Rogers must go? (POLL)

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Platypuss wrote:

The Real Sandhurst Royal wrote:
We are playing in the championship with an academy side fit to play in an under 21's leagae if there was one.

3 - 4 players are needed to bring experience to this young side.

Rodgers knows this but he has failed to sign players of any quality since he has been at the club.

We went on pre-season with one new loan signing Bertrand - we should have had all the players needed for this season signed by the Swedish tour so the side could develop together.

Have you been asleep this weekend? It's been made pretty clear by Rodgers that he had to sell before we could buy, so not an option.

Yes - I been having nightmares all weekend about playing in league 1 if nothing is done to rectify this quickly.

[Royal Lady]

I remember complaining a few weeks back that we didn't appear to be doing much in the transfer market and I was berated and told to wait until the end of the transfer window. Well, all the best players will have been snapped up by now. And neither Madejski nor Rodgers have come out of the Smith fiasco very well. Rodgers should have taken a leaf out of Steve Coppell's book and kept schtum on anything to do with transfers - but he shot his mouth off and it's backfired big time now. As for Madejski, why doesn't he just come out and tell us what his future plans are, for the club, if he states there will be little to no money for transfers, whether we like it or not, at least we'll all know where we stand. He's treating us as if we don't matter, but if we all decided not to turn up for games, he'd soon realise the power of the football fan. I'm very grateful to him for all he has done, but since getting to the Premiership, all he has done is undo the previous great work.

I will never forgive him for his "this shows our ambition to remain in the premier league/get back to the premier league" bollox. It was just rhetoric and he is playing a very dangerous game if he thinks we all hang on his every word and believe it now.

[PEARCEY]

We are playing in the championship with an academy side fit to play in an under 21's leagae if there was one.

3 - 4 players are needed to bring experience to this young side.

Rodgers knows this but he has failed to sign players of any quality since he has been at the club.

We went on pre-season with one new loan signing Bertrand - we should have had all the players needed for this season signed by the Swedish tour so the side could develop together.

Have you been asleep this weekend? It's been made pretty clear by Rodgers that he had to sell before we could buy, so not an option.

I'm struggling to understand this. We sold Kitson and Shorey for a lot of money last season. I cannot remember if Doyle went before Rodgers joined...if not it was within days of Rodgers joining. So surely with all that transfer income there should not have been a need to sell further players giving Rodgers the time to bring in players before the season started. Add on the savings on wages for all the experienced players released back in May and I am even more perplexed by all of this.

[Royal Lady]

We are playing in the championship with an academy side fit to play in an under 21's leagae if there was one.

3 - 4 players are needed to bring experience to this young side.

Rodgers knows this but he has failed to sign players of any quality since he has been at the club.

We went on pre-season with one new loan signing Bertrand - we should have had all the players needed for this season signed by the Swedish tour so the side could develop together.

Have you been asleep this weekend? It's been made pretty clear by Rodgers that he had to sell before we could buy, so not an option.

I'm struggling to understand this. We sold Kitson and Shorey for a lot of money last season. I cannot remember if Doyle went before Rodgers joined...if not it was within days of Rodgers joining. So surely with all that transfer income there should not have been a need to sell further players giving Rodgers the time to bring in players before the season started. Add on the savings on wages for all the experienced players released back in May and I am even more perplexed by all of this.

I was about to say a similar thing. The whole thing has been so avoidable, without multi million pound purchases.

[Platypuss]

We are playing in the championship with an academy side fit to play in an under 21's leagae if there was one.

3 - 4 players are needed to bring experience to this young side.

Rodgers knows this but he has failed to sign players of any quality since he has been at the club.

We went on pre-season with one new loan signing Bertrand - we should have had all the players needed for this season signed by the Swedish tour so the side could develop together.

Have you been asleep this weekend? It's been made pretty clear by Rodgers that he had to sell before we could buy, so not an option.

I'm struggling to understand this. We sold Kitson and Shorey for a lot of money last season. I cannot remember if Doyle went before Rodgers joined...if not it was within days of Rodgers joining. So surely with all that transfer income there should not have been a need to sell further players giving Rodgers the time to bring in players before the season started. Add on the savings on wages for all the experienced players released back in May and I am even more perplexed by all of this.

Struggle all you like, if those are the constraints that Rodgers says he has had to work under, then he can hardly be criticised for not strengthening.

[PEARCEY]

I don't agree Platypuss. Rodgers should grow some balls if he was willing to be so compliant.

[Madstad to Nadderud]

Norwich did it after one game so at least if Reading sack him he would have had plenty of time in charge...

[Royal Lady]

Stranger things have happened in football and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if BR actually walked away over this Smith debacle. Then where would that leave the club?

[Madstad to Nadderud]

But sideways passing

[79Royal]

Stranger things have happened in football and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if BR actually walked away over this Smith debacle. Then where would that leave the club?

Never gonna happen.

Too many people on here are, understandably, reacting emotionally to yesterday's result and the news of the Smith transfer breakdown. We don't know anything for certain and Russo can't be trusted to give accurate details on our club.

We can only deal in facts and we know very few at this time. I agree, Madejski HAS to come out soon and explain the situation, but I think that will be after the transfer window has closed, as he did last season. Until then, everything on here is conjecture, not stated fact as some would have us believe.

