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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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1 hour ago, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said:

After our record loss to Man City today......we should bring back Ruben. He is doing wonders at Reading this season!

our standards THAT low?

qwertyell

qwertyell

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Dropped into a shit show that he clearly wasn't ready for with us, but he's doing brilliantly at Reading. 

Kept them up last season in spite of points deductions, transfer embargoes, and a team made up of youth players and bits found in a skip.

And now they're in the play off places - and above legend in his own lunchbox Nathan Jones' Charlton. 

Fair play. He may well be destined for better things.

Nice bloke as well.

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

our standards THAT low?

Mine aren't. We were utterly dreadful under Selles, lost almost every game and managed to get beaten by Grimsby in our own back yard. I'm glad he's doing alright for himself at Reading but honestly, it's League 1.

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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30 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Mine aren't. We were utterly dreadful under Selles, lost almost every game and managed to get beaten by Grimsby in our own back yard. I'm glad he's doing alright for himself at Reading but honestly, it's League 1.

You're quick to slag off Selles yet defend Martin for having an even worse record with no obvious signs of improvement? 

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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5 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

You're quick to slag off Selles yet defend Martin for having an even worse record with no obvious signs of improvement? 

That ‘even worse’ is being propped up by a JWP free kick and a win against an equally awful Leicester side. Martin got us promoted, has played half as many games in the PL and has a real chance of making a cup QF on Tuesday. If there’s no sign of any results by December, then I’d probably try a new manager.

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The Kraken

The Kraken

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49 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

A manager given time and patience?! What kind of asylum are they running at Reading?!

And why do you think they’ve given him time?

Fucking weird comparison.

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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42 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

And why do you think they’ve given him time?

Fucking weird comparison.

I haven't made any comparison? I'm simply pointing out how weird it is for a football club to give their manager time. It simply isn't the done thing.

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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1 hour ago, LGTL said:

Still a better record in this division then Russ though 👍

Exactly. 
 

It’s laughable. He followed Jones (who also has a better record than Martin), had no pre season and a demoralised squad, as opposed to Lego who had a preseason and a club used to winning. Seems like a decent ent bloke handed a hospital pass, as opposed to an arrogant cock who acts like he’s nothing to learn at this level. 

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The Kraken

The Kraken

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1 hour ago, Bad Wolf said:

I haven't made any comparison? I'm simply pointing out how weird it is for a football club to give their manager time. It simply isn't the done thing.

Rueben Selles was appointed in June 2023. Are you genuinely suggesting that his term at Reading is an abnormality in terms of time given?  Hes been there less than 18 months. And he’s done really well for them. 
 

How on earth do you think that’s unusual?

Football Special

Football Special

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3 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

A manager given time and patience?! What kind of asylum are they running at Reading?!

Ha are you trying to give Reading's board credit? The asylum is a mad house there, whole club is a mess, they have no idea what they are doing. 

Forester

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Selles, like many of our signings that season, was way too inexperienced to cope, let alone thrive, in hopelessly difficult circumstances.  I thought he would develop into a good manager and it appears he is.  It was madness to start in the Premier League, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets back there at some point.

Reading are a broke shambles and he is performing miracles up there.  The fans love him

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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3 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Rueben Selles was appointed in June 2023. Are you genuinely suggesting that his term at Reading is an abnormality in terms of time given?  Hes been there less than 18 months. And he’s done really well for them. 
 

How on earth do you think that’s unusual?

The guy is a clown, don’t take any notice of the drivel he posts. Usually spends most of his time criticising the fanbase, acting holier than thou despite having only supported the club for a few years. 

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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15 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Exactly. 
 

It’s laughable. He followed Jones (who also has a better record than Martin), had no pre season and a demoralised squad, as opposed to Lego who had a preseason and a club used to winning. Seems like a decent ent bloke handed a hospital pass, as opposed to an arrogant cock who acts like he’s nothing to learn at this level. 

Martin doesn't have Ward-Prowse to bail us out

Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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11 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

The guy is a clown, don’t take any notice of the drivel he posts. Usually spends most of his time criticising the fanbase, acting holier than thou despite having only supported the club for a few years. 

Eh? I mean, I've supported the club for 20 years and though I appreciate that that's a fraction of other people's tenures as fans, I'm really not sure my age can be held against me for these purposes?

Edit: Another "clown" call. The only word football fans seem to know.

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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9 minutes ago, trousers said:

I think you're forgetting "muppet".... ;)

Oh isn't that a bit 2010? I think now it's:

Someone you don't agree with: Delusional / Clown

Someone who's made a valid counter argument but you don't want to admit it: Correct their spelling

A manager who's having a few bad games: No plan B

A player who's out of form: Overrated OR goes missing in big games (pick one)

EDIT: Sorry, forgot "clueless" which covers all of the scenarios above.

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trousers

trousers

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1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

Oh isn't that a bit 2010? I think now it's:

Someone you don't agree with: Delusional / Clown

Someone who's made a valid counter argument but you don't want to admit it: Correct their spelling

A manager who's having a few bad games: No plan B

A player who's out of form: Overrated OR goes missing in big games (pick one)

Muppet

 

 

;)

CB Fry

CB Fry

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18 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

A manager given time and patience?! What kind of asylum are they running at Reading?!

