Chris Smith

@ChrisH1871 He tried to sell the dream of attacking football then became clear instantly that was rubbish. But never admitted bad performances & fans see through that. Was also job for the boys & came from being on the sofa for 2 years after a terrible job at Rotherham & bad end with Wigan.

Shit football aside, I still cannot fathom how toxic it has got, nobody seemed to like him from day one. We've suffered Ince, Hunt, Adkins, Clement, Rodgers and Bowen yet NONE of them got reception like this. #ReadingFC

@RFCLatest @TheTilehurstEnd Exact same thing he said about Hunt for he got the chop. I can’t stand LR anyway but considering how much of the fan base are massively against him it’s incredibly hard to see him turn it around. If team have slow start to next season pressure will be massive.

💬 Rob Couhig on Leam Richardson: “We are where we are, I don’t blame it on the manager... If you change the manager what would be the result? ‘Well he would get a different result with these players’, I don’t think so.” Not saying a word. 🤦‍♂️ #readingfc

@TalkReading @deanocx Clearly the change in CBs has hindered their ability to get up the field. But our CBs are the same as 90% of L1 sides, but they don’t struggle to play through the thirds like RFC do. Our midfield is painfully slow & movement is non existent, has been for 3 years.

@deanocx 100%. Was always going to be extremely difficult to replace those two and we’ve gone down a different route with O’Connor & Williams and I think that has also had an adverse effect on Wing. Gets double marked now because forwards don’t need to worry about our CBs on the ball.

The biggest problem this season for me is the difference in our centre-backs (not for defending) but in terms of playing/breaking through the lines. Bindon/Mbengue were immense at doing that for this level, and it has halted our attacking build-up massively #readingfc

@TalkReading Unbelievable that Dorsett played at LB all season when had Garcia available up to January. LR didn’t give him a sniff

Andre Garcia scored this incredible solo goal for Club Brugge U19 in their UEFA Youth League semi-final win over Benfica 👏 He starts the final against Real a Madrid this evening 💙 #readingfc

@charlie_r_17 Think it was Pog that butchered a 3 on 1 right at the end of normal time. Wasn’t a great Villa team then so we’d have had every chance of winning.

To this day i think we would of beaten villa in final

@ElmParkRoyals Be amazed if it wasn’t Lane or Ritchie. Both hardly get any game time & Lane seems to get played in every position imaginable, terrible in all of them though be fair though.

I’d be interested to know if this top secret player is speaking for himself or taken the plunge for the rest of the squad. If it’s the later there’s serious unrest. If it’s the former I’m not sure why you’d do it. I guess it’s only fitting we have - The Secret Footballer…….

@RFCLatest past 5/6 games LRs post match has shifted, chucking players under the bus & openly admitting team played terribly. Blames fitness, quality etc over tactics & selections. Not surprise there is a chasm between players & manager. To point when need whole new squad if want to keep LR

Not sure how anyone can be upset by a player speaking out against the manager. Players take the brunt of the abuse and every single interview Leam is happy to throw the players under the bus as an excuse for not playing a different brand of football. #readingfc

@KylePorterNS 100% Rose’s shot out the needles on 7 to about 6 inches. Unbelievable shot. Also Shane’s ace, haotongs approach on 15, Shefflers 3rd from under trees on 15 both on Sunday.

What non-Rory-on-12 shot will you remember from this year's Masters? The more random the moment, the better. Mine is this delicate second shot Scottie hit into 14 on Saturday. Stuck out a little right, he flighted one under the trees that had to perfectly crest the hill in front to find the funnel. It may not come through on video, but it was so, so sick in person.

@Reading106 So sad to think gone from Olise to Paddy Lane! Crazy to think end of the Pauno season he was playing Ejaria & Yak ahead of Olise 🤢.

Given he's 10x the player Bellingham is, when are we retiring his shirt number? #Readingfc

@WestwoodLee @TheMasters Augusta were clearly worried that Rory was going to run away with it so receptive greens & a birdie-fest gives more of chance to get others in contention & it’s worked.

Still looks a bit too receptive out there for a Saturday at the @TheMasters

@Marlin2811 No, nothing special at Hull and horrendous at Sheff U. Think how bad he was for most of that season for Reading & look how much better the squad was he has compared to current one.

Would you have Selles back? #readingfc

@ElmParkRoyals Struggle to see them getting May Lou ta from last 3 games. Likely finish 10/11 & that’s not huge progress from when Hunt left & considering one reason hunt went was the dire football it’s hard to believe the standard of play has undeniably gotten even worse .

Things are going from bad to worse.Despite being in 8th position before today there’s a growing animosity towards Richardson. He’s talked a lot about getting multiple windows, but I’m not sure that will be happening. We are collapsing

@cattanach1974 @ReadingFC @LincolnCity_FC 100%, that’s why I said Richardson would be proud. Just don’t understand when scored after 5 mins then parked the bus for 90.

@cjlsmith87 @ReadingFC @LincolnCity_FC How can you say that you play that every week

It ends in defeat at the Select Car Leasing Stadium Congratulations to our opponents @LincolnCity_FC who secure promotion to the Sky Bet Championship. 90' | 👑1-2🔴

@ElmParkRoyals Very tough run in teams needing points. Hopefully Lincoln and Cardiff both promoted by time we play them. Think they need 15/18 points TBH considering Stevenage & Stockport both have 2 games in hand.

6 games to go, Reading are on 61 points. Games at home vs Lincoln, Cardiff and Blackpool. Away to Huddersfield, Doncaster & Rotherham. How many points needed for top 6, how many will we get? I’m saying we need 13/18 to sneak it perhaps even on GD, & we’ll get 13 exactly.

@DanTheMan__98 Completely sucked the fun out of it. To point against Burton we were soo bad I didn’t even celebrate Kelvins goal as thought of Richardson saying he’s vindicated for this dog shit football.

I will not be renewing next season with this manager still in charge and I'd imagine It'll be the same for a lot of people, there is zero excitement, even when we win we haven't deserved to for a vast majority of games since he came in. Turgid #readingfc

@OxygenKohlii18 Was side on for this dismissal & whole stand thought he’d edged it for 6 initially. Perfect delivery for a fast bower

It’s been 7 years, but still the same question. How ? 🤯

@ReadingFC They’ll churn out more garbage with that line up. Keane is miles off it & means sacrificing Doyle playing 10. Best performance last Saturday in ages & completely changes side & shape afterwards. RW at LB, Lane & Young on wings, with Doyle at 10. Sorted.

TEAM NEWS How we line up in Stevenage this afternoon.

@talkSPORT Proper head wobble. Neymar was unreal player just had bad attitude and was directly compared to Messi and CR7. But to say Saka is better is laughable, Saka is a good player but I would say most overhyped player in the prem.

🔥 "The most overrated player ever..." 🤯 "Is he better than Saka? No. Give me Saka." Jamie O'Hara nearly stormed out after hearing "complete rubbish & guff" from Jason Cundy on Neymar...

@ReadingFC Ref by a distance MOM for Reading. Joel should’ve been off after 30 seconds and no idea how he didn’t tie a pen against Yids. Another win from a truly terrible performance, barely out of our own area in second half against Burton Albion! Dear me.

Full time and King Kelv seals a MASSIVE three points in Burton! UP THE DING!💙