FAO Brian

[RoyalBlue]

RB - We've seen that good cup performances can also help the league form though. I agree about Morro that was a weird call & Brian will have to take the flack for that but if people take a deep breath for a second & calm down they will see the league table has not changed much.

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Not changed much? It's changed by what could prove to be a critical amount - Wigan now have three more points and an awful lot more confidence.

We're 1 point off safety & we were 1 point off safety yesterday so yes I'd wager that means its not changed much. Saints & Newcastle are only 4 points ahead of us FFS.

Both have a game in hand and considerably better goal difference.

[Lovely hot donuts!]

Any link to this interview? Would be good to hear

BBC Berks put all the interviews up here: http://audioboo.fm/channel/bbc-berkshire




Was really disappointed in Dellor, he didn't push him at all even though McDermott spoke some really worrying bollocks. Dellor has been known to push managers when appropriate in the past, so it seems the bad day at the office worked it's way all the way up to the press box!

[l0y4l R0y4l]

A lot of valid points on here. I am not sure tastes more bitter the painful performance or Brian's post match interview.

For a man which normally speaks with such finesse. He seemed to be content on his usual media smokescreen. He was arrogant in masking how badly he got everything wrong today. A simple "I hold my hands up to getting it wrong" Would gain him far more respect than using the same cowards way out in blaming the ref.

Yes, Taking Apkan of seemed to bemuse everybody, Karacan is clearly as inept as Noel Hunt. They are both head down and chase the ball low league donkeys. They both lack any class. This is the Premier League we are not playing football down the park. You need to be able to have a decent first touch and play a simple pass without getting disposessed.

4-5-1 at home against a team lower than us, is weak. It worked once against West Ham when we were gifted a goal.

I hope Brian learns more about this league before it is too late.

[Royalee]

Even if we stayed up, it would just be more of the same - lessons won't have been learned and TSI will think they don't need to spend much money cos McD always pulls it out of the bag at the end.

I would say I'd rather we were there or thereabouts in the championship than floundering in the Prem, but I really can't see us doing well in the championship next season either. We've gone stale, McD has lost the plot and a lot of players really don't seem to have any fight in them.

Few points of note:

To say you would rather be in championship is quite frankly ridiculous.
Lessons I am sure are being learnt all the time.
Gone stale after the run we have been on is poppycock!
Players no fight, do you really believe that? Nonsense.
Mcd lost plot after just winning manager of the month? Twaddle.

Congratulations on winning the over reaction post of the day!

PS we were crap today, I was livid, good excuse to leave early but seriously we were never going to win all these key games.

Spot on Paul. People quick to blame McDermott as soon we lose but he's the best when we're winning. Suppose you can't please everyone.

You might have a point if he'd not dropped our best player for these games:

Newcastle (H) Drew
Swansea (A) Drew
Liverpool (A) Lost
Fulham (H) Drew
QPR (A) Drew
Norwich (H) Drew
Everton (H) Won
Wigan (A) Lost
Villa (A) Lost
Man Utd (H) Lost
Southampton (A) Lost
Sunderland (A) Lost
Arsenal (H) Lost
Wigan (H) Lost

Just so I can sum that up - we got 8 points out of that lot...since returning we played 3 of those sides with Pearce in the team and amassed 7 points. That's why we're going down this season, make no mistake - and the blame for that lies squarely at the feet of the manager.

[AthleticoSpizz]

agreeing with the OP

Once again, we've fluffed our lines

Dont we always do that?

[scumbag]

I don't care if it's been mentioned a million times, dropping Alex Pearce today was an absolute disgrace.

[AthleticoSpizz]

my mum agrees.....an "absolute disgrace"

and she's been dead 9 years

But the taking off of Akpan at halftime totally killed her off

[Terminal Boardom]

Did BMcD really say the red card was debatable? I saw it on tv and if that is not a straight red, I don't know what is. Good to see the usual suspects come forth with the usual drivel though after a defeat and disappointing performance. If you want perfection, support someone else.

[joeroyal]

Did BMcD really say the red card was debatable? I saw it on tv and if that is not a straight red, I don't know what is. Good to see the usual suspects come forth with the usual drivel though after a defeat and disappointing performance. If you want perfection, support someone else.

