Interesting article about Rodgers by Mick Gooding

[brendywendy]

is mr mad going to shell out for new players for new manager?
if not i struggle to see who will be interested in taking us on - we are currently a nutjob club

[wolsey]

This is what I said on the BR thread last night before Platypuss deleted it.

Seems a bit daft to get rid of BR when consolidation this season was the only realistic goal There is no way Reading were ever going to get Promotion with a squad thrown together in 5 mins.

JM is a mentalist if he thought we would have any chance of finishing anywhere above mid-table.

Derrrrrrrrrrrr. We are failing to consolidate - so its perfectly sensible to get rid, be decisive and move on. Bad appointment - but well done for admitting mistake and taking action.

You are me AICMFP

[woodley_royal_124]

Blue_Elm said

Its because of the chairman we're in this mess

I am disinclined to agree with you. We all want a scapegoat or something to blame for what went wrong ! Mr madejski is a business man and he is here to make money out of this club, primarily to pay off the clubs debts, like the huge bank overdraft that the club had to repay in the summer......remember ? Its a fact of life with business in this economic climate that people want to pursue debts due and why shouldn't they. The banks wanted to call in an overdraft, Mr madejski refused to bankroll it himself. Yes, He had to sell players to finance the repayment but at the end of the day, why not ? He's a business man and Reading FC will get over it !

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Too be honest I've always thought Gooding was still bitter over getting sacked.

He laid into JM a few years back for failing to come up with the cash for Neill Lennon. When the truth was we matched Leicester's bid and Gradi said there no way he's going to Reading.

So I think that sheds some light on the tone of Geordie's words.

[RobRoyal]

RoyalBlue, are you Royalee's fcukbuddy?

You're a class act.

[Arch]

"Brendan will be bitterly disappointed. I know that Brendan has asked for certain things and not been given them.

"If you appoint a manager you need to back your manager. You need to back him 100% or change - and they have not backed him."

They did back him, he failed, and now they're not willing to back him anymore.

[Terminal Boardom]

So what happens if the new manager fails too? What then? Is it HIS fault? Having shared a beer or two on occasions with Mick I am inclined to believe him. There is much that happens in the egomonsters domain that remains secret. It is quite feasible that promises were made to BR but, for whatever reason, not delivered. Read the interview with the egomonster on the OS. Draw your own conclusions. I know what my opinion is.

[AthleticoSpizz]

I am sure the amount of compensation payable to Brendan Rodgers, will be directly proportional to the amount of "his side of the story", that we actually get to hear.

[Far Canal]

The notion that Madejski no longer cares about the club and didn't support Rodgers is contradicted by the fact that he shelled out 2 million--yes, 2 million quid--on Mills.

exactly complete joke when mills is only worth 1.8 mill

At the time of the transfer the daily mirror stated that it was £1.5M rising to £2M. It didn't state what would trigger the additional £0.5M, but if it is appearances, it could take some time.

[Arch]

So what happens if the new manager fails too? What then? Is it HIS fault? Having shared a beer or two on occasions with Mick I am inclined to believe him. There is much that happens in the egomonsters domain that remains secret. It is quite feasible that promises were made to BR but, for whatever reason, not delivered. Read the interview with the egomonster on the OS. Draw your own conclusions. I know what my opinion is.

How about keeping an open mind?

[Wimb]

So what happens if the new manager fails too? What then? Is it HIS fault? Having shared a beer or two on occasions with Mick I am inclined to believe him. There is much that happens in the egomonsters domain that remains secret. It is quite feasible that promises were made to BR but, for whatever reason, not delivered. Read the interview with the egomonster on the OS. Draw your own conclusions. I know what my opinion is.

How about keeping an open mind?

Keep sensible suggestions off the team board ffs

[facaldaqui]

On the whole, appointments from within don't seem to work, though they may do in the short term, as with Spragia at Sunderland last season. I can think of loads of cases where they haven't: Wrigley, Reed, Grant, Sammy Lee, Ainsworth, Southgate. However, I'm hoping that McDermott's a motivator--maybe he can get the team's state of mind right. Reading actually have a good record with appointments from within ... Maurice Evans, Gooding and Quinn. Pardew was a known factor too.

Hoping fans are realistic that we will only improve if fortunes have been artificially depressed by things Rodgers was doing wrong. If he was getting the most out of the team already, they might not. Also there's no guarantee that after a bad manager, we will get a good one. After Bullivant we got Burns, though then we were lucky enough to get Pardew and Coppell. But some clubs go through a series of duds. Sometimes it can take a long time to throw a six.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Rodgers want edto bring back Mick Gooding Source - Get Reading

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2062835_rodgers_tried_to_bring_gooding_back_to_reading

[weybridgewanderer]

this article is written by the donkey that stated on his webcast at lunchtime rodgers was not in danger of being removed, yet by dinner time he was gone

outstanding level of journalism there and has therefore lost all credability

[Stranded]

this article is written by the donkey that stated on his webcast at lunchtime rodgers was not in danger of being removed, yet by dinner time he was gone

outstanding level of journalism there and has therefore lost all credability

If this was the straw tha broke that camels back and took place after said webcast, then the statement could easily have been true.

[ROKERITE]

On the whole, appointments from within don't seem to work, though they may do in the short term, as with Spragia at Sunderland last season. I can think of loads of cases where they haven't: Wrigley, Reed, Grant, Sammy Lee, Ainsworth, Southgate. However, I'm hoping that McDermott's a motivator--maybe he can get the team's state of mind right. Reading actually have a good record with appointments from within ... Maurice Evans, Gooding and Quinn. Pardew was a known factor too.

Hoping fans are realistic that we will only improve if fortunes have been artificially depressed by things Rodgers was doing wrong. If he was getting the most out of the team already, they might not. Also there's no guarantee that after a bad manager, we will get a good one. After Bullivant we got Burns, though then we were lucky enough to get Pardew and Coppell. But some clubs go through a series of duds. Sometimes it can take a long time to throw a six.

Sometimes appointments from within turn out surprisingly well, and often the least expected. Adkins, who has taken Scunthorpe to the second tier for the first (and second) time in forty years, was the physio., as was Bertie Mee at Arsenal. Many times clubs have found a good manager from within. Mind you're right that many times it's proved disastrous to appoint someone from within: Ricky Spragia did allright in the short-term only if we're talking ten matches. He won 4, drew 4 and lost 2 of his opening ten games; he won one of his remaining twelve, and took only five points. If ever a club and Chairman got away with it, it was Sunderland and Sir Niall last season. We only survived because newcastle (how sweet) were so dreadful.
As you say, let's hope McDermott's a motivator and can get the team going from the off. However, as I've said on another thread, I hope Sir John is in no hurry to make his job title other than caretaker.

[readingbedding]

Gooding's only bitter because he was unable to join Bodgers' set-up!

[AthleticoSpizz]

Gooding's only bitter because he was unable to join Bodgers' set-up!

and that is your best shot?

[AthleticoSpizz]

Oh FFS

[AthleticoSpizz]

IDEAL (if that is who you really are.........the sniveller that made right monkey of himself and poured out his heart on HNA.....sad)

You would do well to shut up and hedge your bets over the next few weeks fellah.

You have got what you wanted..........

You aint getting a Curbs tho'


Good luck Mcaccy D