Confimred - Jamie Reid

[Hound]

The point has been made on X that if we're down to plan C or D, an experienced L1 player who has shown they can play 40+ a season and get almost 1 goal in 3 is better business than a loanee who is scoring a goal a game in some PL U23 academy.

There will certainly be a lot of hesitation in signing a PL2 striker after the experience with MOM last year.

I still think we might do a similar deal, but really just someone coming out for experience and maybe a few games

Reid is a fair bit bigger than Marriott. Apparently decent enough in the air and a hard working striker rather than a poacher. So it should be a good mix

[morganb]

Stevenage have signed young forward Benjamin Broggio on a season-long loan deal from Aston Villa.

A replacement for Reid?

https://t.co/hpSIqw97PZ

[Stranded]

Stevenage have signed young forward Benjamin Broggio on a season-long loan deal from Aston Villa.

A replacement for Reid?

https://t.co/hpSIqw97PZ

I think he is more of a left sided player rather than down the middle.

[Sutekh]

The point has been made on X that if we're down to plan C or D, an experienced L1 player who has shown they can play 40+ a season and get almost 1 goal in 3 is better business than a loanee who is scoring a goal a game in some PL U23 academy.

There will certainly be a lot of hesitation in signing a PL2 striker after the experience with MOM last year.

I still think we might do a similar deal, but really just someone coming out for experience and maybe a few games

Reid is a fair bit bigger than Marriott. Apparently decent enough in the air and a hard working striker rather than a poacher. So it should be a good mix

We’ve got Evans and Patton (when not injured) so are covered with youngsters of our own. Rather see them get some experience (even if only on the bench) to help develop them rather than another club’s kiddie.

Still hope the club do give us a bit of excitement on deadline day with a surprise incoming. Hoping we can hold onto Wing and Savage as well.

[Hound]

There will certainly be a lot of hesitation in signing a PL2 striker after the experience with MOM last year.

I still think we might do a similar deal, but really just someone coming out for experience and maybe a few games

Reid is a fair bit bigger than Marriott. Apparently decent enough in the air and a hard working striker rather than a poacher. So it should be a good mix

We’ve got Evans and Patton (when not injured) so are covered with youngsters of our own. Rather see them get some experience (even if only on the bench) to help develop them rather than another club’s kiddie.

Still hope the club do give us a bit of excitement on deadline day with a surprise incoming. Hoping we can hold onto Wing and Savage as well.

I’d say get those lads out on loan properly and give them a full season away, plenty of games and then make a judgement

Patton had something but I do think we tend to overrate a little bit - he didn’t look amazing in our first team - obvs circumstances weren’t easy but he was very raw

[Stranded]

I still think we might do a similar deal, but really just someone coming out for experience and maybe a few games

Reid is a fair bit bigger than Marriott. Apparently decent enough in the air and a hard working striker rather than a poacher. So it should be a good mix

We’ve got Evans and Patton (when not injured) so are covered with youngsters of our own. Rather see them get some experience (even if only on the bench) to help develop them rather than another club’s kiddie.

Still hope the club do give us a bit of excitement on deadline day with a surprise incoming. Hoping we can hold onto Wing and Savage as well.

I’d say get those lads out on loan properly and give them a full season away, plenty of games and then make a judgement

Patton had something but I do think we tend to overrate a little bit - he didn’t look amazing in our first team - obvs circumstances weren’t easy but he was very raw

That's the problem with the last couple of years though, young players have been thrown in in circumstances that aren't great for development. Hopefully once Patton and/or Evans are fit/back, we'll play them in the Trophy, maybe have them on the bench and give them 10/15 mins in the league if a game is already won and see how they go from there.

As Evans loan to Bedford officially ends today, will be interesting* to see if that is extended or he returns or goes somewhere else.

[Sutekh]

We’ve got Evans and Patton (when not injured) so are covered with youngsters of our own. Rather see them get some experience (even if only on the bench) to help develop them rather than another club’s kiddie.

Still hope the club do give us a bit of excitement on deadline day with a surprise incoming. Hoping we can hold onto Wing and Savage as well.

I’d say get those lads out on loan properly and give them a full season away, plenty of games and then make a judgement

Patton had something but I do think we tend to overrate a little bit - he didn’t look amazing in our first team - obvs circumstances weren’t easy but he was very raw

That's the problem with the last couple of years though, young players have been thrown in in circumstances that aren't great for development. Hopefully once Patton and/or Evans are fit/back, we'll play them in the Trophy, maybe have them on the bench and give them 10/15 mins in the league if a game is already won and see how they go from there.

As Evans loan to Bedford officially ends today, will be interesting* to see if that is extended or he returns or goes somewhere else.

He scored twice in five appearances for Bedford.

[South Coast Royal]

Saw a few comments from Stevenage fans on facebook not saying the usual stuff about how sad to see the player leave etc. (see earlier Ritchie and Lane etc.) but more about being rather glad to see him leave.

