daib0 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Royston Drenthe is back in the news - looks very much like he will be signing a three year contract at Reading. Here are a few articles of interest - http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/royston-drenthe-set-sign-reading-4310732http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2130173/Everton-axe-Royston-Drenthe.htmlhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/everton-royston-drenthe-admits-blew-1713759http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/15/royston-drenthe-everton-real-madrid So ... words of wisdom please lads, given his colourful career, what can we expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Wonderful signing if true. He is a dynamic attacking player who will frighten the life out of any opposition, and score plenty, but his downside has been his off the field issues. I'd have him back at Everton if he could sort his head out. Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I was excited when we signed but was left very disappointed with what he actually showed while with us, despite scoring 4 (?) goals in his short spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 great or shite..simple as Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Fantastic signing. If he's a changed man like he says he is then he's Premiership quality. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQuince Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I was excited when we signed but was left very disappointed with what he actually showed while with us, despite scoring 4 (?) goals in his short spell. He also assisted 6 or 7. He has so much potential that will, sadly, probably never be realized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 He's still only 26. He could surely be a gem if he tows the line. As said, I'd deffo have him back. Bailey and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn31 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Great, impactful, creative player, but is a headcase off the field. My one complaint of his performances was that he was a complete diver. If he doesn't flop over every time someone gets within two feet of him, and doesn't show up to training hungover or drunk from the night before, you've got an incredible player, especially by Championship standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Talented as fuck. In fact probably the best I had seen since kanchelskis in terms of direct pace and power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 As most have said, very talented and if he's sorted his head it'd be a great signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 great or shite..simple as This.... mostly the latter. He's a screw up. After screwing up (literally) at Everton and then not having his contract renewed at Real Madrid he 'worked' with his old fellow smackhead buddy and mentor Andy Nearly Meydit to find him a club where there would be no temptation. Van der Meyde went to the Russian city of Vladikavkaz and, after reporting back that the women were ugly and there was nothing to do there, Drenthe eventually signed for FC Alania Vladikavkaz joining them in February 2013 in an attempt to fool himself and everybody else that he isn't a screw up. He's scored 3 goals, all in one match, firing blanks on his other 20 outings, before their relegation from the RPL at the end of this season. He's got a great attitude, though....... as long as it's all about him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQuince Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I loved Drenthe for a bit when he came here. Such as exciting player to watch. However, his refusal to get back and defend, to me, was fucking infuriating. He left us wide open so many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirallas Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Over the past months, Drenthe has expressed his regret over his lack of professionalism he showed during his spell at Everton. He saw Everton as a new chance that he blew. Just maybe he adopted a new mentality? If so, go get em lad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daib0 Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Thanks so much for your replies, to be honest I didn't expect they were going to be so positive as this on the whole. As Vital Football says "Reading on the verge of massive coup" and it certainly seems that Nigel Adkins has a different type of contacts than ex-manager Brian McDermott. On the wider scene, it looks like the Royals may well be becoming a kind of yo-yo team if we make a good campaign in the Championship next term. But in any case I'll keep looking in here, grateful for receiving me so nicely this current season lads .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 But in any case I'll keep looking in here, grateful for receiving me so nicely this current season lads .... Always welcome.....good luck for the season. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalziel Kane Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 The potential was there, but as with some other anticipated team acquisitions at Goodison Park in recent seasons, it simply didn't work out. May have given a performance here and there and at times endeared himself to supporters but it wasn't all one way traffic. More power to you if you can bring him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamryanstover Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Top class talent, and doesn't seem a horrible person, but lacks any sense of professionalism, discipline, and lives like he is still a "boy in da hood" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daib0 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 seems he's got nothing but praise for you - this I've pinched off another Reading forum, sorry don't know where the source is: Moyes Saved meToffees boss "was right in every way. I was not living like a professional player in Liverpool - I had no discipline at all. I hit rock bottom"Royston Drenthe has admitted Everton manager David Moyes saved him from ending up in the gutter. Despite the fact that Moyes sent the ex-Real Madrid star packing, Drenthe is grateful for the Scot’s hard words.“It was David Moyes who has opened my eyes," said 25-year-old Drenthe, who moved to Alania Vladikavkaz, 1200 miles south of Moscow. “I am fighting for my last chance in life and in football. I have just lost a stone in weight. I can only say that Moyes was right in every way. I was not living like a professional player in Liverpool. I can try and come up with all sorts of excuses, but that is not fair on anyone. I look in the mirror and I have to admit that I had to stop living the way I did. All players love to go out and hit the town. But I had no discipline at all. I hit rock bottom. I was close to ending up on the street again where I once was before I became a footballer.’’Drenthe was caught on camera breaking into Everton’s training ground with women. He also turned up for training smelling of booze.Drenthe said: “I was living in a different world. And I realise I have ruined it all myself. I used to confront David Moyes, thinking I had the right to talk to him like that. But in hindsight, he was so right about me most times. Now I can’t believe I blew it at Everton. It is one of the most fantastic clubs in the Premier League. My attitude and poor mentality are the reasons I ruined my career there.’’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 As most have said, very talented and if he's sorted his head it'd be a great signing. I agree. But, if he sorted his head out he would never have gone to Everton, let alone Reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenosetoffee Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 He is a bit of an A$$ but he is a good player. I loved how he got on the ball wanted defenders to come to him and then run at them. He also had good pace on the wings which was needed at the time as Osman and Baines just wasn't working very well at times. If this signing is true then good on Reading but again, he is a bit of an A$$ but is a good player who if he keeps his head srewed on. Will get you 15 goals a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Will get you 15 goals a season. No he won't. Apart from 4 goals for the Dutch U21's he's scored 12 goals in 8 years (118 games) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 No he won't. Apart from 4 goals for the Dutch U21's he's scored 12 goals in 8 years (118 games) In the championship??? he will get 15 at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 In the championship??? he will get 15 at least. He probably will..... if he stays there for 9 years!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenosetoffee Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 He probably will..... if he stays there for 9 years!!! He got four goals for us in 14 games. If Reading play him right and he has his head screwed on then yeah 15 goals or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 He's not a striker. His job isn't primarily to score goals, but I think he will bag a few. Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 He got four goals for us in 14 games. If Reading play him right and he has his head screwed on then yeah 15 goals or more. He got 4 in 27 games : 14 starts, 13 as sub - 3 in 21 in the league (10 starts 11 as sub), 1 in 4 in the FA Cup (2 starts, 2sub), 0 in 2 in the League Cup (2 starts). He'll be lucky to hit double figures, in any league, but he's not regarded as a striker as mentioned above so I wouldn't be expecting that from him for that reason and also because of his goalscoring record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Done deal (subject to international clearance). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22968923 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daib0 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Reading FC finally sign the man! But according to sky we play at Goodison Park , ha-ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 As long as he can keep his nose clean (!) and every woman in Reading looks like a Russian shot putter he'll do alright and might just bag you those 15 goals promised. You're in for some entertainment, one way or another. daib0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 As long as he can keep his nose clean (!) and every woman in Reading looks like a Russian shot putter he'll do alright and might just bag you those 15 goals promised. You're in for some entertainment, one way or another. Specially if you're a woman in Reading who looks like a Swedish beach volleyball player . Cake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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