by MmmMonsterMunch »
29 Dec 2013 02:51
Cureton's Volley marcusopp The reason half of us are moaning is because Brian should have never been sacked. Madejski said himself at the time he wouldn't have sacked Brian. Anton was being the smarmy cnut he is at the start, then sacked McD, now he's fecked off.
Even if Nigel sorted things out and got established, who's to say he won't be treated the same way?
Revolving doors have never been a part of Reading. We've always been a small, stable (ish) club. We're not Chelsea, no matter how much the new RFC fans want us to be. Where the feck were you on new years day, 1993 at home to York city when the game was so sh1t we spent the entire 90 mins caning one of their guys for wearing an anorak?
"Anorak, give us a wave, anorak anorak give us a wave"!
Then we went 1-0 up,
"Anorak, what's the score....
To be fair, he both waved and demonstrated the score while wearing an anorak in the pissing rain in our uncovered away end.
^ This. Well put, Sir.
Yet again all this post is doing is moaning about the past & not looking forward to the future.
Lets just suppose for a second that every fan didn't want Brian sacked. Even if this were the case - he has been sacked. We are all fans of Reading FC therefore we should want the current boss to succeed no? Harking on about Brian continually does the current regime no favours whatsoever. It's not Adkins' fault Brian got the heave ho yet many on here write as if he were in cahoots with Anton to get rid of Brian.
Nigel himself has been at the end of very harsh footballing decisions after back to back promotions - he knows the game as well as anyone.
Look around you - managers come & go on a daily basis. It is now part & parcel of the game I'm afraid. RFC is generally one of the better ones in that respect. If you don't like it, can't accept it and If you are that disillusioned with the set up at RFC, owners, football in general, whatever - then vote with your feet & stop going.
If however, you want the club to do well then perhaps try giving Adkins a chance rather than writing him off when quite frankly he has a team of players he probably doesn't want....
I suspect if money wasn't an issue, that starting 11 would be ripped to shreds & we'd only see 3-4 of them next season. I am disappointed with our current performances same as all of us, but I think the guy should get at least a season / 2-3 transfer windows to build a team of his own so they can play the way he wants. To suggest he wants slow tempo, dull football is probably quite insulting to the guy in all honesty. Personally I believe he needs 2-3 of his own type of players to fully put his stamp on the club & he's not really had the chance to do that yet.
We know full well our team is full of 'triers' who make up for in effort what they lack in technical ability. In reality the roles probably need reversing & we need more technical ability. We are not comfortable on the ball at all even now & to point the finger at Adkins for that is fundamentally wrong. The 'Reading Way' has been to plug gaps where needed & make do. Years of that kind of strategy unfortunately gets you to a place where you don't actually have many technically good players.
I get he needs to understand the culture of the club & what makes the fans tick etc but that takes time & he isn't a 'Reading' man so it may take him a while longer.
If you cannot accept that he might need a bit of time to get things right here then frankly you are no better than the owners who sacked Brian in the first place. You can't have it both ways. If you wanted Brian to get time, then you should afford the same luxury to Nigel. And if you can't then you know what to do - don't go any more.