Richardson out

[hughsies no.1]

Think a reality check is needed.

He’s not getting sacked.
He’s not going to walk.

Couhig has made it clear we need stability (and he’s not wrong).

Us fans just need to suck it up and get on with it unfortunately - he isn’t going anywhere.

Plenty of “I won’t renew if he’s there” / “I won’t go to a game whilst he’s in charge” - but likelihood is 80% of those saying that will end up going.

AND if we end up winning the first 3 league games I’m sure the tide will turn, but similarly if we lose the first 3 it will be utterly toxic.

[morganb]

1 Entertaining football + winning = people definitely go

2 Entertaining football + losing = people probably go

3 Dull football + winning = people probably go

4 Dull football + losing = people probably won't go

People want 1
People can put up with 2 and 3
People don't want 4

Richardson started at 3 and ended up at 4

We wanted/want Richardson to start at 3 and end up at 1

There is no evidence based on his time at Reading and elsewhere that he can do Entertaining.

He has done Winning but not for a while. Has football moved on and he's stood still or was he just lucky?

[Marcel]

Think a reality check is needed.

He’s not getting sacked.
He’s not going to walk.

Couhig has made it clear we need stability (and he’s not wrong).

Us fans just need to suck it up and get on with it unfortunately - he isn’t going anywhere.

Plenty of “I won’t renew if he’s there” / “I won’t go to a game whilst he’s in charge” - but likelihood is 80% of those saying that will end up going.

AND if we end up winning the first 3 league games I’m sure the tide will turn, but similarly if we lose the first 3 it will be utterly toxic.

As has been mentioned before Richardson only got the job because he is Jacobson’s mate.
That’s no way to recruit a new manager of a football league club.
The club is not going anywhere with these clowns in charge.

[RoyalBlue]

1 Entertaining football + winning = people definitely go

2 Entertaining football + losing = people probably go

3 Dull football + winning = people probably go

4 Dull football + losing = people probably won't go

People want 1
People can put up with 2 and 3
People don't want 4

Richardson started at 3 and ended up at 4

We wanted/want Richardson to start at 3 and end up at 1

There is no evidence based on his time at Reading and elsewhere that he can do Entertaining.

He has done Winning but not for a while. Has football moved on and he's stood still or was he just lucky?

Another great English Football 101 that needs to be highlighted to the owners.

[Sutekh]

Going by the one window and the general upturn in results he is fine as manager at the moment. A second window, together with an organised planned pre-season, should hopefully give him the necessary parts he needs to get the club into being a more consistent and promotion challenging outfit.

Therefore we now stand around muttering in the shadows and hoping. By October we should know whether we’ve just been whining about nowt or t’whether there really be trouble at mill.

[RoyalBlue]

Going by the one window and the general upturn in results he is fine as manager at the moment. A second window, together with an organised planned pre-season, should hopefully give him the necessary parts he needs to get the club into being a more consistent and promotion challenging outfit.

Therefore we now stand around muttering in the shadows and hoping. By October we should know whether we’ve just been whining about nowt or t’whether there really be trouble at mill.

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Which the same could be said for any of his replacements.

Is it factual that LR went against the advice of his biffs team?…genuine question

[Pepe the Horseman]

1 Entertaining football + winning = people definitely go

2 Entertaining football + losing = people probably go

3 Dull football + winning = people probably go

4 Dull football + losing = people probably won't go

People want 1
People can put up with 2 and 3
People don't want 4

Richardson started at 3 and ended up at 4

We wanted/want Richardson to start at 3 and end up at 1

There is no evidence based on his time at Reading and elsewhere that he can do Entertaining.

He has done Winning but not for a while. Has football moved on and he's stood still or was he just lucky?

Good post. If he'd even attempted positive football in one of his previous roles then more people might be willing to wait and see. But there's nothing to suggest this gets any better.

[Sutekh]

Going by the one window and the general upturn in results he is fine as manager at the moment. A second window, together with an organised planned pre-season, should hopefully give him the necessary parts he needs to get the club into being a more consistent and promotion challenging outfit.

Therefore we now stand around muttering in the shadows and hoping. By October we should know whether we’ve just been whining about nowt or t’whether there really be trouble at mill.

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

Quite! But the point is that the team is still a work in progress which Leam has said several times is 3/4 windows work, he needs the parts that will make things work and it would appear that Rob and Todd both agree at this particular time and so are happy to let him have some more time, including another window, to see what happens.

