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[ali dunne @alidunne10]

No excuses for that second half display, players should be ashamed of that... #readingfc

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[ali dunne @alidunne10]

I've tried hard and have patience with him, but paddy Lane is terrible #readingfc

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@andygoldstein05 The funniest and yet most frustrating podcast I've ever listened too, good stuff....

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@Sonny_MUFC Congrats mate hope all goes well

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

A master piece...

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

Ruud Gullit's face watching this wine tasting guy. 😂😂😂

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

Still one of the best

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

"It's heartbreaking!" 💔

Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist discuss the current situation at Reading, after they sold Sam Smith to Wrexham!

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

It always rains and always pours ! #readingfc

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@Sonny_MUFC Few nibbles here sonny !

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

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[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

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

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[ali dunne @alidunne10]

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[ali dunne @alidunne10]

🐐 the best ever

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🚨 On this day, 21 years ago, Ronaldinho, the man who made a whole generation of fans fall in love with football, signed for Barcelona. ❤️

To celebrate, we created a thread of his best moments for the club. Sit back and enjoy. 🙌🍿🧵

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@TheEastEndPoet Have a good holiday Chris! 🌞

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@thomasutrI Morning Thomas

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

Best news I've heard all day

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Sunderland ‘Til I Die is coming back for a final series on February the 13th.

Can’t bloody wait.

[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

[ali dunne @alidunne10]

@paddypower @OfficialPDC #dieharddarts of course !