by bagman » 10 Jun 2019 16:36
by Sutekh » 10 Jun 2019 16:39
by Forbury Lion » 10 Jun 2019 16:43
Might have stopped us signing him in the first placeSutekh https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/17696366.mark-bowen-rumoured-to-be-taking-over-as-readings-director-of-football-after-links-with-swansea-job/
But could he have got 500k for Andy Hughes?
by Hendo » 10 Jun 2019 16:44
by NewCorkSeth » 10 Jun 2019 17:10
by Snowflake Royal » 10 Jun 2019 17:56
Hendo I dunno, Hughes was good for a short while when he played in-behind Forster.
by download » 10 Jun 2019 21:04
by El Diablo » 10 Jun 2019 21:29
Snowflake RoyalHendo I dunno, Hughes was good for a short while when he played in-behind Forster.
Very handy stop gap utility player when our options were otherwise limited too.
by SCIAG » 10 Jun 2019 22:43
NewCorkSeth Some Stoke fan on Twitter says he would be a terrible DoF. Something about signings made under his watch while there. He seemed to have a huge hand in our up turn in results what with all the formation shifts to counter teams.
by NewCorkSeth » 11 Jun 2019 08:15
SCIAGNewCorkSeth Some Stoke fan on Twitter says he would be a terrible DoF. Something about signings made under his watch while there. He seemed to have a huge hand in our up turn in results what with all the formation shifts to counter teams.
Their transfers in during Hughes' first few seasons are incredible
Marc Muniesa and Stephen Ireland on frees.
Peter Odemwingie for Kenwyne Jones
Marko Arnautovic for £2m
Erik Pieters for £3m (has since made 200+ appearances for them)
They made a lot of good signings over the next few years - a lot of reliable free transfers plus Bojan, Wollscheid, and of course Shaqiri.
In the last few windows there were some huge flops - first Imbula, then Wimmer, Ndiaye, and worst of all, Odemwingie. You'd probably also argue that Joe Allen and Bruno Martins Indi didn't offer value for money.
Don't know how recruitment worked at Stoke, but they picked up some really good players and often punched above their weight for a few years, before going off the rails when they splashed the cash. We don't have cash to splash, and have always been bad at it when we do splash it, so that's not a problem.
by SCIAG » 11 Jun 2019 08:24
by PistolPete » 11 Jun 2019 10:18
by Forbury Lion » 11 Jun 2019 10:45
More than adequate at left back too.Snowflake RoyalHendo I dunno, Hughes was good for a short while when he played in-behind Forster.
Very handy stop gap utility player when our options were otherwise limited too.
by Sutekh » 11 Jun 2019 15:13
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