Khizanishvili signs on loan

[Barry the bird boggler]

Well it's not often you have a player who is worth more points in scrabble than his club have managed in the league....

[Sun Tzu]

Well it's not often you have a player who is worth more points in scrabble than his club have managed in the league....

I suspect almost any Pompey player would fit that bill !

[PEARCEY]

As for the Pearce/Ivar partnership being two players who are a bit too similar, I'd say Pearce isn't much different either to be honest.

I agree, Pearce and Pearce are very similar....

I wish I'd said that!

[Archie's penalty]

My brother is a Blackburn fan and he wrote me this:

"Decent defender but slllooooowwww. Haven't seen him play for ages but if he's as good as he was a season or two back, he'll be a really good Championship defender. We'll see..."

[Z175]

So we drop the painfully slow Pearce/Ivar combo and sort out our defence but then loan in another total slowcoach?

He is a fairly poor player from what i remeber of his Scottish days.

I think the fact that Armstrong (who is meant to be back now) has not made the bench yet means that hes still not ready, and that even though we now have Griffin we have no one else up to the job of RB, and with Pearce being the only other defender, we were short of defensive cover.

Therefore it makes perfect sense to loan in ZK as cover, but I don't think we'll be starting him soon.

[loyalroyal4life]

Why do we need him? Why haven't we instead opted to sign another winger or striker, which is what we actually need.

maybe we will now play 10 in defence

[Wycombe Royal]

I think the fact that Armstrong (who is meant to be back now) has not made the bench yet means that hes still not ready,

He is not supposed to be back. He came back for a couple of matches and then was injured again. He won't be back anytime soon.

[Hoop Blah]

I think the fact that Armstrong (who is meant to be back now) has not made the bench yet means that hes still not ready,

He is not supposed to be back. He came back for a couple of matches and then was injured again. He won't be back anytime soon.

...or perhaps ever!

[Z175]

I think the fact that Armstrong (who is meant to be back now) has not made the bench yet means that hes still not ready,

He is not supposed to be back. He came back for a couple of matches and then was injured again. He won't be back anytime soon.

...or perhaps ever!

That was kind of my point. ZK is full back cover!

[No Fixed Abode]

Sam ZALCMAN - Associated school boy 1996 - 1999

[Archie's penalty]

I watched him get ripped apart by Martin Petrov a couple of years ago. Still think he will be decent in the championship, experienced, flexible and still only 28.

[Elmer Park]

Apologies if this has already been covered on any of the various threads about loan players but does anyone know what the maximum number of loanees a Club can play in a match as we are now up to four of course with rumours of a fifth to follow.

[Z175]

You can have up to EIGHT short term loans in a season, but only FOUR at any time. these can be for from 23 days to 93 days.
However, under 23 players can be signed on Long term loans, and you can have four of these as well, but they must be for the whole season.
you can only name FIVE loanees in any match day squad.

So I think we have thorvaldsson, griffin and khizanishvili on short terms and have had O'Dea on a short term.
And Bertrand counts as a long term loan so doesn't eat into the four short terms.

so there is space for one more. Please share your rumours?!

(Jsut to clarify these rules may be out of date !!)

[Elmer Park]

Z175 - Thanks for the explanation of the rules. My reference to rumours of a further loan signing were purely based on Jonny Fordham's recent comment that he had heard we were hoping to bring in a winger on loan and the rumours of same in UR&G. From your comments it sounds like the loan door is open for another loan as long as the loan window is.

[Skyline]

So who's going to be the first person to start chanting "Give me a K!"?

You can have up to EIGHT short term loans in a season, but only FOUR at any time. these can be for from 23 days to 93 days.
However, under 23 players can be signed on Long term loans, and you can have four of these as well, but they must be for the whole season.
you can only name FIVE loanees in any match day squad.

So I think we have thorvaldsson, griffin and khizanishvili on short terms and have had O'Dea on a short term.
And Bertrand counts as a long term loan so doesn't eat into the four short terms.

so there is space for one more. Please share your rumours?!

(Jsut to clarify these rules may be out of date !!)

These were the rules as I understood them, but the fact that Harper (who is considerably over 23) has gone on a season-long loan to Sheff Utd would suggest that the highlighted part at least has been changed to remove the age restriction.

Where's The Cube when you need him?

[Z175]

So who's going to be the first person to start chanting "Give me a K!"?

You can have up to EIGHT short term loans in a season, but only FOUR at any time. these can be for from 23 days to 93 days.
However, under 23 players can be signed on Long term loans, and you can have four of these as well, but they must be for the whole season.
you can only name FIVE loanees in any match day squad.

So I think we have thorvaldsson, griffin and khizanishvili on short terms and have had O'Dea on a short term.
And Bertrand counts as a long term loan so doesn't eat into the four short terms.

so there is space for one more. Please share your rumours?!

(Jsut to clarify these rules may be out of date !!)

These were the rules as I understood them, but the fact that Harper (who is considerably over 23) has gone on a season-long loan to Sheff Utd would suggest that the highlighted part at least has been changed to remove the age restriction.

Where's The Cube when you need him?

I think the answer to this point is the reason Harper is lining up against us tonight. The website mumbles something about a permanent fee - ludicrous as he is out of contract in the summer?

When added to the confusion (loan v perm) of the Howard transfer, I think Harper and Roseniors' loans are more like transfers, as in no right of recall, no say in who they play against, and Reading can do nothing to stop them signing permanently in the summer.....

[Pseud O'Nym]

I think the answer to this point is the reason Harper is lining up against us tonight. The website mumbles something about a permanent fee - ludicrous as he is out of contract in the summer?

When added to the confusion (loan v perm) of the Howard transfer, I think Harper and Roseniors' loans are more like transfers, as in no right of recall, no say in who they play against, and Reading can do nothing to stop them signing permanently in the summer.....

Don't know about the Harper loan, which was complicated by Howard coming the other way, but I believe the Rosenior deal was 300k(ish) signing fee plus 300k(ish) more if he signs permanently at the end of the season. Nothing ludicrous there.