DONE DEAL - Sean Morrison

[Y21_Royal]

hes not spending anything

I think that's a tad unfair tbh. We say "he's not buying players i.e. not spending money on the club" and when he spends £300,000 on two players and i expect another similar amount on a new striker (as that was the BWP fee) we say oh well its not actually Madejski spending the money. It's nowhere near good enough but for me, i'm happy as it's a start

but it isnt.
hes not contributing financially to the club any more. we are financing these deals ourselves, with money from the club.

Which is exactly as it should be

[brendywendy]

yup

[loyalroyal4life]

They seem to think they are getting £250k for Morrison (that's the release clause) and "some" of our first team squad on loan.

THey reckon HRK is one of them. Now why would we sign a young CB who isn't going to feature this season and send them HRK on loan who generally appears off the bench every week?

Because we have Antonio.................

[leww_rfc]

Didn't want us to sign a defender but this guy seems a genuine good prospect!

[West Stand Man]

Done deal according to local TV news in the West country. £250k.

[loyalroyal4life]

Done deal according to local TV news in the West country. £250k.

Come summer, Ivar out the door and possibly Kish depending on what league we end up in

[roadrunner]

Done deal according to local TV news in the West country. £250k.

Well if he's as good as he sounds this is a snip. I don't know about anyone else but I'm probably happier seeing us bring in the cheaper hungrier players rather than the expensive signings that were often a huge let down. These guys will have fire in their belly and I want more of that in this new squad.

[Half Man Half Biscuit]

This ain't rumour any more. Get this on the main board.
This kid's a class act and with the right tutillage he'll be a Royals giant. Bigger than Nicky Shorey

[Hoop Blah]

I just love the optimism on this thread.

Here's a decent central defender, with lots of improvement to do, and people are already claiming that with the right breaks he's going to be better than our first England international for over 100 years!

He might come good yes, and I hope he does, but realiastically he's just another lumbering central defender who's rough around the edges. Even the Swindon fans aren't raving about him as the next big thing, so don't expect too much of him please.

[Royalwaster]

I just love the optimism on this thread.

Here's a decent central defender, with lots of improvement to do, and people are already claiming that with the right breaks he's going to be better than our first England international for over 100 years!

He might come good yes, and I hope he does, but realiastically he's just another lumbering central defender who's rough around the edges. Even the Swindon fans aren't raving about him as the next big thing, so don't expect too much of him please.

Good point - think about the rave reviews preceding Matt Mills and he's turned out OK but nothing amazing especially for £2million.

[leon]

he's turned out OK but nothing amazing especially for £2million.

I forgot we'd paid that £2M for Mills...

[gazzer, loyal royal]

he's turned out OK but nothing amazing especially for £2million.

I forgot we'd paid that £2M for Mills...

we didn't

[West Stand Man]

Interesting, because I am obviously in a minority position. After a shakey start I think Mills is shaping up to be, possibly, the best CB in this league. He still makes the odd mistake - but isn't that expected for young player who is still developing? It isn't his fault he cost £2M (if he did).

[Colin Cheeselog]

Interesting, because I am obviously in a minority position. After a shakey start I think Mills is shaping up to be, possibly, the best CB in this league. He still makes the odd mistake - but isn't that expected for young player who is still developing? It isn't his fault he cost £2M (if he did).

I think he's our 4th best centre back and an appalling choice for captain.

[winchester_royal]

Interesting, because I am obviously in a minority position. After a shakey start I think Mills is shaping up to be, possibly, the best CB in this league. He still makes the odd mistake - but isn't that expected for young player who is still developing? It isn't his fault he cost £2M (if he did).

I think he's our 4th best centre back and an appalling choice for captain.

Good job you aint manager then.

[Ian Royal]

He was much better at the end of last season from what I saw. He's been very error prone and in particular prone to stupid cynical fouling and mistakes this season. Technically & physically a good centreback, but mentally a poor one. Whereas Pearce has it up top but is not as good of an athlete.

[leon]

I forgot we'd paid that £2M for Mills...

we didn't

sorry.... I forgot we'd paid for Mills...

[Royalwaster]

we didn't

Not up front but that was the price we agreed to - not sure what it depends on though.

How old is MM? If he's still young he's definitely got the potential to be very good in future ...
The thing I don't get is, why sign Sean M if we've already got Pearce and Mills and Zurab on bench. If either Mills or Pearce get injured will Sean M come in in front of Zurab?

[Royal Lady]

presume Zurab will be gone at the end of the season and we've got Morrison in to eventually replace him.

[Colin Cheeselog]

I think he's our 4th best centre back and an appalling choice for captain.

Good job you aint manager then.

Why?