by Woodcote Royal »
06 Aug 2009 20:56
Ian Royal Woodcote Royal brendywendy As part of what you laughably call the steve coppell fan club-as if supporting the greatest manager in our history was somehow worthy of derision
i would just like to point out that i have always believed that it was coppells decision not to spend bigger, and that he has always been backed with the cash by our wiggy chairman
I have never had a problem ackowledging Coppell's huge achievements in his two best seasons here.
However, I do have a serious problem with those who refuse to accept that most of those achievements have been wiped out over the last 2 seasons and, in particular, with the idiot section of his fan club who insist on blaming the Chairman for Coppell's shortcomings............................respect to you for not being part of the last category.
YOu can scratch me from those who think Coppell wasn't back with cash by Madejski as well. But there is no way he has wiped out his achievements with one poor season and one ultimately frustrating and dissapointing one.
Last season may have been frustrating but it was also the second disastrous one on the spin that put us back to an almost identical position to when Coppell joined.
Only one season of remaining parachute money plus a more advanced academy and training facilities prevents us from being the same club that was chasing promotion 4 seasons ago.
And to the menatally challenged Short and Curlie, I'd like to point out that the late Tommy Burns was the last manager to persuade me to stay away until Coppell went into his bunker.
When did we ever fail to sell out a home play off semi until a pathetic 16k? turned up to watch our defeat against Burnley?....................I make that at least 6,000 Reading fans who, like me, just couldn't face what they knew was going to happen.
Only work will prevent me from taking my seat this season now that big, black, Liverpudlian cloud has been lifted.