The love for McDermott

[Sir Dodger Royal]

All this love for B Mc. SDR always thought the RTGs were Gay boyssssssss

Where is Hampshire Royal these days? Still singing from the pulpit?

Let's have a song for Sir Dodger Royal. Big Pizza for the best oneeeeeeeeee

[Muskrat]

My realistic choice is Ferguson. He has had 2 successful promotions, on a very limited budget. Seems to be able to get the best out of players.
He left Peterborough after Chairman believed his head had been turned.

He is the standout realistic target.

McDermott is such a cheap option and so unproven. Would be an absolute farce to give it to him.

FAIL.

You couldn't have got that more wrong if you'd written a dissertation on it. All Ferguson would do if he arrived here would be to demand a massive war chest for transfers to buy success just like his joke of a father.

I'm liking McDermott's straight talking style and no nonsense approach to the game of getting on the front foot and getting crosses and shots in. BM knows football and he'll do well for us.

[Jimmy the Tree]

[Arch]

My realistic choice is Ferguson. He has had 2 successful promotions, on a very limited budget. Seems to be able to get the best out of players.
He left Peterborough after Chairman believed his head had been turned.

He is the standout realistic target.

McDermott is such a cheap option and so unproven. Would be an absolute farce to give it to him.

FAIL.

You couldn't have got that more wrong if you'd written a dissertation on it. All Ferguson would do if he arrived here would be to demand a massive war chest for transfers to buy success just like his joke of a father.

I'm liking McDermott's straight talking style and no nonsense approach to the game of getting on the front foot and getting crosses and shots in. BM knows football and he'll do well for us.

^^^

[FiNeRaIn]

FAIL.

You couldn't have got that more wrong if you'd written a dissertation on it. All Ferguson would do if he arrived here would be to demand a massive war chest for transfers to buy success just like his joke of a father.

I'm liking McDermott's straight talking style and no nonsense approach to the game of getting on the front foot and getting crosses and shots in. BM knows football and he'll do well for us.

There's always a Christmas moron on every forum, what on earth do you base any of that on?

Mcdermott has had one game, which followed rodgers pattern of being the better side and failing to take chances. Nothings changed.

Ferguson has taken peterbrough up two divisions with fvck in his warchest and his " joke of a father" is one of, if not the most successful British managers ever. Infact you could dedicate an entire forum to his honours with both Aberdeen and united.

Go study how the game of football actually works...and take Arch with you.

The Irony of calling him " Fail", when you make a post as bad as that.

[Very near...far away]

Back to the days of boring boring Arsenal - we will never let in another goal as long as he's manager.

[Muskrat]

FAIL.

You couldn't have got that more wrong if you'd written a dissertation on it. All Ferguson would do if he arrived here would be to demand a massive war chest for transfers to buy success just like his joke of a father.

I'm liking McDermott's straight talking style and no nonsense approach to the game of getting on the front foot and getting crosses and shots in. BM knows football and he'll do well for us.

There's always a Christmas moron on every forum, what on earth do you base any of that on?

Mcdermott has had one game, which followed rodgers pattern of being the better side and failing to take chances. Nothings changed.

Ferguson has taken peterbrough up two divisions with fvck in his warchest and his " joke of a father" is one of, if not the most successful British managers ever. Infact you could dedicate an entire forum to his honours with both Aberdeen and united.

Go study how the game of football actually works...and take Arch with you.

The Irony of calling him " Fail", when you make a post as bad as that.

Absolute LOL. "F*ck all in his warchest" - Oh yeah, apart from these:

Joe Lewis - £500K
Ryan Bennett - £500K
Gabrial Zakuani - £375K
George Boyd - £260K
Tommy Rowe - £225K
Toumani Diagouraga - £200K
Lee Frecklington - £175K
Domonic Green - £175K
Aaron McLean - £150K
Sergio Torres - £150K
Craig Mackail-Smith - £125K

Total £2.835 million. And don't forget that they also had a £1m bid for Izale McLeod rejected by MK Dons.

And that's just to escape from the lower divisions...

If anybody thinks that Darren Ferguson is the answer to our problems then they are deluded beyond redemption.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

OUT OUT OUT

[floyd__streete]

Credit to McDermott for yesterday. When I heard that Karacan and Cisse were lining up together in the middle of the park I was somewhat underwhelmed initially, but the plan to stifle the midfield worked a treat as we were never going to be able to out-pass Liverpool; Karacan was man of the match for me. Also I felt that Rasiak with withdrawn at the right time so as Long could be introduced to run and chase in the final stages.

McDermott has hardly been lucky this far - two penalties conceded in his 4 games in charge, one of which was the softest award you will ever see and the other was mindlessly conceded by Ingimarsson, and then yesterday against one of the best sides in the country his first choice 'keeper limps off. If he gets the team playing like yesterday more often then we have half a chance of staying up this season.

[PEARCEY]

Credit to McDermott for yesterday. When I heard that Karacan and Cisse were lining up together in the middle of the park I was somewhat underwhelmed initially, but the plan to stifle the midfield worked a treat as we were never going to be able to out-pass Liverpool; Karacan was man of the match for me. Also I felt that Rasiak with withdrawn at the right time so as Long could be introduced to run and chase in the final stages.

