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30 June 2009 @ 08:43 pm
What more can i say.....?  
Kevin Doyle has left Reading FC and joined Wolves on a 4 year deal! got up this morning and this was the first thing i saw in the papers, only for sky sports to say that wovles were going to announce the deal later on in the morning!!! yes i knew he was more likely to leave than stay at the club but on a personal level im gutted!!! he was without a doubt my favourite player and he has come a long way since joining us four years ago from Cork City. He has become a regular with Reading and broke into the Republic of Ireland squad, becoming a first-teamer there too!!! He will be a great loss to the club this season and im not sure how we are going to replace him (no offence to Shane Long and Noel Hunt because i love them too, but Doyle was mine and the club's number one striker)!!!!???

he has scored so many goals for us, but there are several that will alwasy remain my favourites....
1. v Leicester (a) 2005/06 - 1-1: the goal that took us upto the premiership...will never be forgotten among Reading fans!
2. v Coventry (a) 2005/06 - this was the celebration that i have got a signed picture of (a present for my 21st!) - a very early goal from Doyle that season! great celebration too.
3. v Man U 2006/07 - WHAT A PENALTY???!!! calm and cool as he took the penalty against Man U at the mad stad in front of a full house! put us 1-0 up!!! what a day!!!
4. v Bolton (a) 2006/07 - losing 1-0 and who pops up and score two of our three goals that won us the game...?? DOYLE!!! que 'super kev' and 'we all dream of a team of kevin doyle's'!!!!
5. v Derby (a) 2007/08 - not a great year for the club what with relegation..a dry spell of 21 games without a goal for Doyle as well.....but this one was worth the wait on the last day of the season.....fantastic goal and celebration to follow (just shame about the ending!!)

just a few of my faves becasue i would be here forever if i named all of them!! on a personal level i was lucky enough to meet him on several occasions both at the football club and at work (used to come in every now again, will miss that now!) was always someone whom it was never too much trouble to stop and both talk and sign for fans! which is a rarity these day!! so what id like to say, is thanks for the last four years Doyle, all your hard work is going to be missed around the club and good luck at Wovles, will def be keeping an eye on their games now!!! Wovles fans - youve got a great player and a fantastic person coming to your club!!!!  
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stacey
24 June 2009 @ 08:54 pm
a crappy day that needs cheering up...  
...and there is only one way to do that....pictures...enjoy Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket eta - also by any chance has anyone got taylor swift's 'love story'??? be listening to it on youtube in relation to a arthur/gwen video and fits these two so well, trying to make my own, but cant find the song anywhere
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stacey
18 June 2009 @ 08:05 pm
Royals start of against Forest....again  
Finally that time of the off season i love!! Fixtures!! they came out yesterday and its a sense of havent i seen that before! Last season Reading started their season off against Nottingham Forest away and this time it is the reverse fixture, with Forest coming to the mad stad on august 8th!! the following week we travel to Newcastle (boumsong trying to get up for that one!). Its also worked out well because when im in Las Vegas, we have got Barnsley away (which although i would have loved to have gone as not been there, just glad that its not a home match). Also on October 24th, we have got Leicester at home, which is ideal for walking_miracle who is coming over that weekend!!! they were nice to us again :) 

other important fixtures are boxing day, which sees us home to Swansea and then last game of the season, which sees us home to Preston! cant believe we got first and last game of the season at home, as well as boxing day! wohoooo!!!

in other football news, Wolves have signed Marucs on a one year deal, with the option of an extention - good luck to him! i just love the irony that we didnt think he was good enough to give a new deal, yet a premiership team have signed him as cover!!???confused i am??!!!!

as for work, had a uber CRAPPY day. spent 6 and a half hours for a 7 hours shift on the fucking till!!!!!!!! and have been in since ten to 8!!!!!!! went over 4 and half hours before i even got a break, becasue there were 6 of us running 3 departments and suprise suprise which department was covering everyone else, while having queues out of the queuing system all bloody day!!!???? mine!!! and me covering the other departments!

