[Football] Tinpot sack their manager

[Not Andy Naylor]

Was it Howard Wilkinson who said there were only two types of manager - those who have been sacked and those who are going to be sacked? There are certainly very few who have never been sacked. So should we recognise that Clement has been sort of a 40 percent success (keeping Swansea and Reading up) and a 60 percent failure (not taking Derby up, putting Swansea and Reading back in relegation danger the following season)?

Mind you, it's clear that the powers that be at Reading regard the Premier League as their rightful place, which sets the managerial bar pretty high at the MadStad. Jaap Spam was within a penalty shootout of taking the Biscuitmen up there, albeit with some of the dullest football ever witnessed in this country and even he got sacked the next season. So I assume they'll now go for someone who can deliver without the nonsense of the playoffs. Guardiola, Wenger, Conte, Deschamps. Anyone without a Premier League title or World Cup win need not apply. Or they could bring back Brian McDermott, of course.

 

[Stat Brother]

Come on people we all know what this thread is missing, sort it out someone.

Oh and as is customary, I was very much TeamClement.
That might not have been my best idea.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Gus to Reading

 

[Lindfield23]

Come on people we all know what this thread is missing, sort it out someone.

Is this what you had in mind?

 

[portlock seagull]

I remember being very jealous of Reading...

 

[portlock seagull]

Is this what you had in mind?

In 100 years time, they will still feel the deep shame of that song. It's a knockout blow which any fan of another club can use in an argument with a Reading equivalent: sort of like an all-in-one roundhouse kick and double throat punch.
The antithesis of foreign owners taking over and spectacularly not getting what it means to be a follower of an English club, it's truly horrific viewing and listening.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I it's truly horrific viewing and listening.

"with our might ...... we'll defend ....... the glory of Reading"

It's even got a rap.

Magnificent.

 

[wokingone]

One for Cocowasp?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

It is a secret pleasure looking at the Biscuitmen en route to League One. Fingers crossed.

To be fair though I do like their chocolate digestives.

 

[Triggaaar]

Can't we just drop the adjective entirely and simply refer to it as "a pleasure"?

That would be weird. You say 'it's my pleasure after someone thanks you for holding the door open for them (unaware that you only did it so you could perv on their arse as they walk through - I jest). I'm not actually sure what secret pleasure means, but it sounds dodgy.

 

[Triggaaar]

Is this what you had in mind?

Someone needs to save a copy of this for posterity. It should never be forgotten.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Nigel Howe was reappointed as Chief Executive yesterday. Paul Clement was sacked today. No coincidence.

 

[theroyal]

A thread about Reading on NSC?

Multiple users calling us tinpot - check.
Links to pitch invasion videos - check.
Links to the song - check.

You guys never let me down

 

[clapham_gull]

I remember being very jealous of Reading...

Yes, it was like walking past somebody tucking into a Kentucky Fried Chicken bargain bucket as you were to off to buy your winning lottery ticket.

 

[golddene]

Jaap Stam, Pardew and Adkins are free...

And Hughes don't forget Hughes

 

[Titanic]

A thread about Reading on NSC?

Multiple users calling us tinpot - check.
Links to pitch invasion videos - check.
Links to the song - check.

You guys never let me down

 

[Titanic]

And Hughes don't forget Hughes

Surely nobody would be that stupid / desperate ?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

In 100 years time, they will still feel the deep shame of that song. It's a knockout blow which any fan of another club can use in an argument with a Reading equivalent: sort of like an all-in-one roundhouse kick and double throat punch.
The antithesis of foreign owners taking over and spectacularly not getting what it means to be a follower of an English club, it's truly horrific viewing and listening.

Well, let's not forget "We are Southampton," that unintentionally hilarious dirge to the tune of "My Way" that they used to play before kick-off at St Mary's. That would force a draw at least.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

One for Cocowasp?

If they have any sense they will appoint Jones, yes.

 

[Geoffbn2]

Gus to Reading

Nah, look at the stadium the ceiling isn't high enough