Squad Watch 2024/25

[blythspartan]

If we can get him on loan from Luton I’d like to see us sign Joe Taylor on loan next season.

[Stranded]

If we can get him on loan from Luton I’d like to see us sign Joe Taylor on loan next season.

No way he plays L1 in my opinion next season.

[Clyde1998]

If we can get him on loan from Luton I’d like to see us sign Joe Taylor on loan next season.

No way he plays L1 in my opinion next season.

I imagine he'll in the Luton first team squad, assuming they get relegated.

[traff]

Seems to be a lot of noise around Craig, coming from the charity box dippers.
Looks like he maybe out of contact soon, hoping we have an option. Excellent this season and lots of progress ahead.

[Snowflake Royal]

Seems to be a lot of noise around Craig, coming from the charity box dippers.
Looks like he maybe out of contact soon, hoping we have an option. Excellent this season and lots of progress ahead.

He is out of contract in June, I think we are supposed to have an option, and we'd be mad not to try to retain him.

[Clyde1998]

Seems to be a lot of noise around Craig, coming from the charity box dippers.
Looks like he maybe out of contact soon, hoping we have an option. Excellent this season and lots of progress ahead.

He is out of contract in June, I think we are supposed to have an option, and we'd be mad not to try to retain him.

I'm not sure if we have an option on Craig, but he was at the U21 game on Saturday. You'd think that's a positive sign...

[WestYorksRoyal]

Johnson Clarke-Harris going on a free, lots of Twitter fans saying we should go for it.

Am I the only one who thinks "hell no"? He's a big name who if he doesn't go to the Championship, will go to the highest bidder and who may well smash our wage structure - should we really have anyone coming in and earning more than the likes of Wing, Knibbs and Smith who have proven that they deserve to be our higher earners? The sort of signing we should consign to the Dai era.

That being said, watch him sign for Birmingham or Wrexham and bang in 25 goals.

[Hound]

Yeah not the sort of player I’d want is to go for

Was on the bench a lot last year - was it injury or not favoured?

[Stranded]

Yeah not the sort of player I’d want is to go for

Was on the bench a lot last year - was it injury or not favoured?

The latter - he nearly went to Bristol Rovers in Jan but the finances stopped it, so was used as an impact player really.

He will score goals for someone, but just don't think he is the right fit for us.

[Clyde1998]

Johnson Clarke-Harris going on a free, lots of Twitter fans saying we should go for it.

Am I the only one who thinks "hell no"? He's a big name who if he doesn't go to the Championship, will go to the highest bidder and who may well smash our wage structure - should we really have anyone coming in and earning more than the likes of Wing, Knibbs and Smith who have proven that they deserve to be our higher earners? The sort of signing we should consign to the Dai era.

That being said, watch him sign for Birmingham or Wrexham and bang in 25 goals.

I can't remember what thread it was in, but his name came up.

He seems to be in decline, didn't play too much for Peterborough this season and he's 30 in the summer.

People have been talking about him being on £10k p/w - which is a massive red flag for me; there will be better options for us out there who'll not cost as much. What we should not do is destroy our wage structure immediately after getting it back under control (assuming it now is).

Agree with avoiding him. Would much rather have a younger player who's got the potential to develop in to a Championship player (or higher).

[Snowflake Royal]

We only play one upfront. Unless we're going to change that, we have a first choice player. So we're effectively looking for a bench player whp can step in if needed.

He sounds too expensive for that. He's on the downward arc of performance.

It's a no from me.

[morganb]

Current Squad

Defence

Stickland - June 2024 - release

I hope they won't release our U23 captain Michael Stickland now he has been shortlisted for Premier League 2 Player of the Season:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/4016101

[Clyde1998]

Current Squad

Defence

Stickland - June 2024 - release

I hope they won't release our U23 captain Michael Stickland now he has been shortlisted for Premier League 2 Player of the Season:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/4016101

He's 20 - so has another year of U21 football in him. Can see him getting a 1+1 year contract, with the extension dependent on him progressing towards the first team (playing well in EFL Trophy matches, etc.).

[Snowflake Royal]

Yeah, he seems to be progressing well actually.

[Clyde1998]

Yeah, he seems to be progressing well actually.

Particularly after his injury, which I think took around a year out of his development.

[Brogue]

Abrefa signs 2 year contract

[Crowbar6753]

Abrefa signs 2 year contract

Good piece of business, start getting him some game time in the cups and substitute appearances and i can see him being a natural replace for yids either next season or the one after.
Also nice to see us being able to offer contracts under the current circumstances!!

[morganb]

Also put this on the Takeover thread -

I'm told ... Reading are unable to sign anyone- including free agents or loans- until we know where we stand with the ownership saga... EFL decision

Missed this yesterday, from James Earnshaw on Twitter

https://x.com/james_e1871/status/180664 ... Qj2OQ&s=19

[Sutekh]

Also put this on the Takeover thread -

I'm told ... Reading are unable to sign anyone- including free agents or loans- until we know where we stand with the ownership saga... EFL decision

Missed this yesterday, from James Earnshaw on Twitter

https://x.com/james_e1871/status/180664 ... Qj2OQ&s=19

Really not news. The club is embargoed anyway so frees and loans is all that's allowed. Preventing even those signings makes sense under the current state of play but seems at odds with issuing the new deal to Abrefa.

[Wycombe Royal]

Rushesha signs new 1 year deal.

Is that all the first team squad contracts done now?