Time For A New Manager - This Week...

[Thou Voice]

but as I'm always saying about Rodgers; it's too soon to tell.

Too soon? We've had game after game with this fool in change...

...given the fact that we're in December and one game away from the relegation zone, how long would you like this clown to be given?

He may have been goooooood at Watford, but at Reading he is a fool. I tell you just because he live in Reading, should that give him a natural right to run the Reading team?

If so...

I live in England and therefore I should be running England in the World Cup.

DO YOU SEE?

[ROKERITE]

but as I'm always saying about Rodgers; it's too soon to tell.

Too soon? We've had game after game with this fool in change...

...given the fact that we're in December and one game away from the relegation zone, how long would you like this clown to be given?

He may have been goooooood at Watford, but at Reading he is a fool. I tell you just because he live in Reading, should that give him a natural right to run the Reading team?

If so...

I live in England and therefore I should be running England in the World Cup.

DO YOU SEE?

Patience, patience Thou Voice. Six months and twenty League matches is no time to judge a manager, except in the most exceptional cases, of which this isn't one. I'd give him till November, 2010. If he hasn't sorted things out by then it will be time for a change.
It was his misfortune that he lives in Reading and has connections with the club. Had it been otherwise he probably wouldn't have made what appears to have been a disastrous career move, jumping ship at Watford for the toil and trouble of The Mad Stad.

[zummerset]

Some of the emotional outpourings on here are worse than a girls weekend away. Get a grip we are up when we win and spouting hate when we lose. Clodagh is a self obsessed narcissist which is evidenced by his tinkering with the team and OCD book of tactics. However like it or not this donkey is the only thing pulling the cart so we have no choice but to keep the fecker plodding on. We may have to beat the fecker everyday but at least some slight progress has been made recently.

Oh and Feds shut the fxxk up please - you are the keeper (and a pretty poor one at the moment) not the Tinkermans PR man.

[Silver Fox]

I said all along Aidy Boothroyd was the man experianced, available and good with working on a small budget. To late now he's gone and working his magic at Colchester.

This thread was just the right side of ridiculous for the first two pages, but you're just being silly now!

[Dorset-Knob]

I see the 'poisoned chalice' myth has risen it's ugly head again!

We started this season with high hopes and expectations and compared to the majority of other championship clubs Reading was as good a choice as any for an aspiring or experienced manager.

Objectively and without panic if you look at what we have and are you must reach the conclusion that collectively we are under-performing as a team, (I think that's accurate and difficult to contest) and the person responsible for the collective performance on the training ground and pitch is the manager, good, bad or indifferent.

When you boil off the bullshit, what we're left with is not good enough, can BR fix it? will there be sufficient time? will he get sufficient time? do we have a plan 'B'?

Personally I hope we do have a plan 'B', because I think we need to implement it now if we do!

The note simply said "Help"!

[ROKERITE]

I can certainly foresee a vacancy or two, if not a new manager, in The Championship this week. Fortunately, I trust any vacancy will not be at The Madejski. Hillsborough is surely the most likely place but The Ricoh can't be far behind; and Loftus Road is sounding increasingly like a strong candidate.

And I don't think it will long before Luggy steps upstairs and Mariner takes over as Team Manager at Argyle.

There you are; Luggy's gone!

[Dorset-Knob]

Exeter is only an hour and a bit from Plymouth!

[ROKERITE]

And I don't think it will long before Luggy steps upstairs and Mariner takes over as Team Manager at Argyle.[/quote]

There you are; Luggy's gone![/quote]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/8405711.stm

What is worse is they will be in the market for a new manager.
Perhaps they will appoint Ferguson.
That means one less potential candidate for us, when we finally sack Rodgers.
I say we should act now, and get Ferguson before they do![/quote]

Plymouth Argyle almost certainly have their new Manager at the club; Paul Mariner. When he joined as coach a few weeks ago it was rather obvious that barring a significant upturn in results, Mariner would take over from Sturrock.
Ferguson and Tisdale aren't about to be snapped up just yet; at least not by The Pilgrims.

[Terminal Boardom]

I see the 'poisoned chalice' myth has risen it's ugly head again!

We started this season with high hopes and expectations and compared to the majority of other championship clubs Reading was as good a choice as any for an aspiring or experienced manager.

