CONFIRMED Sorry Sir Chris. Louis Reed is quality - Joins Peterborough

[ShockingBadBuy]

Well, if it's not a parody account, then the old chap has clearly tipped right over the edge since he left us on here.

That thread rang a bell. Just had a search. Here's one of his old threads. It was closed for further discussion

https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/black-players.59835/

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

The prevalence with which some folk post across several forums must mean they have no life!

 

[BettingBlade]

Think we’re not the only ones in need of a politics ban

 

[blades95]

That whole thread is yikes.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Think we’re not the only ones in need of a politics ban

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You're not wrong!

P.s. The state of that poster.

 

[borbokis]

You're not wrong!

P.s. The state of that poster.

This could quite easily be my dad. White 40-60 year olds seem to hold this type of opinion in general. that's why incompetent racists keep getting voted in

 

[essyoueffsee]

The fact people are arguing the other side about how "no African nations come close" is genuinely terrifying.

 

[SteveBlade]

The fact people are arguing the other side about how "no African nations come close" is genuinely terrifying.

What's the beef over there? I tried earlier but the amount of adverts meant I only lasted about ten seconds.

 

[coaxingstar71]

This could quite easily be my dad. White 40-60 year olds seem to hold this type of opinion in general. that's why incompetent racists keep getting voted in

Easy there young whippersnapper!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Anyway I'm quite disappointed not to find that Louis Reed has moved to another club at more his level, like maybe Barrow or Harrogate Town.

I still remember being desperate that players like him, Otis Khan and Conor Dimaio would come through and improve us..... dark dark times.

 

[cahill]

This could quite easily be my dad. White 40-60 year olds seem to hold this type of opinion in general. that's why incompetent racists keep getting voted in

What happens after 60 ?

 

[diplomat]

What happens after 60 ?

You get more right wing

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Anyway I'm quite disappointed not to find that Louis Reed has moved to another club at more his level, like maybe Barrow or Harrogate Town.

I still remember being desperate that players like him, Otis Khan and Conor Dimaio would come through and improve us..... dark dark times.

I think Reed was a good footballer, like many before and after him. I just think it’s very fine margins between making it at professional level or not.

Some look great when they are young and have the ability but it just doesn’t work out for them. Some blossom very late. (Vardy for example).

A mate I grew up with and went through primary, junior and secondary school was a tremendous footballer. He captained the school team and later captained Derbyshire boys. At comp school he was the school team captain and easily the best footballer in a large comp school of over 2000 pupils. He was signed by the Blades at 14 years old. On leaving school he joined the Blades professionally. Within a year he was playing in the reserves and on the fringes of the first team. A year later - gone.

A big part of that was down to him of course. He admitted that. But was he good enough to make it in terms of ability? No doubt. The lad just didn’t have the commitment to follow it through.

It’s very tough. Even if you do make it you may never get beyond the lower leagues. Look where many of our current squad came from. They are the exceptions rather than the norm.

 

[Guesty]

Who's that other lad we had come through the ranks at a similar time? Taller than Reed, decent ball player, got a couple of assists in one game at the Lane I think.

All I can come up with is Elliot Whitehouse but I know he was earlier.

Was it Ben Whitehead, something like that?

 

[1889]

Ben Whiteman who went to Donny?

 

[coaxingstar71]

I think Reed was a good footballer, like many before and after him. I just think it’s very fine margins between making it at professional level or not.

Some look great when they are young and have the ability but it just doesn’t work out for them. Some blossom very late. (Vardy for example).

A mate I grew up with and went through primary, junior and secondary school was a tremendous footballer. He captained the school team and later captained Derbyshire boys. At comp school he was the school team captain and easily the best footballer in a large comp school of over 2000 pupils. He was signed by the Blades at 14 years old. On leaving school he joined the Blades professionally. Within a year he was playing in the reserves and on the fringes of the first team. A year later - gone.

A big part of that was down to him of course. He admitted that. But was he good enough to make it in terms of ability? No doubt. The lad just didn’t have the commitment to follow it through.

It’s very tough. Even if you do make it you may never get beyond the lower leagues. Look where many of our current squad came from. They are the exceptions rather than the norm.

I work with a fella who was on the books at Rotherham and Barnsley before injury put paid to his league career and he ended up playing at Ilkeston for a few seasons (took the insurance money from the PFA which meant he couldn't play in the League thereafter). Anyway he told me that in his younger days he was in the England U17 squad but he said that once he was 17 he never improved whereas most of the others did.

