RUMOUR - Harper to Middlesborough

[andrew1957]

In the end JM's policy of financial prudence may well have the last laugh when the likes of West Ham do a Leeds and end up with a Luton like 30 point deduction for going bust.

[Uke]

having £20 million more to spend than we did might help.

Behave. We were told there was an almost unlimited budget for the "right player".

LOL @ that.

If you want to believe all the bollocks RFC tell you then fair enough.

Reading are small time. We think small and act small. Acting big scares us.

Jay, name me a single successful comapny that boasts about how much money it has to piss away?

We think big and act small. Acting big scares us is probably right, but acting small got us to the Prem and relative financial security.

Spending more than you can afford without keeping some back doesn't lead to sound financial management does it?!

Andrew 1957 is also spot on

[premiership_bound]

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate will make a £5m swoop for Reading's James Harper this weekend after selling Lee Cattermole to Wigan. (Various)

[rg6royal]

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate will make a £5m swoop for Reading's James Harper this weekend after selling Lee Cattermole to Wigan. (Various)

I'd hate to lose Harps but I can't see Reading saying no to £5m if this is true.

[Drew_3]

didn't give a monkeys that kitson left, will be distraught if we let harps leave!

[IMAMATEOFJOVSKY]

Harper to be replaced by Ben Watson...

[holsgrove breaks a leg]

if it does happen i doubt it'll be until we return from sweden,be interesting to see if we could enter the race for watson as our 'big' signing of the summer.

[rg6royal]

Harper to be replaced by Ben Watson...

Now that I would consider!

[Big Ern]

if it does happen i doubt it'll be until we return from sweden,be interesting to see if we could enter the race for watson as our 'big' signing of the summer.

I think we have already made out 'Big Summer Signing'.

[holsgrove breaks a leg]

if it does happen i doubt it'll be until we return from sweden,be interesting to see if we could enter the race for watson as our 'big' signing of the summer.

I think we have already made out 'Big Summer Signing'.

yeah waitrose!

[Platypuss]

This is looking like gaining an inevitable momentum like Kitson-Stoke.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/3544330.Arca_hoping_Harper_is_heading_for_Boro/

[papereyes]

In the end JM's policy of financial prudence may well have the last laugh when the likes of West Ham do a Leeds and end up with a Luton like 30 point deduction for going bust.

LOL

For every club that has done a Leeds, another has acquired a rich owner and pushed on another level.

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

This is looking like gaining an inevitable momentum like Kitson-Stoke.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/3544330.Arca_hoping_Harper_is_heading_for_Boro/

Agreed. Here as well - http://reading.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=116810

[Wycombe Royal]

This is looking like gaining an inevitable momentum like Kitson-Stoke.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/3544330.Arca_hoping_Harper_is_heading_for_Boro/

Agreed. Here as well - http://reading.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=116810

I hope it happens so that we can rebuild our central midfield. I don't want to see James go but I think he needs to if we are going improve central midfield.

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

This is looking like gaining an inevitable momentum like Kitson-Stoke.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/3544330.Arca_hoping_Harper_is_heading_for_Boro/

Agreed. Here as well - http://reading.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=116810

I hope it happens so that we can rebuild our central midfield. I don't want to see James go but I think he needs to if we are going improve central midfield.

Yeah, could well be a blessing in disguise, unless Coppell feels that Cisse can fill the void!!

[knobby_1871]

Harper to be replaced by Ben Watson...

Now that I would consider!

sorry who is Ben Watson? ahhh Crystal Palace player found him

[Colchester Royal]

This is looking like gaining an inevitable momentum like Kitson-Stoke.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/3544330.Arca_hoping_Harper_is_heading_for_Boro/

Agreed. Here as well - http://reading.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=116810

I hope it happens so that we can rebuild our central midfield. I don't want to see James go but I think he needs to if we are going improve central midfield.

I'd be happy to see Harper go. He's a headless chicken with no skill whatsoever. he takes 1 step forward and million backwards. He doesn't strike me as a good, skillful player, even when Sidwell was here.

[BR2]

Colchester Royal wrote:
I'd be happy to see Harper go. He's a headless chicken with no skill whatsoever. he takes 1 step forward and million backwards. He doesn't strike me as a good, skillful player, even when Sidwell was here.[/quote]

Aren't you the same bloke who has confidently predicted 15 goals for Noel Hunt this season?
Hmm,do you really think that Arsene Wenger would take on a lad with "no skill whatsoever"?
Have you not thought that what he did on the pitch was what the manager and coaching staff wanted him to do?
Did he not play every (maybe missed one)league game for us last season?
As for "headless chicken" you've got the wrong player,that was the one who played mainly down the left in a world of his own and has a brother.

[Colchester Royal]

Colchester Royal wrote:
I'd be happy to see Harper go. He's a headless chicken with no skill whatsoever. he takes 1 step forward and million backwards. He doesn't strike me as a good, skillful player, even when Sidwell was here.

Aren't you the same bloke who has confidently predicted 15 goals for Noel Hunt this season?
Hmm,do you really think that Arsene Wenger would take on a lad with "no skill whatsoever"?
Have you not thought that what he did on the pitch was what the manager and coaching staff wanted him to do?
Did he not play every (maybe missed one)league game for us last season?
As for "headless chicken" you've got the wrong player,that was the one who played mainly down the left in a world of his own and has a brother.[/quote]

i see the quoting system isn't your strength, my friend.

To your questions:
I was he, who wrote N. Hunt to score 15 goals. He will score 15. Wenger got rid of him because he saw him as a pants player. You have understand me on this, since when was harper any good? For me, NEVER. No, he did it himself. He was 'attempting' to do what the coaching staff and manager said. To me he's useless, not a skillful player, no eye for a forward pass. Always lacked strength. Yes, he played every game, except maybe one, because we had no one else any better than him. Who was on the bench as his replacement? No one. No, your wrong there my friend, Hunt played better than Harper for me, every game. He put in effort a-plenty, whereas Harper looked out of his depth and some how couldn't cope with holding the midfield. Hence the reason the defenders were doing twice the amount of work per game.
Good post, but i've covered all your questions.

[chilipepper91]

i see the quoting system isn't your strength, my friend.