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Summer Transfer Rumours 2020 (DEADLINE DAY from pg.258)

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    From my Reading supporting mate:

    'Awful! Never rated him.

    Will never stop a cross coming in and will just pretend to look busy' 


    So awful they kept him for 8 years and played him 300 times under about 7 different managers.
    And used him in 21 competitive matches last season. 

  • Matthews was one of our best players last season.  Gunter is good , but maybe past his best . Either way, they would both be decent in League One  .
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    There must be a reason Bows is bigging him up over Matthews. Likely to have been non commital you can only presume.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    Oggy Red said:
    mendonca said:
    Matthews had an excellent season but he didn't create/assist a single goal. That's how you analyse a player's attacking ability and not just intent.
    Blimmin' stats again.

    Straight off the top of my head, home to Wigan, 93rd minute losing 1-2.
    Matthews charges down the wing and slings over a well weighted cross, Aneke knocks it down, Bonno moves on to it and strokes it home.

    Stats say: assist Aneke. But Matthews was key, without his run and cross the goal would never have happened.

    They'll be other instances like that also. Stat's, eh? They never tell the full story.


    Plenty of stats around to measure stuff like the above. They’re just not freely available to the masses like you and me.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Redrobo said:
    I’m in the Matthews over Gunter gang. I don’t see how that’s an improvement 
    But Mathews isn’t our player and wants to move to a Championship club.
    Exactly. Also he doesn’t need to be an improvement - we are a division lower now.
    I’m guessing Matthews would have signed if he wanted to, but he’s playing the waiting game for a Championship club to come calling - which is fine and I don’t blame him . But we need to sort the RB problem now and need to move on. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    From my Reading supporting mate:

    'Awful! Never rated him.

    Will never stop a cross coming in and will just pretend to look busy' 


    Oh the old “he’s left us now so must be shit” comment. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited October 2020
    Matthews was one of our best players last season.  Gunter is good , but maybe past his best . Either way, they would both be decent in League One  .
    BUT if Matthews doesn't want to play in League 1... 

    He'll do to us what he did to Sunderland and Celtic. 

    If he doesn't want to play in that League he won't re-sign for a side in that league. Simple and understandable. He will get a Championship deal, but likely a lower half of the table deal. 
  • esseffect
    esseffect Posts: 493
    Matthews was quality for us last season.

    lets see where Lockyer ends up at the end of the season and where we end up. Luton might only be safe as the clubs who went up from L1 are woeful 
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  • esseffect said:
    Matthews was quality for us last season.

    lets see where Lockyer ends up at the end of the season and where we end up. Luton might only be safe as the clubs who went up from L1 are woeful 
    Luton will be fine this year, they’ve carried on the momentum from last year and will finish around 15th
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259
    I’m in the Matthews over Gunter gang. I don’t see how that’s an improvement 
    But if Matthews is trying to get a championship club to sign him then there's no point waiting to the last minute, we need players in now & if nobody signs Matthews then tough shit. Obviously he thinks he can do better than us so jog on.  
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,071
    Would take Matthews over Gunter, although I don't think there's much difference in their ability. Depends whose cheaper so we can use the money elsewhere due to the salary cap
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
    I asked you why you care about what I think, you seem to have taken exception to what I said, feel free to message me privately if that's the case
  • From my Reading supporting mate:

    'Awful! Never rated him.

    Will never stop a cross coming in and will just pretend to look busy' 


    So awful they kept him for 8 years and played him 300 times under about 7 different managers.
    Didn't say I agreed with him. Just his opinion, like everyone else who has one, just thought I'd share it with the forum. 
  • I'd take Matthews or Gunter tbf. No moaning from me if we get either of them.
    I say this without having much knowledge of the rest of the leagues right backs but surely either Matthews or Gunter would be up there amongst the top 2-3 RB's in league one, if not the best?
  • I would guess Bowyer would have preferred to sign Matthews, a) because he knows the player from last season and b) Matthews is younger, but it's pretty obvious that Matthews wants to try and get a championship club, so to then go and get Gunter that's a very decent alternative option for league one.

    Gunter has played his entire career at PL or championship level, has 96 Welsh caps and played every minute when Wales made the Euro 2016 semi finals. Assuming he signs, then we've done well to get him.
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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
    I asked you why you care about what I think, you seem to have taken exception to what I said, feel free to message me privately if that's the case
    Nah, you’re alright mate...
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Luton Town fans lives matter.
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    edited October 2020
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
    I asked you why you care about what I think, you seem to have taken exception to what I said, feel free to message me privately if that's the case
    Nah, you’re alright mate...
    Exactly, didn't think you would
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    Nice to be in a position where we could hopefully get either Matthews or Gunter signed up under the current conditions
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,212
    From my Reading supporting mate:

    'Awful! Never rated him.

    Will never stop a cross coming in and will just pretend to look busy' 


    So awful they kept him for 8 years and played him 300 times under about 7 different managers.
    Didn't say I agreed with him. Just his opinion, like everyone else who has one, just thought I'd share it with the forum. 
    I didn’t say you did either.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
    I asked you why you care about what I think, you seem to have taken exception to what I said, feel free to message me privately if that's the case
    Nah, you’re alright mate...
    Exactly, didn't think you would
    You 2 feeling lonely 😂
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    AndyG said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    se9addick said:
    MattF said:
    Just annoying as Luton fans won't stop piping up about Lockyer, now they'll pipe up about us not re-signing Matthews to replace him
    Why in Gods name would you care what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Why in Gods name would you care what I think about what bloody Luton Town fans think?
    Because you said it/they were “annoying” - how could someone you don’t care about annoy you?
    I asked you why you care about what I think, you seem to have taken exception to what I said, feel free to message me privately if that's the case
    Nah, you’re alright mate...
    Exactly, didn't think you would
    You 2 feeling lonely 😂
    Little bit
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    edited October 2020
    Gunter - A modern day Mark Bowen.
    Welsh and experienced full back. Hope he has the same impact
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    It's getting warm in here. 
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