We are down. So next season who stays and who goes?

[Rollerbob]

:roll:

Can we sell number 13?

Don't worry, when we go down, number 13 will want to stay in the Premier League, so will probably move on a free to Chelsea or United.

[Colin Cheeselog]

Hopefully Brian will end up at some championship club so we can sell him McAnuff and L,wood.

Please let them go Adkins. What will the transfer fee received be? £5.99 and £3.49 respectively? They have both had their day so toddle pip time for them!

A lot of Reading fans really are mongs.

[Royal91]

Hopefully Brian will end up at some championship club so we can sell him McAnuff and L,wood.

Please let them go Adkins. What will the transfer fee received be? £5.99 and £3.49 respectively? They have both had their day so toddle pip time for them!

A lot of Reading fans really are mongs.

If you think Lwood and McAnuff will have the same impact next season you're deluded. Players get older, less hungry, lose ability, or simply fail to perform. They should be surplus to requirements next season. I'd happily have McAnuff in around the squad but Lwood needs to move on so we can get more energy in the midfield.

[Colin Cheeselog]

Players get... less hungry, lose ability, or simply fail to perform

And other players don't.

What evidence do you have to prove that 2 players that were very good for us 12 months ago, one of whom has performed pretty well this season in the prem (currently 3rd in the HNA player of the season vote), will fail to perform next season in the championship?

My point was also highlighting the hilarious suggestion that they're worth "£5.99 and £3.49 respectively" and should be sold to direct competitors.

[Royal91]

Players get... less hungry, lose ability, or simply fail to perform

And other players don't.

What evidence do you have to prove that 2 players that were very good for us 12 months ago, one of whom has performed pretty well this season in the prem (currently 3rd in the HNA player of the season vote), will fail to perform next season in the championship?

My point was also highlighting the hilarious suggestion that they're worth "£5.99 and £3.49 respectively" and should be sold to direct competitors.

If Adkins wants to build a team capable of passing then lwood has to move on simple. McAnuff is 31 not getting younger, in my book we have better wingers in the squad and I don't think he's good enough adapt his game as a CM, but I would still have him in around the squad.

Hunt, Lwood, Harte and Tabb would be the ones I move on.

And realistically I would get in a LB, CB, CM, ST, AM


There's no evidence to indicate what a player will do next season. But teams when they get relegated need to freshen up the squad. I think its obvious the squad will need a rebuild.

[melonhead]

need a blend of youth and experience imo

[Theroyalbox]

Feds/McCarthy (one will go)
Kelly. Morrison Marriapa. Shorey

Mcanuff. Guthrie. New signing Mccleary (if Kebe goes)

HRK

ALF


Roll on next season, looking forward to ripping up the championship winning games

[Basingstoke Royal]

McCarthy

Gunter Mariappa newbie newbie

Kebe Guthrie newbie Robson Kanu

Le Fondre Roberts

Subs:
Andersen
Morrison
New striker
Karacan
Akpan
McCleary
Obita

[blueroyals]

McCarthy
Gunter Morrison Marriapa ???
Kebe/HRK Karacan Akpan McAnuff/McCleary
ALF ???

[AkpansBFF]

McCarthy
Gunter (Was good for forest) Morrison Mariappa New LB
Kebe Akpan Carrico McCleary
ALF HRK


Anderson Cummings New CB Guthrie (If he stays) Karacan New winger Roberts

[07RFC]

First team:

McCarthy

Kelly Mariappa Morrison (New LB)

Akpan Carrico/Guthrie

Kebe/HRK (New ACM) McAnuff/McCleary

ALF

[SPARTA]

Roberts

Roberts is nobbled and out of contract this summer. You can't expect us to offer him a new deal when we can't be sure he will play again!

[peterroyal76]

Forest.

[akranes]

Trialist
Trialist Trialist Trialist Trialist
Trialist Trialist
Trialist Trialist Trialist
Trialist

[sandman]

Keep Feds, Shorey, Kebe
Sell McCrappy (if we can find anyone gullible enough to take his lazy carcass), Pog, Number 20

Fed/McCrappy

Gunter
Mariappa
???
Friend

Kebe/Phillips
Leigertwood
Akpan
Dorrans
McAnuff/HRK

Sharp

Subs: McCrappy/Henly(if Feds is still here), Shorey, Morrison, Carrico, HRK/Obita, Samuel, Alf

[peterroyal76]

Not caught anything yet sandman?
The night is young...........

[ZacNaloen]

If adkins has any sort of budget a good 60% of this team will be replaced I reckon

[sandman]

Not caught anything yet sandman?
The night is young...........

?

[Basingstoke Royal]

Roberts

Roberts is nobbled and out of contract this summer. You can't expect us to offer him a new deal when we can't be sure he will play again!

He was the difference last year and if he can get back to fitness he should start. If he is permanently 'nobbled' as you say then yes let him go. If not, we need his experience.

Massive loss to us this season.

[Ian Royal]

Roberts

Roberts is nobbled and out of contract this summer. You can't expect us to offer him a new deal when we can't be sure he will play again!

He was the difference last year and if he can get back to fitness he should start. If he is permanently 'nobbled' as you say then yes let him go. If not, we need his experience.

Massive loss to us this season.

And he's two years older. He wasn't a massive loss to us this season because in his few appearances he never even remotely looked like scoring. And we couldn't afford to play two up front with our atrocious midfield. Relying on an attack of a man in his mid 30s who hadn't scored 10 PL goals in a season for ages, a super sub, an immobile Russian, Noel Hunt and Simon Church was our big mistake.

Why the hell we didn't try and buy a striker in January I've no idea. Just like I've no idea why we bought a crocked midfielder and League One midfielder to solve the enormous glaring hole in our team. And the worst thing is the League One midfielder's been one of the few bright spots.