I do wonder whether Grant Hanley might be the seasoned pro we might bring in to push on the youngsters. Keep looking for a player of that calibre and that’s the one that jumps out. He is 33 played for Brum the second half of the season and has just been released by them. Also had time with Tomkinso...

Vydra is a good example actually. Had a terrible record here (somewhat caused by being misused), but only the most dimwitted would deny he could be a good player or had done well elsewhere. His record was very up and down iirc. Very much a confidence player who had to be in the right place at the ri...

Got to say the Hearts fans are a funny bunch. Obsessed with him and can't accept that he may have improved between the ages of 22 and 28. I reckon we might be the same about Joao Virginia I don't think so. He was 18 and should never have been put in that position. I'm sure there's examples of playe...

Hoping we can get a top quality new face or two into defence, there must be a promising PL youngster ready to step out into the world of proper football on loan, Amara Nallo from Liverpool for example. But it’s one area we could probably do with finding a Harlee Dean type to hold things together an...

It's entirely arbitrary, but there surely has to be minimum requirements to qualify. We can't just claim anyone who had trial (hyperbole) I think at least 2 years in the Academy between 12 and 20 has to be a must to count surely? Long was in the first team squad within six months of joining and arri...

And already people downplaying what a loss he'll be. Could be way off, but felt like our worst performances/defeats last season came when he was injured. As big a loss as Bindon imo, and losing both at the same time is a serious problem. Amadou should look at the history of players that we’ve sent ...

I was pretty critical of Meite during his last season with us (not his attitude just clearly the injury took something out of him), but I could see this working out ok I wouldn’t expect miracles from him but he’s a big strong forward player who could put himself about at this level. He’d score goal...

Yes. Taking the emotion out of it - a decent winger, who knows the club and the set up and staff, proven ability at the division above. Good character around the dressing room, and a more consistent player compared to Campbell, with the ability to play on either wing. It's a yes from me. It's the &...

WestYorksRoyal I wonder what's taking the likes of Abrefa, Dorsett and Ehibhatiomhan longer than Pereira. You won't get a better offer than Reading lads.

They might.

Could definitely see a Champ club or equivalent taking a punt on one or more of them, particularly Kelvin.

Look forward, not backwards. Taking the emotion out of it, is he the sort of signing we'd be excited about? 3 - 4 years since he was at his best, 29 and not much scope to improve, couldn't get in a team that finished bottom. We know he has the sort of character we want, but I don't think there are ...

Interesting stat I’ve just seen 97% of former cat 1 academy players now aged 21 to 26 never made a Premier League appearance. 70% weren't handed a pro contract at an EPL or EFL club. And only 1 in 10 went on to make more than 20 league appearances in the top four tiers of English football. Yes, it’...

I think football is broken. Just scrap all the PSR/FFP rules and let clubs get on with it. Terrible idea. Football's broke, so let's just let clubs who are already cheating do whatever they want and watch loads of them explode out of business. Yay. :| And that would be bad to see “cheating” clubs g...

Listening to a Football finance man on Talksport earlier and he first said that PSR is f*cked due to Chelsea's shenanigans and needs a complete rethink (ans says it will probably get one), and also said Villa are about to break PSR rules so they need to sell a player, but he predicted they will mor...

Brogue

young

27

Yeah, same. 27 should be an experienced player in their prime

So very few minutes for Stevenage in L2 a few years ago. What looks like an ok spell in L2 with Bradford season before last and then an ok last season in the SPL. Good age. Certainly a player that sounds not up to Championship/PL in terms of staying at Norwich, but from a decent youth set up and lev...

Totally impractical, but would be nice to have a team photo from the open day with the team and staff. And then just a horde of STHs in the background. Don’t see why that couldn’t work. Ideally you’d want a nice grassy bank for the STH to mass on. I reckon it’s a great idea…. Hasn't the open day al...

Just refreshing my comment as a reminder...... Tuchel is such a bad fit for this job...... Carsley would have been a better fit, continuing the England FC work Southgate started. They've gone for a big name instead of trusting the process. We can't just rely on getting good draws. Southgate's team ...

Totally impractical, but would be nice to have a team photo from the open day with the team and staff. And then just a horde of STHs in the background.

:arrow: https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=192206 RFC Latest @RFCLatest · 15h If this transfer goes through we will receive part of a 5% solidarity payment for having Jamie Bynoe-Gittens at the club between the ages of 12-23. Would receive some of the €2.5m for his time at #Rea...

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Brogue The care label on the inside of the shirt will also contain a cryptic clue.

Think my missus finds most care labels on clothes cryptic already.

Not sure why anyone would ever look at one to find it cryptic