Brendan Rogers

[sheshnu]

The same Simeon Jackson we farmed out of our academy years ago?

Don't recall the lad ever being anywhere near Reading, but I could be wrong.

But yes, a striker would be nice and there are plenty of them about. Aren't there?

[Wycombe Royal]

The same Simeon Jackson we farmed out of our academy years ago?

Don't recall the lad ever being anywhere near Reading, but I could be wrong.

Wasn't his surname Howell or something like that?

[Hoop Blah]

The same Simeon Jackson we farmed out of our academy years ago?

Don't recall the lad ever being anywhere near Reading, but I could be wrong.

Wasn't his surname Howell or something like that?

Yes, and although he was yet another one the club lauded as a certainty to make he's now playing park football on a Sunday morning, much like the other Academy players of his generation.

[Forbury Lion]

What about Nathan Tyson instead, he might not be the answer but at least most of us will recognise who he is and the East Stand won't need to think up a new song as they can use his old one.

[Ingham]

and never play Pearce again as long as ye shall live.

Amen.

He's the new John Terry apparentyly! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... tml#158631

[Uke]

and never play Pearce again as long as ye shall live.

Amen.

He's the new John Terry apparentyly! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... tml#158631#more

He's not as much of a big cry baby though

[Terminal Boardom]

Whilst the rocket scientist may study the role of the gods in forsoothing another victory for the mighty royals in the face of adversity those in the know have nailed the source of the problem.

Buy/Loan/Steal two decent fooking strikers and never play Pearce again as long as ye shall live.

Amen.

As if Matt Mills is Franz Beckenbauer. I thought Martin Hicks had come back to haunt us at one stage last night. Mind you, I did laugh when Pearce cocked up on the touchline. Vintage comedy classic

[Ryn]

Wasn't his surname Howell or something like that?

Thank you, I stand erected. Simeon Howell was who I was thinking of, but Simeon Jackson definitely rings a bell too. Cheers for clearing that up for me :thumbs up:

[Ian Royal]

Noel Hunt isn't mobile enough and isn't going to be the 20+ a season striker we need (esp having just lost 3 of them).

Our strikers are either mobile and get in the right places or are slower intelligent players who (potentially) are good finishers. None of them are both and that is one major reason why we are in trouble. How many times did Church run intelligently and get into fantastic positions last night to show all the finishing composure of bambi on ice?

We haven't lost a single 20 goal a season striker since Cureton went.

And virtually no one we might buy in will get 20 this season. 20 is extremely rare.

Strikers finish poorly when low on confidence. Another few games of performances of that standard and the confidence will flow back and Church (and indeed Rasiak) will start scoring freely again.

[Ian Royal]

Noel Hunt isn't mobile enough and isn't going to be the 20+ a season striker we need

Agreed, but in the short term a 10 goal a season striker has got to be better than our current 0 goals per season strikers.

Two of which have scored?

[The whole year inn]

Said it before and say it again - get court case out of the way and get Marlon King in!!

LOL @ the linesman checking his ankle tag before being allowed on as a sub

[rollsy]

Why do you think that his time as a manager with us resulted in such absolute failure, given that he has now shown that he is not a crap manager at all. would him being given a big war chest to spend on his team have resulted in the royals returning to the top flight? please don't read this as an attack on Brian McDermot who, despite little managerial experience has been fantastic for us over the last year and a half.

[YateleyRoyal]

The style of play Rodgers tried to implement just didn't work for Reading. Slick passing, pacey attacking threats and players who were comfortable switching with each other. Just didnt work out with us, nothing to do with transfer war-chests or anything else.

[JS28ZoD]

The problem was that he wanted to play patient possession football with a large proportion of players that were acquired and nurtured to play direct, percentages football. I have no doubt that given time he could of turned us into a very good outfit but this probably would of resulted in relegation and a period of doom and gloom before being fully effective.

Swansea was the perfect fit for him given that the players there have been acquired and nutured to play possession football, so he was merely able to improve their current tactics rather than do a complete overhaul which was what he needed to do at Reading.

[TBM]

Basically, he wanted to play the short passing game and all our players were used to the direct, get in their face, approach that Coppell played and McD has continued.

Rogers(sic) took over a Swansea side that was used to the passing game, having played it under their previous 2 managers.

Simple

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

The style of play Rodgers tried to implement just didn't work for Reading. Slick passing, pacey attacking threats and players who were comfortable switching with each other. Just didnt work out with us, nothing to do with transfer war-chests or anything else.

...you trying to say Rasiak wasnt pacey and slick then??? ...

[handbags_harris]

Plenty of places to research the information, but pure and simply he tried to build a house with no foundations. He came in, changed too much too soon with regards to style of play (from a direct wing based style to a more possession based style) and also chopped and changed the lineup and formation far too much giving the team absolutely no continuity. Not only that, his team here had a ridiclously soft underbelly, all too often roling over and having it's tummy tickled while the likes of Patrick Agyemang scored with ease past us.

At Swansea the job was perfect for him, all the donkey work had been done previously mainly by Martinez, and the players there were used to playing a Rodgers style of football. Fair play to him for doing what he's done this season, but the question mark still remains - can he actually build a team from foundation up because so far he's either a) jumped ship before it had barely started or b) failed miserably.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Swansea were more or less the finished article before he took over, all Rodgers has had to do is tweak the attack to make them a little more capable of scoring and maintain Martinez's passing ethics.

At Reading he had next to nothing in place and would take a long time to build what he has at Swansea now, personally I think he would have achieved it but taken 3/4 years about it.

[YateleyRoyal]

The style of play Rodgers tried to implement just didn't work for Reading. Slick passing, pacey attacking threats and players who were comfortable switching with each other. Just didnt work out with us, nothing to do with transfer war-chests or anything else.

...you trying to say Rasiak wasnt pacey and slick then??? ...

Wow...I literally forgot until I read your post that Gregorz Rasiak existed, let alone played for us. What a ledge he was....

[YateleyRoyal]

The style of play Rodgers tried to implement just didn't work for Reading. Slick passing, pacey attacking threats and players who were comfortable switching with each other. Just didnt work out with us, nothing to do with transfer war-chests or anything else.

...you trying to say Rasiak wasnt pacey and slick then??? ...

And on that note...

AEL Limassol F.CHe signed his contract with one of the top teams in Cyprus, AEL, after leaving Reading due to the fact that his team could not afford him. He appeared in many matches of the Cypriot team but has found it hard to score a goal. He showed the country he has the ability but he always ended up unlucky, he has been given many chances but he does not seem ready to score the 'easy goal' that his team wanted him to do. They let him go because he was too good for the club, he is now in talks with Chelsea to replace mis-firing Fernando Torres.