ambryboy
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Post by ambryboy on Jun 28, 2023 9:05:02 GMT 1
Still no anouncement, I hope he hasn't blotted his copybook. I've no inkling about this one... Me neither but let's not write this one off yet  |
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Post by Hazza on Jun 28, 2023 9:11:16 GMT 1
I've no inkling about this one... Me neither but let's not write this one off yet Can't agree personal terms - Town have gone back to sharpen their pencil... tenuous I know |
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Post by garyroberts'leftfoot on Jun 28, 2023 9:17:47 GMT 1
Anyone have any knowledge of him?
From what I can see they rejected an offer from Plymouth in January and we are rumoured to be after him along with Bristol City and Derby.
Looks to be a tall, fairly young forward who plays across the line.
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 28, 2023 9:55:36 GMT 1
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jun 28, 2023 10:02:35 GMT 1
Hopefully I'll be shagging Carol Vorderman later. I don't get all the hype about Ms Vorderman, I don't think she's all that. I still would though. But that's because I'm a pervert  Id take advantage of her over 50s plan😙 |
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ambryboy
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Post by ambryboy on Jun 28, 2023 10:04:26 GMT 1
Perhaps they have to sweeten the deal a bit?  |
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Post by Tinpot on Jun 28, 2023 10:23:48 GMT 1
Must admit, the joy of stationery puns aside I'm struggling to see the sense behind this signing.
Stats don't look as though he particularly pulled up any trees at Cambridge.
A year older than Kieran Phillips, scored the same number of goals, at the same level, in a (marginally) better side, and Phillips matched his total in half a season.
I know there's more to a striker's game these days than goals but even so, if we're recruiting from a lower level then I'd hope they were tearing it up at the level they were at.
Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye but it looks like we're getting someone to be the 4th best striker in the B Team.
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Post by dezzly on Jun 28, 2023 10:43:15 GMT 1
Must admit, the joy of stationery puns aside I'm struggling to see the sense behind this signing. Stats don't look as though he particularly pulled up any trees at Cambridge. A year older than Kieran Phillips, scored the same number of goals, at the same level, in a (marginally) better side, and Phillips matched his total in half a season. I know there's more to a striker's game these days than goals but even so, if we're recruiting from a lower level then I'd hope they were tearing it up at the level they were at. Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye but it looks like we're getting someone to be the 4th best striker in the B Team. On looking back at where he played for them last season he played more behind the strikers or wide of a three. know nothing else of him and even playing in those positions I’d expect maybe more of either goals or assists. More to players games than stats though. All in all couldn’t really say if was a good,bad or indifferent signing,if we are actually signing him that is. |
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Post by Tinpot on Jun 28, 2023 11:23:56 GMT 1
Must admit, the joy of stationery puns aside I'm struggling to see the sense behind this signing. Stats don't look as though he particularly pulled up any trees at Cambridge. A year older than Kieran Phillips, scored the same number of goals, at the same level, in a (marginally) better side, and Phillips matched his total in half a season. I know there's more to a striker's game these days than goals but even so, if we're recruiting from a lower level then I'd hope they were tearing it up at the level they were at. Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye but it looks like we're getting someone to be the 4th best striker in the B Team. On looking back at where he played for them last season he played more behind the strikers or wide of a three. know nothing else of him and even playing in those positions I’d expect maybe more of either goals or assists. More to players games than stats though. All in all couldn’t really say if was a good,bad or indifferent signing,if we are actually signing him that is. Yeah, I'm not writing him off. I recall not being terribly impressed when we signed that keeper that had been warming the bench at MK Dons. Just speculating on a rumoured transfer. Conversely I was pretty happy when we brought in Pritchard, Kongolo and the sprint twins. First impressions aren't always right. But my first impression is that it is a bit of a head scratcher. |
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Post by hartyhtfc on Jun 28, 2023 12:06:32 GMT 1
Young, potentially talented player on a free transfer. Yeah I think we'll have that
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Post by emleyterrier on Jun 28, 2023 13:18:01 GMT 1
