Confirmed - Le Fondre to Cardiff

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

Forster was class, but Doyle, Kits, Cureton and even Lita have all been better than Alfie.

You were doing alright until you mentioned Lita...

Maybe, but I think his overall work rate was better than Alfie's.

[surrounded by saints]

if it,s true that ALF has gone ,then it,s the latest episode in the shambles that Reading f. c. is becoming......and still no word of any of this on the club website. I understand ALF might not be everyones favourite, but I honestly can,t see who we have that can take his place. I wonder what Adkins makes of what,s happening....or maybe he,s past caring.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Err. Kitson and Doyle were both better than Forster. As was Long for half a season. And totally different player to ALF.

Forster is in the top 10 2nd tier strikers of all time mate.

Christ on a bike. IR, for 1 season Forster was arguably the best player i've seen in Reading shirt in 30+ years. 1 player was the difference between finishing 4th & 14th that year. I cant think of a better player at any club not to play in the top flight. Yet you think Kitson is better. OK.

[St. Brynjar]

This has got nothing on Kebe leaving last year.

Thanks for the Chelsea/Saints games and probably a few others too, hope Cardiff's bench is just as comfy as ours.

[Royal Lady]

if it,s true that ALF has gone ,then it,s the latest episode in the shambles that Reading f. c. is becoming......and still no word of any of this on the club website. I understand ALF might not be everyones favourite, but I honestly can,t see who we have that can take his place. I wonder what Adkins makes of what,s happening....or maybe he,s past caring.

See the little ' on the @ key, press that instead of a comma. HTH.

[maffff]

I'm still mixed on this. A shame to see him go as he didn't realise his full potential with us, although we criticise his all round play sometimes in the box he was the guy to pick a pass no one else would see. And some of his link up play with Pog was fantastic at times. And Januaries he was amazing.

But ultimately he needed to get the supply rather than be a playmaker and creative outlet. Which in the way we've been set up seems to be a bit of a luxury.

Whilst the fee may be low, there seems to be the urgent need to necessitate a sale. I'd be surprised if it weren't for him playing under his hero (Ole...), and probably player closest to his style in the history of the Prem, whether he would have been willing to move so quickly or to a team in the same league.

As his brother said to me on twitter if you look at fee paid, service given and fee recieved we've gotten more out of it than we put in. End of the day he's fulfilled his contractual obligations and been a player that has given us some pretty good goals and memories and off the pitch has been a player that has upheld the sort of family values that we've tended to promote. A nice guy, confident in his ability and obviously looking out for a good deal for himself and his family.

Oh well, good luck to him.

[Royal Lady]

I'm still mixed on this. A shame to see him go as he didn't realise his full potential with us, although we criticise his all round play sometimes in the box he was the guy to pick a pass no one else would see. And some of his link up play with Pog was fantastic at times. And Januaries he was amazing.

But ultimately he needed to get the supply rather than be a playmaker and creative outlet. Which in the way we've been set up seems to be a bit of a luxury.

Whilst the fee may be low, there seems to be the urgent need to necessitate a sale. I'd be surprised if it weren't for him playing under his hero (Ole...), and probably player closest to his style in the history of the Prem, whether he would have been willing to move so quickly or to a team in the same league.

As his brother said to me on twitter if you look at fee paid, service given and fee recieved we've gotten more out of it than we put in. End of the day he's fulfilled his contractual obligations and been a player that has given us some pretty good goals and memories and off the pitch has been a player that has upheld the sort of family values that we've tended to promote. A nice guy, confident in his ability and obviously looking out for a good deal for himself and his family.

Oh well, good luck to him.

Oooh get you!

[surrounded by saints]

if it,s true that ALF has gone ,then it,s the latest episode in the shambles that Reading f. c. is becoming......and still no word of any of this on the club website. I understand ALF might not be everyones favourite, but I honestly can,t see who we have that can take his place. I wonder what Adkins makes of what,s happening....or maybe he,s past caring.

