Squad for 2025-2026

[Brogue]

Okin-peters 24 years old in 3 months. Never had a loan never played for the first team. Why have we offered him a new deal?

[Orion1871]

Okin-peters 24 years old in 3 months. Never had a loan never played for the first team. Why have we offered him a new deal?

Maybe he's a late bloomer.

[Brogue]

Okin-peters 24 years old in 3 months. Never had a loan never played for the first team. Why have we offered him a new deal?

Maybe he's a late bloomer.

Hopefully, as he’s going to be too old to play in the u23’s next season. So unless he’s going to be in the first team it seems an odd decision to keep him on. Tuma seems to be ahead of him in the pecking order as was Akande who we’ve released.

[The Cube]

Okin-peters 24 years old in 3 months. Never had a loan never played for the first team. Why have we offered him a new deal?

He was playing for the U18s two seasons ago. You have his age wrong.

And you couldn't even type his name right, either.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Of the out of contract players, key to retain for me would be Joel, Amadou & Kelvin.

If the strategy allows budget for packages that will entice decent OOC players, goals and pace upfront wouldn't go amiss

The extent of the rebuild is a gift, my fingers are crossed it's not fumbled

[Brogue]

Okin-peters 24 years old in 3 months. Never had a loan never played for the first team. Why have we offered him a new deal?

He was playing for the U18s two seasons ago. You have his age wrong.

And you couldn't even type his name right, either.

Your post seems unnecessarily confrontational, I’m terribly sorry if I’ve offended you old bean. And if I’ve made a mistake with his age then I can only apologise, but then so has the internet….

And apologies to Jeremiah if you’re reading this. I missed the letter ‘e’ off your name.

Anyway have a great day

[morganb]

Reading FC app says his date of birth is 16 Dec 2004. So currently 20

Couldn't see it on the Reading website though.

[Sutekh]

Garcia is contracted for next season already, surprised Wellens has gone but not surprised CBC or Akande were released. Odd that Holzman got his break but was then dumped, but then the club is crawling with CBs.

[Brogue]

Reading FC app says his date of birth is 16 Dec 2004. So currently 20

Couldn't see it on the Reading website though.

Fair enough I’d be more inclined to believe our app than the internet. It’s odd though as transfer market, ESPN, and the official premier league site all have him as 23 with the same DOB.

[Crusader Royal]

Reading FC app says his date of birth is 16 Dec 2004. So currently 20

Couldn't see it on the Reading website though.

Fair enough I’d be more inclined to believe our app than the internet. It’s odd though as transfer market, ESPN, and the official premier league site all have him as 23 with the same DOB.

That’s the internet for you. It’s not like anyone checks birth certificates, a typo on one site just spreads as others copy and paste. It would be odd if they had the same age and different DOB.

[Millsy]

I can't believe Akande hasn't been kept on. Wtf

[Snowflake Royal]

Garcia is contracted for next season already, surprised Wellens has gone but not surprised CBC or Akande were released. Odd that Holzman got his break but was then dumped, but then the club is crawling with CBs.

Don't think Wellens is a surprise, midfield is a strong point and he's barely made the bench.

Holzman started ok, but seemed rather at sea in his more recent appearances, so was expecting that too.

Obviously wish them all well

[Who Moved The Goalposts?]

In addition to the retained/released list, I've heard that Hunt and Carey are offering Lewis Wing an extension. This makes sense to me. Sets down a marker that may persuade others to stay, and indicates a team to be built around him.

[tidus_mi2]

I don't know what will be more exciting, when a big player like Wing signs an extension or when we actually pay a fee for a player. Will be nice to see us dip into the loan market for a change, at least with greater flexibility, Orient really showed this past season the benefit loan players can bring in.

[ILoveMoonPig]

Allowing Holzman to leave is a risky strategy. Seems to me like we're banking on Mbengue staying. If Mbengue doesn't sign, then we're down another CB again, with Bindon returning to forest.

[Snowflake Royal]

Allowing Holzman to leave is a risky strategy. Seems to me like we're banking on Mbengue staying. If Mbengue doesn't sign, then we're down another CB again, with Bindon returning to forest.

Holzman wasn't going to be near the first team anyway, he's behind Stickland and Kanu. We're likely bringing in at least one CB with Bindon and Dean going, maybe two if Mbengue goes.

[dontbedaft]

Dorsett could well be a consideration for CB.

[Sutekh]

Dorsett could well be a consideration for CB.

Esp. as he is a CB.

[stealthpapes]

I had heard a while back there were concerns with Akande's conditioning. End of the day can't afford to carry passengers so a decision had to be made,

Not that surprised, especially if there were conditioning issues. He was a bit raw pace only.

My biggest surprise is Camara got extended. I don’t see what he offers, he's small, not very strong, not especially quick, not especially technical, rarely beats anyone, doesn’t seem to have a knack for goals or assists. He certainly puts the work in, but seems like he needs to step down a level.

Disappointed with Senga as he's looked handy, but unsurprised as he was clearly not favoured.

Think we might have made a couple too many offers/extensions, but clearly trust Noel time.

There was a run in December where he was very effective, got a fair few minutes and chipped in with goals and contributions.

The rest I am fundamentally OK with, older players we can replace, younger players we can go again with.

[Sutekh]

Any idea if Harlee Dean will stay on as a coach?

I came here to ask this. Am I right in saying he was technically doing some coaching work? I am sure I saw highlights once where he was on the sidelines talking to Noel Hunt during a game. Others also have said he'd be good in that capacity.

I watched a podcast of him talking all about his career. From an hour of content, about 2-3 minutes at the end were for Reading, where he described the facilities as "unbelievable, and the best he'd ever seen throughout his career". He'd previously played at Southampton, Brentford, Birmingham and Sheffield Wednesday.

Hopefully that encourages him to stay on, plus he seemed to have a good bond with some of the team.

I think the story was that when Dean got injured, Noel knew he wanted to go into coaching so presented him with a coach's tracksuit etc. as this is what Brian McDermott had done for Noel when he was in a similar position while playing.

Though released is actually Dean retiring and perhaps being offered something coaching wise?