Steven Reid signs

[Doctor Stamen]

I have a feeling he may be a barguin like Lucas Neill or Brett Emerton.

http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1860-1098422,00.html

[The Magician]

Quality signing for the club i think he will do well for Blackburn

[NewhamRed]

christ, Steven Reid is awful. You ought to have gone for another Reid....

[seahawkdad]

christ, Steven Reid is awful. You ought to have gone for another Reid....Having watched him play last night I've got to agree with the second sentence. Here's a quote from a story in a local paper:

"Nottingham Forest, an English First Division club, tied the game on a 30-foot left-footed blast by star midfielder Andy Reid that United goalkeeper Nick Rimando probably should have saved.
Nottingham Forest forward Gareth Taylor received a ball outside the 18-yard box and calmly put a short ball into space on the left for Reid. With no United players in the vicinity, Reid lashed a wicked, low-driving shot into the right corner of the net that left Rimando frozen in his tracks in the 32nd minute."

The above is from The Washington Times (http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20040715-123932-2631r.htm).

Here is The Washington Post's (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50385-2004Jul14.html) view of the match.

Reid was clearly the class of Forest.

And Newham Red, for you, here's a quote from The Times about Ben Olsen's good experience at Forest:
"I will say this: It was the most memorable experience in soccer I've had [playing] over there," Olsen said. "For three months, I lived soccer and I saw soccer the way it's supposed to be experienced. It was something that I'll never forget, and there's no regrets even with being out a year-and-a-half. I would never take back that experience."

[prk166]

I think Forrest have been asking too much for Andy Reid.

I don't know if I'd call SR a bargin at 2.5, just a smart buy.