I have major CEO envy towards Reading.
Each to their own eh
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Iām still pissed at their fans vitriol towards our fans when the whole Bearwood fiasco was rumbling. We were made to feel like right ***** over it and the one person who could have calmed it went and bought their club.
Iām still bitter. I shouldnāt be. I am.
The sooner this thread gets shut down and deleted the better.
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Not a criticism.
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Was it Yeovil Couhig was trying to buy before us? But fell through. Hes a businessman using football.
Hes obviously savvy though. And said the right things at wycombe.
But clearly despite the change of ownership, still making unbelievable decisions. Four year contracts in League 1. Not sure what financial management courses JJ must have been on !!!
āItās good but itās not quite the Madejski!ā
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Will we ever hold this again?
How much do you think I can get for this?
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My health has suddenly improved. I can fly across the Atlantic frequently.
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Up the WĢ¶yĢ¶cĢ¶ Ding
Unearned glory.
Shit Missy 4000 fans wonāt pay for my 2 month residency at the Compleat Angler
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Rob is the ex we missā¦ At times he embarrassed us with his American tack, his false promises and fireworks, but deep down, he was good for us.
Now weāre bitter. He moved on to bigger things and left us behindā¦ Now we have a new lover, on the face of it in public heās a wealthy family man with the clubs best interests at heartā¦ but behind closed doors, heās a narcissistic c#nt who has almost destroyed our identity with his controlling waysā¦
And welcome back to Bargain Hunt and in this edition the blue team has managed to buy a smouldering skip in Berkshire, 30 stained blankets and this luvvery replica tea urn for Ā£159.
Cheap as chips.
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Iām not angry at him. There is one thing I am disappointed in him that sticks in my craw:
āYeah, Iām a wandererā
You never were though Rob, were you? Because if you were you would still be. Thatās how this football thing works.
That said, I do think he will be able to do a decent job at turning Reading around from the basket case it was into something he can sell on, like he did with us. But if I were a Reading Fan I wouldnāt be kidded on that he is like you, supports your team in the same way you have or even has your best interests at heart (that would be a by product)
Heās a businessman who has turned around one failing football club and is now on the next challenge.
I ask this when he came to us and Reading fans should ask him āwhatās your exit strategy?ā. I predict in 5 years heāll be gone from Reading.
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I like Rob Couhig. Heās got a bit of showbiz about him and he certainly engaged me a lot more than the current set of robots do.
Of course he was never a Wanderer, other than when he owned us. He freely admitted he knew barely anything about the culture of football in this country, so itās not a great shock that the concept of āone club for lifeā passes him by.
And the people who worked at Wycombe tended to like working for him. You can say he got lucky with Gaz and the team he inherited, but I donāt underestimate the part he and the wider family played in just letting Gaz get on with in. Would Mikhail, Eduard and Dan have done that? No chance.
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I believe this is why it was Rob AND Pete that was vital for us. One was the business brain, one got what it meant to be a fan. I think we would have been much more worse off without Peteās influence.
Itāll be interesting to see how things go at Reading without Pete.
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I guess thatās why JJ is on board.