DEAL OFF - Bradley Wright Phillips

[Wycombe Royal]

It would have been a terrible signing demonstrating our lack of ambition had we bought him but failing to sign him now is just a disaster and PROVES that Madejski doesn't want us to get promoted. This represents everything that is wrong about Reading Football Club - and all on a day when Madejski is given the Sports Personality Award. You couldn't make it up. I see nothing but doom and despondency for the foreseeable future. I intend to come to the next match just to throw my Member Card at Nick Hammond.

PS Thread title change please from "MORE" to "LESS".

Not sure if serious......

[brendywendy]

That's largely a list of players who had form at League One level, or equivalent. What's it got to do with Brett Williams

ooo, ooo, i know, i know!
is it because they were all slagged off on here by some for not being of the required standard/ not enough money/being from lower leagues/showing a total lack of ambition from the club? before theyd even kicked a ball?

what do i win?

[ZacNaloen]

It's a typical Baines team board wind up post.

[Silver Fox]

As I said above, my current first choice targets are Jordon Rhodes at Huddersfield or Steve Morison at Millwall. Niether are similar players to Wright-Phillips though so McDermott might have other ideas!

Morison was being lined up by Blackpool towards the end of last summer.

Sources tell me we've been keen on Morison for some time but didn't get him in the summer because of premier league interest. Sadly for him that interest was from West 'am and as a Sarf Landan boy he refused to go there, so he's still up for grabs

[TFF]

It's a typical Baines team board wind up post.

It's an accurate Baines team board summary tbf

[Hoop Blah]

That's largely a list of players who had form at League One level, or equivalent. What's it got to do with Brett Williams

ooo, ooo, i know, i know!
is it because they were all slagged off on here by some for not being of the required standard/ not enough money/being from lower leagues/showing a total lack of ambition from the club? before theyd even kicked a ball?

what do i win?

I don't remember anyone really slagging off the signings of Murty, Ingimarrson, Hahnemann or Convey. Kitson was pretty well received too from my memory (especially once you discount the real muppets on here that are just on a wind up or don't have any understanding of the real world, let alone football).

Sonko and Hunt I might give you, and certainly Mooney, Bennett and Sodje....but then that was pretty well founded wasn't it?

[Hoop Blah]

As I said above, my current first choice targets are Jordon Rhodes at Huddersfield or Steve Morison at Millwall. Niether are similar players to Wright-Phillips though so McDermott might have other ideas!

Morison was being lined up by Blackpool towards the end of last summer.

Sources tell me we've been keen on Morison for some time but didn't get him in the summer because of premier league interest. Sadly for him that interest was from West 'am and as a Sarf Landan boy he refused to go there, so he's still up for grabs

I'd heard similar stories about our interest in the summer too.

I'd imagine we're priced out now and he'd be more likely to hold on at Millwall for the rest of the season and see how they do. He'll probably have more interest in him then and have more chances to make a proper step up from Millwall.

[RoyalBlue]

As I suspected, there was a reason why other clubs weren't fighting us for the signature of this player who some on here claimed was worth £1M+, and why the market value peaked at our offer of £300K. They were put off by his injury record and now it appears justifiably so.

[davis69]

Probz right about not gettting BWP in because of his knee injury but bloody hell did they take their time about it. Man city took quicker to wrap up Dzeko and he game from another country. if we only sign the williams striker it will be a massive let down. He has only scored five in ten games in the conference soiuth that is not proflic.

[brendywendy]

That's largely a list of players who had form at League One level, or equivalent. What's it got to do with Brett Williams

ooo, ooo, i know, i know!
is it because they were all slagged off on here by some for not being of the required standard/ not enough money/being from lower leagues/showing a total lack of ambition from the club? before theyd even kicked a ball?

what do i win?

I don't remember anyone really slagging off the signings of Murty, Ingimarrson, Hahnemann or Convey. Kitson was pretty well received too from my memory (especially once you discount the real muppets on here that are just on a wind up or don't have any understanding of the real world, let alone football).

