As usual where we finish will mainly be down to how we start the season. A strong start normally means a good season in this division. I have tracked this for some years and on average if a side is struggling after 10 games they have an 85+% chance of ending up bottom half at the end of the season....

If we can keep our main core of players fairly injury free and strengthen out wide i really do believe we have the capability of suprising a few people this season. In Joao and Puscas we have two very good strikers who just need support, in Olise, Ejaria and Swift we have the capability to provide t...

I read Baldock absent from training but not clear if it’s injury related. What are people’s thoughts on Marc McNulty? Worth giving him a go this season? Played in the right system McNulty could be a good player for us and save us some money. The guy is a good finisher but cannot play the lone strik...

Is Meite really a good striker? would he have scored lets say 25 goals if he was in our 106 point record breaking team, with the amazing fast counter attacking wing playing system? Good Q I often think that a striker doesn't matter as much as the system and the service and our issues have been no p...

5 Million for McIntyre (First season, but i admit a great prospect) and only 3 Million for Meite (17 Goal striker/Winger). I'm pretty sure goal scorers with a good goal to game ratio tend to be worth more than defenders, however, it sometimes makes me wonder how Meite got 17 goals in this team when ...

Waiting for Bowen's post match take on the match! seem's to be taking much longer than normal to post ...maybe he's been given the boot lol

I'm on the underwhelmed fence, mostly down to the uninspiring and boring football being played, and especially not having the ability to turn around our home form. But i do believe we have had so much turnover in managers in the last however many years that its time for a bit of stability, so i woul...

The biggest thing for me is we lack drive, power, pace, strength We miss rough-house strike partnerships like Long-Hunt. We miss raw speed. Kebe for example. Our only truly fast winger is out on loan and basically finished. Strikers and fast wingers are not just about the goals they score, but abou...

Miazga is available for this one. Meh. On loan. We've got an Academy CB keeping our captain out with two clean sheets and another Academy CB doing well at RB keeping two clean sheets. Not sure he'll get another start this season. Midfield needs work, as does attack. But, the shape works ok away. .....

Work in progress i guess, the way we play and the current formation seems to suit us away from home, hence our best results all coming on the road. However, our home form has been dreadfull and we always sit back and let the away team dictate the play. Its time we try a new formation and find a way ...

THis Talk of not throwing players in at the deep end or them not ‘being ready’ is ridiculous. McIntyre is not 17. He’s 21. He is more than old enough, big enough, good enough. Since he made his debut he has looked at home. Just stick him in the team and let him play ! Rino and Olise pretty much too...

Things need to change, we need some young hungry players up for a challenge. I really would not be oposed to a total change in direction as now seems as good a time as any (Post COVID) to change it up. Let Swift go for anything north of 5 million plus add ons, and get a big wage off the books!! Get ...

One win should see us safe, however after today's defeat there really seems to be something not quite right. There was no fighting spirit, players not playing in their naturel positions and Bowen's whole demeanour looks like a man on borrowed time! Yes, Brentford are a very good footballing team, bu...

In all honesty, we will need one win to be safe, that would then mean the bottom four would need to win 4 or 5 of their remaining seven games which ain't gonna happen especially if you factor in games against each other at the bottom. We were in a far greater pickle this time last season and escape...

In all honesty, we will need one win to be safe, that would then mean the bottom four would need to win 4 or 5 of their remaining seven games which ain't gonna happen especially if you factor in games against each other at the bottom. We were in a far greater pickle this time last season and escaped...

The current squad numbers 29 which Mark Bowen keeps referring to as a large squad. Clearly numbers have to fall. I make it that of the 29 players in the current squad that 12 are out of contract at the end of the season as follows: Loader,McCleary, Boye, Miazga, Ejaria, Gunter, Masika, Obita, Black...

Thanks for the effort, if frequently not the application. Superb (but overly costly) back up right back. Been much better the last season or so and shame we can't agree reduced terms for another season here as back up. Down to one right back... does make the Howe decision seem pretty odd. I think t...

Gonna throw a hypothetical at you all, fans who have actually experienced the Reading - Oxford rivalry, would you want them to win the play-offs to get that rivalry back next season? Getting the rivalry back will be great, i miss the good old days playing Oxford, Swindon and Aldershot, however, it ...

Also, a few people have mentioned we shouldn’t let him go unless it’s for silly money, which I understand. But what will silly money look like post the virus? Will players be worth on average 50% less than they were pre-corona? We literally have no idea. Reading will have less money, as will Celtic...

Michael is eligible to play for France, Nigeria and England. He has been capped by France at U18 level and by England at U19 (v Qatar U23). His brother, Richard, has played for England youth. For the record he is only 18 and has shown more promise when in the first team than Danny Loader so I’m sur...