Like the other comment, that wasn't really what I was focusing on. Shear the data in each column by 45 degrees i.e. plot the difference against # goals conceded, it'll be much clearer and much more useful. You could also colour code - red/blue for change of manager. Or some indication of quality of ...

Genuinely thought that wasn't bad by Sutekh.

Where does a Viking come into it? Place-names with the ‘-ingas’ element are usually amongst the earliest Anglo-Saxon names, I thought. Anyway, the earliest attested written form of the name (from 871) has an a in it ( Readingum ). Wherever there is local history that needs correcting, you will find...

Don't doubt there's loads of stats but Figure 1 is definitely broken.

May I check Figure 1. If its cumulative points, then the first three games should be zero. Instead they appear to at 3 pts. The last game indicated is a draw, so its missing the last game we did play, a home win. As a style choice, I'd put the points per game as a second y-axis. Not sure I understa...

This graph is screaming at me, its telling the reader something very obvious which the style of presentation is making less clear than more. https://i.ibb.co/7NjVc8sH/IMG-0536.png If I have it right, the diagonal lines correspond to goals conceded. The points below Goals Prevented = 0 indicate where...

May I check Figure 1.

If its cumulative points, then the first three games should be zero. Instead they appear to at 3 pts. The last game indicated is a draw, so its missing the last game we did play, a home win.

As a style choice, I'd put the points per game as a second y-axis.

No, the game is off as Mansfield travel to Sheffield United in the FA Cup on 11 January. Therefore Reading have no 1st team game after Stockport on Sunday until travelling to Orient on the 17th. No date yet for the rearranged fixture. Any idea on likely windows for the rearranged Mansfield game? We...

Do we have Mansfield on 10th? They’ve been on serious form last few games. Haven’t seen it confirmed one way or another, but it’s showing as postponed on bbc No, the game is off as Mansfield travel to Sheffield United in the FA Cup on 11 January. Therefore Reading have no 1st team game after Stockp...

In a huge fan of the academy - but it has to pay its way. This year it hasn’t. Two Kelvins only Academy players that have featured regularly and they came through years ago. And they are borderline first 11. But we also have to recognise that we’ve raided the academy heavily in the last few seasons...

Strongly #TeamBrogue for this one.

I'm just assuming brogue has a suit of ai bots scouring the internet 24/7 for any tiny scrap of info he can post up on here and shout "Seeeeeee! I told you Couhig/Trosclair/Jacobson/Richardson were shit!!!!1!!" Why on earth would you make a point against effective journalism? I’m sure he ...

checks score
checks league table

right.

You're all insane.

That play was terrible, from a throw near the Burton corner flag all the back to Pereira, says it all :roll: This play is, in fact, normally OK and no sane manager would question it. It’s cr@p, in the 90th minute with a 1 goal lead I could understand it more. If there's nothing on, its absolutely f...

Reading aren’t necessarily failing to press - they are keeping a good shape off the ball and avoiding the hazard of chasing it and opening up gaps for the opposition to exploit.

yeah, lower energy than Hunt's press-press-press approach, at the expense of sometimes being flat footed and reactive.

Sutekh That play was terrible, from a throw near the Burton corner flag all the back to Pereira, says it all

This play is, in fact, normally OK and no sane manager would question it.

Marriott again.

9 goals. Not bad for a player with a 'goalectomy'.

Between this and the extended Howe court case, I'm really not sure everything is running smoothly behind the scenes.

Best blame the manager.

In, last season we got turned away from the Coach & Horses and sent to some hotel up the road, so will do pubs elsewhere this time. The Palm Tree, which is like something out of the Sweeney and then a 15ish minute uber to the ground. There were more on our pre-match crawl but we hit there for 1...

The biggest problem with Doyle is his complete lack of pace and acceleration. He can turn someone, or beat his man but cannot get away afterwards. He has the ability to buy a yard, but can’t spend it. In other words, there is a reason why he is on loan in league one again.

Yes.