So just to sum up.......

[Barry the bird boggler]

Rosenior will be our right winger until Oster or Little are back, personally I'd rather have had Seol as a right winger but then he's injured anyway so we'd have had Fae as our option and Fae doesn't look like a winger to me.

I am actually concerned about the situation as IMO we needed a proper right winger esp. with Seol going as wing play is a big part of our game and with Little effectively out until god knows when and Oster reportedly in a leg brace getting somebody on loan would have been the smart option.

[The 17 Bus]

Maybe we are going to play with wide midfielders instead of wingers, Seol was a luxury, was too lazy to make it here, had he carried on as he started then fine but IMHO he did not, looked like he was a star for just being here, comr to think of it are any Koreans a success in England?

[Platypuss]

Am I right in thinking we can still make loan signings in the meantime?

No. Unless it's an emergency goalkeeper.

[Behindu]

I had thought we may change our style this season - tighten the midfield. As 17 says this might mean we are less gung ho with what was a wonderful but crazy approach of playing an effective 424 formation. Served us well in the Championship and most of last year but always likely to be harder to sustain this season.

A 442 with 3 proper midfielders and perhaps a winger switching sides may be less exciting but perhaps more pragmatic...

I'm sure Coppell has a 'plan'.............

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Coppell said at the start of the seasons the squad needed wingers. He said he wanted at least one at the fans forum, possible two. We sold one. Brought none. Oster is now our only natural right winger, who's not crippled.

Of Cisse, Fae, Rosenior. Only one will play in their natural position. Prob Fae and he'll have to do a lot to be better than Sid. Rosenior's a better 3rd choice right back than Halford was though.

The squad is possible stonger, but the 1st eleven is now weakened by Oster being our best winger, when last season he was 3rd choice.

[PEARCEY]

I thought the loan system opens in a weeks time....or is this just applicable to the football league?

[shadesrwrf]

Am I right in thinking we can still make loan signings in the meantime?

No. Unless it's an emergency goalkeeper.

Oh right. Cheers.

[glass half full]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

[RoyalBlue]

quality not quantity!

But you can (and need to) have both!

Out

Sidwell - 1st team
Sodje - reserve
Seol - 1st team
Cox - reserve
Stack - reserve
Halford - reserve - or as Sunderland have found out

In

Cisse - 1st team
Fae - 1st team
Rosenior - 1st team

Net spending - fook all, 1st team choice increased.

Convenient to forget

Little - first team, crocked until who knows when.

[Behindu]

The list is incomplete in all sorts of ways

None of us know the ins and outs of why changes have been made - has Coppell got rid of players who didn;t fit and by them going he's improved the 'team ethic' ? I have no idea !

Woul dlove to hear a player by player breakdwon from Coppell explianing why player as have come / gone and how he sees his squad at the moment.

He's had the funding and the time so you have to assume he really does feel the squad is as he wants...

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

Coppell wouldn't even involve him in a league cup game, preferring instead to play a player completely out of position. Cox got on the bench ahead of him and he gets sent to Swindon.

[Stranded]

Coppell said at the start of the seasons the squad needed wingers. He said he wanted at least one at the fans forum, possible two. We sold one. Brought none. Oster is now our only natural right winger, who's not crippled.

Of Cisse, Fae, Rosenior. Only one will play in their natural position. Prob Fae and he'll have to do a lot to be better than Sid. Rosenior's a better 3rd choice right back than Halford was though.

The squad is possible stonger, but the 1st eleven is now weakened by Oster being our best winger, when last season he was 3rd choice.

I'm sure that I read in a few of the early reports linking us with Rosenior that Coppell sees him as more of a winger than a defender - if that is the case then to his mind we've simply swapped wingers.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Coppell said at the start of the seasons the squad needed wingers. He said he wanted at least one at the fans forum, possible two. We sold one. Brought none. Oster is now our only natural right winger, who's not crippled.

Of Cisse, Fae, Rosenior. Only one will play in their natural position. Prob Fae and he'll have to do a lot to be better than Sid. Rosenior's a better 3rd choice right back than Halford was though.

The squad is possible stonger, but the 1st eleven is now weakened by Oster being our best winger, when last season he was 3rd choice.

