Coppell

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

he had 2 fantastic season that are nothing like the situation we are now. We had 3 seasons were things went badly wrong and Coppell could do nothing.

106 has nothing to do with it.

1. he is not a "scream shout Mad Dog Allen" type guy. Sometimes you need screaming and shouting. All the same, I don't think that is what we need now. So I think he would do well as things are now, particularly since many of the players here did better when he was manager - for example Long and Ingimarsson.

2. 106 has everything to do with it, it tells you something great could happen. It is what they call empirical evidence. He has done it before, why not again?

3. So what if there is no money, his best signings were the cheapest ones! I think he would thrive under the current conditions. Especially now that he has had some time off to relax and replenish his energy so to speak.

4. Most importantly - Coppels teams were always strongly organized. Much like Roy Hodgson's Fulham. That is EXACTLY what we need right now.

But you are just ignoring all the evidence that points to him not being able to turn a bad situation round.

He had 3 situations like we now have, with much, much better players, with money to spend and he was totally clueless as what to do.


I'm as desperate as anyone and would love Coppell to come back and save us. After BR's reign my respect for Coppell as a man as grown even stronger,he is what is great about this game. I just don't think he's the answer.

[sandman]

He did well at Palace when they were in administration and at Brighton where they were about 10-15 points adrift at the bottom of the table when he joined and they only went down on the last day.

Ruling out the likes of Curbs and Megson who would do a better job than Coppell? It's a simple question.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

He did well at Palace when they were in administration and at Brighton where they were about 10-15 points adrift at the bottom of the table and they only went down on the last day.

Ruling out the likes of Curbs and Megson who would do a better job than Coppell? It's a simple question.

Well McDermott is gonna get a chance.

[Terminal Boardom]

Until the shambolic defence is sorted out it makes no difference who the manager is. Stop conceding soft goals. Stop the ball being delivered into the box. Close down the opposition collectively. Did anyone else notice how fragile our two lines of 4 looked? At times Liverpool passed their way through us at ease as have many sides this season.

SSC would not make much difference. The only way that we will improve is with a real right back, a quick central defender and a quality winger to compliment McAnuff so that The Sig can move infield. Hopefully Noggin the Nog will form a useful partnership with Charlotte up front. However, injuries and suspensions will dictate how we fare from here on in.

[Royalee]

Stay away Coppell you're rubbish.

The highly intelligent persons who wanted you out and the saviour Mr Rodgers in were right, and haven't made a complete fool of themselves at all for the second time running.

The majority of HNA said Rodgers should stay, FACT.

[Maguire]

Moments that remind you how that Reading fans are bellends - singing for Coppell to return as manager. Have a fkcing look at yourselves.

[floyd__streete]

The majority of HNA said Rodgers should stay, FACT.

Well, unfortunately for you the people that matter - the board of RFC - decided that Rodgers was an absolute unmitigated disaster and had to go. And you have to let it go now too.

[Plymouth_Royal]

So what in his time at Reading makes people think Coppell can turn this round?

106 points

We all want someone to come in a wave a magic wand and make this mess go away. It's not gonna happen though and it's certainly not gonna be SSC.

Coppell has the midas touch. If he returns it will all turn to gold.

The last 2 seasons of his reign got us in this mess and he couldnt fix it. What makes you think he can do it now?

[sandman]

Moments that remind you how that Reading fans are bellends - singing for Coppell to return as manager. Have a fkcing look at yourselves.

I think the negativity on the back from the game thread illustrates this to a better extent than fans who respect the best manager in the clubs history.

[Royalee]

The majority of HNA said Rodgers should stay, FACT.

Well, unfortunately for you the people that matter - the board of RFC - decided that Rodgers was an absolute unmitigated disaster and had to go. And you have to let it go now too.

I do, but I object to being told that my views were wrong and that I am a fool based on a manager being sacked 4 months into the season when he's not been backed and most of our fans didn't want him to go.

[sandman]

The majority of HNA said Rodgers should stay, FACT.

Well, unfortunately for you the people that matter - the board of RFC - decided that Rodgers was an absolute unmitigated disaster and had to go. And you have to let it go now too.

I do, but I object to being told that my views were wrong and that I am a fool based on a manager being sacked 4 months into the season when he's not been backed and most of our fans didn't want him to go.

Your views were wrong deal with it. And the majority of fans I've spoken to didn't want him.

[Royal_Delight]

Coppell back as manager or football consultant could be a good thing. In fact, he is the only one who knows how to deal with Madman's cloth cutting spree. His ability to scout talent also puts McDermott to shame!

[Royalee]

You can't say they were either right or wrong as there is no concrete evidence to suggest either. I'd have accepted I was wrong if he'd been given the transfer window with the backing of the board and we'd still been battling relegation in March, but that wasn't the case. Go and look at the poll.

[Terminal Boardom]

You can't say they were either right or wrong as there is no concrete evidence to suggest either. I'd have accepted I was wrong if he'd been given the transfer window with the backing of the board and we'd still been battling relegation in March, but that wasn't the case. Go and look at the poll.

How can you honestly say that the majority of Reading fans wanted BR to say? Do the maths!

[Royalee]

You can't say they were either right or wrong as there is no concrete evidence to suggest either. I'd have accepted I was wrong if he'd been given the transfer window with the backing of the board and we'd still been battling relegation in March, but that wasn't the case. Go and look at the poll.

How can you honestly say that the majority of Reading fans wanted BR to say? Do the maths!

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95058

Hope this helps.

[Terminal Boardom]

You can't say they were either right or wrong as there is no concrete evidence to suggest either. I'd have accepted I was wrong if he'd been given the transfer window with the backing of the board and we'd still been battling relegation in March, but that wasn't the case. Go and look at the poll.

How can you honestly say that the majority of Reading fans wanted BR to say? Do the maths!

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95058

Hope this helps.

183 votes compared to 11,000 STHs?????

What IS your point?

[Maguire]

I actually agree with you Royalee. Load of fans on here on Rodgers' back from day one, never ever gave him a chance, and then rejoice because they think his ill-judged and premature dismissal somehow makes them "right".

[Royalee]

TB, you'd have thought a few more than 0 of the 11,000 season ticket holders would have been shouting 'Rodgers Out' after the Scunthorpe game if any less than than majority were happy for him to stay, would you not? Most people thought Rodgers was a failure though based on what you and a few other resident buffoons on here say though, despite being outnumbered even on HNA...

[Royalee]

I actually agree with you Royalee. Load of fans on here on Rodgers' back from day one, never ever gave him a chance, and then rejoice because they think his ill-judged and premature dismissal somehow makes them "right".

With some people's mindsets, if Coppell was to come back and we were not to win a game for the rest of the season and went down, relegation would still be Rodgers' fault.

[floyd__streete]

his ill-judged and premature dismissal somehow makes them "right".

And equally calling the sacking ill-judged and premature somehow makes it ill-judged and premature? As I said earlier, only the board's opinion matters - and they agreed with the nay-sayers.