F*ck off Mark McGhee

[Albert Spangler]

So say the Bristol Rovers board. Lost 4-1 at York today and they wanted to "act before it was too late", according to SSN.

[MmmMonsterMunch]

LOL - cheers me up a bit I guess.

[Jackson Corner]

He will be gone by the end of the weekend. Where does he go from here? His career has been a slow downhill slide almost from the moment he left Elm Park with the odd exeption at Wolves and Millwall.

[soggy biscuit]

Confirmed as sacked

Shame, oversaw my favourite ever era at Reading, always look out for his teams and hope they do well.

[Alan Partridge]

Confirmed as sacked

Shame, oversaw my favourite ever era at Reading, always look out for his teams and hope they do well.

[soggy biscuit]

Confirmed as sacked

Shame, oversaw my favourite ever era at Reading, always look out for his teams and hope they do well.

[Victor Meldrew]

Confirmed as sacked

Shame, oversaw my favourite ever era at Reading, always look out for his teams and hope they do well.

I feel the same.
He was an innovater but for some reason it hasn't really worked anywhere else for very long.

[Royal With Cheese]

What goes around comes around.

[leon]

oh come on. he was a twat to leave Reading and his initial comments about us were just stupid - but he instigated the success and the expectation of success that RFC have had for 20 years. Plus his team are still the best footballing Reading side I've seen - and he spent nothing.

[Mr Angry]

This is part of the Daily Mail's version of the McGhee story........spot the omission anyone????

"The Scot, who had previously managed Leicester City, Wolves, Millwall, Brighton, Motherwell and Aberdeen, was appointed in January following the departure of Paul Buckle".

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z2FEFAdi1n

[weybridgewanderer]

now he is available, does he become a candidate manager to kep us up?

[handbags_harris]

...he instigated the success and the expectation of success that RFC have had for 20 years...

I'm not entirely sure that's correct. I'd place that mantle firmly at the feet of Alan Pardew. McGhee, whilst ridiculously successful here, had both Quinn/Gooding, Bullivant and Burns afterwards who all did more than their fair share to put the club's success and fan's expectations back where they were.

[Royal Rother]

Confirmed as sacked

Shame, oversaw my favourite ever era at Reading, always look out for his teams and hope they do well.

I feel the same.

Me 'n' all.

[Jerry St Clair]

When he joined Rewvers, McGhee was on Points West down here saying "I have a lot to prove. When I started out in management, I expected to be at Old Trafford by now"

Or words to that effect.

It's all a bit tragic really.

[leon]

...he instigated the success and the expectation of success that RFC have had for 20 years...

I'm not entirely sure that's correct. I'd place that mantle firmly at the feet of Alan Pardew. McGhee, whilst ridiculously successful here, had both Quinn/Gooding, Bullivant and Burns afterwards who all did more than their fair share to put the club's success and fan's expectations back where they were.

that was my point. we saw what could be achieved playing attacking football - yes we dipped for a few years - but as a Reading fan McGhee made me realise that we didn't have to accept 3rd/4th division football.

[REMTARDROYAL]

He also acted as a pantomime villain we could all get behind.

Pardew was the John the Baptist character, did the ground work for the real Messiah.

Christ knows what that makes McDermott...

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Christ knows what that makes McDermott...

He's a very naughty boy!!

[Wimb]

...he instigated the success and the expectation of success that RFC have had for 20 years...

I'm not entirely sure that's correct. I'd place that mantle firmly at the feet of Alan Pardew. McGhee, whilst ridiculously successful here, had both Quinn/Gooding, Bullivant and Burns afterwards who all did more than their fair share to put the club's success and fan's expectations back where they were.

that was my point. we saw what could be achieved playing attacking football - yes we dipped for a few years - but as a Reading fan McGhee made me realise that we didn't have to accept 3rd/4th division football.

Was it a sustainable upward curve though or a positive blip that teams like Walsall, Rotherham, Peterborough etc enjoyed?

I'm more tempted to agree with HH tbh, that Pardew was the man responsible for where we are now.

Not doubting the quality of the team but McGhee only had to build one side and lord knows how he would have coped had we not gone up and without Taylor, Hislop and Osborn.

[glenroyal]

.... he was a twat to leave Reading and his initial comments about us were just stupid - but he instigated the success and the expectation of success that RFC have had for 20 years. Plus his team are still the best footballing Reading side I've seen - and he spent nothing ....

I'm not entirely sure that's correct. I'd place that mantle firmly at the feet of Alan Pardew. McGhee, whilst ridiculously successful here, had both Quinn/Gooding, Bullivant and Burns afterwards who all did more than their fair share to put the club's success and fan's expectations back where they were.

Tend to forget that ... "He's fat, he's round, he's taken [Rovers] down" rolls off the tongue so easily,.

[floyd__streete]

Reading prior to McGhee bringing Colin Lee to the club = lower to midtable third tier clowns with a rotund player manager.

McGhee + Lee together = pound for pound Reading's best ever side.

McGhee subsequently = UseLOLess; took Stevens & McLeary's Millllllllllllll side up and thats all, folks. Enjoy your retirement.