not only that but now my parents have decided that we arent going to Hampton Court this weekend for the Henry VIII's coronation event, which ive been looking forward to for weeks, even changed my saturday rota which now means im working 4 saturday's in a row!!! Cant bloody believe that either, they could have told me sooner if they didnt want to go, could have worked this saturday and then had an extra 2 days onto my holiday in July, instead of now having to work!!!!!! thanks a bloody lot parents!!! 

ok off to try and calm down now and try to relax - fat chance of that though, dad and brother just walked in!!! think im going to go and shut myself upstairs armed with my dvds!! 
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stacey
12 June 2009 @ 08:36 pm
perfect solution to a crap week.....  
at TV sesions of Merlin and Supernatural! yep still trying to get through all my dvds! its taking me longer than i thought they would. have been so tired when ive gotten home from work, i have just crashed! telling you the truth here but i did not see the second half of the football on wednesday night and for me not to watch footy is almost unheard of!!!!! i put a dvd on at night before i go to bed and i swear i dont see passed the first 10 mins!!! crazy i know!!

so as i am babysitting tonight, i am going to make myself comfortable on the sofa and enjoy an evening in with some of my favourite boys!!!! what more could a girl ask for?????(my dad seems to think everyone is obsessed with bradley, colin, jensen and jared at the moment, as me and a few mates keep watching the shows!!! and he would be right about that too!!! :) ).  last night he told me and mum off for watching Grey's!!!! he wanted to watch the cricket and we wouldnt let him!!! too bloody right as well, he's not watching that when our programmes are on!!! 

i need to recover esp as we have wait for it.................11 people off next week!!!! thats bloody madness as far as im concerned, we dont have enough when everyone is in let alone with 11 off!!!! 6 are on holiday all week, 2 on long term sick and the rest have got serveral days off during the week!! am doing earlies myself next week, so got to get up at 6am!! :( yuck!! only plus side is i get to finish early :) yippeeeee!!!

football wise - not much happening at reading really, backroom staff has been made offical now! gunnarsson is still mulling over his new contract offer (was the only one out the 5 out of contract ones to even get offered a new deal) , no sign of new players yet and no one has left that is still under contract, espect july will be busier! :( although heard today that wolves are after marcus for next season!!!! good luck to him!
and of couse everyones favourite number 7 at man u....(well not everyones obviously) --- yippeeeee he's going!!!!! i know he's a good player and all that, but cant say ill be sorry to see him leave man u! there might be some more focus on the rest of the team now and not just him and his tantrums! £80 million thank you very much Real!!!!! great bit of business Fergie!!

right i can hear my TV boys calling me, so thats all from me for now!
ps. walking_miracle - hopefully catch up soon and mightypretty - will call you tomorrow
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stacey
05 June 2009 @ 08:11 pm
Rogers in for Coppell!  
Over the last 48 hours Reading FC have announced Brendan Rogers as the man who will succeed Steve Coppell as manager. Rogers signed a three-year deal with the Royals.

 To be honest he wasnt my first choice personally, but it will be interesting now to see what happens in regards to the transfer market! also glad that they have finally sorted the post out, as i had a strange feeling that we were going to take forever to appoint a new manager. He is also meant to bringing with him his backroom staff from Watford as well including Frank Lampard Snr!!! (mightypretty - father v son match on august 1st!!!), so at least we will get some new fresh ideas (thats whats worrying me with Rogers because of his previous links to the club, but am hoping he will prove me wrong!) However Rogers will also keep Sal Bibo (goalkeeping coach), which is great news as this provides the new manager with someone who already knows the players at the club and therefore can help him develop the team.

cant wait for start of season now! roll on for pre-season! 
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stacey
02 June 2009 @ 07:03 pm
why oh why  
back to work today and really wasnt looking forward to it! not just becasue its work but becasue its so nice out! its actually warmer inside my work place and outside!!! im not kiding u its crazy, lost track the amount of drink ive had today! wouldnt have been so back if it had been raining but the fact that its nice out makes it worse, anyway only 7 more weeks and then im off again!! wohooo counting the days!

just seen the new moon tralier and it looks good, cant wait for november to come around now! must re-read the book again first though! :)

thank you to all of you who sent my birthday wishes, i had a great time. went out for lunch and spent the afternoon with my little cousin, who i swear just gets cuter by the day, cant believe she will be 3 in july!!!! to mightypretty - am gonig to watch my merlin dvds as soon as i get off of here, i cant wait, thank you so much :hugs: the card is fantastic too! love it all!!!

