CONFIRMED Jairo Riedewald

[Bladey_blade]

Probably would give him a deal til end of next season that might convince him to stay here

 

[bladesmanluke]

Surely we've got an option on him & Bamford

 

[FriethBlade]

If he knows and trusts that he's going to get playing minutes with us then he'll stay. If he believes he'll only be a 'bit part' player then it might be different.

After his last few seasons his priority is playing football.

Mate I admire your optimism but like 95% of footballers his priority is money....with his agent desperately trying to increase that to 100%!!

Hes 29 with possibly just one decent final contract in him. For us it has to be worth paying him good wages as to sign someone of his quality will cost a lot. The balancing factors are his age, injury record and length of contract

 

[Thrice]

It's probably no coincidence that the team has started to look better since his arrival. The importance of having a high quality midfielder can't be understated. We saw it with Souza, we saw it with Norwood, and so on.
Peck is good, but he's more like a Robin to your Batman at this point in time.

 

[Badger Blade]

Riedewald is the sort of solid pro that this team has been crying out for, the glue that keeps things together who does the simple stuff well and makes the right decision 99% of the time. No coincidence that ever since he's gained fitness and spent time alongside Peck that performances have picked up, both from Peck and in general, just having someone that Peck can have beside him knowing that they've got the mucky stuff in order.

He hasn't got the physical prowess of a bloke like Souza but unlike Souza, his brain always seems to be engaged while Souza was prone to losing his marbles at times. When he was on it, Souza was a level above almost anyone in the Championship but when his brain went to mush, we were found lacking.