New signings

[GlenSTFC]

3 minutes ago, Russ_Rebel said:

I wonder how long Desbois is under contract if any ? 

I would say he’s definitely on contract for 1 year.

[Mark44]

2 hours ago, Curtis said:

 

Keeper

Adam Desbois 24

Defenders 

Scott Davies 37

Tyrese Dyce 24

Peter Ojemen 23

Tarik Gidaree 22

Midfield

Henry Ochieng 26

Johnny Goddard 32

Tyrique Clarke 23

Jaiden Drakes-Thomas 20

Dan Roth 24

Strikers

Wiktor Makowski 22

Jordan Greenidge 25

EDS players

Ryan North 19

Aaron White 19

Balu Makumbi 19

Brian Nelson 18

Nnaemeka Anyanwu 19

 

Average age, just over 23

From what we saw from Aaron White I believe he will play more and more as the season goes on. He looked really solid for his age and will only get better

[Reading Rebel]

Have to say I was surprised when we announced a keeper that was in the pipeline, as opposed to a center back which was apparently an imminent signing.

Edited June 6 by Reading Rebel

[Holyport Rebel]

I don't know who the budding Steven Spielberg is at the club, but I'm loving these mini-Hollywood  production  "reveals" for our new signings ! 😄

[Twyford Rebel]

43 minutes ago, Holyport Rebel said:

I don't know who the budding Steven Spielberg is at the club, but I'm loving these mini-Hollywood  production  "reveals" for our new signings ! 😄

Yep, I was just thinking the same. Really entertaining!

[Reading Rebel]

Kiki Oshilaja, center back from step 3 Cray Valley (PM).

On paper this looks like a good signing and another hungry player with the potential to go higher 👍.

 

 

[michaelSTFC]

Shame he's only 4 ft 3 lol

 

Welcome to the Rebels, Kiki!

[GlenSTFC]

22 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

Kiki Oshilaja, center back from step 3 Cray Valley (PM).

On paper this looks like a good signing and another hungry player with the potential to go higher 👍.

 

 

Loving your pun there! 😆

21 minutes ago, michaelSTFC said:

Shame he's only 4 ft 3 lol

 

Welcome to the Rebels, Kiki!

But he has specially built boots that make him 6”4’.

[SloughFlyer]

The word online about Kiki couldn't be better. Very highly thought of and to quote one tweet I saw "one of the best 3 CBs at Step 3". Another positive signing for us and I'd say we probably have - 1 x CB and then the decision on Ogbonna and Spasov to solve. Once they are done I suspect we will be fairly sorted as a squad.

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, SloughFlyer said:

The word online about Kiki couldn't be better. Very highly thought of and to quote one tweet I saw "one of the best 3 CBs at Step 3". Another positive signing for us and I'd say we probably have - 1 x CB and then the decision on Ogbonna and Spasov to solve. Once they are done I suspect we will be fairly sorted as a squad.

I make you about right SF.

Maybe a CB that's experienced at this level?

I think we're going to need a wide player/winger so how long do we hang on and wait to see if a club makes a firm approach for Oggy.

Strange how football works, at the start of last season we were inundated with wingers now currently we have none. 

Edited June 6 by Reading Rebel

[GlenSTFC]

1 minute ago, Reading Rebel said:

I make you about right SF.

Maybe a CB that's experienced at this level?

I think we're going to need a wide player/winger so how long do we hang on and wait for a club to make a firm approach for Oggy?

Strange how football works, at the start of last season we were inundated with wingers now currently we have none. 

We have the EDS lad but maybe we’re not going with the wingers model this season?

[Russ_Rebel]

Kiki sounds like a very good signing if he lives up to the hype 

[Ian g f]

We need to get Scott Davies on a longer contract but I guess he wants to manage higher up the pyramid 

[Reading Rebel]

2 minutes ago, Russ_Rebel said:

Kiki sounds like a very good signing if he lives up to the hype 

That probably goes for most of our signings Russ.

All highly rated by their previous clubs but can they step up to NLS level?

[Reading Rebel]

8 minutes ago, Ian g f said:

We need to get Scott Davies on a longer contract but I guess he wants to manage higher up the pyramid 

I reckon that'll probably be on the agenda at some point during next season.

Edited June 6 by Reading Rebel

[SloughFlyer]

45 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I make you about right SF.

Maybe a CB that's experienced at this level?

I think we're going to need a wide player/winger so how long do we hang on and wait to see if a club makes a firm approach for Oggy.

Strange how football works, at the start of last season we were inundated with wingers now currently we have none. 

Strikes me as we are perfectly set up for a 3-5-2 / 5-3-2 with those players we have signed so far. The width comes from the wing backs and midfielder playing wider at times as opposed to out and out wingers. IF Ogbonna stays put, a slight variation would be possible with him on the right wing and Goddard on the left / the EDS lad.

Edited June 6 by SloughFlyer

[Curtis]

19 hours ago, Ian g f said:

We need to get Scott Davies on a longer contract but I guess he wants to manage higher up the pyramid 

Wasn’t it mentioned at the Fans Forum that Scott is currently on a player contract until the end of 2025/2026 & although he had received approaches for Managerial roles he wants to continue playing for as long as possible? 
 

So, it will probably be a wait & see how often he plays this season & whether it will be a player or manager contract beyond this season.

[Curtis]

19 hours ago, SloughFlyer said:

Strikes me as we are perfectly set up for a 3-5-2 / 5-3-2 with those players we have signed so far. The width comes from the wing backs and midfielder playing wider at times as opposed to out and out wingers. IF Ogbonna stays put, a slight variation would be possible with him on the right wing and Goddard on the left / the EDS lad.

So, if you were to have a guess now at the line up for our first league match, who would you be picking.

Personally I wouldn’t have a clue, other than the new keeper & Henry!

[G Brown]

32 minutes ago, Curtis said:

So, if you were to have a guess now at the line up for our first league match, who would you be picking.

Personally I wouldn’t have a clue, other than the new keeper & Henry!

Desbois

Oshilaja Davies Ojemen

Gidaree Ochieng Drakes-Thomas Dyce

Clarke Goddard

Greenidge

[Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB)]

Brief interview with Jefferson Louis on R5L this morning, largely about his retirement after a long career. The presenter named some of the many clubs for which he had played including Maidenhead Town (sic). He talked briefly about his new role here and put in good words for the chairman and manager.