Was turd yesterday and was only a matter of time before he got sent, hence being subbed at HT. May have been lucky to still be on the pitch as it was.
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Royston Drenthe
- Thread starter Guinness Boy
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He's 26, he is surely meant to be in his prime now?
Langley
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Did anyone see KLL giving him some shit at some point
Did not like him rolling on the ground clutching his head when challenged by Kas, dirty cheat.
Paris
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Reading do appear to have an awful lot of highly paid dross in their squad 
Left Footer
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Yes he was absolute turd and Williams wasn`t much better.
Where`s McAnuff ? He always caused us problems, has he left?
Did Le Fondre touch the ball?
Where`s McAnuff ? He always caused us problems, has he left?
Did Le Fondre touch the ball?
Horses Arse
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Palace must be kicking themselves. He'll be the one that got away
He was on the bench, bit surprised.
Playing long balls up to the midget Le Fondre was a masterstroke from Nigel
Horses Arse
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McAnuff and McCreary (or is it mcgeary?) Both good players and adkins is freezing them out as he has already done with kebe and mariappa. Adkins is being well and truly found out.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
We'll have McAnuff if Adkins doesn't want him, I'm assuming his post-Palace quarantine period is over now?
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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He was on the bench, bit surprised.
Playing long balls up to the midget Le Fondre was a masterstroke from Nigel
The game-plan was built around the Russian ( Pog etc )...long ball / knock down to Le Fondre....when Pog got sent off Adkins didn't change the plan much and Greer and Upson just gobbled up all the aerial stuff. Not much different from his time at Saints....long ball to Lambert and the others will pick up the pieces.
McAnuff is a decent player but isn't getting much game-time at mo. On yesterdays showing, surprised he doesn't make the starting line-up.
Incredibly quick feet for such a unit, but little end product. Undoubtedly he'll give a few full backs a torrid time and probably score a couple of wonder goals and get a fair few assists. Praise should go to Ward and Kaz for nullifying him yesterday. Ultimately, I can't see him being a huge success unless he sorts his head out. He needs to accept his career has slumped and he needs to work hard to turn it around.
Comparing Drenthe to Wright-Phillips et al isn't accurate. Drenthe was once rated as THE next big thing in world football.
Comparing Drenthe to Wright-Phillips et al isn't accurate. Drenthe was once rated as THE next big thing in world football.
Being bought for £28 million by Chelsea in 2005 would suggest that SWP was also once rated extremely highly.
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FAT!
stripeyshark
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crodonilson
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Steven Ward was different class against Drenthe, didn't give him a sniff, what an inspired signing he's been, an absolute class act.
John Bumlick
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Looks like he has a lot of talent... just not quite as much as he thinks he has. He tried some pretty outrageous and inventive passes which didn't come off. I'm sure he'll have days where everything comes off and he'll look world class. Mostly though he'll be getting frustrated and will probably start blaming his teammates. And yes, I have come to these conclusions by watching him on TV for 90 minutes (or however long he played).
I'm fairly sure it wasn't £28 mill but either way, SWP was never viewed by anyone as one of the best young players in world football.
Always was overrated IMO. Did nothing to change that view on Sunday.
