RoyaleeMan Friday How many trophies has Nige won for Reading?
He might have struggled given he's not completed a full f*cking season yet.
And given the fact that the only cup competition we've been in we got dicked 6-0.
by sandman » 18 Dec 2013 17:19
RoyaleeMan Friday How many trophies has Nige won for Reading?
He might have struggled given he's not completed a full f*cking season yet.
by Ian Royal » 18 Dec 2013 17:59
sandmanRoyaleeMan Friday How many trophies has Nige won for Reading?
He might have struggled given he's not completed a full f*cking season yet.
And given the fact that the only cup competition we've been in we got dicked 6-0.
by floyd__streete » 18 Dec 2013 18:16
by LoyalRoyalFan » 18 Dec 2013 18:17
Ian Royal So he's won no fewer cup competitions than McDermott then.
Losing 2-1 to Charlton in an equally gutless performance, or going out on penalties to NoROFLthampton Town is far superior to Adkins performance in the LOLeague Cup.
by Man Friday » 18 Dec 2013 18:18
Extended-PhenotypeRoyaleeMan Friday How many trophies has Nige won for Reading?
He might have struggled given he's not completed a full f*cking season yet.
by Ian Royal » 18 Dec 2013 18:21
floyd__streete :lol: are you trying to convince us that we had a bad record in the cups under McDermott, Ian?
The 6-0 at Peterborough was - in context of resources available - the most gutless, pathetic, disorganised and contemptible Reading performance I have ever seen.
by Ian Royal » 18 Dec 2013 18:22
LoyalRoyalFanIan Royal So he's won no fewer cup competitions than McDermott then.
Losing 2-1 to Charlton in an equally gutless performance, or going out on penalties to NoROFLthampton Town is far superior to Adkins performance in the LOLeague Cup.
We lost 6-0 to Peterborough....
Ian ROFLoyal.
by Extended-Phenotype » 19 Dec 2013 11:26
Man Friday
You're easily impressed. No wonder you're a fan of Nige!
by Man Friday » 19 Dec 2013 18:02
by Hoop Blah » 19 Dec 2013 22:06
Vision As usual there's some utter guff and history re-writing on this thread.
Firstly this notion that we used to be a club that looked after managers who served us well for many years. Take Maurice Evans, about as decent and loyal a guy as you could get who was unceromoniously dumped in favour of Ian Branfoot.
Brendan Rodgers who despite being tasked with a huge transition in personnel and playing style was given barely 6 months in the job. His many years helping to develop the Academy into something the club frequently boast about now didn't count for shit.
Likewise McD's 10 years of service don't come into the reckoning if the chairman can't see any future with him at the helm.
Personally I didn't agree with any of those dismissals but sometimes tough decisions have to be made and they need to be made with a clear mind not distracted by misty eyed notions of loyalty. In that sense the club hasn't changed one little bit and as much as i might not agree with it, it's probably the best way for them to operate.
The only time I can remember loyalty getting in the way of making a cold decision was when fan power effectively kept Coppell around for an extra season when neither his head nor his heart were really in it.
Vision On the flipside though is the absurd revisionism of the McD era from the Adkins disciples. I'm not sure what league those people are looking at but the last time I looked at the championship it was made up of 24 teams and being in and around the top 6 doesn't constitute mid table. Also the 4th Highest wage bill in the division? Once we got promoted and paid the title winning bonuses it might have been up there but whilst we were actually playing the games we certainly weren't that high up on the salary front. Certainly i'd wager that we're closer to that level now under Adkins than we ever were under McD but even that's to be expected as a recently relegated Premiership team.
Vision Oh and don't get me started on the whole McD only played hoofball debate either. Because it's bollocks.
FWIW I think Adkins is doing a decent job. he has a talented (if a little lopsided in places) squad for sure but is probably dealing with more changes and issues on and off the field than he envisioned when he took over. Sure he's a bit of a smarmfest when interviewed and I'm not convinced that the style of football is as progressive as some would have us believe but we're still in a very good position in the league. I'm hoping that he'll stop tinkering around with formations and personnel as much as he does (injuries permitting of course) and manages to settle things down a bit more for the second half of the season.
Either way, comparisons with McD's time here are pointless as it's a whole different situation. He's doing a decent job and any talk of sacking him (aside from the dubious trolling enjoyment) is ridiculous really.
by Cureton's Volley » 19 Dec 2013 22:38
by Ian Royal » 19 Dec 2013 23:20
Cureton's Volley Watching some lower-league side in the cup belt it long to relieve the defence is hoofball.
Playing percentage balls into channels to continually pressure the opponents on the attack, is direct.
There is a difference I feel. Admittedly relegation year we were more hoof than direct.
by Cureton's Volley » 19 Dec 2013 23:43
by Elm Park Kid » 20 Dec 2013 12:14
Cureton's Volley Fair enough. What is short passing called when that doesn't work?
by sandman » 20 Dec 2013 13:08
Cureton's Volley Fair enough. What is short passing called when that doesn't work?
by Hoop Blah » 20 Dec 2013 13:12
Ian RoyalCureton's Volley Watching some lower-league side in the cup belt it long to relieve the defence is hoofball.
Playing percentage balls into channels to continually pressure the opponents on the attack, is direct.
There is a difference I feel. Admittedly relegation year we were more hoof than direct.
Hoofball is when it doesn't work. Direct is when it works.
by Maguire » 20 Dec 2013 13:29
by Royal91 » 20 Dec 2013 13:35
by floyd__streete » 20 Dec 2013 13:41
Royal91 Admit it. WE WERE SHIT AND WE HOOFED IT.
by Royal91 » 20 Dec 2013 14:23
floyd__streeteRoyal91 Admit it. WE WERE SHIT AND WE HOOFED IT.
Using capital letters doesn't reinforce your point or make it any less ludicrous, Brick.
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