McDermott Appointed

[howser]

Without any doubt finance has been the driving course over the past month or so, it would appear that BR done the disgusting steps of saying he wanted funds god forbid that tightarse Madejski would see the need for that, so BR goes for daring to ask to improve the squad and that gives Madejski the perfect chance to again go for the cheap option, an option that he has been running the club by since the heady days of 8th in the Prem.

Sadly the fact is if you pay peanuts then you get chimps !!

[Fezza]

Spot on, apart from I only really dislike Long.

Ivar I have the greatest respect for and love him as a past player, but I wouldn't play him. Cisse has his pros, but again I certainly wouldn't play him in midfield. Ever.

I know where you are coming from but feel that you should stick with your convictions about the players stated. No manager in the world would be able to fix what is wrong with them. Not slating BR is to close to agreeing with Royalee for me.

I love Ivar in the same way I loved our old dog. It would limp around and try to play ball but would often fall asleep or run out of energy and end up crapping all over the house. In the end an injection and the long sleep was the best course available. I still have the good memories form it's youth and the joy it bought us and am glad that this hasn't beed sullied by its final depressing years....

[themadstad]

Brian seems a decent bloke, great for him. However, I do feel sorry for him as he will not be able to save us from the drop....!

Barnsley a must win and we won't win it!!!! Then it'll be ahhh it's ok, season starts at Doncaster with a must win. Which again we won't win!

Ok we have played well but haven't taken our chances often enough. Yes we beat Liverpool, a poor Liverpool that thought they'd sail the game. Yes, we also beat Burnley. A poor Burnley at that who didn't seem bothered yet we only managed to score just 1 goal...!

In the league we are playing well for good parts of the game but the opposition wants the win and go for it more than Liverpool and Burnley did. Yes, there may be other teams that are worse but we aren't winning games and we are in the bottom 3 with a gap building. Teams around us are picking up points and to top it off we have already failed to beat Peterborough and Scunthorpe. Throwing away leads and not taking chances. That is relegation form and is similar to Southampton of last year!

Look at the Sheff Utd game, we had the most possession, shots on and off target and even got awarded a penalty! Still lost, didn't even score. ReLOLgation fodder!!! I hope Madejski is happy with himself!

Good luck Brian.......!

[Kurtz]

just to add my insightful +1 to the views that whilst I wish BM every success, I fully expect us to go down. Appointing a caretaker mgr in the post when he's not yet won a league game and has no previous experience of first team mgt = crazy.

[Compo's Hat]

I love Ivar in the same way I loved our old dog. It would limp around and try to play ball but would often fall asleep or run out of energy and end up crapping all over the house. In the end an injection and the long sleep was the best course available. I still have the good memories form it's youth and the joy it bought us and am glad that this hasn't beed sullied by its final depressing years....

[Forest Gump]

It doesn't matter whether it's Little Briton or Big Aldo. Whoever is appointed has no squad of any depth and will get no funds to improve it.
As O'dea commented and most of us, whose noses are not glued to the Chairman's privates, realise the problem was not Rodgers and is not McD; it's further up the management team.

Frankly, until SJM and his personal oxf*rd Dof find a new hotel in the corner of a park to lord it over, we will be stuck with bugger all enthusiasm and next to no hope.

[Quagmire]

Confirmed : http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1946756,00.html

I thought you said it was confirmed weeks ago...why the need for the press release?

[rob the royal]

Sadly, there is more chance of Angelina Jolie and Kirsten Dunst having a threesome with me than there is of SJM making an appearance on the pitch.

Yeah but it would be a laugh. Especially if he turned up having forgotten to take of his sun hat and shades, with a pink garland round his neck... and maybe a couple of girls in grass skirts on either arm.

Do they have girls in grass skirts in the Canaries? Must have missed that one! And whatever would Cilla say???

Oh is that where he was?

Well never mind. The grass skirts are staying... I started this hours ago but what with the Manchester derby and two new episodes of Mad Men I only just got round to finishing it off



oh yeah it was supposed to be a pink garland wasn't it. never mind you get the idea...

[Millsy]

[rfcjoe]

Poor mans TBM at 'shoppin' tbf.


4/10

[Jackson Corner]

Reminds me of Les Reed at Charlton, worked behind the scenes for years, nice bloke, knows the place well, popular with the players glasses and bold sacked 2 months later.

[Woodcote Royal]

Mcdermott's full record is W 2 D 3 L 3 including 5 away games and 3 games against Premiership opposition.

To ignore cup results against the likes of Burton or sides that don't give a toss is understandable but that was not the case with either Liverpool or Burnley.

Most the complainants seem to be the same people who said 20 games wasn't long enough to judge Rodgers by, so how come 8 is enough to judge McDermott by? And, even if it is, his record isn't too bad.

