NO LONGER A RUMOUR - Wayne Bridge

[Baker's Dozen]

Apparently his bird is a bit of a slag…

[AthleticoSpizz]

but surely she could be the lurebait that gets us John Terry?

[yuuichi]

Harry Redknapp waiting for Wayne Bridge this morning:

Do we have a partnership with a baseball team now? Look at the guy's shirt

[Avon Royal]

Great signing, much more like it!

Reading Wayne > Reading Way

[RoyalLidge8]

Great signing - shows that we mean business

[RoyalBlue]

[Hampshire Royal]

He might be a smug git, but he's our smug git now!!

[jumpers for goalposts]

I must be missing something here as this seems an utterly bizarre signing; we release 2 geriatric (in football terms) left backs and replace them with another one who has barely played a game for the last few seasons. I am completely indifferent to this signing and fully expect him to get injured within a couple of weeks and be generally quite toilet. Still, all the best to him I spose

[Barry the bird boggler]

I must be missing something here as this seems an utterly bizarre signing; we release 2 geriatric (in football terms) left backs and replace them with another one who has barely played a game for the last few seasons. I am completely indifferent to this signing and fully expect him to get injured within a couple of weeks and be generally quite toilet. Still, all the best to him I spose

Barely played a game? What planet have you been on? Bridge played 42 games for BHA last year.

[glass half full]

John Terry is 32 and still bossing it at Chelsea.

Doubt if John Terry would be CB for Reading now (even if there was a vague rumour....)

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

I must be missing something here as this seems an utterly bizarre signing; we release 2 geriatric (in football terms) left backs and replace them with another one who has barely played a game for the last few seasons. I am completely indifferent to this signing and fully expect him to get injured within a couple of weeks and be generally quite toilet. Still, all the best to him I spose

Barely played a game? What planet have you been on? Bridge played 42 games for BHA last year.

clearly if it didn't happen in the premier league then it didn't happen at all.


If only we'd kept Shorey and Harte for a few more weeks, our left back position would have qualified for a telegram from The Queen

[LightwaterRoyal]

How is Wayne Bridge at free kicks. Has some big boots to fill (or little ones if you've heard about Harte's theory).

Honestly can't remember the last time we had a bad left back. (ok Marcus Williams wasn't up to it but he was replaced as soon as possible by ''some Irish has been'' and look how that turned out.

[Eaststandman]

He may have to man up if a team mate punches the furry ticket of one of his former girlfriends though!

[Ian Royal]

Super dooper.

We now have Kelly, Gunter & Cummings who can play Right Back and Bridge for Left Back with Kelly and Cummings capable of filling in there. If we can find a good up and comer to understudy Bridge and flog one of the other three brilliant, if not we're just fine and then prioritise that position again next season.

[southbank1871]

I must be missing something here as this seems an utterly bizarre signing; we release 2 geriatric (in football terms) left backs and replace them with another one who has barely played a game for the last few seasons. I am completely indifferent to this signing and fully expect him to get injured within a couple of weeks and be generally quite toilet. Still, all the best to him I spose

[Royalee]

RIP 'the Reading Way' and 'moving on' and small club syndrome, thank God.

[sandman]

By bringing in an ageing, ex-England international full back on a free transfer? We did that last summer.

[genome]

I must be missing something here as this seems an utterly bizarre signing; we release 2 geriatric (in football terms) left backs and replace them with another one who has barely played a game for the last few seasons. I am completely indifferent to this signing and fully expect him to get injured within a couple of weeks and be generally quite toilet. Still, all the best to him I spose

Blimey, you've had a shocker here

[Born 'n Bred Royal]

Fantastic signing - a lot of Brighton fans on North Stand Chat say he is the best left back to play for Brighton in recent history.

Can see why we got rid of Harte and Shorey now, and I'm absolutely delighted he chose us over QPR.

[Royalee]

:|

By bringing in an ageing, ex-England international full back on a free transfer? We did that last summer.

Yeah, cos Shorey's played in the CL and has more than a couple of England caps and 2 Premier League winner's medals and had just come off a season where he was voted best left back in the Championship.