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massifheed I've wondered why it isn't just 'Jose's Barmy Army', which seems to scan better

Huh? No it doesn't. It doesn't scan at all...

'Jose's Barmy Army', has the same meter as 'Jaap Stam's Barmy Army', if you emphasise the syllables of Jose's (Jo-se's).

The Bloke needs a song... Jose's Gomes barmy army This chant gets started up in the ED (by the drummers, I think), but it's a lot of syllables to fit it, so it never seems to carry on. I've wondered why it isn't just 'Jose's Barmy Army', which seems to scan better, but I've only been at the matches...

Sutekh Oh well, it has to pick up some time so looking forward to Millwall and seeing a million percent better performance.

The only thing that I remember about Millwall at home last season was their away lot shouting, 'You're f*cking SHIT!'' at us.

We were.

I'll expect the same next time.

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genome Anyway, this has been a rip-roaring conversation

welcome to the off-season

How 'bout that weather, huh?

I'm thinking that Barnsley and Burton win. Us and Birmingham won't.

We survive - just.

The players really do not deserve that level of support but it is good to see that a lot of our supporters will back the club no matter what. I'll pay £6 for a Sky Sports day pass to watch it. But that's the extent I'm willing to invest. And even that's 50/50. Incidentally, I was watching the Scunt...

The entire madejski stadium is welcoming and family friendly in comparison to almost every other football league club. I certainly agree with that. I bring my young-ish daughter to matches and sit in the ED, and think that creating a welcoming atmosphere is something that RFC do really well. There ...

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massifheed There is nothing about Ipswich that means we can't comprehensively give them a beating.

Apart from the fact that we are largely incapable of beating anyone, let alone ‘comprehensively’.

There is that.

genome I'd be going to this, but it's the day after my best mate's wedding and I plan to be horrendously hungover.

If we end up relying on a result from that game then being hungover might be the best condition to be in.

LUX OTOH, if Barnsley fail to win, it's all over, we're safe whatever else happens (Bolton cannot realistically catch us on GD)

And given Brentford need two decent results for a last shot at the play-offs, you'd have to assume they'll get the job done at Barnsley.

CountryRoyal Has this sold out?

Can't seem to get tickets...

Make sure you're signed in to the website. Looking at the info, tickets don't go on general sale until 9am this morning (admittedly in a few minutes). But if you are a member and signed in you should see the option to buy now.

Thought the podcast was a decent go at explaining the situation and motivation behind the south stand lot. I have to admit to being somewhat bemused by the fuss that surrounded them when it started. On the one hand I can understand how it looks to existing supporters if a group feel the need to deta...

Clement has got 7 points from 3 homes games. Before that we hadn't won at home since November. So clements impact on our home form was a bounce of trampoline proportions compared to previous home form. I would add that even just watching the games there was a marked improvement in commitment and ef...

Great account of things as always. This one will simply be down to whether the players want this win or not. There is nothing about Ipswich that means we can't comprehensively give them a beating. Fan support has been good since PC took over, but that goodwill could come to an end if anything other ...

If vito hadn't saved that peno vs QPR I would've been a damn site more nervous It had a very definite 'end of season defining moment' about it, didn't it? As far as Saturday goes, given the short amount of time I've been going to matches and what I've witnessed in that time, I'm going to say that w...

Good to hear. Who's gonna be the new manager? Brian McDermott. No, seriously have no idea. The likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard have been mentioned, but we're hoping it's the papers doing their usual. Wouldn't mind Jaap, tbh. A bit of dutch flair would go down well after years of neck and ...

I've noticed a few players commenting on Jaap Stam since his departure, and they all seem to support him (not that I would necessarily expect any of the current squad to openly criticise him). Chris Gunter here is suggesting he was let down - https://www.instagram.com/p/BgnSTqRhmSP/?hl=en&taken-...

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bcubed drink some Good Old Boy outside the stands

I hope he knows what Good Old Boy is & doesn't think it's anythign to do with those with OAP concession tickets.

All part of the initiation for new supporters. Well, that's what they told me anyway.

The fact that they didn't and remained completely silent leads me due deduce that they're going to let this season play out whatever the consequences and deal with it in the summer. This is how I see it. I would guess that to sack him is going to mean a hefty pay off, which the owners want to avoid...

I'm still 50/50 as to whether or not to go to this one. So I see this working out in one of two ways:

If I go:
Reading 0 - 2 Derby

If I stay home and rearrange my sock drawer:
Reading 3 - 1 Derby