I don't wish any ill fortune to Reed but if you're smaller you're going to have to make up for it (like Fleck) and I don't think he did. Went to Peterboro and initially played quite a bit but I've noticed his appearances have somewhat dwindled so would not be surprised to see him drop down another level or two. I don't think a lack of goals has helped his cause.

Still, he's had a better career than me!

 

[MobileBlade]

I work with a fella who was on the books at Rotherham and Barnsley before injury put paid to his league career and he ended up playing at Ilkeston for a few seasons (took the insurance money from the PFA which meant he couldn't play in the League thereafter). Anyway he told me that in his younger days he was in the England U17 squad but he said that once he was 17 he never improved whereas most of the others did.

I don't wish any ill fortune to Reed but if you're smaller you're going to have to make up for it (like Fleck) and I don't think he did. Went to Peterboro and initially played quite a bit but I've noticed his appearances have somewhat dwindled so would not be surprised to see him drop down another level or two. I don't think a lack of goals has helped his cause.

Still, he's had a better career than me!

You work with Neil Warnock?

 

[s4-blade]

That other forum. What a cesspit. Mind you, with half the village idiots that inhabited Bladesmad on there you can’t be surprised.

 

[Silent Blade]

I think Reed was a good footballer, like many before and after him. I just think it’s very fine margins between making it at professional level or not.

Some look great when they are young and have the ability but it just doesn’t work out for them. Some blossom very late. (Vardy for example).

A mate I grew up with and went through primary, junior and secondary school was a tremendous footballer. He captained the school team and later captained Derbyshire boys. At comp school he was the school team captain and easily the best footballer in a large comp school of over 2000 pupils. He was signed by the Blades at 14 years old. On leaving school he joined the Blades professionally. Within a year he was playing in the reserves and on the fringes of the first team. A year later - gone.

A big part of that was down to him of course. He admitted that. But was he good enough to make it in terms of ability? No doubt. The lad just didn’t have the commitment to follow it through.

It’s very tough. Even if you do make it you may never get beyond the lower leagues. Look where many of our current squad came from. They are the exceptions rather than the norm.

Which season did he play for our reserves?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Which season did he play for our reserves?

At a guess, 2 years after he left school at 16 years old, so I’d say 1976.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I work with a fella who was on the books at Rotherham and Barnsley before injury put paid to his league career and he ended up playing at Ilkeston for a few seasons (took the insurance money from the PFA which meant he couldn't play in the League thereafter). Anyway he told me that in his younger days he was in the England U17 squad but he said that once he was 17 he never improved whereas most of the others did.

I don't wish any ill fortune to Reed but if you're smaller you're going to have to make up for it (like Fleck) and I don't think he did. Went to Peterboro and initially played quite a bit but I've noticed his appearances have somewhat dwindled so would not be surprised to see him drop down another level or two. I don't think a lack of goals has helped his cause.

Still, he's had a better career than me!

And me! At least in football. My story is one of Sheffield pub leagues. I had one big opportunity with Alfreton Town. I lasted 45 minutes! It was like being the ball boy at Wimbledon! I don’t think I even touched the ball, but hey! my work off the ball was amazing. I did a lot of “unseen work”!

Pity nobody noticed it!

 

[JohnDenver]

What happens after 60 ?

I’ve got 17 years to get there, but I’m planning on annexing the Sudetenland.

 

[Chabuddy G]

Seems a fair few S24 posters on there. Presume Ricky is Chronic?

Bulmer, Aya, SBT, FatherKnowsBest, Chabuddy G

Rod Currie from BM

I’m just on for the lols

 

[Chabuddy G]

The prevalence with which some folk post across several forums must mean they have no life!

Oh aye, nothing screams ‘I have no life’ quite like a post on the Internet

 

[Guesty]

Ben Whiteman who went to Donny?

That's the fella! Cheers.

 

[Groucho Blade]

You get more right wing

Not me. Not bloody likely.

 

[bath_blade]

You get more right wing

Not me. Not bloody likely.

Nor me, neither. Quite the opposite.

 

[DifferentClass]

This could quite easily be my dad. White 40-60 year olds seem to hold this type of opinion in general. that's why incompetent racists keep getting voted in

I believe the PC term for these people is "gammon".

 

[sufcboy95]

Peterborough Put him up for transfer. Shame his career hasn’t worked out the way it looked like it could’ve when he was coming through

 

[Danetheblade]

Peterborough Put him up for transfer. Shame his career hasn’t worked out the way it looked like it could’ve when he was coming through

Part of Peterboroughs transfer policy, if they have a player who's in their last year they go up for sale.