Rob W

light relief

Using Mike Wrays wonderful spreadsheet you can calculate how tough the opposition is you've faced so far ... and to come It shows that Citeh & the Smogs opponents so far this season have an AVERAGE of 15.8 points We are at the other end of the table - our opponents to date have an average of 11.5 points - which is almost 2 points less than the next easiest run so far which is Arsenal Our opponents to come have an average of 15.68 points = 1.5 points a game better than the dross we've played to date

lastseason teh guys who do the stats in the Times showed that with most teams their away performances are worse because they go expecting to defend whereas at home they come out attacking Seems to be all in the mind I guess we left our attacking instincts in gatesheid yesterday

High scoring match I think - two dodgy defences and two forward lines that score easily

I'm not surprised.............

Lack of hotel rooms, lack of meeja facillities are the offical reasons plus it tends to go to more glamorous locations - and if your team ain't winning in Yurop there is no chance They can sell (or give to sponsors) another 40,000 tickets at Wembley - if we were in the CL Final I'd know which ground I'd rather it was held - the BIGGEST

aye - he did some good at the club FFS I hate it when clubs or businesses try and erase the past

Home against Wolves 59.........................

aye - just cut out all the music..........................

See everyone else for beers - there are some bars OUTSIDE the gates but hide your scarf the Pub at the station doesn't serve kids inside I think - but across the road are a couple of decent places (one is called the something Club but its a decent bar) and the new Malmaison across the street has a cafe (expensive) If you come out of the Station turn left - opposite the RailAir buses for Theifrow - that way there are a lot of pubs.......... in desperation the Old Town Hall (2 minutes) that way has a bar with sitting outside as well

Can you remember the service number? Its signed for the MadStad - and all the Reading fans in the queue are a bit of a giveaway NOT ALL THE BUSES IN FRONT OF THE STATION GO TO THE GROUND The concourse is effectively Reading's Bus Station so there are buses going everywhere but its very clear which are the ones for teh game

nice avatar Ridz!

they haven't been filling their ground this season according to the table in the Indie yesterday....... might be able to get a ticket in amongst the prawn sandwich brigade

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=51.4233,-0.9739|16|8&loc=GB:51.4528:-0.9739:13|Reading|Reading our guys in Bracknel reckon the best idea is to walk over to the old Basingstoke Road that runs NS parallel to teh road past the MadStad and get a bus or a taxi there Its a 45-60 minute walk into the station but some days it's the fastest way

A Liverpool supporter in the office went there last season and said they were bloody dreadful - bossy, no humour and when the crowd got narked as they wouldn't open a couple of closed gates at the away end they turned very nasty and stared stopping people from getting in at all - and I've heard simialr from others - the fans are OK but there seems to be some folk who think just because they've reached the PL they must be IMPORTANT

There is a regular bus shuttle straight to the ground from right outside the Railway Station - there is a big pub with outdoor seating as part of the station and you can see the line from there - bus every 5 minutes Trouble is you need to leave the centre a good 45 minutes before the game - Reading were notorious last year for only having a couple of gates and some seriously officious stewards for away fans Getting BACK from the ground can be a nightmare - not enough buses and no taxis - my mates there reckon its as fast to walk - or at least walk over to get a local bus to the east of the ground if time is tight pre book a taxi and get them to collect you a few minutes walk from the ground is my suggestion - plenty of trains to Landahn - one about every 10 minutes - make sure you get a nonstop to Paddington - the stoppers take up to an hour Someone was saying they are going to open a railway station at the ground in a couple of years but that don't help us this year

Local Hero to run out to Blaydon Races for when we're winning Death March for most games

tough spot Moscow...................

owen & Rooney - oh dear...................... they should pick Sneezy, Dozy and the other 3 dwarves at he same time

lets just say we're not all convinced that some of that isn't true.................

Did FFS buy Leeds? I've been off in Romania

"Suddenly the English model has gone from owner-supporters to owner-businessman." so lets forget about Deadly Doug Ken Bates Wm McKeag Bob Lord and that swine who used to own Citeh

keegan - best football , most exciting team, best results in my 40 + years

I think that's a typo - it was only £ 19 mm this last weekend - probably only a miserable £ 38 mm

the critical word here is "hopefully" i've been waiting +40 years TT and we've never managed it yet....................... :undecided: If they go for expansion it will have to be the mega scheme, moving the old terrace somewhere else and stuffing the University's mouths with gold - but that would be around 74,0000