Adam Le Fondre insists he was right to reject a summer move to Saturday’s opponents Coventry City because he has joined a better club in Reading.
The former Rotherham United goal-machine was a target for Sky Blues boss Andy Thorn, but Reading’s interest ended any chance of him going to the Ricoh Arena.
Royals’ new £350,000 striker has been an immediate hit with fans at Madejski Stadium and is looking to add to his first goal for the club in last Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Doncaster Rovers.
Le Fondre said: “I know (Coventry) had a firm interest in me, but I picked the better club.
“Coventry are a good club, but with the way Reading develop players and the platform they have here, it is a great way for me to improve as a player and go forward.”
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The Sky Blues were thumped 3-0 by Ipswich Town*on Monday and their tally of four goals for the season is the second lowest in the Championship.
Royals are looking to build on their first home win of the season in back-to-back away trips against Coventry and then at Bristol City on Tuesday night (7.45pm kick-off).
But Le Fondre, who came off the bench to score against Doncaster, has warned his new team-mates not to get complacent against two of the Championship’s strugglers.
He said: “The win against Doncaster has galvanised us. But we have to move on to the next game now and try to get another.
"I would prefer to start, but if I come off the bench and score I’m still happy. I want to score as many goals as possible.
“The next two games are both winnable, but we have to go into them with the right mentality. We’re not the kind of team to go away seeking a point, we want to win.”
Saturday will also*be Le Fondre’s first away trip with Royals.
As a newcomer he will be required to follow club tradition by singing to his new team-mates at dinner and he revealed he has chosen Bon Jovi’s hit ‘Always’.
“I’m not too sure who has the luxury of having me in their room just yet, though,” he joked.
O come on,having signed for Reading he was highly unlikely to say he would have preferred to have signed for us or anyone else for that matter.
Regards.:wave:
he will probly score against us !! nothing suprises me anymore :facepalm:
He's right
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Oh, BTW, An ALF thread, EXCELLENT !
He is hardly going to come out and say Reading are shite I should have joined Coventry though is he?
Darn, you beat me to it! The worst case of this joke I have witnessed is Jarvis Cocker at the Reading Festival. He tried to string it out for about a minute, deadpan style. Not funny.dont see what the problem is .... just because he enjoys a good book ...........
Don't think anyone's said he's shit have they? Think it's just pointing out he's said what he said?
sarcastic comments about him "only scoring against Doncaster".
Cody missed his chances but everyone was boned up just because he was in the right positions
He's talking about how he made the right choice for his career, it's really not arrogant nor an attack on us. If we were to either be enraged or spurred on by players preferring to join other teams we'd be in a constantly motivated rage.
He's not wrong though is he. I'd join Reading over City, and I'm a City fan!
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