also a note to mightypretty, walking_miracle and cocky toad - saturday night was so much fun!! was like the 'good old' days when we all used to stay up till 2/3am chatting away! we should do it more often. thememoryslides and flyingaimlessly - it was shame you werent around, we re-claimed what we started :lol:

anyway am off to watch said merlin dvds and swoon over bradley james!! :thud:
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stacey
27 May 2009 @ 11:49 am
We're all going on a summer holiday...  
well not quite!! ive got a week off from work, so its still a holiday!!! had to work bank holiday monday but now im off till next tuesday!!!!
had a great day yesterday and im so glad the weather held out, as took my mum to the tower of london!! i think we spent about 5 hours walking around it (the new Henry VIII's exibition in the white tower was fantastic!). spent lots of money on books in their shops (brought a couple of alison weir books that ive been trying to get hold of for a while now, as i wasnt the whole set and one on Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots). but both me and mum were shattered by the time we got home!!! 

more than likely going to Hampton Court on June 20th as they are having a coronation day as their part in the Henry VIII celebrations and from looking at what theyve got planned its going to be fantastic (mightypretty - do u fancy coming??). theyve also got a few more new exibitions that id love to see and what better weekend to go!

having a lazy day today and then watching the champions league final - COME ON UNITED! then tomorrow meeting some friends for lunch and might go out with family in the evening for my birthday, not sure yet, if not we will go on saturday! its just so nice not having to go into work :) 
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stacey
19 May 2009 @ 06:38 pm
He's M.U.R.T.Y!!!!  

The heading says it all!!!! since tuesday's result against burnley meaning that we didnt end up in the playoff final on may 25th, alot has happened at the Mad Stad!!!

First Coppell resigns on tuesday night, then Downes and Dillon go on weds, followed by MURTY, MARCUS, DOOBS and LITA being released by the club (they were all out of contract in the summer and were told by nicky hammond that they werent going to be renewed) - only Gunnarsson got an extention. While i wasnt shocked at the others, I was with Murty!!! this guy has been so much more than a captain to the club!! he IS Reading FC!!! he has been at the club for ten years and while this season hasnt been his best because of injury, i can say on behalf on the reading fans, this is one player that we will miss around the club!! adn within the community!

the plus side is we will be able to get to say goodbye to him and thank him for everything he has done for the club on jul 21st!! as it was announced that his testimonial will go ahead. its going to be the current team v the championship winning team of 05/06!!! so not only is Murty going to be there, but Marcus, Coppell, etc will be back!! it will be interesting to see if they get Sidwell, Shorey, Oster, Convey back too!!  but either way its going to be a great send off for all of them, but esp the man in question!!!  MURTY IS A LEGEND AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!! another aspect that i will miss, is him and Karen Murty being on the radio the monday after a game! not many players would take the abuse he has over the radio from fans week in week out when the team hasnt preformed, and i doubt that none would come onto the radio the day after we get relegated and spend 2 and a half hours on teh radio answering calls from the fans!!! he's going to be ireplaceable in so many respects and i will wear my Number shirt 2 with pride and i hope that he does come back when he can!! (will be looking out for who he joins thats for sure, my money is Charlton with Parkinson!!!)

i have been lucky enough to mee Murty and Marcus on several occasions (from before the game at the players enterance to the book signing with Marucs in dec 07 and the BBC Sports award show a few years ago). On big occasions like the award show, both players took the time to come, meet and talk to me for a long time about a variety of things, including the football obv! :) this made the night even more special as i had won the tickets for voting for Murty to win sports personality of the year!

Two more mentions go to all the other departing members of the club! its an end of an era and its going to be interesting to see what happens next. the last few season have been some of the best in the clubs history and we will never forget whats happened!! Thanks to all that helped that happen. And the second mention goes to Karen Murty and Amanda Hahnemann, who have done so much work over the last few years within the community and raising money for serveal local charities! this has been majorly successful and they to will be a hard act to follow!!

