PynchonForest
John Robertson
I have no idea why we brought Reyna in. None. What was the f***ing point?
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Giovanni Alejandro Reyna
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Frank Clark’s Tash
Jack Burkitt
Another vanity signing, not wanted by the manager.
YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
I thought that we were competing with Europe's elite to get his loan deal done in January??
Like the lad from Chelsea first half of the season, what is the point if he isn't going to play? Just more money spunked away.
Like the lad from Chelsea first half of the season, what is the point if he isn't going to play? Just more money spunked away.
Major Oak Morgan
First Team Squad
C
Certainly looks that way. Junior playing Football Manager IRL
Redemption
Chief Eye Roller
Doing a favour for his agent.
The lad needed a loan.
The lad needed a loan.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
It underpins our lack of joined up thinking between recruitment and management carrying on from the Cooper era.
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
The average man in the street does his budgeting by counting the money he has for the month and sorting out the essentials. Then very carefully spending what he can afford on the essentials. When the money is gone, stop spending.
For that reason few of us buy luxuries we can't afford and don't need.
I wish our football club operated in the same way.
For that reason few of us buy luxuries we can't afford and don't need.
I wish our football club operated in the same way.
RichardKeysLovesLingard
First Team Squad
Is it possible we signed him as a favour to Mendes which will be returned 10 fold.
Of course not, so what was the bloody point.
It's vanity signings like this which make us a mockery to the other 19 clubs in the league.
Reyna is clearly a talented player considering his 90 appearances for Dortmund, so why does the manager feel like he can't be utilised in some way?
Of course not, so what was the bloody point.
It's vanity signings like this which make us a mockery to the other 19 clubs in the league.
Reyna is clearly a talented player considering his 90 appearances for Dortmund, so why does the manager feel like he can't be utilised in some way?
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Because he's been injured?
RichardKeysLovesLingard
First Team Squad
He's missed 2 games due to a knock.
Prior to that he's been used in 1-18 minute cameos on 4 occasions and was an unused sub against Luton.
I'm just confused as to why we brought him in considering he doesn't have an option to buy if we're not really going to use him.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Agree about the option. Looked good against Newcastle before the injury - hope he comes good. We need them all...
According to transfermarket he has been on the bench for 5 out of the 7 PL games, so presumably injured for the other 2. And has come on 3 times totaling about 40 mins. I dont think this is just injury.
Aussie Forest
First Team Squad
I’d say he would be a replacement for MGW if he were to get injured
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
The average man doesn't have much ambition if they are only spending on essentials.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
We were told he wasn't fit when we signed him and then he got injured, and he sees his best position as the same one as one of our best players... there may well be something else going on but there's also that.
I was surprised he didn't get a bit more time to build on his Newcastle showing, where I thought he looked decent, but we were winning in the next one and he got a brief spell in the one after. Then he got the knock.
Hopefully he contributes in the run in...
Yes. But the poor lad needed a loan at Nottingham Forest like he needed a hole in his head.
I know next to nothing about him but reading the comments under the Athletic article most the americans (who are quite bitter about this it seems) were saying that he mostly plays as a wide forward and only recently moved to a 10 (although no disputing if he sees himself as a 10, I'm sure he would be happy to play anywhere). So If this guy is no better than Origi for example I'd be amazed!
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
His returns from the left are decent, but he certainly thinks he's a CAM.
Dino
Duncan McKenzie
There were few other teams in for him weren't there, including Seville?
Yeah I'm sure he does but I doubt he would be turning his nose up at playing anywhere just to get into the team.
He clearly isnt injured now so will be interesting to see how it pans out.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Then....why bring him in?
He's on loan until the end of the season, we were 17th when we signed him, if you're loaning players for the rest of the season you're literally loaning them for a relegation battle.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Yup, though I'm torn with him getting lots of time from the bench, since it would likely mean we are chasing the game.
I've seen enough to know there's a player in there though in that brief cameo v Newcastle, so one way or another let's hope he gets to show off what he can do.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
I do wonder how much the lack of purchase option influences our choices with Reyna - if we have a long term ambition of retaining him, which wouldn't surprise me at all should we stay in the division with the MGW move talk, it wouldn't be in our interests to drive his price up.
Regardless of that we need to win games of course, though it would make sense in terms of not giving him time when winning v West Ham.
Regardless of that we need to win games of course, though it would make sense in terms of not giving him time when winning v West Ham.