Transfer targets?

But KR's football knowledge does see Maynard scoring goals...

We have 3 creative players, 4 with Whyte, who can create and score goals, but a centre forward who could get to double figures, not 20, would be a great help. I do think some of our supporters lack knowledge of the game at times.

I don't think Maynard appeared the answer to that though.

On defending, the unlucky mistake argument can only be used for so long, until the mistakes are symptomatic of some other reason.
So basically you have agreed with me then. At no point did I mention unlucky defending as all penalties have come from s**t defending/keeping. The first paragraph is true and makes me think is he a bit of a Harry Rednapp type character eg.hates the transfer window being shut. I still reiterated my earlier statement I think some of our supporters lack football knowledge.
 
No one is saying we haven’t signed Maynard because there is no money. My opinion is Tiger didn’t want to offer a deal to Maynard because he is crap. I am sure that if there was a super fit, young striker with an excellent league one scoring record available Tiger would release the funds.

I am with Tiger on this and it’s very poor of KR to go public especially given his precarious position right now.
Yep. Hence Robinson saying he’ll keep his thoughts private but insisting Maynard would have scored lots of goals for us. It’ll be interesting to see where he finally rocks up,and how long he stays fit
 
I also agree with Tiger. KR waited around all summer for Smith and he has proved to be a disappointment so far. I hope he improves but he doesnt look like he can play the lone striker/target man role. He may suit playing in a 2 but KR looks reluctant to change the system.

Well his system hasn’t worked yet so I hope he bites his lip and reverts to either 4 4 2 or 3 5 2
 
I don't think we are missing much by passing on Maynard. In fact, I'd suggest we are missing nothing.
 
I don't think we are missing much by passing on Maynard. In fact, I'd suggest we are missing nothing.

Is that not the decision of the manager though? You either trust their judgment or you dont.

Lets just be honest, when the transfer window closed it was said wed be looking to bring in freebies.

After being laughed out of the building by Hoolahan and Mulumbu it transpires theres not funds for Maynard and we wont be bringing anyone in til January.

Hmm.
 
Is that not the decision of the manager though? You either trust their judgment or you dont.

Lets just be honest, when the transfer window closed it was said wed be looking to bring in freebies.

After being laughed out of the building by Hoolahan and Mulumbu it transpires theres not funds for Maynard and we wont be bringing anyone in til January.

Hmm.

Still haven’t seen any quotes saying there are no funds???

If it was your money and KR asked you to pay Maynards wages would you pay it? After paying for all his other transfers and getting most of his targets to be asked to now pay for someone who is clearly no better than what we have you would think twice no?
 
Tricky one this. Can see both sides. Either you trust your manager to manage the football side of things including player recruitment or your don't - i would be concerned to hear Tiger giving his view on whether a transfer target was good enough or not.
Other side says we have already spent our budget up until January which KR would have known about and Tiger is reluctant to increase this for the time being which would be fair enough.

Either way the interview does highlight a bit of unrest between manager and owner - i'm not sure alluding to the fact that KR 'has his own views' on the matter really demonstrates solidarity at a time when we absolutely need to stick together.
 
Our recruitment in the summer was, to put it politely, hit or miss. Ultimately it’s landed us with a better and more exciting group of players than last year. Browne, Holmes, Whyte, Hanson and Norman look a decent group and sound additions to the likes of Eastwood, Dickie, Nelson, Mous and Ruffels.

But we knew last year our striking options weren’t good enough. KR spent the last months of the season bemoaning lack of firepower and basically alternating Obika and Thomas trying to find a system that fits. To start this season with Obika as first choice by default, a thoroughly nice lad who can’t get near a miserably out of form Reading squad, and a 25% fit (at best) Jamie Mackie is inexcusable - and reeks of poor recruitment (and possibly missing out on first, second, third and more targets).

Smith looks ok. He’s decent, works hard and obviously isn’t without talent. But he’s almost a lose/lose situation now. We are developing a young kid for a local rival. If he was really good enough to lead the line for an League 1 team with genuine promotion aspiration then, to be frank, given Reading’s current form he’d be in the starting XI, not out on loan.

Now we’re either stuck with a lad who can’t cut it and is occupying a loan place which could’ve gone to someone else, or he comes good and gets anywhere near delivering for us - in which case he’ll be straight back come the transfer window because Reading are in their own dog fight and would love an in form, firing goalscorer.

And we waited SO long to get him he had no time to bed in, and we didn’t go out and get someone else in the building who could’ve been building his fitness and relationships with his new teammates.

