And if he fits the bill and is any good or not. One thing though, if our academy is a hot bed of talent like everyone keeps banging on about-why are we going to get a player from Readings to put in the team?
Reading must think he is pretty good as well as they have given him a new contract until 2021.What on earth are you taking about again? We have a small squad. We are a League 2 club. Our two most creative players are crocked for the whole season. Reading have a lot more players than we do and Robins clearly thinks he can add something we don’t have at the club at the moment.
How can’t you understand this and how have you made a loan signing about the academy?
Hmm, yeah, but didn't we once give a 4 year contract to David Bell?Reading must think he is pretty good as well as they have given him a new contract until 2021.
Reading must think he is pretty good as well as they have given him a new contract until 2021.
Ha ha fair point but Piss Head Chris Coleman made that decision so I will take Jaap Stam’s word about a player over ‘Cookie’!!Hmm, yeah, but didn't we once give a 4 year contract to David Bell?
He is from the Reading academy yes? So that's my point. Why do we not trust or deem good enough "one of our own" to do a job ahead of him?
bet Ponti is chuffed with this
He is from the Reading academy yes? So that's my point. Why do we not trust or deem good enough "one of our own" to do a job ahead of him?
I don't quite get it either. Getting first team appearances and bred through our academy, this season we have had Burge, Haynes, Willis, DKE X2, Shipley, Stevenson, Maycock, Bayliss, Ponticelli.Hasn’t Robins trusted Jordan Shipley to step up in the last few months?...
I’m not still not what the point is...if there is one of course in your random rants. You say academy players are the reason we won’t ever progress then get angry when we bring a loan player in instead of playing an academy player?
Remember when we got the experience of Hunt, Ramage and Henderson in?Great that we've been able to get a player in very early to start training with the team, clearly he has shown ability and let's hope he can replicate that in senior football now.
I'd like one or two names that has experience too to arrive this January if the pot allows and right type becomes available.
Remember when we got the experience of Hunt, Ramage and Henderson in?
What you mean is, experienced, but not too experienced.That's to the extreme of experience I'm referring too.
Players who've played a few seasons or 100+ games and importantly tasted L2 before is what I mean to be precise to balance out the fresh faced youth we have in and around the 1st team currently
Not ranting or getting angry-just expressing an opinion.Hasn’t Robins trusted Jordan Shipley to step up in the last few months?...
I’m not still not what the point is...if there is one of course in your random rants. You say academy players are the reason we won’t ever progress then get angry when we bring a loan player in instead of playing an academy player?
And 5 of them were the mainstay of our team last year that were a disgrace and went down without a whimper.I don't quite get it either. Getting first team appearances and bred through our academy, this season we have had Burge, Haynes, Willis, DKE X2, Shipley, Stevenson, Maycock, Bayliss, Ponticelli.
Don't how many more we could possibly expect.
If we all did that, there'd be very little traffic in this forum.Maybe we should just wait and see what position / role he’s given.
What you mean is, experienced, but not too experienced.
He is from the Reading academy yes? So that's my point. Why do we not trust or deem good enough "one of our own" to do a job ahead of him?
So our own isn't getting the required standard neede and we have to look elsewhere?Perhaps he is a better player and more advanced than our own?
So our own isn't getting the required standard neede and we have to look elsewhere?
So our own isn't getting the required standard neede and we have to look elsewhere?
Jordan Shipley is currently doing a job at this level. Can't see him going much higher really but I'll guess we will wait and see. Hope he is another Madders and goes far but all to often it turns out to be another Conor Thomas.Again, hasn’t Jordan Shipley been part of the first team for months now? So you make little argument whatsoever. I am sure Robins would also love to have Maddison or George Thomas in the midfield but unfortunately due to our situation and current club status these players will move on.
If you also had any idea about youth football you’d know Reading operate a Category 1 academy and have invested a lot into their system over the last 10 years so *should* be producing a better quality of player.
I and many others still don’t understand your point, it just seems like more pointless rambling
We did and we sold them to Bournemouth and NorwichBecause he's an Under-21 international, that plays in a position of need for us, and has been scoring/assisting goals for fun in the U23's against better opposition than ours play against. If we had someone like that, you can bet they'd be in the first team.
Remember when we got the experience of Hunt, Ramage and Henderson in?
Were they all signed in the one window as well? If so, that has to register as surely the sh!ttest 3 players ever to be signed by any club in any transfer window.
He is from the Reading academy yes? So that's my point. Why do we not trust or deem good enough "one of our own" to do a job ahead of him?
Stop speaking sense and getting in the way of a good old fashioned whingeWe are trusting our own young players; Bayliss, Maycock, Shipley, DeKE and Ponticelli have all made their 1st team debuts and the latter 3 I mentioned have all had a run in the starting lineup. Then there’s Willis and Haynes starting week in, week out for us.
This Barrett lad is A) something different to what we have in our academy and B) performing very well at higher level of U23 football than our youngsters. If he’s even close to breaking their 1st team, he should be a good signing for us.
We also gave a 4 year one to Turdbull too well a certain unmentionable did anywayHmm, yeah, but didn't we once give a 4 year contract to David Bell?
He hasn't caught Nazon's poorly hip has he?Apparently unwell so hasn't trained yet, not likely to feature this weekend.
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