McDermott has hardly been lucky this far - two penalties conceded in his 4 games in charge, one of which was the softest award you will ever see and the other was mindlessly conceded by Ingimarsson, and then yesterday against one of the best sides in the country his first choice 'keeper limps off. If he gets the team playing like yesterday more often then we have half a chance of staying up this season.

Agree with all of that. They have to keep playing like that as we have games coming up against teams full of confidence who will be much more up for it than Liverpool were last night.

[Terminal Boardom]

Where BM scores over that retard Bodgers is in his post match interviews. Sounds a lot more considered and thoughtful. Would be much happier if we started winning games at home though.

[Sarah Star]

Credit to McDermott for yesterday. When I heard that Karacan and Cisse were lining up together in the middle of the park I was somewhat underwhelmed initially, but the plan to stifle the midfield worked a treat as we were never going to be able to out-pass Liverpool; Karacan was man of the match for me. Also I felt that Rasiak with withdrawn at the right time so as Long could be introduced to run and chase in the final stages.

McDermott has hardly been lucky this far - two penalties conceded in his 4 games in charge, one of which was the softest award you will ever see and the other was mindlessly conceded by Ingimarsson, and then yesterday against one of the best sides in the country his first choice 'keeper limps off. If he gets the team playing like yesterday more often then we have half a chance of staying up this season.

Agree with all of that. They have to keep playing like that as we have games coming up against teams full of confidence who will be much more up for it than Liverpool were last night.

Bodes well for Newcastle next match though - if they can keep it up!

I'm really looking forward to it now.

[RFCMod]

As much as I love this club and want Mcdermott to do well, the paramount decison over who is the eventual manager willl come down to money, and with average results, that look to be keeping us in the Campionship then he will get he nod.

The only way I see us taking part in the January window is with playes being sold on, Sigs and Marek being the obvious ones.

It is such a pity that after the last few years success, that we have sunk to the bottom of Madejski's priorities and are the noose around his neck.

If anything, the spouting he has come out with since the Brizzle game suggests this, quit amusingly the last few "back from the game" reports have regularly said that we had had a lot ofthe play but couldn't put the ball in the net, seems not a lot different last Saturday.

If we sell Sig then Madejski and Hammond should be lynched.

I can see us getting rid of Marek, and frankly I don't care that much about him. Mooney too. Maybe pick up a few quid of Ivar, but I doubt he'll leave in January. Hope we shift Long.

Hammond should be sacked anyway - he shortlisted Rodgers (in effect he said Rodgers is the man-given the football naivety on the board)

He sanctioned £2m purchase of Mills

He sanctioned the purchases of Halford,Fae and many other failures...hes a paper pusher and adds no value to the footballing side of the things

As it goes I'd rather see Mills starting at the back
He did well yesterday and started showing some of his quality,was getting back and clearing up loose balls quickly and effieciently
Mills and Pearce as future centre backs will do me fine

[Ian Royal]

I have a confidence in BMcD that when he picks a specific team with a plan to stop the opposition he actually knows what he is doing, and it usually works fairly well. Even if I don't necessarily agree.

There is a clear plan behind McDermott's teams. I didn't see that with Rodgers at all.

[facaldaqui]

Agreed. I feel McDermott has been a bit conservative--I can understand why, though. He could have just swept Rodgers's team aside and brought in his own choices, but that would have been risky. If it failed, he'd be throwing away his chance of getting the job. But also, it would create resentment in the squad. What he's done instead is to make his changes when the opportunity arose, which is a very Coppellian thing to do.

What we need is more grafters and consistent performers in the team, as appropriate to a relegation struggle. For this reason, I would not use Matejovsky and Kebe unless I had to, maybe just in the later parts of games. We saw last night that with Karacan in the team, the workrate shot up, and with Mills, the quality of distribution from defence. You get both also with Gunnarsson and Tabb, though I wish we'd get a right back in the window. Whether McDermott ends up manager or someone else, we need to continue this process of weaning the luxury players out of the first team--at least for this season.

[papereyes]

Given that he's got a half-decent strike on him, why not get Marek some gametime playing as a second striker?

In terms of centre-mid, it has to be Karacan and someone else combative (although I'd prefer someone who can trap a ball to Cisse).

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

I think Sigurdson is our best number 10.

Has all the attributes.

We just need a left winger.

[Wycombe Royal]

Where BM scores over that retard Bodgers is in his post match interviews. Sounds a lot more considered and thoughtful. Would be much happier if we started winning games at home though.

It's just a shame that we don't get points awarded for giving a good interview.

[Ian Royal]

I think Sigurdson is our best number 10.

Has all the attributes.

We just need a left winger.

That's not a bad shout! Although he could do with more composure and assurance in the box.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

I do thinking signing a left winger would be like making 2.

Gylfi has looked very good playing on the left, but he will be so much better in the middle.

I think he will grow with responsibility....