the cynic in me sees this as softening up campaign prior to the announcement of our forthcoming partnership with an online gambling firm....

Seeing that smiley little fella strewn over the stadium is gonna be ace :-) so could this be linked to that story about a new mascot being recruited.... like the West Brom Boiler? someone's going to be dressed up as a flag waving marshmallow in August...? https://img2.joke.co.uk/images/products/jmw...

Zammo Seeing that smiley little fella strewn over the stadium is gonna be ace

so could this be linked to that story about a new mascot being recruited.... like the West Brom Boiler?

someone's going to be dressed up as a flag waving marshmallow in August...?

And to think the grief Nicky Hammond got during his tenure here....

A fit Oliveira is a must.

We've been crying out for a 'proper' centre forward since Murray or Sa.

Build the team around him

Isn't the issue what the manager actually does - given the (until recently) structure, the DoF would have been responsible for player recruitment. Clement and Gomes are therefore tasked with getting the best with what they have, via coaching, team tactics and player motivation. Seems to me that the ...

Are they related to Simod?

Nice interview. Ambitious guy.

https://www.goal.com/fr/news/entretien- ... neru99kj7t

(In french)

I remember being in this type of position before, crying out for a striker and getting Mikele Leigertwood....the rest is history Maybe there's something we're not seeing I'm looking forward to the Jason Roberts signing though I mean, bit different. We had a 20goal/season striker for a start. And Le...

I remember being in this type of position before, crying out for a striker and getting Mikele Leigertwood....the rest is history

Maybe there's something we're not seeing

I'm looking forward to the Jason Roberts signing though

Vito not happy with being listed and ostracised according to social media post

Surprised the midfield is getting as much praise. I posted this in the 'Are we really going down' thread: 'We're more than half way thru the season, and was looking back at some stats. A few things jumped out: - We've played 26 games, and in 18 of them, we've scored either 0 or 1 goal. - In the 26 ...

As a fan, I find it hard to be objective, I want to give our players the benefit of the doubt that they will come good (notable exception being CG). Seems to me that we can't hold the ball up when we find ourselves in forward areas and it leads to few shots/opportunities. We then concede soft goals ...

If the €10k a month figure for the current salary is in the right ballpark and we are quadrupling it, then £500k a year seems reasonable.

There will be heavy incentives and other elements to the big figure cited (possibly transfer and staff costs)

Am just speculating

Seems to be some debate about the salary/incentives for the new manager.

Anyone know what the previous packages have been?

Would previous Reading FC managers (post SJM) be on £1M + a year?

Cheers!

I understand that the relationships with long standing local businesses who've been taking corporate packages aren't being properly managed at the moment. That may be down to the implosion of the commercial dept... But a lot of easy wins are being neglected.. There are different ways to re-structure...

This is getting tiresome....

Can we get an attacking coach?

Lack of ideas in attacking third is beyond frustrating

Good stuff from my POV. Played with an intensity that’s been missing thus far. Very happy to see Sims start at last and the shah looks like he has something about him. Throw in the experienced head of O’Shea not really putting a foot wrong* and it’s all good. Not sure why people are using Hull bein...

Hhhmmmmm... the Dara Thomas bit is a shame. I believe she's been around for a while doing a lot with limited resources.

I hope he's not a toxic boss, but the signs aren't good...

However winning on the pitch changes everything