Haydon Robert’s - Confimred

[Brogue]

Signs on a 2 and half year deal from Bristol city

[WestYorksRoyal]

It's only a game, but if FM26 is anything to go by he's an unreal signing. I signed him on a free when we got promoted to the Championship, and he survived my ruthless cull when I wanted to build a promotion worth squad.

[Hound]

Looks a decent signing on paper

Couple of reasonably ambitious signings today then. Should make a difference

Expecting to see people go out now surely

[windermereROYAL]

Looks like the defence sorted, now maybe we`re looking at more attacking options. feel we`re still a bit short in midfield up top.

[Clyde1998]

First impressions is this is a good signing, who definitely has the potential to improve - the type of signing we should be making. Seems he's a left-sided defender (so can play LB or left CB), with the ability to play as a DM.

Any ideas on what the fee might be?

[WestYorksRoyal]

First impressions is this is a good signing, who definitely has the potential to improve - the type of signing we should be making. Seems he's a left-sided defender (so can play LB or left CB), with the ability to play as a DM.

Any ideas on what the fee might be?

He only had 6 months on his contract so I'd guess pretty small.

[Snowflake Royal]

So 23 year old LB/CB

Made almost 30 starts for Derby in L1 in 22/23.
15 is starts for Brizzle in the Championship in each of 23/24 and 24/25.

Not a particularly good rating on whoscored for any of those seasons. Scores the odd goal, gets the odd assist. Not particularly good defensive stats.

Remove to develop, potential sell on value. Solves our LB weakness. We paid a fee.

Seems a reasonable if not outstanding signing. Has to signal the end of Ryan and John Clarke's time here though you'd think.

[Royal Monkey]

He came on and played the last 10 mins on Tuesday night at left side of back 3 away at Ipswich, then signs for us Wednesday, perhaps they dropped him off on the way back to Brizzle lol.
City fans all seem happy he has gone especially for a fee as they got him on a free.
They definitely didn’t rate him but hopefully he’ll be good for us dropping down a division?
Read that fee was in the region of £300k but obvs no idea how true that is.

[scumbag]

He came on and played the last 10 mins on Tuesday night at left side of back 3 away at Ipswich, then signs for us Wednesday, perhaps they dropped him off on the way back to Brizzle lol.
City fans all seem happy he has gone especially for a fee as they got him on a free.
They definitely didn’t rate him but hopefully he’ll be good for us dropping down a division?
Read that fee was in the region of £300k but obvs no idea how true that is.

I'd hazard £300k is very unlikely considering he had 6 months on his contract.

[Stranded]

He came on and played the last 10 mins on Tuesday night at left side of back 3 away at Ipswich, then signs for us Wednesday, perhaps they dropped him off on the way back to Brizzle lol.
City fans all seem happy he has gone especially for a fee as they got him on a free.
They definitely didn’t rate him but hopefully he’ll be good for us dropping down a division?
Read that fee was in the region of £300k but obvs no idea how true that is.

They did rate him about a year ago but from what I can tell the feeling is the club have moved past him i.e. he isn't good enough to be a regular in a side pushing for a Championship play-off spot, which is fair enough.

Good to see us looking to solve a problem position by signing a young player who has played at the level higher this year and already has over 120 apps at Champ and L1 level. On paper, a very good signing esp for January.

[Hertz-royal]

Positive signing just what we needed. Added benefit he appears match fit if playing odd game for B. City, so other than learning tactics should be able to going in next game or so.

[Sutekh]

General consensus from City is pleased he’s finally left and despite some wag who suggested the fee was in the region of £6.5m they seem happy with slightly more believable “less than £300k”. Seems Reading beat Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) to his signature.

The official Reading FC Welcome

Clear option to go 3 at the back now, though would not expect such a move until they’ve had a chance to work on it in training.

[Wycombe Royal]

Clear option to go 3 at the back now, though would not expect such a move until they’ve had a chance to work on it in training.

You would have thought that if that was his preferred set up, which from previous claims might well be the case, then I would assume they have already been working on that in training. Paudie is also well versed in a 3 CB's system from his time at Lincoln.

[South Coast Royal]

With Nyambe also signing is there now a bit of a Derby old boys club developing alongside the Wigan one?

I presume this is for our problem left-back position with time being called on Dorsett, especially with Randell Williams and (if he stays) Garcia and even old man Ritchie able to play there if needed.
There will surely be a few leaving over the next couple of weeks and even if we are still shopping in Poundland the owner is backing this manager.

Most decent teams are built from the back and even if Marriott and Keane are probably not long term options they will do for this season and possibly next but we are surely going to bring in another or is Kelvin now deemed to be a striker?

[tidus_mi2]

With Nyambe also signing is there now a bit of a Derby old boys club developing alongside the Wigan one?

I presume this is for our problem left-back position with time being called on Dorsett, especially with Randell Williams and (if he stays) Garcia and even old man Ritchie able to play there if needed.
There will surely be a few leaving over the next couple of weeks and even if we are still shopping in Poundland the owner is backing this manager.

Most decent teams are built from the back and even if Marriott and Keane are probably not long term options they will do for this season and possibly next but we are surely going to bring in another or is Kelvin now deemed to be a striker?

Thing is, I'm not convinced Dorsett is good enough for what we want to achieve and being 23, will be 24 at the end of the season, if he's not good enough, we probably need to move him on.

[TiagoIlori]

Both signings from yesterday come from Richardson and Beattie’s agent who was also involved with Garry Monk’s controversial transfer dealings. No reason to suspect foul play here but hopefully someone at the club is monitoring it this time around…

[Millsy]

It's only a game, but if FM26 is anything to go by he's an unreal signing. I signed him on a free when we got promoted to the Championship, and he survived my ruthless cull when I wanted to build a promotion worth squad.

Good info thank you. Sounds like a great signing then. Well done all at RFC.

[kwik-silva]

Both signings from yesterday come from Richardson and Beattie’s agent who was also involved with Garry Monk’s controversial transfer dealings. No reason to suspect foul play here but hopefully someone at the club is monitoring it this time around…

Is Roberts actually still with them? Transfermarkt has him down as a different agency, but Omnisports does show him on their website. Either way, it's probably the link we've used to sign him.

[TiagoIlori]

Both signings from yesterday come from Richardson and Beattie’s agent who was also involved with Garry Monk’s controversial transfer dealings. No reason to suspect foul play here but hopefully someone at the club is monitoring it this time around…

Is Roberts actually still with them? Transfermarkt has him down as a different agency, but Omnisports does show him on their website. Either way, it's probably the link we've used to sign him.

Looks like NXXTPlay his claimed current agent have posted on their website about him while Omnisports haven’t said anything (they did on instagram over Nyambe) so inclined to think he recently changed agent based on that

[Extended-Phenotype]

I think this is the sort of signing we should expect. Realistically we are in the market for players who haven’t set the world alight at their club of origin, but have the potential to flourish with us. It’s a punt, but I fail to see how league 1 sides can safely afford to bring in guaranteed quality.

Sounds like he has promise. It’s a position we need strengthening. And it’s a permanent. Dig it.