Maynard’s signing (or lack thereof) isn’t the problem. It’s yet another symptom of a chaotic summer where we got it right in some respects and haplessly wrong in others. Trying to fix it with out of contract journeymen seems silly.

I think Tiger rightly has questions to answer but in this matter he’s spot on. KR earned the time to get it right with his work with a dire squad last season (and has landed us a $$$ cup tie with the PL Champions this year). But 10-12 games is the marker most have given him. We’re through that tough opening period of fixtures now. I’d like to see him reign in the needlessly emotional interviews, reel back some of his loose cannon tendencies and steer his team (which still has substantial quality) to a drastically improved set of results over the next few games. Otherwise he has more questions to answer than our enigmatic & mysterious Chairman...
 
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Is that not the decision of the manager though? You either trust their judgment or you dont.

Lets just be honest, when the transfer window closed it was said wed be looking to bring in freebies.

After being laughed out of the building by Hoolahan and Mulumbu it transpires theres not funds for Maynard and we wont be bringing anyone in til January.

Hmm.
By the looks of it, it's a team effort when sourcing and signing players, but ultimately, the owner can ask what where Maynard would improve us. and what the expected output would be over waiting until January. Gut feeling is this would be a signing for the sake of it over signing a player that we can sell on or will push the team on. Different to Hoolihan, etc. KR needs to work with the players he's brought in.

I would much rather we see if Sam Smith is as talked about, over having Maynard on a short term deal.
 
It just seems to me that we are playing a 'false number 9' - whether we are meaning to or not is another matter. The formation we play just does not seem to get the lone striker involved at all. It does quite excite me that we have a number of players who play just behind the striker who can all create and score goals (Whyte, Henry, Holmes, Browne), but I just can't get my head around how utterly isolated and out of the game our main striker has been, in pretty much every single game we have played. Sooner or later we need to change the formation, surely?
 
It just seems to me that we are playing a 'false number 9' - whether we are meaning to or not is another matter. The formation we play just does not seem to get the lone striker involved at all. It does quite excite me that we have a number of players who play just behind the striker who can all create and score goals (Whyte, Henry, Holmes, Browne), but I just can't get my head around how utterly isolated and out of the game our main striker has been, in pretty much every single game we have played. Sooner or later we need to change the formation, surely?

looking at our league goals for column, so far this season all 3 who have played in KRs one up front position ( Beeks, Smith n Mac) appear to be 'false' strikers! :eek:
Im hoping that unfortunate statistic changes from tomorrow onwards..... it would help if the strengths of the aforementioned 3 were played to, which so far in the league hasnt, as yet, been the case very often :cautious:
 
looking at our league goals for column, so far this season all 3 who have played in KRs one up front position ( Beeks, Smith n Mac) appear to be 'false' strikers! :eek:
Im hoping that unfortunate statistic changes from tomorrow onwards..... it would help if the strengths of the aforementioned 3 were played to, which so far in the league hasnt, as yet, been the case very often :cautious:
What are Obika’s strengths?
 
This is, again, questionable PR from Robbo... If you've been told to make do, why not just back what you have, in Obika, Smith and Mackie (yes... I know)... Instead of adding the caveat that you thought Maynard could score goals or that you disagreed with Tiger... He does have a flappy jaw does Robinson. Fool to himself.
And I can see that being a big part of his downfall
 
He's scored more league goals than Sam Smith and Jamie Mackie this season.......................................
Unfortunately I think that will be seen as a reason to maintain faith in him for a few more weeks. I’d like to bet, however, that Smith will eventually score far more.
 
Unfortunately I think that will be seen as a reason to maintain faith in him for a few more weeks. I’d like to bet, however, that Smith will eventually score far more.
I agree, Smith will likely turn out better. But, it does highlight how largely ineffectual the lone striker has been in front of goal for us this season when Obika is the leading scorer with 1 goal.
 
It just seems to me that we are playing a 'false number 9' - whether we are meaning to or not is another matter. The formation we play just does not seem to get the lone striker involved at all. It does quite excite me that we have a number of players who play just behind the striker who can all create and score goals (Whyte, Henry, Holmes, Browne), but I just can't get my head around how utterly isolated and out of the game our main striker has been, in pretty much every single game we have played. Sooner or later we need to change the formation, surely?

given this why does KR think Maynard wold score loads of goals? i cant see how it would be any different to playing Mackie or Beaker
 
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