Forbury Lion McDermott Championship winning season - No matter the score, you always thought we had a chance of getting something from the game before the final whistle (mostly thanks to supersub Le Fondre)
Current team - No matter the score, you are never confident that we will get anything from the game before the final whistle (mostly thanks to our defence switching off and conceding a soft goal).
The manager, In my opinion needs to focus the players on 3 things 1. Defence, 2. Defence, 3. Defence - Get that right and then we can look at what's wrong elsewhere as there is no point scoring a goal if your going to let two in, you may as well shut up shop and get a point. It's the way Pardew turned things around, starting at the back.
I agree. But the problem we have is that what was being served up by McDermott's team was deemed unacceptable to the Reading support as a whole. They were booed, jeered and in what turned out to be his last game they were even laughed at. Playing with passion and losing wasn't good enough for us.
In my mind, that is when it changed. It don't necessarily think this is a Reading problem. its a culture thing. Your modern day, media indoctrinated supporters if you like. It probably would have happened at a lot of other clubs.