Do people not think that McDermott possibly only played 'hoof ball' before, because he thought that was the most effective way to get the best out of the squad he had? I seem to recall us playing some decent stuff in the second half of 09/10, playing on the ground through the likes of Gylfi and Bri...

Brian McDermott by a distance.

I certainly wouldn't take Neil Lennon or Oscar Garcia if Brian McDermott is available. If it's not McDermott now, it had better be someone pretty mighty impressive for me to be won round. I'd take Oscar Garcia over McDermott any day to do a better job with this set of players. On what basis, out of...

Have to say, after talking myself into wanting Brian back over the past few days, I'm going to end up being fairly miffed if we end up bringing in another manager who has no affinity with the club, sees it as a stepping stone, and champions dull sideways football. I.e. Oscar Garcia. Agreed. What's ...

I certainly wouldn't take Neil Lennon or Oscar Garcia if Brian McDermott is available. If it's not McDermott now, it had better be someone pretty mighty impressive for me to be won round.

Sky Sports = Professionals Get Reading = Amateurs Sky Sports reporting exactly what Reading FC have told them over the telephone. Get Reading reporting whatever the hell they like. The fact the article tonight was published was clearly a farce. However, the appointment sounded very I'm,intent earli...

This would be a PR disaster not only for the Thais but for Charles Watts as well, I mean who is going to believe anything he says after this if it isn't Brian - the GetReading website has been saying the same message all day "Brian McDermott has agreed to replace Steve Clarke who was sacked on...

I don't care what Sky Sports say. As far as I'm concerned Brian McDermott is now our manager. If he doesn't now get the job the dark cloud over the Mad Stad will be the same as the very dark one that hung over the place when Steve Clarke decided to stay. I've fallen in love with the idea of the ret...

DangerousDogNonce Now also been confirmed that the two in competition are foreign managers.

Garcia + ???

I'd definitely prefer McDermott to Garcia. Can't think of any foreign manager who's been linked who would come close to Brian in terms of my preference.

Good luck to the club trying to appoint anyone other than McDermott now!

BBC Berks/Charles Watts now saying no announcement until tomorrow.

Will wait until it's 100% confirmed to give my full thoughts but absolutely delighted if he is coming back - he was always my first choice.

As reported McDonut 1/6 typical Reading bollox if it happens talk about ambition Only two managers have got us promoted to the Premier League before and off the top of my head only two management teams have got us to the second tier playoff final. Brian McDermott's name is on both lists. Obviously ...

Increasingly chuffed at idea of Bri coming back, and I'm saying that as someone who (at the time) was in favour of his sacking Would far rather him than some of the other muppets we've been linked to today He was one of my preferred choices from the outset but I agree that seeing most of the candid...

HOOF AND CHASE! Definitely NO thank you! Gylfi played for half a season under McD. :| At times football under McDermott was long ball and ugly, but it was certainly no different to most teams in our league, and at times we played some very nice counter-attacking football. Definitely not all shit li...

I just think the 106 was much more attributable to Coppell than promotion under McD can be said to be all his own work. I also think it unlikely the the same set of circumstances could be repeated. . I'd actually disagree with that (not that I want to start a Coppell vs McDermott debate and I certa...

He's a proven success in this league and at this club so I have no doubt he'd do well. His coaches have gone, the ownership has changed, only Hal Robson-Kanu remains as a regular from his promotion squad, it's not the same club anymore. There's obviously been quite a bit of change over the past two...

Pepe the Horseman I have it on fairly good authority that we're in talks with BrIan McDermott.

Would be absolutely delighted if it was him - we know he's always better after Christmas too!

I'm in two minds about this really. Taking away the Fulham issue for the moment, I think it's certainly harsher than the sackings of Rodgers and Adkins. I believe we've got the same number of points we had after 19 games the year we won the league under McDermott and a point more than we had when we...

I'd like McDermott back. He did a great job for us in each of his Championship seasons and I think would find a pragmatic balance to get the best out of our squad. I think we've underachieved so far this season - we know McDermott can be successful at this level, is able to adapt a style of play to ...

Immensely, immensely proud of the club yesterday. People have been critical of Clarke at times but I've always felt he's been taking us in the right direction and several of our league games over the last few months have probably been compromised by a. changing the team around to prepare for the cup...