Ian Royal Le Fondre must be our best (and best performing) player to have not quite fully made it here for over a decade.
Brynjar Gunnarsson.
by SCIAG » 29 May 2014 20:16
Ian Royal Le Fondre must be our best (and best performing) player to have not quite fully made it here for over a decade.
by AthleticoSpizz » 29 May 2014 20:33
sorry, but the thought of that, actually made me happily expel snot through my nosesoggy biscuit Always hoped the 'tard drummer would bring in a trombone and each time Le Fondre missed he could blow it and the fans could sing 'Adam Le Fondre' to the somewhat short tune 'have a banana'
Baaaoooowaaa Adam Le Foooooondre
alas, the chance has slipped through our fingers it seems
by kwik-silva » 29 May 2014 23:07
AthleticoSpizzsorry, but the thought of that, actually made me happily expel snot through my nosesoggy biscuit Always hoped the 'tard drummer would bring in a trombone and each time Le Fondre missed he could blow it and the fans could sing 'Adam Le Fondre' to the somewhat short tune 'have a banana'
Baaaoooowaaa Adam Le Foooooondre
alas, the chance has slipped through our fingers it seems
by AthleticoSpizz » 29 May 2014 23:12
by Snowball » 30 May 2014 00:13
by Snowball » 30 May 2014 00:41
by AthleticoSpizz » 30 May 2014 00:54
by Elm Park Pasty » 30 May 2014 08:06
AthleticoSpizz In Hammond we trust
by Snowball » 30 May 2014 09:27
by Elm Park Pasty » 30 May 2014 10:02
Snowball Would our best players even make the Saints bench?
by Handsome Man » 30 May 2014 10:39
Elm Park PastyAthleticoSpizz In Hammond we trust
Nope, he is sh*t at his job. Southampton's fire sale is going so much better than ours.............
by akranes » 30 May 2014 11:03
“It was never my intention to leave,” said Le Fondre. “I’ve stated before my family is settled here but it’s just one of those things.
“The club is struggling financially and haven’t been able to offer me a new contract which I thought was coming last year.
“Then a bid came in from Cardiff and because of this tax bill it was too good to turn down.”
The striker added: “I know Nick Hammond and the gaffer didn’t want me to go.
“Nick was in touch with my agent and he passed on that the club didn’t want to lose me but they had no option.
“They couldn’t afford to keep me with the tax bill looming.”
Le Fondre added: “My three years at Reading have been an incredible time for me and my family. It’s been a great experience to venture down south and ply my trade at a high level.
“Reading were the club that took a chance on me. They brought me up from League 2 and hopefully I repaid them with the goals I scored.
“The fans have been great. I’ve had an overwhelming response. They didn’t like the fact I’ve gone to Cardiff but that’s just the way football is.
by Pepe the Horseman » 30 May 2014 11:06
by soggy biscuit » 30 May 2014 11:58
AthleticoSpizz That would be soooo funny for any generic opposition players "miss-on-goal"
Soggy is really onto something there
by kwik-silva » 30 May 2014 12:10
Ian Royalkwik-silvaSanguine 42 appearances, 4 goals. Blackman makes early Shane Long look prolific.
He's not played many full games, and a lot of those have been out on the wing, though.
That's mainly because he's a shit striker and a shit winger. At best he's a good wide forward in an attacking three. But he's just not good enough to force that change of shape. Maybe, just maybe he'll come good if he's in Adkins plans for a system that will actually suit him.
But if we're playing him regularly as a winger or a striker, we're in for a season of disappointment. To steal a phrase from Floyd (I think) he's just bang average. And that's being generous. £1m+? That has to be one of the worst transfer deals of the last 10 years and we've had some stonkers.
by floyd__streete » 30 May 2014 12:53
soggy biscuit Baaaooooowaaaa Adam Lallaaaaaana
Baaaooooowaaaa Victor Wanyaaaaaama
Baaaooooowaaaa Barack Obaaaaaaama
Baaaooooowaaaa Your striker from Ghaaaaaana
by Lord Jimmy Kebe » 30 May 2014 22:41
by Royal Ginger » 30 May 2014 22:52
Lord Jimmy Kebe Such a shame that we sell off our top goal scorer for three consecutive seasons for something so silly as a tax bill, could not the sales of Pog, Drenthe and Carrico suffice?
by Lord Jimmy Kebe » 31 May 2014 00:12
Royal GingerLord Jimmy Kebe Such a shame that we sell off our top goal scorer for three consecutive seasons for something so silly as a tax bill, could not the sales of Pog, Drenthe and Carrico suffice?
What's silly about a tax bill? Don't pay it and the club's in deep trouble.
Also, Pogrebnyak, Drenthe and Carrico haven't been sold, so they don't pay the bill that's staring us in the face now.
by Wycombe Royal » 31 May 2014 00:22
Lord Jimmy KebeRoyal GingerLord Jimmy Kebe Such a shame that we sell off our top goal scorer for three consecutive seasons for something so silly as a tax bill, could not the sales of Pog, Drenthe and Carrico suffice?
What's silly about a tax bill? Don't pay it and the club's in deep trouble.
Also, Pogrebnyak, Drenthe and Carrico haven't been sold, so they don't pay the bill that's staring us in the face now.
What I mean is that the sale of one of the club's top, consistent performers might not have been necessary had we have sold Carrico, who has stated he does not want to play for the club and could easily raise good levels of finance after helping Sevilla to euro league victory, or Pogrebnyak, who would relieve some pressure of the wage bill, or Drenthe, who was supposedly meant to be sold earlier. It does not make a great deal of sense to sell a player of Le Fondre's proven calibre when there are other sources. Perhaps they will be sold anyway to help with the debt, I just feel like we could have made these transfers first and then address the issue of ownership so that we could keep the man.
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