Having put Leam in I don’t think the owners are going to suddenly dump him in less than a year, they think they’ve made the right shout and are willing to see how it plays out and it’s all their investment & money at the end of the day.

I imagine that they’d see the general upturn in points collecting as a step in the right direction, yes the performances generally stink but I would presume they see that as being just a small part of the initial journey so unless fans are at the ground demonstrating and/or no one’s buying any subscriptions I can’t see their approach changing, so we will all have to make the best of things for a while.

At least we’ve still got a club where we can be calling for managerial change.

[Marcel]

Going by the one window and the general upturn in results he is fine as manager at the moment. A second window, together with an organised planned pre-season, should hopefully give him the necessary parts he needs to get the club into being a more consistent and promotion challenging outfit.

Therefore we now stand around muttering in the shadows and hoping. By October we should know whether we’ve just been whining about nowt or t’whether there really be trouble at mill.

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

Quite! But the point is that the team is still a work in progress which Leam has said several times is 3/4 windows work, he needs the parts that will make things work and it would appear that Rob and Todd both agree at this particular time and so are happy to let him have some more time, including another window, to see what happens.

Having put Leam in I don’t think the owners are going to suddenly dump him in less than a year, they think they’ve made the right shout and are willing to see how it plays out and it’s all their investment & money at the end of the day.

I imagine that they’d see the general upturn in points collecting as a step in the right direction, yes the performances generally stink but I would presume they see that as being just a small part of the initial journey so unless fans are at the ground demonstrating and/or no one’s buying any subscriptions I can’t see their approach changing, so we will all have to make the best of things for a while.

At least we’ve still got a club where we can be calling for managerial change.

[Marcel]

Going by the one window and the general upturn in results he is fine as manager at the moment. A second window, together with an organised planned pre-season, should hopefully give him the necessary parts he needs to get the club into being a more consistent and promotion challenging outfit.

Therefore we now stand around muttering in the shadows and hoping. By October we should know whether we’ve just been whining about nowt or t’whether there really be trouble at mill.

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

Quite! But the point is that the team is still a work in progress which Leam has said several times is 3/4 windows work, he needs the parts that will make things work and it would appear that Rob and Todd both agree at this particular time and so are happy to let him have some more time, including another window, to see what happens.

Having put Leam in I don’t think the owners are going to suddenly dump him in less than a year, they think they’ve made the right shout and are willing to see how it plays out and it’s all their investment & money at the end of the day.

I imagine that they’d see the general upturn in points collecting as a step in the right direction, yes the performances generally stink but I would presume they see that as being just a small part of the initial journey so unless fans are at the ground demonstrating and/or no one’s buying any subscriptions I can’t see their approach changing, so we will all have to make the best of things for a while.

At least we’ve still got a club where we can be calling for managerial change.

Sounds like there are a few on here as deluded as Richardson.
I expect they are also fooled by his constant excuse that it’s a work in progress.
In the last few weeks the team has regressed.
If the owners believe his spin then they are more gullible than I thought. They shouldn’t trust him with another penny of their money

[linkenholtroyal]

Sorry Brogue etc

But I think we need to give him this window. He inherited a thrown together squad that was put together late due to the sale of the club. The same reason I felt Hunt was treated poorly. The signing in the winter window of Ward was good and Lisbie if it had got over the line would have been good aswell.
The loans were to fill gaps and none of the winter loans were particularly I think the choice of the manager or owner but they were working in a pretty stagnant market where not a lot was happening and you should not be building your squad half way through a season.

With this in mind I hope the plan is better this summer, we can raid the free agent market for the best earlier on and pay for the talent we want. Get the right players in the right positions and build a squad rather than a thrown together pile of misfits at the last minute and get rid of the players who don’t want to be here, rather than keeping them here because we have to.

Then if we are still no better by October /November roll the dice then. But give whoever is next a squad to work with and Leam a chance to build a team.

[mikey_1871]

Think a reality check is needed.

He’s not getting sacked.
He’s not going to walk.

Couhig has made it clear we need stability (and he’s not wrong).

Us fans just need to suck it up and get on with it unfortunately - he isn’t going anywhere.

Plenty of “I won’t renew if he’s there” / “I won’t go to a game whilst he’s in charge” - but likelihood is 80% of those saying that will end up going.

