Is this squad good enough to take us up to the premiership

[Bath Hoops]

Wolves and Birmingham are strengthening their squads for the run in and seem committed to spending to get themselves up to the Premiership. So far we haven't appeared to do anything and even if we do I can't see us putting in a bid over 3 million on a player like Birmingham have done with Kris Boyd. So can we get up there without adding to the squad ? Coppell has said he is on the look out for a forward and with the prospect that we are going to lose Lita I'd agree we need another proven forward at least but would that be enough ?

[readingbedding]

No problem.
Wouldn't bother me if we bought no one.
But we probably will, and that's ok too.

[Scarface]

Of course the squad is good enough to go up in the pay offs and only time will tell if we can get automatic promotion. However I think Coppell's negative reactive attitude to transfer window and loan signings is a mistake and a lesson he doesn't seem to learn.

I hope he's doing everything possible to sign Surman, but the reality is he's probably waiting to see what happens with SHunt.

[Alan Partridge]

A lot of what Reading do or don't do will be based on if other clubs come in for their players. If someone decides to try and sign Hunt, Lita or Doyle then I presume there are contingency plans and lists of players they could attemptto sign.

I'd really like Reading to get another good proven striker other than that the squad doesn't need much this season, mayyybe another winger but not essential.

IF they were to go up then unlike last time where the squad was clearly streets apart fromthe CCC with 106 points, the current squad isn't. A fair amount of investment would have to be made in particular at the back. But that's for another day.

[Rex]

A lot of what Reading do or don't do will be based on if other clubs come in for their players. If someone decides to try and sign Hunt, Lita or Doyle then I presume there are contingency plans and lists of players they could attempt to sign.

Not a generally good tactic to deploy as a late offer and acceptance of terms will expose this club, leave us short , and could leave us financially beter off but physically worse off. The realisty is the secret beavers are probably out scouting for contingencies.

[Thaumagurist*]

So far we haven't appeared to do anything

Why should they tell us what they're up to? If they appear to be doing nothing, doesn't mean they are doing nothing.

[Sun Tzu]

Not a generally good tactic to deploy as a late offer and acceptance of terms will expose this club, leave us short , and could leave us financially beter off but physically worse off.

We could always reject the offer.....

[Rex]

As with all options - everything is possible. We might do f all in this window. Then again we might strengthen without selling. Or we might not. But then again we might.

[Bath Hoops]

So far we haven't appeared to do anything

Why should they tell us what they're up to? If they appear to be doing nothing, doesn't mean they are doing nothing.

Thats true they could be doing it and the club don't like things to come out till its signed and sealed, but you generally get a sniff of some rumours. So far we've been linked with a French second division forward and a second division centre back, maybe my expectations are just abit higher than that.

[Negative_Jeff]

Tommy Burns had a still squad. it often looked like we had eleven dustbins standing around the pitch.

[Hoop Blah]

A lot of what Reading do or don't do will be based on if other clubs come in for their players. If someone decides to try and sign Hunt, Lita or Doyle then I presume there are contingency plans and lists of players they could attempt to sign.

Not a generally good tactic to deploy as a late offer and acceptance of terms will expose this club, leave us short , and could leave us financially beter off but physically worse off. The realisty is the secret beavers are probably out scouting for contingencies.

Last time around we said that we'd be turning off the phones at a given time because any late bids would mean it was too late for us to replace them.

I'd presume we're going to employ a similar policy again and just risk upsetting a couple of players along the way.

I really hope we are in a position where we have contingency in place for anyone leaving, but I sometimes wonder!

[who are ya?]

Have Cork City got any players left that we can sign?

[Thaumagurist*]

A lot of what Reading do or don't do will be based on if other clubs come in for their players. If someone decides to try and sign Hunt, Lita or Doyle then I presume there are contingency plans and lists of players they could attempt to sign.

Not a generally good tactic to deploy as a late offer and acceptance of terms will expose this club, leave us short , and could leave us financially beter off but physically worse off. The realisty is the secret beavers are probably out scouting for contingencies.

Last time around we said that we'd be turning off the phones at a given time because any late bids would mean it was too late for us to replace them.

I'd presume we're going to employ a similar policy again and just risk upsetting a couple of players along the way.

I really hope we are in a position where we have contingency in place for anyone leaving, but I sometimes wonder!

Actually, wasn't it that they would raise the prices at a given time rather than turn off the phones?

[Huntley & Palmer]

Maybe

[snapperjw]

I personally feel a major reason we got relegated from the Prem last season was we didn't strengthen the squad in the January transfer window. I really hope we don't make that mistake this time in our push to return.

I personally don't think the squad is good enough to take us to the premiership. At present they are looking good but we don't have the depth to keep this momentum going all the way through to May.

Also there is the worrying factor of loosing key players as well.. I hope that doesn't happen!!

[Hoop Blah]

Actually, wasn't it that they would raise the prices at a given time rather than turn off the phones?

Do you have to take everything quite so literally?

Yes I think you're right that Coppell or Hammond was quoted as saying the price would go up, but also that we'd stop doing business (thats transfer business not actually winding the club up and pulling out of the league!) at a certain time.

That's kind of what led to the 'myth' of Spurs making a bid for Doyle at the 11th hour (thats a saying Spacey, I don't know what exact time they apparently tried to make a bid).

[brendywendy]

Wolves and Birmingham are strengthening their squads for the run in and seem committed to spending to get themselves up to the Premiership. So far we haven't appeared to do anything and even if we do I can't see us putting in a bid over 3 million on a player like Birmingham have done with Kris Boyd. So can we get up there without adding to the squad ? Coppell has said he is on the look out for a forward and with the prospect that we are going to lose Lita I'd agree we need another proven forward at least but would that be enough ?

would you prefer we just made random unnsuccessful bids for players we wont actually get?



perhaps, and its just a guess, reading are doing their business behind closed doors as usual, and not using the national tabloid press to do it

[SLAMMED]

Can we get promoted?

[Bath Hoops]

Wolves and Birmingham are strengthening their squads for the run in and seem committed to spending to get themselves up to the Premiership. So far we haven't appeared to do anything and even if we do I can't see us putting in a bid over 3 million on a player like Birmingham have done with Kris Boyd. So can we get up there without adding to the squad ? Coppell has said he is on the look out for a forward and with the prospect that we are going to lose Lita I'd agree we need another proven forward at least but would that be enough ?

would you prefer we just made random unnsuccessful bids for players we wont actually get?



perhaps, and its just a guess, reading are doing their business behind closed doors as usual, and not using the national tabloid press to do it

So if we end up doing nothing will you be happy ?

[Thaumagurist*]

So if we end up doing nothing will you be happy ?

Yes, if it means we still have the same squad as it's got us to second place, didn't it?