3 veesinarow2 world wars, 1 world cup F*cking disgraceful how people decide to throw in their negative views about him at a time like this.
A top bloke, an awesome manager, a legend to many. Unlucky in his time at Reading. Had the balls to try to change things for us.
Shocking news, my heart goes out to his family.
And my thanks to him for managing my club.
Couldn't agree more. Unbelievably poor postings on here from ANYONE who has said "RIP, but..." in any way that relates to his time here.
He managed OUR club - YOUR club - through a transitional period. He may not have won anything whilst with us, but for those of you with extremely narrow-minded and grudge-filled views of the man, he was part of our overall growth, whether you like it or not...and if you don't, then say nothing at the moment. Have some respect.
RIP Tommy Burns and condolences to your family.
Bit harsh....
Unfortunately for Reading fans we only saw him in what was probably the lowest point of his career as a manager...he did pretty well elsewhere...
Sure Reading were going though a transitional period, but he had the money to sort things.......although Burns problem was he brought in a lot of players who werent suited to the 3rd tier of English footy, some were shocking...mainly Scottish or Dutch or Uwe Hartenberger (Remember him!), El Kronjer (how ever you spell it (oh dear!), brayson (oh gear), murty (great!), Forster (great some of the time).....he spent alot of money too.....about £5-7 million in 18months, depending upon who you believe which was more than most 2nd clubs spent and comparable even to some preier league sides spending.
I also guess you never saw the games under Burns as Reading were truly shocking at the time and i couldnt see him turning it around.