by kevan » 26 Jan 2008 16:48
by Southbank Old Boy » 26 Jan 2008 17:12
kevan First - Various posts on here reminding SC about stuff like needing a right winger - do you really think one of the most thoughtful managers in world football hasn't noticed that he has to play an out of position player there every week?
I can see him reading this now and saying - of course you are right - how could I not have spotted that - Pillocks
Second - having noticed the gaps and with a few days to go to the close of the window, he should really issue a statement saying - "we really need these players and are prerared to pay over the odds, why not come and rip us off?"
Have some faith - SC knows better than us what we need. If he does not buy it is because he does not find the right players.
There are some constraints as we move from the current wage policy to the long term one we (SC & JM included) all know is necessary for the future. Transfer fees of up £5-10M are not the barrier they were, wages will follow. The club will stay well managed on and off the pitch.
When I know more about football that the blessed sir steve I will give him my advice.
Don't hold your breath
by readingbedding » 26 Jan 2008 17:17
Southbank Old Boykevan First - Various posts on here reminding SC about stuff like needing a right winger - do you really think one of the most thoughtful managers in world football hasn't noticed that he has to play an out of position player there every week?
I can see him reading this now and saying - of course you are right - how could I not have spotted that - Pillocks
Second - having noticed the gaps and with a few days to go to the close of the window, he should really issue a statement saying - "we really need these players and are prerared to pay over the odds, why not come and rip us off?"
Have some faith - SC knows better than us what we need. If he does not buy it is because he does not find the right players.
There are some constraints as we move from the current wage policy to the long term one we (SC & JM included) all know is necessary for the future. Transfer fees of up £5-10M are not the barrier they were, wages will follow. The club will stay well managed on and off the pitch.
When I know more about football that the blessed sir steve I will give him my advice.
Don't hold your breath
So voicing an opinion or wanting the club to push it's boundaries is wrong is it?
Coppell may know what he wants to do, he may have his hands tied, or he might just be a bit too cautious or even scared to make the decisions that as an outsider it's easier to call for.
by seahawk10 » 27 Jan 2008 16:55
readingbedding
If he found the right player, at the right price, for the right wage and the player was willing to come, he'd call it.
Otherwise he'd have bought no-one.
by RoyalBlue » 27 Jan 2008 17:19
Woodcote RoyalRoyalBlueWoodcote Royal Answer me this.
If the club are being deliberately tight with their money, why didn't they bite off Roy Keanes arm when he was begging them to accept £5m for Stephen Hunt?
Transfer window isn't shut yet! We let our only fit specialist right winger leaver at the 11th hour last time around!
Why do people think the club are backtracking and being too careful with their money? Simple, because not that long ago SC made it quite clear that he needed to significantly strengthen the squad and, with so many professional footballers in the world, we find it difficult to believe that he couldn't do that if the club was prepared to spend the 'really serious money' as JM himself has acknowledged will become necessary at some stage to keep us in the PL.
If the club didn't want to spend this money Hunt would have left on New Years Day.
They could have flogged him and brought in 4 bosmans to fill the gaps
by Royal Rother » 27 Jan 2008 17:22
Idealseahawk10readingbedding
If he found the right player, at the right price, for the right wage and the player was willing to come, he'd call it.
Otherwise he'd have bought no-one.
Spot on. Coppell has gotten this club further than many had thought possible. He knows football and he knows his players. He is going to keep us up. I think it is fine to criticize but in the end no matter what we do on here (RtG support or whinge on about a lack of additions) it won't have any afect on what the club chooses to do. I have full faith that the performances of the club will improve and that we are staying up.
Yes, I agree, why bother bringing in a right winger. Even though other teams play a right winger, that's just because they don't know what they're doing!
We'll be fine without one! Let's get another couple of left wingers and play them on the right, everyone knows that's the best sollution!
by Ruud Van Kitson » 30 Jan 2008 22:42
by Millsy » 30 Jan 2008 22:42
by AbovetheI » 30 Jan 2008 22:45
by RoyalBlue » 30 Jan 2008 22:51
Ruud Van Kitson we lost 1-0 to chelsea away from home....
by West Stand Flash » 30 Jan 2008 22:52
by Royal Rother » 30 Jan 2008 22:54
by Stranded » 30 Jan 2008 22:55
RoyalBlueRuud Van Kitson we lost 1-0 to chelsea away from home....
And that's meant to be reassuring? Wake up to the reality of the situation.
Thanks to the absolute shyte performances away from home this season the manager and team have put themselves in a position where they have to pick up points at places like Chelsea.
by Alan Partridge » 30 Jan 2008 22:55
Royal Rother No they don't. They have to pick up points against the lesser teams - that is where our fate will be decided, not in the games against the Top4.
by Stranded » 30 Jan 2008 22:59
Alan PartridgeRoyal Rother No they don't. They have to pick up points against the lesser teams - that is where our fate will be decided, not in the games against the Top4.
Sunderland 2 Reading 1
Bolton 3 Reading 0
Fulham 3 Reading 1
Reading 1 Boro 1
Reading 1 Derby 0
Reading 2 Sunderland 1
Brum 1 Reading 1
Reading 2 Wigan 1
Not sure that's quite good enough yet.
by RoyalBlue » 30 Jan 2008 23:01
Royal Rother No they don't. They have to pick up points against the lesser teams - that is where our fate will be decided, not in the games against the Top4.
StrandedRoyalBlueRuud Van Kitson we lost 1-0 to chelsea away from home....
And that's meant to be reassuring? Wake up to the reality of the situation.
Thanks to the absolute shyte performances away from home this season the manager and team have put themselves in a position where they have to pick up points at places like Chelsea.
I'm sorry, did we really need to pick up points at Chelsea?
No, we didn't. If we 18th maybe, but following this midweeks games we are still mathematically in the same place.
We NEED to pick up points against Bolton on Saturday. There is no if's no but's about that.
by Stranded » 30 Jan 2008 23:07
by Royal Rother » 30 Jan 2008 23:07
by rfcjoe » 30 Jan 2008 23:22
Ruud Van Kitson we lost 1-0 to chelsea away from home....
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