Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Do we even know what the methodology was for these MRPs? They seem to have been less transparent about methodology than the British Polling Council would expect for a traditional opinion poll. 001
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We don’t know how votes of insurgent parties (particularly Reform) will be distributed too. Most projections have them fairly flat across the country as they basically have no baseline to work from. Things naturally change in campaigns anyway. People focus more on policies & who they want in govt. 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I think the SNP are overstated in constituency seat numbers too. Once local factors and candidates are considered, the anti-SNP vote will unite behind one party (as in 2016 and 2021 in most areas). That would have a knock on impact on constituency seats won; which impacts on the list returns. 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Was so marginal too. The men’s, women’s and mixed curlers in each category were tremendous throughout and were unlucky to only get one medal this year. Love seeing lesser followed sports like this at the Olympics. Shame it’s nearly over. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Have you done any analysis of movement between parties since 2021? (ie. 2021 SNP to 2026 Green; 2021 Cons to DK; etc.) 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Can I recommend Adam Curtis? He makes docs for BBC: a very diff style to normal; focus on sociology/psychology/philosophy/political history to explain the world. This interview may be a good place to start, even if it's about a specific UK-centric doc (esp ~14:00): www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYn...youtube.comSHIFTY: The unauthorised 6th episode | Adam Curtis interviewYouTube video by PoliticsJOE 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 05/01/2026It was a good result in the end, with a fantastic winner! 110
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 04/01/2026600th #ReadingFC match today. Don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing! 😂 240
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Just a thought: the summer window was poor, so I'm not sure how can anyone expect the January window to be much better unless the club has learned lessons from it. Is there any overarching transfer strategy now? Looking back at the summer, it seems there was at least two competing strategies. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Savage failed to involve himself enough too. Concerned both seem to be playing deeper than under Hunt when in possession (especially Wing). Appears to be a tactical choice. Kelvin E seemed to lose confidence as the game went on with how isolated he was. O’Connor was the most disappointing imo. 020
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 14/12/20252nd half was dire however, though we still prevented Bradford from creating too much (aside from the gifts of two goals). Biggest positives has to be the return of Fraser and Camara. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Do think D Williams deserved a 6; was a level above everyone else. Otherwise can’t really argue with it. Thought the performance was positive in the 1st half (without being too threatening) & shifting between 4-2-3-1 & 5-2-2-1 (or 3-4-3 or whatever we’ll call it) has potential going forward. 110
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 07/12/2025The fine is only the equivalent of ~£35 for the average UK adult (using median wealth) too! 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I can’t imagine why he’s decided to go after the EU… bsky.app/profile/ec.e... 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Exactly. We all want what’s best for the club; we just have different opinions as to how to achieve that 👍🏻 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 23/10/2025my phone whilst waiting for a mate in the ground. Bizarre to hear him talking about a lot of points I'd raised - almost verbatim at points. Talk of 'building high/wide' was the obvious clincher to him definitely reading it, so I may have accidentally put that into our club lexicon. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Wasn't expecting to hear it talked about on the pod this week; can't imagine you'd recorded it by the time it was published. More surprised to hear Tim Dellor reference it heavily on BBC Radio Berkshire before the game. I was only listening as I saw a mention about a Couhig interview, so put it on 200
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Just seen this, but thanks Ross! I'm never quite sure how opposing people will react; happy you had a positive reaction to it. I wouldn't expect to shift an opinion as well thought out as yours! Was good to do, as it allowed me an opportunity to challenge my own beliefs too. 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Whilst maybe a bit harsh on Rushesha, it’s good to see Abrefa starting; he’s looked worthy since his return. Concerning Mbengue’s missing again. Hopefully nothing serious and Stickland has a good game in his place. #ReadingFC 011
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Huge win for us with a strong performance, which is great with Ehib, Craig and Campbell missing. Yiadom’s return could be massive for us. Rushesha did well. Wareham’s improving and his goal was impressive. Bindon and Mbengue massive again. Team character could get us in the play-offs! #ReadingFC 031
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Good Mbengue is fit enough to start again, but shame Dean is clearly injured. Will be interesting to see what Ehibhatiomhan can do from the start. #ReadingFC 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Whether we agree with it is the other question. I don’t think the can say how many bidders there are due to concerns about identifying people. Those based in the UK are doing everything they can IMO. #ReadingFC 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I think that’s as good a statement from the club as we could’ve got. They’ve explained the transfer window well, acknowledged exclusivity has ended, said there’s still credible bidders, tax and players have been paid and understandably won’t talk about the litigation. #ReadingFC 130
