They'd be bonkers to budget on a big increase in STHs. Aim for a modest increase or static and take any extra as straight good performance against the financial plan. They're experienced and successful business people/investors who have also had prior football business management experience (and su...

Really like it - was prepared for something much worse. Although would say it would be much better with white shorts and white socks. Think it needs the contrast with the strong blue, would have looked washed out if it was white socks and shorts Fully agree and the mockups done with white shorts an...

Couhig wants to promote Reading to a US audience. Maybe he wants to buy Paul Mullin the streaming star, and not Paul Mullin the footballer? If that's his objective, the best solution would sure by to sign up a true Royal to sit on our bench. Would have half the US signed up to Royals TV in the hope...

Does this suggest Strickland won't be moving to first choice..... Which saddens me..... Or that Mbengue is defo off. Mbengue played the final third of the season with a heavily strapped knee, and if you watched him in the prep for corners he was constantly stretching his knee out and rubbing it. I ...

looks like Paudie O'Connor is coming in, and Matty Jacobs both of which have Stephen Hunt as their agent. Is it healthy to have a football agent as the brother of our manager? Discuss In most situations I would think something like that would be less than ideal. However, our situation and the Hunts...

It probably is fair to say the new owners could tone down their tweets promising the earth while things are taking a while to complete (it happened again yesterday). They're American! Even the most, to us, mundane things tend to have a superlative attached to them! Everything tends to be exciting a...

It’s kinda strange there has been nothing official from the club about the new investment. Despite them announcing it on LinkedIn about a week or so ago. I would have thought there would have been some sort of statement Because it is subject to FL approval ? I guess that would depend on the basis o...

I wonder with the signings if he's underestimating how long it takes to tie up the loose ends. Working in a job with lots of governance, I know first hand how even simple stuff can take ages to get through all the reviews, governance and sign offs; it makes me tear my hair out frequently. I wonder ...

Championship has way more eyes on it than L1, which has very few eyes on it. If you believe you can put in good performances at a basket case Championship club then your chances of moving somewhere better are much greater than if you play in L1. Also only takes 1 good season in the Champ to realise...

I foresee some 'Americanisms' arriving when it comes to the stadium and matchday experience. Don't worry, they are far from all being awful and some may actually be liked!

Is the women’s team still under the auspices of the club, presume it could be sold off but then the level they’re stuck at would probably prevent any worthwhile value so just carry on. I believe that the women's team is still part of the club but funded by the Community Trust. I think that to progr...

It's not really ground gradings and Blackburn Women played most of their games last season at Ewood Park. Problem was not many people went to watch them. Probably safe to say, Couhig won't be pushing for Reading to be parachuted back into the second tier just yet. Sure there was some mention that C...

Re: Blackburn, feel sorry for the players, especially Rachel Dugdale and Tia Primmer, who both went through exactly the same drama with us the previous summer... Suppose one saving grace for Blackburn's players is that this decision has been made relatively early in the post-season (rather than on ...

Those prices remain stupidly good value. No wonder we make a loss ! The match equivalent is less than some tier 5 teams charge. Although I probably would only go to one or two games I’m tempted to get one as a gesture of support, but that would mean I was paying £170 a game and I’m not that support...

yeah one of my friends only goes to 5/10 games a season due to work commitments but still has his ST. He wants to sit next to his mates when he does attend which isn't guaranteed if he bought individual tickets . I actually think this sort of thing happens a lot more common than people think. I thi...

It wouldn't surprise me if we see more deals such as the Savage/Elliott deals whereby we go to a Chelsea/Arsenal/Liverpool type of club and say, we'll take player X off your hands for nothing now on a 3 or 4 year deal. He'll be in or near to the first team immediately and if we sell him at any poin...

I wouldn't like him to go, especially to Wrexham, but the reality is that a decent offer plus the player expressing a desire to leave, equals losing that player. However I am sure his dad will counsel him wisely. Next season he will be one of the first names on the team sheet and we could have a ve...

Interestingly* a fair bit of praise for Pang from Couhig in his latest interview for the sale Sounds like Dai really had very little to do with it Here if anyone can't find it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c7v7drmlp46o Lovely stuff Like the comment about anybody bar Atilla the Hun w...

Just how and why is anyone surprised?! Selles knew the risks and the territory. He kept them up and did wonders with us. He has two big ticks on his CV. Football is a merciless game. I wouldn't be surprised if Hunt is replaced. SJM "surprisingly" binned Evans for Branfoot in 1991 after ta...

Really can't get my head around our fans that celebrate the news of Selles getting sacked. His time with us with the circumstances was nothing short of top drawer, leaving us in a PO position and sacrificing his own wages. For me, it is a shame he never got given time there to succeed and hope he g...