Jimmy Kebe

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

Mebbe it's summit to do with Kebe allegedly saying he'll never play for Reading again, when Brian left.

Hmm...........

heres hoping Adkins makes him submit a written transfer request so he doesn't bleed the club of any more money by club having to pay him part/all of his remaining contract....

[Blue Label]

Very sad, Love Jimmy. If true, maybe it is time for him to go

[sandman]

Been about an hour since the interview haven't you all just "let it go" yet?

[URZZZZZ]

NAjust knocked kebe out on the team coach on the journey home.

[sandman]

NAjust knocked one out on the team coach on the journey home.

[URZZZZZ]

C'mon tell the truth it was over kebes face

[RoyalBlue]

IIRC Kebe went on 'strike' in order to get a move away from his last club and now it seems he is up to his old tricks again. Clubs shouldn't give in to b*stard players who behave in this sort of manner. Ever since Bosman players have wanted to have their cake and eat it. Fantastically rewarding contracts that they can enforce against a club but discard when they want to.

Kebe should be fetched in, put through a rigourous medical and then be fined the maximum possible before being denied a move and dumped to rot with the youth team until he comes crawling back asking for forgiveness. Only when this sort of thing happens will players begin to realise that they are not bigger than the club that provides them with such a fantastic lifestyle.

Kebe's injuries and recovery timescales have always seemed a bit suspicious to me, particularly as they often seemed to coincide with when times were tough for the team on the pitch. Adkins rightly said that Kebe could have kept us in the PL (or at least made a major contribution towards that). I now suspect that he chose not to - perhaps because McDermott got the push.

If Kebe is now going to be allowed to get his way, he will be the first former player (with exception of the FSB) who I will boo when we next encounter him and justifiably so.

Kebe, in my view you are a coward and a disgrace. However bad the team were last night, you are ten times more culpable.

[kwik-silva]

Aye, 'cause that's the way to treat a guy who's played 190 games for the club but has refused one trip to Peterborough as he's (possibly) irked about selection policy

[RoyalBlue]

Aye, 'cause that's the way to treat a guy who's played 190 games for the club but has refused one trip to Peterborough as he's (possibly) irked about selection policy

He's played 190 out of how many games? Look back and see how many times he has managed to get 'injured' when the times got tough and then see how long he took to recover. Do you not remember the reports that he was refusing to play at his last club in order to get a move - or am I completely mistaken?

It was quite clear from his interview last Saturday that Adkins had been very open and honest with Kebe as to why he hadn't been selected for that game and when he could expect to get his chance. Precious Jimmy didn't like the fact that he couldn't just walk back into the team, when he decided that he had recovered from 'injury', and threw a tantrum. He has treated the club and its suppporters like shyte and now fully deserves to be treated in the same way. His past 'part-time' contribution, when he could be bothered, doesn't give him enough credit to avoid that.

[The Quiet Man]

So how does Guthrie get to stay at the club when he physically refused to get on the team bus - obvious breach of contract - can't afford to sack him. Presumably if he doesn't like the current manager's tactics in the future that will give him the right to stay at home as well.

Club will do nothing in either case because another club would cheerfully get those players for nothing if their contracts were cancelled so stop whinging, Kebe will be moved on, as Guthrie should have been if the club had any balls, which it doesn't.

[Haag Royal]

Aye, 'cause that's the way to treat a guy who's played 190 games for the club but has refused one trip to Peterborough as he's (possibly) irked about selection policy

He's played 190 out of how many games? Look back and see how many times he has managed to get 'injured' when the times got tough and then see how long he took to recover. Do you not remember the reports that he was refusing to play at his last club in order to get a move - or am I completely mistaken?

It was quite clear from his interview last Saturday that Adkins had been very open and honest with Kebe as to why he hadn't been selected for that game and when he could expect to get his chance. Precious Jimmy didn't like the fact that he couldn't just walk back into the team, when he decided that he had recovered from 'injury', and threw a tantrum. He has treated the club and its suppporters like shyte and now fully deserves to be treated in the same way. His past 'part-time' contribution, when he could be bothered, doesn't give him enough credit to avoid that.