AND if we end up winning the first 3 league games I’m sure the tide will turn, but similarly if we lose the first 3 it will be utterly toxic.

As has been mentioned before Richardson only got the job because he is Jacobson’s mate.
That’s no way to recruit a new manager of a football league club.
The club is not going anywhere with these clowns in charge.

Nice bit of speculation being presented as fact there

[AthleticoSpizz]

‘Marcel’ reads like Brogues sleeper account
Anyways oxf*rd off ahem newbie

[RoyalBlue]

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

Quite! But the point is that the team is still a work in progress which Leam has said several times is 3/4 windows work, he needs the parts that will make things work and it would appear that Rob and Todd both agree at this particular time and so are happy to let him have some more time, including another window, to see what happens.

Having put Leam in I don’t think the owners are going to suddenly dump him in less than a year, they think they’ve made the right shout and are willing to see how it plays out and it’s all their investment & money at the end of the day.

I imagine that they’d see the general upturn in points collecting as a step in the right direction, yes the performances generally stink but I would presume they see that as being just a small part of the initial journey so unless fans are at the ground demonstrating and/or no one’s buying any subscriptions I can’t see their approach changing, so we will all have to make the best of things for a while.

At least we’ve still got a club where we can be calling for managerial change.

I'm sorry but that last statement really grates with me. Talk about lack of ambition.

Why should the bar be set that low for the owners and manager? For how many years are we going to run with that line?

[stealthpapes]

If the negligence of the last few years does have an effect post-Dai, can we at least at least acknowledge it’s going to have the biggest impact in this very first season?

[stealthpapes]

Which the same could be said for any of his replacements.

Is it factual that LR went against the advice of his biffs team?…genuine question

Yes with a but, no with an if.

[Sutekh]

An upturn in results, never really matched by performances, followed by both dropping off a cliff during the critical closing stages of the season. And injuries should not be his get out of jail card, given the way he risked playing some players who were carrying injuries and rushed others back, seemingly against the better judgement of the medics/physios, even when in reality there was nothing left to play for.

By October we might well have wasted another transfer window by recruiting his preferred type of 'player' and be well on the way to having wasted another season in League 1.

Quite! But the point is that the team is still a work in progress which Leam has said several times is 3/4 windows work, he needs the parts that will make things work and it would appear that Rob and Todd both agree at this particular time and so are happy to let him have some more time, including another window, to see what happens.

Having put Leam in I don’t think the owners are going to suddenly dump him in less than a year, they think they’ve made the right shout and are willing to see how it plays out and it’s all their investment & money at the end of the day.

I imagine that they’d see the general upturn in points collecting as a step in the right direction, yes the performances generally stink but I would presume they see that as being just a small part of the initial journey so unless fans are at the ground demonstrating and/or no one’s buying any subscriptions I can’t see their approach changing, so we will all have to make the best of things for a while.

At least we’ve still got a club where we can be calling for managerial change.

Sounds like there are a few on here as deluded as Richardson.
I expect they are also fooled by his constant excuse that it’s a work in progress.
In the last few weeks the team has regressed.
If the owners believe his spin then they are more gullible than I thought. They shouldn’t trust him with another penny of their money

It’s obviously a work in progress, the team was hardly much cop before he arrived and the squad is without pace in key areas and depth overall so needs work still. Financial restrictions mean the club can’t just go out and buy a heap of PL and Championship level cast offs in one go, so they have to work slowly with whatever comes to hand and build things up.

I understand the grim issue with the unacceptable cr@p performances but it’s the owners we need to be persuading and if they’re determined to carry on then that’s that. Just continually sacking one useless numpty and replacing them with another is what got the club where it is today and I really would rather that clueless stupidity stopped while there’s still a small chance LR might be able to get it right.

[Gunny Fishcake]

In my opinion it's not about the results the reason the fans have turned on him , mid table finish is about right .....it's the turgid boring dogshite football he coaches and gets his team to play that causes so much discontent .....I think most would agree it's the most boring negative uninspiring football we've seen for many many years....somebody will come up with another period.....but that's the crux of it for me

[Uke]

For how many years are we going to run with that line?

As long as clubs have financial struggles, otherwise it smacks of the worst type of “it could never happen to us” arrogance and entitlement.

When it literally almost happened to us (at least four times)