n...

Also, and not sure if already noted here, but why was Pince booked? Apparently one of the Reading management/coaching staff said something to the 4th official but once the ref was able to come over that person couldn’t be found :lol: and the league protocol if that happens is that the manager gets ...