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View RnB's Profile RnB Flag essex 03 Jan 22 9.02pm Send a Private Message to RnB Add RnB as a friend

Reading Central Midfielder. 26yo with good reputation. End of contract in Summer 22. Would be a good replacement for Luka?

 

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View Leecpfc's Profile Leecpfc Flag Praying for love in a lapdance... 06 Jan 22 5.59pm Send a Private Message to Leecpfc Add Leecpfc as a friend

He would be definitely worth a punt.

 


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View Eagle Black.'s Profile Eagle Black. Flag South Croydon 06 Jan 22 7.29pm Send a Private Message to Eagle Black. Add Eagle Black. as a friend

Readings Best player by all accounts.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Jan 22 7.40pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Eagle Black.

Readings Best player by all accounts.

I have seen him play centrally in midfield and also just behind the strikers.

Good technically and admirable work rate.Takes free kicks over a wall and has taken free-kicks from distance.Like Mason Mount he was born in Portsmouth and Swift was at Chelsea before Jaap Stam signed him for Reading on a Free Transfer.
He was substituted in Reading's last game, the 2-2 draw against Derby which I watched on the television.


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View MrRobbo's Profile MrRobbo Flag Purley 06 Jan 22 7.59pm Send a Private Message to MrRobbo Add MrRobbo as a friend

We should definitely be taking a punt on guys like this IMO. If it works out, its the deal of the year. If not, its not going to be an expensive mistake.

Would be able to pick him up for relatively nothing

Obviously not the same calibre as Gallagher, but has a very similar set of attributes.

We are never going to have the biggest budgets so like with Hughes and Olise we are going to need to be smart. And if we can pick up players like Nketiah and Swift for basically nothing.

 

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Originally posted by RnB

Reading Central Midfielder. 26yo with good reputation. End of contract in Summer 22. Would be a good replacement for Luka?

Seen him play for Reading a few times. He’s not a Luka replacement, more so a number 10 but not really a number 8.

In short, he is a luxury type player (Eze, Olise are much better). Doesn’t put a shift in and I can’t really see where he would fit into our side.

It’s a no from me.

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Jan 22 8.53pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I have just been engaged in conversation about John Swift with a learned gentleman who directed me to the following link which I had never perused :

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View Brinscalleagle2's Profile Brinscalleagle2 Flag Brinscall 06 Jan 22 11.00pm Send a Private Message to Brinscalleagle2 Add Brinscalleagle2 as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I have just been engaged in conversation about John Swift with a learned gentleman who directed me to the following link which I had never perused :

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On that basis he should be playing with a Premiership team . As he isn’t it perhaps suggests the analysis is a little over the top. COYP

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Jan 22 11.26pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Brinscalleagle2

On that basis he should be playing with a Premiership team . As he isn’t it perhaps suggests the analysis is a little over the top. COYP

Detailed scouting reports these days !

Many many years ago I overheard the words of a gentleman stating that Bill Shankly asked a scout about a player he had been sent to watch.The scout started off by saying "Well er" in a manner which was less than enthusiastic and gave the impression that he was not overly enamoured by what he had seen. Shankly immediately interjected and informed him that he wasn't interested in the player !

 

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