How Long Will BM Last at this rate?????

[Schards#2]

I feel a bit dirty but I've had a tenner on Brian being next premium league manager to go at 16/1 as I think that's a good price.

We're bottom, may well get nothing from our next three games and have an new owner who nobody has a clue about whether he will be the patient type or the trigger happy type.

Not a bet I want to collect but a value bet IMHO.

[mr_number]

I feel a bit dirty but I've had a tenner on Brian being next premium league manager to go at 16/1 as I think that's a good price.

We're bottom, may well get nothing from our next three games and have an new owner who nobody has a clue about whether he will be the patient type or the trigger happy type.

Not a bet I want to collect but a value bet IMHO.

[BR2]

I feel a bit dirty but I've had a tenner on Brian being next premium league manager to go at 16/1 as I think that's a good price.

We're bottom, may well get nothing from our next three games and have an new owner who nobody has a clue about whether he will be the patient type or the trigger happy type.

Not a bet I want to collect but a value bet IMHO.

It's a bet that fellow punters would understand but fans generally wouldn't.
Apparently we were still available at 4/1 to finish bottom a week ago which was also good value but ,despite thinking it could well happen,I just couldn't do it.
By the same token I feel that Newcastle at odds against represents good value tomorrow.

[melonhead]

How were we unlucky against Stoke? We got a late equaliser from the spot which was pretty much the only decent effort their keeper had to face.

passed it around nicely, controlled the game, gave them a goal from a very tame shot due to keeper error

Fair enough. I think our lack of quality meant we didn't force a proper save out of their keeper and that, after they'd gone a goal up, they played to defend that lead and contain us.

For the 25 minutes or so Stoke had looked by far the more dangerous side (we were finding our feet I'm sure) and looked like they had a lot more threat even if Federici didn't have a great deal of saves to make. We grew into the game yes, but unlucky not to win? As much as I'd love to, I can't agree with that I'm afraid.

thats fair enough, i was just describing how we could be considered unlucky

[facaldaqui]

I feel a bit dirty but I've had a tenner on Brian being next premium league manager to go at 16/1 as I think that's a good price.

We're bottom, may well get nothing from our next three games and have an new owner who nobody has a clue about whether he will be the patient type or the trigger happy type.

Not a bet I want to collect but a value bet IMHO.

It's a bet that fellow punters would understand but fans generally wouldn't.
Apparently we were still available at 4/1 to finish bottom a week ago which was also good value but ,despite thinking it could well happen,I just couldn't do it.
By the same token I feel that Newcastle at odds against represents good value tomorrow.

I think Swansea would be a good bet for the drop. Take away the passing efficiency and their players aren't anything special.

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I think Brian would be a terrible bet for next manager to go, because of the loyalty factor. Usually a couple of managers go who don't even deserve it, along the lines of Hughton and Allardyce.

[melonhead]

id almost rather go down and keep him, than sack him and stay up

That is barmy! I want Reading Fc to be in the Premiership and hopefully later in Europe, I do n´t want to support a team that gets promoted, stays in the Championship for 4-5 years gets promoted again, goes down again. I want us to be superior to Stoke who never really look like going down but unlike them I want us to push on and be a top 6 team.

I have supported this club for 56 years. I never thought I would see us in Division 1 let alone the Premiership,was going to say I am enjoying every minute of being in the Prem again,not with the results so far, and am hopeful that Brian can turn it around.

It is great to be in the Premiership again, and I want us to stay there. I am sorry but if we are bottom at Christmas, Brian must go and we will have to get a new manager, I could n´t care less if it is ´arry , Curbishley, Mourinho, Mitt Romney or Guardiola all I want is for Reading to maintain their position in the Prem.

i want all of those things too.
id rather not sell my soul and sack brian to get them


frankly, at the end of the day, it doesnt matter what league we are in, ill still enjoy wathing reading, if anything i prefer the idea of being in a league we have the odd chance of winning.
i also think there is alot to be said for the west brom model- & use the parachute payments to slowly and sensibly build the club to a level that can sustain premiere league football.


if youve been a supporter for 56 years it seems odd that youd demand top flight anything, or be willing to sacrifice all that is good about the club in order to get it

i think it is you who is barmy sir, and i dont mind saying it......






plus, i said almost

[Schards#2]

I feel a bit dirty but I've had a tenner on Brian being next premium league manager to go at 16/1 as I think that's a good price.

We're bottom, may well get nothing from our next three games and have an new owner who nobody has a clue about whether he will be the patient type or the trigger happy type.

Not a bet I want to collect but a value bet IMHO.

It's a bet that fellow punters would understand but fans generally wouldn't.
Apparently we were still available at 4/1 to finish bottom a week ago which was also good value but ,despite thinking it could well happen,I just couldn't do it.
By the same token I feel that Newcastle at odds against represents good value tomorrow.

I think Swansea would be a good bet for the drop. Take away the passing efficiency and their players aren't anything special.

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I think Brian would be a terrible bet for next manager to go, because of the loyalty factor. Usually a couple of managers go who don't even deserve it, along the lines of Hughton and Allardyce.

Thing is, you, me, nobody has any idea of the mindset of Anton. He may be loyal to club servants, he may not. If it was JM's call I would be pretty sure Brian would be safe but I don't believe it is any more so 16/1 for the manager of a side that is bottom, and may remain so for a while, is IMHO a good price.

