by Nameless » 11 Feb 2016 22:00
by ayjaydee » 11 Feb 2016 22:44
WAZZOCK All things considered, has this season become the most disappointing in RFC history?
The amount of money we spent on good Championship additions (on paper), in conjunction with our blistering early season form has really left me feeling deflated at our current poor form. We clearly had a very good game plan that was working wonders, but once this was found out by our opposition there has been a clear inability to find a plan B.
Had we been floating around mid table all season, I don't think I'd have been nearly as disappointed as I am now. We have demonstrated we can compete with the best, but have drawn a complete blank the last two and a half months.
By way of comparison, I remember collapses in the second half of the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, which saw us go from automatic promotion contenders to falling shy of the playoffs completely. 2001/02 had the hallmarks of a horrendous collapse with all the draws, but we just about managed to cross the line that time. I'm sure older nobbers than me will have other examples.
Thoughts everyone? Call it group therapy if you want, because I am completed depressed at the way this season has regressed.
by Ark Royal » 11 Feb 2016 22:50
by facaldaqui » 12 Feb 2016 01:48
by RoyalBlue » 12 Feb 2016 08:01
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 12 Feb 2016 08:06
ayjaydeeWAZZOCK All things considered, has this season become the most disappointing in RFC history?
The amount of money we spent on good Championship additions (on paper), in conjunction with our blistering early season form has really left me feeling deflated at our current poor form. We clearly had a very good game plan that was working wonders, but once this was found out by our opposition there has been a clear inability to find a plan B.
Had we been floating around mid table all season, I don't think I'd have been nearly as disappointed as I am now. We have demonstrated we can compete with the best, but have drawn a complete blank the last two and a half months.
By way of comparison, I remember collapses in the second half of the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, which saw us go from automatic promotion contenders to falling shy of the playoffs completely. 2001/02 had the hallmarks of a horrendous collapse with all the draws, but we just about managed to cross the line that time. I'm sure older nobbers than me will have other examples.
Thoughts everyone? Call it group therapy if you want, because I am completed depressed at the way this season has regressed.
Only if football started with the advent of the Premier League.
For an old'un the most disappointing season was 1970/71 in the then 3rd Division.
In 69/70, under Jack Mansell, we were playing all out attacking football, conceding a few too many to get promotion but an 8-0 thumping of Southport in the last game of the season gained qualification for the Watney Cup. For those too young to remember this was a pre-season competition between the two highest scoring teams in each division not to get promoted.
So, on a hot August day the mighty Man Utd turned up to Elm Park, Stepney, Crerand, Charlton, Best et al. Fantastic game we narrowly lost 3-2.
After the game Mansell proclaimed he would get us out of Div 3 and, boy, was he true to his word - we got farking relegated.
As a then 17 year old grade 1 haircut, DM wearing, scarf round the risk, fully paid up member of the Southbank I was devastated. We had to endure 5 years in the bottom division before reclaiming what was then, I thought, our rightful position the football hierarchy.
So, any talk of any season in the second flight being the most disappointing ever is bollox.
I can't deny it is crap at the moment though, I've fallen out of love with the whole football money orientated circus and now pick and choose
games. Cant decide whether to shell out a pony plus exes to watch us get dicked on Saturday.
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 12 Feb 2016 08:19
by From Despair To Where? » 12 Feb 2016 08:34
by Nameless » 12 Feb 2016 08:55
by stealthpapes » 12 Feb 2016 09:05
From Despair To Where? Anyone mentioned 88-89 yet? We were just relegated but had reasonable expectation that we would challenge. Half decent form early on, the return Trevor Senior but it all fell apart from November onwards and we were 45 minutes away from returning the 4th Division on the last day of the season.
90-91 was pretty shit as well. Again a decent start then fell apart from October. False hope with 5 straight wins from Christmas then 4 wins in our last 20 games. I really lost all hope that season, the club was sleepwalking into oblivion on and off the field. However it also heralded the arrival of Madejski and McGhee.
by RoyalJames101 » 12 Feb 2016 09:22
by Cripple Creek » 12 Feb 2016 09:42
by Sutekh » 12 Feb 2016 10:24
Cripple Creek An interesting post and question. I've supported Reading since the mid-70s and expectations were so low then that disappointment never really figured. I never watched Reading expecting anything other than a Saturday afternoon watching a club which, unaccountably, I was obsessed with and loved to follow. These days my expectations of success are higher and, frankly, my enjoyment of following the club has diminished considerably although that could be down to getting older, having more on my plate etc. etc. All the seasons since relegation from the Prem have been pretty disappointing. It's hard to choose one season in particular.
by tidus_mi2 » 12 Feb 2016 11:05
by floyd__streete » 12 Feb 2016 12:30
by bcubed » 12 Feb 2016 12:56
floyd__streete Winter.
by Sutekh » 12 Feb 2016 12:59
by bcubed » 12 Feb 2016 13:04
Sutekh Isn't Winter about the only season the UK has these days. i.e. generally wet, cold and miserable all year round.
by Tony Le Mesmer » 12 Feb 2016 13:43
floyd__streete Winter.
by East Grinstead Royal » 12 Feb 2016 16:40