by sandman » 22 Dec 2013 13:13
by floyd__streete » 22 Dec 2013 13:13
by sandman » 22 Dec 2013 13:15
by floyd__streete » 22 Dec 2013 13:16
PistolPete Definition of cancer in English
noun
[mass noun]
[count noun] an evil or destructive practice or phenomenon that is hard to contain or eradicate
by PistolPete » 22 Dec 2013 13:19
by RoyalBlue » 22 Dec 2013 13:19
Bandini OP has this spot on. It seems that Adkins isn't even trying to win these days - it's more important for Atkins to maintain his "brand" of passing football than to get results now.
Good for him (maybe) but bad for the club.
Arnie_PieP!ssed Off Majority of people near me at the games seem to dislike him with a passion. One guy said to me "the guy is a complefe joke" yesterday. But maybe I just imagined this conversation.
Every substitution is met with total contempt for the manager.
That is because most Readings fans are utter idiots.
by AirRaidSiren » 22 Dec 2013 13:21
RoyalBlueAirRaidSirensandman Coppell may have struggled at first but he was never as unlikeable as this man.
Unlikeable? What? So you and a few bell ends on an internet forum represent the entire Reading FC fan base? I do not know one person or Reading fan who dislikes him. It's all in your mind. It's what you want, not a fact.
Exactly. I definitely like the guy. Seems to me, some may struggle with the intelligent arguments and theories that he comes out with and dislike him for that. Since he is so articulate compared to many managers, some appear to interpret this as arrogance!
by AirRaidSiren » 22 Dec 2013 13:24
sandman Exactly.
He just isn't helping himself.
by RoyalBlue » 22 Dec 2013 13:28
floyd__streetePistolPete Definition of cancer in English
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[count noun] an evil or destructive practice or phenomenon that is hard to contain or eradicate
The spirit of McDermott is 'evil'
Only on Hob Nob, only Reading fans when speaking about their second best ever manager.
mambo3 If NA is serious he should get rid of the DEAD WOOD, find half dozen players either from the reserves or buy and bed them down for the season forget about promotion and go for it with a settled side next season.
by Tony Le Mesmer » 22 Dec 2013 13:42
RoyalBlueBandini OP has this spot on. It seems that Adkins isn't even trying to win these days - it's more important for Atkins to maintain his "brand" of passing football than to get results now.
Good for him (maybe) but bad for the club.
Yesterday he explained exactly what he is trying to do and that objective is absolutely spot on. Better to build the team now that is capable of playing in a manner that gives a reasonable chance of survival in the PL than playing the lower league way, securing promotion and then trying to fix things once in the PL. The latter approach is doomed to failure as last season showed. If his persistence in adopting this passing approach costs us a few results in the short term, so what! I can't see how that is in any way detrimental to the club, in that longer term it will make us a much better and stronger team.
by winchester_royal » 22 Dec 2013 13:43
RoyalBlueBandini OP has this spot on. It seems that Adkins isn't even trying to win these days - it's more important for Atkins to maintain his "brand" of passing football than to get results now.
Good for him (maybe) but bad for the club.
Yesterday he explained exactly what he is trying to do and that objective is absolutely spot on. Better to build the team now that is capable of playing in a manner that gives a reasonable chance of survival in the PL than playing the lower league way, securing promotion and then trying to fix things once in the PL. The latter approach is doomed to failure as last season showed. If his persistence in adopting this passing approach costs us a few results in the short term, so what! I can't see how that is in any way detrimental to the club, in that longer term it will make us a much better and stronger team.Arnie_PieP!ssed Off Majority of people near me at the games seem to dislike him with a passion. One guy said to me "the guy is a complefe joke" yesterday. But maybe I just imagined this conversation.
Every substitution is met with total contempt for the manager.
That is because most Readings fans are utter idiots.
We certainly have a good number of footballing retards who seem to hanker after the old English style of football, which is the very reason our national team is so damn poor. Those that criticised the substitutions yesterday were shown to be idiots!
by floyd__streete » 22 Dec 2013 14:05
winchester_royal Do people want us to regress to the 'give the opposition 65% possession and then hit then on the break' type football after we saw how dramatically outclassed we were last season?
by MmmMonsterMunch » 22 Dec 2013 14:23
floyd__streetewinchester_royal Do people want us to regress to the 'give the opposition 65% possession and then hit then on the break' type football after we saw how dramatically outclassed we were last season?
We were only 'out classed' because we didn't have players good enough to bridge the huge gap to the Prem. Part of that McD is culpable for, largely TSI are culpable for that too.
The idea that you can only be successful in the top flight with >50% possession is a complete non-starter of a concept and a myth perpetuated by the OPTA generation who see things in numbers. I give you Stoke City under Pulis as the model for what Reading FC could have been with better investment in players and - to be fair - better team management.
by winchester_royal » 22 Dec 2013 14:24
floyd__streetewinchester_royal Do people want us to regress to the 'give the opposition 65% possession and then hit then on the break' type football after we saw how dramatically outclassed we were last season?
We were only 'out classed' because we didn't have players good enough to bridge the huge gap to the Prem. Part of that McD is culpable for, largely TSI are culpable for that too.
The idea that you can only be successful in the top flight with >50% possession is a complete non-starter of a concept and a myth perpetuated by the OPTA generation who see things in numbers. I give you Stoke City under Pulis as the model for what Reading FC could have been with better investment in players and - to be fair - better team management.
by P!ssed Off » 22 Dec 2013 15:04
by Muskrat » 22 Dec 2013 15:19
by Ouroboros » 22 Dec 2013 15:23
floyd__streete As I say, the drama queenery here is someone having the temerity to say that Adkins is being undermined by anything to do with the previous regime.
What undermines Adkins is constant altering of the starting XI, dubious quality of signings made and questionable substitutions. Not to mention the fact he is an insincere, wannabe Estate Agent, psychobabble-squawking helmet.
by floyd__streete » 22 Dec 2013 15:42
Ouroboros Comparing out manager to an Estate Agent.
That's the second most crass thing I have ever seen in hobnob.
by Four Of Clubs » 22 Dec 2013 15:52
Ouroboros Comparing out manager to an Estate Agent.
That's the second most crass thing I have ever seen in hobnob.
by sandman » 22 Dec 2013 16:08
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