 

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stacey
11 May 2009 @ 04:39 pm
One last game..  
to show us what they can do!!! so the season all comes down to tomorrow's game at the mad stad against burnley!!! everything crossed please people! i for one am going to be going into work with no voice on weds. the first leg at burnley wasnt too bad, until BIkey's 7 mins of madness, which cost us the game! IDIOT!! we have always said that bikey can be the difference for a game on many occasions and on saturday he was!!!! there was no need for him to pull the shirt of the attacker, we were 7 mins from a 0-0 (burnley hadnt threatenedusa much at all) and well what he did afterwards was just a disgrace!! after what had happened with drogra, etc midweek, Bikey should have known better and deserves everything that gets thrown at him!! (2 week fine and a 4 week ban!!! to dam right!)

not only that but we are also going to be without Doyle, who picked up an achilles injury on saturday and left turf moor on cruches!! :( :(. sad thing is that was possibly his last game for Reading (am not holding out much hope that he'll be there next season). just hope that my boys can do the business tomorrow!! everything crossed please.

as for my lack of activity on here - having computer troubles so will get on as soon as i can after the game!! if ive managed to calm down either way!

also heard that John Oster has been let go from Crystal Palace, so he's looking for a new club! fingers crossed he gets one! 
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stacey
06 May 2009 @ 06:55 pm
people who let you down!!!  
Why the fuck do people even bother when they saw that they want to go somewhere and then after 3 days of waiting for other people to make their minds up to they turn around and say no they arent going now!!???? WHAT IS THE BLOODY POINT???

that was me this morning when my mates decided that they arent going to burnely now on saturday meaning ive got no one to go with!!! why didnt they just tell me that in the first place on sunday instead of making me wait till today!!!???? so thats it now, not going to what is portentially one of the biggest games of the season!!! still fumming even now!!!! 
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stacey
03 May 2009 @ 04:48 pm
season not over yet...  
GUTTED!! thats all i can say to be honest!! playoffs here we come!
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stacey
28 April 2009 @ 07:19 pm
There's only one SHANE LONG!!  
How I am still awake i dont know!!!??? got back from norwich at 2.15am and then was up for work at 5.15am!!!! then compelted an 8 hour shift at work, followed by running round the garden with my little cousin!!!  CRAZY i know, but i tell you something i wouldnt have missed laast night for anything!!! left the mad stad about 2pm yesterday and got to norwich just before kick off (literally got there with 5 mins to spare - enough time to blow up balloons for inflatable day!!) great effort everyone!

first half was ok - nothing special, but the second half was fantastic! 2 goals for Shane Long gave Reading all 3 points (and what a couple of goals they were too) - so glad he got them, throughtly deserved them, as he played the lone-striker for most of the game (dont get me started on Kitson!). That means the win last night, sets it up for a fantastic game on sunday (well fantastic and nervous game) against Brum!!! i really dont think im going to be able to watch! there were moments last night that i was hiding behind my flag, so god knows what ill be like on sunday! i for one aim to get inside the gound to enjoy the atmosphere!! i cant believe its so bloody close, a few games ago really wasnt expecting promotion to go down to the last game of the season! If we beat brum and sheff utd either draw or lose against crystal palace then we are up (on goal difference, ironic as we went down on goal difference last season).

its on sky sports one for anyone that wants to watch and keep everything crossed for me! i had no voice left last night, so only knows what im going to be like on sunday!! work could be quiet on monday thats for sure!

boumsong -thank u so much for my present! i loved them. glad u got ures ok! going player hutting on sunday so see what i can do then for u too!
walking_miracle - so how was that then?? did u get to see the game??? am on earlies this week so probably wont get on much until friday night if u are around - there are lots of pictures on the RFC site that need iconing!!!!! 

right id better head off, not sure how much longer ill be able to stay awake and Barca v Chelsea just about to start!!

