Southampton Winger Sims Arrives On Season Loan

21 August 2018
By Hob Nob Anyone?

Southampton winger Joshua Sims has joined the Royals on a season long loan. Twenty one year old Sims made his Southampton Premier League debut as a 19 year old in November 2016, starting in a 1-0 victory over Everton and has gone on to make 13 appearances in the Premier League for the Saints over the last two seasons. After being restricted to most of those games as late showings from the bench, and only making 7 appearances in all competitions last season, Southampton are keen to give Sims more experience this season.

Reading manager Paul Clement describes Sims as "a talented young player that can play on either side, he is a hard worker with a lot of ability and potential, and I'm delighted that he's joining us at Reading." With Reading's lack of success so far this season in the league Clement will be hoping Sims can make an immediate impact and is highly likely to go straight into the team. Sims will be available for selection as Reading travel to Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday evening looking for their first points of the season.

Southampton winger Joshua Sims has joined the Royals on a season long loan. Twenty one year old Sims made his Southampton Premier League debut as a 19 year old in November 2016, starting in a 1-0 victory over Everton and has gone on to make 13 appearances in the Premier League for the Saints over the last two seasons. After being restricted to most of those games as late showings from the bench, and only making 7 appearances in all competitions last season, Southampton are keen to give Sims more experience this season.
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Reading manager Paul Clement describes Sims as "a talented young player that can play on either side, he is a hard worker with a lot of ability and potential, and I'm delighted that he's joining us at Reading." With Reading's lack of success so far this season in the league Clement will be hoping Sims can make an immediate impact and is highly likely to go straight into the team. Sims will be available for selection as Reading travel to Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday evening looking for their first points of the season.

Discussion On This Story:

NewCorkSeth

» 20 Aug 2018 18:28

Sims like it.

McDermolenko

» 20 Aug 2018 18:30

Happy with that

NewCorkSeth

» 20 Aug 2018 18:30

I realise now my phones autocorrect changed it back from Confimred. I'm sorry.

CountryRoyal

» 20 Aug 2018 18:35

Hope he knows the championship is no game.

Snowflake Royal

» 20 Aug 2018 18:39

I'd rather joan Sims.
Who is he?
EDIT: ah, young Saints winger with PL appearances. Get him in the side... :)

Begs the question what's wrong with him if we've signed him?

NewCorkSeth

» 20 Aug 2018 18:49

Im sure hes had a serious injury or 2.

Zip

» 20 Aug 2018 18:49

So presumably the Dyer deal is off

AthleticoSpizz

» 20 Aug 2018 18:58

Confirmed? or already condemned here?

Zip

» 20 Aug 2018 19:04

Confirmed and imho one of our better signings of the summer

alfie9

» 20 Aug 2018 19:04

I guess Dyer watched the Bolton game and called it off :lol:

Hiram K Hackenbacker

» 20 Aug 2018 19:19

I agree

Berry

» 20 Aug 2018 20:03

So we had too many wingers then not enough and who will get on the end of crosses?...Bod or the tall McNulty...Who's running the club FFS

Hound

» 20 Aug 2018 20:05

Cool, happy enough with that. Hopefully add a bit of extra life to the attacking play
Seemed to go completely under the radar. I reckon PC will prob let Popa and/or Harriott in the very near future

Stranded

» 20 Aug 2018 21:04

Can only assume this is the surprise loan that PC referred to recently.
Saints fans seemed pretty pissed that he has gone on loan.

FiNeRaIn

» 20 Aug 2018 21:07

We go all summer whinging and complaining about the lack of a quality striker during the last 18 month, we start the season with a punt from a lower league, Bod whose career goal average is almost 1 in 6 and Baldock who has scored 18 goals in 79 appearances in the championship. Not complete shit by any means, but definitely not high pedigree and he missed almost an entire season last year at Brighton. We start the season utter shit, again, like most people thought we would. What is our next signing to address 1 goal in 3 games? Another oxf*rd winger of which we have an abundance.
The problem wasn't Stam, It's not Clement or whichever manager will be next, its the oxf*rd idiotic, ridiculous recruitment by individuals with no awareness or quite simply ulterior motives ( possible financially). This guy is probably a decent player, I have no issues with whether or not he may add something, but the problem is so painfully obvious we have no pace, movement, quality in front of goal or anything that will put fear into the opposition and we keep adding to other areas instead. What the hell are they doing?
Jordan Rhodes, Scott Hogan, Bamford and even Oliveira is still knocking around. We could have even stuck a bid in for Gestede. These are all people who have scored goals and been quality in this division at some point and are all under 30 still. Would they all work out? Probably not, but there is a lot more there to suggest with the right coaching, regular playing time and team dynamic they could reach that form again. There's others that fit this category as well so I don't want to hear strikers with pedigree don't grow on trees, there is enough to chose from if you have a sensible transfer policy. We don't. Goals win games. Wake up.

Henley Royal 1

» 20 Aug 2018 21:15

Come in to my life ive got so much love to show you.

