Tommy Smith - Gazumped by Pompey - Thread

[Alan Partridge]

I pity the fellow already.

68 Pages of will he/won't he sign, "he just what we need" posts.

If he doesn't get a hat trick in his first match, the Reading fickle massive will boo him, and he will be roundly abused on here.

No he won't.

It's only got to 68 pages because of the hilarious 'he's having a medical' joke.

Looks like Rodgers has finally got his number 1 target, which is great news. He'll improve the right hand side, let's just hope he isn't the last player that is signed up between now and the 1st.

[brendywendy]

a striker- to fill the 4th spot spoken about at length by rodgers still to come hopefully

[FiNeRaIn]

I pity the fellow already.

68 Pages of will he/won't he sign, "he just what we need" posts.

If he doesn't get a hat trick in his first match, the Reading fickle massive will boo him, and he will be roundly abused on here.

No he won't.

It's only got to 68 pages because of the hilarious 'he's having a medical' joke.

Looks like Rodgers has finally got his number 1 target, which is great news. He'll improve the right hand side, let's just hope he isn't the last player that is signed up between now and the 1st.

+1

[TBM]

I pity the fellow already.

68 Pages of will he/won't he sign, "he just what we need" posts.

If he doesn't get a hat trick in his first match, the Reading fickle massive will boo him, and he will be roundly abused on here.

No he won't.

It's only got to 68 pages because of the hilarious 'he's having a medical' joke.

Looks like Rodgers has finally got his number 1 target, which is great news. He'll improve the right hand side, let's just hope he isn't the last player that is signed up between now and the 1st.

since when?

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

So for the record did he play on the left or the right for Watford??

[floyd__streete]

We win, we get our man. (Presumably.)

They win, they get the big fee.

Everyone's happy.

Except Reading FC supporters of course who will look for the big negative.

http://www.watfordfc.com/page/NewsDetai ... 22,00.html

Don't you just love it when a cheap shot scores an own goal?

Well quite - not quite as spectacular an own goal as your overreaction thread from way back when though, eh?

[Terminal Boardom]

I thought that Russo said that the deal was off.

[Hoop Blah]

So for the record did he play on the left or the right for Watford??

He played most games through the middle, almost as many on the right, and a handful on the left.

When he was through the middle it was more often than not in partnership (in behind as opposed to up alongside by the sounds of it) with another, bigger, more orthodox, centre forward.

[Huntley & Palmer]

in partnership with another, bigger, more orthodox, centre forward.

I thought Ellington had converted to Islam?

[Royal Rother]

http://www.watfordfc.com/page/NewsDetai ... 22,00.html

Don't you just love it when a cheap shot scores an own goal?

Well quite - not quite as spectacular an own goal as your overreaction thread from way back when though, eh?

Shocked you brought that one up.

Anyway we can all play the "Things You Got Wrong" game.... I still remember from even further back your uncharacteristically optimistic claim that Castle, Campbell and Howell were impressive youngsters who would make it at Reading...

Eh?

[floyd__streete]

Anyway we can all play the "Things You Got Wrong" game.... I still remember from even further back your uncharacteristically optimistic claim that Castle, Campbell and Howell were impressive youngsters who would make it at Reading...

Can't recall ever really rating Simeon Howell, perhaps I was f*cked up on Cake at the time. Congrats for remember HNA minutiae from 6 or 7 years ago, do you keep these little snippets in your Outlook?

[Royal Rother]

I used to enjoy your blog and have a pretty good memory!

[floyd__streete]

I'll have to cough to rating Darren Campbell. I was a bit disappointed when he quit football, blacked up and became a top class athlete.

Can't really remember Castle although I do recall he was very good on the trumpet.

[readingbedding]

That's just

[Royalwaster]

I thought that Russo said that the deal was off.

But there was a bit of a rumour about a medical ....

[bigmike]

I thought that Russo said that the deal was off.

But there was a bit of a rumour about a medical ....

where did you hear that ?

[Row Z Royal]

I thought that Russo said that the deal was off.

But there was a bit of a rumour about a medical ....

where did you hear that ?

First I've heard of it.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

The Get Reading pre match report for the Barnsley cup game states new signing Tommy Smith is likley to be paraded to the fans tonight.

Can anyone confirm the signing?

[bigmike]

The Get Reading pre match report for the Barnsley cup game states new signing Tommy Smith is likley to be paraded to the fans tonight.

Can anyone confirm the signing?

yeah Tommy Smith probably

I see that there still no links for the sms service on the website yet

[Seal]

Key insight:-

My colleague has worked with Russo on some commercial deals.

She says, he is, (allegedly)

"A little Danny Devito lookaike c@nt who doesn't pay his bills"

So going by that character reference I imagine he is quite hard to do transfer deals with.