[Muskrat]

Without doubt a good price and well done for sniffing it out, but will he be the first to go? I don't think so. A club with loftier ambitions who are performing way below the expectation level of the fans and owners would be more likely to wield the axe. Mark Hughes or Bodgers for me.

In fact I reckon we'd stick with Brian even if we got relegated, ala Blackburn and if that scenario came to pass I'd say it would be the correct decision.

[facaldaqui]

Without doubt a good price and well done for sniffing it out, but will he be the first to go? I don't think so. A club with loftier ambitions who are performing way below the expectation level of the fans and owners would be more likely to wield the axe. Mark Hughes or Bodgers for me.

In fact I reckon we'd stick with Brian even if we got relegated, ala Blackburn and if that scenario came to pass I'd say it would be the correct decision.

It would only be the correct decision if we were still playing the Reading way, with intense pressing, tight defence, nippy wingers. Which would mean we only went down by a close shave. If, however, we go down by a mile, our team spirit and tactics in tatters, then it would be right to change managers. I think we were correct to keep Coppell when we went down, and this was proved by how near we came to bouncing back up; but Coppell's system went to pieces in the later part of that season; so when the manager runs out of ideas, it's time for him to go.

If Brian survives to Christmas, I want him to stay on after that, unless we put in a caretaker in one of our own such as Gibbs or Dolan. The trouble with bringing in an outside manager late in a season is that if he fails to keep us up we are then stuck with him the following year, as we were with Burns.

[Victor Meldrew]

id almost rather go down and keep him, than sack him and stay up

That is barmy! I want Reading Fc to be in the Premiership and hopefully later in Europe, I do n´t want to support a team that gets promoted, stays in the Championship for 4-5 years gets promoted again, goes down again. I want us to be superior to Stoke who never really look like going down but unlike them I want us to push on and be a top 6 team.

I have supported this club for 56 years. I never thought I would see us in Division 1 let alone the Premiership,was going to say I am enjoying every minute of being in the Prem again,not with the results so far, and am hopeful that Brian can turn it around.

It is great to be in the Premiership again, and I want us to stay there. I am sorry but if we are bottom at Christmas, Brian must go and we will have to get a new manager, I could n´t care less if it is ´arry , Curbishley, Mourinho, Mitt Romney or Guardiola all I want is for Reading to maintain their position in the Prem.

i want all of those things too.
id rather not sell my soul and sack brian to get them


frankly, at the end of the day, it doesnt matter what league we are in, ill still enjoy wathing reading, if anything i prefer the idea of being in a league we have the odd chance of winning.
i also think there is alot to be said for the west brom model- & use the parachute payments to slowly and sensibly build the club to a level that can sustain premiere league football.


if youve been a supporter for 56 years it seems odd that youd demand top flight anything, or be willing to sacrifice all that is good about the club in order to get it

i think it is you who is barmy sir, and i dont mind saying it......

He's not barmy he is just old like me.
It's o.k. for young (ish) blokes like you and a lot of the others because we could get relegated and take 10-15 years to get back up again.
Fruits,me and the other oldies might not have that long so I fully agree with his desire for us to stay at the top level and if the manager gets sacked so be it.
Loyalty is mega amongst fans but within football it is known that there is very little loyalty around and it does seem as though Brian wasn't far off taking the Wolves job and he has been in football long enough to know the score.
Btw how could anybody not like Brian and if he lost his job he,like Hughton who is similarly likeable and respected,wouldn't be out of work for long.






plus, i said almost

[harryroyal]

Reading FC Fans
"Dan- heard from a ex royals player that BMD has 3 games to prove himself or he is out and Harry redknapp is being lined up as his replacement. Don't know how true this is but he seemed to be very certain, hope this is not true! Having Harry as manager I would love but BMD done the business last season and hopefully is given more time to show what he can do!"


Off the reading fc fans page. Discuss.

[melonhead]

hi dan

id h8 this if it happened

[westongeezer]

Nothing to discuss, extremley unlikley .....well 3 games anyways.

[Royalclapper]

Think there was something about this in the crappy Daily Star.
Mind you, they have also linked Redknapp with Bournemouth, and see QPR lining him up when Mark Hughes gets the push.

[Royal Ginger]

Bollox

Rumors and Gossip please

[RockheadRumple]

Oh for the love of god f/ck off five thousand times Harry Redknapp you blowtorched testicle.

I really doubt this is true and I don't want to believe it either.

[urz13]

There could be a grain of truth in it in that if we fail to beat Liverpool, Fulham or QPR and are still winless after the next 3 I wouldn't expect him (or any manager) to last long. At least 4 points from the next 3 should be a must.

[Ian Royal]

I think I'd boycott if McDermott got the elbow before Xmas and that corrupt saggy faced kunt got his job.

[Gordons Cumming]

Utter nonsense.

[akranes]

Reading FC Fans
"Dan- heard from a ex royals player that BMD has 3 games to prove himself or he is out and Harry redknapp is being lined up as his replacement. Don't know how true this is but he seemed to be very certain, hope this is not true! Having Harry as manager I would love but BMD done the business last season and hopefully is given more time to show what he can do!"


Off the reading fc fans page. Discuss.

We need to think of this in Football Manager terms, for example, if Harry is the manager, when I manage Reading, I'll be kicking him out as apposed to McD