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Implausible but not total fantasy in Collins' case. It's possible we might persuade Collins to sign on for another 12 months (24 unlikely but not impossible?) with an improved deal and a release fee clause. Caldwell clearly thinks he can improve Archie further and if Collins buys into that he...
Lighter in numbers certainly but not sure we are much lighter in quality.
12 months on and this group of players has improved individually and collectively. To suggest we are weaker this year is just bizarre unless people think Blackman is significantly worse than Dawson.
Matt Taylor's...
Not sure if this has already been mentioned but Bradford had a 6th substitute lined up on the touchline and ready to come on for several minutes before eventually not making it.
This is similar to the post I came on here to make.
I support the proposal and think it is a sensible use of funds in principle. What we can't make a judgement on, and perhaps that is fair enough, is whether or not everything included in that £2.2m spend is necessary.
I think the comments from...
I'm very much a rose tinter but I have seen Seymour in a lot of games and am not convinced there is anywhere near enough to his game to even be challenging for a place on the bench. One of Taylor's odder decisions is backing him over Fisher in my opinion. Would be delighted to be proven wrong...
I think the most important thing for Ampadu is to play every week in the position that Chelsea see him developing in for them (no idea what that position is). Whether that is at the bottom of Premier League or top of the Championship probably doesn't matter at his age. Bournemouth might be a...
"big" club. As if Joel Randall, or most footballers, will give two hoots about what partisan football fans arbitrarily describe as being a "big" club or not when making a decision on their career. He will move up two divisions, increase his salary by many thousands and be playing for a club...
I think Randell Williams performances last season show exactly why selling Joel Randall is the right move once we got the price we wanted. It is disappointing for us but I would be surprised if Matt Taylor does not make at least two exciting signings before the end of August as a consequence.
"the fans want it". Do we? I don't remember being asked. I imagine if most fans had the choice between a scoreboard at hundreds of thousands or a couple of decent signings, most would choose the latter. If the numbers have been crunched and it will pay for itself fair enough, but it doesn't seem...
Suspect he might be viewed as a replacement for Joel Randall if he leaves in January or next summer. Imagine we will have the option of a third year contract wise. Imagine the fee is next to nothing but the sell-on will be reasonable. A good profile of signing, especially for 1931. Nice to hear...
I love the UK but hate the way (often foreign) money has poisoned the discourse in this country and threatens to turn us into a very inward looking nation. I don't think there is any logic in linking disappointment at the current political situation in the UK with hatred, if anything it is the...
Presumably McCarthy Stone paid us for the advertisement in the article above. If not half the content in that article has no place on the club website in my opinion.
Southgate suggested Lingard was going to start tonight - didn't mention Ollie which I took to mean he won't but we still benefit if he comes off the bench?
I don't doubt our income would increase but I suspect so too would our expenditure to fund trying to stay in the division.
A middling L1 club might be better for fan experience and income (or certainly for the first couple of seasons, after that people might get bored - look what happened to...
I almost completely agree with your post but would make the point that there are also clearly many more players in "top" academies who don't make it and who very much get left behind in terms of coaching along the way. It isn't simply a case of being at a top academy guarantees you better...
I'm not saying I disagree but is it truly a results business for us? Obviously in the context of not getting relegated or being really rubbish I accept that it is but would being a middling or struggling League One club be that much different for us than being a top end League Two club? I'm...
This attitude is offensive and dull. I doubt there are any fans that are "happy" any time we don't win a game or any season we don't gain promotion. Not having a tantrum every time things don't go our way doesn't make you happy. I recognise the difficulties of this season and the opportunities...
Think he was pretty clear in that interview that Jokull obviously hopes to break into the Reading first team squad this pre season and if he doesn't we will be picking up the phone and asking the question.
Yes talking up nothing...except for mentioning wanting to sign 3 or 4 marquee players...
This is precisely it.
The decision the players have to make is whether to take the money now and decrease the chances of becoming a professional footballer or take the first team opportunities in League Two, increasing your chances of a career in the game, but not get the money. The long term...
Having watched that excellent Matt Taylor video explaining his decisions (a good reminder of why I still find him refreshing compared to Tisdale) it is clear that he told Fisher he was going to be behind Seymour regardless and that Fisher chose to stay. Clearly Fish's game is more developed than...
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