Who do you want to replace Clarke?

[Pepe the Horseman]

If Tim Sherwood became Reading manager i would stop my support.

I reckon Brendan is worth a 2nd chance, give him a contract til the end of the season and tell him play offs is minimum, also he is not allowed to talk.

Corrected.

[sandman]

Brian McDermott.

Get a bit of soul back in to the club.

This.

McD or Coppell would reunite the club with the fans.

Travelling the world scouting for Arsenal >>>>> Coming back to a club whose fans hounded you out and insulted you after you left. McD loved Reading and the fans spat it back in his face.

Sir Steve has been out of the game too long for management but maybe useful for an advisory role to the clueless Thais on the board or a young manager, if he was interested.

[Gunny Fishcake]

Pepe Horseman you twat blocking the board with Sherwood crap

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/foo ... nt-manager

Fcuk you Gunny Fishcake, it was TBM. I was saying I don't want him.

Unreserved apologies

[Winston Smith]

Pepe Horseman you twat blocking the board with Sherwood crap

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/foo ... nt-manager

Fcuk you Gunny Fishcake, it was TBM. I was saying I don't want him.

Horseman you plum, stop looking at loads of pictures and videos of people dying!

[One8Seven1*]

Pearson the outstanding favourite with the bookies atm.

[Ian Royal]

Has to be someone out of a job as morally upstanding Reading fans would never want someone already in a managerial position at another club.

Get over yourself.

No one has a problem with someone taking a legitimate opportunity to speak to a club that's a clwar step up.

Your hypocracy is endless after you spent most of Adkins reign trying to hound him out.

[TBM]

If Tim Sherwood became Reading manager i would stop my support.

I reckon Brendan is worth a 2nd chance, give him a contract til the end of the season and tell him play offs is minimum, also he is not allowed to talk crap in interviews.

lol - so Sherwood would stop you supporting yet Brendan is your choice

[WoodleyRoyal]

Avram grant

[WoodleyRoyal]

If Tim Sherwood became Reading manager i would stop my support.

I reckon Brendan is worth a 2nd chance, give him a contract til the end of the season and tell him play offs is minimum, also he is not allowed to talk crap in interviews.

lol - so Sherwood would stop you supporting yet Brendan is your choice

[Upper West Ginger]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Stuart Pearce yet. Available, lives locally, reasonable record, particularly with England U21s.

[WoodleyRoyal]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Stuart Pearce yet. Available, lives locally, reasonable record, particularly with England U21s.

no one mentioned him because he is an awful manager

[BonBoh]

Nigel Pearson clearly gets the players onside and is a good motivator. He knows how to win this league. Not sure if his Premier League outing was a fluke or genius. His old side now top Premiership so it does suggest he can put a good squad together. His antics might be a problem but might also be a strength.

Brian McDermott was harshly treated at RFC. He knows how to do a good job with a mediocre side. His motivation and commitment are second to none. His tactics, however, are limited to 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 and I'm not sure if our current squad would suit his style. I would certainly favour Brian over any mercenary managers a la Clarke.

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

David Moyes was great at Everton as he built a solid side over a large number of years that effectively was able to challenge for a Europa League spot year in, year out. He won't get that time at Reading and Clarke has already built a side. His two failed management ventures since leaving Everton suggest he is not the right man for the Royals in this situation. Also, our track record with Scottish managers is not very good.

Steve Coppell is a thinking man, and he is not necessarily comfortable in a hostile environment like the current one at RFC. He has no connection to the current Thai owners (bar Nigel Howe and John Madejski) so why would they give him the rest of this season to sort out the team and then hand pick a team capable of getting promoted in 2016/17? It took Coppell a couple of seasons to build his record breaking squad back then, but I don't think he can repeat that again - nor will he be given the time to do it.

Out of all the above, I think Pearson would be the most refreshing and the most likely to be able to deal with the current squad. He would put a few rockets up players' backsides and inject a bit of much-needed fighting spirit.

[YateleyRoyal]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Stuart Pearce yet. Available, lives locally, reasonable record, particularly with England U21s.

no one mentioned him because he is an awful manager

Yeah pretty much this

[TBM]

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

Why do people keep saying this? - his record at Spurs was superb...

[Winston Smith]

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

Why do people keep saying this? - his record at Spurs was superb...

Prime example of why stats only give you half the story.

The football was abysmal to watch. The home fans were booing him before he got sacked and just 5 months earlier had been someone the fans held in very high esteem.

[sandman]

Nigel Pearson clearly gets the players onside and is a good motivator. He knows how to win this league. Not sure if his Premier League outing was a fluke or genius. His old side now top Premiership so it does suggest he can put a good squad together. His antics might be a problem but might also be a strength.

Brian McDermott was harshly treated at RFC. He knows how to do a good job with a mediocre side. His motivation and commitment are second to none. His tactics, however, are limited to 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 and I'm not sure if our current squad would suit his style. I would certainly favour Brian over any mercenary managers a la Clarke.

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

David Moyes was great at Everton as he built a solid side over a large number of years that effectively was able to challenge for a Europa League spot year in, year out. He won't get that time at Reading and Clarke has already built a side. His two failed management ventures since leaving Everton suggest he is not the right man for the Royals in this situation. Also, our track record with Scottish managers is not very good.

Steve Coppell is a thinking man, and he is not necessarily comfortable in a hostile environment like the current one at RFC. He has no connection to the current Thai owners (bar Nigel Howe and John Madejski) so why would they give him the rest of this season to sort out the team and then hand pick a team capable of getting promoted in 2016/17? It took Coppell a couple of seasons to build his record breaking squad back then, but I don't think he can repeat that again - nor will he be given the time to do it.

Out of all the above, I think Pearson would be the most refreshing and the most likely to be able to deal with the current squad. He would put a few rockets up players' backsides and inject a bit of much-needed fighting spirit.

Pearson has fallen out with several players, including physically assaulting them, due to his "antics". We also had a Leicester fan on here when the Clarke to Fulham was rumoured saying that he likes to dismantle squads and start again, we don't need that sort of upheaval again having had it in the summer. With the Thais seemingly having very little money of their own I doubt we could afford a new squad and paying off Leicester for Pearson's backroom staff.

[TBM]

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

Why do people keep saying this? - his record at Spurs was superb...

Prime example of why stats only give you half the story.

The football was abysmal to watch. The home fans were booing him before he got sacked and just 5 months earlier had been someone the fans held in very high esteem.

He got results though

And he saved Villa last season with a team worse than what they have this season

[moonwalklikebas]

There isn't a better manager available now than David Moyes, we would be very, very lucky to get him on board.

He has had failures, but what manager hasn't?

Ideal world would be either Moyes or Pearson but have a funny feeling Gus Poyet may be on the shortlist.

[TFF]

Tim Sherwood is inexperienced. He has shown very little in his two previous managerial positions in the Premier League to convince anyone that he would be a good choice to get a Championship side promoted.

Why do people keep saying this? - his record at Spurs was superb...

Good players win matches.

Villa record is more relevant.

[Winston Smith]

He got results though

And he saved Villa last season with a team worse than what they have this season

My understanding of his time at Spurs was 'beat the teams he should easily have beaten, lost to the teams that were challenging them for where they wanted to finish in the league, used odd formations and tactics, his team played mind numbingly bad football, fell out with players'.

I am no Spurs fan so may be wrong