Carrico Watch

[Royal Ginger]

I'm willing to wager he's not thinking "YES! I get to go back to Berkshire soon!"

Edit: *Tips hat to no 16 in the background doing 1930s heel kick.*

[Reading4eva]

Would he be willing to have another crack at the Premier League if we do go up

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

Would he be willing to have another crack at the Premier League if we do go up

Not with us, i'd wager.

[ddetisi]

It may have been said before but we could do as QPR did with Barton, he wanted to stay with Marseilles but he was told he had to play for the club he was contracted to.

Rightly so as well. The amount of money these guys are paid i don't care if he goes home and cries into his Sevilla pillow.

[Elm Park Pasty]

It may have been said before but we could do as QPR did with Barton, he wanted to stay with Marseilles but he was told he had to play for the club he was contracted to.

Rightly so as well. The amount of money these guys are paid i don't care if he goes home and cries into his Sevilla pillow.

I don't think we can. The loan deal (I believe) was set up with a set fee to be had if Sevilla were happy with him and he wanted to go, sort of deal completed in all but name. If what's rumoured is true, then this whole sorry episode will be concluded with us only getting the money we paid out for him, when we could have got much more than that either off of Sevilla or someone else. Even if we were to go up, then again he might decide to stay where he is and there might be naff all we can do about it.

[Extended-Phenotype]

It may have been said before but we could do as QPR did with Barton, he wanted to stay with Marseilles but he was told he had to play for the club he was contracted to.

Rightly so as well. The amount of money these guys are paid i don't care if he goes home and cries into his Sevilla pillow.

I don't think we can. The loan deal (I believe) was set up with a set fee to be had if Sevilla were happy with him and he wanted to go, sort of deal completed in all but name. If what's rumoured is true, then this whole sorry episode will be concluded with us only getting the money we paid out for him, when we could have got much more than that either off of Sevilla or someone else. Even if we were to go up, then again he might decide to stay where he is and there might be naff all we can do about it.

Sign an injured player when we needed an immediate impact, refuse to play him when he's fit, then loan him out on a backfiring contract. Epic fail.

[Elm Park Pasty]

It may have been said before but we could do as QPR did with Barton, he wanted to stay with Marseilles but he was told he had to play for the club he was contracted to.

Rightly so as well. The amount of money these guys are paid i don't care if he goes home and cries into his Sevilla pillow.

I don't think we can. The loan deal (I believe) was set up with a set fee to be had if Sevilla were happy with him and he wanted to go, sort of deal completed in all but name. If what's rumoured is true, then this whole sorry episode will be concluded with us only getting the money we paid out for him, when we could have got much more than that either off of Sevilla or someone else. Even if we were to go up, then again he might decide to stay where he is and there might be naff all we can do about it.

Sign an injured player when we needed an immediate impact, refuse to play him when he's fit, then loan him out on a backfiring contract. Epic fail.

Pretty much! A small cushion would have been provided if we hadn't set a fee so we could ask stupid money, and go 'nah!!' if we didn't like the bid. But we didn't. A mess from start to finish.

[maffff]

Carriço won't be back. Even if we go up, he isn't interested in a relegation battle.

[Z175]

More interestingly, has a current Reading player ever won a European trophy? Sort of pips Alex McCarthy's League 2 goalkeeper of the year!

[Elm Park Pasty]

More interestingly, has a current Reading player ever won a European trophy? Sort of pips Alex McCarthy's League 2 goalkeeper of the year!

Hmmmm, maybe not, but I'd probably feel like John Terry celebrating Carrico's achievement if he does.

[genome]

In the Europa League Final tonight. Good luck to DC

[Pepe the Horseman]

Good luck Danny #whataguy

[Elm Park Old Boy]

First (and possibly last) time I've watched a Reading player in a European final. That Carrico boy could have been useful for us the season (sigh).

[UpThePrem]

POTS for me even though he didn't play a game for us.

[akranes]

Extra time on it's way. Well worth a watch if you've got nothing to do....

http://www.itv.com/sport/football/europ ... a-3727974/

[genome]

120 minutes on the pitch tonight. Clearly not fit enough for us

[akranes]

He's playing pretty well too, making fantastic tackles in the 121st minute...

EDIT:

FT, penalties. Will he score the winner?

[JordCot]

120 minutes on the pitch tonight. Clearly not fit enough for us

Looks tidy as well, shame about the transfer clause in the loan. Could be worth a few million

[Scutterbucketz]

C'mon Benfica!

[genome]

Why do players interrupt their run ups? It never works!