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Wide open at the back again. Twice in 9 minutes they've had a 4 on 2 situation. That's why TM needs to go. Cannot set teams up defensively.

Didn't see the game but it sounded like the next generation - Buckley, Dolan, and Rankin-Costello - all shone brightly. Good result but sadly pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Most important thing for the rest of the season is to give the younger players a run in the team and get them ready for next season. No point playing the likes of Harvey ahead of Dolan now. Harvey is a fantastic player but he's not ours and won't be here next season. Trybull staking a late claim to get a permanent contract here?

For anyone that reads the Nicko gossip column in The Sun, the “whispers” section seems to be referring to Mowbray potentially getting fired because of the Ayala signing. To paraphrase: Which championship manager’s job may be on the line after being urged NOT to sign an injury prone defender last summer, only to then go and give him a 3 year deal. He’s barely played since due to injury.

I suppose everyone wins on the tombola occasionally. It is a big result as it probably means it's unlikely we'll now be dragged into a relegation battle.

Millwall are over evens to win the game. May as well make some money on this.

My word, what a dreadful line up. We're gonna get bullied off the park. Tony tombola really has gone up a notch today. This is just yet more evidence that Tony has run out of ideas.

Did anyone realise he was still here? He's barely played for 3 years.

Utter garbage but I expect no less sadly.

This is so, so easy for Reading. There's absolutely nothing about our team. The occasion nice passage of passing but it goes absolutely nowhere, and we're wide open at the back. The set up of the team is so unbelievably bad.

Too open, and a little too pretty with no real substance. Even Keith Andews can see where the problems lie.

3 clean sheets in 21 games. That says it all.

Soft goals time and time again. You don't get anywhere in football if you can't defend. TM is very lucky to still be in a job. He wouldnt be at a club with competent owners.

Nicko saying there's a bit about us in the paper tomorrow and replied to a question about TM with "needs results..and soon". He's changed his stance from a week ago when he said TM was well protected. I suspect he's heard something to change his mind. Could the owners finally have lost patience?

Looking at the upcoming fixtures, we're bang in trouble. A relegation fight ahead. We should be ok but what a hopeless season.

The regression continues. Terrible result against a poor side. Didnt watch the game and won't be for the rest of the season.

I think that TM will resign at the end of the season, probably along with Waggot. That's my hunch. TM has dropped hints recently to suggest he won't be here - comments he made around the training ground and "not wanting to be a burden" on the club. He also looks like he's no longer enjoying the job and he'll know he's lost the support of the fans. I don't agree with fans who question his integrity or compare him to Kean, that's just nonsense. He had enough credit in the bank to have a chance to prove he's the man to take us up to the prem. He's not a good enough manager to take us there and has been given one season too many, but we're still in a far healthier place than when he came in. It is painful now though, it's almost got to the point where I can't watch the games anymore. A load of dross and lack of desire. .

What a bonkers club. Five defeats in a row and a dreadful season overall, yet I suspect he's under no pressure whatsoever in terms of being fired.

He'll use the "we were missing 4 centre halves" excuse. That may be valid to a certain extent but how can he explain four years of defensive horror shows. It's getting boring to say, but time is well and truly up.

This surely has to be the end tonight? 5 losses in a row, goals conceded from every angle, defense all over the place, long balls up to one of the smallest strikers in the league, Dack on the left wing...just a complete mess. We're gonna get a tonking here.

We genuinely need to be looking at the bottom three now and hoping results go our way. I I don't think we will go down but we are looking like relegation fodder right now. Probably enough of a head start to avoid the drop.

Square pegs every game - this time Dack on the left. Defensive shape yet again horribly exposed. TM just organise a defensive unit.

Painful. Not going to get any better until TM goes unfortunately.

No, of course not. However, if local owners were in charge who I thought genuinely cared about the club, then I’d probably give them the benefit of the doubt that this was a necessary move to improve the club. If Venkys, multi-billionaires btw, genuinely cared about our club then why go down this route? Plus, there were agreements in place when they bought the club that they would not go down this route. That begs another question: how much do they even know about this? I suspect they have told Waggot that we need to cut costs and raise cash, he’s then come up with this as the best way of achieving that objective. I actually don’t think this will come off anyway.

In response to your last sentence: the problem is, do Venkys’s really have the clubs best interest at heart? Of course not. Local owners perhaps would have. That’s the difference

After reading the plans, there’s no doubt this is a move to raise significant cash in the short term and cut running costs in the longer term. I’m not sure it has a negative impact in terms of player recruitment and retention - I suspect they will like the opportunity to train in more modern facilities and in a more private location not surrounded by houses. Having the young lads mix with the seniors at lunch etc also isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, this isn’t the main motivation for the decision - it’s clearly a financial one as the amount we make from selling the STC will far outweigh the investment we make on the JTC. For me, this is recognition that we’re firmly entrenched in the championship and won’t be getting a big pay day anytime soon with a return to the premier league. Something had to give eventually.