Reid's agent at the game today?

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

So that's finally established where Idi Amin really is these days.

AstiSpumante wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

Reid wont attract big clubs only league one sides and even then he never shined in that league in all the times he played in it.

paulysalz wrote:

Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

Who is Darren Sheridan?

Moist_Von_Lipwig wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

Who is Darren Sheridan?

John's brother. He had his own career but nothing like his brothers

Angry wrote:

Moist_Von_Lipwig wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

Who is Darren Sheridan?

John's brother. He had his own career but nothing like his brothers

Does he work for Argyle?

Ok.....

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AstiSpumante wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

Lol Asti.....a quality dissection.....#itsallcomingapartnicelynow

As far as I'm concerned Reid is as good as gone. He's only ours until january when br*nt will sell him to whoever makes the first offer.

I think it's obvious to all that it's not a matter of if, but when!!

If Darren Sheridan is only scouting opposition tactics.....then he ain't doing a very good job.....we seem to get blitzed at the start of games and get overrun so easily.....it's not just that we haven't got a plan B.....we just seem to be taken by surprise.

Person Of Interest wrote:

I think it's obvious to all that it's not a matter of if, but when!!

True...

Les Miserable wrote:

AstiSpumante wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

Lol Asti.....a quality dissection.....#itsallcomingapartnicelynow

I'm only going on what he told me. Any other explanations of why he was at the game and entered the players' entrance at the end? He seemed to know a lot of detail about our squad and I can't see what he would gain in travelling to Bury and making it all up.

As for the scouting, he was fairly clear that he phones to recommend players he is told by Sheridan that 'I do that'.

Thanks for the Pasoti-esque patronising reply though.

Les Miserable wrote:

AstiSpumante wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

Lol Asti.....a quality dissection.....#itsallcomingapartnicelynow

I'm only going on what he told me. Any other explanations of why he was at the game and entered the players' entrance at the end? He seemed to know a lot of detail about our squad and I can't see what he would gain in travelling to Bury and making it all up.

As for the scouting, he was fairly clear that he phones to recommend players he is told by Sheridan that 'I do that'.

Thanks for the Pasoti-esque patronising reply though.

paulysalz wrote:

Les Miserable wrote:

AstiSpumante wrote:

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. Did he try to sell you some Nigerian lottery tickets ?

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word. Hard to believe but if true he's a fool, albeit a loyal one.

He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us. He definitely is too good for us at the moment and if were not promoted(again, sigh) this season he should look for a 'bigger club'

He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no. Didn't particularly rate him, Mellor appears a better option at RB, can't argue with the clubs decision to show him the door.

He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. Thank God for that.

He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets. How would the "large African chap in a sharp suit"(or Reuben Reid) know that ?

Lol Asti.....a quality dissection.....#itsallcomingapartnicelynow

I'm only going on what he told me. Any other explanations of why he was at the game and entered the players' entrance at the end? He seemed to know a lot of detail about our squad and I can't see what he would gain in travelling to Bury and making it all up.

As for the scouting, he was fairly clear that he phones to recommend players he is told by Sheridan that 'I do that'.

Thanks for the Pasoti-esque patronising reply though.

Not at all patronising imo, your op was very Pasoti-esque though, off to rumours methinks.

Bloody hell, all sounds plausible. We're totally up shit creek if/when we sell Reid.

paulysalz wrote:

Sorry if this is not worthy of a new thread, but I was sat next to a large African chap in a sharp suit at Bury today who claimed to be Reuben Reid's agent. He seemed to know his stuff and had the following to say (he may have been talking b*llocks, but not sure why he'd travel to Bury to do so):

He claimed Reid was offered double the wages to join Pompey, but had already verbally agreed to join us so kept his word.
He claimed Reid will not be with us after this season as he is 'too good' for us.
He claimed he represented Durrell Berry during contract negotiations and last season Berry was paid £1200 a week and was offered £750 a week on a new contract. Berry then asked for £1000 (in effect, a pay cut), but the club said no.
He claims Sheridan doesn't listen to agents when they recommend players. He reckoned he's offered several wingers and full backs for trial but Sheridan say's no. One, he said, was offered to us when he was in the lower leagues in France and is now playing in the Bundesliga.
He also said that there is no-one at the club currently scouting players. Darren Sheridan's remit, apparently, is to only scout opposition tactics, not potential transfer targets.

As I said, this might be nonsense, but he did disappear into the players' entrance after the game.

What is Reid's wage?

Don't panic ejh, Brent would never sell our best player  

Let's face it if Argyle aren't in the top 7 in January there's a high chance Reid is going.

The best Argyle can hope for is they get a decent fee and a couple of the remaining strikers can form an effective partnership, Morgan and Smalley could work. Let's hope it doesn't come to that

Why not just add one or two quality players so that our twenty goal man isn't wasted, and wed piss this league, why isn't Brent getting more stick?

What would we do with all that money?

Iggy wrote:

Why not just add one or two quality players so that our twenty goal man isn't wasted, and wed piss this league, why isn't Brent getting more stick?

Cos eee saved us, where's your gratitude man?

An interesting thread nevertheless.

Cheers Pauly

Sometimes this place lives up to the reputation it has acquired and is utterly negative with no good cause and this is one of those times. Here we are mourning the departure of a loved one despite there not actually being any sign at all that he's about to go anywhere and the reality is that we've actually got him signed up on a 2 year (I think) contract that is only a few weeks old.

There's basically only three things that can happen when we sign a player:

1. he's useless so he plays a few times and we never see him again;
2. he meets our requirements in an adequate but unspectacular way and plods his way to hundreds of appearances;
3. he's a roaring success, wins the crowd over by consistently exceeding expectation and by so doing attracts attention from other clubs.

Reid, right now as far as we are concerned, sits firmly in the 3rd category: he's (mostly) won the crowd over by scoring loads of goals (relatively speaking) which is something many initially thought was never going to happen; the attention from elsewhere is all that is lacking.

So while the sensible, so far as I can see, state of mind to prevail should be that we are rejoicing in a player who is delivering consistently to the team, scoring the goals we hope for and setting the crowd agog with pleasure then here we are bemoaning the, admittedly very real, prospect that he'll be sold if things carry on as they are.

Now don't get me wrong here. I like Reid and when many were questioning him I was on his side. I don't want him to go. If we are promoted we'll need him, and players like him, in a higher division but let's get real: everybody has a price and that's just the way it is not just here but everywhere.

He may stay and he may go. If he stays that great and if he goes it's what happens next that matters - not that he has gone.

Right now we have, arguably, the best #9 in the division; let's celebrate that while we can.

Here's to another 20 goals this season!