by Royal Lady »
16 Aug 2008 09:53
My main gripe at the moment is that Madejski kept saying we want to be a PL team, that frigging video last season " We won't be next", blah blah blah. He talked the talk, but when it came to walking the walk, he did nothing to ensure that we gave ourselves as good a chance as possible to stay up. I think the answer DOES lie with the amount of money he "allowed" Coppell to spend. Whilst technically telling the truth in that there was money to spend, the amount was almost certainly so low that it hampered Coppell's abilities to bring in exactly who he wanted. Don't forget that we're not just talking about transfer fees, we have to remember the wages. Was it not Gilberto or someone who left Arsenal in the close season for £1 million - I asked Schards why we didn't go for him, but he said WCBAP. Maybe Fae and Halford (our two bigger signings over the last couple of years) hadn't demanded high wages per se, so we could afford the bigger transfer fee.
I just feel that if all this was Coppell's fault and Madejski was so desperate to remain in the PL, that he would have got rid of Coppell by now, and ESPECIALLY at the end of the season when Coppell was waivering anyway and when we were relegated.
I wouldn't mind if Madejski and Howe didn't try to big us up all the time "we can be as big as Arsenal" LOL (or maybe he was talking about their ladies team
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I hope to God we get a good result today, because I just KNOW that there will be booing at the end of the game, around me, and my brother in law will call for Madejski's head. The players that we have at the moment need to be motivated, need a captain who will do his job and I, personally, don't think Harper is the man for it, with transfer speculation dangling over his head - and need to go all out and TRY THEIR BEST. I said this last season, and I'll say it again, if a bunch of players all give 100% and still don't get the results we want, at least we know they gave their all. When they mince about on the pitch, pull out of tackles and can't even cross a ball - THAT's when I get annoyed and you can spend all the money you like, but if players don't perform to the best of their ability, you're fcked. Rant over.