http://reading.theoffside.com News from Reading English Premiership football team Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:04:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 0-0, 2-1, 2-0. That's how Reading FC began the 2008/09 season, with a disappointing, dull away draw to newly-promoted Nottingham Forest, a 2-1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge in the League Cup and a 2-0 win over Plymouth just this Saturday. In the latter circumstance, if you'd told me that Ibrahima Sonko ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/three-matches-four-goals.html Questions for the new season? Is Marek Matejovsky going to be as good for us as it seems he could be? Will missing George Bikey to the Olympics hurt? Is there any real reason to go on a pre-season tour to Sweden? Well, I can't answer ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/goodbye-dave-hello-noel.html First off, kudos to the Royals for winning a Anti-Racism award from KickIt Out. It really shouldn't be necessary to say that Racism has no place in Football (or anywhere, for that matter), but, people being people, you still have to combat it actively at every turn. So, ... http://reading.theoffside.com/odds-n-ends/for-those-of-you-interested.html Sorry if i've left you out there in readerland in the lurch, but, there hasn't been too much to harp about. Of course, yes, there is the fact that Mr. Coppell is staying, which i'm pleased with. After trawling through some YouTube highlights of the 07/08 season, and ... http://reading.theoffside.com/odds-n-ends/a-little-here-a-little-there.html First off, congratulations to Portsmouth for putting the final touch on a wonderful 07-08 FA Cup. I know I may be in the minority here, but to be honest, I'm reaching the point where i'd rather see a matchup like that rather than Big Four Side v. Big Four ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/some-post-relegation-notes.html So. I think it goes largely without saying the weekend of May 10th, 2008 won't be fondly remembered in Berkshire. I think I, like many others, was hoping that the feared "Second Season Syndrome" would result in a 15th place finish at worst. This was.... less than pleasant. Credit to ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/when-a-win-is-ultimately-a-loss.html In a little more than 12 hours time, Reading will line up at Pride Park and attempt to see if they'll be in the Premiership next year. And honestly, on recent form, they may not deserve it (certainly not the strikers). I never thought i'd see a time ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/so-this-is-it.html It's no longer in Reading's hands now. And they can't blame anyone but themselves. Today's fixture was always going to be tough, but there were a few things that really stood out to me about today's match as I watched. That it had been over eight hours ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/obviously-this-isnt-good-reading-0-1-tottenham.html This is Rudy Gestede. He plays for FC Metz in Ligue 1, and is the latest player to be linked with a possible move to Reading in the summer, £3m is the price. He's appeared 13 times for Metz so far, hasn't scored, and no matter ... http://reading.theoffside.com/game-recaps/hes-from-metz-and-he-hasnt-scored-yet-wigan-0-0-reading.html I said we'd stay up. I'm not so sure anymore. Getting anything from Arsenal at Arsenal was always going to be an ask of the team. I was hoping that, given the horriffic few weeks that Arsenal have suffered that we could perhaps make something special happen, maybe get ... http://reading.theoffside.com/team-news/looking-down-arsenal-2-0-reading.html