+1 could not agree more

[LoyalRoyal22]

Annoying thing is, we actually need him. HRK has been oxf*rd terrible so far this season

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Only if you think we need out and out wingers. We have mcenuff and mccleary as well.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Mebbe it's summit to do with Kebe allegedly saying he'll never play for Reading again, when Brian left.

Hmm...........

ITK FTW

[Hoop Blah]

So how does Guthrie get to stay at the club when he physically refused to get on the team bus - obvious breach of contract - can't afford to sack him. Presumably if he doesn't like the current manager's tactics in the future that will give him the right to stay at home as well.

Club will do nothing in either case because another club would cheerfully get those players for nothing if their contracts were cancelled so stop whinging, Kebe will be moved on, as Guthrie should have been if the club had any balls, which it doesn't.

I agree that they're very similar and neither player came out of it well or with any credit in my opinion. In the Gurthrie case I think he had more of an issue with the manager and his lack of time on the pitch having been dropped for being a different player to the one McDermott bought him to be (it doesn't excuse his refusal to play though).

The other difference is that it there was nobody willing to take Guthrie off our hands and his episode happened outside of a transfer window. In Kebe's case we're approaching the closure of a transfer window and there is apparently interest in him and it looks more like he's aggitating for a move as opposed to downing tools in frustration (although it may be that he's wanted to waltz back into the team last week after a few training sessions as he would've done in the past).

The club won't sack either player because they're valuable assets. Even at 29 and with his [supposed] injury record he's still worth a decent transfer fee and the club won't sack him and wave good bye to a £1m fee.

This does make me look back at all those injuries Kebe had in the past and wonder how hard he fought to get fit and back into a losing side.

[holsgrove breaks a leg]

In all honesty i think we saw the best of Jimmy Kebe a few years back when Brian took the reigns and Jimmy had a storming finish to the season and continued that in the playoff campaign. Since then injuries have caught up with him which have taken longer to clear up every time and when he has returned he has lost that zip and game changing ability. His complete lack of confidence to take players on and get involved in play every time he comes back from a lay off suggests to me there could well be a psychological issue on the pitch dealing with lengthy injury lists. He is also fast approaching 30 where his pace will begin to go and after that goes i dont think he has enough in his game to warrant selection. Taking the recent issues aside, i think its time to say goodbye and try to get Mcleary/Robson Kanu playing in a settled formation. Im not a massive fan of Jobi but at least he has adapted to the formations and type of play suggested to him so perhaps keep him now for this season. If Obita is lagging behind in impact on the training ground it may be that we need to look at getting another winger in, but that all depends on what formation we actually settle with under Nigel.

[Royal Lady]

I know I'm an old woman and naive, but if you were wanting to play a player who has been out for months and you don't have a proper reserve team for him to play in anymore and you had planned to play him in a cup game, why wouldn't you take him along to Blackpool and let him see how the current players are utilising their "skills" and the tactics that NA is trying to instill in them. How would you expect anyone to play to your style, if they're not even given the proper chance to see it in motion? Not making all excuses for Kebe - but surely someone has pointed out to NA how good Kebe can be on his day and that he needs good man-management and handling to get the best out of him?

[TFF]

I know I'm an old woman and naive

Which is why I didn't read the rest of that post

[Royal Lady]

I know I'm an old woman and naive

Which is why I didn't read the rest of that post

One day, a woman like me will be manager of RFC - and you'll all wish you took more notice of women like me in the first place...

[M Brook]

Aye, 'cause that's the way to treat a guy who's played 190 games for the club but has refused one trip to Peterborough as he's (possibly) irked about selection policy

He's been here since 2007/8 so this is his 7th season with us. He's played 188 times.