Matticus

Boxing profiteers and benefits from the working class, wether it be the majority class the boxers come from, or the consumer who is interested in it. £50 or whatever it is to buy legally to watch is not attainable for most. 

So, Puscas looks a quality signing for Reading no? First time I’ve come home from a game excited in years. Ejaria looks to be dripping in confidence too.

Villa look rattled 

Time to step up Eddie Howe

4 hours ago, Liam said:

Surprised he lasted this long considering how shit they've been this season.

They were a shit team who ground their way to the playoffs last year, and have been found out this year. I expect he wishes he left at the end of the season whilst his stock was still high.

He's been dreadful. Kinda too late. Lord knows why we didn't get shot in January. Sleep walking into relegation, especially if the Paul Clement rumours are true...

For the past 25 years of going to Reading games, I've been fortunate to experience the club grow massively. From 6/7,000 a game at Elm Park to 24,000 in the prem at a new ground. 

In that 25 years, I've witnessed 4 promotions (3 of them as champions, including a record breaking points total for the championship) 6 failed play off campaigns out of 6 attempts ,( the first one we had finished 2nd, but only 2 teams went up to the premier league as they were reducing the amount of clubs from 22 to 20) twice finished 7th on last game of season missing out on play offs, a season that we were in the relegation zone at Christmas and finished 8th, 3 relegations, an FA Cup Semi Final, 2 FA Cup Quarter Finals, and 4 owners. 

Random matches include losing 7-5 to Arsenal in the Leauge Cup after being 4-1 up at half time, losing 7-4 to Portsmouth and setting the highest scoring game in premier league history, and a 6-4 defeat to spurs. 

Mostly really been 7 or 8 forgettable seasons, so there's always been something going on for the most part, especially since all the history before that consisted of a sole Simod Cup win and 3/4th tier obscurity for 100 years.

Bad omen is in 1988, 1998 and 2008 we have been relegated, and this season could end up that way too

The Vikings are getting murked

58 minutes ago, Tigerstyle said:

Why do people hate the eagles?

I think they are like Newcastle fans, if this article is anything to go by...

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pol-whitehall-man-punched-police-horse-eagles-game-20180116-story.html

Jesus heck 

Pretty stoked, I picked out Saints about 10 years back as my adopted team. 

Squeeky bum time now though 

1 hour ago, Loz said:

These were good times

No team worth their salt shouldloose to Reading at home this season. We have no strikers and we are shite 

Non league day meant I paid Maidenhead Utd a visit for their game against localish Aldershot. Big crowd. Good to see 2,500 for a team fresh out of the conference south.

Atmosphere was pretty much the sizeable Shots away fans vs the Reading fans out on a jolly 

I haven't even bothered nor noticed our entire qualification campaign. 

Im a Reading fan though, so I'm used to apathetic (auto correct changed that to pathetic, should of kept that instead) support 

Blasting Ghost all morning. I love how they don't have a set sound, apart from the cracking melodies 

18 hours ago, Gazz said:

I've still yet to see a can of Carabao in any shop anywhere.

They are everywhere in Reading, partially due to the sponsorship 

@Jericode I went too, mostly for The Hives and Rancid. Left half way through Green Day as I find their shtick grating 

0/4 play off final record. 4/4 times I've had heartache.

we were bloody dire though. Sorry to anyone who watched what will go down in history as probably the worst play off final so far.

Up in the nosebleeds for the play off final, as I'm not a current season ticket fan. We've sold a fair chunk of the tickets it looks like as I only had that option

80,000 fans need to bring tinpots to Wembley 

@Lineker

2 minutes ago, Lineker said:

A bit of a nothing place? There's nah-all there! Maybe a Toys R'Us.

Actually it's a Smyths 

8 minutes ago, Liam said:

I do like the fact that a lot of the people who aren't Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday fans want to see the back of you as an away day trip to Reading is seemingly universally regarded as one of the worst away days possible. I've been to Reading once and didn't mind it as a place, but I've heard pretty poor things about the stadium/surrounding areas.

The ground is outside the town centre so it's a bit of a nothing place, until the proposed  500m Royal Elm Park Developlent around the stadium is built, which I think will bring business and bars to the area (also a separate train station on the London line) 

Off to Wembley to see Tinpot Fc 

Recently Saw Deftones at Ally Pally and CKY on friday. CKY was suprisingly rammed. 

Crowbar about a month back was awesome too!

18 hours ago, Liam said:

To be fair, Fredericks had Obita's number in the first one and a half games we played - Obita missed the replayed second game IIRC.

Reading's play in the first game, whilst it worked, was so unnecessarily negative. Our away record is strong though, so I'm hoping with you guys needing to come out a bit more, we'll be able to win.

that's true, although I feel we did what we had to do to stifle you, especially since we have been written off, despite finishing 3rd. 

It's gunna be interesting, as our home record is very strong also. 16 wins 5 draws and 2 loses, I think we will come out with a different approach this game, as our record when we score first is something crazy like 94% of the time we win. We have a weakened defense so I don't think Stam will rely too much on sitting back and absorbing pressure. 

So Nervous for tommorow night. McShane being banned means our defense is weak. Also Obita may now be out too. Not sure I like the Idea of Blackett at LB against Fredericks.....