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How did you feel about Brendan Rodgers 3 year plan being shelved after 6 months by Madejski?
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The key difference there, was that Rodgers was given 6 months to establish if his way had any chance of succeeding. He failed time and time again, whilst simultaneously being full of hot air, and was sacked. McDermott won promotion to the Premier League in the first 6 months of Zingarevichs time (and what was effectively his re-employment into the 5 year plan)
Anyone with any degree of body language skills knew that Rodgers was hopelessly out of his depth, and realistically, he has gone on to prove that- let's face it, he has achieved in the last few years on the back of squads and philosophies built by others - he hasn't achieved any success that is truly his own - something which cannot be said of McDermott, who is a considerably better manager, and human being.