Comments on: Reading- The Latest Team to Experience SSS?

By: Anser

Anser — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:43:22 +0000

cmon guys, i cant bleive ur actually wanting reading to go down…personaly i think they deserve to stay in the prem. theyre an inspiration to othr teams. top 10 finish with a tight budget, homegrown and low cost players and an amazing spirit and playing style of attack football…how many top prem teams can boast of them.
i believe coppell made a big mistake of not adding any major firepower when all the othr clubs were goin on 20 million spending sprees. add to that the departures of sidwell nd seol nd u hv the reason of readings present form.

sidwell also made a BIGGGG mistake moving to chelsea. he was the “gerrard” of reading nd suddnly he decides to go fight for a bench place at chelsea. idiot.

ps. the teams gettin relegated r the ones that came in . its tht simple.

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By: Andrei

Andrei — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:32:46 +0000

most recently Wigan suffered from SSS. Last season the y finished in tenth place i think, and last season in 17th…

i feel sympathetic towards them for no particular reason by i do hope they stay up (though if they will they will probably finish in 15th or below) and then come back for more next season. They seem to me like one of those teams that are pleasant to watch even though they are not really spectacular. I hope they stay up alongside Wigan.

By: Fifth Column

Fifth Column — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:42:49 +0000

They hand out “song sheets” at the beginning of matches in order to encourage their fans to sing. And their attendances are rubbish. They do not have the fans or support base to deserve to be in the Prem.

I would be happy to see Wigan, Fulham and Reading go down as the teams with the most abject support in the Prem.

I think I may get my wish with Wigan but Fulham and Reading should stay up.

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:00:58 +0000

I hate to sound pesemistic, but I had been worrying about it in summer. They never replaced Sidwell and haven’t shown the same enthusiasm as they did last season.

I’d hate to see them get relegated, but so would everyone else I know. A lot of us support them because of Doyle, Hunt, and especially in my town and nearby areas, Shane Long.

By: Ronak

Ronak — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:12:34 +0000

I think its too early to say that they will be struggling all season. About 99% of the problem would be the absence of Steve Sidwell. A loan deal in January? – who knows.

While we’re on that topic I hope for Sidwell’s case that he doesn’t play another game this season. Absolute total sell-out. Either that or he’s the most delusional player in the premiership, thinking he is good enough to compete with Lampard, Ballack, Essien, Makelele and Mikel for just 2 spots in midfield.

By: Mads United

Mads United — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:03:47 +0000

Once teams knew what football Reading was playing they can no longer surprise their opponenent and will slump from the year before. As long as the team and fans realize that last season’s 8th place was overshoot (which the transfer activity may suggest is the clubs own belief) then Reading will be happy to finish above relegation zone and rebuild next year.

Didn’t Bolton build up slowly when they were promoted back in the mid/late 90s and they are regular Euro contenders every year.

Overnight success does not stick around for long — as Chelsea will be the next example of this season and next (I smell Chelsea’s locker room boiling over)