From Despair To Where? Only when you're there, M8.

Now you come to mention it…….

YEAH, because a guy who didn't want to go the "Far South" as is Reading wants to go to PLYMOUTH FFS Yes but Plymouth has the National Marine Aquarium and also, um, that's it. But still, he could be a fish guy? Reading is crap if you like fish. Smelly alley is our only answer. I haven't li...

Sutekh

Brogue Done

Come on, are this (& Ritchie for that matter) done or not as Cole seems to be popping up everywhere but Reading at the moment.

Stopped and clock spring to mind…..

Would be a really good signing imo. Tons of experience and another one that's used to winning things. Played 40 games last season, so obviously got something left in the tank and can cover fullback too. And was a Premiership player the year before that (ok, we’ve been stung by former PL players bef...

Have to remember as well that unlike the last few windows Reading are once again competing for players that generally other clubs actually want so things aren’t going to return the quick & smooth outcome of seeing a name linked and them joining a week later. Would be nice to be back under embar...

If only we had a manager with some sort of understanding of what it takes to score goals….
I suspect Hunt has completely missed this part of the game in his squad building process.
Anyone got his number ?

When was the last time we loaned a player out, who wasn't a 17 year old 'keeper going into non-league? Off the top of my head, this is actually the first time #ReadingFC have loaned out an academy outfielder for a full season since... Aug 2022, when Jeriel Dorsett went to Kilmarnock Before that? Do...

If it’s been done for so long then what’s the hold up on the announcement? Has he been training with the team? Yep he has been training with the team and has been for a couple of weeks now. We’re really not sure what the hold up is. Don't all our signings still have to go through additional scrutin...

Good work Mr Bernal…..

Can we confirm that we took a haircut on the Bindon transfer fee and/or a reduction in the sell-on fee in order to get this one over the line? i.e. we didn't spend any money I doubt we could confirm it. In practice how would it work ? The Bindon deal was done months ago. I doubt Bowler agreed perso...

Sutekh

Crusader Royal Be very wary of bringing a player back who has moved on.
It rarely if ever works…..

Trevor Senior
Sam Smith

Funnily enough there are a fair few on the list…….

Instead of giving us silly shirt designs why don’t the club get in touch with whomever owns the Courage/Simonds brand these days and produce a suitably commemorative type of beer? They’ ve done this quite recently with West Berks Brewery. But it would be nice to have a (decent) own brand range of b...

Be very wary of bringing a player back who has moved on.
It rarely if ever works…..

Whist understanding the need for pragmatism and balance we do seem to have been hemorrhaging decent players. I know we still have sometime but is our apprentice CEO and fairly new manger able to attract and negotiate deals that match our previous recruitment over the last 18 months. Noel is now bec...

If someone wants Knibbs now the length of his contract isn’t a big deal.
They are paying for what he adds to their team this season….

Shows our fanbase than we'd rather watch a friendly against a big team than games that actually matter. I'm not going today, I couldn't give 2 shits about it. Give me the league. Shows that all sorts of people might fancy a day out to watch a team that just won a European trophy ? It’s not an offen...

Clubs are allowed 3 players who would not ordinarily meet work permit criteria, it was how we signed Bindon. I presume it will be the same for this guy Although Bindon was already a youth international and came from a higher rated club so may have qualified anyway ? He was also already resident in ...

How does the qualification for a work permit work these days ? He doesn’t appear to have played any top level games or had any international call ups. What about him woukd make him eligible for a work permit ? He has Ghanaian heritage so it’ll probably be that that gets him through Being from a thi...

Clubs are allowed 3 players who would not ordinarily meet work permit criteria, it was how we signed Bindon. I presume it will be the same for this guy Although Bindon was already a youth international and came from a higher rated club so may have qualified anyway ? He was also already resident in ...

How does the qualification for a work permit work these days ?
He doesn’t appear to have played any top level games or had any international call ups. What about him woukd make him eligible for a work permit ?