Mark Bowen

[Pepe the Horseman]

No wonder we're fcuked when our head of football can barely string a sentence together.

[NathStPaul]

I quite enjoy everyone thinking he will be some sort of saviour. He has done the square root of fcuk all unless I am missing something.

[katweslowski]

No wonder we're fcuked when our head of football can barely string a sentence together.

I thought that too, I even doubted it but went on LinkedIn and his account is fairly well established in terms of age. Could still be fake I suppose.

Can just imagine him emailing Wilder:

To Chris,

Hope your well!?.. we would like yo u to be the next reading mananager... can u let us know asap possible if your intersted and we can get conracts written up

Thanks you
#UpTheRoyals

[genome]

He types a bit like DD.....

[NathStPaul]

[morganb]

No wonder we're fcuked when our head of football can barely string a sentence together.

I thought that too, I even doubted it but went on LinkedIn and his account is fairly well established in terms of age. Could still be fake I suppose.

Can just imagine him emailing Wilder:

To Chris,

Hope your well!?.. we would like yo u to be the next reading mananager... can u let us know asap possible if your intersted and we can get conracts written up

Thanks you
#UpTheRoyals

Football-related people often can't do grammar like Mr Andy Carroll Proved To Us A Couple Of Months Ago

[Elm Park Kid]

Daily Mail are now reporting that we're after Ruben Selles . . . . . .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... nager.html

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Wilder not necessarily dead in the water....Tommy Burns turned us down to start with....

[WestYorksRoyal]

In all seriousness, Bowen seems like a genuine, decent guy which is why I trust him more. However, I question his judge of character given he still hasn't told Dai to f*ck off.

[Snowflake Royal]

In all seriousness, Bowen seems like a genuine, decent guy which is why I trust him more. However, I question his judge of character given he still hasn't told Dai to f*ck off.

Coming back was a sign of very questionable judgement.

[Sutekh]

Wilder not necessarily dead in the water....Tommy Burns turned us down to start with....

No, Reading might try again in March after sacking Selles.

[Forbury Lion]

Wilder not necessarily dead in the water....Tommy Burns turned us down to start with....

No, Reading might try again in March after sacking Selles.

for Tommy Burns? - Bit late for that.

[Lower West]

In all seriousness, Bowen seems like a genuine, decent guy which is why I trust him more. However, I question his judge of character given he still hasn't told Dai to f*ck off.

Bet you wouldn't talk to your paymaster like that. Self always comes first.

[WestYorksRoyal]

In all seriousness, Bowen seems like a genuine, decent guy which is why I trust him more. However, I question his judge of character given he still hasn't told Dai to f*ck off.

Bet you wouldn't talk to your paymaster like that. Self always comes first.

Bowen has a lot of experience in football. He could easily get another decent job if he has enough.

[Lower West]

In all seriousness, Bowen seems like a genuine, decent guy which is why I trust him more. However, I question his judge of character given he still hasn't told Dai to f*ck off.

Bet you wouldn't talk to your paymaster like that. Self always comes first.

Bowen has a lot of experience in football. He could easily get another decent job if he has enough.

Acting and behaving in a professional manner is an important trait. Whatever the circumstances you working under.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Bet you wouldn't talk to your paymaster like that. Self always comes first.

Bowen has a lot of experience in football. He could easily get another decent job if he has enough.

Acting and behaving in a professional manner is an important trait. Whatever the circumstances you working under.

Maybe I wouldn’t use those exact words. But he came back after the 2020 debacle and the Pauno appointment, and he's still here now. I would not stick with such a toxic workplace if I knew I could get a decent role elsewhere.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Bowen has a lot of experience in football. He could easily get another decent job if he has enough.

Acting and behaving in a professional manner is an important trait. Whatever the circumstances you working under.

Maybe I wouldn’t use those exact words. But he came back after the 2020 debacle and the Pauno appointment, and he's still here now. I would not stick with such a toxic workplace if I knew I could get a decent role elsewhere.

Maybe he's part of the problem.

[ReadingGlasses]

The club is a total shambles at the moment, but I can get why it may be appealing to Bowen.

Dai has oxf*rd up big time, and there's a chance he may realise that. The appointment of Bowen, and some of the other backroom staff, suggests that the new approach would be for the Dai and Pang to step back a bit and for Bowen and the rest of his team to be running things.

While there's big problems now, if the club can turn things around then it would leave Bowen in a decent position. He'd be effectively running the footballing side of a club while a rich and distant owner funds it all. A boss who stays out of the way and lets you get on with things would appeal to a lot of people! On top of that, the club has potential: a decent stadium, good training facilities, an academy with the potential to return to the top category etc.

If things to get better then Bowen gets a chance at turning the club in to a success. And if it doesn't get better then nobody will blame him. If anything, he may come out of this looking better for having tried his best in the face of significant challenges. If I were him then I might be tempted to stick around for this season and see how things go.

[On Strings]

The club is a total shambles at the moment, but I can get why it may be appealing to Bowen.

Dai has oxf*rd up big time, and there's a chance he may realise that. The appointment of Bowen, and some of the other backroom staff, suggests that the new approach would be for the Dai and Pang to step back a bit and for Bowen and the rest of his team to be running things.

While there's big problems now, if the club can turn things around then it would leave Bowen in a decent position. He'd be effectively running the footballing side of a club while a rich and distant owner funds it all. A boss who stays out of the way and lets you get on with things would appeal to a lot of people! On top of that, the club has potential: a decent stadium, good training facilities, an academy with the potential to return to the top category etc.

If things to get better then Bowen gets a chance at turning the club in to a success. And if it doesn't get better then nobody will blame him. If anything, he may come out of this looking better for having tried his best in the face of significant challenges. If I were him then I might be tempted to stick around for this season and see how things go.

Dai doesn't realise his mistakes, let alone learn from them. Two clubs have already gone to the wall under his incompetant ownership, and Reading Football Club are on a frigheningly similar path.

[Forbury Lion]

Bowen is onto a winner in terms of his career and future employment prospects.
If he turns things around he gets alot of credit, If not well it's understandable given the situation the owners put him in
He's demonstrating that he's loyal and isn't a quitter
On top of all that, he's also getting paid.

Could only see him quitting if the shit show was going to reflect badly on his career and employment prospects.