by royalp-we » 31 May 2016 19:10
by Percy's Rocket » 31 May 2016 19:43
by AthleticoSpizz » 31 May 2016 19:48
by Top Flight » 31 May 2016 19:54
Brian McDermottLibertine Why hire him in the first place if the owners had no confidence in him doing the job?
I think they did have confidence in him. They must have said to him in the interview, "you need to make improvements, because we're pretty rubbish at the moment".
6 months later and we've gotten worse in pretty much every department? He has to be held responsible. Sack him all day.
If they said to him "Brian, don't worry about this season, it's a write off", then yeah, it's a harsh sacking. But I doubt very much they said that.
All McDermott (2nd time around) did was make Steve Clarke look like a good manager.
by Lower West » 31 May 2016 19:58
photographer The Thais want to go to the Premier League. Everyone knows this. Why should the Thais give Brian millions to spend considering the crap he has brought into the club every season he has been with us (Blackman, Akpan, Kermit, Manset, Shorey, etc).
by Fezza » 31 May 2016 20:11
by blythspartan » 31 May 2016 20:11
by Fezza » 31 May 2016 20:17
blythspartan I didn't want Brian back but because of his previous success at the club I believe that he had earned the right to be given until at least Christmas to turn around our fortunes, I just think that the world of football should be a more respectful place.
The only thing I would say is that may be the Thais were caught between a rock and a hard place. They seemed genuinely upset that Clarke had spoken to Fulham and they might have seen this as a safe appointment and relied heavily on SJM and NH etc. in the decision making process. And the 1 point out of a possible 21 at the end of the season reluctantly forced their hand.
Also, I wonder if this is just them clearing out the old guard, which has always been the plan all along.
by Mid Sussex Royal » 31 May 2016 20:20
Ian Royal Genuine question.
Can someone who thinks this was a good idea explain why we were right to keep Clarke, whose record after 25 league games in charge at the end of the season was:
P25, W6, D7, L12, F22 A33, GD -11
Compared to sacked McDermott, who's record after 25 league games at the end of the season was:
P25, W6, D7, L12, F25, A34, GD -9
Bare in mind Clarke got a massive 3 extra points in his last six games, thanks to an unlikely final away win.
And were you clamouring for Clarke to go this time last year?
Personally, I thought the team as a whole looked better under Brian than it did at the same stage under Clarke.
by Ian Royal » 31 May 2016 20:32
Mid Sussex RoyalIan Royal Genuine question.
Can someone who thinks this was a good idea explain why we were right to keep Clarke, whose record after 25 league games in charge at the end of the season was:
P25, W6, D7, L12, F22 A33, GD -11
Compared to sacked McDermott, who's record after 25 league games at the end of the season was:
P25, W6, D7, L12, F25, A34, GD -9
Bare in mind Clarke got a massive 3 extra points in his last six games, thanks to an unlikely final away win.
And were you clamouring for Clarke to go this time last year?
Personally, I thought the team as a whole looked better under Brian than it did at the same stage under Clarke.
May be because he bought in decent players like Quinn and McShane (contrast to McDonuts last few signings for us) and actually achieved something in his time in the Prem?
by Top Flight » 31 May 2016 20:36
by Esteban » 31 May 2016 21:19
by Lower West » 31 May 2016 22:53
Esteban
Time will tell, but I don't trust them to get it right.
by Nomad_Royal » 31 May 2016 23:23
photographer We all know McDermott is terrible at scouting ........
by SCIAG » 01 Jun 2016 00:10
photographer
Brian didn't give European Championship winner Daniel Carrico a chance after just 5 months at Reading. Why should we give Brian a chance to waste money on his useless transfers?
by elrey » 01 Jun 2016 02:39
by Top Flight » 01 Jun 2016 08:00
elrey McDermott sold his best player, and Reading got better. He sold his best player again, and Reading got promoted.
The Thais want to get to the Premier League, you don't do this with a new manager every 6 months and a bunch of average championship players. Reading will be playing Newcastle and two other teams on massive parachute payments next season, without the ability to be able to compete when it comes to buying players. The ONLY way is to have a manager who can get you there, and they just fired a guy who got the club promoted with an average set of championship players.
He bought Gorkass, Leigertwood, Mills, le Fondre and Roberts that season, after selling Shane Long. And he got promoted.
None of the regular players went on to better things. He made them more than the sum of their parts.
by Brian McDermott » 01 Jun 2016 08:25
Top Flight Those last seven games
Safety was assured. There were two further factors at play. First factor, Brian was planning for next season and experimenting with his side. He was not choosing his best eleven. He was giving experience and game time to the lads that will be with us this up coming season. So we saw Cooper and not Hector. We saw Rakels and not Vydra. We saw Ola John and Piazon sidelined and width taken out of the team, so Brian experimented with this diamond which we all hated and could see didn't really work. Brian played that system because he wanted to experiment, see if he could make a new system work and give experience and minutes to next seasons players. He was right to do that because results no longer mattered as safety was assured. These were only meaningless friendlies at the end of the campaign.
by ayjaydee » 01 Jun 2016 08:26
photographer The Thais want to go to the Premier League. Everyone knows this. Why should the Thais give Brian millions to spend considering the crap he has brought into the club every season he has been with us (Blackman, Akpan, Kermit, Manset, Shorey, etc.
by wingnut » 01 Jun 2016 09:07
ayjaydeephotographer The Thais want to go to the Premier League. Everyone knows this. Why should the Thais give Brian millions to spend considering the crap he has brought into the club every season he has been with us (Blackman, Akpan, Kermit, Manset, Shorey, etc.
This is the same Shorey we bought for £25k who went on to play for England?
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