Ben Reeves

[leeblue]

Why don't the Orient (L1) games count? He was superb.

Opinions i suppose, I really didnt think he was superb, he played ok. My point being other than those two games when did he shine, he came here touted as a big talent,bright future etc etc but I just did not see it.

 

[Jam_Man]

He looked like he could be a good player, nice touch and a few tricks, but he was far from actually showing he was a good player now.

 

[EastStandBlue]

People moan that we never take a chance on young players, yet are utterly indifferent to someone like Reeves who's proven himself to be capable on this stage.

Reeves, for my money, is exactly the kind of player we should be looking to target. He's available on a free and, with two years of regular senior football, has the potential to be worth a tidy sum. He's relatively quick, has good feet and has shown good intelligence on the wing. The anticipation he demonstrated to drift inside and latch onto Hurst's cross to send us to Wembley was first rate.

If he's interested in moving here and is willing to come in line with our wage structure, we could do considerably worse than Ben Reeves.

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

People moan that we never take a chance on young players, yet are utterly indifferent to someone like Reeves who's proven himself to be capable on this stage.

Reeves, for my money, is exactly the kind of player we should be looking to target. He's available on a free and, with two years of regular senior football, has the potential to be worth a tidy sum. He's relatively quick, has good feet and has shown good intelligence on the wing. The anticipation he demonstrated to drift inside and latch onto Hurst's cross to send us to Wembley was first rate.

If he's interested in moving here and is willing to come in line with our wage structure, we could do considerably worse than Ben Reeves.

Nail on the head.

 

[Csboy]

Woud be a great signing but Im sure there are bigger clubs out there who will come in for him. Will always be a Southend Legend scoring the goal that got us to Wembley.

 

[southend4ever]

Sign this lad up. At least try.

 

[Jam_Man]

People moan that we never take a chance on young players, yet are utterly indifferent to someone like Reeves who's proven himself to be capable on this stage.

Reeves, for my money, is exactly the kind of player we should be looking to target. He's available on a free and, with two years of regular senior football, has the potential to be worth a tidy sum. He's relatively quick, has good feet and has shown good intelligence on the wing. The anticipation he demonstrated to drift inside and latch onto Hurst's cross to send us to Wembley was first rate.

If he's interested in moving here and is willing to come in line with our wage structure, we could do considerably worse than Ben Reeves.

Agreed.

Dont see that he is the player some claim he is, if was that good he would have played more. However he showed class at times and Id certainly like to see him back to see how he develops.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

People moan that we never take a chance on young players, yet are utterly indifferent to someone like Reeves who's proven himself to be capable on this stage.

Reeves, for my money, is exactly the kind of player we should be looking to target. He's available on a free and, with two years of regular senior football, has the potential to be worth a tidy sum. He's relatively quick, has good feet and has shown good intelligence on the wing. The anticipation he demonstrated to drift inside and latch onto Hurst's cross to send us to Wembley was first rate.

If he's interested in moving here and is willing to come in line with our wage structure, we could do considerably worse than Ben Reeves.

Couldn't have put it better

 

[fredheim_holm]

People moan that we never take a chance on young players, yet are utterly indifferent to someone like Reeves who's proven himself to be capable on this stage.

Reeves, for my money, is exactly the kind of player we should be looking to target. He's available on a free and, with two years of regular senior football, has the potential to be worth a tidy sum. He's relatively quick, has good feet and has shown good intelligence on the wing. The anticipation he demonstrated to drift inside and latch onto Hurst's cross to send us to Wembley was first rate.

If he's interested in moving here and is willing to come in line with our wage structure, we could do considerably worse than Ben Reeves.

This. He's clearly a class above, his touch is fantastic. He's small but that doesn't mean he won't be useful. If we could get him here on a standard wage on a year contract with an option of another it'd be a great piece of business.

 

[sjw1968]

If he was given the chance to play in a team that played football he would do well. Problem was last year he was bypassed by the constant hoofball we had to endure. If he has the ball at his feet he might have half a chance.

 

[onlyonekingkevin]

Lets not forget he can play left back ... we need one of them

 

[rlb999]

Not really convinced he's any good.

 

[Streaky]

This may well have some legs, i cant see what other teams would go for him.

 

[Pubey]

This may well have some legs, i cant see what other teams would go for him.

Orient maybe.

 

[chapperzUK]

I thought he was decent. Let's be honest, if he has a great loan spell then we would have no chance of signing him. He is still young and has at least shown signs of having potential.

 

[bazzashrimper]

I thought he was pretty good, but excellent for his age by league 2 standards.

 

[buffalowolf]

Orient tried but the Southend in him said no to them ,PB should at least try ,he would be a good signing of that i have no doubt.

 

[BaileytheQuitter]

Needs to be in a side playing football, will that be us under Brown? I thought that he didn't fit the mold for in a Sturrock side.

 

[buffalowolf]

I just have this feeling that you may all be surprised next season , with all the new backroom staff and they not nobodies ,i think we will be playing football not hoofball and with some good new signings

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Not really convinced he's any good.

Me too. Happy to give him another chance as others here can clearly see something in him - plus he may be at the stage/age where he adds some more strength and bulk.