Players Left

[SloughFlyer]

John Ufuah and Kareen Isiaka have both left the club to seek regular first team football.

Well that was a surprise for a Thursday afternoon. Isiaka, not really too sure why we bothered signing him. He must have known the striking options we had at the club and we have only played 3 games since he has been here and he wasn't match fit when he turned up. Good riddance to a player like that.

Ufuah - that is a massive shame as I thought he looked excellent in his short time with us and a player that could have made it at our level. 

A new signing on the way tomorrow according to the press release so will be interesting to see who that is and most importantly what position he plays as even with those 2 leaving, I still say we are at least 1/2 defenders short.

[Reading Rebel]

Sorry SF I didn't see your post.

Perhaps one of the tech people can merge them together.

Edited September 26 by Reading Rebel

[Reading Rebel]

14 minutes ago, SloughFlyer said:

John Ufuah and Kareen Isiaka have both left the club to seek regular first team football.

Well that was a surprise for a Thursday afternoon. Isiaka, not really too sure why we bothered signing him. He must have known the striking options we had at the club and we have only played 3 games since he has been here and he wasn't match fit when he turned up. Good riddance to a player like that.

Ufuah - that is a massive shame as I thought he looked excellent in his short time with us and a player that could have made it at our level. 

A new signing on the way tomorrow according to the press release so will be interesting to see who that is and most importantly what position he plays as even with those 2 leaving, I still say we are at least 1/2 defenders short.

We signed Ufuah from Hastings so maybe travelling distance and not getting a regular start played a part.

I think he could have been a really good player for us given time and minutes.

As for Isiaka really not sure why he signed for us if he wasn't prepared to be patient.

[GlenSTFC]

A little more meat on the bones from the Slough Express:

“There is an incoming player. We’re going to announce that on Friday morning.

“I’m a massive fan of this player and I believe we can get the best out of him.

“But departing will be John Ufuah and Kareem Isiaka.

“We need to balance the books and the squad. We’ve just got an overload of attacking players and we have three out and out attacking wingers, so with Dave and Gary and John, we’re probably carrying one too many for the squad that we’ve got.

“This player coming in can play that dual role, as a striker or someone out wide who can come in. So it gives us more strings to our bow and more options.”

Just now, GlenSTFC said:

A little more meat on the bones from the Slough Express:

“There is an incoming player. We’re going to announce that on Friday morning.

“I’m a massive fan of this player and I believe we can get the best out of him.

“But departing will be John Ufuah and Kareem Isiaka.

“We need to balance the books and the squad. We’ve just got an overload of attacking players and we have three out and out attacking wingers, so with Dave and Gary and John, we’re probably carrying one too many for the squad that we’ve got.

“This player coming in can play that dual role, as a striker or someone out wide who can come in. So it gives us more strings to our bow and more options.”

Surprised with the incoming player, surely we need some defensive cover unless Josh isn’t that bad? 

[GlenSTFC]

Wow was not expecting to see Amartey back! Mixed feelings on this one…

[Russ_Rebel]

Very surprised to Amartey back with us , always seemed to try his best but never really delivered in terms of goals , I thought there was a rumour of Amarteys attitude 🤔 when he was last with us ? I could be wrong 

[Reading Rebel]

Bringing in one player and needing to balance the books to me means the incoming player is costing similar or more than the two outgoing players.

We've got an overload of attacking players and 3 wingers so we bring in another striker which probably means Kweku will be pushed out wide which is his more natural position. Giving us 3 strikers and 3 wide players/wingers.

In the meantime with Josh out we are short of defenders.

Personally I don't get it.

[Russ_Rebel]

Would have thought bolstering the defence was a priority 

[codpiece]

I think Scott must be listening to the Man Utd fans.Attack ! Attack! Attack! 👍

[Scott Davies]

Defensively we have a very good record, not that I want to jinx it! Josh’s injury isn’t anywhere near as bad as first feared.

I think people know me by now, we’re not the type of team that’ll sit back and try to win 1-0, we would much rather go and attack teams. Hence why Francis has been brought in.

My biggest concern was a possible lack of goals from wide areas which I’m sure franny will add to, but as we all know, he can play up top too where John and Kareem can only really play one position each.

 

Edited September 26 by Scott Davies

[Reading Rebel]

Lets hope Scott has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Amartey because, Hayes and Yeading apart for one season, he hasn't really done it for all the other clubs he's been at.

If I'm being honest I have my doubts but I will be giving him all the support and encouragement to try to full-fill his potential with us.

Edited September 27 by Reading Rebel

[Scott Davies]

I wouldn’t have signed Franny if I didn’t believe him in. I believe the penny has dropped and he’s realised that he needs to get his career back on track. The fact he reached out to me and said he wanted to come back to Slough as that’s where he believes he will play his best football with the way we play was enough for me. We’ve got a frightening talent on our hands if that proves to be the case! 
 

But like you said, let’s see! For me, it’s a a small risk worth taking! 

[Bernie Gogan]

On 27/09/2024 at 15:55, Scott Davies said:

I wouldn’t have signed Franny if I didn’t believe him in. I believe the penny has dropped and he’s realised that he needs to get his career back on track. The fact he reached out to me and said he wanted to come back to Slough as that’s where he believes he will play his best football with the way we play was enough for me. We’ve got a frightening talent on our hands if that proves to be the case! 
 

But like you said, let’s see! For me, it’s a a small risk worth taking! 

One trademark run by Francis on Saturday showed what we have in store for the opposition. Pleased he's with us.

[Reading Rebel]

57 minutes ago, Bernie Gogan said:

One trademark run by Francis on Saturday showed what we have in store for the opposition. Pleased he's with us.

Time will tell but lets hope you're right Bernie.

[Curtis]

We may have some potential 20+ goal scorers this season:-

Spasov 5 goals from 6 appearances

Lucan 5 goals from 12 appearances

Gilbert 4 goals from 11 appearances