Yes absolutely he would
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Can still turn in good performances. Hope he does for Wales in the matches ahead.
Would he provide good cover for us?
Yes absolutely he would
I’ve said it a few times on here, he would be a perfect signing for us. Plenty of experience and would provide good knowledge for the new right back we signed. Free transfer , knows the area.
Gunter has been poor for Wales for a while, I've not seen enough of him for Reading. I think it depends on wages, we have Bacuna, Patterson and Nelson to a certain extent who can cover those positions without adding extra funds.
If players are coming in I'd rather they were improving the team
Bacuna is so much better in midfield. We need him there. Not as good defensively as Gunter.
Paterson , god knows what position he is but he’s not a right back that’s for sure. No defensive awareness whatsoever.
Nelson could certainly do a defensive job there , but he’s one half of our first choice CB pairing and I wouldn’t want to lose him from there.
The new fella we signed is very good going forward by all accounts, but inexperienced. Signing an experienced player on a free transfer seems good business to me.
If Gunter’s wages were moderate, I think City should offer him a 12 month contract with an option to extend.
Not for me.
we desperately need some more youth in the side. Many of or players are the wrong side of 30 and will be starting to decline and pick up more injuries. Even if we could sign gunter on a 12 month deal thats a short term sticking plaster only, and next summer it'll be another position we have to fill in addition to the many others that are expiring next summer. We have to start thinking in the longer term.
I suspect Gunter will be holding out for a 2 year deal, which would be an even bigger mistake for us as it'd be yet more wages tied up by ageing players that can't play the full season.
Als I'm not convinced he's still good enough - if it wasn't for his history with us or Wales there wouldn't be anyone clamouring to sign a player that was extremely average at Reading and they don't want to keep on.
For Wales I think Roberts and now Neco Williams will be ahead of him. I;d have him at City though, as said above, on fair wages and a 1 or 2 year contract. he can play both sides too. Although we have Bennett and Cunningham on the left.