StreetsAlan PartridgeSmoking Kills Dancing Doe Of our 4 strikers Kitson is the one I'd be least disappointed to see leave. If we get decent money anyways.
A striker who doesn't get in the box is no good however nice his 1st touch is.
You could see Coppell and the coaches going mad at him numerous times last season. How many times did we get the ball into the box and Kitson is on the left wing, or the edge of the D?
I must admit, that drives me absolutely mad as well, especially as our two wingers were so crap that when they actually did put a half decent ball in there was no one near the box. It's funny because Kitson a few years ago was very much a poacher who scored mainly scrappy goals.
He's still a decent player, not a target man type of forward at all and I think we went majorly wrong last season by treating him as much. In fact I'd probably back Lita to win more in the air than Kitson in all honesty. If we got £3million for him, I'd probably take that. I can see Doyle moving on as well, he's at a good age and despite a poor goalscoring return last year, he's a good enough all round player to be playing in the Premiership. Doyle should still fetch in todays market between £4-6 million.
But this is little ol' Reading. If we were a Southampton or an Ipswich we might get that £4-6m, but we would probably see £3m. Just my opinion.
Well it's a daft one. Reading didn't sell Hunt yes HUNT for £5million, they would not sell Doyle for £3million.
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