See the little ' on the @ key, press that instead of a comma. HTH.

Sorry,.... Thank goodness you were there.

[Pepe the Horseman]

*Sorry'

[Royal Lady]

if it,s true that ALF has gone ,then it,s the latest episode in the shambles that Reading f. c. is becoming......and still no word of any of this on the club website. I understand ALF might not be everyones favourite, but I honestly can,t see who we have that can take his place. I wonder what Adkins makes of what,s happening....or maybe he,s past caring.

See the little ' on the @ key, press that instead of a comma. HTH.

Sorry,.... Thank goodness you were there.

Happy to help m8. Happy to help.

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

Happy to help m8. Happy to help.

*Mate.

[Libertine]

If he is off I am not too upset by this. Because;

A) It is fairly obvious (at least to me) he doesn't want to be here anymore

B) He doesn't fit into NA's plans/style of play

C) His sale will give us a shot of income we desperately need right now

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

If he is off I am not too upset by this. Because;

A) It is fairly obvious (at least to me) he doesn't want to be here anymore

B) He doesn't fit into NA's plans/style of play

C) His sale will give us a shot of income we desperately need right now

Thread closed.

[melonhead]

yeah, he's ok
but happy enough to see him go

[Agent Balti]

He probably made it clear that he wasn't going to sign a new contract anyway, so we may as well let him go. £1m (for the one year remaining) when we need every penny is probably as good as we're going to get, considering.

[maffff]

So when ALF leaves officially we'll have (subject to Reading FC classification) 6 "attackers" on the books as professionals

Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu, Nick Blackman, Dominic Samuel*, Liam Kelly*, Craig Tanner* (u21 eligible)

Beyond that we have multiple scholars;
Bogdan Vaštšuk (only scholar attacker only eligible for the u21s) and Andrija Novakovich, Harry Cardwell, Daniel Williams, Josh Barrett and Hakeem Odoffin all in the u18s.

No doubt we'll soundbite those 6, and 'emerging talents' in Cardwell and our new singing Novakovich (possibly Vaštšuk too).

We'll probably find them telling us we have strength and depth from the eight/nine different attacking options, many of which are international players at this rate.

[JordCot]

So when ALF leaves officially we'll have (subject to Reading FC classification) 6 "attackers" on the books as professionals

Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu, Nick Blackman, Dominic Samuel*, Liam Kelly*, Craig Tanner* (u21 eligible)

Beyond that we have multiple scholars;
Bogdan Vaštšuk (only scholar attacker only eligible for the u21s) and Andrija Novakovich, Harry Cardwell, Daniel Williams, Josh Barrett and Hakeem Odoffin all in the u18s.

No doubt we'll soundbite those 6, and 'emerging talents' in Cardwell and our new singing Novakovich (possibly Vaštšuk too).

We'll probably find them telling us we have strength and depth from the eight/nine different attacking options, many of which are international players at this rate.

Its certainly not ideal, but if you play a system with 1 up top and three 'attackers' in behind you can effectively add the like of Obita, McCleary (who probably won't be here) Drenthe, Taylor, Fosu, Stacey etc to that list and it doesn't look quite so dire

[maffff]

Indeed, add in Wingers and as long as there's someone in the centre it'll be spun as an embarrassment of riches.

[Ian Royal]

Err. Kitson and Doyle were both better than Forster. As was Long for half a season. And totally different player to ALF.

Forster is in the top 10 2nd tier strikers of all time mate.

By what yardstick exactly? Most offsides? Most spectacular goals?

You're a little bit deluded.

[JordCot]

I think it will depend a lot on how much of a change in style there will be (assuming Adkins is still in charge). Last season other than the two strikers there weren't many goals in the team. If we can get a way of playing that gets two or three wingers/midfielders closer to double figures then we won't miss ALF's goals all that much