Jem Karacan

[rhroyal]

He seems to be having an alright pre-season, and he really impressed at Millwall in League 1 last season. Do you think he'll have a significant role in our first team this season?

[Samrfc01]

If Harper leaves then i think he could form a partnership with Marek

[Streets]

He seems to be having an alright pre-season, and he really impressed at Millwall in League 1 last season. Do you think he'll have a significant role in our first team this season?

I think he certainly has a real chance of breaking through, yes.

Pearce, Karacan and Henry all have great chances this season. It's up to them now!

[Ian Royal]

Karacan will be the new Gunnarsson (Championship model) for this season.

[Harry Carry]

Karacan will be the new Gunnarsson (Championship model) for this season.

That's something to really aspire to.

Reading need the new Viera, the new Keane, the new Makalele.........

[Ian Royal]

Karacan will be the new Gunnarsson (Championship model) for this season.

That's something to really aspire to.

Reading need the new Viera, the new Keane, the new Makalele.........

I thought we got relegated? I don't recall any of them ever playing in the Championship.

[Harry Carry]

i think you missed the point Ian. You are making yourself look silly.

[rg6royal]

I believe that Jem has done well so far in pre season and by getting 90 minutes under his belt at Mk Dons will help him gain experience and confidence. I wouldn't be suprised if we see him in the squad on many occasions next season.

[Ian Royal]

i think you missed the point Ian. You are making yourself look silly.

Funny, I rather thought that described you.

How about I put it differently for you.

Karacan will be an important squad/bench player who fits well into the first team when called on in the coming season.

[Harry Carry]

You're still missing the point Ian.

[Streets]

You're still missing the point Ian.

No he isn't.

[Ian Royal]

Question: Do you think he'll have a significant role this season?
Answer: Yes as an important squad/bench player.

That is missing the point? Harold, you do talk drivel. Go and see if one of your funnier and cleverer friends can try and help you to stop looking silly.

[papereyes]

Harry Carry is right, on one level. We do need to be finding some truly quality players if we have the long term aim of staying in the Premiership but we probably won't and, if we do, they'll go for a pretty small price after a season and a half. So finding someone at a young age, who can play as a squad player and do well for us at the whatever level we find ourself at and Karacan could fulfil that description. He sounds promising but I hope to get to a pre-season game to see him in the flesh.

The teams that have a real need to find the next Keane/Viera/Makalele would be the teams just outside of the CL who simply cannot buy a player of that quality so would have to find it. And even there, as we've seen with Carrick, Barry and Berbatov (in recent years at least), the moment they find they have a suitable player, that player looks up to the next level.

[Platypuss]

i think you missed the point Ian. You are making yourself look silly.

Says Harold posting from one of hs multiple accounts on a Sunday afternoon.......

[Harry Carry]

i think you missed the point Ian. You are making yourself look silly.

Says Harold posting from one of hs multiple accounts on a Sunday afternoon.......

I'm afraid you're wrong Platypuss.

[Platypuss]

i think you missed the point Ian. You are making yourself look silly.

Says Harold posting from one of hs multiple accounts on a Sunday afternoon.......

I'm afraid you're wrong Platypuss.

Harry Carry has only posted from four different IP addresses - the only other user to have also posted from these is ....... ?

[PEARCEY]

I think he should be forfended from using this site Platypus if you know what I mean.

[Roger the Rabbit]

I think Chelsea should be more interested in finding a new Makelele than us....

[Jeffers217]

Tbh I think success this season is going to come in the form of the academy players. Pearce Henry Karacan Robson-Kanu and Golborne all look as though they could hack it in this league esp as a few of them have already played in the championship before. The worrying thing is Coppell seems to be either not playing them or playing them out of position. I thought pearce was a centre back but seems to be put in centre mid. We will have to establish our "first" team early on in the season to stand any chance of success.

My team:

Hahnemann
Rosenior Bikey Pearce Shorey/Golbourne

Kebe Matejovsky Cisse Convey

Lita Doyle


Bench:
-Federici
-Henry
-Long
-Ingimarsson
-Karacan

[Ian Royal]

we've got bundles of centrebacks, playing him in midfield in a fitness excercise isn't hugely worrying IMO, in fact I find it rather promising. It suggests his passing, movement and awareness is potentially quite good.

A ball playing centreback is always useful.