Reading eyeing up move for Thomas Hitzlsperger

[MouldyRoyal]

It's a red cross for me but I now know exactly which gif it is and it's one of my faves, well done Maffff.

[Clyde1998]

That links tells us everything we need to know about him:

Cost, contract length, wages...

[M Brook]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

i thought he was a defensive midfielder? every article ive read about him said that at least.

[Tommio]

How come when up made a Hitzlsperger thread it got taken off?

[Royalwaster]

How come when I made up a Hitzlsperger thread it got taken off?

Edited for you.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

How come when up made a Hitzlsperger thread it got taken off?

It was false information.

[M Brook]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

i thought he was a defensive midfielder? every article ive read about him said that at least.

You could be right, but he certainly spend most of the 15/20 minutes or so he was on the pitch coming forward in the Ipswich half. Maybe he's one of those players who can fill both roles. After the game, folk were comparing him to Sidwell. In any case, he looked a very exciting prospect.

[Elm Park Pasty]

The thing I keep reading on here and Twitter, is that we don't want Hitzlsperger as he is another central midfielder. Not exactly sure what that means myself. I wouldn't quantify Terry Hurlock and Danny Guthrie as the same player, even though they are both central midfielders (not even sure you could quantify Hurlock as a footballer but that's a different story), so what type of central midfielder is TH? A passer, a tackler, box to box? Don't really know so was just wondering if anyone knew enough about his game to comment.

[southstand67]

The thing I keep reading on here and Twitter, is that we don't want Hitzlsperger as he is another central midfielder. Not exactly sure what that means myself. I wouldn't quantify Terry Hurlock and Danny Guthrie as the same player, even though they are both central midfielders (not even sure you could quantify Hurlock as a footballer but that's a different story), so what type of central midfielder is TH? A passer, a tackler, box to box? Don't really know so was just wondering if anyone knew enough about his game to comment.

I would have had Terry Hurlock in my team EPP, footballer or not!

[Elm Park Pasty]

The thing I keep reading on here and Twitter, is that we don't want Hitzlsperger as he is another central midfielder. Not exactly sure what that means myself. I wouldn't quantify Terry Hurlock and Danny Guthrie as the same player, even though they are both central midfielders (not even sure you could quantify Hurlock as a footballer but that's a different story), so what type of central midfielder is TH? A passer, a tackler, box to box? Don't really know so was just wondering if anyone knew enough about his game to comment.

I would have had Terry Hurlock in my team EPP, footballer or not!

Just had to look him up on Google to see if he still had the Brian May haircut (he hasn't!) but loved this on Wiki:

Tony Cascarino: "Some of us [Millwall players] were playfully goading Terry about what he was going to do to Vinnie Jones in the upcoming fixture with Wimbledon. Without saying a word, he got up from the table and walked to the entrance of the pub and ripped the door off its hinges."

[Optimist]

I've always been a massive Hitzlsperger fan, how can you not love a German with a Brum accent? But typically the one time we get linked to him we have an abundance of midfielders.

[Millsy]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

I wasn't mate. Good to hear, but I always thought he was primarily defensive.

[One8Seven1]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

I wasn't mate. Good to hear, but I always thought he was primarily defensive.

He was used as a holding midfielder at Hoffenheim, yes.

[URZZZZZ]

I doubt we're after another midfielder, but he is blonde.. I posted yesterday that a friend of mine spotted a blonde player in full training gear wearing no.27 in the hotel yesterday with Nicky Hammond. I can't see us getting a midfielder though!

We don't have room for another midfielder, and Akpan can play in the hole any way.

akpan is good, but has a lot to learn still

[One8Seven1]

I doubt we're after another midfielder, but he is blonde.. I posted yesterday that a friend of mine spotted a blonde player in full training gear wearing no.27 in the hotel yesterday with Nicky Hammond. I can't see us getting a midfielder though!

We don't have room for another midfielder, and Akpan can play in the hole any way.

akpan is good, but has a lot to learn still

So does Williams, so does Karacan..

[marlowuk]

But we also need an attacking midfielder........ We need some German discipline in our squad!

Were you not at the game on Saturday? Danny Williams, German born attacking midfielder, made a very impressive debut and could easily have scored.

^ this

Williams came on for HRK and certainly looked an exciting prospect going forward! My only criticism of him was that he got into scoring positions a few times and laid the ball off rather than having a go himself!

[URZZZZZ]

both of which have 3 years on him, cant really see jem getting much better than he already is, as for williams, time will tell

[Bandini]

I can't see how Hitzlsperger will link up with Gylfi, and his personality clashes with Ruel Fox are too well known, so there's no prospect of this coming off.

[Platypuss]

I can't see how Hitzlsperger will link up with Gylfi, and his personality clashes with Ruel Fox are too well known, so there's no prospect of this coming off.

Gr8 m8s with Robbie Fowler though.