Karl Shepperd

[tetsujin1979]

Just signed for Reading: http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/News...574374,00.html

<insert standard "never discussed in international section before moving to England" discussion here>

[AlaskaFox]

Sheppard tets

[passinginterest]

I think he'll do very well for them, and he's a huge loss to Rovers. He really came into his own in the second half of the season and had displaced Gary Twigg as Rovers first choice striker, his performances in Europe were excellent and he looked far more dangerous at that higer level than Twigg.

[tetsujin1979]

Sheppard tets

I know, realised it after I'd posted it
Second time in two days that Gaiman's first law has been invoked.

[tetsujin1979]

Reading are playing Watford on Sky this weekend, but the transfer has probably come too soon for him to play.

[Charlie Darwin]

Reading have a lot of strikers anyway - he's unlikely to get a chance right away.

[theworm2345]

Reading have a lot of strikers anyway - he's unlikely to get a chance right away.

Not sure about that, of their strikers who actually play for the first team, Noel Hunt hasn't exactly been banging them in, Simon Church is pretty crap, Adam le Fondre has struggled since making the step from League Two, and Mathieu Manset is more of a target man than a goalscorer.

[passinginterest]

There's also the chance Kebe will be sold and he'll get a run on the right wing. He had a few fitness issues last season so I can see why they'd have concerns with his conditioning. I'd say he'll be coming off the bench for the first month or so and getting a reserve game or two under his belt. Hopefully he'll be more Kevin Doyle than Dave Mooney for them (although I never thought Mooney got a fair chance in the first team).

[Charlie Darwin]

Jason Roberts has signed for Reading from Blackburn and will presumably go straight into the first team.

[Crosby87]

Sheppard him into the squad.

[tetsujin1979]

Sheppard on loan to Accrington Stanley until January: http://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/index.php/newsy/4850

[Park_Lane]

Accrington Stanley?? who are they?

[Yard of Pace]

Accrington Stanley?? who are they?

Keep drinking pints of milk and you won't ever have to know.

[swinfordfc]

He should had stayed at Rovers

[Charlie Darwin]

Scored the only goal of the game for Accrington in their League 2 opener away at Southend: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19221257

[swinfordfc]

Scored the only goal of the game for Accrington in their League 2 opener away at Southend: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19221257

Handy that Paul Cook knew of him from his Sligo days. Amond also playing there as well.

[Charlie Darwin]

Won a penalty, converted by Amond, to put Accrington 1-0 up at home to Port Vale.