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[Albion] Sam Baldock moves to Reading {CONFIRMED}
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
The great positive for Sam is that even if they miss out on promotion or the playoffs, he might still be able to crowd surf a celebratory pitch invasion.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The crumbly biscuits would drop him.
Weststander
Well-known member
SB will sample that euphoric playoffs/promotion feeling, for 2 fleeting minutes every May, at Reading. Guaranteed.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
FWIW I have no problem with Reading FC, well since Adkins and Pardew have left at least.No love lost from you lot I see
Pleased with the signing, think he'll do well in a front two with Bodvarsson.
You indeed have a decent signing, won't be the main man infront of goal, but decent none the less.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
No love lost from you lot I see
Pleased with the signing, think he'll do well in a front two with Bodvarsson.
He can be under appreciated because he isn't one of those players that immediately attracts the eye, but his movement, speed, link play, finding space and carrying a threat were vital for our 2 top 3 finish campaigns. When he didn't play our forward play suffered as he finds those holes to drop into.
Taybha
Whalewhine
Free money time again as no doubt he will score on friday night and jolly good luck to you Mr Baldock
Bodvarsson has 10 goals in 75 Championship appearances, so not sure he will be the main man in front of goal either...
oneillco
Well-known member
- Feb 13, 2013
- 1,321
No love lost from you lot I see
Pleased with the signing, think he'll do well in a front two with Bodvarsson.
Footie fans do like to bear a grudge, I mean look at us and Palace, we managed to keep it alive through 25 years of hardly ever playing them. Anyway, if you can keep Sam fit you have landed a decent player; he deserves some good luck.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Very likeable player who deserves regular first team football and he'll probably get that at Reading.
Sad for him that he never really got a chance in the Premier League but I suspect the Championship is his level, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a decent league.
Good luck Sam.
Sad for him that he never really got a chance in the Premier League but I suspect the Championship is his level, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a decent league.
Good luck Sam.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,327
Have to confess that your 4 year old has a greater knowledge of Albion players than myself who had to google to see if we had a player called David Button. My BAD fan
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
£1m would have been an absolute pisstake. £5m (if it rises to that) is much more like it - in fact, I'd have probably taken £3m. TB has played a blinder. I was scratching my head at the 3 year deal Baldock got last summer (while he was still in the treatment room), but it has clearly served to secure a very decent return on him. Thats a good bit of business by the club.
He probably deserves better than a tinpot noddy club thats perpetually scratching around at the arse-end of the 2nd division. The delusional grizzling biscuit-botherers should count themselves lucky a player of his calibre has agreed to sign for them. I hope they have a thoroughly miserable season, but Sam has a good one personally.
He probably deserves better than a tinpot noddy club thats perpetually scratching around at the arse-end of the 2nd division. The delusional grizzling biscuit-botherers should count themselves lucky a player of his calibre has agreed to sign for them. I hope they have a thoroughly miserable season, but Sam has a good one personally.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Have to confess that your 4 year old has a greater knowledge of Albion players than myself who had to google to see if we had a player called David Button. My BAD fan
To be fair, he's only been a Brighton player for 6 weeks.
No love lost from you lot I see
Pleased with the signing, think he'll do well in a front two with Bodvarsson.
I don't mind Reading, but that's a pretty dull opinion to give so I haven't commented so far.
I think it is a shame so many of your fans think he is a poor signing. Fair enough he probably won't bag you 30 goals but he's a good player who'd be an asset to most clubs in the Championship.
If you were around in the Goldstone days you wouldn't like Reading trust me.
I was! I don't like them, but I don't hate them either.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I've taken 9/2 on Reading to be relegated this season. Their squad is absolutely terrible, they have a reasonable goalkeeper for that level in Vito Mannone but the rest of the squad is really, really poor.
http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2018-2019/flcham/reading.htm
I don't dislike Reading, I have no specific feelings about them as a club but I do find this squad to be up there with the Brighton squad of 14/15. Really, really poor quality.
http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2018-2019/flcham/reading.htm
I don't dislike Reading, I have no specific feelings about them as a club but I do find this squad to be up there with the Brighton squad of 14/15. Really, really poor quality.
theroyal
Well-known member
- May 11, 2014
- 434
Yes, but you have to remember that a good portion of our fans are complete morons.
Fans that were kids when we smashed the Championship in 05/06 and finished 8th in the Premier League in 06/07. They're now teenagers/early 20s and have vastly over-inflated opinion of the stature of the club and think we should be signing big name players. I like to call them the "Stone Island crew".
theroyal
Well-known member
- May 11, 2014
- 434
I think Clement has focused on bringing in strong characters and leaders this summer, rather than adding quality. We have a lot of players who on their day, are very good, like Swift, Kelly, Barrow, Bacuna. They are just very inconsistent and mentally weak when the chips are down. The squad is probably better than last year (which says a lot). I'm expecting a slightly more solid team but not one that will challenge for anything. Bottom half but not in any real danger.