Mills to Leicester 5 Million

[howser]

Rouge I wasnt apportioning blame on the reasons why Matt Mills left, I was just failing to understand why there is so much venom towards his from some or maybe several on this thread, he came hereand done what was asked of him, was awarded the captancy and played well, possibly his blunt ?? personality is the issue here. Even that is from a distance, as I cant recall too many on here saying they knew the fella personally to know what he is like.

[Hoop Blah]

I wouldn't know for myself what he's like as a human being but as a footballer he gave us decent service. The level of hatred pouring forth from the numbskull element on here is, as usual, almost totally unjustified and, tbh, somewhat embarrassing.

Hatred? That's getting a bit carried away isn't it RR?

Lots of comment saying it's disappointing he's gone for the money and not really bettered himself whilst recognising that he isn't that good and the price we've got for him is excellent business.

Don't think there's been anything else said that wasn't said earlier in the season or anything worthy of being labled hatred.

[Gordons Cumming]

He's good at corners.

[under the tin]

Which goes to show (if the last 10 pages haven't already made this abundantly clear) that you know the square route of naff all when it comes to financial success, financial control, maintaining several income streams, knowing what constitutes an income stream or, indeed, that what is currently taking place at Leicester has little to do with any of this.

So you don't think that the commercial department at Leicester aren't going to milk this kind of activity for all its worth ?
So you think that the exposure generated by marquee signings, like mills, (I'm personally no Mills fan), having an ex England manager (I don't rate him either) is not going to have a positive effect on ticket sales there, is not going to help sell corporate sponsorship, is not going to have a positive effect on merchandising sales, is not going to help sell perimeter and programme advertising, at better rates?
Dear oh dear. If the cap fits......

P.S.
I am just old school. Brought up to believe that customers make paydays possible.

Signing Matt Mills won't have a noticeable effect on any of Leicester's income streams.

So, as you obviously have a handle on the Leicester business plan....
PROVE IT

[soggy biscuit]

marquee signings, like mills

[leon]

unbelievable. piss off mills - I never liked you

[Libertine]

Great money for Mills. Hammond strikes again...great deal!!!!

We need another experienced CB, and preferably one with some pace. And if we sell Long for the reported 10M we are looking for I don't want to hear any nonsense about an alleged black hole when 95% of the money isn't reinvested in the squad...which I believe it won't.

We dumped most of our high wage players. We've had back to back deep runs in the FA Cup. We made the play-off championship game last year. Reading FC can't be hurting for money. Everyone praises the club for being "well run". Well, imho, a major part of being a "well run" club is making sure investments are made in the club. That is as important as the not overspending being part of the definition of "well run".

[West Stand Man]

Great money for Mills. Hammond strikes again...great deal!!!!

We need another experienced CB, and preferably one with some pace. And if we sell Long for the reported 10M we are looking for I don't want to hear any nonsense about an alleged black hole when 95% of the money isn't reinvested in the squad...which I believe it won't.

We dumped most of our high wage players. We've had back to back deep runs in the FA Cup. We made the play-off championship game last year. Reading FC can't be hurting for money. Everyone praises the club for being "well run". Well, imho, a major part of being a "well run" club is making sure investments are made in the club. That is as important as the not overspending being part of the definition of "well run".

Paraphrased;

"Reading is a well run club where the management has done a pretty good job of dealing in the market to buy low sell high. The result is a team that consistently appears to over-perform, much to the delight of real fans and amazement of the dimwitted. I can't see any reason why that should change this year."

[Hiram K Hackenbacker]

I agree

[The Prisoner]

Wherever you stand on loving or hating Mills there is enough in what the player is saying on his twitter feed and the fact that he went to Leicester (that's a curve ball - why not prem?) to suggest that the club were keen to move him on. Maybe Mills had said he would wait and see how the new season went and would sign a contract in Jan (big risk to the club obv)

My point is that why would Hammond come out and give it the "don't need to sell, want to keep everyone" speech? Answer is "sensible offers only please". But then he has tripped himself up by allowing BMc to state that the Mills money won't go back to the transfer kitty.

If we didn't need to sell because of the various cup and play off additional incomes then this cash should go back into the team by Hammonds' own earlier admission?

Don't get me wrong. £5m (or whatever it is) is an offer I certainly wouldn't have turned away, but the club's business plan seems to have been always to swallow that cash. Will it be the same with Long or Kebe's probable sales?

