Hammond at B'stoke vs Villa

[Isaac Hunt]

Hammond was probably just arranging the reserves friendly with Basingstoke

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~2099114,00.html

We have a winner!

[Always_Royal]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but sounds interesting.

http://www.sportingpreview.com/premnews/09100464.php

[Royal Monk]

Please god no ..... omg are things that bad ?

[Upper West?!?]

That would be an excellent addition. We've got to get another central defender in - ideally one with some pace. Davies has something to prove - much like an Arsenal loanee a few seasons back;-)

[Isaac Hunt]

Please god no ..... omg are things that bad ?

Are you confusing him with Claude Davis? Curtis would walk into our side...

[Always_Royal]

That would be an excellent addition. We've got to get another central defender in - ideally one with some pace. Davies has something to prove - much like an Arsenal loanee a few seasons back;-)

My feelings exactly. We can't rely on Mills, Ingi and Pearce being available for selection all season.

[Royal Monk]

Are you confusing him with Claude Davis? Curtis would walk into our side...

Yes ... sorry

[Row Z Royal]

Are you confusing him with Claude Davis? Curtis would walk into our side...

Yes ... sorry

RACIST

[Terminal Boardom]

I would be happy to have the huge black centre back from Preston - Mawene. He is a class act.

[chandog]

if this happens it would be perfect for us and him.

he gets a guaranteed first team spot at a strong championship side

we get the extra cb we need and for nothing and hes better than what weve got now

[Barry the bird boggler]

Mills and Davies would be a great pairing, infinite improvement on any other possible pairing this club can currently offer. This is something we should definitely go for and must be affordable surely?

[toppy]

would be a great option

[rhroyal]

It sounds too good to believe I'm afraid.

[YateleyRoyal]

Already discussed in the Hammond at Villa vs Basingstoke thread

[sheshnu]

Mills and Davies would be a great pairing, infinite improvement on any other possible pairing this club can currently offer. This is something we should definitely go for and must be affordable surely?

How much do you think Davies earns, playing as he does for a top 6 Premier League side..? Obviously you believe that Villa would pay him to play for Reading, but that's not necessarily so.

[Ian Royal]

Mills and Davies would be a great pairing, infinite improvement on any other possible pairing this club can currently offer. This is something we should definitely go for and must be affordable surely?

How much do you think Davies earns, playing as he does for a top 6 Premier League side..? Obviously you believe that Villa would pay him to play for Reading, but that's not necessarily so.

Anything we pay reduces their wage burden for a player they want to get up to speed. We wouldn't necessarily have to pay the whole wage to get him. Good Championship wages (which you'd have to assume we'd be able to afford if we are genuinely interested) would be a fair chunk out of his wages. Something like £5k - £10k a week off the wage bill and getting him playing first team games at a decent level isn't to be sniffed at.

[paultheroyal]

Team that played Basingstoke.

Parish, L Young, Shorey, Hogg, Cuellar, Davies, Albrighton, Osbourne, Forrester, Bannan, Herd.

Rumour is Hammond was there to see and speak to Davies with O'Neil in company.

be interesting to see how many of these players get sold or loaned out over next couple of weeks with hopefully Davies to Reading

[Plymouth_Royal]

The Davies rumour may just have some legs. Villa have better options so may be prepared to let him out on a 6 month loan to get fit. If they pick up say 50% of the wages it might just be affordable to us.

I quite fancy Davies and Mills with Pearce and Ingi as back up.

Thats assuming they fancy you too.

[Hoop Blah]

They need him to get games under his belt after coming back from such a long and serious layoff (god knows we saw in Sonko how an injury can ruin a player) and so they'd probably be willing to cover a certain amount.

The parallels with Upson, where we could only have been paying about 25% of his wages at most, are interesting and I don't think the wages would be the problem some might make out. I think the problem is more likely to be the other offers they might get for him being better.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

I would jizz. Doubt it'll happen though... I don't think Villa would pay all of his wages for the duration.