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Sadly we didn't recruit him and, whilst I don't hate Clement, I honestly don't think he is going to proved to have that sort of Midas touch.
But anyway thank f*ck for a penalty - did we transfer McShane to Villa?!
He doesn't need to have a midas touch, you drama queen. He just needs to stabilise us and refresh the squad so it's no longer bloated with overpaid mediocrity. He's probably not going to be the manager to get us competing at the top of the table, but then nor is anyone else coming in whilst we're an absolute shambles. It is not get promotion or abject failure.
You love to dish the abuse rather than debate things don't you! Perhaps your own arguments are somewhat lacking in strength and you feel you need to beef them up with some insults.
I didn't raise the (incorrect) Ferguson example. I was responding to the suggestion/justification that keeping Clement might result in him building a similar dynasty. That would require something of a Midas touch, as you yourself appear to suggest given your own, probably over dramatic, assessment of the current state of the club and squad.
As for having the ability to stabilise us, the jury is still out and awaiting further evidence.
Wow. Talk about touchy. You get upset about being called a drama queen and think it's abuse? Get a grip.
Do I need to remind you that you were the one questioning his performance a stupendous 5 league games into the season, and suggesting that he should be sacked soon and was failing? And thinks constant managerial change is good?
RoyalBlue Just how long does he need/expect to be given to improve things?!"
RoyalBlue Constant managerial changes are necessary if you keep selecting duff candidates. Improvements so far since he's joined have been?
Any objective look at the situation can see clear improvements in performance, if not necessarily results, yet. Although again I'd point out that we lost the first three games and have just got two points out of two difficult away fixtures, one of which would have brought us the full three if it weren't for actions of one individual player. Or do you think it's Clement's fault that McShane lost his mind and committed the cardinal sin of lunging to ground inside the box for no good reason twice?
Our performance against Derby garnered a great deal of praise, we lost that unjustly thanks to a goalkeeping individual error and switching off with an absolute peach of a cross. Forest wasn't bad either. We are no longer pissing about with it at the back. We've gone more direct. The defence is tighter. He brought in strikers. He had a clear managerial plan with his signings, looking for experience and character. He's dropped players who've failed to perform.
Of course we're in a difficult place still, his decisions haven't been perfect. But if you can't even give him 10 games to see how his new signings bed in before running out of patience, it's you that has a bit of an issue.
No one suggested keeping Clement would see him building a similar dynasty to Ferguson. They merely pointed out that ditching a manager just because things don't always go well at the start means you miss out on the opportunity for them to do good things. The way you're talking, if you were in charge, Reading would never have made the Premier League, because you'd have sacked Coppell when he lost three games 3-0 over the winter period, and McDermott when we lost four of our first six league games (plus our first cup match).
Why you expect managers to just wave magic wands to fix deep seated and long running issues is beyond me. Sack Clement and it changes nothing. The club still has the same financial pressures - worse even because we'd have to compensate him. We still have the same owners, the same players, the same non-footballing management personnel, many of the same coaches.
We just picked up a good point. Live a little. Enjoy it. Go release your steam ranting to your family about Madejski.