According to the Guardian Reading had already lined up Tony Mowbray.Not actually going to laugh at them here, but I'm reasonably pleased with the outcome.
They've gone off the boil slightly in recent weeks, and going by many of the posts on HNA (which admittedly may have been made when they thought he was upping sticks for Fulham), he's not done a lot. His wins-per-game ratio is actually worse than Adkins' was. The fact that he's decided to stay won't suddenly bring joy and harmony all round- as you can see, there are plenty of people questioning his loyalty and wondering why he was even interested in Fulham. Plus it reduces the chance of Reading imminently bringing in a manager who's actually very good.
Fulham are also left up the creek. This is a win-win, I feel
Sorry misdirection on the Scottish bit.
He just looks Scottish!