Objectively and without panic if you look at what we have and are you must reach the conclusion that collectively we are under-performing as a team, (I think that's accurate and difficult to contest) and the person responsible for the collective performance on the training ground and pitch is the manager, good, bad or indifferent.

When you boil off the bullshit, what we're left with is not good enough, can BR fix it? will there be sufficient time? will he get sufficient time? do we have a plan 'B'?

Personally I hope we do have a plan 'B', because I think we need to implement it now if we do!

The note simply said "Help"!

Is it possible that the squad is not under performing but performing to its full potential There are more than enough threads and posts regarding the abilities (or otherwise) of players and tactics/formations deployed that it does make me wonder. Maybe we should get used to more 5/10 and 6/10 performances rather than 7s or 8s. You cant make a silk purse...

As for the much fabled and vaunted Plan B, this was one of Rs greatest moments of talking utter bollocks. My biggest criticism towards SSC was the obvious lack of any sort of Plan B. BR spoke glowingly of flexibility and adaptability. Where is it?

[windjammer]

Brendan's big book of tactics lacks one basic important thing, PASSION. I can't imagine him giving Kebe a rocket or telling Long to get off his a**e and get the flab off or tell Matejovsky not be so casual and stop looking for the magic ball all the time. One man still with the PASSION for Reading after all these past years, is PARKINSON. He's used to managing and is proven at lower league level, which is, let's face it where we are now and likely to be for a while. OK his one bad spell was at Hull, but even Sir Steve had bad spells at other clubs. Get Parkinson in NOW, call back all the loanees so he can review the whole squad. The talk of Coppell coming back or Curbishley is never going to happen, everyone knows that. Tisdale is promising but doesn't have blue and white blood like Parkinson Otherwise the way we are going now we will pass Parkie in May, he on the way to the Championship and Brendan taking us to League 1.

[Sarah Star]

The only things I can think of in terms of flexibility are the changing from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3/4-5-1/4-2-3-1 - not that these always work so well, but we play them - and also the changing of positions like McAnuff and Kebe switching sides or players out of position like Jay Tabb. Up front they seem to change around a bit during games. Could possibly have done with a bit more flexibility in the last game though.

[Terminal Boardom]

The only things I can think of in terms of flexibility are the changing from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3/4-5-1/4-2-3-1 - not that these always work so well, but we play them - and also the changing of positions like McAnuff and Kebe switching sides or players out of position like Jay Tabb. Up front they seem to change around a bit during games. Could possibly have done with a bit more flexibility in the last game though.

We did Sarah. Don't you remember the note fiasco? Only at Reading do we try something mid game and it spectacularly cocks up!

[RoyalBlue]

I am sure there would be a long queue of managers wanting the job if it were available.

There is always a long queue for every job, does not mean that JM would get it right tho. this job was a poisoned chalice for whoever took it, for reasons said many a time on here.

You are so right HSSC. I think I might be tempted to apply. Get a good two year contract, get sacked after a few months for failing, balance of contract paid off and be able to blame lack of money from the Chairman for my failings. What's more, by then, even the most visually impaired on here might have spotted a common theme underlying the decline of recent years: John Madejski and his cloth cutting.

Surely he would have learnt that investing the money when you are doing badly will arrest the slide down the table (leagues).

We were relegated from the Premiership due to not investing, and we are likely to get relegated from the Championship as well as this rate.

Spending the money down in League 1 is closing the door after the horse has bolted. Spend sensibly in January, avoid relegation.

Don't spend, and face a relegation fight. It's that simple now.

Agree with all of that bar facing a relegation fight.

Come the latter stages of this season there will be no fight whatsoever left in the club/team.

[Sarah Star]

The only things I can think of in terms of flexibility are the changing from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3/4-5-1/4-2-3-1 - not that these always work so well, but we play them - and also the changing of positions like McAnuff and Kebe switching sides or players out of position like Jay Tabb. Up front they seem to change around a bit during games. Could possibly have done with a bit more flexibility in the last game though.

We did Sarah. Don't you remember the note fiasco? Only at Reading do we try something mid game and it spectacularly cocks up!

Shouldn't need a note really. It seemed to take Pearce a while to read it. Was it that complex?

But actually you're right, they did try different things in the last game. I'd forgotten that.