Reading Fan

By the way I can actually read German - just don't ask me to write it .... :-) The Reading fans forum (Hobnob) is very active and such discussions are very common ... Back to Robert Beric - according to our local paper, we're still interested but it looks like it won't happen and you can keep him at least for another season: http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/reading-fc-transfers-steve-clarke-9609047

Would love to - Benteke to score the goals, Messi to create them?

Sorry! Don't think we've ever signed a Belgian player for Reading ....

He's Portuguese - signed from Legia Warsaw - Orlando Sa. So we now have: Sa, Pogbrenyak (slow and very high earner - 1 year left on his contract and not leaving unfortunately), Samuel (academy product), Cox (signed last year - works hard, but lacks killer instinct, so I suspect might leave soon; and is injured currently). Most of last year we played good possession football - our new manager Steve Clarke used to be assistant manager at Chelsea with Mourinho - but we just didn't score enough goals. It was painful to watch. We have one very fast and good winger (Gareth McCleary) - but need another LW to complement him. Generally the expectation among the Reading fans is that if we sign one or two good players, we should be pushing for promotion this season .... and last season was just a negative blip. We'll see if it will be with Beric or not. I think our big Russian - Pogbrenyak - would probably do very well in Austria ... but unfortunately he earns too much and doesn't want to leave. He was signed by our idiot Russian previous owner, who came and spent lots of money he didn't have and then disappeared. And now we're left with players on massive wages who don't want to leave.

No - there are two separate rules. This one is one agreed by the UK Leagues on their own - after the disasters of teams like Portsmouth. But what was a good idea initially - limiting teams to lose only a certain amount of money each year (or face a transfer embargo and/or financial penalties) - has just turned into the usual farce, with clubs cheating etc. QPR broke the rules so much that they should really pay a penalty of £60million (I shit you not!) but no one believes this will happen and QPR are continuing to spend more than anyone else now they're back in the Championship ...

How would you describe Beric as a player - from the YouTube videos most of his goals look pretty simple close range finishes. Is he fast, good at headers? Or is he just good at being 'in the right place, at the right time' - i.e. a clinical finisher? Hard to know - our Thai owners have not really stated their intentions. I think the main issue for us are the Financial Fair Play regulations which means we are not allowed to spend too much money each season ... although these have really not worked so far, as clubs like QPR have just ignored them and seem to be getting away with it. I do not think Reading will bid 5 million Euro up front either way.

Greetings from a Reading Fan - been reading about the proposed transfer of Beric to our club; very strange as contrary to what is being reported in your media, my club is not rich and I'm very surprised that we're bidding anything close to 5 million Euros for your player. Reading were owned by a Russian who almost ruined our club financially a few years ago and which explains why we finished 19th last season (but the Austrian press is not reporting that we played Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final last season and almost beat them and that even though we finished 19th we were 10 points above the relegation zone) - but we have a new ambitious manager and the club has been owned by Thai owners since last year. But over the last year they've almost spent nothing on the team .... and until recently it seemed to be going the same way. Now suddenly we've spent £1 million on a striker from Poland and there is talk of spending even more on Beric ... I'd be sorry for us to take your top striker from you as I've got a soft spot for Rapid - I've been to see them a few times and your fans are just amazing .... and I hope you make it to the CL this season!