MC Prussian Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Shame to see a young academy product leave, but that's the way it goes, unfortunately. He was hardly ever going to get more match practice in the first team with the amount of accomplished centre-backs on our books and it would've taken quite an effort to get past any of them in the short run. He showed promise in the Championship, but found it somewhat tough in the top division whenever he played. Wish him well at Reading and maybe we'll see him back in the Premier League, who knows?
foxy boxing Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Good luck to him, it obviously was not going to work out here, he is a good young English defender who unfortunately lost his way at Leicester. He was not at his best the last few seasons and the championship is probably the right level for him
Crinklyfox Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 In any sport you never know how far you can progress when you start out. In Liam's case he may not yet have reached his full potential but his current level wasn't going to get him first team football in the PL. I hope that he finds success at Reading and that this provides him the opportunity to develop to his potential.
one F in Fox Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Sad to see "one of our own" leave but if he want's to play regular football, then he's done the right thing. His parting words will ensure he'll get a great reception on any return!
It'sblueupnorth Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 He wasn't going to dislodge Huth or Morgan at centre half, not in the next year or two anyway. But I'm surprised something wasn't done to try and get him competing for right full back. Seems like he wasn't treated very well the last couple of months though
whetstonefox Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Be interesting how he develops , with Jaap Stam as his manager this should be a good move for him. With a classy leaving message I hope he gets the chance to play at the KP again so we can give him a nice round of applause , hopefully it'll be Reading coming here as a newly promoted team than the other way round!
Wolfox Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 3 hours ago, Bilo said: Good luck to the lad. Not one mention of foxestalk... Ungrateful brat... He's dead to me
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Shame, but he just didn't cut it in the Premiership.
Nod.E Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 I'm going to assume our academy doesn't teach written English and give him the benefit of the doubt.
Raj Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 Good luck to him and hope he progresses with his career. Must have been a dream.playing for his home team and that goal he scored near L1 a couple of seasons ago is every kids dream.
Spicer Posted 20 August 2016 Posted 20 August 2016 I wish him all the best! I hope we have a buy back clause because I still think he could be a very good player in the future.
Captain... Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 On 20/08/2016 at 12:32, Bilo said: Good luck to the lad. So much for him having an attitude problem...
Captain... Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 On 20/08/2016 at 12:17, Swan Lesta said: Seems cheap considering the values placed on him 16 months or so ago. Good luck to him, sad he didn't quite develop here as fast as the club arguably did. I guess his contract is running down and he hasn't done much in the last 16 months, nobody would pay the rumoured £5m for him now.
foxfanazer Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 All the best Liam. Hope he goes on to make a successful career for himself. One of our own!
Out Foxed Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 Good luck Liam, sad to see a local lad move on but hopefully he goes from strength to strength at Reading. Having him and Wes dropped into the Prem was always going to be a trial by fire but he got to see his local team win the bleeding Prem the next season!!
Out Foxed Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 On 20 August 2016 at 20:51, Nod.E said: I'm going to assume our academy doesn't teach written English and give him the benefit of the doubt. What on Earth are you on about
Captain... Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 52 minutes ago, Out Foxed said: What on Earth are you on about It's not great English with poor sentence structure and a lack of punctuation in places. There are some mistakes too: "The work behind closed doors has a massive contribution to where the club is now." "It's a amazing dressing room" "There is no words" At least we can be sure he wrote it himself and he meant it, it is a more articulate farewell than you get from most footballers, despite the mistakes. Look at John Stones' cliché ridden farewell: Probably took his PR manager all of 10 seconds to come up with that.
LanguedocFox Posted 23 August 2016 Posted 23 August 2016 Good luck to him. He had some good solid games for us in the Championship, and from what he wrote on his Instagram post, he seems to have a decent attitude. I think he'll develop into a top player, given time, and he has the right manager in Stam. Mind you, he might have his work cut out at Reading, because they signed Tyler Blackett on Monday, who presumably will either play alongside or behind Liam in Reading's defence. They both played in the 5-3 Man U game a couple of years ago, when Moore put up a creditable performance alongside Wes, while Blackett was terrrorised by Vardy, Ulloa and the rest. Good luck, Liam. You might need it.
Pasty1 Posted 24 August 2016 Posted 24 August 2016 15 hours ago, Captain... said: It's not great English with poor sentence structure and a lack of punctuation in places. There are some mistakes too: "The work behind closed doors has a massive contribution to where the club is now." "It's a amazing dressing room" "There is no words" At least we can be sure he wrote it himself and he meant it, it is a more articulate farewell than you get from most footballers, despite the mistakes. Look at John Stones' cliché ridden farewell: Probably took his PR manager all of 10 seconds to come up with that. It's Instagram not an A level paper.....
los dedos Posted 24 August 2016 Posted 24 August 2016 On 20/08/2016 at 20:51, Nod.E said: I'm going to assume our academy doesn't teach written English and give him the benefit of the doubt. When it comes to the written word i'd put him in the top 5% on social media
Nod.E Posted 24 August 2016 Posted 24 August 2016 7 hours ago, Pasty1 said: It's Instagram not an A level paper..... Ridiculous comment. I don't recall asking for an exam response. Exposure to poor written or spoken English is an annoyance to some people and I fall within that bracket. Sue me. Call me a pedant but literate indifference should get the same attention that disregard for personal hygiene does. Whether we're talking about Instagram posts or real life scenarios, it's all social interaction. Each faux pas, whether poor communication or poor personal hygiene, stems from laziness and a sort of ignorance and arrogance that says 'I can't be arsed to learn the rules.' It just so happens that laziness, arrogance and ignorance are right at the top of my list of traits that grate on me. Might not be the case for you, but that's me. Look, it doesn't surprise me that he appears arrogant/ignorant. He is, after all, a footballer.
onekeithweller Posted 24 August 2016 Posted 24 August 2016 2 hours ago, Nod.E said: Ridiculous comment. I don't recall asking for an exam response. Exposure to poor written or spoken English is an annoyance to some people and I fall within that bracket. Sue me. Call me a pedant but literate indifference should get the same attention that disregard for personal hygiene does. Whether we're talking about Instagram posts or real life scenarios, it's all social interaction. Each faux pas, whether poor communication or poor personal hygiene, stems from laziness and a sort of ignorance and arrogance that says 'I can't be arsed to learn the rules.' It just so happens that laziness, arrogance and ignorance are right at the top of my list of traits that grate on me. Might not be the case for you, but that's me. Look, it doesn't surprise me that he appears arrogant/ignorant. He is, after all, a footballer. FFS get a life yooz 2 uptite budy
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