HanoiVillan Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 19 minutes ago, Xela said: Stoke I think. I seem to recall Glen Whelan was mentioned... Yeah that sounds right. I remember it blew up because it caused particular offence because of Jones's rastafarianism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 16, 2017 Stephen Ireland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) Remember american teen sensation Freddy Adu? "The next Pele" Seen here trying to sell Campbell soup to make a buck. Well he's 27 now and is supposedly being shopped to Swedish second division clubs by his agent. Still no takers. Edited March 22, 2017 by sne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Probably because he is about 42 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted March 23, 2017 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2017 Juninho, the Lyon one that scored any free kick inside the other teams half. That 2004-6 Lyon team was insane. Benzema, Essien, Govou, Wiltord, Diarra, Abidal, Ben Arfa. Would have likely won the champions league if they didn't exist at the same time as Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rino8 said: Juninho, the Lyon one that scored any free kick inside the other teams half. That 2004-6 Lyon team was insane. Benzema, Essien, Govou, Wiltord, Diarra, Abidal, Ben Arfa. Would have likely won the champions league if they didn't exist at the same time as Milan. Tiago, Carew, Malouda as well and gave big teams some beatings like Real Madrid. They probably had a better keeper and centre back they would have done damage. Think their best season in Europe was 2010 when their domestic dominance was just over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Houllier was manager back then wasn't he...was similar decent at that stage rather than the semi retired guy that turned up here. Can't remember the year but think it was 2007 when they were very close to knocking Meelan out who went on to win it. Back to this thread, Kevin Doyle. Haven't heard his name for ages but still getting called up to ROI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 ...and then they spent £15m-£20m a pop on the likes of Cissokho, Gomis, Gourcouff and Bastos for short terms gains and in some cases no term gains. Then PSG started flexing their muscleens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: Back to this thread, Kevin Doyle. Haven't heard his name for ages but still getting called up to ROI. I liked him when he was at Reading and Wolves. worked his socks off and hard worker but never prolific similar to Long. His record in USA doesnt look great from outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 5 hours ago, Zatman said: I liked him when he was at Reading and Wolves. worked his socks off and hard worker but never prolific similar to Long. His record in USA doesnt look great from outside Remember the days when he was linked to us (under MON of course) and Arsenal for about 15m. I liked him too at Wolves but he was never a good enough finisher for 15-20 goals so would've flopped I reckon. In any case stayed at Wolves too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 24/03/2017 at 18:26, VillaChris said: Remember the days when he was linked to us (under MON of course) and Arsenal for about 15m. I liked him too at Wolves but he was never a good enough finisher for 15-20 goals so would've flopped I reckon. In any case stayed at Wolves too long. Him and Dave Kitson. I think reading got over 100 points and about a billion goals when they got promoted. What a force. Both went elsewhere and flopped. The sum is greater than it's parts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On the subject of that Reading team, Leroy Lita was there too and got a decent haul of goals. Then dissapeared up his own arse and now at the ripe old age of 32 is playing in Thailand after being released by Yeovil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: On the subject of that Reading team, Leroy Lita was there too and got a decent haul of goals. Then dissapeared up his own arse and now at the ripe old age of 32 is playing in Thailand after being released by Yeovil. Lita was another player linked with us iirc, I was reading about him the other day when sky did an article about the first game at new Wembley, England v Italy u21s that team was littered with rubbish, only Gary Cahill has gone on to achieve anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: Him and Dave Kitson. I think reading got over 100 points and about a billion goals when they got promoted. What a force. Both went elsewhere and flopped. The sum is greater than it's parts.. Doyle, Long, Lita, Hunt and Kitson A decent strike force over a couple of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 11:05, VillaChris said: Houllier was manager back then wasn't he...was similar decent at that stage rather than the semi retired guy that turned up here. Can't remember the year but think it was 2007 when they were very close to knocking Meelan out who went on to win it. Back to this thread, Kevin Doyle. Haven't heard his name for ages but still getting called up to ROI. i couldn't even tell you (without checking up) who Kevin Doyle plays for now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 13:24, Zatman said: I liked him when he was at Reading and Wolves. worked his socks off and hard worker but never prolific similar to Long. His record in USA doesnt look great from outside works his socks off and hard worker......shiiiiiit sign him up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Frederic Kanoute. And when I say 'I've completely forgotten about' him, what I actually mean is I've spent a very disturbing 9 hours of sleep, dreaming a dream in which I tried to find the correct terms to enter onto a database to find his name. I hate my head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Tiago Ilori came off the bench for Reading tonight and got an assist. Completely forgot he existed until the refresher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Loic Remy Frazier Campbell - remarkably he played for England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 27 minutes ago, Xela said: Loic Remy Frazier Campbell - remarkably he played for England had to google that, was in the time of his 1 goal season at Sunderland ah it was under Stuart Pearce so not a real manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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