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I hope it’s not bad. I don’t believe he would’ve left had the club not needed the money. The fact anyone came in with £2m for him must be beyond anyone’s expectations. I just hope Bodin does well during his loan. #ReadingFC 020
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Huge result after the week we’ve had and the form we’ve been on. A sign of high strong mentally this side is. #ReadingFC 050
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Massive loss for Sam Smith to go. Hugely weakens us, but losing players is what we’ve feared this transfer window. Hopefully we’ll be allowed to bring in a loan/free with the £2m. Purely financially, we’ve managed to make a good strong profit on a player. Just awful for us overall. #ReadingFC 020
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Gutting to lose the game like that. Would’ve been a good point to get after being 2-0 down. Very disappointing night to drop points here. Positives being the subs made a good impact once they came on. #ReadingFC 020
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I wonder how much the loss of Mbengue is hurting us. Feel we’re lacking his pace, forward runs and long throws. #ReadingFC 040
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Haven’t done anything in this second half have we? #ReadingFC 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Poor goal to concede. Pereira did well just before it. Should’ve had a penalty when Smith was pushed by the keeper. Garcia needed to do better with his touch when one-on-one. Still in this. Need to see more of Campbell. #ReadingFC 011
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Started far too slow and physically dominated. Felt like the sort of performance we had against Blackpool and Lincoln. Tactics wrong for the game. Only had a brief spell in the second half before Stockport got their third. Players back from injury the only thing we can be happy about. #ReadingFC 021
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Strongest bench of the season? Great to have those four back in the squad. #ReadingFC 020
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Interesting 17% of 2024 Lab voters are going to don’t know, compared to 23% to specific other parties. Would be interesting to know how many of those Lab could win back vs how many wouldn’t consider voting Lab now (and which parties they would consider). Lib Dems have a similar pattern too. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 11/01/2025We did well to get to extra-time, but only having academy players to come off the bench hurt us. Burnley were bringing on first team players. The gulf in quality grew as the game went on and our better players tired, especially by extra-time. It was a good effort. #ReadingFC 031
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I think that would be very volatile, as it depends on what the ID would be used for. I had a look and the ‘Identity Cards Act 2006’ had high support until people realised the scope, especially the database aspect. 000
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 10/12/2024They gave it a good go tonight, but ultimately we were lucky to still be in the game by the time we took the lead. Gutting to concede so late though, as that would’ve been the final attack. #ReadingFC 071
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I’m sure the conditions didn’t help either side today. Happy with a point given the situation over the past couple of days. #ReadingFC 031
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Would be disappointing, but I think it's almost inevitable he'll leave at some point soon regardless. What's a bigger concern for me is who replaces him. I imagine we'll struggle to get a serious manager in. I think someone like JOP or Noel Hunt would make most sense as a replacement. 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Burnley at home is certainly not the most exciting FA Cup draw, but a game that could potentially be winnable depending on what sides both put out. A complete free hit for us. #ReadingFC 132
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 01/12/2024The Harborough players are out inspecting the ground. #ReadingFC 030
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We haven't won enough yeah; as you say we're improving. Agree we've struggled against top L1 sides. IIRC, Wrexham was more even than the result. After Lincoln, we would've played all the current top half away too (aside Mansfield). A good result tomorrow will be a testament to our improvement. 010
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Continuing our home and away form from over the past calendar year would net us roughly 76 points, which would see us get into the play-offs most seasons. Our home games will be against sides higher in the division until the rest of the season than our away games however. #ReadingFC 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Additionally, the average position of our home games has been 13.7 compared to 10.2 for away games. That means we've had a tougher run of away games too - effectively playing a mid-table side at home on average and play-off chasers away. #ReadingFC 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Home form has been exceptional (P22; W15; D3; L4; P48), which maybe distorts impressions. 48pts was 4th in the home table last term; 50pts was 1st. Winning that game in hand would've put us top. #ReadingFC [Removed pts deductions from last season's positions; they distort on the pitch ability]. 100
Clyde1998 @clyde1998.bsky.social · 25/11/2024People are still going on about our 'poor' away form. Since Shrewsbury last season, we've played 23 away league matches & won 26pts (W6; D8; L9). That would've seen us 14th in the away table last season. Five losses have been against sides who finished/are currently in the top three. #ReadingFC 240
