Hayden Mullins

[Barry the bird boggler]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as soon as the damn stupid transfer windows are scrapped altogether the better for everyone.

[Barry the bird boggler]

agreed i know a mullins family in woodley

Believe his mum lives about 5 mins from the ground...

BTW is he related to Johnny Mullins?

[Dare to Dr£am]

anyone else slightly concerned that we amassing a ageing squad?

ages of players next season - as we dont know how mullins will fit it not sure if we can class him as first team but we could have 8 out what i would consider first team players fast approaching 30 or over

noel 29
roberts 35
kebe 29
jobi 31
elwood 30
mullins 33
harte 35
gorkss 31

No That's not exactly a lot, is it?

Of those two are in their 20's and one probably wont be here next season (Harte), neither will be the neglected Gunnarsson.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

anyone else slightly concerned that we amassing a ageing squad?

ages of players next season - as we dont know how mullins will fit it not sure if we can class him as first team but we could have 8 out what i would consider first team players fast approaching 30 or over

noel 29
roberts 35
kebe 29
jobi 31
elwood 30
mullins 33
harte 35
gorkss 31

If we win matches, then who cares? Presumably if we go up we'll sign some 20-something players and of course there are a few that look promising in the academy.

[Dare to Dr£am]

agreed i know a mullins family in woodley

Believe his mum lives about 5 mins from the ground...

BTW is he related to Johnny Mullins?

Johnny is white.



Woodley is a bit further from the stadium than 5 minutes..

[ZacNaloen]

yeh, more like 10 minutes if the traffic is favourable

[WoodleyRoyal]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDet ... 66,00.html

“I’m from Whitley, I went to school at Geoffrey fields in Whitley and then Ryeish Green – and my mum lives five minutes from the ground”

[bripps]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as soon as the damn stupid transfer windows are scrapped altogether the better for everyone.

I'm not against transfer windows per se. On balance I'd prefer to revert back to the old system where teams could buy players up to the end of March each year (loan or permanent). If a transfer window has to be enforced then it should only open when one season ends and close before the next season starts. The current system is a halfway house and doesn't achieve what it set out to do (i.e. stopping cash rich teams buying success during the season).

The current loan system is an absolute shambles too.

P.S. Mullins is gd signing as he is versatile and provides cover for positions where we are a bit short. For once we get to benefit from the arbitrary emergency loan system. I've also met Mullins on a night out in Reading and thought he & his mates were complete Oxf*rds.

[winchester_royal]

Just as an aside, has anyone ever met a group of lads on a night out that haven't come across as complete c*nts?

[MmmMonsterMunch]

Just as an aside, has anyone ever met a group of lads on a night out that haven't come across as complete c*nts?

Gareth Ainsworth. Top bloke & chatted to us for ages.

[test icicles]

Saw Shane Long on a night out once and he was brilliant. Matt Mills was predictably a oxf*rd

[Libertine]

Good signing imo. Experienced professional who can help us get across the finish line.

We've had a bunch of matches in the past couple weeks and a pretty heavy schedule of fixtures looming. This'll allow Brian to give some of the lads a little rest withut us not losing a thing on the pitch...plus he can play defense.

Welcome (home) to Reading Hayden...

[facaldaqui]

Believe his mum lives about 5 mins from the ground...

BTW is he related to Johnny Mullins?

Johnny is white.

I can see a resemblance, though.

[RoyalBlue]

Worst keep secret ever - signed on loan for the rest of the season.

Text from club.

Fantastic news. Thanks Anton and TSi. Thank you also Mr Chairman for finally getting to the point where you are sharing the pleasure and burden of RFC.

[RoyalBlue]

So Connolly looking crocked, Cummings 'under performing'... We're gonnae' see Mullins at RB I think.

I don't think so, not unless Cummings get nobbled. Cummings was good on Tuesday. It takes games to get back up to speed.

Exactly. When I saw him play against Leicester I commented that it was a great shame he had lost his place when he had just started playing really well as it was clearly taking him a little bit of time to get back into it again. Cummings is a quality player.

[phil in cornwall]

In his interview Hayden Mullins says that Reading's is the first result he looks for. At least he didn't have to do that on New Years Day 2007 as he was playing for West Ham. Bet he loved the score.

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

Just as an aside, has anyone ever met a group of lads on a night out that haven't come across as complete c*nts?

Gareth Ainsworth. Top bloke & chatted to us for ages.

Chris Powell on his stag doo in Bournemouth with Chris Kiwomya, Ricky Otto and a couple of others. Top blokes - had a laugh with them. Otto was a little on the quiet side though!

[rfcjoe]

Just as an aside, has anyone ever met a group of lads on a night out that haven't come across as complete c*nts?

Yes. Yes I have.

[SLAMMED]

elwood 30

Who?

[Friday's Legacy]

pleased it went through. good to bring a reading boy and reading fan to the club. you know you'll always get 10% more out of them!