HomeHe looked good when on loan at Everton. It's the kind of quality signing I am hoping we'll make.
Reading signing Royston Drenthe
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Reebok Trotter
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Hipster_Nebula
Reebok_Rebel
wanderlust
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2 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 17:29
Reebok_Rebel
Frank Worthington
wanderlust wrote:He looked good when on loan at Everton. It's the kind of quality signing I am hoping we'll make.
we wont...
3 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 18:25
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
Is this the guy that ran in a straight line a lot and was always on the bench?
4 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 18:26
Michael Bolton
El Hadji Diouf
Jesus, he has fallen from grace since signing for Real Madrid. Should be a class signing at this level.
5 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 18:28
Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
Hipster_Nebula wrote:Is this the guy that ran in a straight line a lot and was always on the bench?
You're thinking of Royston Vasey.
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6 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 18:54
Guest
Guest
Hes a local player for a local club
7 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 22:52
aaron_bwfc
Moderator
Decent player but I think he will turn out to be a martin petrov type player who will go missing on a cold December night at Yeovil.
8 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Mon Jun 17 2013, 23:20
Copper Dragon
Ivan Campo
Reebok Trotter wrote:Hipster_Nebula wrote:Is this the guy that ran in a straight line a lot and was always on the bench?
You're thinking of Royston Vasey.
I don't think that you'll ever see Chubby Brown run, let alone in a straight line.
9 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 11:32
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
aaron_bwfc wrote:Decent player but I think he will turn out to be a martin petrov type player who will go missing on a cold December night at Yeovil.
He runs (and looks a bit) like Ricardo, falls over a lot but scores some spectacular goals. Plays LB or left wing and is quick. The general point is that there will be several contenders for promotion next season and they're gearing up for it. We will need to improve on last season quite a bit IMO.
10 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 11:48
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
Lets be honest though, last season they were saying ourselves, blackburn and Wolves would "contend" and that us or Wolves would win it easy.
11 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 11:57
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Hipster_Nebula wrote:Lets be honest though, last season they were saying ourselves, blackburn and Wolves would "contend" and that us or Wolves would win it easy.
True. You never know how "established, proven" players are going to perform over a season and all 3 teams mentioned had plenty of them. To me, it makes a case for staying well away from "established, proven" players in the transfer market, as they always come with a heavy price tag and trade on their past glories. Outstanding player for Rovers was Rhodes who hadn't played at this level before. We started with Andrews and Petrov and look what happened to them.
12 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:16
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
exactly, i really do think the championship is a bit of a crap shoot.
13 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:20
Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
wanderlust wrote:To me, it makes a case for staying well away from "established, proven" players in the transfer market, as they always come with a heavy price tag and trade on their past glories.
Ha ha, so we should buy players with no track record and no glories? Why not buy all of the Bamber Bridge squad then?
14 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:31
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
I think he's saying there's no guarantees.
15 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:33
Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
Hipster_Nebula wrote:I think he's saying there's no guarantees.
And he is quite correct. The club should be looking at bringing more players in through the youth academy. That's what it's supposed to be there for in the first place.
16 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:33
Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
I know what he's saying, but he's wrong.
You need experienced players - people like to use Cardiff as a benchmark, they had their fair share of older heads...Bellamy, Whittingham etc.
You need experienced players - people like to use Cardiff as a benchmark, they had their fair share of older heads...Bellamy, Whittingham etc.
17 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:34
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
You could use Cardiff, or you could use us, Blackburn and Wolves.
18 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:35
Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Hipster_Nebula wrote:You could use Cardiff, or you could use us, Blackburn and Wolves.
So where's this team that got promoted with no experienced players?
19 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:42
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
where is anyone saying you should have NO experienced players.
I think the suggestion was just signing "old heads" is no guarantee of promotion, thats it.
I think the suggestion was just signing "old heads" is no guarantee of promotion, thats it.
20 Re: Reading signing Royston Drenthe Tue Jun 18 2013, 12:45
Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Hipster_Nebula wrote:where is anyone saying you should have NO experienced players.
I think the suggestion was just signing "old heads" is no guarantee of promotion, thats it.
I don't think a 29 year old is an old head.
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