marconi Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: We have a 99% sell on fee but that drops to 1% if the fans show any social media nagativity. Is that a newsreader in a Christmas play? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkstone Owl Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Is it me or do we seem to stifle strikers ? 8 minutes ago, Lionel Fessi said: We have a 20% sell on clause in the Joao transfer Reference. The fee was £5million paid in instalments rising to £7million, still very good value at the time Shame we didn’t do the same for Antonio, but atleast were learning ey? If you take some time to look at the goals he’s scored this season, they almost all come from his individual quality with very little to work with. Reading are a very average team and don’t actually creates that many goal scoring chances, Joao’s brilliant efficiency has pushed them up the table. We could very much use that resourcefulness in our squad. I agree but when he was with us he very rarely showed that ability makes me think it was either down to inexperience, the way that we played him or behind the scenes matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, Lionel Fessi said: We have a 20% sell on clause in the Joao transfer Reference. The fee was £5million paid in instalments rising to £7million, still very good value at the time Shame we didn’t do the same for Antonio, but atleast were learning ey? If you take some time to look at the goals he’s scored this season, they almost all come from his individual quality with very little to work with. Reading are a very average team and don’t actually creates that many goal scoring chances, Joao’s brilliant efficiency has pushed them up the table. We could very much use that resourcefulness in our squad. We did have a sell on fee with Antonio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Dont' make me dig out all the times you all slated him whilst he was here My favourite at the time he has all the attributes to be a top player in the premier. Anyone who watched him close could see spells of brilliance when he was ours, needed more game time and someone who believed in him, sadly Bruce left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, Kew Owl said: Good second goal against Udders, wish he’d played like this when he was our player He would’ve done had he been managed better. Carlos got something out of him then inexplicably dropped him and then Jos did something similar. Bruce never really used him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 He was bored here, needed a new chance to prove himself. His performances became like Pogba's at Man Utd... All the talent in the world, but just running through the motions to get the game out the way 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Always thought he was a quality player but mental application let him down. Also, we had too many strikers at the club which wasn’t healthy at the time. Both goals today showed how good he is. The second goal was pure quality in how he dragged the ball back to give him some space before rifling it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nethertonowl Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Dont' make me dig out all the times you all slated him whilst he was here Who are you saying slated him, me think again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendaryswan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I was always a fan of big Lucas, never wanted him to leave. He never got a long run in the side here with a squad brimming with strikers he was mostly on the bench,now hes showing what he could have shown here. He used to get some right stick on these pages, due to his languid style, always criticised as lazy or didnt care enough or feigning injury.Theres a few choking on those opinions now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblueowl Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Defo will sign for Wolves! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hirstysfags Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Probably the opposite. The more he is sold for, the more we pay Reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Cosby Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Joao would never have been the player he's turned into at Reading here. He's always had bags of potential and had plenty of time and opportunity to fulfill it, it just never happened. Sometimes players need to move to improve. It's just one of those things. Obvs hope we have a sell on clause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I hope no one is going to lament us selling him He would never have performed like this while here. Sometimes players need a fresh start to kick on to their next level. I said at the time he would probably kick on when we sold him, but there is no way Lucas Joao would be this type of force if he were still here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifax Owls Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I’m really pleased for him, he looked inhibited at S6 and another indication of the wider pervasive culture at our club. I had a look at the goals he scored for us recently and you forget there were some absolute beauties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelerian Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 We simply had too many strikers when he was here, and he never had enough chances. Same with Winall. And how ironic is that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 He may have prospered here, had we not been obsessed with constantly looking for the head of Fletcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 56 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Dont' make me dig out all the times you all slated him whilst he was here Comedy gold isn’t it. We are slated him at one point or another. I’d say all of us said ‘useless Joao’ at one point. He has talent but it was never going to work for him at this club, which is why I was delighted when we sold him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 So basically we want Wolves, Fulham or Burnley to sign him for over £15m+ this month. £15m would mean £3m for us. Not too shabby really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Joao is a fantastic talent and I was gutted to see him go. But at least we made profit on him. He has individual brilliance and we sold him just going into his prime. I think you’ve got to ask the question why he didn’t realise his potential earlier in the years he was with us. Different managers, inconsistent team selections and about 10 strikers at the club certainly wouldn’t have helped. I wouldn’t be completely surprised to see him in a Wolves shirt this month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Selling Joao was never the problem: The problem was and is that we haven’t replaced him with anyone with the same quality. Or anyone even near his quality. And that’s not good enough in my opinion. A well run club would have sold a player like Joao and reinvested the money into someone with similar potential. See Brentford selling Watkins and replacing with Toney. Might sound like a broken record moaning at the club, but it’s just another example of the poor club management over recent seasons. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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