Ruben Selles

[CB Fry]

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?

 

[Miltonaggro]

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). 

[Bad Wolf]

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]

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.

[Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan]

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

[Gloucester Saint]

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]

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.

[badgerx16]

About to move from Reading to Hull.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

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....

[Maggie May]

I wish we were Hull.

[washsaint]

The move from Reading to Hull makes no sense.  Substituting one basket case club for another

[East Kent Saint]

34 minutes ago, washsaint said:

The move from Reading to Hull makes no sense.  Substituting one basket case club for another

Up a league , Reading is a basket case , not far from Prem !

[Harry_SFC]

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. 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

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!

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

On 26/10/2024 at 19:37, 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. 

I agree. Hull City have taken him on as manager. He is definately a good manager now. Good luck to him. I liked him. I wish him well, especially when Saints play his Hull City next season if the cocky deluded sod of ours is still manager.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

On 05/12/2024 at 15:21, badgerx16 said:

About to move from Reading to Hull.

He deserves it. He has improved massively, unlike our toss pot tippy tappy shite of a manager

[steve green]

Good luck to him, he'll need it as Hull are a basket case. Mind you so have been Reading and he's done well there with no money.

 

Just found out wouldn't take his own salary just before xmas last year so office and backroom staff could be paid, seems like a decent man.

[S-Clarke]

31 minutes ago, steve green said:

Good luck to him, he'll need it as Hull are a basket case. Mind you so have been Reading and he's done well there with no money.

 

Just found out wouldn't take his own salary just before xmas last year so office and backroom staff could be paid, seems like a decent man.

He's a decent guy, very honourable. If you remember the Chelsea game (when we won away 1-0), he won performance of the week - but he didn't stand there and accept it, he put all of the staff at Staplewood in the camera.

The issue with Ruben was that he was thrown to the lions too early in respect of a PL manager, we did get somewhat better under him than we were under Jones - but that wasn't hard and it was too far gone at that point really.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

He is a good boy. With talent. Not like Martin who is a deluded knob

[Ralph Fastenbüttl]

My problem with Selles at the time was his unwillingness to deviate from Plan A, which was the very same plan that had failed for Ralph. Interestingly, this exact same inflexibility was a problem for him early doors at Reading, and it wasn't until, like, three months in, that he finally abandoned Ralph's 4-2-2-2 and tried something new. And in the process he completely reversed the club's fortunes and has emerged at the other end of it all as a really loved manager over there.

It was always clear he was a very decent and principled chap. I'd love it if he continued to grow and became a top manager. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd have to say I'd welcome him back right now to be honest!

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

1 hour ago, Ralph Fastenbüttl said:

My problem with Selles at the time was his unwillingness to deviate from Plan A, which was the very same plan that had failed for Ralph. Interestingly, this exact same inflexibility was a problem for him early doors at Reading, and it wasn't until, like, three months in, that he finally abandoned Ralph's 4-2-2-2 and tried something new. And in the process he completely reversed the club's fortunes and has emerged at the other end of it all as a really loved manager over there.

It was always clear he was a very decent and principled chap. I'd love it if he continued to grow and became a top manager. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd have to say I'd welcome him back right now to be honest!

Me too! He learns. He progresses. Martin does not learn at all.

[washsaint]

Dare I say it......

Nest season in the CHampionship I woud have Selles back like a shot.  He did incredibly well at Reading under terrible circumstances and is already turning Hull round.

Someone who knows the club, isn't afraid to play younger players and could stabilize us.

NO way do I think Juric is (or ever was) the answer.  His teams have always played 3 at the back and he has no experience of the English leagues.

[Patches O Houlihan]

F**k that

[Football Special]

Lol 

We've got Selles, Ruben Selles 

Actually got more points in the Prem than Jones, Martin or Juric to be fair 

[RedArmy]

I don’t blame Selles for how that season ended. The players made it seem like they were fully behind him after that Chelsea result and then once he got the job they went back to giving half arsed performances. 
 

 

[Lighthouse]

His time here was massively flattered by a JWP free kick against Chelsea and some atrocious finishing from Leicester. Without that his results would have been right down there with the worst of everything we’ve seen in the PL recently.

[Falkirk Saint]

I think he has learned on the job at Reading under trying circumstances with no money. He wasnt ready for the Premier League at the time with us. Given time he will get the opportunity.

 

[woodsaint1]

Fair play to him, he's done really well since he left us.....but no, just no

[Convict Colony]

Very happy for him, been following him obviously since us and think after that inital 10 game spell at reading it really made him as a manager.

Stoked he's already bringing hull up and getting results (mate is a hull fan so follow them for trolling purposes) and awesome that he organised the comeback against leeds after being 3-1 down.

I expect him to get them up to mid table by seasons end so happy we will play him next year as i think he is a very decent bloke who got the gig with us too early.

I think Saints need a better manager though and I fully expect us to get Rohl in the summer as I think there is more upside to him as a manager in comparision if Juric does leave for italy in the summer.

 

[St. Ciervo]

It is that SR shine. We make everyone look like a total asshat. 

[Football Special]

On 06/01/2025 at 08:09, Convict Colony said:

Very happy for him, been following him obviously since us and think after that inital 10 game spell at reading it really made him as a manager.

Stoked he's already bringing hull up and getting results (mate is a hull fan so follow them for trolling purposes) and awesome that he organised the comeback against leeds after being 3-1 down.

I expect him to get them up to mid table by seasons end so happy we will play him next year as i think he is a very decent bloke who got the gig with us too early.

I think Saints need a better manager though and I fully expect us to get Rohl in the summer as I think there is more upside to him as a manager in comparision if Juric does leave for italy in the summer.

 

Hope he keeps them up at the expense of the skates 

[Wade Garrett]

No thanks.  He could out-square-pass Russell Martin.

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

On 05/01/2025 at 21:56, Lighthouse said:

His time here was massively flattered by a JWP free kick against Chelsea and some atrocious finishing from Leicester. Without that his results would have been right down there with the worst of everything we’ve seen in the PL recently.

As bad as Martin, bloody hell that’s bad. Especially considering Martin’s record was massively flattered by atrocious finishing from Beto….

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

As bad as Martin, bloody hell that’s bad. Especially considering Martin’s record was massively flattered by atrocious finishing from Beto….

that prick cost us our most games without a win record.

[Huffton]

The problem Selles had was he went from being a coach, where he could be mates with the players, to being their manager, where he couldn't. It was never going to work for him. Glad to see he's doing well now.

[Dusic]

3 hours ago, Huffton said:

The problem Selles had was he went from being a coach, where he could be mates with the players, to being their manager, where he couldn't. It was never going to work for him. Glad to see he's doing well now.

Strange. I thought the problem was he had a massively demoyivated squad without enough quality to have a hope of staying up.

Pretty similar to Juric, although possibly some better lads in the current squad attitude wise.

[Saint Fan CaM]

I’m not convinced yet that Juric will not stay for the longer project…he seems integral to Dragan’s plans to clean up the unsavoury shiteness that seeps through the club and if that goes well, why would he not want to be a part of the re-build? Rohl would be the better choice if there’s to be a returning manager anyway.