NathStPaul Sam Smith I would take back. Not normally in favour of having anyone back at the club who we have moved on but I think he'd definitely do a job for us in League 1.
Hound https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/17/new-deals-offered-as-contracts-come-to-their-conclusion/
Here we go - haven’t seen it pasted anywhere yet
Things of interest. Tetek and Southwood released. Along with some u21s inc Scott and Osorio
NGW extended. Mbengue offered two years. Also Clarke, Dorsett, Carson, CBC offered new deals.
Meite and Hoilett (sigh) also in talks of staying in. Surely Meite won’t?
Royals and RacersHendomorganb CONTRACT NEWS
1st Team:
- Retained: NGW
- Offered contracts: Mbengue (2y), Meite, Hoilett
- All 6 loanees return to parent clubs
- Departures: Joao, Moore, Long, Dann, Southwood, Tetek
U21s:
- Offered contracts: Boyce-Clarke (3y), John Clarke (1y), Carson, Dorsett
- Retained: Abdel-Salam, Akande, Collins, Rowley, Stickland
- Departures: Rashawn Scott, Leavy, Osorio, Meilvin-Lambert, Green, Bradbury, Burnett
U18s:
- Offered pro contracts: Tuma, Maudner, Borgnis, Norcott, Vickers, Okine-Peters
- Departures: Nyarko, Campbell, Daniel-Spray, Furlong, Hutchings, Murray, Nditi, Greaver
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Can't argue too much with any of that. Not too clued up on the youngsters sill will need someone like R&R or SCIAG to add a bit more context.
Obviously good they've offered a long contract to CBC. Hopefully John Clarke does stay though, as he did look pretty decent in his handful of first team appearances.
Would obviously love Mbengue to stay, think he is a real gem and L1 experience would be brilliant for him. Meite if the wages are right and he stays fit - yeah will be one of the better players in the league, no brainer. Not too fussed about Hoilett, but I wonder if that will be an avenue into coaching/mentoring as well.
As requested- Scott no loss in my opinion. Really hope Matty Carson and John Clarke stay. The only other thing really is that i hope Michael Stickland and Harvey Maunder can overcome the serious injuries which the pair have suffered and that next season they can show us what decent players they are.
HoundSnowflake Royal For me Hoilett is a no brainer at a reasonable wage. He's the ultimate L1 squad player.
Good enough on his day to do some damage and at a pinch can cover right back, left back, right wing back, left wing back, right wing, left wing, attacking midfielder and second striker in the case of an injury crisis.
With him.we can have a smaller squad relying more on academy players because we know we can plug him in and use his experience if we need to.
But he’s not much good at any of them. Would rather spend his wage on an experienced specialist.
We’ve plenty of players (Yiadom, McIntyre, Mbengue hopefully, Azeez, Ince, NGW etc) who can do a job in multiple positions.
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tidus_mi2Zammo We all love Meite, right. But he's got to go. Sat on the injury table for most of the league one season just doesn't make any sense.
I think you can risk carrying a small amount of injury prone players who, if fit, will bring real quality to the squad, which Meite will do and is probably worth the risk. Our main problem of the last couple seasons is having an entire squad of injury prone players so we notice it more when a player is missing for long periods of time.
stealthpapestidus_mi2Zammo We all love Meite, right. But he's got to go. Sat on the injury table for most of the league one season just doesn't make any sense.
I think you can risk carrying a small amount of injury prone players who, if fit, will bring real quality to the squad, which Meite will do and is probably worth the risk. Our main problem of the last couple seasons is having an entire squad of injury prone players so we notice it more when a player is missing for long periods of time.
A fit Meite or Carroll should do alright in L1 ...
Should.
I must admit I'd only seen Tetek a few years back, so mildly disappointed to see him off. Hadn't clocked he'd barely played a game for 2 years.
andrew1957 After watching Gabbi Osho scoring for Luton and potentially becoming a PL player next season, it made me think that if only the club had more faith in our Academy products and played them, rather than constantly bringing in loan players from bigger clubs and playing them instead, we might not be in the mess we are in now. Frankly a lot of recent inward loans have been poor.
