Charles Watts to Arsenal

[LWJ]

Top bloke tbf, and enjoyed his reporting.

Un-followed already though.

[paultheroyal]

Top bloke tbf, and enjoyed his reporting.

Un-followed already though.

I remember noticing over Xmas he had over 8000 followers - lost 500 already lol.

[Forbury Lion]

Early days for Jonathon Low but catching up with his commentary and tweets it appeared very amateurish. Am I right in saying he is a big Portsmouth fan?

Charlie Watts was a big Arsenal fan, so I can't see what difference Jonathon Low being a big Portsmouth fan makes, other than the fact he might jump ship if the Pompey Post or whatever it's called make an offer.

Everyone knew he was an Arsenal fan, he made no secret of the fact, however, he genuinely did seem to get excited like a fan when Reading scored.

Maybe he was two faced, maybe he grew into the role.... let's give the pompey newbie a chance.

[wingnut]

I begrudgingly unfollowed Charles last night. I don't fancy having my feed full of Arsenal match updates and it was a bit weird seeing him report on someone else.

Shame, top reporter.

Yeah, same - with similar sentiments

[Zammo]

Probably the most fan friendly RFC reporter we’ve ever had, although being on Twitter obviously helps with that. Remember Steve Thompson, and met Clive Baskerville on numerous occasions….we’ve had some good ones. I liked this guy though, so sad news all round. Hate Arsenal, so I imagine it’ll be an unfollow from me also. Shame.

[genome]

His follower count was 7,700 ish yesterday, it's now 7529 #exodus

[Hendo]

His follower count was 7,700 ish yesterday, it's now 7529 #exodus

Leaving in droves.

[paultheroyal]

His follower count was 7,700 ish yesterday, it's now 7529 #exodus

As above - he celebrated the 8000 mark on Monday lol

[loyalroyal4life]

Top bloke tbf, and enjoyed his reporting.

Un-followed already though.

I remember noticing over Xmas he had over 8000 followers - lost 500 already lol.

Sure it wont be long until that number goes way past 8k

[genome]

His follower count was 7,700 ish yesterday, it's now 7529 #exodus

As above - he celebrated the 8000 mark on Monday lol

It'll go back up again I'm sure, his new site has only been going a few days.

[paultheroyal]

Top bloke tbf, and enjoyed his reporting.

Un-followed already though.

I remember noticing over Xmas he had over 8000 followers - lost 500 already lol.

Sure it wont be long until that number goes way past 8k

Really hope it does....

#wattsyfollowerswatch

[Royal Tezza]

Who am I supposed to be following now? Has CW been replaced?

[genome]

Who am I supposed to be following now? Has CW been replaced?

Jonathan Low. Not sure if it's interim though.

[Royal Tezza]

Ta - hopefully he's decent

[Hound]

im not sure if this is true but the impression I have of J Low is that he isn't a football writer, where CW was. He seems to do a solid enough job but I don't think he has quite the depth or the ability at the moment to write the opinion pieces CW did

I suspect a large number of the hits on GR are due to ReadingFC news so I sure they weren't overjoyed with Charles leaving

[muirinho]

I suspect a large number of the hits on GR are due to ReadingFC news so I sure they weren't overjoyed with Charles leaving

New job has same parent (trinitymirror) as getreading, so it's more like an internal promotion I'm guessing.

[Hound]

yep true.

notice he is still tweeting RFC news as well - can't let go...

[Forbury Lion]

I suspect a large number of the hits on GR are due to ReadingFC news so I sure they weren't overjoyed with Charles leaving

New job has same parent (trinitymirror) as getreading, so it's more like an internal promotion I'm guessing.

or sideways move.

I wonder what happened to his predecessor?

[Forbury Lion]

I suspect a large number of the hits on GR are due to ReadingFC news so I sure they weren't overjoyed with Charles leaving

New job has same parent (trinitymirror) as getreading, so it's more like an internal promotion I'm guessing.

or sideways move.

I wonder what happened to his predecessor?

[Maguire]

I'm sure you get miserly pay from the EPo so a healthy dose of enthusiasm is a must to do that job. Charles seemed to have that in spades so he always came across well to fans.