According to our fitness coach (for some unknown reason he decided to respond to a fan account on Twitter called Reading FC Bible) he said if we sell a player for £5m we can spend £5m on a new player(s). The tweet was pulled an hour or so later after some fans advised it could get the coach in trou...

people who don't know what theyre doing could easily look at the situation after the play off and think that this team and manager, Plus 17 million pounds worth of new players = promotion and its therefore worth the gamble. Is was not. Well thats true and clubs like bournemouth got away with it as ...

I think the soft embargo has been imposed as they are waiting for the accounts y/e June 19. Hence the embargo until end of June. Now we won't have the finalised figures at that date but there should be some management accounts giving a guide to the situation. This seems to be the only logical reason...

Some club may pay the £10 million that has been mooted-I remain of the opinion that anything above £1 million with plenty of add-ons represents a good deal for the club when we are in the parlous financial position that we are- So, the club that spunked £7m on Aluko should waste at least as much ag...

Championship 19/20 teams are now official: Any (very) early predictions? West Brom Derby ----------------------------- Leeds Fulham Huddersfield Cardiff ------------------------------------- Middlesbrough Sheffield Wednesday Brentford Charlton Stoke Swansea Hull Preston Bristol City Reading Forest ...

Think his name was Henry? Yes it was This has bugged me for years, My first game was 1978 and I remember the HT scores you matched in the programme from board at the side of the pitch. I used to do this then get home to find the scores were all wrong! This went on for years and nobody at the club s...

For clubs to pick up young talent they have to act way before the stats start proving they are good. The wealthier clubs are willing to predict which players will make it otherwise they miss out. As long as one or two become big they can afford to write off the expense of the majority that don't. Lo...

Has said on numerous occasions he loves the club. Let's see if he meant it... Gave him a stepping stone to the English league, it would be odd if he did a runner after just 6 months. but nothing surprises me in football these days. Could be to do with FFP. His hands are tied now not being able to b...

Would be a shame so early in his pro career. Hopefully, our money-men hold their nerve, offsetting future value and the goals-to-come versus the lure/need of some fast cash. Shouldn’t think that he’d feature much for them (league cup, early fa cup rounds maybe). Maybe some kind of loan-back deal (a...

Out of contract at Ipswich. Cheap option perhaps

PistolPete Not a chance in hell O'Shea was on £40k per week!

On good authority

Was it a bit weird that we gave a bloke with half a dozen starts for us a guard of honour and special presentation but didn't give a single mention to our club captain of 4? Years leaving in the summer? Even if people don't rate mcshane I'd still expect a bit of a send off, unless they're hoping to...

So if McShane, O'Shea, Jaakkola, Popa, JvdB, Gravenberch and Harriott all leave on a free that's gotta be 60-70k in wages freed up right? Add into that selling Kelly and Meyler and maybe another 25-30k in wages freed up? Would that really not be enough to turn the financial tide? Obviously there ar...

Did no one else read that and get the impression that we will be selling a lot and buying very little during the summer? Impression I have is that though a lot will be moved on by various means (both youngsters and established “stars”) the squad is going to be invested in sensibly. You don’t necess...

With the running 3 year accounts rule I presume we are eagerly awaiting the next set of accounts for Y/E June 19 which will be published around March 2020. With a profit of 4.7m followed by a loss of 21m we are allowed to lose about £23m I think? If we are now anticipating a similar loss for Y/E 19 ...

With the postponement of their game today and players on strike there is a real likelihood of them not completing their 2 remaining fixtures. This is likely to mean that all points gained against Bolton will be deducted. We only managed 1 and all of the others at the bottom also only managed 1 so it...

Oh yeah 6pts is absolutely attainable over the last 2 games, my post was simply a comment on how we think we'll set up as Gomes was clear that we aren't safe yet in his mind. Whatever happens there, I'd expect a much more attacking performance v Brum on the last day. We could just as easily lose 4-...

Am I alone in thinking the Boro game is very winnable? And that Birmingham are likely to be on the beach now? Also wouldn't it be funny if Birmingham finished 19th for the 3rd year in a row. Oh yeah 6pts is absolutely attainable over the last 2 games, my post was simply a comment on how we think we...

My observations: :arrow: Starting with the most important. When it’s hot and sunny Reading fans, WEAR SOME oxf*rd DEODORANT! Absolutely stank in the away end :arrow: Gunter was poor, Blackett looked scared again. It’s weird, I was convinced Blackett was a left sided centre back in a 3 and nothing e...

Of the players we have who I think could realistically be sold for £4/5m+, I think Swift is the one we could most afford to do without. Losing Moore, Barrow, Meite, Rinomhota (if Tish went for that so could Rino) would be a bigger deal IMO. Think he would suit premiership better than Champ. Would r...