DOYLERSAROYALERmelonheadRoyal91 I've got no confidence in McDermott purely for his team selections and his favouritisms towards McAnuff and L,wood.
His justification for dropping Pearce just showed he hasn't got a frigging clue what he's doing at this level.
theyve not been perfect, but when these two play well, we get points.
Well a total of 23 pts out of 81 says it all then ...they aren't very good
M U R T Y If we do go down, with TSI we should have a solid financial footing to keep our core squad together, and we should have a strong set of players to get us back up. I think Brian is acting the fool guy to a certain extent, he knows he can't rock the boat too much - he's not a Redknapp figure who can demand things left right and centre, or criticise who he likes, all with the press's backing.
Avon Royalwindermere_royalZ175 I think the interview was disappointing, but then Brian must have been sick at that result.
But I disagree with a lot of the comments about our team and manager.
I think Pogrebnyaks a great player -its not his fault no one get s anywhere near him. He had a poor game yeaterday, even before the red, but hes turned in some excellent displays of late. And for all those saying hes not likely to score, hes the most clinical player I've every seen for Reading.
Guthrie - this man is so lightweight - his introduction on Monday (at 0-0) resulted in our prompt exit from the FA Cup. Hes had a good 10 mins v WBA in the entire season, you can't blame McDermott for his lack of effort on the pitch and refusing to go on long coach journeys.
Leigertwood - has had an appalling season but has now turned the corner. He played ok on Saturday, unlike almost everyone else, and yet still gets scapegoated. He barely ever gave the ball away and won it back a lot.
So it comes down to the Morrison horror show. There is no way Pearce would have missed a single game if he'd signed a new contract, but McDermotts not going to come out and publically explain we don't want to give him a platform to earn a move from or that the new owner actually picks the team... So Brian has man-ed up and taken the flack for not playing Pearce. In a world with no stingy chairmen or greedy agents, he wouldn't have to do that. Obviously looking at the Pearce v Morrison statistics, this makes him sound like a bad manager, which his why he points to the last 3 years, which show he clearly isn't.
And hes learnt to point out referees mistakes, as hes realised the PL are sensitive to publicity and we'll get a soft decision next week now.
Brilliant post, agree with every word , its truely amazing how others see the game different when its there right in front of them, some mongs just decide they don`t like someone and no kind of decent performances will ever convince them otherwise.
Yeah, but the part about Guthrie costing us the game at Man Utd is utter bollocks. His introduction coincided with that of Robin Van Persie which may have had some impact on the game.
numerous player/manager fall outs
melonheadnumerous player/manager fall outs
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melonhead ill just stick with the actual real one, you lot carry on worrying about the imaginary ones
just like brians imaginary vendetta against pearce
melonhead ill just stick with the actual real one, you lot carry on worrying about the imaginary ones
just like brians imaginary vendetta against pearce
melonheadnumerous player/manager fall outs
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SPARTAmelonheadnumerous player/manager fall outs
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Hunt at the start of the season. Guthrie, the only one the club couldn't keep in house. Roberts had a fall out after Southampton away and hasn't played since. Perhaps Brian jabbed him in the ribs. Probably others too.
Extended-PhenotypeSPARTA Hunt at the start of the season. Guthrie, the only one the club couldn't keep in house. Roberts had a fall out after Southampton away and hasn't played since. Perhaps Brian jabbed him in the ribs. Probably others too.
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Royaleemelonhead ill just stick with the actual real one, you lot carry on worrying about the imaginary ones
just like brians imaginary vendetta against pearce
Did you think he was dropped purely on form though? I'll give you those figures again:
0.5 points per game with him dropped, 1.875 points per game with him back in.
Cypryhowser The inept tactics, confusing and back stabbing team selections, absolute rubbish signings confirms what most thought around November last year, McD in charge with the assistance of Hammond and Madejski pulling the purse strings this was always going to be an impossible challenge, we, as last time,show the premier league no respect, the only teams that remain in the top league for season after season are those who invest in, and I recall that we were going to do this, premiership experienced players.
A rubbish season where we are going to be embarrased more often than not, in the remaining games.
I keep reading this in various threads - people seem to be quoting Brian out of context repeatedly..."we were going to do this" - "we were promised experienced Premiership players" - no we weren't!!!!
What he actually said prior to the January transfer window was that we would TRY to get in experienced Premiership players, and he immediately qualified his statement by saying that it would not be an easy task for a club in our position...I have no problem with Brian and the club being criticised for things that they actually have said or done, but if you're going to quote and use that as a basis for your criticism, at least quote accurately....
Royal Lady I think he meant we were too nice to them and gave them too many chances - not that I want to make excuses for him but I don't think he meant "nice" as good.
Extended-Phenotypemelonhead ill just stick with the actual real one, you lot carry on worrying about the imaginary ones
just like brians imaginary vendetta against pearce
Did I imagine him being dropped for f/ck all reason?