The fact that Stevenage have signed 36 year old Josh Magennis implies also that the club may not be too fussed about him leaving.

Having said that, in the few times I have seen Reid play he has looked a threat up front so maybe he could thrive with us just as Marriott has, a player who most of us felt might no longer be up to it.

The only downsides are that he doesn't appear to have been player of the season anywhere nor has links with Wycombe, Rotherham, Wigan or Pompey but is very much a West Country lad (Exeter, Torquay, Truro, Dorchester Town) who has played for Northern Ireland.

[morganb]

All done barring medical according to Pete O'Rourke

[Horsham Royal]

The only downsides are that he doesn't appear to have been player of the season anywhere nor has links with Wycombe, Rotherham, Wigan or Pompey

He's played at Bradford ... trumps all those.

[South Coast Royal]

The only downsides are that he doesn't appear to have been player of the season anywhere nor has links with Wycombe, Rotherham, Wigan or Pompey

He's played at Bradford ... trumps all those.

Missed that one-doh!

[linkenholtroyal]

Meh… sure he’s a lovely guy and may score 6 or 7 from the bench but is he an upgrade in goal threat than WiFi. Or is he just filling a hole we need filled at the last minute. I just wished we had been more ambitious.
Would love for him to make me eat my words but I can’t see it happening.
Would much rather we had gone for someone a bit younger or a plan b.

He seems far too much of the profile of a carbon copy of Marriott rather than something different. So if plan a is not working throw on another plan a.

[Doc]

Meh… sure he’s a lovely guy and may score 6 or 7 from the bench but is he an upgrade in goal threat than WiFi. Or is he just filling a hole we need filled at the last minute. I just wished we had been more ambitious.
Would love for him to make me eat my words but I can’t see it happening.
Would much rather we had gone for someone a bit younger or a plan b.

He seems far too much of the profile of a carbon copy of Marriott rather than something different. So if plan a is not working throw on another plan a.

I don’t get this. He’s more of a consistent goal threat than WiFi based on the last few years. He’s a different sort of striker than Marriott, he’s more physical and can back into / roll centre backs. He’s an experienced Plan B that should be able to hit the ground running, instead of a young player that is likely to take longer.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I'm already sick at the slightest suggestion of revisionism on Ehibhatiomhan. Talented player who produced moments, but 95% of the time he was shit for us. There is no way you can compare him against a player with a track record of hitting 15 goals in a season.

He may pull things together with a change of scene and have a good career but that doesn't make selling him the wrong decision. He was going nowhere here.

[Sutekh]

I'm already sick at the slightest suggestion of revisionism on Ehibhatiomhan. Talented player who produced moments, but 95% of the time he was shit for us. There is no way you can compare him against a player with a track record of hitting 15 goals in a season.

He may pull things together with a change of scene and have a good career but that doesn't make selling him the wrong decision. He was going nowhere here.

Do we have a buy back clause on WiFi?

[morganb]

Haven't we also taken a rival's top scorer away from them late on in the window? That must count for something

[West F]

I'm already sick at the slightest suggestion of revisionism on Ehibhatiomhan. Talented player who produced moments, but 95% of the time he was shit for us. There is no way you can compare him against a player with a track record of hitting 15 goals in a season.

He may pull things together with a change of scene and have a good career but that doesn't make selling him the wrong decision. He was going nowhere here.

He was fully realised with us. I gave up being frustrated by him a year ago. He was doing his best playing his game. It just wasn’t what we needed and would never get better. The correct decision last season was to let him go and keep Wareham with the addition of Ballard. Building for a future rather than filling cracks with league 1 journeymen.

[Hound]

I'm already sick at the slightest suggestion of revisionism on Ehibhatiomhan. Talented player who produced moments, but 95% of the time he was shit for us. There is no way you can compare him against a player with a track record of hitting 15 goals in a season.

He may pull things together with a change of scene and have a good career but that doesn't make selling him the wrong decision. He was going nowhere here.

I wouldn’t say he was shit anything like 95% of the time. He had a solid season last year and did score 9 in the league in 21(21) at a relatively young age. And that wasn’t always as a CF, and in a pretty dreadful team at times

But he’s gone so agree there’s not much point keep referring back to him

[Hound]

I'm already sick at the slightest suggestion of revisionism on Ehibhatiomhan. Talented player who produced moments, but 95% of the time he was shit for us. There is no way you can compare him against a player with a track record of hitting 15 goals in a season.

He may pull things together with a change of scene and have a good career but that doesn't make selling him the wrong decision. He was going nowhere here.

He was fully realised with us. I gave up being frustrated by him a year ago. He was doing his best playing his game. It just wasn’t what we needed and would never get better. The correct decision last season was to let him go and keep Wareham with the addition of Ballard. Building for a future rather than filling cracks with league 1 journeymen.

Should have kept both AND brought in Ballard tbh. But easy in hindsight

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Confimred

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2026/a ... -a-royal-/