I'm not saying that mistakes haven't happened and continue to be made, but I do think that everyone at the club is doing what they think is best for RFC.


I hope this doesn't come back to haunt me come next May...

[Royal Rother]

Over the last few years it has become apparent to Watford supporters that very little that comes out of the mouth of Mr Russo can be trusted, yet bizarrely Reading FC fans are quite happy to take his rant about how poorly our club has conducted business over Tommy Smith at face value. I guess these people conveniently forget the fact that on more than one occasion recently clubs and their Chairmen have commented on how it has been a pleasure dealing with RFC in transfer matters due to the straightforward and professional way in which we handle them.

I couldn't possibly know but it is far more likely that, in this particular case, Russo moved the goalposts once too often causing us to pull out.

But, curiously, it seems far more satisfying for many to believe that our own club is at fault.

[79Royal]

Over the last few years it has become apparent to Watford supporters that very little that comes out of the mouth of Mr Russo can be trusted, yet bizarrely Reading FC fans are quite happy to take his rant about how poorly our club has conducted business over Tommy Smith at face value. I guess these people conveniently forget the fact that on more than one occasion recently clubs and their Chairmen have commented on how it has been a pleasure dealing with RFC in transfer matters due to the straightforward and professional way in which we handle them.

I couldn't possibly know but it is far more likely that, in this particular case, Russo moved the goalposts once too often causing us to pull out.

But, curiously, it seems far more satisfying for many to believe that our own club is at fault.

+1

[FiNeRaIn]

RR is so proud of that one he's posted it three times on separate threads

[Royal Rother]

RR is so proud of that one he's posted it three times on separate threads

All you moaning ignorant tossers are posting the same shit on all 3 threads so thought I'd do the same thing.

Couldn't be bothered to change the words.

[FiNeRaIn]

RR is so proud of that one he's posted it three times on separate threads

All you moaning ignorant tossers are posting the same shit on all 3 threads so thought I'd do the same thing.

Couldn't be bothered to change the words.

lol, wrong.

[Terminal Boardom]

I will never forgive him for his "this shows our ambition to remain in the premier league/get back to the premier league" bollox. It was just rhetoric and he is playing a very dangerous game if he thinks we all hang on his every word and believe it now.

I dont blame BR. He is like the camp guard at Auschwitz "I was only following orders!"

[Gus the teenage cow]

Over the last few years it has become apparent to Watford supporters that very little that comes out of the mouth of Mr Russo can be trusted, yet bizarrely Reading FC fans are quite happy to take his rant about how poorly our club has conducted business over Tommy Smith at face value. I guess these people conveniently forget the fact that on more than one occasion recently clubs and their Chairmen have commented on how it has been a pleasure dealing with RFC in transfer matters due to the straightforward and professional way in which we handle them.

I couldn't possibly know but it is far more likely that, in this particular case, Russo moved the goalposts once too often causing us to pull out.

But, curiously, it seems far more satisfying for many to believe that our own club is at fault.

this post falls down on the blindingly obvious fact that russo has absolutely no reason to lie about how that transfer was conducted, he is not trying to con his fans that the player is not for sale , or that he won't sale to evil Reading etc., he admitted all those things - we just didn't stump up what was necessary, WE ARE TIGHT FCUKERS even when we are loaded and desperate for reinforcements, end of discussion, NEXT

[Terminal Boardom]

Over the last few years it has become apparent to Watford supporters that very little that comes out of the mouth of Mr Russo can be trusted, yet bizarrely Reading FC fans are quite happy to take his rant about how poorly our club has conducted business over Tommy Smith at face value. I guess these people conveniently forget the fact that on more than one occasion recently clubs and their Chairmen have commented on how it has been a pleasure dealing with RFC in transfer matters due to the straightforward and professional way in which we handle them.

I couldn't possibly know but it is far more likely that, in this particular case, Russo moved the goalposts once too often causing us to pull out.

But, curiously, it seems far more satisfying for many to believe that our own club is at fault.

this post falls down on the blindingly obvious fact that russo has absolutely no reason to lie about how that transfer was conducted, he is not trying to con his fans that the player is not for sale , or that he won't sale to evil Reading etc., he admitted all those things - we just didn't stump up what was necessary, WE ARE TIGHT FCUKERS even when we are loaded and desperate for reinforcements, end of discussion, NEXT

Wrong! Madjeski IS the tight fcuker

[madmickb]

Over the last few years it has become apparent to Watford supporters that very little that comes out of the mouth of Mr Russo can be trusted, yet bizarrely Reading FC fans are quite happy to take his rant about how poorly our club has conducted business over Tommy Smith at face value. I guess these people conveniently forget the fact that on more than one occasion recently clubs and their Chairmen have commented on how it has been a pleasure dealing with RFC in transfer matters due to the straightforward and professional way in which we handle them.

I couldn't possibly know but it is far more likely that, in this particular case, Russo moved the goalposts once too often causing us to pull out.

But, curiously, it seems far more satisfying for many to believe that our own club is at fault.

Well said this Russo cannot be trusted he has been stringing us with no intension on selling Smith

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