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  • I had already thought about writing something about Reading’s new coaching staff as part of my musings from afar but I was cautious about jumping to any conclusions from a few interview snippets from Leam Richardson right at the start of his tenure. However, over the last few days Reading have done a series of…

  • Musings from afar pt2

    Following on from the last post I wanted to take a little look at the squad and early tactical signs from the new gaffer. Despite my assertion the squad is a good one, there are of course gaps and weak spots in there that I’m sure the new manager will be keen to address. He…

  • Musings from afar pt1

    I am mid way through 6 weeks travelling around South East Asia so safe to say Reading FC has not been top of mind recently. However, long bus journeys leave a lot of time to kill so here are some thoughts. Old news now but Noel Hunt was relieved as manager a few days into…

  • Carabao Conclusions

    Reading are up and running for the season with a morale boosting 2-1 win over Championship Portsmouth this week. Heavy rotation for both sides gave us a chance to check out a few different players but most importantly winning breeds confidence, regardless of competition, and spirits should be lifted ahead of Wimbledon on Saturday. Here…

  • Stockport vs Bolton a.k.a How come they look dangerous and we don’t?

    Safe to say Reading looked lacklustre in attack away at Lincoln on opening day. In some ways that wasn’t a huge surprise. It’s been clear over the last few weeks that the attack is clearly where reinforcements are needed. While personnel improvements can, and I am sure, will make a big difference there were some…

  • Season Predictions – 25/26

    Here is a write up (with some paraphrasing as we love to ramble) of the predictions we made for Reading’s upcoming 25/26 League 1 campaign on on our recent podcast which you can check out here – https://t.co/Vhp8EE6LCs or on other podcast apps League Finish Top Scorer Top Assists Player of the Season Young Player…

  • Build the squad, but don’t ignore lessons from the past

    Reading need more signings. Groundbreaking assessment I know. Last season we had to work with an extremely thin squad but despite that still recorded a hugely impressive 7th place finish. The spine Currently we are still working to replace players we have lost over the last 12 months more than growing what was a very…

  • Plenty to learn about Noel Hunt – Football Manager

    We are 8 months in, and I think you can make the case that Noel Hunt ‘the manager’ is still somewhat of an unknown quantity. Drafted into the role in December, after Rueben Selles had reached his breaking point with the former ownership and left for the league above, he steered us to a 7th…