Birmingham and Reading - scary stuff.

[Tummy Burger]

Reading will go down, and I will laugh for hours on end.

As will I.......... A LOT. Does that make me a bad person ?.

 

[bhaexpress]

Birmingham are in free fall thanks to the chaos off the off the field. Reading are down but by no means out, it's just that their chairman in starting to lose interest and as such has got tired of subsidising the team. I think they will pull out of this but not so sure about Brum.

It's a warning of what could happen to us though, enjoy it as long as it lasts. Don't forget that it wasn't so long ago that Reading were the same as we were, a nothing team making up the numbers in the bottom leagues.

 

[Smythe]

I know people are saying it's only 6 games gone and is still early which it is........but already we have a 12 point advantage over Reading and 10 points over several teams i though would be challenging top 6, I'm not saying they still won't be and I'm sure we'll go through our own dodgy patch (although we didn't last year) but 10-12 point gaps are bloody hard to make up in such a competitive division as this one!!!
.....and I would love to see Reading relegated!!!!

 

[alan partridge]

I think when you said "scary", you meant to say "funny".

that's a like

Infact, can we have a 'like' feature on here?

It's a bit of a pointless post me telling Edna that her post made me laugh, but I would like to give it some appreciation.

carry on

 

[NMH]

I know people are saying it's only 6 games gone and is still early which it is........but already we have a 12 point advantage over Reading and 10 points over several teams i though would be challenging top 6, I'm not saying they still won't be and I'm sure we'll go through our own dodgy patch (although we didn't last year) but 10-12 point gaps are bloody hard to make up in such a competitive division as this one!!!
.....and I would love to see Reading relegated!!!!

Which team have you been following then?
We sure enough DID go through a dodgy patch, I think there was a whole month where we gained a paltry couple of points from about 5 or 6 games.
The great thing was, that other rival sides were either playing each other or similarly sucking in their games at the same time. Gus even commented on the almost-conspiracy to keep us above them and not take advantage of our bad spell.
But we certainly did have a dodgy period - or two!

 

[Hove Seagull]

League one could have a glut of "big" clubs next year. Birmingham, Reading, Huddersfield, both Sheffield clubs, Charlton, and Palace ( not included as big). Amazing the ups and downs in football. Just really enjoying our up!

 

[Another Berkshire Seagull]

6 games gone lads really come on

Brum only played 4 games. Definately too early to say.

Always suspected Reading wouldn't be a play-off side again without Shane Long but I'd be surprised if they dont have enough to comfortably stay in this league.

 

[NMH]

So, now that Birmingham are mid-table with a game in hand, this thread has suddenly wobbled with one 'big name team' off the radar.
And why shouldn't Reading be struggling, are they anything special because they had a moment or two in the Premier?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Once Birmingham manage to play their postponed game against Burnley, they'll overhaul Palace and tip our friends from Croydon just a little bit further down the table.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Oh, come on now, I know it's early, and twenty five or so years of following this club means I am always expecting the next defeat is just around the corner, but equally, there is nothing wrong with enjoying, just for the moment, our current position. And laughing at Reading's. Or any other clubs'.

No, I don't actually expect them to finish down there, and I've no intention of going on their messageboard and larging it up, as I know only too well how the twists and turns of life can often leave you looking like a stroker of Nigel Adkins proportions. But please, allow me to enjoy the fact that they are doing badly AT THE CURRENT TIME, and to wish them 100% on-field misfortune.

 

[Agent_Torpor]

Newcastle knew what they were doing w/ Hughton/Pardew.

For all the stick Ashley gets, 90% of his moves have been spot on.

 

[Weststander]

There were banks of empy seats at the Ricoh. Reasons why we need to enjoy the good times.

They never have rally filled it since leaving Highfield. Hasn't coincided with a wealthy owner & quality team.

 

[Weststander]

Newcastle knew what they were doing w/ Hughton/Pardew.

For all the stick Ashley gets, 90% of his moves have been spot on.

Sunderland fans will be pleased with Ashley's continued ownership.

The club's claims to spend the Carroll, Nolan & Enrique monies, just didn't materialise.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Reading's shite start is simply down to having a shite squad..
In the past few years they must've made £25 million from selling the likes of Sigurdsson, Doyle, Long, Mills, Matejovsky, Hunt etc and have spent barely any of the money they've made.
It's all very well keeping the club financially secure, but the fans won't see it that way when they're straight down to League One because of it.
Not that I'm complaining- long may it continue.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Hmmm. I feel sorry for fans of clubs being screwed over by unscrupulous owners- which isn't actually all that many of the ones who've ended up in financial trouble really- but laughing at other teams' misfortunes on the pitch is what football is all about. A bit of schadenfreude is part of the game. Would be dull otherwise.

Do I feel sorry for Reading's fans because their team has been shit lately? Absolutely not, I find it highly amusing. Wasn't that long that we could only look on with envy at their set up and on-field success, and their ability to pinch the likes of Sidwell and Coppell from our grasp.

Well screw them, the worm has turned, and now it's our go. We've put up with more grief than most over the last twenty years and I for one plan to enjoy every minute of the current high period. Let Reading curse and moan and look on enviously at us for once. Feel pity for them? Not on your life.

Post of the week!

 

[NMH]

In the bottom three, not long out of the Prem, just goes to show how fortunes can be reversed.

Doesn't it.

Really, I couldn't forget this unbelievably silly thread, when BCFC had dropped only through not having bloody played, and Reading weren't too far in arrears either.

Reading are currently 5th
Birmingham City have a game in hand (against Portsmouth) which *could* put them 6th.

What WAS "scary stuff"?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

And we've dropped down to 14th because of their win tonight.

 

[Brighton TID]

Imagine how scared shitless those tottenham fans must have been at the kick off to the season to see their team near the bottom of the table (on alphabetical order).