If you take out the 1.5 seasons he had in a very attacking Bournemouth side his record isn't great. Not saying it won't work, Roberts worked out quite well initially, but I'd be disappointed if we spent what little money we have on a 34 yr old who's barely kicked a competitive football in over 6mont...

Very tidy header. Defenders rooted to the ground

So Bournemouth have spent 17m and got Benik Afobe and Lewis Grabban! Wow.

I am thoroughly looking forward to watching them get relegated

melonhead If the reading way is not to spend 10 oxf*rd million pound on benik afobe, then im all for it.tbf

This

And so it begins....

Welcome back Brian, we've missed you.

McDermotts 'long ball' tactics >>>>>> Anything those two clowns served up since his departure.

I want someone who either knows us well, or knows the Championship well, preferably through managing there successfully, but decent playing experience combined with managing at a slightly higher, or slightly lower level would do. Well that approach has worked wonders with 3 of our last 4 managers.....

I want someone who either knows us well, or knows the Championship well, preferably through managing there successfully, but decent playing experience combined with managing at a slightly higher, or slightly lower level would do. Well that approach has worked wonders with 3 of our last 4 managers.....

No Fixed Abode But it was good to see everyone on Fletch and Sav yesterday agree the Remy incident should have been a penalty.

All except Howard Webb. And that people, is where the problem lies.

Correct, if people are agreeing with Robbie Savage then we do have a very big problem indeed.

Jose's Kevin Keegan style meLOLt down is imminent...

Given the way he's started I'd say all 3 of those have a very realistic chance of happening!

You can certainly see why Chelsea tried to sign him as well this summer

3 very loyal servants to the club - let's see how many of the new faces are still here in 5 years time, let alone 10 !! They were 'loyal' because they were paid vast sums of money to be 'loyal' and no other teams were willing to pay them more! All 3 were offered new deals in the summer on significa...

Lol at Jose getting epically rattLOLed by Ray Stubbs, just a matter of time until he goes full Kevin Keegan in an interview....

Imagine trying to sign John Stones but ending up buying a guy who's being kept out of a mid-table tinpot championship club by Anton Ferdinand!

Chins up Kes

Isn't he already on loan abroad?

You're right, you can't force a player. All Clarke can do is tell Hammond who he wants, it's Hammonds job to get those players in. It really is that simple. I don't think you can knock Hammond for failing to get in an unrealistic target. By your rules its still Clarke's fault for not giving Hammond...

You're right, you can't force a player.

All Clarke can do is tell Hammond who he wants, it's Hammonds job to get those players in. It really is that simple.

Exactly, after Beric had been identified how'd the business part of it go?

Spend the whole window dicking about trying to sign a player that we were never going to get. Sounds familiar. At least Yakubu isn't available. I would have trusted the likes of Pardew and Coppell to have or forward line sorted by now. I just don't trust Hammond to pull a rabbit out of a hat here a...

We're not going to sign Beric, Hammond is incapable of getting 'big time' deals done, especially when other clubs are interested in the player. His niche is selling players for profit.