Sonko and Hunt I might give you, and certainly Mooney, Bennett and Sodje....but then that was pretty well founded wasn't it?

all of those players were moaned about. not by everyone, but i didnt say that.
and my point was generally about the muppets, so im not going to discount them

[Gordons Cumming]

That's largely a list of players who had form at League One level, or equivalent. What's it got to do with Brett Williams

ooo, ooo, i know, i know!
is it because they were all slagged off on here by some for not being of the required standard/ not enough money/being from lower leagues/showing a total lack of ambition from the club? before theyd even kicked a ball?

what do i win?

I don't remember anyone really slagging off the signings of Murty, Ingimarrson, Hahnemann or Convey. Kitson was pretty well received too from my memory (especially once you discount the real muppets on here that are just on a wind up or don't have any understanding of the real world, let alone football).

Sonko and Hunt I might give you, and certainly Mooney, Bennett and Sodje....but then that was pretty well founded wasn't it?

However, at that point we hadn't been spoiled by a stint in the Premiership and the raising of our expectations.

[Hoop Blah]

If you want to take into consideration people who's opinion is worth the bandwidth it's posted on then you'll always be able to pick up on something daft and unreasonable.

I prefer to ignore the dross and only consider those who can form an opinion and express it (somehow that includes you though brendy!). You should try it, it makes HNA much easier to read!

[TBM]

Plymouths reaction - some LOLs to be had at some of their comments about us

http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0

[RobRoyal]

That's largely a list of players who had form at League One level, or equivalent. What's it got to do with Brett Williams

ooo, ooo, i know, i know!
is it because they were all slagged off on here by some for not being of the required standard/ not enough money/being from lower leagues/showing a total lack of ambition from the club? before theyd even kicked a ball?

what do i win?

Maybe by one or two idiots that expect proven premiership players move to Reading at the peak of their careers.

There is a big difference between a decent League One player with potential and someone who has played non-league football largely without distinction. I'm happy for us to take a punt on him, but if that turns out to be the only strengthening of our front-line then complaints are pretty reasonable.

[Big Foot]

Funny how those who weren't happy with this proposed signing are now citing the fact that he's failed a medical as some kind of victory for their judgement

[Hoop Blah]

However, at that point we hadn't been spoiled by a stint in the Premiership and the raising of our expectations.

The majority of the coherant posters on here are realistic enough to be asking for us to buy Championship standard players though, so I'm not really sure what your point is Gordon?

Who's suggested anyone that would really be outside of a decent Championship clubs grasp? Nobody has said we should be buying Torres or Ronaldo, or even middling Premier League players.

[brendywendy]

just saying that maybe, just maybe ,the club knows more than us about these players, and also- that from lower leagues represents zero gamble.

agreed , id like another striker in too though

[Hoop Blah]

just saying that maybe, just maybe ,the club knows more than us about these players, and also- that from lower leagues represents zero gamble.

agreed , id like another striker in too though

Clubs make plenty of mistakes though, so I think it's pretty acceptable for fans to have an opinion on who they think is suitable or desirable for the team pay good money to watch week-in-week-out (or in Ian Royals case listen to on the radio).

It'd be pretty dull round here if we didn't...

[brendywendy]

However, at that point we hadn't been spoiled by a stint in the Premiership and the raising of our expectations.

The majority of the coherant posters on here are realistic enough to be asking for us to buy Championship standard players though, so I'm not really sure what your point is Gordon?

Who's suggested anyone that would really be outside of a decent Championship clubs grasp? Nobody has said we should be buying Torres or Ronaldo, or even middling Premier League players.

id say liegertwood is a good championship standard player.
as is griffin, kish, mcanuff.

+ im sure we'll get some one else in

[NR_Royal]

I'm actually gutted by this and the way in which it was conducted. I woke up this morning expecting to see that we'd signed him. Instead I get this bullshit.