Rumour - Gary Hooper

[Royalwaster]

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2013/06/14/90374-reading-fc-on-verge-of-massive-drenthe-and-hooper-double-signing/

Looks like a denial of the RD rumour then: '"It's important those players who do come into the group are first and foremost good people.'

[Pepe the Horseman]

Fcuking hell!

[Elm Park Pasty]

After all that Jordan Rhodes bollox from last Summer I am not going to believe anything until the centre (wide) partinged one is shown in cringeworthy biro moment with aforementioned footballer(s). Having said that if these photos do appear I think the sharp intake of breath from every other fan in the country may cause apocolyptic type weather conditions.

[Ian Royal]

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2013/06/14/90374-reading-fc-on-verge-of-massive-drenthe-and-hooper-double-signing/

It's a poor effort, but I'm crap at teh internetz

[Maxwell Couldnt Swim]

The world's gone mad

[leww_rfc]

So we've gone from league 1 players being signed in January whilst in the Premier league...


to being relegated, signing Wayne Bridge and now potentially Gary Hooper and Royston Drenthe.

[St. Brynjar]

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2013/06/14/90374-reading-fc-on-verge-of-massive-drenthe-and-hooper-double-signing/

This is ridiculous now. The Siege has just spontaneously combusted.

[Barry the bird boggler]

But this is Reading, little Reading, Reading who spend 20p on third division players to take us to the next level in 2 years time

Seriously if this happens

Quite some serious PR selling of the club if we can get Hooper ahead of PL clubs.

Let's hope Adkins has the skill to blend it all into the required package....

[Pepe the Horseman]

If anyone actually thinks this could happen, PP are offering 40/1.

[winchester_royal]

Just to put it on context, last time we came down we signed Chris Armstrong and David Mooney. The week before Anton came in we signed Karl Sheppard.

Madness, and even if we get trumped on both deals it's good to see ambition running through the club.

[St. Brynjar]

Quite some serious PR

If this backfires we're gonna look like such twats!

[Pepe the Horseman]

Rofl if we do manage this and Drenthe. We'll be the most h8d team in the division.

[ankeny]

To think I got excited years ago when we signed Tommy Youlden

[MouldyRoyal]

It's going to be so disappointing when we inevitably end up signing someone from Leyton Orient.

[andrew1957]

Hooper really does have a stellar goal scoring record wherever he has played. He would potentially be the best striker we have ever had. If this comes off I suspect it will mean that both Pog and ALF are off to fund it, but again only time will tell. I just cannot see us starting Hooper and ALF together as they are too similar and I cannot see ALF wanting another season on the bench.

[winchester_royal]

It's going to be so disappointing when we inevitably end up signing someone from Leyton Orient.

Yep, it's getting to the point where even someone like Cedric Baseya would be underwhelming

[Isaac Hunt]

Quite some serious PR selling of the club if we can get Hooper ahead of PL clubs.

or perhaps Anton is taking his Dad along to his meetings now. He's probably quite persuasive

[soggy biscuit]

I am probably the least excited on here at the prospect of signing Hooper

[winchester_royal]

While we're on the phone to Celtic we may as well ask them how much they want for Wanyama as well

[leww_rfc]

I am probably the least excited on here at the prospect of signing Hooper

I dunno, Kes seems pretty grounded.