Next Reading Manager: Press Conference @ 9:15

[winchester_royal]

P'boro chairman claiming he's now hearing it'll be Adkins.

For what?!

His wife, apparently she's put on a bit recently

[Mr Optimist]

P'boro chairman claiming he's now hearing it'll be Adkins.

The Peterborough chairman is a plank....apparently!

[LoyalRoyal22]

I would be happy with Adkins or Poyet. Bit of a sideways move for Poyet though..

[Divvy]

P'boro chairman claiming he's now hearing it'll be Adkins.

The Peterborough chairman is a plank....apparently!

He was full of praise for us as well and is "envious".

[LoyalRoyal22]

Can someone register on that Brighton & Massive Albion forum and tell them just how underwhelmed I am at the thought of him becoming our new manager.

Done for ya

Not being funny or anything but the majority of us Reading fans are quite underwhelmed by the news that Poyet is in the running

Why sack a manager who got us to 2 FA Cup Q/Fs, a play off final and win us the Championship and replace him with a bloke who's won League One and turned a team into an average mid-table Championship side (no disrespect)

We'd rather Adkins over Poyet if we had the choice

many bites?

[LoyalRoyal22]

Laurent Blanc would be a quality appointment! Won Ligue1 with Bordeaux

[Divvy]

Laurent Blanc would be a quality appointment! Won Ligue1 with Bordeaux

That's why he wont come to Reading..

[paultheroyal]

Laurent Blanc would be a quality appointment! Won Ligue1 with Bordeaux

Tommy Burns Mark 2

[jellytot]

No bone head kissing froggie please. Adkins, Poyet or a big name.

[Wycombe Royal]

Laurent Blanc would be a quality appointment! Won Ligue1 with Bordeaux

Tommy Burns Mark 2

Why? Did he come second in a two horse race?

[loyalroyal4life]

To start with I was ''anyone but Di Canio'' because his theatrical/panto/circus style is not the RFC way and this week I'd have taken Adkins but I'm even happier with Poyet taking it. He seems to have the right balance of professionalism and flair and seems disciplined. Going to stick a tenner on us staying up.... if he is our man.
I still believe.

It's poyet NOT Jesus

[TBM]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 43130.html

Premier League strugglers Reading are close to appointing Brighton's Gus Poyet as their manager. There is a willingness on both sides to get the deal done and only the finer details of the Uruguayan's contract need to be finalised ahead of an announcement before the end of the week.

Poyet has now met the Reading owner Anton Zingarevich and the Russian has approved the appointment, which has been driven by the director of football Nicky Hammond. There is a compensation payment of just less than £2m payable to Brighton on the termination of Poyet's contract. The move will be a blow to the club who are outside the Championship play-off places only on goal difference.

There has been a longstanding agreement between Poyet and the Brighton chairman, Tony Bloom, that Poyet would be permitted to speak to a Premier League club if interest was shown in him.

While there has been surprise in some quarters that Poyet would leave Brighton, where he won promotion from League One as champions in 2011, the spending limitations placed upon him in recent months, as the team have tried to push for the top six in the Championship, have been a frustration. In particular, Poyet had hoped to sign a new striker in the last transfer window but, as it stands, he is still trying to bring one in before the 28 March emergency loan deadline.

While Brighton have thrived in the Championship, finishing 10th last season, they have punched above their weight when it has come to the wage bill. The current squad has been developed by Poyet with a Spanish contingent, including the former Spain international Vicente. He has also had a major influence in attracting players such as loan signing Wayne Bridge and the midfielder Liam Bridcutt, who is in the current Scotland squad.

While Reading look doomed to relegation from the Premier League this season, the club are prepared to back their new manager with the funds to make an immediate return next season. Under the new television deal, the parachute payments that go to clubs relegated from the Premier League have been increased to £23m for the first year, a huge advantage to sides dropping down.

The expectation is that Poyet will come to an agreement with Reading in the coming days and take over the team in time for the next game against Arsenal away, a week on Saturday.

His first foray into coaching was under Dennis Wise at Swindon, before moving to Leeds with his former Chelsea team-mate. He then worked under Juande Ramos at Tottenham.

