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elrey I don't know this guy, so I can't really criticize him, just hope if he's appointed that he's good.

You are Dai Yongge AICMFP.

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The question remains though - what exactly would a new owner be buying? A club that has no fixed assets, that's well in excess of £100 million in debt, commited to paying around £1 million in rent each year for the stadium. There's no reason a buyer for the club wouldn’t also buy the stadium and tr...

People I think are mis-reading the situation here. If Selles comes in this week (or soon) it will be as Head Coach not as Manager. To me at least, it seems as though the set up we are looking for is Bowen & Carey have responsability for recruitment - working with Dublin or whoever his replaceme...

Surely there must be some Championship clubs they can pick on? I trust the Football League a million times more than our owners..... A million times zero =? Both culpable in my view. Why? The Football League has rules that are designed to stop this sort of thing happening to the best of their abili...

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elrey

morganb https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/15/an-update-from-the-ceo/

Says nothing.

Did you get lost? this isn`t twitter.

So, you reply with a twitter post.

Pepe the Horseman Surely there must be some Championship clubs they can pick on?

I trust the Football League a million times more than our owners.....

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/15/an-update-from-the-ceo/ I would personally like to thank all our supporters for their patience last season and throughout the summer so far. Mr Dai personally attended both home and away matches on many occasions last season and, as a supporter of this ...

The official response is "fishcakes"

Yes agreed wholeheartedly but they weren’t unknown. But were as managers. When Neville went to Valencia, who knew what they'd get? Rooney, Lampard and Gerrard have had some success just not pulled up trees overly either. "some success" being, none really. Gerrard was at Rangers and did ok...

Yes agreed wholeheartedly but they weren’t unknown. But were as managers. When Neville went to Valencia, who knew what they'd get? Oh, I think we knew what they'd get. But you don't. With hindsight it's easy, but at the time, who knew if he'd become the next best thing or not. Zidane... who'd think...

Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, some of the best players of their generation, not very good managers. Ditto:- Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles ,Gary Neville etc., etc. There is no set blue print for the ideal manager. Yes agreed wholeheartedly but they weren’t unknown. But wer...

This is it, if you have someone like a Ferguson or Klopp or Guardiola recommending an unknown then you take notice. When it's johnny agent then you should take it with a pinch of salt. How highly regarded was Paul Clement? https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/search.php?keywords=clement+highly+regarded&...

Steve Coppell, Charlie Hurley, being obvious exceptions to that rule…obvs? There are those who make it, how many of the current crop of Champions League winners won the Champions League as players? Guardiola, Anchelloti https://www.sportingnews.com/in/soccer/news/who-won-champions-league-player-man...

yeah the unknown Scottish League, European Cup Winners cup, Supercup winner and Scottish PFA player of the year . Who was recommended to the chairman by his ex boss the unknown Alex Ferguson. He had NO MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE.... sigh. He was an UNKNOWN ENTITY as a MANAGER. This is it, if you have so...

yeah the unknown Scottish League, European Cup Winners cup, Supercup winner and Scottish PFA player of the year . Who was recommended to the chairman by his ex boss the unknown Alex Ferguson. He had NO MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE.... sigh. He was an UNKNOWN ENTITY as a MANAGER. So a very well known and d...

Well, the first games I saw at Elm Park were with Porterfield as manager, and it was a load of rubbish. Madejski was new to the club, and he hired a complete unknown. yeah the unknown Scottish League, European Cup Winners cup, Supercup winner and Scottish PFA player of the year . Who was recommende...

If he had no connection to Reading and someone was suggesting a manager who had only managed in Vietnam and Africa, there would be outrage, the likes of which have never been seen before. The fact he used to play for us, should not mean that his managerial history is ignored. I've met DK a few time...

Ok great, just because it worked once 30 years ago, it should work now. I was only 2 when McGhee was hired, so wasn't around much football chat, can anyone convey the mood around the club when he was hired? Was his appointment met with derision? Also the football club was in a much, much better pos...

Very much this - if the above record was held by say erstwhile former Plymouth striker Kevin Nugent and someone suggested him based on his record in Vietnam, Kenya and South Africa then the pelters he would get... Kerr clearly has something about him as a coach and/or manager but is he the sort of ...

If he had no connection to Reading and someone was suggesting a manager who had only managed in Vietnam and Africa, there would be outrage, the likes of which have never been seen before. The fact he used to play for us, should not mean that his managerial history is ignored. I've met DK a few time...