Billy Sharp - Worth a punt?

Just gone to Reading on loan.

Probably thought he would have no chance of getting a game at a team that already has Ngog and Beckford!

Reading have completed the loan signing of Southampton striker Billy Sharp until January.

Sharp, 27, arrived at St Mary's for £1.8m from Doncaster in January 2012, but spent much of last season on loan at Nottingham Forest after helping the Saints get promoted to Premier League.

By moving to Championship side Reading he is reunited with manager Nigel Adkins, who signed him for Southampton.

Sharp will be in the Reading squad for Saturday's game against Birmingham.

Following the move, Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino has drawn a line under Sharp's time at the club and does not think he'll be able to earn a reprieve like fellow striker Tadanari Lee.

"No, not really," Pochettino told BBC Radio Solent.

"He was never a player who was part of my plans. Our squad is closed, we have the right number of players so there is no coming back."

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Shame I'd definitely have signed him, although I've heard he was on good money at Southampton (close to £30,000) so financially probably unfeasible.

Not to mention the fact he'd be mad to choose us over Reading at the moment.

Has Adam Le Fondre gone on loan somewhere or is he still at Reading? He's a player i'd love to see us sign.

Think he's readings leading scorer this season

I suggested Billy Sharp in the Summer, he'll always score goals at Championship level.

Looks like Rob Earnshaw is our last hope.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Looks like Rob Earnshaw is our last hope.

I still think Beckford will come come good. Once he gets off the mark and opens his account I expect him to go from strength to strength.

With the right service I agree Reebok but the way Freedman sets the team up he has no chance. You could sign Messi and he'd struggle under Dougie the Dope.

Whitesince63 wrote:With the right service I agree Reebok but the way Freedman sets  the team up he has no chance. You could sign Messi and he'd struggle under Dougie the Dope.

When playing Ngog or Beckford up front it has to be the through ball just in front of the strikers. Ball to feet is the key. Unfortunately Knight and Mills tend to go for hoofball and seeing as SKD is no longer with us, it's a pointless exercise.

I thought Beckford was a decent signing. And while I agree that the service has been shambolic, he's still far too weak when he's had the ball and too damn lazy when he hasn't.

The simple fact is we should never have let Klasnic go. If you're going to have a lazy bugger upfront it might as well be a lazy bugger that will score 15+ goals a season.

Cricket Nat that's twice I've agreed with you tonight, I'm getting worried. 74' more banter get me out of here!, lol

Everyone agrees with me in the end.

Natasha Whittam wrote:Everyone agrees with me in the end.

I think you need work on your verbiage.  Just sounds so wrong.

Natasha Whittam wrote:Everyone agrees with me in the end.

That's because you do more U turns than the Waltzer so it's inevitable.