Geekins I think personally Coppell has been too loyal to Harps. Now i like him, but form isn't there this season. We need to refresh the squad a little and i think Harp's would be one i would let go.
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by loyalroyal4life » 26 Jan 2009 15:48
Geekins I think personally Coppell has been too loyal to Harps. Now i like him, but form isn't there this season. We need to refresh the squad a little and i think Harp's would be one i would let go.
by Ian Royal » 26 Jan 2009 17:24
StrandedIan Royal To answer you Stranded, no we don't HAVE to accept it, but we would be extremely foolish not to and would accept it at that value, when we have the bodies in place already to cope with his exit.
It would be a blow, but one we could afford to take for £7m and could actually lead to us developing a slightly new formation/tactic, which I think we'll need to do anyway if we go up.
W_R I didn't mean to suggest hat Tabb is a similar player to Marek, just that from what I've heard, he would need an excellent ball winner next to him, as would Marek. Unfortunately Cisse isn't good enough to be described that ay. At least not yet. Tabb would probably cope marginally better than Marek. But I don't think significantly well enough.
I completely disagree. The only way we would accept it, IMO, is if Harper said he wants to leave. The club will see the value of the player as part of the side that is looking like getting us promoted, £7m is peanuts compared to that.
by Stranded » 26 Jan 2009 17:49
by Royalee » 26 Jan 2009 20:55
by Deathy » 26 Jan 2009 21:02
Royalee Says it all that Boro opted to sign Watson, who has never played in the Premiership than Harper. Nobody's put a bid in for him because he's useless.
by Sun Tzu » 26 Jan 2009 21:29
by Friday's Child » 27 Jan 2009 07:35
by Platypuss » 27 Jan 2009 07:59
by gazzer, loyal royal » 27 Jan 2009 08:31
by IMAMATEOFJOVSKY » 27 Jan 2009 08:54
by Stranded » 27 Jan 2009 09:10
IMAMATEOFJOVSKY Also quoted in The Times as a "decent bet"
by loyalroyal4life » 27 Jan 2009 09:30
Friday's Child Harper to Middlesbrough now raised in today's Daily Mail - £5m......
I am still slightly shocked. Fulham and now Boro again. Either us Reading fans are all blinkered and the aforementioned clubs are foolish, or we are missing certain key aspects of his game that only Harper can do.
by Bath Hoops » 27 Jan 2009 10:06
Thankfully that hasn't happened and given that Villa have brought Heskey its not likely to happen now. I'd have been more worried about losing Doyle than I am about Harper. As they say everyone has his price and at £5 million I think that would be good business for Reading, I like Harper but think we could still get promoted without him. When he has been out this season we've still won games and sometimes people get abit stale if they stay with a club too long, maybe it would be in his interests and ours for him to get a new challenge. I suspect though that Mr Coppell won't want to let him go, given that he gave him the captain's armband I think it demonstrates the high regard that he holds for him. So I'm betting he won't go.StrandedIMAMATEOFJOVSKY Also quoted in The Times as a "decent bet"
They had Doyle to Villa as that or possibly even more likely than that in the summer.
by West Stand Man » 27 Jan 2009 10:10
Friday's Child Harper to Middlesbrough now raised in today's Daily Mail - £5m......
I am still slightly shocked. Fulham and now Boro again. Either us Reading fans are all blinkered and the aforementioned clubs are foolish, or we are missing certain key aspects of his game that only Harper can do.
by IMAMATEOFJOVSKY » 27 Jan 2009 10:19
West Stand ManFriday's Child Harper to Middlesbrough now raised in today's Daily Mail - £5m......
I am still slightly shocked. Fulham and now Boro again. Either us Reading fans are all blinkered and the aforementioned clubs are foolish, or we are missing certain key aspects of his game that only Harper can do.
Could you edit that please, to;
Some of us are blinkered Reading fans with little or no clue about football .....
Do not tar us all with the same brush, there are plenty of us who do recognise Harper's talents.
by West Stand Man » 27 Jan 2009 10:24
by Royal Man » 27 Jan 2009 10:42
by Focher » 27 Jan 2009 10:46
by IMAMATEOFJOVSKY » 27 Jan 2009 10:54
West Stand Man Sorry, was somebody talking?
by West Stand Man » 27 Jan 2009 11:04
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