COME ON URZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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24 April 2009 @ 08:17 pm
gone but not forgotten...  
yes i am still alive! i know its been a while, but ive been having computer troubles for a while and its been driving me crazy! not sure how long the net is going to hold out, so im here for as long as it holds out!

work is crazy (well for me it is) its been really quiet this week (all kids back at school), but ive still got stacks to do! on earlies next week (going in for 7am! but on the plus side i get to finish early - 4 is the latest!). also becasue of the football being on sunday next weekend (last game of season! :() i am working on saturday, but that means i get monday off, so i can go to NORWICH!!! yay!!! thought i was going to have to miss it because sky moved it and had to work, but have managed to get monday off, so i can go! leaving at 2pm and probably wotn be back till about 2am! and then in work for 7, so means ill be up about 5am!!! mad i know, the things i do for my boys.

as for the football - well you all know whats been happening with Reading fc and in recent weeks, the preformances havent been great! ok to be honest ive been really worried! 0-0 against barnsley??WTF?? i wasnt happy (as were alot of people), but after the win on tuesday (Derby 0 Reading 2), there is abit more of a positive feel around the club! goals from Kitson and Long (Long does like scoring against derby 4 goals in last 3 games) put us back into 4th (on goal difference). it is all so close still and its going to go down to the last game of the season on May 3rd against Brum). We should have had 4 or 5 goals and believe me when we got 3 goals in the space of 8 mins dissallowed i thought it was going to be one of those games! but thank god we got the points.

Hopefully Doyle should be back for norwich and Murty is on his way back!! but doesnt look like Noel Hunt will be playing again this season, after picking up a fracture against Barnsley last saturday :( its a huge shame has hes had a great first season.

this weekend i tend to sleep and catch up on tv - ive got so much to catch up on its madness! ive got 4 tapes worth of shows to still see! i just havent had the time. also want to try and catch up on some reading - again this had suffered!

right i shall head off before i get kicked off, if you dont hear from me, you know why! COME ON URZZZZ!!
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31 March 2009 @ 07:48 pm
Reading Festival Line-up 2009  
so finally the line-up forthis years Reading Festival has been announced!! town was packed yesterday morning with people queuing for tickets, esp after the problems that so many had last year.

so here it goes:

Friday 28th Aug:Headliners -  Kings of Leon and Kaiser Chiefs, also includes, Placebo and Fall Out Boy
Saturday 29th Aug: Arctic Monkeys
Sunday 30th Aug: Headlines - Radiohead

ive also heard a ruomr that Snow Patrol are going to be there! but not sure if its true or not!

Might try and get a day ticket for the friday as going on holiday on 29th! but its the friday line-up im liking! if not i can always catch it on the interactive channel on bbc!
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stacey
22 March 2009 @ 05:44 pm
Oster v Reading  

had to use the above icon! it was John Oster playing against his former club again!! :) okay so until KO i was excited about seeing Oster playing again! but as soon as that whistle went well sorry Oster but Reading were the ones i was cheering for!

Got to Palace just after half 3, so headed round to the players enterance (always do as like to se my team arrive), but when we got round there Noel Hunt, Alex Pearce and Sal Bibo had just arrived (Noel and Pearce werent playing but had travelled with Bibo for the game), so u know me...i went up to Noel and asked if he would sign for me! and he did!!! also got into a converstation with him for about 5 mins, which was nice! i love it when players take the time to talk to the fans! he was really nice too! so my day started off ok!

and just for the fun of it i got Neil Warnock to sign my programme!!! i know im not biggest warnock fan (okay i really dont like the guy) but i couldnt resist it!! he was standing there signing for the palace fans and a few reading fans went up too so i thought what the hell??? and he did, was really suprised that he did, but...and yes you are reading this, its nice when oposition managers acknowledge the away fans too!!!

away fans sit on the side of the pitch at palace and not behind the goal, so it was a change! was 7 rows from the front which was also good. only weird thing about it was we were down the other end of the pitch from our players, so during the warm up couldnt watch our boys...so i watched Oster warm up! :) hehe!!! any excuse huh?? good to se him playing so well though! personally i thought Oster had a good game! he seems to have improved since moving to palace! he caught us out several times yesterday!