Must admit, the joy of stationery puns aside I'm struggling to see the sense behind this signing. Stats don't look as though he particularly pulled up any trees at Cambridge. A year older than Kieran Phillips, scored the same number of goals, at the same level, in a (marginally) better side, and Phillips matched his total in half a season. I know there's more to a striker's game these days than goals but even so, if we're recruiting from a lower level then I'd hope they were tearing it up at the level they were at. Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye but it looks like we're getting someone to be the 4th best striker in the B Team. He didn’t play as a striker last season… Attacking midfielder/ winger with 10 goal contributions in a team that only scored 41 goals last season. No transfer fee and you would think relatively low wages, might not be good enough but it’s worth the risk IMO. |
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Post by Tinpot on Jun 28, 2023 15:20:48 GMT 1
Must admit, the joy of stationery puns aside I'm struggling to see the sense behind this signing. Stats don't look as though he particularly pulled up any trees at Cambridge. A year older than Kieran Phillips, scored the same number of goals, at the same level, in a (marginally) better side, and Phillips matched his total in half a season. I know there's more to a striker's game these days than goals but even so, if we're recruiting from a lower level then I'd hope they were tearing it up at the level they were at. Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye but it looks like we're getting someone to be the 4th best striker in the B Team. He didn’t play as a striker last season… Attacking midfielder/ winger with 10 goal contributions in a team that only scored 41 goals last season. No transfer fee and you would think relatively low wages, might not be good enough but it’s worth the risk IMO. If he is decent on the wing fair enough. TBF that's probably the only outfield position that I would suggest we could do to bulk up the squad with quantity as well as quality. |
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Post by Drew Peacock on Jun 28, 2023 15:58:40 GMT 1
How’s that then? Not sure who you’re referring to, but if we take Rhodes as an example: one had been there, done it and broke the records at this level. The other has done, statistically, very little (213 games across Leagues One and Two, 42 goals, 15 assists). I know, admittedly, very little on paper about Knibbs. So I can only go what is said etc. But the odds of Knibbs fixing our issues are no less greater than Rhodes. [this doesn’t mean I’m a Rhodes convert either, I’m just responding to your point]. Football is obsessed with age. If we signed Lewandowski, I doubt anyone would label him a ‘has-been’. You can get good results from signing old players, but we don't seem to do. We get let with has beens and don't seem to be able to compete on their last season, so it ends up as a payment for nothing. Ward is one of our most highly paid players and we did get one good season out of him, to re sign him seems like madness to me. Rhodes was excellent first time around but in spite of his efforts this time around has been a very expensive mistake. We have been linked strongly with another 33year old that could not help Reading stay up. I doubt very strongly that we can get two years out of him. My perception but paying out on expensive older players has not worked for us. Ward was 29 when we signed him and is still only 31 now, so he hardly falls into that bracket. Basically what you'd normally call in his prime years. Had a poor season last year because he was a) rarely fully fit and b) managed by a couple of absolute fucktards. Rhodes I'll give you but not really sure who else you mean, near enough everyone in the squad currently over 30 were brought here before they were 30. |
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Post by goodbet on Jun 28, 2023 17:08:16 GMT 1
You can get good results from signing old players, but we don't seem to do. We get let with has beens and don't seem to be able to compete on their last season, so it ends up as a payment for nothing. Ward is one of our most highly paid players and we did get one good season out of him, to re sign him seems like madness to me. Rhodes was excellent first time around but in spite of his efforts this time around has been a very expensive mistake. We have been linked strongly with another 33year old that could not help Reading stay up. I doubt very strongly that we can get two years out of him. My perception but paying out on expensive older players has not worked for us. Ward was 29 when we signed him and is still only 31 now, so he hardly falls into that bracket. Basically what you'd normally call in his prime years. Had a poor season last year because he was a) rarely fully fit and b) managed by a couple of absolute fucktards. Rhodes I'll give you but not really sure who else you mean, near enough everyone in the squad currently over 30 were brought here before they were 30. It is the principal of signing these old players especially if we sign them for the same position. We need to have options and sign player that fit the way we are going to play, that is why Rhodes has not been as useful has he might have been. We need to consider the balance of the side as well so that we have some strength and speed in the side as well some leadership. So when we are looking for a player we have other things to consider than just their positional qualities. Ward is 32 according to Wiki. Before we signed Lees and Pearson we had a few old centre backs that were very slow as well. |
