theroyal

3 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

Blimey; losing playoff finals is our forte too. Look where it lands you

We've lost 5 of them!

4 minutes ago, Patrick Rams said:

But why are you so terrible? On paper you have plenty of half decent players at this level?

Coaching. The manager should go, but the owner is halfway across the world and doesn't seem to give a poo.

3 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

You can only get better and you probably will. Can you afford to sack your manager. Has Colin been seen in the Berks area lately? ?

Yeah, money's not an issue (we actually signed someone this week). One of our ITK's on Twitter is claiming that Paunovic offered his resignation weeks ago, but it was denied and the CEO and Kia Joorabchian are keeping him there as a punching bag. The CEO doesn't want to talk to our owner because he fears the sack himself. 

This has all been coming since the playoff final in 2017

If you guys manage to string together even a reasonable run of form, you'll be fine

We are TERRIBLE

15 minutes ago, JfR said:

Seen a few people saying this might see them getting a further deduction for breaking their business plan. Is there anything in the public domain to back that up, or is it pure speculation? It would explain why it's taken them going 3 months without a win before sacking him if it is the case.

Reading fan here (don't shoot!)

I don't think so. He's only on a contract to the end of the season and part of the business plan would've included Paunovic's wages until that point... so we're either just paying that money in full now or he's going on gardening leave.