Cant really say alot about the match except should have had at least 2 penalties (im told 3 but i still need to re-watch the game to see that one!), suffered two injuries to Kebe and Gunnarsson, went down to ten men, after rosenior got sent off for two yellow cards and seemed to get a player booked almost everytime they went in for a tackle! and in some cases when the palace tackle was worse they escaped a card??? confused again ref???? i need to look at it again though, but parents said it looked like armstrong could well have been sent off for a tackle on Oster but wasnt, so we did escape something but that was the only thing!

didnt captalise on brum's draw either, which is annoying, its going down to that last game i swear!!!

today i watched London Irish beat Northampton in a great game at the mad stad on the tv (would have gone but being mothers day didnt think i should). it was the st patrick's day celebration at the mad stad (they have it every year and is a great atmosphere). final scored 32-27 so the celebration for the Irish are still carrying on!!!! a great weekend for rugby!!

back to work tomorrow which im not looking forward to. have had a great week off, both weather wise and doing things. went ot windsor on friday with my aunt and little cousin, which was fun. she throughly enjoyed it!! along another 9 weeks till my next week off. although have got this weekend to look forward to, as spending the weekend with mightypretty and we are going to the england match on saturday!! cant wait (mate can i call u tomorrow as going out for dinner later?)

anyway heres the pictures from the games yesterday:

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more pictures coming up as soon as i can upload them!




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18 March 2009 @ 05:09 pm
Bloody idiots!!!  
I cant believe it!!!! last away game of the season has been changed!!!! thats crazy!! it shold have been on 25th April (a saturday) and just found out that its been moved to the monday night!!! seriously WTF???? last away game of the season is always a good laugh and a fantastic atmosphere!!! they've just killed that now!!! how on earth are we meant to get a sell-out crowd of away fans on a monday night!!!! tv rights are killing the game!!! and spoiling it for the fans!!!
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14 March 2009 @ 09:39 pm
and it all comes crashing down  
seriously dont know where to start let alone finish!!!! another poor performance from my boys today! and well i can see us being in the play-offs now, esp as wolves and brum both won! :( dont like second guessing the gaffer but i really dont know why he made the changes that he did today! Gunnarson and Harper in for Marek and Cisse, Marcus back in for Feds and Kitson in for Doyle??? I mean WTF????? i can understand marcus for feds - get abit more experince behind the goal, but Kitson for Doyle????nope sorry there was no way that Dave Kitson should have walked straight back into the side, esp after everything he said about the club (but then again in my opinion he shouldnt even be back at the club!!!)

it was evident from watching before the game that he has not been 100% welcomed back no matter what the club says in the press, we saw it for our selves today! pre-match warm up, usually everyone is off in their little groups, defense, midfield, strikers and subs. this was true today except for the strikers. Doyle was off with the subs and Long and Kitson didnt even talk to each other (where as when its Doyle, Long and Noel Hunt u can see them talking over things together as a unit). also when they were running pre-match drills barely anyone spoke to Kitson (i.e when harper was trying to get everyone g'd up for the game, he did it to everyone except Kits!)  Will wait and see what happens there, but its got to be Doyle with Long or Noel for me!!!

would like to see Bikey back on tuesday for Doobs and also see Tabb and Noel back in the squad (wasnt sure why coppell went for 3 midfielders and 1 striker on the bench today, instead of having 2 and 2). Also the subs didnt make sense - Kebe for Hunty, Doyle for Long (who was having a great game) and Marek for Rosenior!????? i got all of them wrong today and thats unusal for me! 
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12 March 2009 @ 06:02 pm
Doyle on his future  

just found this on skysports.com

Doyle hopes to avoid decision

Striker enjoying Reading's push to win promotion

Last updated: 9th March 2009

Kevin Doyle is hoping he will not have to consider his future at Reading at the end of the season.

The Republic of Ireland striker signed a contract extension back in November following doubts about his long-term future at the Madejski Stadium.

He had been linked with a move to Aston Villa after Reading's relegation from the Premier League and the club are battling for an immediate return to the top flight.

Failure to win promotion from the Championship could lead to further questions about Doyle's situation, but the forward hopes that will not be the case.

Experience vital

"I hope I won't have a decision to make, but I do want to be playing in the Premier League," said Doyle in the Daily Mirror.

"I don't see any reason why we can't cope with the pressure that is going to go on now. We have been in this position a few years ago - and that sort of experience can be vital.

"Our players need to remember how we succeeded the last time."

Doyle is enjoying the Royals' push for promotion and is keen for manager Steve Coppell to be given money to spend if the club return to the Premier League.

He added: "It is enjoyable playing in a team that is mounting a promotion challenge. This is better than constantly looking over your shoulder and battling against relegation.

