There's still a decent squad in there somewhere, but there looks to be some bad apples in there that's destroyed their previously very strong mentality (perhaps it's the Fergie effect, or lack of it). They could turn things around pretty quickly with the money they have to invest but it looks more ...
deary me, what have United done? Following the Liverpool path - club had a legacy, make some fairly awful decisions with managers/players and slip away needing a massive rebuild whilst others overtake them. This summer will decide if they are able to get back to the top 4 or if they are at risk of ...
Isn't that just a by product of them being historically sh!t? Give it another 10 years or so of continued success and you'll start to see City shirts outnumber Liverpool or Utd shirts in random towns across the country. 'greed hence the amount of LFC fans on here in their mid to late 30's Liverpool...
We are not based in a city and have and endless pots of money and have a massive plastic fanbase. But I would like to remind you that now and again we do have the odd success with little money like when we goto anfield and win in the cup, or break the points record or destroy the scousers at our pl...
Harsh. he is a good manager and done a good job with them (despite signing 7 or 8 useless players in the summer). They wont ever get anything higher then 15th so it's a weird one. Not really - he nearly suffered the fate he seems to in the PL - getting relegated in his 2nd season - arguably if the ...
Today's play-off finals Salford 3-0 AFC Fylde Warrington 2-3 King's Lynn Met Police 2-3 Tonbridge Angels Just 8049 at Wembley for Salford v Fylde, and Salford probably had nearly 3/4 of those. What is the usual attendance for the National League PO final? Have to question if they would be better pl...
Chris Hughton leaving Brighton. Harsh. he is a good manager and done a good job with them (despite signing 7 or 8 useless players in the summer). They wont ever get anything higher then 15th so it's a weird one. Not really - he nearly suffered the fate he seems to in the PL - getting relegated in h...
Leipzig hold Bayern and Dortmund win so the Bundesliga goes to the final day. Bayern massive favourites against a Frankfurt team who have hit the wall after their Europa League exploits. Frankfurt in danger of missing out on Europe altogether last year after looking set for a Champions League place ...
We're not going to shift players by paying up contracts ... rather it will be by letting them go on a free. No point wasting money on paying up contracts. Gomes has literally said we will. We supposedly did a partial pay up with Edwards. We can only let go of contracted players easily if the receiv...
It was always going to be a problem getting there whichever team made it, so why did UEFA decide to hold it there? Obvious answer is that Baku paid handsomely for the privilege, so UEFA should use that cash to help people get there. Doubtless they will but only for the 50k+ tickets not given to fan...
Am I the only one who was rooting for Frankfurt last night? Would have been sweet if Chelsea had been the one English club who didn't get there... Nope, but then I live in Frankfurt and couldn't give a flying one about Chelsea. Thought Eintracht played really well last night and became the better t...
The question for me is do we really see Lille dropping the 6 or 7 million we all want? That would make him a fairly expensive signing for them. Doesn't care if Lille have the 6 or 7m we all want - it's whether they have the Xm that the club will accept. My view is that given the state of our FFP fi...
If, as expected, Chelsea & Arsenal make the final tonight, it will mean that with the exception of Man Utd all English clubs who made the main draw of CL/EL - they will only get knocked out by another English club.
literally leapt up off the sofa celebrating that winner last night, and I couldn't give a f*ck about Spurs, if anything their fans are even more unbearable than most so happy to lol if they lose. What an impressive semi Yep my shout of "That's Un-fcuking-believable" even brought Mrs S. ba...
I think the key comment from all of Gomes interviews (see here: https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/17626075.reading-fc-reducing-the-budget-in-the-next-two-or-three-weeks-is-crucial-to-the-success-of-next-season/) is that he already knows who he wants to bring in - now whether there is a slidin...
If the interest from Lille is genuine there is no way we'll be keeping Meite, they are most likely going to be playing Champions League football next season, there's no way he'd let that opportunity slide. Have to agree here and Meite's comments would appear to back this view up. If Lille come in w...
Have Englands chances of winning this taken a massive hit now due to the success of PL clubs in Europe? The Champions League Final is on the 1st June - England play the Netherlands in the Semi Final on the 6th Jun - just 5 days later. If Arsenal & Chelsea make the EL Final on May 29th then using...
I'd be careful writing Spurs off. They are even more points behind Man City and beat them. Dortmund, Ajax - people said they'd smash Spurs, they didn't. They had to go to the Nou Camp and get a result to progress through the group stages, they did. All the pressure will be on Liverpool. You could m...