Hound

» 20 Aug 2018 21:25

We signed a player who had a great record as a goal scorer in this division on loan last season, and he was genuinely as bad a player as Inhave seen at the club in the last 5 year’s
You complain we have no pace, movement or quality up front (which I disagree with) and we sign someone who apparently has pace, movement and quality and you complain on that
We have an abundance of wingers, but 2 have been injured for nearly 2 years, 1 is also injury prone, questions about his attitude and ability, 1 is just rubbish and 1 is Barrow.
Signing anyone of those players you mentioned on huge money would be in no way a sensible transfer policy
After watching the game on Sat, it was painfully obvious we needed another winger. Good signing imo

Berry

» 20 Aug 2018 22:04

Wouldn't it of been nice if Shane Long had come with him?

Linden Jones' Tash

» 20 Aug 2018 22:08

Nice one Joyce...

FiNeRaIn

» 20 Aug 2018 22:26

And? With that logic anyone else with a previous goal-scoring record in previous seasons can be ignored as well. Are we to sign strikers who have never scored on the basis one previously potent guy didn't work out?
I didn't complain about him, in fact I said he might add value. I'm complaining about the lack of striker options which has plagued us two 18 months and beyond. Even if this guy is superman, who is going to score his crosses?
Some of that is fair, but it should not be a priority to strengthen that over up front. Even center mid I would look at before wingers.
Says who? We spunked silly money on Aluko and most if not all of those wouldn't take up the same resources as he did. A huge problem with our current structure is we have a massive squad full of average players. If we spend less on adding mediocre players in midfield and up front more will be available to get a higher quality of player.
The guy has never scored a senior goal so i'll ask again, even if he turns out to be the best winger we've had in the last ten years, who exactly is going to score? Certainly not Bod who will no doubt be ten yards outside the box when the crosses come in, again.

AthleticoSpizz

» 20 Aug 2018 22:29

There is no such finer rain as fine rain.
Jeez mate, turn it in.....

CountryRoyal

» 20 Aug 2018 22:38

Bod is the only striker that carries an aerial threat and currently Barrow is seemingly the only winger capable of putting in a cross.
Bod is let down in his overall play so you can see the dilemma. Baldock and McNulty aren’t much cop from distance and although both should have done better with a couple of their chances we haven’t been able to get them in the right areas for various reasons.
We’ve lacked some penetration in the oppositions box at times and if Sims can help us get into those dangerous areas and get Baldock or McNulty on the end of some balls or picking up scraps then that’s great. I actually think McNulty is more likely to get goals. The only problem is he likes to come deep.

Snowflake Royal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:01

Anonymous

» 20 Aug 2018 23:03

Imagine writing off a new loan signing before he's even kicked a ball for us.
Some really embarrassing stuff in this thread.

CountryRoyal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:12

This is Reading afterall.
I’m surprised anyone is surprised anymore.

CountryRoyal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:13

Snowflake Royal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:21

We have two many wingers. But seeing as theyre all injured and or shit and or passed it, and we seem to want to revert to 4-4-2 we probably need this guy.
Crosses don't have to be high chap. Meite and Bod are fairly tall anyway.

I’m not a massive fan of Meite through the middle but would probably prefer him to Bod. Perhaps Meite and McNulty could be an interesting front two. Certainly has a ring to it if nothing else!
What I'd like to see is the same attacking collective, be it one two or three, given five games to build some sort of understanding and partnership.
I prefer Bod to Meite, he has his limitations but he's more polished, I'd rather Yak as an attacking sub. Personally my preference is Bod and McNulty. But really I don't care which of them it is, so long as they get a bloody chance to build something before the pack is shuffled yet again.

CountryRoyal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:24

I’m not a massive fan of Meite through the middle but would probably prefer him to Bod. Perhaps Meite and McNulty could be an interesting front two. Certainly has a ring to it if nothing else!
What I'd like to see is the same attacking collective, be it one two or three, given five games to build some sort of understanding and partnership.
I prefer Bod to Meite, he has his limitations but he's more polished, I'd rather Yak as an attacking sub. Personally my preference is Bod and McNulty. But really I don't care which of them it is, so long as they get a bloody chance to build something before the pack is shuffled yet again.

It’s a good point about consistency and we now have a chance to do that. Baldock and McNulty have had two games together now and have shown glimpses of promise. Will he stick with it?

Snowflake Royal

» 20 Aug 2018 23:36

What I'd like to see is the same attacking collective, be it one two or three, given five games to build some sort of understanding and partnership.
I prefer Bod to Meite, he has his limitations but he's more polished, I'd rather Yak as an attacking sub. Personally my preference is Bod and McNulty. But really I don't care which of them it is, so long as they get a bloody chance to build something before the pack is shuffled yet again.

It’s a good point about consistency and we now have a chance to do that. Baldock and McNulty have had two games together now and have shown glimpses of promise. Will he stick with it?
Not my preferred pairing by any stretch, but yeah, they should get at least a couple more. Still no goals, switch it up.
I'm willing to bet either they won't, or those with the responsibility to supply them will be changed constantly.

Denver Royal

» 21 Aug 2018 00:11

I’m warming to Méïté. Only turned 22 this year. Good signing by Stam, and then a good loan out. Has stuff in his locker we don’t, re. Champ. Wish he was couple inches taller. Not sure he’s a wide player, reckon Clement gives him minutes there to get him on the park. Worried he may get squeezed out by numbers now.

Ian, good points re. settled side. Not sure what our 1st eleven is/should be right now? It seems too fluid.

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