Who should we get? The generic 2012/13 speculation thread.

Franchise FC · by **Franchise FC** » 26 Apr 2012 17:41

My only hope is that we do our business early so that we can start the season in game 1, not game 7 as we've done the last 2/3 years.

urz13 · by **urz13** » 26 Apr 2012 19:46

We need a big player IMO to add that little bit of extra quality. Roberts is probably on much higher wages than any else and he's hardly upset the squad so the ethos of not paying anyone a significant amount more than the other lads should now be gone for ever. I'm not sure what my pointing but there you go.

FiNeRaIn · by **FiNeRaIn** » 27 Apr 2012 09:15

My summer shopping list

Sig
Clyne
Zaha
Doyle
Wittingham
Joel Pohjanpalo
Stephen Hunt ( if we can get for around 2 million)

pea · by **pea** » 27 Apr 2012 10:41

+ Bill Oddie as club ambassador

Pepe the Horseman · by **Pepe the Horseman** » 27 Apr 2012 10:58

FiNeRaIn My summer shopping list

Sig
Clyne
Zaha
Doyle
Wittingham
Joel Pohjanpalo
Stephen Hunt ( if we can get for around 2 million)

Are you fucking shitting me?

soggy biscuit · by **soggy biscuit** » 27 Apr 2012 12:44

FiNeRaIn Stephen Hunt ( if we can get for around 2 million)

FiNeRaIn · by **FiNeRaIn** » 27 Apr 2012 13:13

Why not? can play left back and left wing where we don't have a natural left footer. I wouldn't spend much on him like I said but there was a reason two clubs wanted to take him back to the prem, he's got enough quality and his work rate fits our team. 2 million is peanuts in this day and age and hes got a good whack of prem experience.

Wycombe Royal · by **Wycombe Royal** » 27 Apr 2012 13:25

FiNeRaIn Why not? can play left back and left wing where we don't have a natural left footer. I wouldn't spend much on him like I said but there was a reason two clubs wanted to take him back to the prem, he's got enough quality and his work rate fits our team. 2 million is peanuts in this day and age and hes got a good whack of prem experience.

Is this another obvious joke?

Ups and Downs · by **Ups and Downs** » 27 Apr 2012 13:27

Injury prone and acted like a twat in our second premier season last time. No thanks.

ZacNaloen · by **ZacNaloen** » 27 Apr 2012 13:51

Kingsley Junior
sandman Or his son plays for the Academy so he was watching the game that was closest to him.

More specifically his son received an award - I'm assuming scholar of the year or similar, couldn't hear/didn't care enough to listen - so I guess he was there to watch that primarily.

Does more than one person win that? cos the son of someone I work with won that for the 16s.

FinchOwl · by **FinchOwl** » 27 Apr 2012 14:01

I dont understand the obsession of some with getting players with 'premier league experience' in.

I would say with Roberts and Harte we have plenty, Harte has played a Champions League Semi Final ffs!

As written elsewhere on HNA?, Norwich and Swansea did not go out and get that type of player, they identified players from the Championship and below, Europe, or youngsters from prem sides(Caulker for instance), who would bolster their squad, improve their first team a little, would be fairly cheap, and who have the hunger to prove themselves in the prem

Thats what we should do to. Ok so we MIGHT have a bit more money when the Russian's are cleared to buy us, but I still think we should follow our strategy of buying predominately lower league players with a point to prove. Its just now we could maybe afford a Rhodes instead of a Le Fondre for instance

And people writing off Harte are being a little short sighted, yes he will be outpaced on occasions, but I dont remember the pacey Zaha skinning him too often last Saturday, in fact, since he got back in the side I can't remember him being exposed too often at all. And what he gives us going forward with his crosses and dead balls will be crucial in the Prem

Geekins · by **Geekins** » 27 Apr 2012 14:31

I know it won't happen but players with Premier League experience = Siggy

FinchOwl · by **FinchOwl** » 27 Apr 2012 14:59

Geekins I know it won't happen but players with Premier League experience = Siggy

Ha, yeah, 12 games worth or something like that. I have no objection to that type of signing

East End Lady · by **East End Lady** » 27 Apr 2012 16:10

I seem to remember that in 2006/07 we did not really have any players with "premiership experience" - I think that team did ok

I suspect that premiership experience is not all is cracked up to be

SCIAG · by **SCIAG** » 27 Apr 2012 21:08

ZacNaloen
Kingsley Junior
sandman Or his son plays for the Academy so he was watching the game that was closest to him.

More specifically his son received an award - I'm assuming scholar of the year or similar, couldn't hear/didn't care enough to listen - so I guess he was there to watch that primarily.

Does more than one person win that? cos the son of someone I work with won that for the 16s.

There are three "overall" awards, one for goalkeepers and two more that are quite vague (usual stuff like club spirit and such). Niall Keown won one of the two. I don't think any of our current lads won the awards. There might also be age-specific awards but they aren't presented publicly.

Cypry · by **Cypry** » 28 Apr 2012 06:07

FinchOwl And people writing off Harte are being a little short sighted, yes he will be outpaced on occasions, but I dont remember the pacey Zaha skinning him too often last Saturday, in fact, since he got back in the side I can't remember him being exposed too often at all. And what he gives us going forward with his crosses and dead balls will be crucial in the Prem

^ I've been thinking the same - strongly suspect that Harte will be our 1st choice LB next year

moo · by **moo** » 28 Apr 2012 16:28

Junior Agogo
David Connolly
Patrick Agyemang
Fitz Hall
Campbell-Ryce - on loan at Leyton Orient I believe

Friday's Legacy · by **Friday's Legacy** » 28 Apr 2012 20:17

Mate of mine on twitter who I assume posts on here is confident we're close to agreeing a deal for Mariappa of Watford (CB). He turned down Wigan in Jan and there was interest from Newcastle.

Just another wait and see.

I'd be happy with that though. A typical Reading signing.

moo · by **moo** » 28 Apr 2012 20:18

Funnily enough I have just been told about the Mariappa rumour as well, and we logging in to post this...

Mike Hunt · by **Mike Hunt** » 28 Apr 2012 20:22

would be very happy with Mariappa

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