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True dat, nobody could find any Nik Naks on him.AF1 wrote:Blue_Elm wrote:Didnt we sign Graeme Stack folks??? Cant remember what he was up for at the time... but all I know is it wasnt good
for wotsits worth now, he was accused but never convicted of anyfink.
Do me a QuaverSpaceCruiser wrote:True dat, nobody could find any Nik Naks on him.AF1 wrote:Blue_Elm wrote:Didnt we sign Graeme Stack folks??? Cant remember what he was up for at the time... but all I know is it wasnt good
for wotsits worth now, he was accused but never convicted of anyfink.
Norfolk Royal wrote:The thing about signing bad boy players like the two mentioned is that it gives fans of other clubs something to abuse about and makes the club who own them unpopular.
I found the Newcastle fans applauding Joey Barton when he came on at Sunderland to be something I'd never like Reading fans to do. TBf there were probably Newcastle fans who wouldn't applaud as well.
Oh, what a load of Beef'n'Onion! We have Noel Hunt and Kevin Doyle playing ever so well, so Lita wouldn't get straight back into the line-up. Coppell wanted him to get some games, not sitting on the bench and that's nothing to do with whatever perceived attitude Lita has.1960 wrote:Lita's been banging them in for Narch and, instead of being recalled, he gets the loan extended for another month. Don't you think SC would have got him back straight away if he really wanted him? I think this shows that SC/Mr Mad do not countenance players who are trouble and therefore would never sign such players as Hughes and McCormick.
BTW when I can walk to the pub I don't take the car. When I take the car I don't drink. Did McCormick never consider that option?
Quite right! Was accused of rape, but all charges got dropped. He did however cheat on his girlfriend, even though she was only in the room next to him, but I don't think thats comparable to McCormick or Hughes!AF1 wrote:Blue_Elm wrote:Didnt we sign Graeme Stack folks??? Cant remember what he was up for at the time... but all I know is it wasnt good
for wotsits worth now, he was accused but never convicted of anyfink.
Did she not think of knocking on the door to see how he was getting on???yappy wrote:Quite right! Was accused of rape, but all charges got dropped. He did however cheat on his girlfriend, even though she was only in the room next to him, but I don't think thats comparable to McCormick or Hughes!AF1 wrote:Blue_Elm wrote:Didnt we sign Graeme Stack folks??? Cant remember what he was up for at the time... but all I know is it wasnt good
for wotsits worth now, he was accused but never convicted of anyfink.
That Cureton thing was a load of made up gash, as pointed out in Holloway's book. Cureton basically went into the Chairman's office and asked for x amount of pounds, the point blank refused even though Holloway supported JC's case as he'd been their best player. Jason Roberts had just moved on and Curo's agent was working double time to get him a move. He was in his last year of contract and Reading offered a fee and offerd Curo significantly more than Rovers could. Simple as that. Holloway was uber pissed off about it.bigmike wrote:Oh yeah I remember that Rumour ... Apparantly the Chairman whos daughter he was supposed to be with doesnt actually have a daughter strange that reallyBig Foot wrote:Cureton banged the Brizzle chairman's daughter and I still supported him. Nuff said.
Not sure how this can be compaired to someone who kills two kids because they were driving pissed tho
Who signed Lita? Who signed Oster? Who signed Stack?loyalroyal4life wrote:reading wont sign a player deemed in this category, at least whilst SSC is at the helm
And what did we think we were doing with McLaren?strap wrote:Whilst Sir Steve is manager it just wouldn't happen. He puts personality of a player VERY high up on teh list of attributes, so anyone with an inkling of unsavouriness on their character isn't going to be signed. Indeed, witness Leroy Lita's treatment after his various misdeameanors.
In fact, never mind Sir Steve, I would suggest whist ever Mr Mad is in charge we will not see miscreants signed for RFC. Byron Glasgow's treatment being a case in point.
+ Halls (allegedly)Hoop Blah wrote:Who signed Lita? Who signed Oster? Who signed Stack?loyalroyal4life wrote:reading wont sign a player deemed in this category, at least whilst SSC is at the helm
And what did we think we were doing with McLaren?strap wrote:Whilst Sir Steve is manager it just wouldn't happen. He puts personality of a player VERY high up on teh list of attributes, so anyone with an inkling of unsavouriness on their character isn't going to be signed. Indeed, witness Leroy Lita's treatment after his various misdeameanors.
In fact, never mind Sir Steve, I would suggest whist ever Mr Mad is in charge we will not see miscreants signed for RFC. Byron Glasgow's treatment being a case in point.
I wonder how well we looked in the characters of Halford and Fae before blowing the best part of £5m on the pair of them?
Did we know about McLaren's problems before we signed him - and anyway that was pre SSC and I suspect the big attraction in signing McLaren was who his agent was.....Hoop Blah wrote:Who signed Lita? Who signed Oster? Who signed Stack?loyalroyal4life wrote:reading wont sign a player deemed in this category, at least whilst SSC is at the helm
And what did we think we were doing with McLaren?strap wrote:Whilst Sir Steve is manager it just wouldn't happen. He puts personality of a player VERY high up on teh list of attributes, so anyone with an inkling of unsavouriness on their character isn't going to be signed. Indeed, witness Leroy Lita's treatment after his various misdeameanors.
In fact, never mind Sir Steve, I would suggest whist ever Mr Mad is in charge we will not see miscreants signed for RFC. Byron Glasgow's treatment being a case in point.
I wonder how well we looked in the characters of Halford and Fae before blowing the best part of £5m on the pair of them?
Hoop Blah wrote:Who signed Lita? Who signed Oster? Who signed Stack?loyalroyal4life wrote:reading wont sign a player deemed in this category, at least whilst SSC is at the helm
And what did we think we were doing with McLaren?strap wrote:Whilst Sir Steve is manager it just wouldn't happen. He puts personality of a player VERY high up on teh list of attributes, so anyone with an inkling of unsavouriness on their character isn't going to be signed. Indeed, witness Leroy Lita's treatment after his various misdeameanors.
In fact, never mind Sir Steve, I would suggest whist ever Mr Mad is in charge we will not see miscreants signed for RFC. Byron Glasgow's treatment being a case in point.
None of them have been done for drink driving offences, i believe they have all just suffered allegations with nothing concrete
I wonder how well we looked in the characters of Halford and Fae before blowing the best part of £5m on the pair of them?
The wider point being players who have been in trouble though. Stack was up for rape for crying out loud, although admittedly he wouldn't have been signed permanently if convicted (presumably because he'd have been inside!).loyalroyal4life wrote: None of them have been done for drink driving offences, i believe they have all just suffered allegations with nothing concrete