"In the Championship we go into every game believing we can win and that's why I'm enjoying this season.

"If we do go up I'm sure the chairman and the manager will have plans to strengthen the squad."

believe me- i hope he doesnt have to make that decision either! it was bad enough during the transfer window in the summer and january just gone, i cant got through it again! I dont want him to go, but have a feeling that if we dont go up, he'll go! :( so come on boys, get the job done!!!
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stacey
08 March 2009 @ 02:33 pm
Legends return!  
The legend that is Phil Parkinson returns to the Mad Stad on tuesday night with his Charlton team! while i love parky and know he will get a huge cheer when he comes back, we need those 3 points more than ever now, esp as both brum and wolves won at the weekend and we only got a point after a 2-2 draw with plymouth. however by rescuing a draw, we are stil up there and remain 4 points clear of Sheff Utd and Cardiff! Goals from Pearce (who looks likely to miss tuesdays game after having to have stiches in a nasty cut) and Kebe (yep thats right ive missed both of Kebe's goals this season!) brought us back from behind twice! although we had plenty of shots, with some great saves from the plymouth goalie and defence!

BUT also on tuesday, there will be another player who will be welcomed back to the mad stad and that is Glen Little! Little left the club in the summer to join Harry Rednapp at Portsmouth, but after Rednapp left and having suffered a few injuries, Little hasnt really featured in the pompey side! So he has re-joined us on-loan for the rest of the season, including the play-offs if we need him!!!! YAY!!! Alot of the fans were sorry to see Blakey leave, but unlike some players who shall remain nameless but u all know who i mean, Little was Reading through and through and an utter proffessional! He hasnt slagged of the club, players or the fans and just got on with playing football. He was always a fave amoung the fans and i cant wait to see him back at the club on tuesday! Welcome back Blakey, we've missed you!

walking_miracle - if u get this probably wont be around till at least wednesday,
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stacey
05 March 2009 @ 06:13 pm
The Captain and the Super-sub!!!  
What more can i say???? finally a win!!! 2-1 to us on tuesday against Sheffield Weds! sorry want wednesday fans, but we need that kick start!). Before the game i was liking the line-up, Tabb was in for his debut instead of Kebe and Noel Hunt was back in for Lita, who was out of the team completely and Shane Long was back on the bench! where he should have been all along! everything was going right, until just before half time and we went 1-0 down!!

however im not sure what coppell said to them at half time, but it did the job. they came out after the break and after a challenge from Stephen Hunt the game seemed to change. I dont know what it was, but that tackle seemed to have a postitve effect on the way they played and to me was the turning point of the game. The after an attack from Wednesday, Doobs cleared the ball and that was it, set them off. Marek put the cross in, which was found by Doyle's head! Que me and every other Reading fan going MAD!!! and to top it off, Doyle did my fave celebration (standing on the advertising boards!!and i wasnt there :(), but such a great moment, which will be iconed as soon as i get a chance, the pictures are just too good!!! he got booked for it but i dont care now, becasue as of last saturday, if a player picks up a 5th yellow card he just gets a warning from the FA, not a suspension! plus that was a goal worth celebrating (his first as captain too!!!)

Got abit of a scare not long after, when Doyle went down holding his knee after a challenge! was down for a while, but after Jon Fern looked at him he was back on the pitch! Noel then went off and super-sub Shane Long came off the bench! im sorry for but he is out best player to come off the bench and im not sure why he was left out of  the squad the last few weeks, but i want him on the bench for the rest of the season now! there have been so many games that he has come off the bench and scored us some vital goals to get us points and he didnt disappoint again on tuesday! he'd oly been on the pitch for a few mins and well the scoreline said it all 2-1 to the ROYAL!!!! wohooo!!!! my mum and i were going crazy!! and that was just listening to the radio! god knows what i would have been like if id been there! gutted i missed it, dam work! had a scary 5 mins at the end, but we managed to hang on thanks for vital clearances from Doobs, Feds and Long!! just hoping that we can kick-start rest of the season now, becasue typically we win a game and so do Wovles and Brum!! :( 

Plymouth on saturday (away) so fingers crossed.

Happy birthday to thememoryslides (mel) :hugs: have a fantastic day hun!! 
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