by Crowbar6753 » 14 Sep 2017 16:16
by Hound » 14 Sep 2017 16:22
by Crowbar6753 » 14 Sep 2017 16:39
by Nameless » 14 Sep 2017 16:57
by Snowflake Royal » 14 Sep 2017 17:43
by SCIAG » 14 Sep 2017 18:28
by Hound » 14 Sep 2017 19:36
by SCIAG » 14 Sep 2017 20:20
Hound And interestingly, only one of that 'generation' looks like he'll properly make it (Kelly). The others destined to be lower league footballers - which while is still an exceptional achievement for them, not going to help Reading
Rinomhota looked like he had something to me. Definitely will be keeping an eye on him.
Have to remember Smith is very inexperienced and only 18. He has plenty of time to improve. Very rare for players under 20 to get games in the champ nowadays
by Hound » 14 Sep 2017 21:06
by Muskrat » 14 Sep 2017 21:23
by Nameless » 14 Sep 2017 21:36
by Hound » 14 Sep 2017 21:48
by maffff » 14 Sep 2017 23:12
by Nameless » 15 Sep 2017 00:40
Hound Tbf, nearly all of them have found league clubs. Wouldn't class that as a failure really
by From Despair To Where? » 15 Sep 2017 06:55
by Stranded » 15 Sep 2017 08:24
Crowbar6753 I personally think we have 3 players ready for first team exposure and would warrant a place on the subs bench:
Sam Smith - The one thing we are missing is a natural goal scorer, not knocking JDB but his two miss kicks in front of goal cost us that match!! A striker is all about being in the right place at the right time and then being about to put it in the net. Smith is scoring goals for fun for the u23's which tells me he is getting into the right areas and also has the ability to put them away. I understand he's young, but with the ability we now have on the wings their should be far more opportunities created?
Rhinamota - Again, this guy is in the mold of Williams and Bacuna and should make a suitable back up on the subs bench to gain experience.
Axel Andreasson - This guy will be a class act one day and should be a more than able replacement on the subs bench. He also is very good with the ball at his feet which you would expect from a foreign player so should be comfortable with Jaaps system of playing the ball out from the back.
I'm not saying i'm right and maybe these guys are not ready yet, but are they really any worse than whats on the bench and lets not forget they're one of our own and the fans love a home grown player.
by Hound » 15 Sep 2017 08:25
NamelessHound Tbf, nearly all of them have found league clubs. Wouldn't class that as a failure really
Failure is of course relative.
They have all,failed to make the grade with us.
They've all failed to make the grade in the Championship (even Cooper isn't starting many games at one of the weakest clubs in the division).
They've not failed in terms of having jobs as professional footballers but 3 or 4 years ago it looked like we might have a set of players all good enough to make our first team.
They have failed to do that....
by Nameless » 15 Sep 2017 08:47
by Hound » 15 Sep 2017 08:49
by maffff » 15 Sep 2017 09:50
NamelessHound Tbf, nearly all of them have found league clubs. Wouldn't class that as a failure really
Failure is of course relative.
They have all,failed to make the grade with us.
They've all failed to make the grade in the Championship (even Cooper isn't starting many games at one of the weakest clubs in the division).
They've not failed in terms of having jobs as professional footballers but 3 or 4 years ago it looked like we might have a set of players all good enough to make our first team.
They have failed to do that....