As one Reading fan who attended my 'in conversation' event with Tom Watt at Blue Collar Corner on Sunday put it: Let's address the elephant in the room.

The 'elephant' he was referring to was Saturday's pitch invasion.

More on that further down in this column, but first I want to thank everyone who attended Sunday's event. 

It was fantastic to have an opportunity to chat with Tom about my career, my time at Reading, the 106 season, scoring the first Premier League goal in the club's history and, of course, the horrendous state of affairs that Reading Football Club finds itself stuck in the middle of right now.

There were a few surprises on Sunday night. Firstly, I was honoured that Brian McDermott - who by way of a reminder now lives in Edinburgh - was able to attend. 

Brian is so much more to Reading FC than a former manager. There should be a statue of him outside the stadium. He is a brilliant and talented man, someone I owe a lot to and a good friend. He went out of his way to look after me during my time at the club, for which I will always be grateful. 

While many of the plaudits went to Steve Coppell and the players for what we achieved, it's important not to understate the role Brian had in putting that team together. We had good players and a good manager, but without Brian, the 106 season and our eighth place finish in our first Premier League season would not have happened. 

Thank you also to Roger Titford from STAR for presenting me with my Reading FC Hall of Fame award. That was a complete surprise. I'm proud to have played for Reading and was proud to receive the Hall of Fame certificate from Roger.

Thanks also to Glen Dinning at Blue Collar Corner for putting the event on - and to those of you who asked me some excellent questions (including Brian McDermott). I had no idea I'd be telling 'that' story about my former Cambridge United manager John Beck - or giving you as much insight as I did into what really went on during Reading's pre-season tour to Sweden!

I'm back at Blue Collar Corner on Sunday for a catch up with my former strike partner Leroy Lita. This time it will be me putting the questions to Leroy. I might ask him about the time when he first arrived at Reading and was sitting in Sir John Madejski's hotel and the great man walked towards him - then walked straight past. Leroy admits he was a little surprised that Sir John didn't seem to recognise his new record-breaking £1m signing!

At last count there were only a few tickets remaining. If you are interested in coming along, tickets are available via Blue Collar's social media platforms.

Back to the 'elephant in the room' as someone described it on Sunday. And elephant is an appropriate word to put into context the size of the problem facing Reading FC.

I knew the question would come up on Sunday and I'd already given it some thought. Firstly, I will go on record and say that I support everything the fans are doing to try to save the club. I said previously that I thought it was time to stop throwing tennis balls onto the pitch, but it's clear that it's now time to escalate this. 

With so much talk about asset stripping, players being made available for sale without the manager's approval and talk of the training ground potentially being sold to housing developers, it's accurate to say that the club is in crisis - and the situation will only get worse unless there is some real intervention.

The EFL need to help - after all, they are responsible for approving the sale of the club to Dai Yongge, after he had run two other clubs into the ground and the Premier League had rejected him when he tried to buy Hull City.

We need to force the issue. So, for what it's worth, here is my idea: The fans could organise a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London. Culturally, the Chinese don't like being embarrassed. So let's do that. 

In fact, let's not just keep the elephant in the room. Let's park one right outside their front door.