Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

[blue lewj]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points

Yes and what a grudge match!

I'm hoping by that time it is a dead rubber and we won't need anything but there aren't many games left, we'd probably need to win a fair few before then and after all this is City, do we do simple?

[Rjk]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points

Statement from Mark Bowen on the Reading club site:

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/04/mark-bowen-an-open-letter-to-our-fans/

He expects the 6 point deduction to be 'the last of our medicine' and for the transfer embargo to be lifted in the summer.

Reading that made me wish that there was someone in our club who would communicate with the fans that way. It gave a full backstory, an explanation, a vision for the future and more. We are teetering on the brink of relegation, with a transfer embargo, a seemingly endless list of future litigation, massive annual financial losses, and a blocked pathway from the academy to the first team.

The positives of a new academy complex, new training ground plans and a successful women's team do not tip the scales.

We need a Cardiff City Mark Bowen (Tan, Dalman, Choo, a Director of Football, a fan director on the Board?) to speak to us!

there have been weeks and weeks of reading fans wondering what the hell has been going on though, I'm not sure they'd agree that their communication to the fans over this has been a paragon of virtue

[blue lewj]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points

Statement from Mark Bowen on the Reading club site:

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/04/mark-bowen-an-open-letter-to-our-fans/

He expects the 6 point deduction to be 'the last of our medicine' and for the transfer embargo to be lifted in the summer.

Reading that made me wish that there was someone in our club who would communicate with the fans that way. It gave a full backstory, an explanation, a vision for the future and more. We are teetering on the brink of relegation, with a transfer embargo, a seemingly endless list of future litigation, massive annual financial losses, and a blocked pathway from the academy to the first team.

The positives of a new academy complex, new training ground plans and a successful women's team do not tip the scales.

We need a Cardiff City Mark Bowen (Tan, Dalman, Choo, a Director of Football, a fan director on the Board?) to speak to us!

The club has to care about the fans to do that.

Our club just tells a hand picked few very little and lets it trickle down to the fans. They also fail to acknowledge their failings and give the air that all of the bad things have happened to them. I'd prefer a collective from this message board on the board of the club and fully believe they would have a better plan and run the club in a better way than the current board that we have.

Season ticket time soon though. Probably the pinnacle of communication and marketing seen during the calendar year at City. Show us your money.

[jon1959]

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there have been weeks and weeks of reading fans wondering what the hell has been going on though, I'm not sure they'd agree that their communication to the fans over this has been a paragon of virtue

Yes, I agree. Pearcey has been saying similar about the silence on why they breached the EFL suspended points agreement. I am just referring to today's statement from Bowen which I thought was pretty good.

[dml1954]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points

The club has to care about the fans to do that.

Our club just tells a hand picked few very little and lets it trickle down to the fans. They also fail to acknowledge their failings and give the air that all of the bad things have happened to them. I'd prefer a collective from this message board on the board of the club and fully believe they would have a better plan and run the club in a better way than the current board that we have.

Season ticket time soon though. Probably the pinnacle of communication and marketing seen during the calendar year at City. Show us your money.

I am sorry but I cant let that go. You ‘would prefer a collective from this message board on the board of the club’ 😂😂. Presumably with yourself as chairman, I suppose ! Jesus wept, give me strength. A collective from this board couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery.

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Excellent news. And with such great weather today too. I will enjoy a stroll in the sun with a smile on my face.

Nice dog walking weather today. Great for a nice endorphin release!

[Rjk]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points

Yes, I agree. Pearcey has been saying similar about the silence on why they breached the EFL suspended points agreement. I am just referring to today's statement from Bowen which I thought was pretty good.

yeah to be fair it is very detailed

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Remember the good old days when teams were occasionally docked points for fielding ineligible players? Now they apparently get docked points for breaching business plans. What a division the Championship has become.

[TWGL1]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Remember the good old days when teams were occasionally docked points for fielding ineligible players? Now they apparently get docked points for breaching business plans. What a division the Championship has become.

Been doing it for years to the Smaller clubs , Swindon and Luton come to mind

[Rjk]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Been doing it for years to the Smaller clubs , Swindon and Luton come to mind

Luton had a huge deduction one year didn't they? I can remember playing as them on champ man back in the day

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Goalkeeper isn't great, defence is suspect at times, midfield is poor and the attack is the worst in the club's entire history, but we have a solid business plan so we'll be fine.

:hehe:

[IanD]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Huddersfield v Reading last match of the season. I hope they have decent phone signals in Burnley. Chances are, that match could determine our future and, possibly, that of Huddersfield and Reading.

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Huddersfield v Reading last match of the season. I hope they have decent phone signals in Burnley. Chances are, that match could determine our future and, possibly, that of Huddersfield and Reading.

Only been to Burnley once.

Shit hole.

Shit ground.

Got the train in on my own from Blackpool as I had a ticket, was in Blackpool for my mates birthday,none of them city fans.

Lasted til half time before walking out and getting back on the train to Blackpool. Absolutely hungover to hell and back, what a waste of half my day #ccfc

[John Buchanan]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

I'm hoping by that time it is a dead rubber and we won't need anything but there aren't many games left, we'd probably need to win a fair few before then and after all this is City, do we do simple?

Do we do?

[blue lewj]

Re: Reading to be deducted six points - CONFIRMED

Do we do?

Do we do? We do not.