How we stack up against the opposition in terms of signings

[brendywendy]

This is a joke & every Reading fans knows it.
Why is Coppell being so stupid?

not you again

we are trying to sign a bloke as a winger
he is having trouble getting away from his loan club
why are you being so obtuse?

[Royal Rother]

He's not obtuse he's just thick.

Thank God for the Foe facility. Now, if people would stop quoting him please.....

[West Stand Flash]

This is a joke & every Reading fans knows it.
Why is Coppell being so stupid?

not you again

we are trying to sign a bloke as a winger
he is having trouble getting away from his loan club
why are you being so obtuse?

Exciting signing such high calibre player isn't it???

Time to bed in, acclimatise, learn the language blah blah blah

[brendywendy]

This is a joke & every Reading fans knows it.
Why is Coppell being so stupid?

not you again

we are trying to sign a bloke as a winger
he is having trouble getting away from his loan club
why are you being so obtuse?

Exciting signing such high calibre player isn't it???

Time to bed in, acclimatise, learn the language blah blah blah

i was not aware of the foe facility!

fare thee well WSF
it has been a total waste of my time reading your posts

[brendywendy]

i really dont see any of the signings of those around us as being up to it
not many have really proven themselves
there are not many on their lists that i would desperately want to bring to the club

looks like everyone is struggling to attract the kind of players some people are asking for

[Stranded]

Agreed Brendy,

Nothing on the list makes me jump up and down and see we should have got them. Taylor and McFadden are good players but with the former, he plays on the left side, our strongest flank and the latter is a striker which we don't really need - add to that we wouldn't have got.

Add to that that our one signing so far looks like he could be the business and if Cisse continues his form at CB as he showed against Spurs in the second half and against Utd and we may have filled two problem areas there already.

Kebe at RW could do a job, he may not. I'll reserve judgement and if another player or two becomes available that are better than we've got then brilliant. Those sort of players won't become available until probably next week, so personally I have no problem with our dealings this window to this point.

[Hoop Blah]

i really dont see any of the signings of those around us as being up to it
not many have really proven themselves
there are not many on their lists that i would desperately want to bring to the club

looks like everyone is struggling to attract the kind of players some people are asking for

I guess all the clubs down there have different needs.

Considering our requirements I'd have been quite pleased to see the likes of McFadden, Savage, Taylor and probably Ideals next big thing Hangeland coming here instead of where they went.

Obviously there are reasons why a couple of those might not've happened but in principle I think they'd have helped us out.

Matejovsky looks promising though, so it's not all bad, it could just be a bit better.

[Vision]

I wish people would stop banging on about Foe this and Foe that.

Some might think we're trying to sign a dead African player.

[Archie's penalty]

I wish people would stop banging on about Foe this and Foe that.

Some might think we're trying to sign a dead African player.

I can't tell if that joke is dodgy or not...

[The Surgeon of Crowthorne]

Beeb are reporting that Brum are backing out of signing Samaras. Perhaps they're going with my tip of that cardboard cut-out of Trevor Francis.

[RoyalBlue]

This post was made by West Stand Flash who is currently on your ignore list. Display this post.

This new board is cool.

But carried to its extreme, it could be dreadfully boring debating issues with oneself!

BTW, did you not see what WSF just called you?!


PS. Are the quote and edit buttons the opposite way around on this board? I keep quoting myself, rather than editing!!

[Platypuss]

Fulham sign Andreasen
Bardesley signs for Sunderland
Danns leaves Birmingham.

Also highlighted new signings who have come into their club's first team.

[Royalwaster]

Fulham are really going for it again - how will they cope if they do get relegated? They'll end up with a massive wage bill won't they and lots of players they don't need ... ?

[cmonurz]

Fulham are really going for it again - how will they cope if they do get relegated? They'll end up with a massive wage bill won't they and lots of players they don't need ... ?

Yeah, if I was them I would spend nearly f*ck all and just cross everything.

[Hoop Blah]

Fulham are really going for it again - how will they cope if they do get relegated? They'll end up with a massive wage bill won't they and lots of players they don't need ... ?

I doubt that the players they're bringing in are on massive wages. Watford seem to have survived paying Marlon King up til now and so I doubt Fulham are splashing out that much on wages.

I'd imagine that the contracts have some reduction on wages IF Fulham do go down.

[RoyalBlue]

Fulham are really going for it again - how will they cope if they do get relegated? They'll end up with a massive wage bill won't they and lots of players they don't need ... ?

I doubt that the players they're bringing in are on massive wages. Watford seem to have survived paying Marlon King up til now and so I doubt Fulham are splashing out that much on wages.

I'd imagine that the contracts have some reduction on wages IF Fulham do go down.

I suspect you are spot on!

Isn't it amazing how easy it is to protect your longer term interests, and avoid the nightmare scenario, if you negotiate and draw up the contracts carefully!

[Platypuss]

Eddie Johnson signs for Fulham.

[Royal Rother]

Fulham are really going for it again - how will they cope if they do get relegated? They'll end up with a massive wage bill won't they and lots of players they don't need ... ?

I doubt that the players they're bringing in are on massive wages. Watford seem to have survived paying Marlon King up til now and so I doubt Fulham are splashing out that much on wages.

I'd imagine that the contracts have some reduction on wages IF Fulham do go down.

I suspect you are spot on!

Isn't it amazing how easy it is to protect your longer term interests, and avoid the nightmare scenario, if you negotiate and draw up the contracts carefully!

And of course it might just be that very clause and King's refusal to sign it that is holding up the deal - as it has done many times in the past when dealing with transfers to clubs at the risky end of the table.

Isn't it amazing how easy it is for a player who knows he is wanted by another club to call the shots on contract negotiations?

Thing is we don't know of course, but if Fulham desperately want a striker in their bid to stay up and are in advanced stages of discussions with King and nobody else, what are they going to do if he says I'll come on £35k per week but no reduction if we get relegated?

As deadline day approaches and the manager says "the only way we can possibly stay up is by scoring goals and I haven't got anyone capable of scoring enough at the moment, we NEED King, and if we do get relegated we should be able to recoup a good chunk of his fee... it's probably a risk worth taking"... what then happens? The Chairman is fcuked.

King doesn't deliever (or gets injured again), Fulham go down... we now know pretty well that the doubters were spot on - he can't deliver the goods in the Prem so how much is he worth now? How many years has he got left on £35k per week?

Fulham struggle in the Championship and their gates fall to 12,000 - generating turnstile income of no more than £7m pa. Marlon King costs the club £2m pa in wages now, and there is no chance to recoup any more than £2m of a £5m fee - what should the club do?

Look, I know the parachute payments are their to help clubs through this type of situation but this is a (hypothetical but) perfectly reasonable example of 1 player at 1 club. Some of these teams probably have several players on contracts they will live to regret when they go down.

I suspect that Reading are probably the only club in the PL who simply withdraw from these type of discussions with agents and players once a certain clearly defined line has been crossed.

If it makes transfer dealings more difficult then sobeit. Long-term stability is paramount, not survival at the top table at all costs...

[Platypuss]

Thing is we don't know of course, but if Fulham desperately want a striker in their bid to stay up and are in advanced stages of discussions with King and nobody else, what are they going to do if he says I'll come on £35k per week but no reduction if we get relegated?

See my post above.

Edit - Swedish international striker Rade Prica signs for Sunderland.

[The whole year inn]

Fulham may sign Jari Litmanen after he was released by Malmo