Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 11:18

morganb https://twitter.com/james_e1871/status/1753012830557638669

All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal.


beat me to it :)

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Stranded » 01 Feb 2024 11:19

So if and its a big if.

No-one else leaves and we add 2 loans to the mix by close of the window, that could almost be classed as a decent window.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by WestYorksRoyal » 01 Feb 2024 11:20

morganb https://twitter.com/james_e1871/status/1753012830557638669

All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal.

Depth is always welcome, but I'm not too excited. Presumably it would be academy products from big clubs who may be talented, but won't have experience to hit the ground running. As Ruben says in December, we've spent the first half of the season giving inexperienced players the chance to learn and it was very hard. Do we want to do that again?

I know Dean and Hutchinson are bogeymen to a lot of fans, but they may be better options than having Bindon play alongside another teenager if Holmes gets injured.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by WestYorksRoyal » 01 Feb 2024 11:27

Some random Twitter account reporting Knibbs has handed in a transfer request. To save you the effort, this account tweets utter bollocks, unless you believe Xabi Alonso has already agreed a pre contract deal to succeed Klopp without any reputable sources reporting it.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Hound » 01 Feb 2024 11:32

Yep almost certainly rubbish. Why would you hand in a transfer request right now in the circumstances? Any decent offer for him would be entertained anyway

Agree on the prem youth player - rather not really. Have some depth in the U21 anyway - Stickland etc


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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Orion1871 » 01 Feb 2024 11:39

Don't know if anyone has seen this.

James E on X (formally Twitter)

All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal. #readingfc

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Sutekh » 01 Feb 2024 11:46

WestYorksRoyal Some random Twitter account reporting Knibbs has handed in a transfer request. To save you the effort, this account tweets utter bollocks, unless you believe Xabi Alonso has already agreed a pre contract deal to succeed Klopp without any reputable sources reporting it.


Think if that was true it'd be all over Sky news and we'd be getting interminable waffle about it.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by blythspartan » 01 Feb 2024 12:24

Orion1871 Don't know if anyone has seen this.

James E on X (formally Twitter)

All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal. #readingfc


Yes, I saw this too.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with someone from Luton if the rumours about them signing Taylan Harris are true.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by WestYorksRoyal » 01 Feb 2024 12:29

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Orion1871 Don't know if anyone has seen this.

James E on X (formally Twitter)

All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal. #readingfc


Yes, I saw this too.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with someone from Luton if the rumours about them signing Taylan Harris are true.

Would take Alfie Doughty on loan with them covering the wages, Dorsett can move to CB. Seems fair I reckon.


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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by YorkshireRoyal99 » 01 Feb 2024 12:31

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Kudos to all the staff running it who have kept up professionalism and high standard during Dai's disastrous era.


I wonder where we would be if we were Cat 2 instead for this season. It does seem like the upkeep of the academy is proving significant though as well, but it's certainly proved it's worth to keep us going, but we haven't maximised it's potential by any means over the last decade, in fact we've probably only benefitted from a fraction of it.

Well if we'd just accepted going down to Cat 2 previously rather than trying to get it back, we'd be a few million better off (still completely oxf*rd financially) and we wouldn't have Vickers and a bunch of other good young players we've used/sold this season, so we'd 6/7 points adrift.


We may not have necessarily lost Vickers, we offered him his first pro contract in May last year. It would have potentially affected players we have in there now who could be poached by Cat One academies I guess, but we seem to be selling a few off at the moment anyway.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Clyde1998 » 01 Feb 2024 12:36

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Orion1871 Don't know if anyone has seen this.

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All hope may not be lost... Understand the club are exploring options for one or two loan deals to add depth, predominantly at the back. Due to financial restrictions, the club will be relying on the parent club to cover most, if not all, of the costs for any deal. #readingfc


Yes, I saw this too.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with someone from Luton if the rumours about them signing Taylan Harris are true.

Would take Alfie Doughty on loan with them covering the wages, Dorsett can move to CB. Seems fair I reckon.

I think he's been too involved for Luton to send him out on loan. Dan Potts would probably be the best LB option from Luton, as he hasn't played this season but has played fairly regularly in the Championship.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:00

Zane Monnlouis arsenal u23 captain rumoured to be one of the loanees we are looking at

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:01

Taylon Harris confimred to luton


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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:02

monlouis is a CB btw and played against us in the pizza cup

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Stranded » 01 Feb 2024 14:10

Brogue monlouis is a CB btw and played against us in the pizza cup


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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by WestYorksRoyal » 01 Feb 2024 14:21

Brogue Zane Monnlouis arsenal u23 captain rumoured to be one of the loanees we are looking at

This is what I mentioned earlier. Another kid with no experience. If Holmes gets an injury, do we really want him pairing Bindon? Or would we better giving Dean another chance now we're a settled, better performing team?

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:24

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Brogue Zane Monnlouis arsenal u23 captain rumoured to be one of the loanees we are looking at

This is what I mentioned earlier. Another kid with no experience. If Holmes gets an injury, do we really want him pairing Bindon? Or would we better giving Dean another chance now we're a settled, better performing team?


we ain't getting anyone in who has experience. if this guy costs us nothing in wages, we've lost nothing. we haven't a pot to piss in, this is the best we can do.

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:25

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Reading youngster Caylan Vickers is set to join Brighton. Previously linked with Real Madrid

^ guardian reporter

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Brogue » 01 Feb 2024 14:26

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Re: Confrimed - Abbey and Holmes going

by Stranded » 01 Feb 2024 14:34

Brogue Will Unwin
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Reading youngster Caylan Vickers is set to join Brighton. Previously linked with Real Madrid

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Another one I won't be too fussed with - came in with a bang and gone backwards.

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