I know we are "well run" and much is bleated about the "Reading way" but if the club is going to indulge us with info as to how the club is run then simply be honest and tell us that we need to sell, there won't be money to buy etc.

I am hoping that we might show some measured ambition at some point. Might I suggest that Mackail Smith in for whatever BHA paid (2.5m?) with Mills and Long out for 12m would have been acceptable to date (even if Long's suitors haven't hit the magic figure yet they will). Maybe I should reserve judgement til all the dealings are done, but this deal still seems odd to me.

[andrew1957]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/footb ... ester_city

So in a nutshell - Leicester are an ambitious club which has a great chance of reaching the PL. Reading have no chance because we don't invest and there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes.

Also Wolves did not deserve him because they messed about and did not come up with the money quickly enough.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

...so Manset up against Matt Mills next season....will be interesting

[Wimb]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2095942_mills_why_i_quit_reading_fc_for_leicester_city

So in a nutshell - Leicester are an ambitious club which has a great chance of reaching the PL. Reading have no chance because we don't invest and there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes.

Also Wolves did not deserve him because they messed about and did not come up with the money quickly enough.

It suggests he thinks Leicester have MORE of a chance than Reading, nothing in that says Reading have NO chance. Remind me exactly where we finished last season and how much we spent? Or how much the 106 side cost?

[ZacNaloen]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2095942_mills_why_i_quit_reading_fc_for_leicester_city

So in a nutshell - Leicester are an ambitious club which has a great chance of reaching the PL. Reading have no chance because we don't invest and there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes.

Also Wolves did not deserve him because they messed about and did not come up with the money quickly enough.

There's a serious amount of reading what you want to read in that analysis there Andrew.

[floyd__streete]

He has moved on to a club in our own division who we beat twice last season and who finished several places lower than us last season.....in order to further his career.

A damning verdict if ever there was one. Particularly as he insists that he wasn't looking for a move. But a switch to Leicester gives him the chance to realise ambitions he presumably doesn't think he can realise with RFC - i.e promotion to the Premier League and then staying there through serious investment in the playing squad.

[ZacNaloen]

On the other hand you have Mcanuff and Hal (who was out of contract and had first team offers elsewhere) who say that they want to play at RFC because you spend a fortune on players but you can't buy what they've got at RFC and think that we are doing it the "right" way.



He's another who thinks that overspending on players = ambition.

[loyalroyal4life]

Mills has moved to a team that does have a great chance of promotion whilst playing on higher wages. We fall short of both these facts on paper.

To be honest i think it was the right move for both parties, we can certainly cope without him

[Wimb]

He has moved on to a club in our own division who we beat twice last season and who finished several places lower than us last season.....in order to further his career.

A damning verdict if ever there was one. Particularly as he insists that he wasn't looking for a move. But a switch to Leicester gives him the chance to realise ambitions he presumably doesn't think he can realise with RFC - i.e promotion to the Premier League and then staying there through serious investment in the playing squad.

And didn't the likes of Barry, Milner, Toure, Adebayor do the same thing when they joined Man City? Comparing Leicester 2010/11 to the potential of Leicester in 2011/12 isn't remotely fair.

We're not talking about Mills going to somewhere like Derby who spend about the same as us, we're talking about a club who's willing to dish out five million on a second tier player plus around 1.5million in wages. Who has a manager who's won Serie A and managed at three world cups

That's not Reading's lack of ambition that's a massive slice of 'we're going to splash the cash as much as we need to go up' by Leicester

[RoyalBlue]

Mills has moved to a team that does have a great chance of promotion whilst playing on higher wages. We fall short of both these facts on paper.

To be honest i think it was the right move for both parties, we can certainly cope without him

Just so long as the manager is given sufficient money (in his opinion, not that of the Chairman) to sign two decent centre backs before the season starts. Just as any team seriously aiming for promotion needs four decent strikers, they also need four decent centre backs.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

On the other hand you have Mcanuff and Hal (who was out of contract and had first team offers elsewhere) who say that they want to play at RFC because you spend a fortune on players but you can't buy what they've got at RFC and think that we are doing it the "right" way.



He's another who thinks that overspending on players = ambition.

Dont agree that overspending on players = ambition.....its not about the cost of a player (after all isnt that what we have a DOF for to sort that ?)....but it is about bringing in players that fills the gaps of those that have left, and dont make the squad weaker .....and if we can get them for £1 each ...id be as happy as a pig in shit ... .......what I would say though is that if you want to attract those players you need to be seen as a club with some level of ambition