If we signed Messi some people would complain he's too old....

Damn, I'm turning into the owner....

If he's been pressured into signing YM by fans due to his big talk & little action (so far) and it turns into Shane Long pt2, you know who to blame... Doesn't seem to be the capricious sort to me. Don't think his career as a trial lawyer would have got very far if he was that easily swayed. qui...

In Couhig's latest interview he was asked directly if Yakou Meite would be coming back - his reply - "I can't hear you, there must be something going wrong with our transmission" Make of that what you will If he's been pressured into signing YM by fans due to his big talk & little act...

And if his approach to dealing with a little criticism on his failings is this infantile, then it's not going to go well....

Its still early, but big talk is cheap and he's paying the bills...

£12k a week + NI ect is the best part of £600k a year...

You won't get many of those into a L1 wages budget that pays for itself...

Craig was asking to be the highest paid player and wanted 12k per week If that’s true, and I doubt it, he must have a right **** for an agent. I take it all with a pinch of salt; I don't believe it being honest. If true, he obviously didn't want to stay, as he must have known he's not worth that. N...

Jackson Corner Well Brighton took some of our promising young players when we were struggling. Short memories

We took Steve Coppell...

blythspartan I am probably wrong, but it almost feels like Rob has brokered a deal for Aliya to eventually takeover the club.

He's been quite clear he's in it to flip it within 2/3 years so makes sense...

Well I suppose Mbengue was expected but it's a bit gutting all the same, can't blame him for wanting to play at higher level I guess but yeah his passion will be missed. Wareham is a strange one though. No disrespect to Exeter I think they're a good club but you have to question what has made him c...

Nice to see the new Board member has swallowed the Kool Aid... "Ross Kestin of Aliya Capital Partners said: “We’re thrilled to be part of Reading Football Club. This is a tremendously exciting project – one which we believe to be among the very best in Europe and we truly believe in the future ...

but we have a football club and that nearly didn't happen... for all the big talk - RC was clear that we can only spend the money that we earn and the club is losing £10M a year why is anyone surprised? Was losing £10m over a year ago. Players like Kelv, Craig, Wareham aren't players you'd expect t...

but we have a football club and that nearly didn't happen...

for all the big talk - RC was clear that we can only spend the money that we earn and the club is losing £10M a year

why is anyone surprised?

yea, but apparently Big Talk is just American's being Americans....

Some chap on x @OliB_RFC is claiming all is not well behind the scenes. Reckons RC is not being honest in terms of us having a top 6 budget. He has over 7k followers and has been right about a couple of things. My expectations are realistic tbh, so I’ll be happy with a top half finish next season. ...

I'm hoping the Kelvin E rumour is true... That will be 2 of my holy trinity (Joel, Kelvin, Amadou) who I felt were key of the OOC players. Amadou will be a loss and I hope we bring in some new young pacy CB to complement things... However, I'm intrigued as to what the forward line will look like - a...

RG has stated on a number of occasions that one of his hobby horses is around transparency and making relevant financial information available to Leaders in real time... If we assume that this is a real cultural change from the previous regime, it could be having an effect on squad building... Bein...

RC has stated on a number of occasions that one of his hobby horses is around transparency and making relevant financial information available to Leaders in real time... If we assume that this is a real cultural change from the previous regime, it could be having an effect on squad building... Being...

I just had a thought & maybe over thinking the latest interview.... RG does go on about his new cloud based real time financial management system in the latest interview (& has done before also). So... Did they budget on a forecast of 10k ST?... And having only gotten 8.2k.... & now exte...

If the home kit is biscuits...

Does that mean the away kit will be Beer?...

And the third kit Seeds?

I feel this very thing needs to be highlighted. I get that he’s human, but equally he needs to be a lot more careful with managing expectations if he wants to talk about transparency. Yes big announcements are supposedly due, and they’re likely to be player related, as it’s most likely down the the...