Mcd Clown does not know which way to turn

[RoyalX]

Can't see why Pearce was dropped, but can't see why people are so fussed about the BBC Berks interview. Especially the bit about "nice" football - that wasn't a positive comment.

Also, with regards to Villa and Wigan being "just as likely as us to get relegated" and that today's result "didn't change much", the relegation prices are:

Reading 4/11
Villa 5/6
Wigan 11/10

before today:

Reading 8/13
Wigan 8/11
Villa Evs

[joeroyal]

You Got us up And you took us down please dont be here for next season with that drible about where we were where we have been and what we have done get your self back to slough town grow some balls and get sorted

[joeroyal]

Did BMcD really say the red card was debatable? I saw it on tv and if that is not a straight red, I don't know what is. Good to see the usual suspects come forth with the usual drivel though after a defeat and disappointing performance. If you want perfection, support someone else.

Cant speak now just going in to Funky Buddha's chat with you bedroom souls tomorrow (very sad soul club member)

[Big Ern]

I hope Brian learns more about this league before it is too late.

I doubt that very much, he's had enough games and the penny still hasn't dropped. Love Brian for what he's done for th club, but he has got it wrong in the majority of games tactically. When we get another shot at the Prem, I hope he isn't in charge.

[Terminal Boardom]

To be fair to Brian, the squad that got promoted was never going to be good enough for the Prem. The style of football was always going to come up short. He may as well have spent £150m in both windows but that would have been a massive gamble to expect a completely new squad to have been able to gel in time.

The season isn't over yet and there is still plenty of time left for Reading to excape the clutches of relegation. The remaining games have to be treated as cup finals and every player needs to put their life and soul into the performances.

If Reading stay up, there has to be a massive clearout as there are clearly players at the club who are not good enough to play with the big boys.

[windermere_royal]

The guy is totally out of his depth at this level, anyone that couldn`t see this coming before a ball had even been kicked in anger this season needs to be carted off to the funny farm.
Comes out with the same we must move on rubbish when the buck stops right outside his door, rubbish signings in both windows, the only way is down.
and don`t give me that BS that we will bounce straight back. the CC is far from easy, just ask Wolves and Bolton.

[Gunny Fishcake]

Quote from BM during post Wigan interview " we played nice football today " ......Twat

[Stranded]

Anyone thought for a moment that McD's smokescreen is designed to take the public pressure off players and on to himself, as most good managers do.

Seems to have worked.

[Royal Lady]

His remark that there is nothing to be learned from today's game is unblievable. If he thinks that we need a manager who can learn from defeats.

Yes - you could almost say that he has "lost the plot".

[Biscuit_Boy]

I can't believe he went on about an apparent handball, as if that was the reason for getting thrashed and humiliated by a team LOWER in the table than us. That is quite frankly an insult to anyone who paid good money to watch it. At least be honest and admit you got it wrong and couldn't motivate the team for a CRUCIAL six-pointer. I think everyone knew that the squad wasn't good enough at the start of the season but why tell us 'we won't make the same mistakes as last time', ie not strengthening and getting relegated 2008. Then we are told that we had to add Premier League quality in January and, apart from someone not wanted by Fulham, what do we get? Two League One players and a someone from Portugal who is still not deemed fit enough to play despite having weeks to get ready? Isn't the January transfer window about bringing in players who can change your season?

[Royal Lady]

I don't think McD should be "protecting" the players - if they've played badly, he should jolly well admit it - tell them in the dressing room they were absolute crap, that he takes some blame but once they're out on the pitch it's down to them and that no-one should think their position is safe. Might gee one or two of them up a bit. Players only have to look on social media to see what the fans are thinking, so it's not like McD can protect them from that - and if they must all realise themselves that they were so poor yesterday.

Even Jason Roberts had the old cliches in his interview, wouldn't state we weren't good enough, we'll look to the next game blah blah blah.

And with reference to another thread where I said I'd rather watch us be there or there abouts in the Championship than be in this position every season in the Prem - yes I DID mean it. I'd rather see us winning more games and playing a good game than fighting for our lives every single game and being in a relegation spot for the majority of the season. Sorry, but that's just how it is for me. The Prem is all about the money. Money which we'll never invest in any great sum and what we do invest doesn't seem to be used wisely imo.