Ince out!

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Ince out

[Loafer]

Ince out

Harsh

[Sutekh]

Ince out

While he is a considerable improvement on what we had before he doesn’t seem likely to be the chap to lead a real challenge on the play places over the course of the season. All you can say in mitigation is he’s struggling against ffp problems and has a horrendous list of injuries especially to defenders.

[Elm Park Kid]

You guys are unbelievable sometimes. Well. . . . not actually unbelievable, perfectly predictable in your toddler levels of patience.

[Snowflake Royal]

3 defeats in a row. Tactically inept. All three results on the cards the entire of each game. Lost over 50% of our games.

Confidence and form evaporating. Injury crisis.

Good early season form should save us. But it's going to be another long shit season sliding down the table.

[karbota]

Agree it's time to call on Parky.

[CountryRoyal]

3 defeats in a row. Tactically inept. All three results on the cards the entire of each game. Lost over 50% of our games.

Confidence and form evaporating. Injury crisis.

Good early season form should save us. But it's going to be another long shit season sliding down the table.

Agreed. One thing we've had this season is our "bouncebackability" but that seems to have gone now. This was surely a game for the taking before kick off.

Anything less than 3 points next game and its really worrying.

[Snowflake Royal]

Ince has done a lot right, but I've always been a little unhappy with his back 5 shape.

He obviously knows what we should be trying to do and what our problems are. But I think 15 games in he's getting lost in the details and trying to tinker to get back to the winning ways he started with. Not realising that it's the broader approach he needs to freshen up and that those early successes were against the odds. Its the same story with every manager we've had since Adkins, except McDermott.

Last season the way we went out with a whimper made me think it would be the same old story of semi decent start fading to shit and I've not seen anything to really change my mind. The good start and WC break should keep him employed into 2023. He probably deserves the season and the start of next no matter how badly we go, but I'm very doubtful he'll get it.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Ince out.

[Royal_jimmy]

Ince has done a lot right, but I've always been a little unhappy with his back 5 shape.

He obviously knows what we should be trying to do and what our problems are. But I think 15 games in he's getting lost in the details and trying to tinker to get back to the winning ways he started with. Not realising that it's the broader approach he needs to freshen up and that those early successes were against the odds. Its the same story with every manager we've had since Adkins, except McDermott.

Last season the way we went out with a whimper made me think it would be the same old story of semi decent start fading to shit and I've not seen anything to really change my mind. The good start and WC break should keep him employed into 2023. He probably deserves the season and the start of next no matter how badly we go, but I'm very doubtful he'll get it.

We are on a bad run for sure but let's see what happens after the world cup.

[Conservative_dad]

Ince Out

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Ince Out

What’s happened?

[Snowflake Royal]

Brobot found a new log in.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Ince out

[windermereROYAL]

Shake it all about.

[karbota]

Bring back Parky p£ss off Pince.

[windermereROYAL]

Does anyone think it might not actually be the manager? from Stam (2) we`ve been shite with Clement, Gomes, Bowen, Paunovic and now Ince in charge.
We`ve ditched the possession based going nowhere to a more direct style, seems to me we`ve tried everything what more can they do?

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Does anyone think it might not actually be the manager? from Stam (2) we`ve been shite with Clement, Gomes, Bowen, Paunovic and now Ince in charge.
We`ve ditched the possession based going nowhere to a more direct style, seems to me we`ve tried everything what more can they do?

I think it goes without saying, most teams who are down the bottom end of the table will eventually change their manager because of a lack of results, maybe players lose faith in what the managers are doing, problems in the dressing room etc.

I think the problems in previous managers stemmed from a lack of management above the manager with all of the above managers, whereas now we have a clear(er) structure, but changing the culture isn't something that happens overnight and the practical aspect of starting the season with 12 contracted players and having to build a competent squad of 25 players is something that most/any manager would find difficult.

I think people who are criticising the management maybe need to take a more objective view of just how difficult a job this is. We were second favourites (and nailed on in the eyes of everyone) for a reason. Our squad isn't "that" good, it's thrown together with some decent players with one goal, to survive relegation. That's all it is and, if I'm honest, that's probably what it will be for another season or two afterwards as well.

[mikey_1871]

In mitigation, two of the last three defeats were away at teams just relegated from the premiership, who just simply had better players than us. Even then, we could easily have snatched a draw or even a win at Burnley if it wasn't for THAT decision.

We'd have taken 26 points from 20 games at the start of the season, whilst the current run of form may be worrying I would judge on the season record and not just the last few games. World Cup gives us a chance to rest, reset and get a few back. As was pointed out on Sky last night, it's been a difficult run of games - and what we've been relatively decent at this season is beating the teams we should be beating. Continue that, and we'll be fine. Staying up remains the aim.

Finally, who is out there who would come to Reading? I fear if we sack Ince we end up with a random foreign manager no managerial experience in England.

[East Stand Ste]

really?! and who to come in?
also, if Paul goes, Tom will probably follow.