I'm sure that I read in a few of the early reports linking us with Rosenior that Coppell sees him as more of a winger than a defender - if that is the case then to his mind we've simply swapped wingers.

Maybe, but what's he been doing playing right back? He's not as good right winger as Koumas or O'Niel.

[glass half full]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

Coppell wouldn't even involve him in a league cup game, preferring instead to play a player completely out of position. Cox got on the bench ahead of him and he gets sent to Swindon.

Give him time...

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

Coppell wouldn't even involve him in a league cup game, preferring instead to play a player completely out of position. Cox got on the bench ahead of him and he gets sent to Swindon.

Give him time...

I don't doubt Henry's potential. I doubt if Coppell will ever pick a youth player.

[Behindu]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

Coppell wouldn't even involve him in a league cup game, preferring instead to play a player completely out of position. Cox got on the bench ahead of him and he gets sent to Swindon.

Give him time...

I don't doubt Henry's potential. I doubt if Coppell will ever pick a youth player.

Ever ?
Apart from one's he's picked before you mean ?

Would be nice to see some more get an extended run though.

[Stranded]

Coppell said at the start of the seasons the squad needed wingers. He said he wanted at least one at the fans forum, possible two. We sold one. Brought none. Oster is now our only natural right winger, who's not crippled.

Of Cisse, Fae, Rosenior. Only one will play in their natural position. Prob Fae and he'll have to do a lot to be better than Sid. Rosenior's a better 3rd choice right back than Halford was though.

The squad is possible stonger, but the 1st eleven is now weakened by Oster being our best winger, when last season he was 3rd choice.

I'm sure that I read in a few of the early reports linking us with Rosenior that Coppell sees him as more of a winger than a defender - if that is the case then to his mind we've simply swapped wingers.

Maybe, but what's he been doing playing right back? He's not as good right winger as Koumas or O'Niel.

Because that's where his pervious manager decided to play him, different managers have different views - most people when talking about Rosenior praise his forward play over his defensive play so a RM role would suit.

He could be better than Koumas of O'Neil if he gets a regular berth in the same position but if you prefer to see the glass half empty, crack on.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

In assessing our strengths, we tend to forget the 'unseen' - i.e the rising talent that is the Academy youngsters. I predict that the likes of Henry will soon be knocking on the first team door.
At a time when so many Managers and pundits are tending to dismiss the Academy system in this country, I believe that the rewards for hard work at Reading will soon bear fruit.

Coppell wouldn't even involve him in a league cup game, preferring instead to play a player completely out of position. Cox got on the bench ahead of him and he gets sent to Swindon.

Give him time...

I don't doubt Henry's potential. I doubt if Coppell will ever pick a youth player.

Ever ?
Apart from one's he's picked before you mean ?

Would be nice to see some more get an extended run though.

I don't think Coppell rates them that highly. He's prob right not to throw them in the deep end. But they'll never get better without extended runs. Like I said, he'd play 1st teamers out of position before a youth team player every time.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Coppell said at the start of the seasons the squad needed wingers. He said he wanted at least one at the fans forum, possible two. We sold one. Brought none. Oster is now our only natural right winger, who's not crippled.

Of Cisse, Fae, Rosenior. Only one will play in their natural position. Prob Fae and he'll have to do a lot to be better than Sid. Rosenior's a better 3rd choice right back than Halford was though.

The squad is possible stonger, but the 1st eleven is now weakened by Oster being our best winger, when last season he was 3rd choice.

I'm sure that I read in a few of the early reports linking us with Rosenior that Coppell sees him as more of a winger than a defender - if that is the case then to his mind we've simply swapped wingers.

Maybe, but what's he been doing playing right back? He's not as good right winger as Koumas or O'Niel.

Because that's where his pervious manager decided to play him, different managers have different views - most people when talking about Rosenior praise his forward play over his defensive play so a RM role would suit.

He could be better than Koumas of O'Neil if he gets a regular berth in the same position but if you prefer to see the glass half empty, crack on.

We're dooooooooooommmmmmmmeeeeeeeddddddddd.

[Stranded]

That's the spirit!

The only thing I always find weird about transfer deadline day though - we all knew about our interest in Rosenior in late July/August and Fulham's in Seol's, so why did the deal not happen until 30 mins before the close of the window!