CONFIRMED - David Button

[Royal_jimmy]

Not bad. Expect he'll start Saturday.

[NathStPaul]

Jury is very much out on this one. Lets wait and see.

[Sutekh]

Jury is very much out on this one. Lets wait and see.

Should be decent for L1, should be able to command the box and organise those in front of him and that really can only breed confidence into the otherwise creaky defence. However might take a while to persuade some supporters. Free transfer on a 2 year deal.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/a ... ball-club/

[windermereROYAL]

Uproar on twatter as you would expect.

[Snowflake Royal]

Bit of a Meh, with a big fat eyebrow raised at our previous keeper recruitment and lack of faith in Academy keepers (other than CBC)

[CountryRoyal]

should be able to command the box

Not according to West Brom fans who keep harping on about how they celebrated him catching a corner once like a goal. Hilarious….

I’m not going to poo poo it until he’s actually crap for us, until then, welcome to Reading!

[NathStPaul]

West Brom fans aren't the brightest. I would rather see him for myself and judge, thanks.

[South Coast Royal]

He has played very little first team football since his Brentford and Fulham days.
The management can't think much of the keepers already on our books.

[From Despair To Where?]

Not sure how much better he is than our current options but I won't write him off before he's kicked a ball.

[Orion1871]

Jury is very much out on this one. Lets wait and see.

Should be decent for L1, should be able to command the box and organise those in front of him and that really can only breed confidence into the otherwise creaky defence. However might take a while to persuade some supporters. Free transfer on a 2 year deal.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/a ... ball-club/

He looks a bit like Tyson Fury in that top picture.

[Horsham Royal]

Jury is very much out on this one. Lets wait and see.

Should be decent for L1, should be able to command the box and organise those in front of him and that really can only breed confidence into the otherwise creaky defence. However might take a while to persuade some supporters. Free transfer on a 2 year deal.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/a ... ball-club/

He looks a bit like Tyson Fury in that top picture.

The last bald, bearded keeper we signed on a free turned out ok.

[CountryRoyal]

Should be decent for L1, should be able to command the box and organise those in front of him and that really can only breed confidence into the otherwise creaky defence. However might take a while to persuade some supporters. Free transfer on a 2 year deal.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/a ... ball-club/

He looks a bit like Tyson Fury in that top picture.

The last bald, bearded keeper we signed on a free turned out ok.

I guess the only thing for me is that al habsi had 150+ apps in the 5 years before we signed him and Button has only had 40 ish.

[tidus_mi2]

should be able to command the box

Not according to West Brom fans who keep harping on about how they celebrated him catching a corner once like a goal. Hilarious….

I’m not going to poo poo it until he’s actually crap for us, until then, welcome to Reading!

I mean, we've cheered a last minute keeper catch at a corner before, because it dispels the threat of conceding a late goal, I bet that's what it was.

[TiagoIlori]

Not had a good run of games for a few years so might need a bit of time to get up to speed. We do like an erratic keeper.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Really hope he does well just to show up all the idiots writing him off. Seems like an experienced keeper who has lost form for a couple of years. No reason why he can't succeed here.

[windermereROYAL]

Everybody wrote off Lumley when he came in last year too by listening to boro fans, he did well in a difficult season apart from the horror show at Rotherham.

[Stranded]

Mentioned on another thread but there was a story going round that we were after an experienced keeper who would likely be happy as a #2, as the hope was to give one of the younger keepers a run. Button would fit that mould esp as he hasn't played regularly for years and as his family stayed in the south when he went to WBA, means he can be at home again.

[CountryRoyal]

should be able to command the box

Not according to West Brom fans who keep harping on about how they celebrated him catching a corner once like a goal. Hilarious….

I’m not going to poo poo it until he’s actually crap for us, until then, welcome to Reading!

I mean, we've cheered a last minute keeper catch at a corner before, because it dispels the threat of conceding a late goal, I bet that's what it was.

They were definitely saying it like he’s so shit it was a surprise.

[CountryRoyal]

Really hope he does well just to show up all the idiots writing him off. Seems like an experienced keeper who has lost form for a couple of years. No reason why he can't succeed here.

No one’s really writing him off on here? Just people saying a bit meh, but they’ll support him.

[Royal_jimmy]

Not the most exciting signing but what do fans realistically expect? He's ok, he'll do.

Hope this doesn't mean CBC is loaned out again as I'd like to see him get more games for us. Rather we loan Anderssen out again instead.