Jammer

Reading f.c fan. FPL tragic. Guitars. dogfather. Proud englishman living in sydney, australia.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Dispiriting events at Reading should concern everyone in English football. Fans are lied to, players and an impressive manager are let down, and so are staff. A thoughtless, heartless owner damages a historic club. It’s another warning to all in football. If we tolerate this, then your club could be next.

Fans at some other clubs fear similar pain or just feel relief to have escaped danger. Many will simply focus on their own form and fortunes. Football’s tribal. Most headlines revolve around the big names, the big games like Manchester City versus Arsenal. But Reading embody the pyramid, a local beacon and hub for nurturing talent. Neil Webb started there. The windfall from the Michael Olise deal helps sustain the club currently. Ted Drake learned his managerial trade at Reading before guiding Chelsea to their first title.

Football clubs are community assets and have to be protected from individuals like Dai Yongge wreaking such misery at Reading. He has his motives and his methods but none seem aligned to the club’s future wellbeing. He doesn’t communicate with fans. Reading FC Women withdrew from the Championship because of financial difficulties. Sustained mismanagement of the club has seen a failure to pay men’s players and HMRC lead to points deductions.

A proposed takeover by Rob Couhig, an American businessman welcomed by the fanbase, collapsed, leaving Yongge still in charge and supporters still in torment and again asking questions. Does Yongge really want to sell? If the club goes under is it then all about valuable real estate? Would administration and another points deduction actually be better than this shambles?

And so Reading fans rally again, fighting for their club’s life. But Yongge doesn’t listen. He doesn’t appear to care about the negativity his ownership brings to the door of the dressing-room. Ruben Selles and his whole-hearted squad give everything they can on the field, and sit a defiant 12th in League One, but they aren’t detached from the mess. It must be dismaying and distracting.

Losing Selles would be a disaster. He’s doing a good job in trying circumstances. If he left, Selles would be picked up swiftly by a better run club. Reading fans post messages of support to Selles and his squad. They will back them loudly at Bolton Wanderers today. It’s about finding the balance between demonstrating support for the team while demonstrating against the owner.

Much is right about Reading: committed fanbase, stadium, training ground, the attitude of manager, squad and club staff. It’s just the owner. It’s a nightmare that Reading are living through. And it’s a cautionary tale all football needs to heed. #ReadingFC #EFL

[Jammer @Jammerocksgood]

@HinduMonkey Who woulda thought Mr bean gets out of the group of death?

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@HinduMonkey Green wing

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@FFScout_Joe There’s a show called the patriot. In Australia it’s on prime. Dunno about uk. Best thing I’ve seen in a year or two

[Sell Before We Dai @SellBeforeWeDai]

Incredible stuff from #BHAFC fans tonight on the TV. Thank you 💙🤍

#SellBeforeWeDai #ReadingFC

[Talk Reading @TalkReading]

To those that don’t know our story…

Dai Yongge took over Reading days before the club’s Championship play-off final in 2017.

Since then:
• Relegation to the third tier for the first time in 22 years
• A total of 16 points deducted
• A 5 year transfer embargo
• Multiple missed HMRC payments
• Extreme cost cutting including redundancies, no hotels before away games and microwaved pre-match meals
• CEO selling our most valuable assets behind the back of our manager and DoF
• Not a single interview with the public

With Reading now in the League One relegation zone, protest action is a cry for help to save our club from extinction.

Dai Yongge Out. #readingfc

[Tom @SaturdayRoyal]

This reel from @JmlJourno is class 👏

#ReadingFC #DaiYonggeOut #SellBeforeWeDai @SellBeforeWeDai

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Following yesterday, many have commented about the support #PVFC fans showed & their understanding

Reading fans have begun to donate to a fundraiser for a statue of a legendary ex manager that @ValeSupporters have set up as way of thanks, link attached

https://t.co/8zU6XImxPs

[Tash Everitt @natashaeveritt7]

It’s very easy to sit in your ivory tower and not pay much attention to what’s going on at Reading

The reality is this could easily happen to your club. You’d be crying out for support from the rest of the football world just like Reading are right now.

[Jammer @Jammerocksgood]

@JudgeRaymondo @blunderwoman97 Shame to block for an opinion, but, here we are!

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@stan_chow

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@bglendenning very moving and honest moon under water, baz. Beautiful

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@northeastroyal @BrendyTheFrenzy I was gonna text you that, but forgot!!!

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@Basel29420067 @coderr1x @RedDeadKratos @MeneerDrap @StokeyyG2 Bot.

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@HeckinGoodDogs She might look mean. She would show you where the valuables are

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@bettersafetynet @mrmrleonard

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@Sub7anahu @0ffline987 @nlgcbpn @nocontextfooty Takes like this is why Twitter is shit

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@DestinyTheGame Getting Covid the day iron banner dropped was handy, really. I’d say 30-40 hours. Heavy grind. Luckily had alts and previous armour

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@maxrushden Brilliant!