He hasn't been given time and patience. He's been successful at Reading from the start.

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

He hasn't been given time and patience. He's been successful at Reading from the start.

No he hasn't. Please go and read some of the comments on him within his first couple of months. They wanted him gone and were calling him every name under the sun.

Badger

Badger

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16 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

No he hasn't. Please go and read some of the comments on him within his first couple of months. They wanted him gone and were calling him every name under the sun.

Reading supporting friend is proof of this. 12 months ago was critical of his ‘bizarre substitutions’ and playing players out of position ( although did acknowledge contraints  he was working under).

They looked a good bet for relegation at one point. Having got out of that and at the end of season Selles had won them over.

Latest comment was that Selles was considering an approach from Cardiff, and Rdg we’re hoping he’d stay but don’t blame him if he walks with their ownership and financial issues 

Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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19 minutes ago, Badger said:

Reading supporting friend is proof of this. 12 months ago was critical of his ‘bizarre substitutions’ and playing players out of position ( although did acknowledge contraints  he was working under).

They looked a good bet for relegation at one point. Having got out of that and at the end of season Selles had won them over.

Latest comment was that Selles was considering an approach from Cardiff, and Rdg we’re hoping he’d stay but don’t blame him if he walks with their ownership and financial issues 

I followed him a lot in the first few months there. I made a point of reading the post match comments etc. He could do no right. He was their worst ever manager and, you guessed it a "clueless clown with no plan b" (as is every other manager apparently). He's now the best thing since sliced bread - Modern football fans in a nutshell.

Rooney made that transition in the space of half an hour yesterday mind.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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1 hour ago, Bad Wolf said:

No he hasn't. Please go and read some of the comments on him within his first couple of months. They wanted him gone and were calling him every name under the sun.

He wasn't going to get sacked at skint, relegation threatened Reading in "the first couple of months", was he?

 

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Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

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Think Selles is a promising young coach. Sport republic did him or us no favours by putting him in charge of a relegation threatened premier league side released from the clutches of an idiot, but Reading a favour by letting him go for nothing. Not sure he would have done much worse than Martin last season or this - at least he knows the value of the press (not just for his roll neck sweaters and slacks). 

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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49 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

He wasn't going to get sacked at skint, relegation threatened Reading in "the first couple of months", was he?

 

Whether he was or not is irrelevant. The fact is the bulk of their supporters were slagging him off after the first couple of months.

Holmes_and_Watson

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He arrived there under very difficult circumstances. He started well in the first few games IIRC. The Beeb had an article where at least some fans were really liking his approach. By the time that was published results had tanked. He be ame just another thing wrong with the club. He clawed them out of relegation, and is doing well this season again. All through off field antics by their clown of an owner. He's had to really earn his success there. Well done to him.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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23 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

No he hasn't. Please go and read some of the comments on him within his first couple of months. They wanted him gone and were calling him every name under the sun.

At a financially-stricken club with deeply unpopular owners, they could have appointed Mourinho and Reading fans still wouldn’t have liked them, which I can understand. It’s how we felt under Lowe in 08/09.

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 hour ago, Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan said:

A joint appointment with Danny Rohl, also doing well with limited resources (and a defence including Valery) at Sheff Weds. See if between them they can bring the positive tactics we saw under Ralph

I’d not be opposed to Danny Rohl at all, enjoyed how we played under earlier Ralph and the football under project re-start was as good as anything we saw under Nigel, Poch or Ronald, and spells under Puel when he took the handbrake off.

Whether he’d want it, or would rather stay at Weds and get a top half finish and build at a quite big club is another story, but it’s a good suggestion.

Selles was unlucky to get thrown in at a very deep end in 2022/23 and deserves credit for what he’s doing at Reading under even more challenging circumstances.

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Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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3 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

About to move from Reading to Hull.

"Hull City owner Acun Ilicali has moved quickly to secure a highly-rated manager who has done well in difficult circumstances in Berkshire."

It's a brave move leaving a promotion chasing side for a struggling one with expectations. But he's done well at Reading in very difficult circumstances. Just the sort of up and coming manager that SR....oh....

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

"Hull City owner Acun Ilicali has moved quickly to secure a highly-rated manager who has done well in difficult circumstances in Berkshire."

It's a brave move leaving a promotion chasing side for a struggling one with expectations. But he's done well at Reading in very difficult circumstances. Just the sort of up and coming manager that SR....oh....

Reading fans seem to think they will be selling their best players this January. Maybe he knows what's on the horizon. 

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OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

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I like him. He basically uses youth to engage in the high press and harry the defence. And I don't blame him one bit for our relegation. He inherited a broken squad which needed dismantling and that couldn't be done in February, he gave us a fun day out at Stamford Bridge and he seems to have a down-to-earth demeanour which is very agreeable.

But going to Hull? The Humber is the shithole of the UK and Hull is half way up it!

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