The Andre Bikey welcome thread

[Svlad Cjelli]

I'll just put this here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1-oLsBO1o&playnext=1&list=PL51DB046DF3B880CA&index=100

[NR_Royal]

Ah, good old Bikey.

[Tilehurst Blue]

[Thomas L'Heureux]

^^ He is an absolute beast.

For some strange reason he is actually one of my favourite Reading players of the past few years. A bit of a loose-cannon, agreed, but he made the opposition look stupid at times.

[Svlad Cjelli]

The problem I had with him was that it always looked like he felt it was so easy he didn't really try. So he often seemed to try and make things much harder than they really were, instead of doing the basics well.

[SLAMMED]

[Ferris]

[super darren caskey]

Hes great! theres nuthin like a complete nutter in the team.Shame we lack one now

[leww_rfc]

Wish he was still here tbh

[floyd__streete]

My favourite Berkshire-based mentalist with the possible exception of Peter Sutcliffe, Stephane Andre Bikey's career at Reading almost ended before it even started after he headbutted a swede - that famously truculent race of people - in a pre-season friendly. Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow where he was taunted for looking like a member of Aswad, Bikey has played sparingly for us between suspensions and injuries.

You always gave the impression that playing in our modest team bored you; dribbling your way past onrushing strikers as if it were Pro Evolution Soccer on amateur mode. In fact when you backheeled your way out of trouble on the touchline at Doncaster last season perfectly into the path of a teamate I actually slightly soiled myself in excitement. Your best moment has to be two towering headed goals against Birmingham in a relegation six-pointer, but thank you for providing possibly the only enjoyable moment in this dismal calendar year of following RFC with your shirt-ripping histrionics upon dismissal at Turf Moor. Pure theatre.

Cheers Andre. You were the last of the truly great players we signed during the glory years. These days we shop at Lidl and Mothercare.

[super darren caskey]

My favourite Berkshire-based mentalist with the possible exception of Peter Sutcliffe, Stephane Andre Bikey's career at Reading almost ended before it even started after he headbutted a swede - that famously truculent race of people - in a pre-season friendly. Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow where he was taunted for looking like a member of Aswad, Bikey has played sparingly for us between suspensions and injuries.

You always gave the impression that playing in our modest team bored you; dribbling your way past onrushing strikers as if it were Pro Evolution Soccer on amateur mode. In fact when you backheeled your way out of trouble on the touchline at Doncaster last season perfectly into the path of a teamate I actually slightly soiled myself in excitement. Your best moment has to be two towering headed goals against Birmingham in a relegation six-pointer, but thank you for providing possibly the only enjoyable moment in this dismal calendar year of following RFC with your shirt-ripping histrionics upon dismissal at Turf Moor. Pure theatre.

Cheers Andre. You were the last of the truly great players we signed during the glory years. These days we shop at Lidl and Mothercare.

+1

[Ferris]

My favourite Berkshire-based mentalist with the possible exception of Peter Sutcliffe, Stephane Andre Bikey's career at Reading almost ended before it even started after he headbutted a swede - that famously truculent race of people - in a pre-season friendly. Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow where he was taunted for looking like a member of Aswad, Bikey has played sparingly for us between suspensions and injuries.

You always gave the impression that playing in our modest team bored you; dribbling your way past onrushing strikers as if it were Pro Evolution Soccer on amateur mode. In fact when you backheeled your way out of trouble on the touchline at Doncaster last season perfectly into the path of a teamate I actually slightly soiled myself in excitement. Your best moment has to be two towering headed goals against Birmingham in a relegation six-pointer, but thank you for providing possibly the only enjoyable moment in this dismal calendar year of following RFC with your shirt-ripping histrionics upon dismissal at Turf Moor. Pure theatre.

Cheers Andre. You were the last of the truly great players we signed during the glory years. These days we shop at Lidl and Mothercare.

*wipes tear from eye*

[who are ya?]

[Thomas L'Heureux]

My favourite Berkshire-based mentalist with the possible exception of Peter Sutcliffe, Stephane Andre Bikey's career at Reading almost ended before it even started after he headbutted a swede - that famously truculent race of people - in a pre-season friendly. Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow where he was taunted for looking like a member of Aswad, Bikey has played sparingly for us between suspensions and injuries.

You always gave the impression that playing in our modest team bored you; dribbling your way past onrushing strikers as if it were Pro Evolution Soccer on amateur mode. In fact when you backheeled your way out of trouble on the touchline at Doncaster last season perfectly into the path of a teamate I actually slightly soiled myself in excitement. Your best moment has to be two towering headed goals against Birmingham in a relegation six-pointer, but thank you for providing possibly the only enjoyable moment in this dismal calendar year of following RFC with your shirt-ripping histrionics upon dismissal at Turf Moor. Pure theatre.

Cheers Andre. You were the last of the truly great players we signed during the glory years. These days we shop at Lidl and Mothercare.

I remember this from when it was originally posted, Floyd. Written from the heart with some good anecdotes; a great post that I'd echo myself if I had the literacy skills.

I'm looking forward to the big man's return, and will be applauding him despite the slightly bizarre and ultimately detrimental end to his Reading career. I fondly remember Bikey beating Rooney to the ball in a foot race as the last man in the FA Cup replay, before casually rolling it passed him in his own penalty area and advancing upfield.

[facaldaqui]

I'm none too sentimental about Bikey. If he'd kept his head and shirt, we might have made the final.

[Ian Royal]

Bikey, a great player who could have played for one of the best if only he had a brain. When he was good he was amazing and such brilliant entertainment. When he went mental he was truely atrocious and it happened way too often.

Glad we had him, glad he's gone. Shame we bought the cut price version in Mills to replace him - who doesn't have the entertainment value.

[paultheroyal]

Bikey, a great player who could have played for one of the best if only he had a brain. When he was good he was amazing and such brilliant entertainment. When he went mental he was truely atrocious and it happened way too often.

Glad we had him, glad he's gone. Shame we bought the cut price version in Mills to replace him - who doesn't have the entertainment value.

[handbags_harris]

Glad we had him, glad he's gone. Shame we bought the cut price version in Mills to replace him - who doesn't have the entertainment value.

Although, of course, Mills was purchased for a similar amount to that of which Burnley paid for Bikey, not forgetting that we paid more for Mills than we did for Bikey also

Bikey was/is a far superior player mind...

[Ian Royal]

Glad we had him, glad he's gone. Shame we bought the cut price version in Mills to replace him - who doesn't have the entertainment value.

Although, of course, Mills was purchased for a similar amount to that of which Burnley paid for Bikey, not forgetting that we paid more for Mills than we did for Bikey also

Bikey was/is a far superior player mind...

Sorry, poor choice of words... Mills is inferior to Bikey in every way is what I meant.

[SpaceCruiser]

I'm none too sentimental about Bikey. If he'd kept his head and shirt, we might have made the final.

I disagree. The referee was wrong about awarding the penalty as the tug was outside of the box.

And Bikey was fouled before he unwisely reacted by doing the stamp.