Hob Nob Anyone?

NewCorkSeth wrote:

Henley Royal 1 wrote:

Royal Bison wrote:

No doubt endless clauses over the next 35 years.
They've probably given us £75k, a can of vimto and a wagon wheel upfront

Could have been much worse they might have thrown in a penguin.

Penguins are much better than wagon wheels.

oxf*rd off, lowest possible grade of lunchbox chocolate

NewCorkSeth wrote:

Royal Bison wrote:

NewCorkSeth wrote: You sicken me.

Unbelievable, you'll be claiming next that a breakaway is better than a gold bar.

I wouldn't go that far. A Gold bar is in my top 10 chocolate bars.

no lunch box chocolate should be anywhere near a top ten of actual chocolate bars
get out

WoodleyRoyal wrote:

genome wrote:

WoodleyRoyal wrote:
3 mill being reported for bacuna and 2.5 for illori, 2 mill being muted for barrow i dont think 10 mill is out the question tbf

Would imagine Meite would be 2-3m too

was thinking more 1-2 personally, but the point is still the same, 10 mill isn't unrealistic

even if we do bring in 10 million, its only replacing the money weve wasted on shit players over the last few seasons

no decent player will come here on a permanent contract while we are looking like relegation prospects, and the club does not want to have to offer big wages/fees needed to attract the average players who might come here

the best prospect for club right now, and the players, is to bring in decent quality loanees.

not sure if you've noticed but we are in a real knife edge situation. this is the action required to A. help us out of it. B. Mitigate the situation if we do not.

Maneki Neko wrote:

WoodleyRoyal wrote:

genome wrote:
Would imagine Meite would be 2-3m too

was thinking more 1-2 personally, but the point is still the same, 10 mill isn't unrealistic

even if we do bring in 10 million, its only replacing the money weve wasted on shit players over the last few seasons

no decent player will come here on a permanent contract while we are looking like relegation prospects, and the club does not want to have to offer big wages/fees needed to attract the average players who might come here

the best prospect for club right now, and the players, is to bring in decent quality loanees.

not sure if you've noticed but we are in a real knife edge situation. this is the action required to A. help us out of it. B. Mitigate the situation if we do not.

The problem with bringing in loanees is that we already have 6. And only 5 can be in a matchday squad. I can't see any more loan signings arriving.

Bacuna confrimed

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/j ... dline-day/

Excellent news. Total cock end.

actually reckon he'll do them an ok job. Probably suit Colin's style

In all likelihood, will be back in the Champ next season anyway.

Hound wrote:Bacuna confrimed

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/j ... dline-day/

Get in there. We've been shit ever since he moved to us, our midfield has been an issue whenever he's played.

Mannone, Meyler, McShane, O'Shea and Barrow now to go please! Then it'll be a dream transfer window

Christ Cardiff must be desperate. He's crap at this level let alone the prem.

Royal_jimmy wrote:

Hound wrote:Bacuna confrimed

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/j ... dline-day/

Get in there. We've been shit ever since he moved to us, our midfield has been an issue whenever he's played.

Could say the same for Gunter tbh, and a lot of other of our players!

Jackson Corner wrote:Christ Cardiff must be desperate. He's crap at this level let alone the prem.

Only really did well at right back for us. In midfield he's pants

Good riddance

Pleased to see the overpaid failures being shipped out. Regardless of whether we're Champ or League 1 next season, I'm excited that we'll have a fresh new squad, hopefully full of academy players , Novakovich and hopefully some of the loanees we currently have on the books.

Our recruitment has been an absolute shambles, & a total waste of money over the past three seasons.

Hopefully this is a new dawn.

CountryRoyal wrote:

Royal_jimmy wrote:

Hound wrote:Bacuna confrimed

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/j ... dline-day/

Get in there. We've been shit ever since he moved to us, our midfield has been an issue whenever he's played.

Could say the same for Gunter tbh, and a lot of other of our players!