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Post by PellonTerrier on Jun 28, 2023 17:58:32 GMT 1
Ward was 29 when we signed him and is still only 31 now, so he hardly falls into that bracket. Basically what you'd normally call in his prime years. Had a poor season last year because he was a) rarely fully fit and b) managed by a couple of absolute fucktards. Rhodes I'll give you but not really sure who else you mean, near enough everyone in the squad currently over 30 were brought here before they were 30. It is the principal of signing these old players especially if we sign them for the same position. We need to have options and sign player that fit the way we are going to play, that is why Rhodes has not been as useful has he might have been. We need to consider the balance of the side as well so that we have some strength and speed in the side as well some leadership. So when we are looking for a player we have other things to consider than just their positional qualities. Ward is 32 according to Wiki. Before we signed Lees and Pearson we had a few old centre backs that were very slow as well. Page, Jackson, Sinnot, Lucketti, Clarke Hudson Crainie Elphick, Lees A few of the veteran centre halves signed in my time watching. Not the worst list. Stapleton Edwards(k) stant,jepson Beckett, Lee, Parkin Stead depoitre Rhodes mk2 Ward The aginge striker list is definitely a bit more miss than hit barring a couple of exceptions These list are from memory and dont include players i may have burned from my memory Think i just missed Peter Withe |
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Post by itkterrier on Jun 29, 2023 10:15:15 GMT 1
Off to Reading
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Post by mosher on Jun 29, 2023 10:41:27 GMT 1
How can they still be signing MORE players when they're under investigation again? |
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jun 29, 2023 10:42:58 GMT 1
How can they still be signing MORE players when they're under investigation again? They've got Walcott training with them with a view of a contract. Can't see his wages being cheap. |
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Post by mosher on Jun 29, 2023 10:46:09 GMT 1
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Jun 29, 2023 10:55:41 GMT 1
Good. We've already got four rookie strikers in Philips, Harrat, Simpson and Hudlin. Its the finished article we need, not potential. |
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Post by Yuta be a terrier on Jun 29, 2023 11:02:05 GMT 1
How can they still be signing MORE players when they're under investigation again? They've got Walcott training with them with a view of a contract. Can't see his wages being cheap. Since when have Reading paid any attention to financial impact. Its not as if they have EFL charges, financial restrictions and possible winding up orders hanging over them is it..... Absolute joke of a club. |
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 29, 2023 20:15:11 GMT 1
They've got Walcott training with them with a view of a contract. Can't see his wages being cheap. Since when have Reading paid any attention to financial impact. Its not as if they have EFL charges, financial restrictions and possible winding up orders hanging over them is it..... Absolute joke of a club. Ah, but they were nice to us at the play-off final... |
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Post by pterrier on Jun 29, 2023 21:16:59 GMT 1
Since when have Reading paid any attention to financial impact. Its not as if they have EFL charges, financial restrictions and possible winding up orders hanging over them is it..... Absolute joke of a club. Ah, but they were nice to us at the play-off final... Their fans are a decent bunch, it’s not their fault their owners behave like lunatics. |
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Post by dbterrier32 on Jul 9, 2023 9:48:00 GMT 1
Has this bloke signed for anybody yet? He seemed to put a goodbye statement out on Twitter to Cambridge fans a while back. Surely, somebody has signed him for him to do that.
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Post by Tinpot on Jul 9, 2023 10:27:59 GMT 1
Has this bloke signed for anybody yet? He seemed to put a goodbye statement out on Twitter to Cambridge fans a while back. Surely, somebody has signed him for him to do that. Or he rejected the offer to extend his contract because he was confident of getting a deal somewhere better. Doesn't necessarily mean he got one. |
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Post by Tiro on Jul 13, 2023 17:40:31 GMT 1
Signed for Reading.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jul 13, 2023 18:38:49 GMT 1
Considering he'll be coming in on a free, It's a minimal risk signing. Might resemble Karlan Grant, might resemble Kyle Hudlin. We shall see Might resemble Mahoney. What could possibly go wrong 😉 |
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Post by 3Pipe on Jul 13, 2023 21:03:35 GMT 1
If Reading can sign one more player this would make Knibbs their 'pen'ultimate signing.
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