Joining Blackpool on a permanent basis apparently.

Only see reports of a loan deal, which would make sense.

Although it does seem it’s a permenant, which I’m not convinced by. He’s looked a decent prospect and you wonder whether the next news will be Gunter agreeing a new deal.....

I could live with us signing their big CF who ripped us one in the 2-2

May not be quite good enough in the longer term but would be great right now

Maybe he's not rated that highly behind the scenes. Whatever the reasons, he's clearly not getting any favouritism from his Dad.

Loan is great, perm is daft.

We have yet another good prospect who hasn't looked out of his depth, but would be being shipped out without a proper chance.

Presumably with Gunter re-signing as a 30 year old who is really only adequate back up, short term, not going to improve, quite negative on the pitch and likely more expensive. Or we're signing someone new, or planning on using Araruna there.

The amount of chances we've given Loader in comparison with his rather lack lustre showings is just a bit baffling.

Or he wants to get away from any unfair suggestions that he is getting favouritism from his dad, and forge a career somewhere else purely based on his ability.

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Well that sucks. Good luck to him.

If Gunter doesn't stay it looks pretty poor.

As ever we really don’t know the background. As fans we see things very simplistically.
He may have decided he wants regular football and we’ve not stood in his way. Even if Gunter decides to move we could always bring in another right back in the summer.

Disappointed with this but I forgot he is 21 and he'll be looking for regular starts. Probably doesn't help that we've just signed a Brazilian who can also play in his position.

I presume that Reading must see Tennai Watson as the next specialist right back in line after Yiadom rather than Teddy Howe

Always presuming Reading don’t sign Chris Gunter on again of course...

After his good performance the other night I am a bit disappointed with this one.
I'm guessing but being the son of Howe senior may well prove more difficult for him with his peers than we know.
Good luck to the lad and I hope we got a decent fee/ sell-on clause for him.

After a bit of reflection I think this is a good move for Howe and fair play to him

Rather than take the easy route and stay as back up he has backed himself to go to the other end of the country and prove himself

From our point of view I’d like to have kept him, but maybe this was driven by him more than the club itself

It's a good move for him in many ways, but let us not forget it will involve him having to move to Blackpool, which must feel pretty shit.

It's a good move for him in many ways, but let us not forget it will involve him having to move to Blackpool, which must feel pretty shit.

no footballer would ever live in blackpool.

Fair play and good luck - would imagine we have done as we often do and made the player aware of the bid, told him we are happy for him to stay and fight for his place but if he wants to go out and try us luck elsewhere we won't stand in his way.

Hope he does well.

Obviously the lure of a pissing sink in his bedroom was too much to resist.

Good luck to him, think he has made the right move, at the right level for him to develop.
Yaidom and Gunter till the end of the season is still pretty good options, with Rino as an emergency cover

For him, it is a good move which will help him in the future. For us, a bad move, I feel that in a few years (or less) we will view him as someone who we wished we had kept.

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird

As long as we have a big chunk of any future fee then it’s not a bad move. The model for the Academy is part bringing through first team players but just as important in the revenue generation. We won’t much money if we hang on to every decent player in case they make the grade, we inevitably will cash in on some who we might hope could make the grade. We can’t keep every youth product, selling is a big part of the reason we have a good Academy.

Seems sensible and I would imagine we have put a 'Jack Stacey-esque' deal in place where we will be compensated further down the line if he comes good.

Good luck to him.

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird
I feel like I've been OMA'ed.
Just because I have a differnet view to you, does NOT make me a bit weird.

When I noted that Araruna could play RB I assumed it was with a view to him providing cover there next season with Gunter likely to leave in the summer (imo), and maybe Howe going out on loan now if Yiadom was back in contention. Was surprised when Nolan left so shocked about this. Maybe this will give Watson more of a chance of establishing himself back in the squad, tho can see him moving on as well.

I do get the feeling that Bowen is going down the experienced route so can see us offering Gunter a new deal. If he moves on think i'll be disappointed as we will need good back up to Yiadom when the AFCON is on in Jan, and tbh given that Yiadom didn't have a summer off last year I did anticipate him being out through injury at some point this season.

thought he looked half decent whenever ive seen him.maybe shortsighted with our current options, though i still think he is at least a season and a half away from getting any decent go/significant number of games, so i can see its probably a good move for him, and wouldnt expect us to stand in his way if he wanted to go.

hope we have another option lined up at some point, but its not a priority, especially if gunter is getting an extension

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird

^ agree with ALL this.

The only thing that makes me ☹ is that we have had a crack team of youngsters over the last few years and they haven’t broken through for reasons that are never disclosed (or they are all not good enough). Shame.

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird

^ agree with ALL this.

The only thing that makes me ☹ is that we have had a crack team of youngsters over the last few years and they haven’t broken through for reasons that are never disclosed (or they are all not good enough). Shame.

TBF, a lot of them have done as well as we might expect. Rino has broken through (though stalled a bit), Richards, Olise. Loader has played loads but not really done too well. And the likes of Barrett, Howe have moved to L1 and Watson and Smith have had some success out on loan.

Its a fairly decent return, the one thing missing is someone really coming through and smashing it - hopefully Olise is that player

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird

^ agree with ALL this.

The only thing that makes me ☹ is that we have had a crack team of youngsters over the last few years and they haven’t broken through for reasons that are never disclosed (or they are all not good enough). Shame.

file under - thats youth players for ya

Yeah I guess it's the - we'd quite like you to stay, but we're not desperate - type of move. Bit disappointed this is a move rather than a loan, as I don't think Watson is going to cut it at this level.

OTOH, it's very important for him. He's 21/22 - at this stage he needs to be getting very regular games. And he won't be getting them at Reading, or enough of them anyway, if he's backup to Yiadom, who isn't injury prone.

I'd be surprised if Gunter signed an extension tbh. But maybe behind the scenes, it is happening. Would we really go into next season with Rino and Araruna as backup right-backs, with maybe another academy product getting cup-games? Because if there isn't an extension, that seems a bit light.

he's 21 will nearly be 22 by the start of next season and still nowhere near displacing first-team players. he's played what? 1 game? How long are we supposed to keep youngsters for, for goodness sake? it's an Acadamy not a prison. Would he be displacing Yiadom in two years time? doubtful, in fact I would even hang my hat on it and say no. It's quite strange this weird obsession our fans have with our academy products that we never want them to leave.

This isn't a mistake we will not live to regret this. It's a good move for both him and the club and anyone else who thinks differently is just a bit weird
As of August he could very conceivably have been 1 injury or loss of form away from being a first team regular. And from a finances stand point bound to be a cheaper option than Gunter.

I think this is a missed opportunity for us but a good move for him. Still think a loan would have suited us and him better though.