CONFIRMED - Royston Drenthe

[RockheadRumple]

Anyone see the photo of Drenthe posing in the new kit with Williams on the reading website??? Drenthe looks like one bad ass mother oxf*rd

It's McAnuff m8. Not Williams.

[NewCorkSeth]

And Jobi looks like a boss in it.

[URZZZZZ]

Nigel Adkins has backed the fitness regime at Hogwood Park – following impressive second half showings against both Ipswich Town and Bolton Wanderers.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, the manager revealed that Royston Drenthe put in an incredible shift at the Reebok last weekend - covering over eleven kilometres.

“We believe we’ve got a good training programme here and if the players buy into it we can keep improving", said Adkins.

"Royston Drenthe got 11,000 meters under his belt in the game against Bolton, which is phenomenal, nobody would have thought he’d get anywhere near that when we first started in pre-season. He’s had to work hard. And great credit to him, he's trained every day and applied himself - it's down him.”

Read more at http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article ... e3qw35I.99

11k is that a lot

[ZacNaloen]

I think it's about average, but it's talking about an example of how far he's come which suggests he was no where near that when he came in.

[littlejohnnyoster]

I think anything over 10k is actually pretty good, only a few players will do that in most games.

But yeah, as above, he's obviously put in a lot of work to get himself where he is. He seems (touch wood) to have his head sorted....

[Geekins]

He's not only doing over 11k, he's also over exerting hinself to get into great positions. He's not tiring and not moving. He wants to be on the ball and tackling. He's special and great mentality for us at the moment.

[Cureton's Volley]

Our wánk kit does him no favours:



Looking forward to a dazzling performance tomorrow

[SPARTA]

Our wánk kit does him no favours:



Looking forward to a dazzling performance tomorrow

Is it my eyes or are those shorts a different blue to the non-hoops? The red in the shorts is awful as well.

[URZZZZZ]

Our wánk kit does him no favours:



Looking forward to a dazzling performance tomorrow

He could defo do with shedding a few more pounds. Twice the man he used to be

[AirRaidSiren]

Our wánk kit does him no favours:



Looking forward to a dazzling performance tomorrow

He could defo do with shedding a few more pounds. Twice the man he used to be

Fatty will get there, in fact, for a bloke playing pro football, he isn't doing too bad so far...

This guy is a breath of fresh air, his general attitude is A+ at the mo for a player that likes his burgers

[melonhead]

Gr8 neck beard

[creative_username_1]

Our wánk kit does him no favours:

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[TFF]

1st game of the season for me.

I'm going to fall for him aren't I?

[winchester_royal]

As long as you don't have a heart made of steel then yes, yes you will.

[2.8 lita injection]

He's not only doing over 11k, he's also over exerting hinself to get into great positions. He's not tiring and not moving. He wants to be on the ball and tackling. He's special and great mentality for us at the moment.

You only have to look at his stats, someone posted this earlier.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/720128 ... on-Reading

Match centre, summary.

The bloke is class. (clearly a difficult player to manage)

I have followed Reading since 88 (mean going to games, mainly away games), born in 72 but live in Newbury so started late but i never thought Reading would have players like Drenthe in our line up. When him and Kebe actually line up in the first 11 I think for the first time i will feel in awe of a Reading team.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Love the guy. But still over weight..

[Ian Royal]

Love the guy. But still over weight..

Ffs he's got a stocky build that's all.

He looks awesome. But he could do with a goal soon. Set pieces could be better.

[melonhead]

As long as :lo you don't have a heart made of steel then yes, yes you will.

He's my pos already

[URZZZZZ]

Love the guy. But still over weight..

Ffs he's got a stocky build that's all.

He looks awesome. But he could do with a goal soon. Set pieces could be better.

Lol there is being stocky and then there is having a bit of a belly on ya
He is a combination of both

[LoyalRoyal22]

Love the guy. But still over weight..

Ffs he's got a stocky build that's all.

He looks awesome. But he could do with a goal soon. Set pieces could be better.

Lol there is being stocky and then there is having a bit of a belly on ya
He is a combination of both

Agreed, he is well built, but is carriying some excess fat aswell. Still very quick though!