Since 2012? Yeah, I know we got relegated from the PL, but we also finished 7th and 3rd in the Championship, only a penalty shoot out away from the PL, and got to only second ever FA cup semi-final.

That's probably one of the most successful periods in the clubs history.

Since Bacuna joined in 2017 though, we have barely escaped relegation, and are currently in relegation places.

I don't think there's much of a comparison between the two periods.

Wycombe Royal wrote:

Maneki Neko wrote:

WoodleyRoyal wrote:
was thinking more 1-2 personally, but the point is still the same, 10 mill isn't unrealistic

even if we do bring in 10 million, its only replacing the money weve wasted on shit players over the last few seasons

no decent player will come here on a permanent contract while we are looking like relegation prospects, and the club does not want to have to offer big wages/fees needed to attract the average players who might come here

the best prospect for club right now, and the players, is to bring in decent quality loanees.

not sure if you've noticed but we are in a real knife edge situation. this is the action required to A. help us out of it. B. Mitigate the situation if we do not.

The problem with bringing in loanees is that we already have 6. And only 5 can be in a matchday squad. I can't see any more loan signings arriving.

You can only have 18 players in any match day squad. Are you suggesting we should cut our squad down to 18 ?

Royal_jimmy wrote:

Jackson Corner wrote:Christ Cardiff must be desperate. He's crap at this level let alone the prem.

Only really did well at right back for us. In midfield he's pants

Good riddance

I’m not sad to see him go, but he has been reasonable this year. The partnership in midfield with Rino was as good as any we’ve put out over the last two years (desperately low bar I accept)

Thought Bacuna put in a number of decent performances this season (hence the move I suppose!), but Rimonhota already seems just as good a player for his role after only a dozen or so starts.

Maneki Neko wrote:

WoodleyRoyal wrote:

genome wrote:
Would imagine Meite would be 2-3m too

was thinking more 1-2 personally, but the point is still the same, 10 mill isn't unrealistic

even if we do bring in 10 million, its only replacing the money weve wasted on shit players over the last few seasons

no decent player will come here on a permanent contract while we are looking like relegation prospects, and the club does not want to have to offer big wages/fees needed to attract the average players who might come here

the best prospect for club right now, and the players, is to bring in decent quality loanees.

not sure if you've noticed but we are in a real knife edge situation. this is the action required to A. help us out of it. B. Mitigate the situation if we do not.

Oh I’m well aware brendy and I agree with you whole heartedly. The point I was making was that someone further up this thread (which if you had actually read, you would know ) scoffed at us bringing in 10 mill from the list of players that was mentioned. I simply did a breakdown of the values. Saying 10 mill was not unrealistic. I do not for one second think we could attract a player of enough quality to improve our squad considering our posistion. I even said that on another thread.

Zip wrote:

Old Man Andrews wrote:

Zip wrote:Not at all pleased about this. In the meantime we still have a host of wasters on our books.

What was Bacuna?

Erratic but decent on his better days. More concerned about losing Meite. Bod is constantly injury prone. That leaves us reliant on Oliveira staying fit otherwise we don’t have a big man up top. We also still have Mannone, Walker, McNulty. McShane, O’Shea and bloody Meyler on the books.

Don't worry. Gomes thinks Loader can lead the line.

Snowflake Royal wrote:

Zip wrote:

Old Man Andrews wrote:
What was Bacuna?

Erratic but decent on his better days. More concerned about losing Meite. Bod is constantly injury prone. That leaves us reliant on Oliveira staying fit otherwise we don’t have a big man up top. We also still have Mannone, Walker, McNulty. McShane, O’Shea and bloody Meyler on the books.

Don't worry. Gomes thinks Loader can lead the line.

Meite is staying. I’m fine with that especially as Baldock as pretty much out for the season.
Zero indication that Mannone, Meyler, McNulty, McShane or O’Shea are on their way though.