Seriously, what were you expecting? We aren't paying top wages, we have no transfer budget, we're in the relegation zone.

In the circumstances, McDermott is the best option FFS man up, get a grip, grow a pair, and get behind him and the team. The damage was done months ago, no point in crying about it now.

For Once I have to agree +1

Tuesday night was extremely disappointing but McDermott has done more in the last few games with precious few resources than Rodgers managed with nearly 4 million whilst Coppell secured one home win in the last half of his final season with a Premiership squad.

I'm delighted for Brian McDermott and, if he keeps us up from here, those who doubted the wisdom of removing Rodgers will have their answer.

This is going to be tough and given the army of fans who pleaded for Steve Coppell to be retained when we lost our Premiership status, I hope relegation will not mean that Brian is automatically replaced.

I've been seriously impressed with his time at the helm and I hope he will be given a fair chance to prove himself.

[Arch]

Schards, Woodcote, Floyd... a critical mass of board gravitas coming together from many corners of hobnob nation.

Apologies for the awkwardly mixed metaphors.

[rhroyal]

Mcdermott's full record is W 2 D 3 L 3 including 5 away games and 3 games against Premiership opposition.

To ignore cup results against the likes of Burton or sides that don't give a toss is understandable but that was not the case with either Liverpool or Burnley.

Most the complainants seem to be the same people who said 20 games wasn't long enough to judge Rodgers by, so how come 8 is enough to judge McDermott by? And, even if it is, his record isn't too bad.

Seriously, what were you expecting? We aren't paying top wages, we have no transfer budget, we're in the relegation zone.

In the circumstances, McDermott is the best option FFS man up, get a grip, grow a pair, and get behind him and the team. The damage was done months ago, no point in crying about it now.

For Once I have to agree +1

Tuesday night was extremely disappointing but McDermott has done more in the last few games with precious few resources than Rodgers managed with nearly 4 million whilst Coppell secured one home win in the last half of his final season with a Premiership squad.

I'm delighted for Brian McDermott and, if he keeps us up from here, those who doubted the wisdom of removing Rodgers will have their answer.

This is going to be tough and given the army of fans who pleaded for Steve Coppell to be retained when we lost our Premiership status, I hope relegation will not mean that Brian is automatically replaced.

I've been seriously impressed with his time at the helm and I hope he will be given a fair chance to prove himself.

I understand the view, but 2 points from 5 league games doesn't sit pretty with me.

[RoyalBlue]

oh yeah it was supposed to be a pink garland wasn't it. never mind you get the idea...

Nice one rob!

[SLAMMED]

Wouldn't have bothered tbf

[Comfortably Numb]

we're doomed. nice guy, but what a risk

back where we beklong next season.

[Mr Controversial]

In time, I think we will look back on this appointment and it will be used to demonstrate where the club has gone wrong.

I am taking a slightly different view on this appointment in that I dont think Madejski had a choice - I dont think anyone else would want to be our manager at the moment other than McDermott. Who wants to put themselves forward as captain of a sinking ship........

McDermott, I applaud your courage but we are going down, you will get sacked and be Madejskis fall guy.

SACK THE BOARD

[RoyalBlue]

And who briefed SJM before saying this to the world?

I have always had great faith in Brian. His period in charge simply reaffirmed what I already knew.
"It was important to give him an opportunity and he has taken it."
He continued: "He has managed the team very well during a difficult period and this decision is based on the entirety of his work, both as first team manager and in his previous roles during his 10 years here.
"The team are well-organised under Brian and he is passing on a wealth of experience to our players. He clearly has the full backing of the squad and the majority of the performances have been good, while he has been unfortunate to have been handed four of his five league games away from home."

Just go and take your grape peelers with you!

+ 1
If Madejski already knew it, why didn't he appoint McDermott in the very first place? - it would have saved him all that money paid in compensation to Watford and then Rodgers and his team.

If Madejski already knew it, why did he mess around for a month this time around before appointing McDermott this time around?

And just what was it that Madejski knew anyway? That McDermott was incapable of getting us a win in the league? “The majority of the performances have been good”? I would have thought even Madejski would by now have grasped the fact that you get f*ck all points for good performances! “.....while he has been unfortunate to have been handed four of his five league games away from home." Given our dire home form over the past year (have you not been watching Madejski?), I would have suggested that was almost good fortune.

As far as I am concerned, you have completely lost the plot, so for god’s sake go Madejski!

[CMRoyal]

The football club has been in the grip of a collective madness since Steve Coppell resigned.

Good luck Brian, I really hope you keep us in the division. Sorry I can't bring myself to waste any more time and money on away games but I'll be at the Mad Stad as ever giving the team 100% support. Let's hope the players have the balls to justify their places for the final 20 games.