by PremAddict »
27 May 2016 23:57
Top Flight This is the most pessimistic I have ever felt about Reading FC.
The owners are completely incompetent. Now we have to go several steps backwards because the owners need to learn everything from scratch. They should have been humble and listened to Howe and Madejski. People who do know how to run an English football club. The only thing Madejski lacked was capital. But he sure knew how to run a football club in England along with Howe, Hammond etc.
Agreed. Anyone that views McDermott's sacking as a good thing is missing the bigger picture. As was stated in TTE's "emergency sacking podcast" a reputation for sacking managers without having the ability to engender a sense of identity and build a team will ultimately result in an inability to hire a good manager and retain talent. I am actually indifferent on the decision to hire McDermott but I am absolutely biased on hiring a good manager and giving that manager enough time to build a team. If the management sack the next manager within 18 months time, it will become a bigger shambles than it already is.
Since I'm a "Yank" I'm naturally imbued with "positivity" (not the Adkins version mind you) but I also know that even here where franchises rule, a good manager coupled with enough time is the difference between a solid team and a drifting club that will never do anything. instability will kill a team. Instability coupled with concept of relegation will ruin a club.
Pick wisely owners and then back your selection with funding AND time. Either that, or move on please.
And BTW, anyone that did not view Hammond's departure of a signal that things are definitely on a bad path (or at least a significant departure from past methods) is kidding themselves. No long-term servant of a club leaves without a lot of undue pressure. It may be that "the Reading Way" is all but six feet under, but be wary of the next phase; None of us want a Bolton, Charlton, Blackburn...
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