Playing devil's advocate here, firstly not sure how true the Reid story is - it came from the Sun after all ffs - but is he all that?
One good season with the Wurzels but if my memory is correct he scored most of his goals in the first half of the season when Bristol were on the up. Then his goals dried up as their form deteriorated.
While I will not criticise his effort I feel games quite often pass him by. He is not physically big or strong enough to impose himself or change things, he is nippy over 5 yards but struggles to sustain pace over longer distances. He can take people on but again struggles to get away once beaten his man. Clearly his lack of height means he does not win much in the air.
He has a good football brain which helps him overcome some of the above points, just not often enough for me.
I felt we overpaid for him last year and if the Wurzels want him back (their fans are not 100% in favour) then they will try to get him either on the cheap (£4/5m maybe) or even a season long loan.
Perhaps we need to offload him to fund other purchases. Perhaps he hasn't settled and has got his agent to indirectly start a rumour so he doesn't alienate himself with us if he stays. I don't know.
I have no problem with him staying. He had one good year in this league with the Wurzels and it would be great if he can do it again with us.
The next 8 hours will be interesting.