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[fatboy]

STAND UP READING AND Cambridge United for Scrooge-like tendencies towards a fellow in trouble.

They were the only two clubs out of 15 who refused to write off any debt owed to them by Exeter City under the terms of a corporate voluntary agreement.

In Cambridge’s case, the sum involved was only £938. Even Brighton & Hove Albion, not exactly the most cash-rich club and one with its own troubles such as being homeless, agreed to write off half of the £7,638 it was owed.

By so doing, Brighton and 12 other clubs ensured that Exeter could pay its own players. Perhaps they don’t celebrate Christmas in Reading or Cambridge.

 

[Hilton]

Macclesfield Owed £60, Accepted £30
Rochdale Owed £7, Accepted £3.50
Southend United Owed £35, Accepted £17.50

 

[Lush]

Can understand Cambridge - but Reading!!!!?

FFS.

 

[On the Left Wing]

Cambridge United are up shit creek without a paddle and have a director similar to Archer and Hamilton

They were one of a handful of clubs who OFFICIALLY supported the Wear Red for Wrexham day on Saturday and they have been really supportive of us .... please don't judge them on face value!

 

[fatboy]

Reading =

 

[saafend_seagull]

£7 owed to Rochdale?! half time refreshments?!

What the hell was that for?

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Rochdale Owed £7, Accepted £3.50

Now I would have paid that for them!

 

[StephenWrexhamFc]

Cambridge are in a bad way.
I've got a contact in their trust who I keep in touch with and would like to help them in any way in the future.

 

[Albion Rob]

Reading FC is a business.
Madejski wants us to be run like a business.
If somebody owed you money, would you want them to pay it back?
Why should Exeter be able to write it all off?


And what the f*** is this to do with the FANS.
Its absolutely NOTHING to do with us.

Any attempt to defend such action only makes the original act look more pathetic.

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

Bear in mind that Reading took Exeter's manager to be head of their youth development scheme.

How much compensation did they give Exeter City for that?

 

[Man of Harveys]

What, Reading nicking someone else's talent and not compensating them properly for it? Surely not...

 

[Albion Rob]

Why?
If somebody owes you money, but then suddenly says they can't pay you back, then what do you do?
Its wages for Adie Whitbread, why shouldn't we want paying back?
We did them a favour by loaning them a player, and they're not paying the money back.
Lets face it, Madejski didn't get rich by letting people pay him half of what they owed.
Whats the point in a contract if clubs can walk away from it?

The club that you should be comdemning is Exeter, for not being respectable enough to pay back money that they owe, not Reading, for asking for the money.

Never lend what you cannot afford to lose.

Look, whatever way you look at it it is a pretty shaby thing to do. The only other club to not reach a compromise is one that could be going to the wall.

Yes, if someone owed me money then I would expect it to be paid back, however the equivalent would be someone owing me about a tenner and if they had just lost their job or been screwed over in a divorce then I'm sure I could defer payment or just write it off altogether.

Reading's stance is basically mean but what goes around comes around, I guess.

 

[fatbadger]

Reading FC is a business.
Madejski wants us to be run like a business.
If somebody owed you money, would you want them to pay it back?
Why should Exeter be able to write it all off?


And what the f*** is this to do with the FANS.
Its absolutely NOTHING to do with us.

Well, if enough of you made the necessary representations to Madejski, perhaps he will reconsider. Or, if enough of you had made a stink about this originally, something could have been done then. You know - like in the way that clubs who had arranged pre-season friendlies with Franchise Scum FC were forced to reconsider due to the strength of feeling amongst their fans.

And, by the way, it's the attitude that football is only about business which lends intellectual credence to the kind of scum who f*** over football clubs. Football is about community (among other things, including business). Pity Madejski won't think about that, isn't it?

Stop defending him - criticise him, and be a football fan and write to him, expressing your dismay as a Reading fan at his attitude. Unless you agree with him, of course, as you seem to.

 

[El Presidente]

Business is business, but there is more to life than that, and the other clubs have shown decency and consideration for someone in a worse financial position than themselves.

Majedski, however, is a selfish twat. (note no reference to the Reading fans, most of whom on here I like)

 

[fatbadger]

I do agree with him.

I'm behind him on this one.

You agree with him that business considerations should be the sole basis of his relationship with football? f***ing hell.

Oh well, so be it. Presumably, we won't be seeing you at any fansunited events? After all, on a strictly commercial basis, Alex Hamilton is doing absolutely the right thing at Wrexham, and Bill Archer did absolutely the right thing with us.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I do agree with him.
He's run the club effectively as a businessman, and got us to where we are now, not by accepting 50p in the pound.

You'd be very proud of the business-focused leadership of Mssrs Archer and this Wrexham chairman then?

Jesus, the arrogance of the supporters of this piss-pot arriviste club seems to know no limits. Let's hope that selfishness doesn't come back and bite them in the arse when Majeski wants a new toy.

 

[Albion Rob]

I do agree with him.
He's run the club effectively as a businessman, and got us to where we are now, not by accepting 50p in the pound.
He resented Leicester city's success after they accepted 10p in the pound from most of thier creditors, and wants to encourage other clubs to be run properly.
I'm behind him on this one.

I take it you're joking?

 

[GUNTER]

The fuss is about the length of your signature. Bandwidth alert!

 

[Dave the OAP]

Hamilton and Archer have/had no considerations for the clubs in question.
Madejski is running Reading football club as a business, not using it to make money for himself.

There is nothing wrong with asking for a debt to be repayed, and I don't see what all this fuss is about.

If he is running it as a business are you saying he takes absolutely nothing out of the club at all?

If he is that good a businessman you are very nieve.


Bloody hell Ali, I actually thought you were one of the good guys...how wrong could I be

 

[fatbadger]

Hamilton and Archer have/had no considerations for the clubs in question.
Madejski is running Reading football club as a business, not using it to make money for himself.

There is nothing wrong with asking for a debt to be repayed, and I don't see what all this fuss is about.

The point, I think you'll find, is if he has any consideration for Exeter. You know - a fellow club in the football community.

Which is what we are also asking you - if a group of Exeter fans came to you and asked for your support in a letter-writing campaign attempting to convince Madejski to help their club out in their time of need, you'd say "nope, I won't help you. Reading RC are a business, and we're alright, Jack"?

Jeez.