CONFIMRED - Deniss Rakels

[Jagermesiter1871]

Just saw his interview on player. I wasn't aware he doesn't speak English. Given Hurtado's failure that's a bit of a worry. What if a regular English word sounds like something offensive in Latvian? He might kill someone useful.

No worries there then.

[Nameless]

Prepared to bet this guy has nothing on Orlando but at the age of 23 still has plenty of time to develop and improve. Can't really judge him until we see him on the pitch.

We won't bring anyone else in now

He won't really have to do much to outperform Sa will he !
Not get sent off, score in more than 3 games, not have a stroppy wife.
First may be challenging, second should be fairly easy, third I have no idea about.

[Jack Celliers]

Prepared to bet this guy has nothing on Orlando but at the age of 23 still has plenty of time to develop and improve. Can't really judge him until we see him on the pitch.

We won't bring anyone else in now

He won't really have to do much to outperform Sa will he !
Not get sent off, score in more than 3 games, not have a stroppy wife.
First may be challenging, second should be fairly easy, third I have no idea about.

Third is next to impossible, surely.

[Pepe the Horseman]

At least we finally know who this is

[tidus_mi2]

You know, the Polish FA are coming off as pretty incompetent with transferring Rakels' registration papers.

[Vision]

You know, the Polish FA are coming off as pretty incompetent with transferring Rakels' registration papers.

I think it might be a bit more deliberate than incompetent given the circumstances of Rakels departure from his Polish club.

[Hoop Blah]

You know, the Polish FA are coming off as pretty incompetent with transferring Rakels' registration papers.

I think it might be a bit more deliberate than incompetent given the circumstances of Rakels departure from his Polish club.

Circumstances?

Have I missed some controversy around him leaving?

[West Stand Man]

Just saw his interview on player. I wasn't aware he doesn't speak English. Given Hurtado's failure that's a bit of a worry. What if a regular English word sounds like something offensive in Latvian? He might kill someone useful.

He could get a HNA account and be at home with the kids who can't write English?

[CountryRoyal]

You know, the Polish FA are coming off as pretty incompetent with transferring Rakels' registration papers.

I think it might be a bit more deliberate than incompetent given the circumstances of Rakels departure from his Polish club.

Circumstances?

Have I missed some controversy around him leaving?

Travelled to us without permission to have his medical I think.

Was then shafted to the reserves.

[Vision]

You know, the Polish FA are coming off as pretty incompetent with transferring Rakels' registration papers.

I think it might be a bit more deliberate than incompetent given the circumstances of Rakels departure from his Polish club.

Circumstances?

Have I missed some controversy around him leaving?

Thought it was widely reported he'd gone AWOL from a training camp to seek a move.

[Schards#2]

My prediction of Rakel's Reading career:

Weeks 1-8 - one random start where he's subbed after 45 mins and lots of "he's not up to speed fitness wise so we're working hard on him in training"

Weeks 8 - 15 - A few appearances on the bench coming on for 10 minutes twice

Weeks 16 onwards - not in squad

Close season - gone on a free to Skonto FC

One for one

Suspect the random start would have been Walsall if he'd had clearance

[Sutekh]

Don't worry, even if we had clearance he still wouldn't be involved as Brian says he's not match fit owing to the break the Europeans have over xmas/new year

The Thais really are going to get serious stick on this if he does not perform and Washington does well at the fakes.

[Hoop Blah]

Travelled to us without permission to have his medical I think.

Was then shafted to the reserves.

Thought it was widely reported he'd gone AWOL from a training camp to seek a move.

Ah, right. I hadn't read any of the reports on his signing really, just skimmed this gem of a thread here and watched a bit on you tube, so that completely passed me by.

He really is a bit of a Kebe then!

[Silver Fox]

The Thais really are going to get serious stick on this if he does not perform and Washington does well at the fakes.

from people who'll be giving them stick for something else if Dizzy does work out, I'm sure they'll cope

[tidus_mi2]

Bit of a farce by the Polish FA, even with his AWOL stunt, we signed him so it shouldn't matter.

Due to his lack of match fitness it probably won't hurt him not being available to play and after 30 days if for whatever reason they haven't submitted his papers to us I'd imagine we'd get provisional clearance according to Watts.

[floyd__streete]

You'd think that the Polish FA would be able to sort this red tape out, given that their office is on the Oxford Road in West Reading.

[No Fixed Abode]

You'd think that the Polish FA would be able to sort this red tape out, given that their office is on the Oxford Road in West Reading.

[Pseud O'Nym]

You'd think that the Polish FA would be able to sort this red tape out, given that their office is on the Oxford Road in West Reading.

Not sure I understand. Is this funny because there are Polish people living around the Oxford Road area?

[LUX]

the joke would have been even funnier, and perhaps got more than just Kes a'chuckling, if we had still our offices in Norfolk Road.

There's loads of Poles round there.

[Pseud O'Nym]

When I was a teenager in the 1960s there were loads of Poles in Caversham Heights too, something to do with there having been a Polish RAF regiment near there in WWII, so mentioning Albert Road should also be hilarious.