How impressed are you with BMcD's return to the club?

[Pepe the Horseman]

There is no quote facility on my office machine (this is in deepest Hampshire where things are a bit behind).

[LWJ]

Leon,

There is no quote facility on my office machine (this is in deepest Hampshire where things are a bit behind).

lel what

[Longhorn1970]

It's not Brian's fault or even the players. It's the fans. Most of the people on here watch football on highlights shows. The few that go to games spend most of it making up songs or swearing at players or booing if their team doesn't score in the opening 3 minutes to distract themselves from how long the game is.

People want instant reward. Brian is "shit" because we aren't top of the league after him being in charge for half an hour.

The reality is that since he was sacked we have had two managers over 3 years who have failed to get our team playing. That tells smart folk its not an easy task which can be completed in a few weeks.

We have had a constantly changing backline of inexperienced youth and inflated ego.

We've had ownership in turmoil then finding its feet.

We've had our best players constantly sold off at the whiff of a profit.

We've got a team filled with tempory loan players who have no longevity or real investment in the club.

We've had a tiny budget to work with and have suffered from some awful acquisitions.

We've got a squad of players who have zero confidence and whose quality has only been there on paper.

We've suffered an injury epidemic and have had no luck with consistency in terms of team selection.

We are competing in an unpredictable, inconsistent league against unpredictable, inconsistent teams.

It's not an easy task. It won't happen in 6-7 games. It might not happen for months. It might not happen this season.

Time is the only right answer. Consistency in manager is the only way out. People have to stop expecting our middling little club with a heap of problems to turn into world champions overnight. The only sure thing is that Brian is a good manager, has been good for us in the past and is only one of two this century that has enjoyed any kind of success. Forget dreaming about a bigger, better manager who is going to have us playing like Barcelona. We are Reading. There is only so much we can do, in a certain space of time.

The Thai's may have different ideas I fear ..

[stealthpapes]

Leon,

There is no quote facility on my office machine (this is in deepest Hampshire where things are a bit behind).

lel what

amazing.

[BR2]

Is "amazing" the most overused word by anybody aged under about 30?
Slightly preferable to awesome.

In reply to vision BR2 came about when there was all that messing about with usernames back in 2006-previous to that I was Bournemouth Royal and very happy with that name too.

[facaldaqui]

There's no doubt that football has been changing for the worse over the last 10-15 years, but the short termism and knee-jerk reaction to obstacles along the way are a society thing. It's not exclusive to football.

McDermott coming back has brought us a little bit of soul back. But it won't last, we can't and won't be a outsider to the rest of the world of money chasing, PR spinning consumerism that is modern football.

I do not know whether Brian will succeed or not, but I think the soul can last so long as he is here. It is going to take him some time to get us staffed with "good people", as he and Coppell used to call them. I trust him to buy decent sorts, though he did get that wrong with Guthrie, and we do not know what buys might go in above his head.

At the moment we have a few non-Reading sorts of players among the loan group. Brian has gently lost Sa, which is a good start. I hope it will emerge that Kermorgant and Evans are Brianish players we can identify with. The soul thing is important to me--I felt mildly alienated with the shirty Scot in charge and his brigade of dubious imports--though I suspect he scored us a couple of good eggs in Quinn and McShane.

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By the way, if "soul" is too wishy washy a word for some on here, and "decent sorts" a meaningless notion, let me observe that Eddie Howe seems to buy players on the same principle as Brian--you do not see many fly-by-nights at Bournemouth. Brian has been quoted in the past as believing in the idea that giftedness is not everything, and that hard work, practice, team-work, squad ethic, etc., can get you a surprisingly long way. It did get us promoted with a squad full of not especially gifted players. And it is still driving Bournemouth on. I remember seeing them play in League 1, and they had Pugh and Arter in the team, the same as now. When Howe brings in people like Harte, Federici, and Afobe (and he is interested in Sidwell), maybe he is thinking along Coppell/McDermott lines.

[floyd__streete]

What happened to the first BR?

The f*cking Tories privatised it.

[sandman]

Perhaps, despite Ian Royal's protestations, Brian was only given £2.5 million by Zingarevich after all.

[stealthpapes]

Is "amazing" the most overused word by anybody aged under about 30?
Slightly preferable to awesome.

In reply to vision BR2 came about when there was all that messing about with usernames back in 2006-previous to that I was Bournemouth Royal and very happy with that name too.

I've just quoted you. lol.

Incidentally, there's a search function so you can see the usage of "amazing" on this board. Apparently it even works in Hampshire.

[Terminal Boardom]

Totally underwhelmed by his reappointment and nothing has made me think otherwise since.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

I have been to BR2's office and it was pretty luddite, they even used a kettle for hot drinks and a tap for water.
It was also rather overstocked with attractive ladies, who would want to replace them?

BTW Victor, it all worked out very well, saved on inheritance tax a little as well.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

I say a little just over 20k, which was about the accrued interest.
We had a good solicitor too

[Victor Meldrew]

I have been to BR2's office and it was pretty luddite, they even used a kettle for hot drinks and a tap for water.
It was also rather overstocked with attractive ladies, who would want to replace them?

BTW Victor, it all worked out very well, saved on inheritance tax a little as well.

You've spoilt the image now my old m8-good to hear from you though and that all's well that ends well.

[Victor Meldrew]

Is "amazing" the most overused word by anybody aged under about 30?
Slightly preferable to awesome.

In reply to vision BR2 came about when there was all that messing about with usernames back in 2006-previous to that I was Bournemouth Royal and very happy with that name too.

I've just quoted you. lol.

Incidentally, there's a search function so you can see the usage of "amazing" on this board. Apparently it even works in Hampshire.

There you are just for you k**b-"amazingly" I can quote when at home (obviously the old people's home).
I'm trying to remember- are you the failed legal eagle or just a tosser from London or was that Baines?

[Pepe the Horseman]

That was Baines. He's dead now, so well done for bringing that up.

[Victor Meldrew]

Is Baines actually dead or just a non-poster?

[stealthpapes]

Is "amazing" the most overused word by anybody aged under about 30?
Slightly preferable to awesome.

In reply to vision BR2 came about when there was all that messing about with usernames back in 2006-previous to that I was Bournemouth Royal and very happy with that name too.

I've just quoted you. lol.

Incidentally, there's a search function so you can see the usage of "amazing" on this board. Apparently it even works in Hampshire.

There you are just for you k**b-"amazingly" I can quote when at home (obviously the old people's home).
I'm trying to remember- are you the failed legal eagle or just a tosser from London or was that Baines?

He's dead you heartless bastard.

[Victor Meldrew]

In reply to Stealthpapes:-

It was a question without malice-there really is no need to be so het up.
Was there ever any topic at the time of his death as I would be interested to read it because we had a number of interesting (mainly political) discussions over the years and I don't religiously follow Hobnob every single day?

[leon]

Leon,
Quite simple really on both counts.
There is no quote facility on my office machine (this is in deepest Hampshire where things are a bit behind).
The two user names are because one is at the office (BR2) and the other is on my home computer (no i-pad for me) where I am Victor Meldrew in deepest Dorset where things are even more behind.
Any other questions?
The weather?
The meaning of life?

#

Yes, just the one.

Do you think you should be allowed to use the internet?

[Brosef Stalin]

There is no quote facility on my office machine (this is in deepest Hampshire where things are a bit behind).

I'm guessing the machine doesn't show some image file types. The quote icon is actually a .svg rather than text so it may not show on anything earlier than windows 9. The <a> should still work though...so just hover above where the quote function usually sits

at a guess!