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by Bertie Wooster
Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

It's only my personal view but I don't think that many of our current squad of players are good enough to play regularly in the championship and that's the issue with the club's poor recruitment to date, as we would almost need a complete new team just to stay up should we ever get promoted from Lea...
by Bertie Wooster
Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Posh do or dogs dinner? Bolton v Peterborough Sat 23rd Sept - 3pm
Replies: 249
Views: 151654

Re: Posh do or dogs dinner? Bolton v Peterborough Sat 23rd Sept - 3pm

TD we are all different & we all have very differing opinions - however I don't mind admitting that I'm more impatient than most, I'm not at all saying that Evatt should go but I honestly wouldn't lose any sleep if he went tomorrow. Apart from playing a 'better on the eye' possession based game than...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Sep 18, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Posh do or dogs dinner? Bolton v Peterborough Sat 23rd Sept - 3pm
Replies: 249
Views: 151654

Re: Posh do or dogs dinner? Bolton v Peterborough Sat 23rd Sept - 3pm

I really do hope that we win this because if we lose I have a feeling that quite a few fans may verbally turn on Evatt both in the stadium and on social media & I can't really blame them. Almost every fan that you speak to is annoyed with the poor summer transfer business, the lack of quality additi...
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

Our recruitment starting to look lazy to me. Did Markham get August off?signed Nlundulu on the back of him being here for 6 months, and Bodvarson presumably because we thought we could the player from 18 months ago back. Did we not look for alternatives? Maghoma was at Mk last season and we obvious...
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

It's not as though he can hide behind the whole improving our players for saleable assets either because we're playing Cameron Jerome. Sure Jerome might have his uses but to have him as first choice off the bench is a bit ludicrous, especially when he was seemingly coming here as cover for JDB. May...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

Quote from Evatt post match "Some of the players looked drained & fatigued" said Evatt when asked about the substitutions "we needed some energy to see the game out". Victor looked really tired, Randell looked physically tired and bringing on two players of that experience should be enough to see us...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

Oh and just to top today off Charles has suspect ligament damage in his shoulder. Having also suffered that I doubt we are seeing him for at least a month and would not be surprised if it takes 2-3 months in reality. I could barely move it for 4 weeks. It's ok we have Ivan Toney due back soon don't...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

Two defeats to two teams with points deductions and wholesale summer changes early in the season is piss poor for this squad as well - which is 100% the manager. These are the sides we should be fitter and better then by virtue of having a settled squad with a full pre season. All on Evatt that one...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

Is it actually confirmed it’s the fans bond money? I think that’s a sticky situation they have created there regardless mind. Dibs, if its not I'd be seriously asking what the club are planning to do with the £4.5M fans bond money. It's nice having great corporate suites, better training pitches an...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

300k on Nlundulu 500k on Vic 300K on CMG 200K on Forrester That’s getting on for £1.5M quid. You can criticise a lot of things but that’s a fortune by league one standards. No lack of ambition from the owners . At all. Lack of judgement from the football staff though. This is the fans bond money no...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO
Replies: 213
Views: 85112

Re: Burn after Reading. Reading (A) League 1. Saturday 16th September 2023. 3pm KO

There’s 20 stone blokes in the stands who would offer more off the bench than Jerome and nlundulu! 3 year fecking deal! It isn’t the players faults. They aren’t responsible for using our precious resources. Agreed. Nlundulu is fast moving into my worst ever signings list…we effectively had a 6 mont...
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.
Replies: 246
Views: 240228

Re: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.

Not overly fussed we didn’t go on to get more - that’s pretty much football - unless you are a man city or whatever you don’t just blast teams away by four or five every week. We got our noses in front and couldn’t manage another goal. Some interesting subs but that’s the squad we have now so he ha...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.
Replies: 246
Views: 240228

Re: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.

Lovely 3 points but the same concerns for me. A really good side would have scored 3 or 4 today and made for a far more chilled 8 minutes of injury time. Evatt's substitutions baffled me again today, decent performance and we were the better team (with a friendly ref for once !), his substitutions ...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window
Replies: 2824
Views: 204726

Re: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window

I can only think that they are saving the funds until January, either that or the new perimeter LED screens, the new scoreboard and spruced up hospitality suites are costing more than anticipated OR we are skint and that's the reason the club were desperate to shift Sadlier & John - to reduce the wa...
by Bertie Wooster
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window
Replies: 2824
Views: 204726

Re: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window

Quick question, has anyone got any approx idea what the 4 sided LED advertising screens to be sited in between the stands is costing ? None here. (But equally unsure how knowing it would be helpful.) If we straw man a figure, for arguments sake, £400k, at what point will it become a positive invest...
by Bertie Wooster
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window
Replies: 2824
Views: 204726

Re: Snog, Marry, Avoid: Summer 2023 Transfer Window

Quick question, has anyone got any approx idea what the 4 sided LED advertising screens to be sited in between the stands is costing ?
by Bertie Wooster
Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:33 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.
Replies: 246
Views: 240228

Re: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.

I agree that he's a decent manager, however he's not as good as 'he' thinks he is. He’s still very young and learning. If there was anything I would say it’s that I think he massively overestimates how much you can improve players. By the age of 22/23 nowadays they pretty much are what they are. Ye...
by Bertie Wooster
Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.
Replies: 246
Views: 240228

Re: When is a Derby not a Derby? Home v The Rams Sept 2nd, 3-o'clock.

I agree that he's a decent manager, however he's not as good as 'he' thinks he is.
by Bertie Wooster
Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Wanderers Bond
Replies: 38
Views: 6599

Re: Wanderers Bond

The_Gun wrote:
Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:50 pm
Pretty sure they said it was going to be used for infrastructure improvements in addition to playing staff.
Yes they did - new scoreboards, concourse tv's, fan zone, training ground etc.
by Bertie Wooster
Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Wanderers Bond
Replies: 38
Views: 6599

Re: Wanderers Bond

If Evatt has said that the only incoming signing this week is likely be a reserve keeper - what on earth has the bond money been
spent on ?