I hope we have learned this lesson and don't take any inward loans at all next season. I would much rather we brought in a few free transfers to plug any gaps and used the Academy more extensively and built for the long term future. At least that way the whole squad are more likely to be committed to the cause.
URZZZZandrew1957 After watching Gabbi Osho scoring for Luton and potentially becoming a PL player next season, it made me think that if only the club had more faith in our Academy products and played them, rather than constantly bringing in loan players from bigger clubs and playing them instead, we might not be in the mess we are in now. Frankly a lot of recent inward loans have been poor.
I hope we have learned this lesson and don't take any inward loans at all next season. I would much rather we brought in a few free transfers to plug any gaps and used the Academy more extensively and built for the long term future. At least that way the whole squad are more likely to be committed to the cause.
Do you think if we’d kept Osho and released Holmes and McIntyre, there’s a chance Osho would be a part of one of the worst defensive records in the country for two successive seasons and Holmes/McIntyre would be on a higher level?
Has to work both ways. We can’t lament every single player we’ve let go and have gone on to better things whilst saying the current academy players in the first team “aren’t good enough”
Southwood is the obvious example. Talked about for a few seasons as someone with a lot of potential. Got his break in the first team, performed well for 4 months before a dodgy couple of months. Suddenly his ceiling became “L1” level. As fans, you can’t have it both ways
URZZZZHoundSnowflake Royal For me Hoilett is a no brainer at a reasonable wage. He's the ultimate L1 squad player.
Good enough on his day to do some damage and at a pinch can cover right back, left back, right wing back, left wing back, right wing, left wing, attacking midfielder and second striker in the case of an injury crisis.
With him.we can have a smaller squad relying more on academy players because we know we can plug him in and use his experience if we need to.
But he’s not much good at any of them. Would rather spend his wage on an experienced specialist.
We’ve plenty of players (Yiadom, McIntyre, Mbengue hopefully, Azeez, Ince, NGW etc) who can do a job in multiple positions.
I think he can still do a decent job. As said before, was comfortably one of our better players up until about October time. Think he was somewhat burnt out starting Saturday - Tuesday - Saturday every week and his form hit a cliff (also the caveat of having the World Cup to prepare for too probably didn’t help)
The fact he didn’t register a single assist is disappointing and certainly expect better. But personally think out of him, Rahman, Yiadom and NGW, he was easily the best WB we had last season and it wasn’t even his natural position
Not that I think it’s much of a coincidence as our form wasn’t particularly great before his injury but in the two months he was out injured, we registered 0 wins. 42 points in 31 starts is a decent haul, 8 points in 15 where he didn’t start is really poor (and you liked your PPG stats when it suited your Ejaria agenda
Happy NGW is retained, as I think he'll do a good job in League One next season; Mbengue would be another I'd love to keep. I'm content with Hoilett staying another year, although I do wonder if he'll go to an MLS club instead of signing a new deal with us; he'll certainly do a job for a season in League One though.morganb 1st Team:
- Retained: NGW
- Offered contracts: Mbengue (2y), Meite, Hoilett
- All 6 loanees return to parent clubs
- Departures: Joao, Moore, Long, Dann, Southwood, Tetek
U21s:
- Offered contracts: Boyce-Clarke (3y), John Clarke (1y), Carson, Dorsett
- Retained: Abdel-Salam, Akande, Collins, Rowley, Stickland
- Departures: Rashawn Scott, Leavy, Osorio, Meilvin-Lambert, Green, Bradbury, Burnett
U18s:
- Offered pro contracts: Tuma, Maudner, Borgnis, Norcott, Vickers, Okine-Peters
- Departures: Nyarko, Campbell, Daniel-Spray, Furlong, Hutchings, Murray, Nditi, Greaver
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