Reading are currently seven points from safety with eight games of the season left and still have to play, among others, Liverpool, bottom-placed Queen's Park Rangers and the champions Manchester City, though those fixtures are at home.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Quite pleased with that to be honest.

[Millsy]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gus-poyet-set-for-reading-job-as-brighton-take-2m-payoff-8543130.html

Premier League strugglers Reading are close to appointing Brighton's Gus Poyet as their manager. There is a willingness on both sides to get the deal done and only the finer details of the Uruguayan's contract need to be finalised ahead of an announcement before the end of the week.

It is well known that Gus has zero loyalty and has already publicly stated several times he wants to leave Brighton for a bigger club since January this year. Reading top man Zingarevich commented "We have already been betrayed by McGhee and Pardew so we are mentally well equipped to deal with this eventuality. The positive this time is that we know it's very likely to happen so we can prepare for it beforehand. It will add excitement to the place and give Reading fans a new man to hate. Everyone will be a winner."

Gus hailed Reading as "the perfect stepping stone" to his ultimate aim, which he will push for at every opportunity, just as he has been doing whilst manager at Brighton. "Why show loyalty to any club? Loyalty is for gayers. I've seen enough of those here in Brighton."

Edited for the Independent. They can pay me for it later.

[Only one Trevor Morley]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gus-poyet-set-for-reading-job-as-brighton-take-2m-payoff-8543130.html

Premier League strugglers Reading are close to appointing Brighton's Gus Poyet as their manager. There is a willingness on both sides to get the deal done and only the finer details of the Uruguayan's contract need to be finalised ahead of an announcement before the end of the week.

It is well known that Gus has zero loyalty and has already publicly stated several times he wants to leave Brighton for a bigger club since January this year. Reading top man Zingarevich commented "We have already been betrayed by McGhee and Pardew so we are mentally well equipped to deal with this eventuality. The positive this time is that we know it's very likely to happen so we can prepare for it beforehand. It will add excitement to the place and give Reading fans a new man to hate. Everyone will be a winner."

Gus hailed Reading as "the perfect stepping stone" to his ultimate aim, which he will push for at every opportunity, just as he has been doing whilst manager at Brighton. "Why show loyalty to any club? Loyalty is for gayers. I've seen enough of those here in Brighton."

Edited for the Independent. They can pay me for it later.

i dont quite get the anger directed at comments made by someone who would have not have known that reading were interested when he made them? how is that disloyal to reading - he is still the brighton manager!! unless everyone should go around exclaiming that its always been their ultimate dream to manage a team who are 19th.....

if its loyalty you're after then there is a certain someone who turned down the wolves job for a side he had worked at for over 12 years....

[Millsy]

It's not anger it's concern.

And it's irrelevant whether he knew Reading were interested. He knew he was an employee of Brighton did he not? Yet he thought it would be wise to blabber to the press for several months that he wants to manage a bigger club.

We have every reason to believe little Reading will be another stepping stone.

Being a Reading fan is not good for the paranoid after what we've been through.

As for your loyalty point I 100% agree. I'd have Brian back over ANYONE right now. But we move on...

[windermere_royal]

It's not anger it's concern.

And it's irrelevant whether he knew Reading were interested. He knew he was an employee of Brighton did he not? Yet he thought it would be wise to blabber to the press for several months that he wants to manage a bigger club.

We have every reason to believe little Reading will be another stepping stone.

Being a Reading fan is not good for the paranoid after what we've been through.

As for your loyalty point I 100% agree. I'd have Brian back over ANYONE right now. But we move on...

Most of us HAVE moved on 10 days after Brian left, but some people want to keep dragging up his name into debates

[Terminal Boardom]

Bottom line (ahem) is that no-one has a scooby who the next manager will be. Enjoy the ride (snigger)

[jellytot]

For oxf*rd sake Brian has gone. He created that side and managed it. He was a real loyal royal.but sadly his management was found wanting in the pl. He should have moved players on in the summer and bought in more quality. He chose to be loyal to the chanp crop.. That was his mistake. They are not good enough.

Now for a new chapter. Football is a business end of. Move on dummies.

[soggy biscuit]

his management was found wanting in the pl. He should have moved players on in the summer and bought in more quality. He chose to be loyal to the chanp crop.. That was his mistake. They are not good enough.

Or maybe his hands were tied......